Pathways Radio by Paul O'Brien

Jessica Fern is the author of Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy. Jessica is a psychotherapist, public speaker, and trauma & relationship expert. In her international private practice, Jessica works with individuals, couples and people in multiple-partner relationships who want to be free of their reactive patterns, cultural conditioning, insecure attachment styles and past traumas. She holds a master’s degree in conflict analysis and resolution.

Anton Gomez-Escolar is the author of the new book, The Psychedelic Reawakening: How Psilocybin, MDMA, Ketamine, LSD, and DMT Are Changing Lives. Anton is a psycho-pharmacologist who works on psychedelic research, drug education, and harm reduction. He is the founder of Drogopedia, has worked at organizations like Energy Control and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA), and has presented on psychedelics at several international forums, including the European Parliament and the United Nations. He is a member of the UNAD Global Drug Policy Commission, and cofounder and board member of the Spanish Society of Psychedelic Medicine (SEMPsi), the INAWE...

Allan Hunter is the author of the book, Spiritual Hunger: Integrating Myth and Ritual into Daily Life. Allan has a doctoral degree in English Literature from Oxford University. He’s been a professor of literature at Curry College, and has also taught at Boston University and Bay Path University. He has spent thirty years exploring the way literature has been vital in helping us to explain ourselves to ourselves. He has his own coaching practice.

Jessica Zucker is the author of the new book, NORMALIZE IT: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women’s Lives Jessica is a LA-based psychologist specializing in reproductive health. She is the author of the award-winning book I HAD A MISCARRIAGE: A Memoir, a Movement. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Vogue, and Harvard Business Review, among others. She’s been featured on NPR, CNN, The Today Show, and Good Morning America and earned advanced degrees from New York University and Harvard University.

Happy Ali is the author of the new book, The Intuition Bible: How and Why to Tap Into Your Inner Wisdom. With a BA degree in psychology from UCLA, Happy is a prophetic dreamer, certified master NLP practitioner, master clinical hypnotherapist, and host of the Happy Insights podcast. Happy’s spiritual journey began in 1995 when he dedicated his life to the exploration of metaphysical disciplines after a near-death experience inspired a dramatic awakening. Now, Happy teaches and shares his Subconscious Manifestation Methodology.

Billy Wynne is the author of the new book, The Empty Path: Finding Fulfillment Through the Radical Art of Lessening. A student of Buddhism and mindfulness for 30 years, he received meditation teaching certification under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and lay Zen Buddhist ordination from the Zen Center of Denver, where he now teaches classes and serves on the board. He lives in Denver with his wife, children, and shih-poos, Oscar and Archie.

Dr. Richard Louis Miller is the author of the new book, Psychedelic Medicine at the End of Life: Dying Without Fear. Richard has been a clinical psychologist for more than sixty years. He is host of the internet radio broadcast, Mind Body Health & Politics, the founder of the acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program, and creator of the Health Sanctuary at Wilbur Hot Springs. He has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Stanford University and an advisor on the President’s Commission on Mental Health.

Susan Campbell is the author of the book, Getting Real: Ten Truth Skills You Need to Live an Authentic Life. Susan has worked as a corporate trainer and relationship coach for over 50 years. A former professor at the University of Massachusetts, she is author of twelve books on the topic of relationships and human communication. Her most recent work centers on how to use honest, present-centered communication as vehicle for personal healing and expanded self-awareness. This body of work has put her at the forefront of the Honesty Movement in Psychology and is detailed in her best-selling, Getting Real...

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is the author of It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change. A longtime advocate for democracy, innovation, and justice, Senator Wyden shares insights from his personal journey and political career, highlighting the bold actions needed to create meaningful change.

Ron Wyden is a Democratic Senator from Oregon, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 until his 1995 election to the U.S. Senate. Oregonians—and all attentive Americans—know Wyden as a senator who listens and innovates. The son of two refugees from Nazi Germany, he was born in W...

Sifu Peter Newton is the author of the new book, 8 Steps to Living a Long Life: The Earth Path of Taoism. Peter is a registered senior instructor and honorary vice president of the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain. An expert in his field, he specializes in medical tai chi, applying tai chi and qigong as a remedial therapy for a variety of health conditions. With more than forty years of experience and training directly with Chinese masters, Peter lives in Llandudno, Wales.

Terence McKenna spent twenty-five years exploring and developing an ethno-pharmacology of spiritual transformation, in the process discovering Novelty Theory, which was based part on the sequence of hexagrams in the ancient I Ching, or Book of Changes. Terrence is author of many books, including The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a distributed major in Ecology, Resource Conservation and Shamanism. McKenna died on April 3, 2000, at the age of 53.

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Eric Clopper is the president of Intact Global, an organization dedicated to education, advocacy, and protecting bodily integrity. Eric is the lead trial attorney at The Clopper Law Firm in Los Angeles and the President of Intact Global, a nonprofit dedicated to ending child genital cutting in the U.S. through strategic impact litigation. Intact Global will host its inaugural conference in Portland next weekend on March 29-30, culminating in a press conference on March 31 at Pioneer Courthouse Square to announce the filing of its first constitutional challenge in Oregon to protect Oregonian boys from circumcision and other forms...

Tricia Eastman is the author of the new book, Seeding Consciousness: Plant medicine, Ancestral Wisdom, and Psychedelic Initiation. Tricia is a lineage-honoring medicine woman and founder of nonprofit Ancestral Heart. A renowned speaker, artist, and writer, she bridges worlds rooted in her mestiza ancestry with profound insights from a decade of Bwiti initiations and training.

Gregory Shushan, Ph.D, is the author of the new book, Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations: The Origins of the World’s Afterlife Beliefs. Gregory is the leading authority on near-death experiences and afterlife beliefs across cultures and throughout history. He is an award-winning author affiliated with Birmingham Newman University, University of Winchester, Marian University, and the Parapsychology Foundation. A former researcher at the University of Oxford and University of Wales, he lives in San Francisco.

Elizabeth Husserl is author of the new book, The Power of Enough: Finding Joy in Your Relationship with Money. Elizabeth is a registered investment advisor representative, financial advisor, and cofounder of Peak360 Wealth Management, a boutique wealth planning firm. She holds a BS in economics from Tulane University and an MA in East-West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she has also taught as an adjunct professor. Her experience spans nonprofit work throughout the Americas, and she is a highly sought-after speaker. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.

John Gray is the author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. USA Today listed his book as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter-century. In hardcover, it was the #1 best-selling book of the 1990s. Dr. Gray’s books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries and continues to be a bestseller.

Dr. Gray has written over 20 books. His most recent book is Beyond Mars and Venus: Relationship Skills for Our Complex Modern World. His Mars/Venus book series has for...

Dr. Carol Orsborn is the author of the new book, Spiritual Aging: weekly reflections on embracing life. Carol is a best-selling author of over 35 books. She has recently launched the Spiritual Aging Study and Support Group at Substack. She founded the Sage-ing Book Club, run in conjunction with the leading organization in the field, Sage-ing International. Carol is a leading voice of the conscious aging and spirituality and aging movements. Over the past decade, she has also blogged about the Boomer Generation for Huffington Post, BeliefNet.com and PBS’s Next Avenue, among others.

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Paul Levy is the author of The Quantum Revelation: Awakening in the Dreamlike Nature of Reality. A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul is a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He is the founder of the Awaken in the Dream Community in Portland, Oregon, and the author of six books, including three on what he named the “wetiko” mind-virus, the subject of an earlier Pathways episode. An artist, he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung, and has been a Tibetan Buddhist prac...

Shelly Tygielski is the  author of the new book, Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World. Shelly is the founder of the global grassroots mutual aid organization Pandemic of Love. She is also the co-founder of Partners in Kind, a purpose in production equity fund that invests in social impact in entertainment projects.  Her work as a self-care activist, community organizer, and mindfulness teacher has been featured by over 100 media outlets, including CNN Heroes, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS This Morning, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. A trauma-informed mindfulness teacher and a former Ga...

Alanna Kaivalya, PhD, is the author of The Way of the Satisfied Woman: Reclaiming Feminine Power. Alanna is a bestselling author, spiritual leader, and expert on mythology, spirituality, and psychology. Her global network has more than 30,000 members, and she is host of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, originally launched in 2005. She earned a doctorate in mythological studies with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is a former board member of the Carl Jung Foundation.

Mordy Levine is coauthor of The Beginner’s Guide to Karma: How to Live with Less Negativity and More Peace, co-authored with Lama Lhanang Rinpoche. Mordy is an entrepreneur, meditation teacher, and the president of the Jigme Lingpa Center. He also created the Meditation Pro Series, a meditation program designed to alleviate chronic health issues.

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Dr. Diane Kaufman is the founder/director of the Hold On Campaign for Suicide Prevention. She is a poet, artist, internationally award-winning lyricist, humanism-in-medicine awardee, and retired child psychiatrist with over forty years of clinical experience. Diane is a suicide attempt and suicide loss survivor with Bipolar II Disorder. Her story, “Bird That Wants to Fly” inspired an opera and is narrated by actor, Danny Glover. She is dedicated to transforming trauma and despair into life affirming creativity. Dr. Kaufman has extensive training and experience in the therapeutic use of poetry and story and is also a certified Expressive Arts...

Kelly Sullivan Walden is the author of A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: The Art of Transforming the Tragic into Magic. Kelly is an award-winning author of ten books. A dream expert, certified clinical hypnotherapist, inspirational speaker, workshop facilitator, Kelly holds a doctorate degree in interfaith studies. Her unique approach to dream-work led her to consultant with thousands of individuals from Fortune 500 executives to celebrities to stay-at-home moms. She hosts The Kelly Sullivan Walden Show podcast, and is the founder of DreamWork Practitioner Training, an online professional-development program empowering people to incorporate dream-work into their careers.

Allan Hunter is the author of The Path of Synchronicity: Align Yourself with Your Life’s Flow. Allan has written fiction for most of his life, but is best known for his non-fiction. His twelve books explore the intersections of literature, memoir-writing and the ways of the heart. He is a professor of Literature and a counselor, with a doctoral degree from Oxford University. British by birth, he traveled extensively in Europe, India, Africa, and Peru before settling in Boston, Massachusetts. He has spent much of his professional life exploring how literature and story-telling (including soap operas) tap...

Julia Gordon-Bramer is the author of Tarot Life Lessons: Living Wisdom from the Major Arcana. Julia is a professional Tarot card reader, Sylvia Plath scholar, award-winning writer and poet, and former professor for the Graduate Writing Program at Lindenwood University. Listed as one of St. Louis’ Top Ten Psychics by Psychic St. Louis and St. Louis’ Number One Fortune-Teller by CBS Radio, she has appeared on numerous local and regional television and radio shows as well as appearances on Nickelodeon and MTV. In 2013, the Riverfront Times voted her St. Louis’ Best Local Poet. Julia lives in St. Louis, Missouri

David Jay Brown is the author of the new book, Psychedelics and the Coming Singularity. David holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University. A former neuroscience researcher at the University of Southern California, he has written for Wired, Discover, and Scientific American. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Dreaming Wide Awake, Women of Visionary Art, and Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Michael J. Gelb is co-author of the book Walking Well: A New Approach for Experiencing Comfort and Vitality in Every Step. Michael is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, executive coaching, and innovative leadership. He is a fifth-degree black belt in aikido and a gifted teacher of tai chi and the Alexander Technique. He is also a professional juggler who has performed with the Rolling Stones. He is the author of seventeen books — including the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci — which have been translated into 25 languages and sold more than one million copies. He fo...

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Paul Levy is the author of Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil. He is a pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, as well as an innovator in the field of dreaming. A Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over 30 years, he has intimately studied with some of the greatest spiritual masters of Tibet and Burma. He is the author of The Madness of George Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis, as well as Wetiko: The Greatest Epidemic Sickness Known to Humanity.

Jonathan Robinson is the author of the new book, Ecstasy as Medicine: How MDMA Therapy Can Help You Overcome Trauma, Anxiety and Depression…and Feel More Love. Jonathan is a psychotherapist, best-selling author of 14 books, and a professional speaker from Northern California. He has reached over 200 million people around the world with his practical methods, and his work has been translated into 47 languages.