Episode 90: Elizabeth Sunny Cohen
Sunny Cohen was telepathic as a child and has only recently reclaimed that ability. She has had an internationally recognized career as an educator and artist and has cultivated a highly spiritual and intuitive path. For years she suffered from a workplace poisoning, which led her on a path of self-healing through Reiki. Her recent book, "Inner Growth Thru Reiki" chronicles much of her journey battling a chronic disease and her background with Reiki has helped her deal with a recent lung cancer diagnosis. Be uplifted by her incredible story and journey to healing.
Episode 89: Bruce Fertman
Bruce Fertman brings 60 years of study as a movement artist and educator to his work, having trained in gymnastics, modern dance, ballet, contact improvisation, the Alexander Technique, tai chi shuan, aikido, Argentine tango, kyudo, and the Japanese Tea Ceremony. For the past 30 years he has taught in Europe, Asia, and the Americas helping people experience the interconnectedness of physical and spiritual life. In this episode we discuss “Walking Well,” a book that he co-authored with Michael J. Gelb.
Episode 88: Rachel Kaplan
Rachel Kaplan, MA, MFT, has been a liceensed psychotherapist in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2006. She has relentlessly studied the healing path since the traumatic suicide of her first love when she was 14 years old. This life-long journey led her on an international immersion in the world's healing technologies, eventually revealing that the most important components of healing are as simple as bodily functions. She has studied hands-on healing practices in India and Nepal and is trained in trauma modalities such as EMDR and Brainspotting.
Episode 87: April Jackson
April Jackson is committed to a mission of wellness for all. She is a 500 YRT Yoga Teacher and a certified Mindfulness Instructor with over 20 years of experience and she is also an International Coaching Federation Certified Executive Leadership Coach. She sits on the board of Case Specific Nutrition's Chronic Disease and Healt Alliance and is dealing with Lupus, her own chronic diseease. She has facilitated impactful discussions for a number of organizations including: WQED, the City of Pittsburgh, FedEx Ground, Los Angeles Unified School District and Penn Energy. Her story is one of empowerment and inspiration.
Episode 86: Carole Obley
Acclaimed spiritual medium and popular author Carole J. Obley has been the bridge between heaven and earth in more than 15,000 group and individual readings. Names, descriptions of loved ones' personalities, and uncanny, validating details— as well as grief support and teachings about the afterlife— are typically delivered in her sessions.
An advanced intuitive, Carole also regularly delivers specific, practical guidance in readings about a wide variety of life issues, including relationships, business and spirituality. She is recognized by clients for bringing compassion and integrity to mediumship via her sincere intent to be of service to others.
Carole has been a guest on Coast to Coast radio show numerous times, as well as other media, where she offers interviews and live on-air readings. In addition to maintaining a private practice in mediumship nationally, she presents seminars and workshops in person and through online teachings. Carole has taught many workshops at Lilydale, N.Y., the largest U.S. center for Spiritualism. Her previous four books have been well received by a reading audience worldwide.
Episode 85: Rhonda Farrah
Rhonda Farrah is a psychotherapist and lifestyle empowerment coach who creates breakthroughs for clients by helping them "fix their reflection first." She hit rock bottom while serving 7 years in a federal prison, battling breast cancer and living through 3 divorces. A big lesson she learned and she teaches us is how to forgive; first herself and then everyone else. She extended that forgiveness to the judge and jury long before she was exonerated of any wrong-doing and had her record expunged. She is a shinning example of what can be accomplished through personal growth.
Episode 84: Brooke Smokelin
Brooke Smokelin brings crystal bowls, a chakra activation deck of cards, and an original song to the studio to enlighten and entertain us. She is the founder and creator of Chakra Activation Yoga and the Chakra Activation Deck. She has taught yoga for 25 years and currently offers advanced trainings to yoga teachers and students all over the world. She is also a sound healer and musician/songwriter and brings musical medicine to yoga studios, festivals and communities all around the country.
Brooke has a degree in Environmental Education from Cornell University and for over 20 years has been developing creative environmental educatiion, combining both artistic and scientific inspirations to foster a deeper and more conscious connecction with the natural world. She offers Wild Walks in local parks to educate people about the wild edible and medicinal plants growing right underfoot.
Episode 83: SAVI
SAVI is Argentinian by birth with a Catholic upbringing. His encounters with supernatural manifestations, often brought on by meditation and fasting, have led to a spiritual awakening and the channeling of a popular book, "The Journey Begins Within." His candid reflections and practical spiritual advice offer valuable insights that can help anyone deepen their spiritual journey. His book honors all spiritual and religious traditions and offers a wealth of mindfulness tools to enhance your inner peace.
Episode 82: Amanda McCordic
In December of 2019 Amanda was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer and by April of 2020, the cancer was deemed terminal. The isolation of the COVID pandemic provided the isolation that allowed her to focus on self-care and healing, rather than dying. Amanda had her very first Reiki session 12 hours after finding her first cancer tumor. Her cancer journey kick-started her spiritual journey and she leaned heavily into Reiki to help her heal all parts of her body, mind, and soul. Defying her oncologist's expectations or understandings, she was able to totally heal her cancer metastases, and her scans have remained clean since November 2020.
While Amanda was battling cancer, her husband Matt was losing his mental health battle and in March of 2020 he committed suicide in the family home. Amanda's incredible story, including the spiritual tools that she used to learn self-love and forgiveness will stay with you for a long time to come.
Episode 81: Pam Allen-LeBlanc
Pam Allen Le-Blanc is the author of "The Reiki Business Book" and host of the podcast "Reiki From the Farm." She is also an assistant director of the ICRT (International Center for Reiki Training) and co-developer of an animal Reiki certification course. Her soon to be published book on animal communication is sure to be an instant success. Her journey to Reiki and animal communication is fascinating and entertaining.
Episode 80: Tony Nackino
Tony Nachino was raised in an Italian Catholic family, became disenchanted with Catholicism, had an evangelical "born again" experience, left all dogma behind and followed his own spiritual path when he tapped into the Truth within. He credits an article in "The Sun" by Dr. Jacob Neddleman titled "Beyond Belief" for putting him on the path to conscious awareness. Listen as he shares the discoveries which led him to discovering the ultimate purpose of life and a world of infinite possibilities.
Episode 79: Regina Rivers and Rev. Kain
Regina Rivers and Rev. Marjorie Kain discuss the founding of SITE NITE and PSI in Pittsburgh after Regina narrates her story to becoming a shaman, Reiki Master, writer, Holistic Relationship Coach, and reader of the Shaman's Oracle Deck as well as her other offerings through Rivers Healing Arts, LLC. She has been a body energy facilitator since 1984, a relationship coach since 1995 and a shamnic practitioner since 2003. She is currently the Public Relations Director of the McCollum Foundation, working to bring peace and sustainability to the earth through global events.
Episode 78: Gal Ezra
Gal Ezra is the son of Israeli multi-millionaire, Meir Ezra (episode 55) and a successful entrepreneur in his own right. They work together at Guaranteed Prosperity as well as separately on their own projects. Gal is a graduate of the Delphinian School, an exclusive boarding school in Oregon that has produced many well-known successful people in multiple industries. Gal's journey has led him to believe that there are 8 key parts to survival, individually and as a species, and that we need each other to survive. Deciding what is right and wrong is based upon what does the most good for those 8 parts. He leaves us with a way to identify your spiritual truth and directions on how to grow your spiritual truth with action.
Episode 77: Kim Chestney
Kim Chestney grew up in a haunted house and witnessed the "impossible" as a child. She has written 3 books on intuition, the latest of which (2024) is titled "The Illumination Code: 7 Keys to Unlock Your Quantum Intelligence." Her spiritual journey led her to helping us understand the everyday applications of quantum physics and our ability to personally tap into the quantum field. This episode is a journey into a meta reality that affects us every moment of our lives.
Episode 76: Ross Marshall
Ross Marshall's spiritual transformation was punctuated by two vehicular accidents, one was his fault and resulted in a well-deserved DUI, the other happened to him while obeying all the rules. This led to him questioning everything, taking a path toward suicide, and eventually getting therapy. He is now a certified transformational breathwork coach, a Reiki Master practitioner, shadow worker, medium, ecstatic dance facilitator, dog walker, and ordained minister. He guides clients on a mystical tour of self-discovery, helping them connect with their life purpose. You won't want to miss this entertaining episode.
Episode 75: Amy Dove & Rev. Rivera
Amy Dove (see episode #44) gets a spirit guide reading live from Kuna Indian and medium Rev. Rivera (see episode #69) and we get to listen in during the entire process, giving us insite into what a spirit guide reading offers to the client. This may be a first for a podcast audience. Listen with patience to this ground-breaking episode.
Episode #74: Patricia DeMarco 2
Author of "In The Footsteps of Rachel Carson" and "Pathways to Our Sustainable Future," Patricia DeMarco discusses her latest work on making her community and the planet a healthier place to live. She also discusses her upcoming book to be released later this year. Patty's spiritual journey from Catholicism to Pantheism was discussed at length in episode #3 and is summarized here as well. Much of what she has spearheaded in local communities is replicable in the U.S. and elsewhere, and she has brought it to the world stage at international conferences.
Episode 73: Kelly Brown
Kelly Brown, the owner of Inner Light on Beverly Road was born and raised in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She has been dedicated to spiritual endeavors her entire life. Her current interests include artwork, Qigong, Reiki, Sacred Geometry and sacred science teachings. She started dancing at the age of three and her history with dance permeates her paintings. Kelly lived abroad in Bordeaux, France for 15 years with her French husband, Olivier and her two daughters. Her artwork has been used in various TV series and featured on film sets for CBS and Netflix.
Episode 72: Louise Silk
Louise Silk is a Pittsburgh-based artist, writer, and quilter. For over forty years, she has been creating art that combines aesthetics and functionality with meanings and memories for family, friends, individuals, and organizations. In addition to creating exhibition-level artworks and running a zero-waste studio, Louise also joined forces with her daughter, Sarah Silk (see episode 67) at SilkDenim, a web-based shop selling one-of-a-kind, handcrafted 100% recycled clothing, bags, and quilts.
She began a career as a fiber artist by way of a 1972 article in MS Magazine. The gist of the article was that because men had no interest in quilt making, women were left on their own to explore, create and thrive in an open sharing community devoid of men.
Years later, after perfecting her skills creating many quilts, she discovered a spiritual concept: Humans are co-creating with The Divine in each and every minute, day in and day out, in each thought and every action. With that element, whe understood quilting as her personal practice of holy divine engagement. That led to my book about quilting as a spiritual practice: The Quilting Path: A Guide to Spiritual Discovery through Fabric, Thread and Kabbalah. published by SkyLight Paths (c) 2006. Her second book, “A Patchwork Life: The Hands On Guide to Living Piece by Piece,” was published in 2020.
She continued for many more years making many more quilts until the death of her parents. To absorb that loss, she incorporated all of their clothing and textiles into her process creating family heirlooms that she holds dear to this day. Experiencing the healing potential of using meaningful textiles started her venture of making quilt products for others using their personal materials of memory.
Louise is being honored by Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center in September of 2024 with a month-long exposition of her work.
Episode 71: Lance the Healer
Lance Queer is the author of the hilarious book, "Outdoor Adventures: True Tales from a White Collar Redneck." His journey to becoming an intuitive healer is loosely outlined in this memoir as he takes us through his many near death experiences and ski slope mishaps, synchronicities and miracles. His on-air personality is as joyful and disjointed as his writing and this interview will expose us all to a pretty wild ride. He is also a successful entrepreneur with a thriving business in Ligonier, PA. Enjoy!