Pan de Dios Moments

Robert March and I worked at the same restaurant in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the same time — he was a cook, I was a waitress. We'd chat from time to time and discovered we shared some esoteric interests. One day he called me out of the blue and said he'd dreamed about me and felt he should get to know me better. Would I like to go on a picnic? We had a grand picnic, became dear friends, bo...

Sometimes the best way forward is to go slow. In 2012, I had a spinal surgery that was a real crisis. The surgeon made a mistake. A bone spin went directly to my lumbar area and froze my nerves, leaving me paralyzed on the right side. I was told I would probably never walk again. And I would certainly never dance tango again. But I had a word that carried me through:  hooly . It's a Scottish w...

In this episode of the Pan de Dios podcast... Dawnmarie and I went to university together. She has a story I will never forget. Dawnmarie Presley, C.Ht., is a spiritual mindset coach and hypnotherapist. She believes that there is no emotional or mental challenge too great to overcome. It is her deepest desire to help treat the whole person; mind, body, and spirit. One day, she died. I won't te...

What happens when a canceled appointment turns into a middle-of-the-night whisper from the universe? In this episode of  Pan de Dios Moments , host Christina Johnson sits down with past life regressionist and spiritual hypnotist  Morgan Davis . Morgan shares an extraordinary personal story that begins with a mysterious name appearing to him in a dawn dream and culminates in a mind-blowing moment o...

In this episode of the Pan de Dios podcast... my sister Mary Lou Ridinger tells me something that happened in a lecture hall in Tapachula, Mexico. She had a microphone in her hand. Someone leaned in and whispered. I'm not going to tell you what. You'll have to listen – or watch (it's our first video episode) – to find out. What I will say is this: after that day, Mary Lou looked at me...

In this episode of the Pan de Dios podcast... my cousin Jack Armstrong tells me a story about his dad. It happened in the woods of Mississippi a long time ago. A jar was passed. A sip was taken. And something shifted. Jack’s dad was one of my favorite people. This story shows you why. You’ll have to listen to feel what happened next. I cried. Jack cried. And I think you’ll understand something abo...

About This Episode Chipper Roth was thirteen years old, sitting on a cushion in San Miguel de Allende, watching a slideshow of orchid collecting in Nepal. She had never heard of Nepal. But when the image of the Himalayas appeared—the monastery, the Yeti skull, the monks chanting—something inside her cracked open. An epiphany. This is where I'm going. This is where I'm supposed to spend my...

Hiliry Harvey was twenty, alone in Rome with a midnight curfew and a dream of auditioning for the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. She had a hundred dollars a month and a tiny room in a pensione that locked its doors at midnight sharp. Most nights she found her way to Da Enzo, a ten‑table trattoria in Trastevere where you found the owner by following the sound of someone yelling his name. One night two...

What does it take to trust love again—not once, but twice? In the premiere episode of  Pan de Dios , host Christina Johnson sits down with author Diana Von Welanetz Wentworth to explore the moments of unexpected grace that have shaped her life. Diana shares the story of meeting her first husband in a Hong Kong hotel lobby, a chance encounter that felt like fate. After being widowed twice, she refl...