Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you took the road less travelled? Not following the tradition path but creating your own in a far off land? In this episode we chat with Michelle Miller, Author of Heart First: A Female Psychedelic Call To Adventure about how she is doing exactly that.

Michelle's Website: 
https://www.heartfirstseries.com

Michelle's Book on Amazon: 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LDB268V/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_YHYN8R2EXE5YY9S7YJM0

About her book:
From a young age, Michelle is determined to rise above the limitations of collective belief systems such as getting a “real job” or relying on money. She forgoes a college education, and instead creates her own eclectic lifestyle that involves travel, psychedelics, being voluntarily homeless, and hitch hiking her way to what she is certain will be a brighter future for herself. Set in the counterculture of the 1990’s, Michelle gains spiritual insights throughout her haphazard adventures while backpacking through Alaska, Thailand, Mexico and Central America. Despite several setbacks, she continues to press forward with utmost optimism as she struggles to gain her traditional parents’ approval and to integrate her free-spirited idealisms into something meaningful on the material plane.

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In this episode we chat with Alex Dorr.  Alex has a wealth of knowledge of all things fungi. He is cohost of the Mushroom Revival Podcast and creator of fungi supplements that you can find at his website link below.

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We talk with and try out breathwork techniques with Ben Holt from connectandevolve.com. Ben is an internationally acclaimed Breathwork Facilitator, psychedelic and plant medicine expert, transformational retreat leader, filmmaker, explorer, and musician. For the past several years, Ben has been traveling the world teaching the art of conscious breathing, leading retreats, and documenting some of the world's most fascinating cultures. He now leads others in spiritual retreats, one-on-one intensives, workshops, online courses, and more.  He combines breathtaking nature, natural medicines, breathwork, sound healing, yoga, and dynamic meditations to help people reach their higher selves.

For more on Ben:

https://www.connectandevolve.com


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In this episode we chat with Pauline Dakin and discuss her book Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood. 

A former producer of radio and television current affairs programming for CBC News operations in Nova Scotia, she left that role in 2016 to become a professor and associate director in the journalism program at the University of King's College.

Run, Hide, Repeat, published in 2017, is a memoir of her is a memoir of her unusable childhood experiences after after her parents' separation; although they were not explained at the time, she was told in her early 20s the reason behind all the secrecy. 

In this episode she takes us through the many twists of an incredible life.

The book is available wherever you buy books online but if you would like to help out a small book store I have provided the link to the bookstore from the university where Pauline teaches journalism. They will ship anywhere you'd like.

https://www.kingsbookstore.ca

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On today's episode we chat with cannabis educator and consultant Emma Chasen about what she has learned after years of experience in the retail cannabis industry. How and if it could apply to psychedelics. From Emma's Bio:

Emma Chasen is a Brown University graduate with a specialized Biology degree in Medicinal Plant Research. Chasen created the role of Director of Education at the venerable Portland cannabis dispensary Farma where she developed a robust training curriculum rooted in cannabis science, product knowledge and empathetic patient care. Chasen now co-owns and operates Eminent Consulting, a firm that specializes in helping brands develop educational marketing collateral and ongoing educational programs to further elevate their brand presence in a competitive industry.

A link to Emma's cannabis consulting firm:

https://www.eminentconsultingfirm.com

Also mentioned in the episode, The North Star Ethics Pledge:

https://northstar.guide

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In this episode we talk with broadcasting legend Alan Cross. We discuss his love affair with music, how the creative mind works, how successful artists live a creative life and much more. To find out more about Alan check out his site:

https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com

His Home Radio Station 102.1 The Edge:

https://edge.ca

And his fantastic radio show/Podcast The Ongoing History Of New Music:

https://edge.ca/show/the-ongoing-history-of-new-music/

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If there is an upside to not being able to travel internationally at the moment it is discovering a hidden treasure in your own back yard. In this episode I talk with Wendy Oke niece of artist Alma Rumball from Ontario, Canada. Alma who after having a vision of Jesus starting noticing that her hand was drawing by itself, delivering images and messeges from another realm.

To find out more about Alma and Wendy's journey and to see the drawings discussed in this episode please visit Wendy's website: www.almamatters.ca

And you can watch the excellent documentary The Alma Drawings by Jeremy Munce here: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/54280/The-Alma-Drawings

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In this episode we chat with Andrew Dengelo, a pioneer and social activist in the cannabis retail industry. Along with his brother Steve, Andrew started Haborside, one of the first cannabis dispensaries in California. We chat about his views on Psychedelics, the possibility of them becoming even more mainstream and what that would look like. We also talk about about one of Andrews initiatives, the Last Prisoner Project which fights to release people serving time for cannabis infractions.

Here are some links to what we discussed in the episode:

https://www.lastprisonerproject.org

https://maps.org

https://shopharborside.com

https://doubleblindmag.com

https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind/

https://www.psychedelicassociation.net

https://www.decriminalizenature.org

https://www.decriminalizenature.ca

http://www.almamatters.ca


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