Diane Dreher is on a mission to make the world a more peaceful place…and that peace starts inside each one of us. In her book The Tao of Inner Peace, which draws upon the vital lessons of the Tao Te Ching, she invites us to create greater balance by aligning with the rhythms of ourselves and the natural world.

Shirley Blancke’s life, and her experience of the nature of reality, were greatly altered after meeting the Ecuadorian shaman don Alberto Taxo. In this episode, Shirley shares her powerful story and how she was destined to play a role in don Alberto’s life and the prophecy of the eagle and the condor.

My guest Lisa Masé makes eating healthy seem not only attainable, but delicious. In this episode we cover a lot of ground, none of which involves dieting. Instead we explore some of Lisa’s deep knowledge of traditional nutritional philosophies and the importance of learning to eat intuitively.

William J. Peters is a licensed psychotherapist who is passionate about eliminating the stigma around end of life experiences. He’s recognized by many as the world’s leading authority in the field of shared death studies. In this episode he shares what his research team discovered about this surprisingly common phenomenon.

My guest Radhule Weininger wants you to know that if you feel trapped by challenging feelings, you’re not alone. In this episode Radhule shares how mindfulness techniques can help you break through the painful patterns that hold you back so that you can begin to live with more freedom, confidence, and peace.

In this episode my guest Erica Elliott shares powerful stories from her time living with the Navajo as a teacher, sheepherder, and doctor. Her inspiring story, captured in her memoir Medicine & Miracles in the High Desert, reveals the transformative power of reaching out to others with joy, respect, and an open heart.

My guest Dawn Torres is a super versatile and long-time alternative healing practitioner and teacher. In this episode Dawn shares her perspective on healing, one that was born out of the various modalities she’s studied and practiced, as well as some of the personal experiences she’s had that inform how she approaches helping others.

The field of mental health is on the brink of evolving in a promising direction with the introduction of psychedelics as a viable treatment option for a wide range of psychological challenges. In this episode my guests Emma Bragdon and Benjamin Asher discuss their work providing Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and an overview of the outcomes they’ve witnessed.

Do you consider yourself highly sensitive? Empathic? An empath? In this episode author Signe Myers Hovem shares the differences she sees between these traits and explains that the goal is to understand your own unique sensory sensitivities and how you relate, interact, and perceive your environment.

Gerette Buglion shares the story of how her innocent quest for meaning was hijacked by a teacher who recognized her thirst for spiritual knowledge and personal growth only to later discover that her mind and psyche had been compromised by the disturbingly subtle techniques he used. Gerette’s unsettling account illustrates that cults are more widespread than you might think.