Episode 30: Singh Ajmani
Logix founder Singh Ajmani discusses his journey from India to Pittsburgh, PA and the Sikh way of life in India and the U.S.
Episode 29: Bob & Adam Dove
Dr. Bob answers questions from his son, Adam, about his spiritual journey and the founding of this podcast to kick off season 3 of Your Spiritual Journey.
Episode 28: Stephanie Sipusic
Double lung transplant recipient and strong believer in synchronicity Stephanie Sipusic shares her journey from Catholicism to Now Creations. Along her journey she received help from Overeaters Anonymous, Archangel Michael, a sound healer, a priest who introduced her to “Conversations with God” and Neale Donald Walsh, and Vince Lisi of Now Creations.
Episode 27: Anna Gatmon, PhD
From super model to modern mystic, Anna Gatmon, PhD began her journey in Israel, and ended in the U.S. by way of France and Sweden. She is multi-lingual and multi-talented. Listen to her fascinating spiritual journey and be inspired.
Episode 26: Rev. Mary Ann Trifaro
Reverend Mary Ann Trifaro discusses her journey from childhood Catholicism to becoming a minister at the Center for Spiritual Living of Greater Pittsburgh. She was a Science of Mind minister in Denver for 14 years, prior to coming to Pittsburgh 20 years ago to lead her current church.
Episode 25: Wyatt Melius
Wyatt Melius, Reiki Master, sound healer, life coach, ex-preacher who tried to “pray the gay away,” leads us through the wild ride of his spiritual journey. He was a landscape designer who now operates “Rooted In Sound” and helps other along their journeys.
Episode 24: Ken Parme
Ken Parme is a walking miracle as a pancreatic cancer survivor. He authored (along with his wife, Rebecca) “In the Gaze of the Divine” which chronicles his battle with cancer from both the patient’s and the caregiver’s perspective. His journey from Catholicism, to atheism, to Evangelical, to a strong spiritual center is one we can all learn from.
Episode 23: Paulette Glover
Paulette Glover had a Near-Death Experience in 2012 that changed her life. Her full surrender to God’s will gave her new life following a heart attack. Listen to this intriguing story of a Special Ed. teacher who became a Reiki Master and White Light healer with a story to tell about mindfulness, as the author of “Mindfully Ever After.”
Episode 22: David Russell
Join David Russell as he discusses his journey from “goat boy” to Laughter Yoga and Compassionate Communication trainer, from GED to M.Ed. and from alcoholic to sober for 30 years. Professional childcare worker and professional counselor, David’s journey takes many twists and turns that ends with a lesson in auctioneering for us all.
Episode 21: Sheila K. Collins
Sheila Collins, PhD is the author of “Stillpoint: A Self-Care Playbook for Cargivers to Find Ease and Time to Breathe and Reclaim Joy”(second edition co-authored with Christine Gautreaux), “Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and the Rituals that Heal” (2013), and the soon-to-be released “The Art of Grieving,” shares her wisdom with us. She currently directs the Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players, an Interplay-based improvisational troupe that helps individuals and organizations tell their stories.
Episode 20: Sebnem Unlu
Muslim American, Molecular Biologist Sebnem Unlu, PhD is an executive board member at City of Bridges Foundation advocating and organizing civic engagement programs amongst diverse communities to foster intercultural dialogue, unity and collaboration.
Episode 19: Debbie Stueber
Daughter of Holocaust survivors, Debbie Stueber discusses what it is like to be Jewish and escaping the Nazis as well as what it is currently like to be Jewish in America.
Episode 18: Cornelius Boots
Cornelius Boots is an award-winning performer and composer who teaches shakuhachi (Zen flute) and taimu (wide-bore flute) students around the world. He is currently working toward his Master of Divinity in Zen Buddhist ministry through Buddha Dharma University and teaches a class on the Taoist Chuang Tzu. He finds that Zen and its direct Taoist antecedents are the most practical and impactful for his own spirituality.
Episode 17: Kevin May
Kevin May is a singer, rapper, poet, beatboxer, sidewalk chalk artist and free spirit. He provides us with details of his three Near Death Experiences and their impact on his life. He is the author of “Unlocking Our Superpowers; A Handbook for Personal and Collective Transformation” and the organizer of A Peaceful Gathering of Hands.
Episode 16: Rick Nowlin
Husband of Debra Holz (Episode 15), Rick Nowlin is a jazz musician, jazz critic, and evangelical Christian. He discusses his transformation from troubled youth to the man he is today.
Husband of Debra Holz (Episode 15), Rick Nowlin is a jazz musician, former Post Gazette Jazz critic and evangelical Christian. He discusses his transformation from troubled youth to the man he is today. He is an advocate for racial reconciliation in the church and in society. He was recently recognized as an exemplary jazz composer and arranger at the 2023 Pitt Composers Concert.
Episode 15: Debra Holz
Award-winning author and life coach Debra Holz relates her incredible story of leaving behind 50 years of depression and an attempted suicide to discover a fulfilling life due to the discovery of alternative forms of treatment for depression.
For 50 years, depression was an insidious tormentor that dictated what Debra Holz believed about herself and the meaning of life. She endured crippling emotional trauma that led her down a dark path of addiction and self-loathing. During a suicide attempt in 2007 an internal voice convinced her that there was an alternative to traditional treatments for depression that could bring her relief. Her research then led her to publish an award-winning book about her journey to wholeness.
Episode 14: Dana Flowers
Having gone through the dark places of cancer and divorce, Dana describes how going to her knees and asking for God’s help changed everything. Her story has lessons for every one of us.
Episode 13: Kitsy Higgins
Psychic medium and life coach Kitsy Higgins has appeared on ABC, CBS, NPR and other major media outlets. Her MBA has been helpful in establishing her own Reiki business and she has helped many clients heal by using suggestions from their deceased loved ones. Her journey in becoming an effective medium and Reiki practitioner has many lessons for those who feel that they are a little odd or not like the people around them.
Episode 12: Tawna Loutsenhizer
Psychotherapist Tawna Lautzenhiser shares her thoughts as someone who experienced rejection and shame growing up gay, but found her way back to the church with her wife when they discovered Waverly Presbyterian Church.
Part 2 – Ellen Guise’s wife and psychotherapist, Tawna Loutsenhizer talks about her early spiritual life and the shame she was made to feel when she fell in love with another woman in high school. Her parents’ negative reaction to her and the rejection she felt from them and their pastor, led her away from organized religion for many years, although she maintained a belief in a higher power. The freedom that she feels to be herself at Waverly Presbyterian Church has meant a lot to her and she shares that feeling with us.
Episode 11: Ellen Guise
Tech trainer and Georgia Bulldog fan Ellen Guise provides insights into what it is like to grow up a southern Catholic in a Southern Baptist town while seeking a spiritual path. Her disillusionment with the Catholic Church, her traumatic experience with childhood sexual abuse and her discovery that she loved a woman all lead to abandoning organized religion until she and her partner married and they found the Waverly Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.