Journey of the Modern Soul

Today, I'm honored to have Lauren Fay back on the show!  Lauren and I have both struggled with alcohol & substance usage over the years. Today we are having a healthy and honest talk about alcohol, how this substance affected out lives and how we were able to eventually remove it. We talk about some of the practices that we leaned on during our road to recovery, but we also realize that n...

Eric Lee Raber is a very passionate man! When we met on a Men's call a few months ago, I was drawn into that passionate energy and found we shared many similar interests. Today, Eric and I are going to explore Sound Healing, Energy Work and being a parent to our kids. In the beginning of the talk, we get right into it by talking about healthy was to disperse masculine energy. This is a great talk,...

Ben, who would like to go as just Ben today, is part of a church that utilizes different types of medicines like Ayahuasca & Kambo during their services. When I first met Ben and heard about this, I was a mixed bag of emotions. At first I was excited to be having a random conversation about ayahuasca, but at the same time I was very confused as to how I personally felt about taking a medicine...

Today I have the pleasure of talking with Owner and Founder of Papa's Apothecary, Kevin Gilbert.  Kevin received his Herbalism degree from Bastyr University and parlayed that into a business geared towards helping humanity. During todays conversation we talk about Kevin's herbalism path, what products that you can switch to a more natural alternative and some of the new products Kevin is rele...

I'm always looking at different healing modalities. Whether it's a different approach, or a different practice all together, I love to see what's out there and how people are interpreting it. Enter Yogi Bryan. I first came across Bryan on Instagram and Tik Tok, where he was making comedic videos about the trials and tribulations of being a yoga teacher. His approach landed with me in the best way....

It's always good to have the homie, Camo Lionheart, back on the show, but this is the first time I've had the chance to sit with Justin.  For the past 6 weeks, I've had the pleasure of being lead by these 2 gentlemen in an online Men's Group.  This isn't the first Men's Group that I've sat with, but it has definitely the most impactful.  I've talked about personal work on this show...

Today I'm having an informative talk with Pat about what permaculture is and how we adopt this practice into our current lives. I'm not sure about you, but I feel compelled to get involved with my own food growing process, but I don't know where to start. And a lot of us may think that because we don't have property, or live in an apartment that we can't grow plants or foods. Pat is here to share...

Aaron Maxwell is a Soul Ignitor!! She has started her own wellness business, Maxwellness and is helping humanity find their connection, peace and balance. Today we are taking a leisurely stroll through the Yamas and Niyamas. The Yamas and Niyamas are 2 of the 8 limbs of yoga and can be thought of as the "10 commandments" of yoga. The Yamas are a way to look at our internal moral discipline and the...

Darren McCrea is a busy man. He is bringing awareness to the elevated levels of CO2 that have been damaging our forests, advocating to change the name of the North American continent back to its Indigenous name, Turtle Island, as well as educating people about the multitude of benefits that plant medicines have. My initial reason for reaching out to Darren was to talk about the success he's been h...

Aly Slaughter has her 500 hour yoga teaching certificate and is actively teaching yoga with a visual impairment that classifies her as blind. Today we are talking with Aly about how she has found success with strong verbal cueing and the Zoom platform to help guide her classes. We also dive into doing shit that scares you, the concept of being "healed" and many other beautiful tangents. I hope you...

Leo Russell is a powerhouse of a human being. She is driven, knowledgable and passionate about the education, responsible usage and legalization of plant medicines. Leo started the ADAPT-WA and the Entheo Society of WA to help spread awareness and educate the public on the uses and benefits of plant meds. As exciting as these medicines can be, we need to take our time, educate ourselves and respec...

Kara Stafford is an amazing Yoga Instructor and is thirsty for knowledge. Today we are diving into her knowledge on the fascia systems in our body as well as the Vagus Nerve. We are finding out new ways that these areas of our anatomy cary information and interact with our bodies. If we can understand the "owners manual" of our bodies, we may be able to impact the happiness of our human exist...

Mariko has been helping me deepen my Yoga and Spiritual practices for years. I'm excited to have her on the show today to talk about her passions in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. Through the conversation, we stumble into an idea that Mariko has of combining sound healing with acupuncture. We get into an in depth talk about the ego and how we need more Elders in this time. The Crone and the Sag...

Destiny Holley is an amazing human. She is on a mission to restore joy and wonder to our sexual experiences. Today we are talking about how to embrace and explore your sexuality. There are a lot of stigmas around sex in many different cultures. But does there need to be? Maybe we should be more honest in our education of a subject that all humans will have some kind of experience with. This t...

 I had a blast during this conversation! Abby and Ciara, from I Am Alliance, are full of knowledge and have a beautifully grounded way of sharing it.  Today we are talking about Masculine and Feminine Archetypes. I had heard the term Archetype a lot when I first started on my healing path, but never know how it fit in with me until I started doing shadow work. In my journey to find...

Ean is an inspirational human.  He was introduced to Men's work as a child and has found a way to integrate these ideas and teachings into his regular life.  Today, we are talking about how all of us have some type of work to do and the importance of finding the time to put into your own work.   We dive into some of the vocabulary we use to talk about imbalances and how that ma...

Suzanne has been practicing Ayurvedic medicine and Yoga for over 40 years.  In todays conversation, we tap into her knowledge and explore the inner workings of this ancient practice.  Suzanne explains the 3 different Dosha types, Vata, Pitta and Kapha, and what these look like when they are in balance and out of balance.  As we move through this topic and dance around other spiritua...

Today, I am welcoming back my good friend and meditation mentor, Thang Nguyen.  Thang is coming back from a Vipassana meditation retreat in California and stoped by to talk about his experience.  Vipassana, which means "to see things as the are," is a type of meditation that was rediscovered by Buddha over 2500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal ills. &nb...

Hannah is a ray of light and a joy to talk to.  It's the season for a lot of things right now, but the season I want to talk about is Manifesting.  Winter is a great time of the year to look at how your current year has been and to look forward towards the next year.  What do you want to call in?  What are your goals?  Hannah takes some time to explain what manifesting is...

Suzanne Hite is one of my go to's for any anatomy questions.  I was happy to steal some time with her while she's finishing up her Physical Therapists Assistant's degree.  In today's conversation we unpack some of the common anatomical yoga cues you'll hear at an Asana based Yoga studio.  But one of the things I love about Suzanne, besides her knowledge, is her humor.  And I lo...

Human Design and Bitcoin share a commonality in my life, I have a desire to understand them, but they are just a little outside of my grasp.  Enter Lindsay Love.  Lindsay is a Human Design reader, singer/ song writer and one fourth of the band Jaws of Brooklyn.  Today, Lindsay is here to talk about Human Design and how this divinity tool can help you understand YOU and why you act o...

Education has been a hot button issue for a while now, but with our recent pandemic, maybe it's finally getting the spotlight it so rightfully deserves.  In todays conversation, I am sitting with teacher and passionate educator, Hannah Asher.  We start the conversation by defining the terms "teaching" and "learning."  Although you can find these terms in the dictionary, words like t...

 "When the student is ready, the teacher appears."  That pretty much sums up the beginning of my relationship with Holli West.  I was introduced to Holli a couple years ago and have since been working with her as a medium and teacher to help develop my gifts and deepen my spiritual knowledge.  In todays conversation we talk about how to live and work with your ego and how impor...

Well, my information cup is full!  Today on the show, we are talking with herbalist, Wiccan practitioner and herbalist, Danica Connors.  I have to admit, my knowledge of Wiccan rituals and culture is slim to none, but that's why I wanted to get Danica on.  She takes us through some of her Wiccan practices, acknowledging the many different lineages and ways that these practices can b...

Passion shows itself in many different ways.  Today, I am talking to Jordan Lydia Verla, a person who is very passionate about her life, her practices and her yoga.  In this episode, we are taking a step into understanding the practice of competitive yoga and how that links to the 84 pose Ghosh practice.  Jordan is very knowledgable in this form of yoga and shares her wisdom of the...