#10 - Aakrist Dongol - Every breath we take: functional breathing for peak performance

#12 - Ali Christos - Knowing beyond thinking: Quantum hypnosis, healing, and higher awareness

Your mind already knows more than your anxiety will admit, and sometimes the fastest way to hear it is to quiet the noise instead of fighting it. We’re joined by Ali Christos, a Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) practitioner, music producer, and author, to break down what QHHT really is and why it’s less about “woo” and more about accessing a deeper layer of consciousness. We walk through how Dolores Cannon’s QHHT guides someone into a deep theta brainwave state, the same neighborhood of awareness you touch right before sleep. Ali explains how a full session unfolds, from the long pre-session interview to the trance journey where clients may experience past lives, symbolic scenes, or other timelines, followed by a powerful Q and A with what many call the higher self. If you’re skeptical, we also translate “higher self” into practical terms: the least reactive, most integrated inner intelligence you’ve felt before through intuition, clarity, or sudden insight. We also get real about safety, intense memories, and integration. Healing isn’t always a fireworks moment during hypnosis; it often shows up afterward as dreams, emotional release, new boundaries, calmer reactions, and decisions you’ve been avoiding. Ali shares stories from his practice that highlight what can change when you stop performing your life and start aligning it. If you’re curious about hypnosis, past life regression, the subconscious mind, spiritual healing, and practical integration, hit play, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. https://www.qhhtwithali.com/ [https://www.qhhtwithali.com/] https://www.instagram.com/qhhtwithali/ [https://www.instagram.com/qhhtwithali/] https://www.instagram.com/unapologetically_princeali/ [https://www.instagram.com/unapologetically_princeali/] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26DDCOAXB8_KAY1qOMSaygSNCaEaWGqp [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL26DDCOAXB8_KAY1qOMSaygSNCaEaWGqp]

#11 - Laura Rose - Knocking on heaven's door: Life, death and inner knowing

Death, grief, intuition, and healing are topics most people avoid until life forces the conversation. I’m joined by Laura Rose, founder of Sacred Soul, an intuitive energy channel, spiritual medium, and end-of-life guide whose work is rooted in a hard-earned transformation through depression, panic attacks, and chronic physical pain. What makes Laura’s perspective land is how practical it is: she speaks plainly about what “stuck energy” feels like in the body, why some of us walk around carrying other people’s emotions, and how energy clearing can create real relief when nothing else seems to work. We also dig into intuition in a world that prizes the analytical mind. Laura breaks down the clair senses in a way that’s easy to recognize in yourself: clairsentience (feeling), claircognizance (knowing), clairvoyance (seeing), and clairaudience (hearing). If you’ve ever had a split-second gut reaction and talked yourself out of it, you’ll hear a new way to understand that signal, build trust with it, and still use logic to take the next step. From there, we move into mediumship and end-of-life doula support, including how Laura thinks about the transition of dying, why proof and closure can soften grief, and how caregivers can find peace when a loved one can’t communicate clearly. We end with simple, actionable ideas for honoring someone’s wishes in hospice or a hospital, including the role of advanced directives in reducing fear and confusion for families. Subscribe for more grounded conversations on healing and growth, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway or question. https://www.sacredsoul444.com/ [https://www.sacredsoul444.com/] https://www.instagram.com/sacredsoul444/ [https://www.instagram.com/sacredsoul444/] https://www.facebook.com/SacredSoul444/ [https://www.facebook.com/SacredSoul444/] https://www.youtube.com/@SacredSoul444 [https://www.youtube.com/@SacredSoul444]

#10 - Aakrist Dongol - Every breath we take: functional breathing for peak performance

Breath is happening all day long, yet most of us never learn how to use it on purpose. We sit with breath coach and Peak Breathing Academy founder Aakrist Dongol to explore why functional breathing is one of the most overlooked tools for mental clarity, emotional resilience, and real-world performance. His lens is grounded in physiology, but he’s not afraid to name the deeper side of the work: when the breath gets quieter, life often gets bigger.  Aakrist shares the turning points that pulled him in, from a meditation retreat that cracked open a new relationship with sensation and awareness, to a cycle of sports injuries that forced him to recover without his usual training identity. That constraint became the experiment: could a seated breathing practice rebuild endurance and speed up healing? What he found reshaped how he thinks about athletes, recovery, and the grind mindset that rewards “huffing and puffing” as proof of effort.  Then we get technical in the best way. We break down CO2 tolerance, why carbon dioxide is the main driver of breathing, and how oxygen uptake isn’t the same as oxygen delivery to the brain, muscles, and organs. If you’ve ever felt winded and assumed you just needed “more oxygen,” the analogies in this conversation will change how you think about cardio, nasal breathing, and training adaptations. Aakrist also explains what he listens for in a new client’s speech and breathing patterns, why he avoids the catch-all label “breathwork,” and how breath cultivation builds a better baseline rather than chasing a quick state change.  We close with a short guided practice you can do anywhere, plus clear guardrails around discomfort versus distress. If this helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s stressed or training hard, and leave a review so more people can find the episode. https://www.instagram.com/peakbreathing/ https://linktr.ee/peakbreathing

#9 - [Solo] - Higher ground: reclaiming the sacred roots of cannabis

Cannabis gets shoved into a box: harmless fun, dangerous drug, miracle medicine, spiritual shortcut. I’m not buying the box. Instead, I’m taking a more honest path, exploring how cannabis can function as an “amplifier” of consciousness and why intention matters more than inherited opinions, media narratives, or moral panic. We walk through the spiritual history of cannabis, from ancient references like the Atharva Veda to Shaivite traditions and the modern sacramental use found in Rastafarian reasoning circles. The thread running through these cultures is respect: consciousness is mysterious, and anything that shifts it deserves discernment. That same discernment helps separate unconscious intoxication from conscious expansion, where the goal is not escape but deeper contact with reality. Then we get practical and embodied. I share how mindful cannabis use can reconnect us to the body through yoga, breathwork, meditation, movement, music, and journaling, and why the endocannabinoid system offers a useful scientific frame for sensation, mood, and nervous system balance. We also talk about cannabis and fasting, cannabis and sexuality, and cannabis and creativity, including the risks: anxiety, dependency, avoidance, and using the plant as a substitute for emotional work. I close with clear principles for responsible use: set and setting, dosage, pairing cannabis with practices, taking breaks, and listening to your body. If you value nuanced conversations about spirituality, embodiment, and conscious cannabis use, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review.

#8 - Unju Mann - The sacred unbecoming: finding grace in the ayahuasca brew

Ayahuasca gets talked about like a trend, but the reasons people seek it are rarely trendy: grief that won’t lift, patterns that won’t break, pain that keeps finding new places to hide. I sit down with Unju Mann to hear her story of losing her mother, sliding into nightly autopilot drinking, and eventually saying yes to a first ceremony in Peru after months of research and hard honesty. We get specific about what an ayahuasca retreat can actually look like, from the ritual container and the shaman’s role to why the room can feel both magical and intense. Unju explains purging in plain terms and why many traditions see it as release rather than “getting sick.” We also talk about surrender, what resistance looks like when fear takes over, and how the medicine can bring long-buried memories and emotional blocks into view so they can finally be processed. The theme that keeps coming back is integration. We explore how insights translate into real life: gratitude journaling, prayer, diet changes, more stillness, less noise, and better choices when you’re stuck in traffic or dealing with family stress. If you’re searching for grounded guidance on ayahuasca healing, plant medicine safety, ethical retreats, and psychedelic integration, this conversation offers a clear place to start. If it resonates, subscribe, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.