Dear Community, what becomes possible when we let go of the pressure to perform and allow intimacy to become an experience of presence, connection, and discovery?In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Mary Sharpe, a former Scottish trial attorney with a background in psychology and theology, to explore sacred sexuality, our relationship with desire, and what it means to feel deeply connected to another person.Mary draws on twenty years of personal practice to introduce Karezza, a gentle approach to lovemaking that emphasizes affection and connection without making orgasm the goal. She shares how this practice helped her recognize her own fear of intimacy and cultivate a more nurturing relationship with her husband.“No number of books can teach you this. … They can only inspire you to try it.”— Mary SharpeYou can listen to the entire conversation here: We discuss:What sacred sex can look like in everyday relationships, including touch, stillness, and loving attention.The distinction between wanting a person, wanting release, and wanting connection.Mary’s perspective on reward circuitry, sexual habits, and the emotional experiences that can follow sex.Ideas from Marnia Robinson’s Cupid’s Poisoned Arrow and Gary Wilson’s Your Brain on Porn.How pornography and the attention economy can shape expectations around intimacy.Approaching these conversations with compassion, curiosity, and freedom from shame.What moved me most was the possibility of experiencing intimacy without needing to arrive at a particular outcome. There is so much to discover when we give ourselves permission to slow down, receive, and truly meet another person.If you’re curious about sacred sexuality, emotional closeness, and the beliefs you’ve inherited about being a “good lover,” this conversation offers a different perspective to explore.Resources mentioned: MELT and Synergy Explorers.We're now opening a private Gateways Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, right-prain pattern development, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.

Dear Community, Can your body sense an event before it happens? And if we can glimpse a possible future, can we change it? In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with cognitive neuroscientist Richard Silberstein, PhD, to explore consciousness, intuition, and the experiences that have led him to question whether the mind is confined to the brain.Richard is Professor Emeritus at Swinburne University of Technology, founder of its Brain Sciences Institute, and the author of Stranger and Stranger: The Neuroscience of How Mind and Cosmos Communicate. Drawing on more than four decades of neuroscience experience, he shares the research and personal experiences behind his perspective on a conscious, responsive universe. Thank you to my partners, Inner Traditions for this collaboration! “The universe, is conscious and responsive to our focused intent.”— Richard Silberstein​​We discuss:Precognition research investigating whether the body responds to an event before it occurs.Telepathy, identical twins, and what Ganzfeld experiments seek to reveal about perception beyond the senses.Richard’s view of the future as a set of possibilities, and the role he believes focused intention plays in shaping them.Synchronicity, visualization, and the tension between conscious desire and unconscious fear.How analytical and empathic ways of thinking relate to intuition, and why both brain hemispheres matter.Remote viewing, its reported applicationsWe're now opening a private Gateways Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.I am also hosting a 90-minute workshop on space clearing on November 13th! The workshop will be recorded for those who can't make it. Best, -Yasmeen

Dear Community, You don't want to miss this episode.  In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Sarah Elkhaldy, known as The Alchemist, a spiritual teacher, author, and contemporary mystic whose work explores spiritual alchemy, intuition, and multidimensional awareness.I’ve spent hours exploring Sarah’s teachings, and I loved the depth and honesty she brought to this conversation. We explore her understanding of the heart as the philosopher’s stone, the inner child as a gatekeeper to expanded awareness, and why the desire to forgive can sometimes move us past the very feelings that need our attention.“On one hand, it’s to honor oneself. And on the other hand, it is to let go of oneself.” — Sarah ElkhaldyWe also talk about:The distinction Sarah makes between the heart chakra and the heart center.Meeting shame and self-judgment with love, including a simple mirror practice.Why peak spiritual experiences don’t necessarily translate into lasting emotional growth.What Sarah calls “false light,” and how both spiritual superiority and excessive self-effacement can reflect imbalance.Discernment and boundaries: knowing when to receive feedback and when to trust your own knowing.Her interpretation of Mary Magdalene’s seven seals and the ways our perceptions can expand.If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, right-brain pattern development, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.Best, -Yasmeen Sarah also shares her personal experience of living with chronic illness, the role intuition played in her search for healing, and the unexpected joy of discovering a life beyond constant pain.​​​This conversation is an invitation to bring more honesty, compassion, and discernment to your spiritual life—and to give the parts of yourself you’ve struggled to love a place at the table. Explore Sarah’s work and her book, Book of the Body, at thealchemist.community. You can follow her on IG @the.alchemist------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We're now opening a private Gateways Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. 

In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with internationally acclaimed yoga teacher, teacher trainer, and author Mark Stephens for a fascinating exploration of pranayama, the ancient yogic science of working consciously with the breath. Mark has been practicing yoga for decades, and his newest book takes a deep dive into the history, science, philosophy, and practice of pranayama.We talk about the difference between breath and prana, how breathing can influence our nervous system and state of consciousness, and why nervous-system regulation doesn't simply mean becoming calm. As Mark explains, a healthy nervous system is flexible: sometimes we need to settle, and sometimes we need to mobilize. The deeper question is how we can prepare ourselves to meet what the moment requires.We also explore alternate nostril breathing, Breath of Fire, breath retention, the bandhas, nadis, chakras, Kundalini, sleep, and the relationship between subtle-energy traditions and modern anatomy.In this episode, we explore:• What pranayama actually means—and why prana is much more than breath• How changing the breath can change our physiological and emotional state• The relationship between breath, consciousness, and the nervous system• Why nervous-system regulation isn't synonymous with relaxation• Breath of Fire, alternate nostril breathing, retention, and other pranayama practices• Kundalini, bandhas, chakras, nadis, and the subtle body• Where ancient yogic wisdom and modern science intersect—and where they don't• Why preparation and gradual progression matter in breathwork• The potential risks of intense or one-size-fits-all breathwork practices• How conscious breathing can help us become more present in our everyday livesWe're now opening a private Gateways Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.Best, 

Dear Friends In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Tim Kelley, a global expert on purpose and author of the book (which just released today) True Purpose. Tim has worked with leaders and executive teams at organizations including Alibaba, Oracle, ING, and PwC, trained more than 1,000 coaches and consultants in his methods, and even explored purpose at the level of entire countries.We explore why so many people struggle to identify their purpose and Tim’s framework for understanding its different dimensions: essence, blessing, mission, and message. We also discuss why discovering your purpose is only part of the equation, and how fear, resistance, and our desire for safety can keep us from actually living it. We also explore projection, relationships, dreamwork, Internal Family Systems, and how to distinguish resistance that tells us something isn’t our path from the resistance that appears because something deeply aligned scares us.You can listen to the entire conversation here: Takeaways:- Purpose has multiple dimensions: who you are, how you impact others, your larger mission, and the message you are here to share.- Fear can keep us from living our purpose, even when we already sense what we are being called toward.- Shadow work brings unconscious patterns into awareness, helping us understand what may actually be driving our choices.- The people who trigger us can reveal our own projections and unconscious material.- Knowing your purpose isn’t enough. Purpose still needs a plan.“Give yourself permission to learn what your purpose is without having to do it. You’re just investigating. You’re just gathering information.” — Tim KelleyWe're now opening a private Gateways Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.Best, 

Dear Friends,In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Canadian singer, songwriter, and composer Tammy Weis to explore the extraordinary world of Portuguese poet and philosopher Fernando Pessoa, the mystical energy of Portugal, the Fifth Empire, and the synchronicities that can unfold when we become open to receiving.Tammy shares how a chance encounter in Lisbon’s Alfama district led her to Pessoa’s poetry, and ultimately inspired Soul Whisper, her album setting his words to music. What followed were dozens of what she calls “Pessoa miracles”: unexpected encounters, collaborations, and synchronicities that completely changed the course of her life. We also explore Pessoa’s many identities, his vision of the Fifth Empire, dreaming and imagination, presence, intuition, frequency, and why his work feels perhaps even more relevant today.One of the central questions Pessoa’s work continually brings us back to is beautifully simple: “Who am I?” And perhaps Tammy’s greatest lesson from this entire journey: “I’m open to receive.”You can listen to the entire episode here: In this episode, we explore:- Fernando Pessoa and the many selves within us, and why his heteronyms were far more than pen names.- The Fifth Empire, Pessoa’s vision of an empire rooted in language, culture, imagination, intellect, and spirit.- The mystical energy of Portugal and why Lisbon seems to create such powerful experiences of synchronicity and connection.- How to stop overthinking and become more grounded in the body, intuition, and the present moment.- Dreaming and imagination as ways of experiencing realities beyond what is immediately visible.- Synchronicity and resonance, and what can happen when we stop forcing and become open to receiving.- Music, frequency, and intention and how Tammy intuitively heard music while reading Pessoa’s poetry.- Presence before explanation, experiencing life before immediately analyzing or judging it.- The deeper invitation of Pessoa’s work: to question who we think we are and become more open to the mystery of what we might be.Ultimately, this conversation is an invitation to think less, perceive more, and become open to the synchronicities already trying to find us. We're now opening a private Gateways Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.Best, -Yasmeen 

What if reality is far more fluid than we’ve been taught to believe?In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Cynthia Sue Larson, bestselling author of Reality Shifts, Quantum Jumps, The Mandela Effect and Its Society, and High Energy Money. Cynthia has a background in physics from UC Berkeley and has spent decades exploring consciousness, reality shifts, synchronicities, quantum phenomena, and what happens when our experience of reality doesn’t quite match what we thought was possible. She wrote the book about the Mandela Effect, which Cynthia describes as “collective alternate memory,” and why different people can seemingly remember the same events, words, places, or cultural moments differently. “We are the dreamer. We are in the dream.” - Cynthia Sue Larson We begin by exploring what Cynthia calls reality shifts, those strange moments when something appears, disappears, changes, or seems to exist differently than we remember, and her belief that consciousness plays a fundamental role in how we experience the physical world. Throughout the episode, we explore:- What reality shifts are and how to begin noticing them- Whether consciousness can influence our experience of reality- Quantum jumping and moving between possible timelines- Why our internal state and perspective matter- The Mandela Effect and collective alternate memories- Whether the past, present, and future are as fixed as we assume- Individual versus collective realities- Free will, destiny, and conscious agency- Why Cynthia asks herself every day: “How good can it get?”Thank you for listening! We're now opening a private Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.#quantumjumping #cynthiasuelarson #realityshifts

Dear Friends, In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with Gold Porter, founder and spokesperson for Artifact Guardians, and Marza Flowers, a Stanford scholar of archaeoacoustics and Egyptian sound consciousness, registered nurse, clinical herbalist, medicine woman, and longtime student of ancient civilizations and Indigenous medicine ways.Raised in Indigenous medicine ways, she carries ceremonial teachings connected to the sacred Door of the Ant and works across Egyptian temple studies, vibrational medicine, cymatics, plant medicine, and shamanic traditions.We explore ancient crystalline artifacts and skulls emerging from Mexico and Gold and Marza's experiences of them as objects carrying consciousness or information. Rather than approaching these artifacts through ownership, they describe their work through the lens of guardianship and relationship. Marza shares her perspective on ancient Egyptian sound technology, sacred architecture, portals, and the importance of approaching sacred sites with discernment and proper training. We also explore her views on timelines, the Mandela Effect and CERN, and why she believes humanity is being asked to evolve our consciousness alongside our rapidly accelerating technology.In this episode, we explore:- Ancient crystalline artifacts and what it means to become their “guardian”- Crystal skulls, consciousness and the possibility of information held within matter- Egyptian sound consciousness and sacred architecture- Ancient civilizations, portals and the importance of discernment- Marza's perspective on CERN, the Mandela Effect and overlapping timelines- Indigenous knowledge and our relationship with the Earth- Ancient intelligence versus artificial intelligence- Why our humanity must evolve alongside our technology- Prayer, heart coherence and unified consciousness“Everything for me is that word home—going inward and finding your inner compass.” — Gold“The thing that calibrates our humanity is our heart.” — MarzaThank you for listening! We're now opening a private Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.Best, 

Dear Friends, In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with my new friend, David Lorimer, writer, poet, philosopher, Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network, and Chair of the Galileo Commission. We recently met in the South of France, while I was on Dr. Nicola Amadora's Mary Magdalene tour. For decades, David has been at the forefront of conversations exploring consciousness, science, spirituality, near-death experiences, and the deeper nature of reality.We begin with David’s lifelong “quest for wisdom” and why true wisdom cannot be separated from love, compassion, discernment, and direct experience. We also dive into the research surrounding near-death experiences, survival of consciousness, and the possibility that death is not an ending, but a transition into another mode of consciousness. David shares decades of experience studying these phenomena and the recurring patterns reported by people who have come close to death.“We have to wake up, and we have to try to use our lives to contribute to the larger common good, and to grow in love and wisdom.”— David LorimerKey Takeaways- Wisdom is more than knowledge. True wisdom integrates discernment and deeper understanding with love and compassion.- Intuition is fundamental to discovery. Major scientific breakthroughs often begin with intuitive insight before the analytical mind works out the science.- Our current scientific understanding of consciousness may be incomplete, opening the door to a much larger exploration of the nature of mind and reality.- Death may be a transition rather than an ending. Near-death experiences show striking recurring patterns, including peace, out-of-body experiences, beings of light, and life reviews.- We may be expressions of one consciousness, raising profound questions about interconnectedness and the nature of the self.- The mind and heart need to develop together. Intellectual or spiritual knowledge alone does not necessarily create an integrated human being.- Mary Magdalene offers another lens on the Divine Feminine and the integration of sacred masculine and feminine principles.Our lives can serve something larger. The invitation is to wake up, expand our consciousness, contribute to the common good, and continue growing in love and wisdom.Thank you for listening! We're now opening a private Community membership for those interested in processing the podcast and joining live monthly calls to discuss the content. Learn more here. If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the ⁠Inner Knowing School,⁠ where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, ⁠A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life⁠, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.For all resoures, check here: https://linktr.ee/gatewaystoawakening

Dear Community, we're opening up a private Community membership for those who are interested in processing the podcast. Learn more here: https://linktr.ee/gatewaystoawakeningWhat if sound is one of the fundamental forces shaping our bodies, our consciousness, and even the world around us?In this episode of Gateways to Awakening, I sit down with legendary sound healer, Grammy-nominated musician, author, and pioneer Jonathan Goldman, who has spent more than 50 years exploring the transformational power of sound. We dive into Jonathan’s newest book, Ascension Harmonics, and his exploration of the Divine Name, an ancient sequence of sacred vowel sounds he describes as a “hotline to the Divine.”“It is not only the frequency of the sound that creates its effect. It is also the intention of the person making and receiving the sound.” — Jonathan Goldman In this episode, we explore:Why Jonathan believes everything can be understood through vibrationHow sound may help restore the body to resonance and balanceThe principle Frequency + Intent = HealingWhy love, gratitude, kindness, and appreciation transform the way we use soundThe science and practice of hummingWhy every person is a unique vibratory beingThe ancient Divine Name and Jonathan’s work with sacred vowel soundsSound, the biofield, and what Jonathan calls the “Gaia Matrix”Collective intention and planetary healingThe relationship between sound, water, and DNAJonathan’s extraordinary experience of sound becoming lightWhy silence is just as essential as soundAnd why healing ourselves and healing the planet may ultimately be the same actJonathan leaves us with a beautifully simple practice: take a breath, hum, and then become silent. In a world filled with noise, the space between sounds may hold some of the greatest gifts of all.We would LOVE to hear from you! What did you learn? Tune into Gateways to Awakening for more conversations with leading thinkers, scientists, mystics, entrepreneurs, and consciousness pioneers exploring the future of human potential.If this episode resonates with you, you may also enjoy Yasmeen's work through the Inner Knowing School, where she teaches intuition, energetic mastery, multidimensional awareness, and nervous system regulation through private immersions and executive cohorts. You can also explore Yasmeen's latest book, A Glitch in the Matrix: 10 Energy Codes to Become the Main Character of Your Life, available on Audible, Kindle, and in print. The book explores intuition, consciousness, timelines, emotional regulation, and how to manage your energy instead of your time.