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Michael Schauch spent decades as an investment-portfolio manager in British Columbia before the mountains rearranged his priorities. An award-winning author, alpinist, and lifelong Buddhist practitioner, he has carried a quiet fascination with impermanence across a career spent scaling some of the most remote terrain on earth — not one range, but a life built peak by peak, each ascent stripping something further away until what remained felt closer to essential.

That stripping-away is the subject of his new book, Anattā: Heart of Wisdom — eight essays and poems moving between sky caves lined in cr...

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Alisha Das: Discovering Your Angelic Ancestry
What if the part of you that feels most essentially you isn't something you built — but something you're remembering?
In this episode of Seekers and Finders, Stefan and Gary sit down with Alisha Das, angel communicator and author of the new book Your Angelic Ancestry, for a conversation that goes far beyond the usual angel-book interview — from the childhood moment her gift first appeared, to what it costs to close that kind of sight and what it takes to reopen it, to the personal, unscripted plac...

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Robert Atkinson, PhD is an award-winning author, educator, and developmental psychologist whose work bridges storytelling, transformation, and the evolution of consciousness. His latest book, The Way of Unity: Essential Principles and Preconditions for Peace (2025) invites readers to embrace the unitive wisdom guiding our collective evolution. He is a 2020 Gold Nautilus Book Award winner as co-editor of Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future, a 2023 Silver Nautilus Book Award winner for A New Story of Wholeness: An Experiential Guide for Connecting the Human Family, and a 2017 Silver Nautilus...

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In this episode of Seekers and Finders, hosts Stefan Bright and Gary Falk sit down with Deborah Santana — author, activist, and founder of the nonprofit Do A Little, whose work has carried education, health, and dignity to women and girls around the world.

Deborah is the author of Space Between the Stars, co-editor of All the Women in My Family Sing, and her newest memoir, Loving the Fire: Choosing Me, Finding Freedom — a deeply personal account tracing her journey from daughter of a pioneering interracial couple, through her 34-year marriage to musi...

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Martyn Webber

Satsang ● Nonduality ● Awakening

The Ground That Never Moved

Martyn Webber is a mystic, writer, and spiritual guide whose journey to awakening was anything but sudden. After decades of earnest seeking — twenty years of Transcendental Meditation, immersion in Buddhist practice, retreats and ashrams, and eventually a deep dive into Advaita Vedanta and self-inquiry — something finally gave way in early 2015. What emerged was not a peak experience but a permanent shift: a clear, stable recognition of awareness as the ground of all being. It is from...

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Imogen Webber grew up inside the Transcendental Meditation movement, where the understanding that consciousness is the basis of all existence was simply the air she breathed. Yet it was not practice that brought her to awakening — it was Grace. In 2015, through a transmission of presence, the sense of being a separate doer fell away in what she describes as a lasting and irreversible shift. What followed was not a quiet arrival but a deepening — an often humbling integration of grief, childhood trauma, and everything that awakening draws to the surface.

Today Imog...

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Tawnya Gilbert - Psilocybin The Return To Wholeness

There are those who arrive at the threshold of healing not as theorists but as survivors — people who have walked through the fire of the system itself and emerged carrying something the system could not provide. Tawnya Gilbert is one of those rare voices. An ICU nurse for nearly two decades, she has stood at the bedside of the most fragile human moments, and yet it was her own fragility — buried beneath a decade of alcohol, ten prescribed medications, and a diagnosis of "stab...

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Lisa Najjar used to be a Court Reporter. Now she’s reporting for a higher court; not the Supreme Court, but the Celestial Court! As an International Psychic-Medium and Author of Dying to Tell You – Channeled Messages from the Famously Dead, Lisa feels she is living her passion to help raise consciousness on the planet. She lives in Florida, offering workshops, courses, events and private consultations world-wide.

Lisa Najjar's website:

https://dyingtotellyoubooks.com

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In this heart-centered conversation, we sit down with Sasha, co-founder of Hridaya Family Retreat Center, a small, family-run sanctuary tucked into the pine-covered mountains of southern Mexico. Far from the noise of modern retreat culture, Hridaya Family offers something increasingly rare — genuine presence, deep listening, and a space where each person is truly seen.

Sasha shares the spirit behind their work: creating an intimate environment where spiritual practice is not performance, but lived experience. We explore what it means to hold retreat space as a family, how warmth and at...

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Nancy D. Bennett is a psychotherapist and writer whose work and book explore identity, perception, and true nature. She holds a BA in psychology from the University of Oregon and a master’s in counseling from Seattle University and practiced as an individual and family therapist with a focus on addictions. She also trained for many years in body-based and experiential therapeutic approaches. Her spiritual inquiry began in her early twenties through Gurdjieff Work groups and later deepened through constellation systems work and direct investigation into nondual awareness. After decades of searching, questioning, an...

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Paul Samuel Dolman founded the South Beach Entertainment Company in Nashville connecting major artists, writers, labels, and producers with quality material and helping to develop talent with great success.  The company branched out into publishing while expanding into the television and film markets of Los Angeles and New York.

While spending a summer in Martha's Vineyard, Paul was picked up hitchhiking by the famous comedian, television star and creator of Seinfeld, Larry David.  The two hit it off and had a series of magical encounters which Paul then tu...

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Raphael Weisman is a spiritual teacher, author, and longtime guide in consciousness-based inquiry whose work centers on embodied awareness, responsibility, and inner coherence. Over decades of teaching and facilitating, he has explored the practical intersection of spirituality, psychology, and lived experience, helping people move beyond belief systems into direct knowing. He is the author of The Path of the Spiritual Warrior, a channeled work that brings forward multiple wisdom traditions to examine discipline, courage, emotional integration, and conscious choice in everyday life. Raphael’s approach is grounded rather than escapist—focused on clarity, inte...

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Flo is a respected visionary, author, speaker, & healer. For 47 years Flo has worked with thousands of entrepreneurs as a counselor and teacher. She leads retreats and sacred journeys, teaching healing modalities that catalyze personal transformation.

Flo has created four major healing systems: Soul RecognitionSM, an ancient shamanic journey aligning the soul’s purpose and patterning consciously into the body and life; Circuitry AlignmentSM, unifying the original blueprint within the cells and systems of the body; HeartThreadSM, connecting unconscious patterning held in the body with cognitive understanding, resolving long-standing challenges in health an...

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The Akashic Way - Living Through the Lens of the Akashic Records 

"Some conversations don’t just inform—they awaken something ancient within us."

Today, we’re joined by Emmy Award–winning director turned spiritual author Mary Madeiras, whose new book The Akashic Way: Living Through the Lens of the Akashic Records offers not a theory, but a lived experience of the soul’s memory in motion.

Mary’s journey—from Hollywood’s bright lights to the infinite light of the Akashic Realm—is as surprising as...

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Shanika Malcolm – Visionary, Healer & Ecovillage Builder

Shanika Malcolm is a Jamaican spiritual teacher, writer, and visionary community builder whose journey bridges survival, soul, and regeneration.

 She first rose to prominence as the first Black woman to complete the 21-day challenge on Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid, an initiation that awakened a lifelong devotion to healing, truth, and the reclamation of feminine power.

Today, Shanika guides others through transformational retreats, healing experiences, and women’s circles that awaken the soul and reconnect people to their i...

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“You Are Your Own Guru Now”

After exploring Gnosticism, Gurdjieff, Bhakti Yoga, EST, Nichirin Shoshu Bhuddism, Tibetan Buddhism, Non Dual Shaiva Tantra, Balanced View, the Finders Course, Mahamudra, Ati Yoga, and several other spiritual and New Agey teachings and traditions, for more than 50 years, it was a great relief to be finally told, "You are your own guru now!"  That's when life really begins.  Or rather, that's when real life begins.

Finders Course

https://finderscourse.com

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Out of the Darkness Comes Light. The Life of a Somatic Healer.

Today on Seekers and Finders, we’re joined by the luminous Crystal Rainbow Mort, founder of Somatic Healing Seattle—a healer whose path has been shaped by both the depth of inner silence and the intelligence of the body. Born and raised in Seattle, Crystal’s life has been a tapestry of transformation, woven through over a decade of bodywork practice, global study, and spiritual immersion.

From her travels across the world between 2013 and 20...

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From Booze to Buddhism and Beyond! Chris Lemig shares his remarkable journey from a life caught up in drugs and alcohol to becoming a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and now a hypnotherapist helping others create change in their own lives. In this conversation, he opens up about transformation, healing, and the spiritual lessons that shaped his path.

Chris Lemig website: https://truenaturehypnotherapy.com/

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Lorcan Otway is a storyteller, spiritual seeker, and cultural bridge between traditions. Born to a Quaker father and a Romani mother, his life has been steeped in two worlds—one rooted in silence, peace, and inner light, the other alive with music, history, and the struggle for dignity. Lorcan has carried both legacies forward, not only as a guardian of heritage but as a voice for compassion, justice, and community. Whether through his work preserving folk culture, advocating for human rights, or living out the deep values of his lineage, Lorcan brings a ra...

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Scott Goolsby emerges from his writing as a modern-day seeker who transforms profound personal suffering into deep spiritual insight. He candidly recounts a harrowing battle that stripped away the familiar rhythms of life. What begins as a medical ordeal gradually reveals itself as a spiritual teacher—reshaping how he relates to his body, his expectations, and the very meaning of normalcy. 

“As burdensome, depressing, and annoying as it has been, CVS, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, has also been one of the greatest spiritual teachers I have ever...

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Steven Martyn - The Sacred Gardener

M.A. (traditional plant use), B.F.A. honours, artist, farmer, wildcrafter, builder, teacher, writer, visionary.

Steven has more than thirty years experience living co-creatively with the Earth, practicing traditional living skills of growing food, building and healing. Steven created Livingstone & Greenbloom in 1986, Toronto’s first green landscaping company.

In 1996, he created the Algonquin Tea Company, North America’s premiere bioregional tea company. He has given talks and run workshops internationally for more than twenty years and taught plant iden...

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Welcome to The FUN Layer — where joy isn’t just an emotion, it’s a practice.

The FUN Layer exists as a fundamental aspect of the human nervous system, though it can be obscured by thoughts, emotions, and reactions. People, therefore, often find it challenging to bring FUN into conscious awareness. The FUN Layer Course provides tools and techniques to both access and deepen within the FUN, making it accessible in every moment. The practices are ever-evolving, based on Improv principles, Unified Mindfulness techniques, and a grab bag of whatev...

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Robert Fusco and Caren Horowitz discuss their relationship with The Urantia Book. From discovering the book, to the insights they received, this conversation offers an inside look into the dedication these two seekers have to the Mystery of Urantia. 

Thought Adjusters and Mystery Monitors: https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-107-origin-and-nature-thought-adjusters

The Urantia Foundation: Here you can read the book: https://www.urantia.org

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In this episode, we reconnect with scholar and author Pierce Salguero to continue our exploration of his recent book, A Lamp Unto Yourself, a guide to cultivating an inner path rooted in discernment and self-trust.

Our conversation then turns to his forthcoming book, Threads of Awakening, which invites seekers to engage multiple spiritual traditions through a personalized lens. As Pierce writes:

"For those just getting started, why not launch your spiritual journey with a balanced approach that supports multiple threads of discovery? Unlike other books that present Asian spiritual...

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In this episode, Stefan and Gary experience Guided Shifting for themselves with the newly released free sample session. If you want to try it yourself, then you can access the full session here: https://www.guidedshifting.com/get-started . Afterwards, Stefan and Gary explore what their experience is like on the other side, and then Jason and Gary reconnect two days later to discuss what life has been like since the session ended.

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For seekers attuned to the subtle dimensions of the spiritual path, this episode opens a doorway into the living traditions of the East—practices and philosophies that have long offered maps beyond the mind, into embodied presence and inner stillness.

From meditation and movement to Nondual philosophies, these traditions offer more than techniques—they point to a different way of perceiving reality.

In conversation with author and scholar C. Pierce Salguero, we explore how ancient practices like yoga, tai chi, qigong, and various forms of meditation have entered Western cons...

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We’re excited to welcome Jason Soll as our guest today on the Seekers and Finders Podcast to explore his transformative system, Guided Shifting: Awakening in 30 Minutes. This consciousness-expanding approach blends neuroscience, guided visualization, and somatic awareness to facilitate rapid shifts in perception—often within just half an hour. Jason brings a fresh, practical pathway to awakening that’s both accessible and deeply effective. In our conversation, we dive into the mechanics of Guided Shifting, how it helps break free from habitual thought patterns, and Jason’s personal journey into this powerful...

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The Cult Experience

Being in a cult is often a journey that starts with a search for meaning, belonging, or spiritual fulfillment but can gradually turn into an environment of control, manipulation, and isolation. Many who enter these groups don’t realize they are part of a cult until they are deeply entangled in its belief system, social structure, and often, its psychological grip. Along with Gary and Stefan the guests today, Phil Hirschi and Patricia Aubertin, who were part of the same group, will explore what it feels like to li...

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"Rastal is a pioneering consciousness researcher who demystifies inner peace by stripping away unnecessary spiritual baggage. Creator of the Deepening Framework and founder of the Amplify gathering, he's dedicated to making profound wellbeing as approachable as exercise or nutrition. By balancing awakening with a successful engineering career, Rastal demonstrates that lasting transformation requires neither becoming a monk nor sacrificing your authentic personality."

https://rastal.me

https://amplifygathering.com

https://thetelepathytapes.com

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In our conversation with Todd Allen, we explore Ho'oponopono, the Hawaiian practice of forgiveness and reconciliation, alongside the deeper meanings of Agape and Kuleana. Todd explains how Ho'oponopono’s mantra—"I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you"—facilitates emotional healing and spiritual clarity. We also discuss Agape, the highest form of unconditional love, and its role in fostering deep connection and compassion. Additionally, we examine Kuleana, the Hawaiian concept of responsibility and sacred duty, highlighting how personal accountability plays a vital role in healing, harmony, and living in alignment with one's...

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Luminous Emptiness

Welcome back to Seekers and Finders Podcast, where we explore the mysteries of consciousness, the nature of spirituality, and the many paths that lead to enlightenment. Today, we’re honored to have a truly special guest—author, speaker, and transformational coach, Irene Kendig. Her work dives deep into the nature of consciousness, and the boundless potential for awakening that exists within each of us.
In this episode, we’ll be exploring the concept of Luminous Emptiness—a phrase that might sound paradoxical at first, but one that holds profound...

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Maryanna Hemming once sought enlightenment with restless curiosity, absorbing the guru’s teaching like an aspiring flame. Through years of discipline, doubt, and revelation, she learned that true wisdom unfolds in stillness as much as in seeking. Now, with quiet confidence and deep presence, she embodies the practice, no longer searching—only being.

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Marian Tortorella is a widely recognized International Astrologer.  She has read tens of thousands of Astrological Horoscopes over the last 46 years with a repeat global clientele.  A published Astrological Researcher and columnist, she’s been a guest on Public Radio, TV,  Wise Woman Radio Blog, and the popular show Impractical Jokers. Marian has practiced many spiritual and esoteric realms  of divination. With her intuitive skill,  she has managed to merge all of her spiritual knowledge into ONE, with Astrology as it’s pivotal point for her counsel.

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Harry Rob Bruner’s spiritual journey is a significant aspect of his life and creative work. In his solo show, Nephew of the Universe, Bruner delves into his experiences growing up within a renowned spiritual organization that his family helped establish. His aunt played a pivotal role in bringing the guru Sri Chinmoy to America, leading to the formation of a worldwide spiritual movement. Bruner’s performance offers a heartfelt and, at times, whimsical narrative of his twenty years in this Queens, New York-based meditation group. He candidly shares the challenges he faced, incl...

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Alice Ethna Herron's doctoral thesis, "Godless Mystics: Atheists and Their Mystical Experiences – Towards a Grounded Theory," explores the occurrence of mystical experiences among atheists. By employing grounded theory methodology, Herron examines how individuals without religious beliefs interpret and integrate these profound experiences into their secular worldviews. Her research contributes to a deeper understanding of spirituality outside traditional religious frameworks.

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Alice Ethna Herron's doctoral thesis, "Godless Mystics: Atheists and Their Mystical Experiences – Towards a Grounded Theory," explores the occurrence of mystical experiences among atheists. By employing grounded theory methodology, Herron examines how individuals without religious beliefs interpret and integrate these profound experiences into their secular worldviews. Her research contributes to a deeper understanding of spirituality outside traditional religious frameworks.

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“Music, how and why it can pull you out of a normal day to day consciousness into something more profound and timeless.”

Phil recently moved from Seattle, a town where he'd lived since 1990 (which was the dawn of Seattle-born grunge!), and a town he swore he'd never leave, to the much smaller Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula, about 2 1/2 hours away. Turns out Port Townsend's music scene, while smaller and slightly less prestigious than Seattle's, is vibrant and active and much more accessible.  Currently he's playing cello with the local orchestra, and a...

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Ron Brent is a spiritual seeker and teacher who has dedicated his life to exploring the profound philosophy of Kashmiri Shaivism. His journey began with a deep yearning to understand consciousness, leading him to this ancient non-dual tradition rooted in self-awareness and universal oneness. Through decades of study and practice, Ron has become a guiding voice for those seeking to align with the infinite within. 

Ron Brent’s Website:

www.ronbrent.com

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Lisa's teachings emphasize breaking through limiting beliefs, fostering authentic self-expression, and nurturing personal empowerment. She is known for guiding individuals through deep emotional and cognitive processes that allow for greater clarity and transformation. Her sessions often include practices such as meditation, journaling, role-play, and group discussions.

Website:

www.experiencingthetrueself.com

YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@EnquiryIntoSelf

Books On Amazon:

AN UNPRINCIPLED LIFE - LIVING FROM THE UNKNOWN

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Tim always wanted to know. He was a seeker, and a questioner.  

As a child he was one of those annoying kids who always asked "why?"

He grew up in a small village in The Fens in Cambridgeshire where he still lives today.

Loving sport he became a PE teacher, but secretly always wanted to dance.

One day whilst leading a group of students on a hike in Derbyshire he was walking up a rocky wooded hill.

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He stopped. Time stopped. Aft...