Pathways Radio by Paul O'Brien

RamDev Dale Borglum is the author of How to Live So you Can Die Without Fear. RamDev Dale is the executive director of the Living/Dying Project. A pioneering figure in the conscious dying movement, he has spent decades helping individuals face death — and life — with greater awareness, collaborating with the likes of Ram Dass, Stephen Levine, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (all of whom were featured on Pathways in years long past). Drawing on his background as a mathematician, meditation teacher, lover of God, and devoted practitioner of both Eastern and Western healing traditions, Borglum offers a uniquely practical and a...

Dr. Richard Moss is the author of the book, The Mandala of Being: Discovering the Power of Awareness, newly released as an audiobook. Richard is an internationally respected teacher, author, and former physician whose work has helped shape the contemporary field of inner transformation, embodied presence, and conscious relationship. His teaching joins psychological insight, spiritual awakening, subtle body awareness, and the path of love, offering practical ways to meet pain, conflict, and uncertainty with presence, compassion, and a deeper trust in being.

Will Johnson is the author of Radiant Mindfulness: How to Reach the Awakened State Beyond the Mind. Will is the director of the Institute for Embodiment Training and the founder of Bambu Hueco, a retreat center in Costa Rica that views the body as the doorway to spiritual growth and transformation. The author of several books, including Breathing through the Whole Body, The Radical Path of Somatic Dharma, Breathing as Spiritual Practice, and Eyes Wide Open, he teaches a deeply body-oriented approach to sitting meditation at Buddhist centers around the world. He lives in Costa Rica.

Mandy Tang is the author of Heal Your Career Wounds: Navigating the Trauma of Today's Workplace. A career coach and holistic healer, Mandy helps clients from Big Tech, start-ups, and the nonprofit sector bring more creativity and joy into their work lives. Her training includes an MBA in finance from Columbia, certification as a trauma-informed yoga instructor, and completion of a three-year shamanic practitioner program. More information about the guest can be found at www.mandytang.co

Mandy Tang is the author of Heal Your Career Wounds: Navigating the Trauma of Today’s Workplace. A career coach and holistic healer, Mandy helps clients from Big Tech, start-ups, and the nonprofit sector bring more creativity and joy into their work lives. Her training includes an MBA in finance from Columbia, certification as a trauma-informed yoga instructor, and completion of a three-year shamanic practitioner program.

Kris Land is the author of the new book, The Infinity Within: Break Through Fear, Trust Your Inner Power, and Create a Life That Reflects Who You Truly Are. Kris is an award-winning, conscious entrepreneur, and spiritual teacher whose work explores awakening through fear, remembrance, and inner truth. Alongside his creative work, Kris is a veteran CEO and serial entrepreneur who has founded 12 high-tech companies, achieving 11 successful exits and one IPO. His decades of real-world leadership bring grounded depth to conversations about healing, purpose, and conscious creation. He is the founder of Amazing Items 4U Publishing and Campaign Catalysts...

Gina Goldfeder Ph.D., is the author of the book, Releasing the Emotional Wound: Shamanic and Psychological Tools to Transcend Trauma and Rebuild Your Life. Gina is a psychologist who specializes in individual and couples psychotherapy. Working with clients for almost thirty years, she draws on her training in healing modalities informed by shamanism, such as dream interpretation, as well as psychodrama, sacred geometry, and ThetaHealing. Gina offers courses and workshops on childhood wounds, couples’ communication, self-esteem, and dream interpretation. She lives in Mexico City.

Peter Russell is the author of the new book, How to Meditate Without Even Trying. Peter has written eleven other books including Letting Go of Nothing and From Science to God. A teacher of meditation for more than fifty years, he believes the critical challenge of today is freeing human thinking from the limited beliefs and attitudes that lie behind many of our problems — personal, social, and global. He has inspired thousands through his talks, teachings, retreats, and popular online courses.

Jon Gorman is the author of the new book, Facing Climate Anxiety: Evidence-Based Skills to Cope with Fear and Overwhelm, Find Meaning, and Take Action. Jon is owner of Towson Therapy Group―a psychotherapy group practice in Towson, MD. He is an assistant clinical professor at Loyola University Maryland, a licensed psychologist in Maryland, and is licensed to provide teletherapy in thirty-nine states. An active member of Climate Psychology Alliance North America, Gorman is trained in ecopsychology and nature-informed therapy. He has given talks to environmental legislators around the United States to advocate for pro-climate legislation.

David Bedrick is the author of the book, The Unshaming Way Workbook: Exercises and Reflection Questions to Heal from Trauma, Unlearn Self-Blame, and Reclaim Your Story. David is a speaker, counselor, and attorney. He was an adjunct faculty for the University of Phoenix and the Process Work Institute in the U.S. and Poland. He is the founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-based Studies, where he offers facilitation training to deepen the skills and awareness of therapists, coaches, and healers as well as workshops for individuals to further their own personal development. He is a writer for...

David Bedrick is the author of the book, The Unshaming Way Workbook: Exercises and Reflection Questions to Heal from Trauma, Unlearn Self-Blame, and Reclaim Your Story. David is a speaker, counselor, and attorney. He was an adjunct faculty for the University of Phoenix and the Process Work Institute in the U.S. and Poland. He is the founder of the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-based Studies, where he offers facilitation training to deepen the skills and awareness of therapists, coaches, and healers as well as workshops for individuals to further their own personal development. He is a writer for Psychology...

Vincent Thibault is the author of the new book, Overflow: A Buddhist Guide to Navigating the Chaos of the Digital Age. Vincent is a Canadian writer who has published 15 books in French, including both fiction and nonfiction, with various publishing houses in Quebec. From novels to travel memoirs and philosophical essays, his work is surprisingly varied, but keeps exploring key themes—the meaning of kindness; the quest for clarity and wisdom in a hectic and noisy world; courage in the face of uncertainty; and the reconciliation of tradition and modernity.

Alex Korb is the author of the new book, The Upward Spiral Workbook: A Practical Neuroscience Program for Reversing the Course of Depression. Alex is a neuroscientist who has studied the brain and mental health for over fifteen years, starting with an undergraduate degree in neuroscience from Brown University. He received his PhD in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he wrote his dissertation and numerous scientific articles on depression. He is author of The Upward Spiral, and is currently adjunct assistant professor at UCLA in the department of psychiatry. Outside of the lab, he is...

David Jay is the author of Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transformational Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World. David is a community organizer with a background in physics … born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. From founding the Asexual Visibility and Education Network to working in the heart of the tech reform movement, David has centered the work of building relationship as a tool for healing and driving social change. He researches and writes about why these important relational tools so often go underappreciated and underfunded, and how that reality might change. David is regularly invited to speak at...

David Cooley is the co-author of the new book, Transforming the Shame Triangle: From Shame to Love Using Parts Work. David uses the restorative conflict model and re-imagines it as a tool for helping individuals learn healthier models of conflict resolution, particularly in the context of intimate relationships. He offers the Restorative Relationship Conversation process to private clients looking for new and effective ways to address interpersonal conflict and transform it into deeper connection and intimacy. He comes from a background of Restorative Justice, and has also been trained in several modalities including Mindfulness Based Practices, Narrative Therapy, Somatic...

Dame Doria Cordova is the author of Money & You: Principles That Power Success and the CEO/Owner of Excelerated Business Schools and the Money & You program, altogether a global educational platform, which has been around for almost 50 years and was one of the first to apply human potential movement principles to the world of business. As such it is the world’s longest-running entrepreneurial, experiential, transformative training organization — operating since 1979 with over 250,000 graduates from over 85 countries.

Doria is known as a pioneering educational entrepreneur, a global business developer, a sustainability entrepreneur, an ambassador of new education, an auth...

Prashanthi Amarnath is the author of Embracing Paradox: Dive into a mystical adventure with the Tao Te Ching through 81 enchanting micro lessons! Prashanthi is a spiritual seeker whose work blends philosophical insight with practical guidance for modern life. Raised in a home that embraced multiple belief systems, she developed an early appreciation for introspection and openness. Prashanthi holds an engineering degree in Information Technology and balances a full-time career in her field with family life and her ongoing study of spirituality, especially the teachings of the Tao Te Ching and Sri Satya Sai Baba. Now based in Charlotte, North...

Ajaya Sommers is the founder of Core Embodiment, a psycho-spiritual-somatic methodology devoted to restoring embodied coherence, relational intelligence, and the living presence of the soul within the body. Her work integrates developmental trauma healing, nervous-system regulation, and somatic mystery-school practices into a deeply experiential path of embodied awakening.

Rev. Dr. Michelle Wadleigh is the author of Forgiveness, A Workbook for Emotional and Spiritual Freedom. Michelle is an award-winning author, speaker, coach, retreat maven and modern mystic whose work blends spiritual psychology, shadow integration, and bold personal transformation. She writes for people who are ready to stop suffering, know the truth about their lives, and claim their spiritual authority. With warmth, humor, and fierce love, she guides readers on a path toward emotional freedom and unshakable authenticity.

Doug Hilton is the author of the new book, The Tao of Addiction and Recovery: Chi Kung Practices for Restoring the Energy Flow in Mind and Body. Doug has been a counselor for more than 30 years with extensive experience in trauma, addictions, and couples and family issues. A certified Universal Healing Tao instructor, he has been integrating Chi Kung into his counseling practice for more than 20 years.

Donald Altman is the author of the new book, Simply Mindful Reflections: 101 Daily Reflections for Joy, Hope & Healing. Donald is a psychotherapist, former Buddhist monk, international mindfulness expert and award-winning author of over 20 books which have been translated worldwide. Featured as an expert in The Mindfulness Movie and profiled in the Living Spiritual Teachers Project, he currently writes Practical Mindfulness Blog for Psychology Today. His best-selling The Mindfulness Toolbox won two national publishing Ben Franklin IPBA awards. His books, Clearing Emotional Clutter and The Mindfulness Code, were both selected as one of “The Best Spiritual Books of the Year” by Spirituali...

Stephen G. Post is the author of new book, Pure Unlimited Love: Science and the Seven Paths to Inner Peace. Stephen is the Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. He founded The Institute for Research on Pure Unlimited Love with initial support from his mentor Sir John Templeton. Dr. Post is the author of several books, including Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Happier, Healthier Life by the Simple Act of Giving, has authored over 400 articles in peer-reviewed...

Nil Demircubuk is the author of the book, Down to Earth: Demystify Intuition to Upgrade Your Life. Nil is an intuition facilitator and guide with more than three decades of experience. She is also a certified professional coach. She empowers her clients and students to get in touch with their own intuition and combine it with their intellect to make better decisions, improve their relationships and performance, and live more fulfilled lives. Before her current career, Nil had studied engineering, obtained a PhD in economics, taught economics, ran the data group in a financial technology firm as a...

Jason Gregory is the author of the new book, The Tradition of Natural Taoism: The Way of Free and Easy Wandering in Oneness. Jason is a teacher of philosophy, comparative religion, metaphysics, and ancient cultures. He’s authored several books, including Effortless Living, Emotional Intuition for Peak Performance, Fasting the Mind, and Enlightenment Now. His documentaries include The Art of Effortless Living, Effortless Action: The Art of Spontaneity, The Yugas: The Great Time Cycles of the Universe, and The Art of Synchronicity.

Amanda Ann Gregory is the author of the book, You Don’t Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms. Amanda is a trauma psychotherapist whose work focuses on complex trauma recovery. Her unique perspective as both a clinician and a trauma survivor allows her to deeply understand the needs of survivors. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Psychology Today, Psychotherapy Networker, and psychotherapy.net. With over seventeen years of clinical practice alongside EMDR and National Counseling certifications, Gregory has provided trauma education and training for the American Counseling Association, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Ro...

Mark Hawkins, Ph.D., is the author of the book, The Mismatched Human: Our Fight for a Meaningful Existence. Mark is an author, educator, and a clinical counsellor. His first book, The Power of Boredom: Why Boredom is Essential for Creating a Meaningful Life, was featured in the New York Times and The Daily Telegraph. Dr. Hawkins has a Master of Counselling from City University of Seattle and a Doctorate in Philosophy of Education from Simon Fraser University. He has over 20 years of experience working with the public as an educator and counsellor for children, youth, and adults. His...

David Richo is the author of the book, By Your Side: How to Find Soulful Allies and Become One to Others. Dave is a psychotherapist, teacher, and writer who integrates Jungian, Buddhist, and mythic perspectives into practical guidance for everyday life. Through his books and workshops, he helps people cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and deeper human connections.

Dr. Richard Louis Miller is the author of Master Your Mind: Practical Tools to Calm Anxiety, Silence Your Inner Critic and Stop Overthinking. Richard is a clinical psychologist with 65 years of experience, founder of the Cokenders Alcohol & Drug Program and The Health Sanctuary at Wilbur Hot Springs, and host of the long-running podcast Mind Body Health & Politics, now in its 20th year. He is also the author of at least seven books.

Charlene Bjorklund is the author of the new book, ONE MONTH SOBER: The Day by Day Guide to Un-EFF-ing Your Relationship with Alcohol, co-authored by Dale Reis, LCSW, a therapist with 25 years of clinical wisdom. Charlene Bjorklund is a creative leader with 13 years of sobriety wins (and fails) under her belt. She spent 23 years as a graphic designer, creative director and manager in the sportswear and advertising industries before writing the book she kept looking for on her path to sobriety.

Dee Dee Goldpaugh is the author of the book, Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality. Dee Dee is a psychotherapist, educator, clinical supervisor, consultant, and leading voice in the development of psychedelic integration psychotherapy, specifically with survivors of sexual trauma. Goldpaugh is a facilitator of ketamine-assisted retreats for both couples and individuals and has taught and published widely on psychedelics and sexuality, trauma, gender, and spirituality. A frequent presenter at international conferences and trainings, Goldpaugh lives in Woodstock, New York.

Wen Stephenson is the author of the book, Learning to Live in the Dark: Essays in a Time of Catastrophe. Wen is an independent journalist and climate activist, and a contributing writer for the Nation. Formerly an editor at the Atlantic and the Boston Globe, he has also written about climate, culture, and politics for Slate, the New York Times, Grist, and the Boston Phoenix.

Dr. Joseph Jebelli is the author of the new book, The Brain At Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life. Joseph  received a PhD in neuroscience from University College London, then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Washington. He has written two other books, How the Mind Changed and In Pursuit of Memory.