Jason Zuk, The Social Psychic Radio Show And Blogcast

Jason Interviews Melissa Carroll, The Yoga Writer about Her New Book, Body of Starlight, Using Shadow Work to Achieve Greater Balance, and Melissa Leads the Audience Through A Guided Meditation.    Melissa Carroll is the author of four books,  a yoga teacher, and the co-creator of the revolutionary online course Shadow + Light.  She is the editor of the essay collection Going OM: Real-Life Stories on and off the Yoga Mat (Viva Editions 2014), with a foreword by Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild. Melissa is the author of three poetry books, and her writing has appeared in Brevity, Mantra + Yoga Magazine, Elephant Journal, MindBodyGreen.com, Sivana East, and elsewhere. Melissa is on the faculty of the Yoga Teacher Training Program at The Lotus Pond, teaches writing at Ringling College of Art + Design, and  leads yoga and writing workshops and retreats all over the world.  Melissa has created a free guide to help you rewrite your shadow stories with 3 of our biggest cultural myths: money, love, and time. Get your

Jason Interviews Author Gabriela Jurosz-Landa about her new book, Transcendent Wisdom of the Maya.   Offering an insider’s experiential account of ancient Maya spiritual wisdom and practices, Gabriela Jurosz-Landa, an anthropologist, details the initiation process she went through to become a Maya shaman-priestess in Guatemala, including ceremonies, prayers, ritual dance, divination, the presence of numinous forces, and the transmission of ancient knowledge.   Gabriela explains the foundational spiritual wisdom of the Maya calendar as a living entity, its cycles of time, and the significance of “the counting of the days”, which helps keep time itself alive, and she also examines the power of dance and Maya ceremonies, Maya future-telling, and communication with ancestors through the sacred fire.    Illustrating how contemporary Maya life is suffused with spiritual tradition and celebration, the author shares the teachings of the Maya to help us all learn from the ancient wisdom of their beliefs and worldvie

Jason Interviews Special Guest Pia Orleane, Ph.D. and Cullen Baird Smith about their new book, Pleiadian-Earth Energy Astrology.    The authors discuss how to navigate the spiral energy patterns of the Universe for spiritual advancement and conscious evolution.   They explain how the cycles of the 13 spirals of Universal energy and the 20 spirals of Earth energy interact on each calendar day as well as provides a Pleiadian perspective on how they influence us and the events in our lives.   This book Offers practical examples of how you can consciously use the energies prevalent on a given day to your personal, spiritual benefit  and Shares cosmic wisdom teachings from the Pleiadian group known as Laarkmaa.    Modern science has finally confirmed an essential component of the Pleiadian teachings: Our Universe is not linear; it moves in spirals. Human evolution also unfolds in spirals, rather than the linear progression we call “progress.” Sharing the cosmic wisdom teachings they have received from the Pleia

Jason Interviews Nicholas Pearson about his new book, Stones of the Goddess: Crystals for the Divine Feminine.   He details each stone’s spiritual and healing properties, astrological and elemental correspondences, Goddess archetypes, and magickal uses, and Nicholas includes instructions for Goddess-centered rituals, crystal grids, guided meditations, crystal elixirs, and spells.   In this practical guide to working with the stones of the Goddess, Nicholas Pearson explores more than 100 gemstones and crystals strongly connected with the energies of the Divine Feminine, including old favorites like amazonite, amethyst, geodes, and carnelian (also known as the blood of Isis), alongside newer and more unusual stones such as sakura ishi, yeh ming zhu, and Lemurian seed crystals. He details each stone’s spiritual and healing properties, astrological and elemental correspondences, Goddess archetypes and lore, magickal uses, and the aspects of the Divine Feminine it embodies. Providing an overview of major Goddesse

Jason Interviews Author Lee McCormick about his new release, The Heart Reconnection Guidebook.    Lee McCormick shares his tips for practicing Heart Reconnection Therapy (HRT) and gaining an increased understanding of our heart's innate ability to reclaim its wholeness following trauma or a negative experience in life such as addiction.  The information contained within this book started from the goal of identifying healing processes that would be most helpful in guiding people crippled by addiction.     A significant aspect of this book relates to the introduction of directed introspection utilizing a medicine wheel with each of the four different quadrants relating to a different stage of growth and maturity.   The Heart Reconnection Guidebook can help others overcome trauma, depression, heartbreak from failed relationships, and other personal loss or pain.     We look forward to sharing this information with you!

Jason Interviews Author Elena Mannes about her new book, Soul Dog: A Journey into the Spiritual Life of Animals.   Looking for companionship after a near-fatal crash, Elena Mannes, an award-winning television journalist and producer, decided to get her first dog.   But what she found with her dog Brio shook the foundations of her physical and spiritual worlds, sending her on a quest to discvoer the nature of his spriritual origins and to contemplate and seek out the possibility of interspecies communication-even after death.   Mannes' growing curiosity about gaining an increased understanding Brio's intelligence, emotions, and consciousness led her to an animal psychic in California who described with amazing accuracy Brio's favorite walks and the author's apartment from her dog's point of view.   Motivated by this experience, Mannes produced a filmed segment with Diane Sawyer featuring the same psychic who described Sawyer's country house and her dog's favorite spots in the yard.  Mannes book seeks to answer

Runic Book of Days is a step-by-step guide to working with the runes throughout the year.    Harrell explains how the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark each rule the calendar for a half-month, and she details the runes most powerful during each runic half-month, what they portend for personal and spiritual wellbeing, and techniques for creating relationships with them.   This book includes structured devotionals for each half-month and runic initiation rituals for the 8 pagan Sabbats, or holy days, such as the Summer Solstice (Litha) and Lughnssadh (the first harvest holy day).   The Old Norse runes, known as the Elder Futhark, have long joined forces with the cycles of the seasons to offer powerful initiations, guidance, and wisdom. Aligning the sacred festivals, plantings, and harvests of ancient runic calendars with our modern 12-month calendar, Kelley Harrell reveals how the runes can once again offer initiations as well as instruct us on the holy days and creative rhythms of today. Drawing on her more than

Jason Interviews Special Guest Melanie Barnum, a renowned Author, Hypnotist, Psychic Medium, Certified Hypno Coach, Intuitive Counselor, and Certified Reiki Master.   Barnum is also a Certified Reflexologist, Certified Angelspeake Facilitator, Certified Coordinate Remote Viewer, and Certified Past Life Regression Facilitator.    Melanie intends to assist others with connecting to their gifts, gain an increased understanding of who they are, and healing themselves through clarity, and wisdom.   Barnum lives by the mantra that,  "What your mind believes, your body can achieve..." She believes that all people possess the power to heal themselves and others from within, and that we are born with this ability and natural knowledge and only need the desire and determination to develop one's intuition over time.   I appreciate the recommendation to interview our guest from my best friend, Chris Esposito who has been acquainted with Barnum for many years.

Jason will interview Mad Monk Manifesto's Author, Mon Yun Rou about his New Book:  A Prescription for Evolution, Revolution, and Global Awakening.  Renowned Tai Chi Master author, novelist, TV writer and PBS host Monk Yun Rou (formely Arthur Rosenfeld) applies Daoist wisdom to our world run amok.   Monk Yun Rou is a Yale-educated author of 15 books, Tai Chi Master and Daoist Monk ordained in China.   Monk Yun Rou weighs in on the great issues of today and how we humans are undermining our own existence, not just with the environment, buy by creating a toxic focus on self-interest that poisons our politics, lifestyle, parenting, technology, human interaction and in other areas of our lives.    Jason interviews Mad Monk Manifesto's Author, Monk Yun Rou.  The Mad Monk Manifesto serves as a guidebook which seeks to reveal all the ways that we as a Society and our institutions can adapt and apply Daoist wisdom and practices to our daily lives.  Using these basic principles, we can take our cues from and exist in

Dr. Glenn Livingston Discusses His New Book, Never Binge Again: Reprogram Yourself to Think Like A Permanently Thin Person.   Have you struggled with weight gain or felt obsessed with food?  Do you binge eat and feel guilty afterwards?   If so, you should check out Dr. Livingston's new book, Never Binge Again which teaches readers to cage their food obsession so that it does not plague them any further.   Livingston, a Psychologist and Former Multi-Million Dollar Consultant to the Health Industry, has cracked the Code on Binge Eating.  Dr. Livingston urges you to disregard the self-love approach and gain control over your "food monster."   Dr. Livingston will discuss the following topics:  (1) Why we live in the "perfect storm" for overeating; (2) Why rules work better than guidelines; (3) Why character trumps willpower; (4) How to Commit with perfection, but forgive yourself with dignity: and (5) How to end food obsession by starting with only one food choice.

Jason is pleased to interview Special Guest-Lori Ann Spagna, Best Selling Author, Speaker, Spiritual Teacher, Ascension Guide, Multi-Dimensional Channel, Intuitive, Animal Communicator, Energy Healer, Light Worker, Visionary and Luminary who assists others to awaken to their alignment with the true Divine Source which exists in everyone to live their best potential.   Lori radically transformed her life after a series of near death experiences and an "induction/abduction" experience while living in Maui.   Lori is the best selling author of the books, "How Psychic Are You?: 7 Simple Steps to Unlocking Your Psychic Potential" as well as "Learn Animal Communication," "Animals in the Afterlife," "Stop Feeding Me Junk!  Superfoods for You and Your Pets," "The Secret Energy of Money and The Spiritual Laws of Wealth," and her upcoming book, "Two Years in Maui."   For over twenty years, Lori has transformed the lives of thousands of people and animals around the world via her Channeled Ascension Guidance, Intuition

Jason Interviews Mark Gober regarding his new book, An End to Upside Down Thinking.   Consciousness creates all material reality. Biological processes do not create consciousness. This conceptual breakthrough turns traditional scientific thinking upside down. In An End to Upside Down Thinking, Mark Gober traces his journey – he explores compelling scientific evidence from a diverse set of disciplines, ranging from psychic phenomena, to near-death experiences, to quantum physics. With cutting-edge thinkers like two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Ervin Laszlo, Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences Dr. Dean Radin, and New York Times bestselling author Larry Dossey, MD supporting this thesis, this book will rock the scientific community and mainstream generalists interested in understanding the true nature of reality. Today’s disarray around the globe can be linked, at its core, to a fundamental misunderstanding of our reality. This book aims to shift our collective outlook, reshaping our view o

Jason Interviews Authors, David Jay Brown and Rebecca Ann Hill on their new book, Women in Visionary Art.   Brown and Hill provide an exploration of the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, and mystical visions play in visionary art.   This book includes discussions with 18 well-known female artists, including Josephine Wall, Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Martina Hoffmann, Penny Slinger, and Carolyn Mary Kleefeld.  The authors reveal how they have all been inspired by deep inner experiences and seek to express non-ordinary visions of reality, reminiscent of shamanic trance states, lucid dreams, and spiritually transcendent experiences, and they show how visionary art often contains an abundance of feminine energy, helping us to heal ourselves and see that we are all connected.    Since early humans first painted from their mystic eye onto cave walls, artists have sought to share their sacred visions with the world. Created in every medium, from oil painting and sculpture to contemporary digital modeling,

Special Guest Douglas Vermeeren Discusses His New Book, Personal Power Mastery.   Personal. Power. Mastery. What do these mean to you? For Douglas Vermeeren, a highly successful international top performer in the fields of motivational speaking and personal development, these three words are the heart, soul, mind and title of his profoundly impactful leadership program, which was launched in 2010 and is being taught across the globe. Following interviews with more than 400 of the top achievers worldwide, PPM concepts are based on systems that top achievers are actually utilizing in their own lives and the outcomes created from them. With life-changing content based on thorough research, Douglas invites you on this personal journey, to discover and claim your own power and live the mastery for your best life.   In his book, Vermereen highlights: The five pillars that motivate individualsHow values influence prioritiesWhy "capturing" the present requires sacrificeThe ways hesitation and ambivalence can be seen

What do dreams mean?   Are they trying to tell us something about ourselves?   Can information from one's dream assist with psychic development or foretelling the future?    Jason Interviews Special Guest, Mimi Pettibone to discuss her prior life experience with Dream Interpretation, Dream Work and her Podcast, The Dream Detective.    Mimi has been curious about her dreams since an early age, and she has been working on interpreting one's dreams for the past thirty years.   Pettibone's background in dream work includes all sorts of interpretive methods including Dream Interviewing, Gestalt, Universal Themes, Parts Work, Shadow Work, and Dream Groups.    She enjoys combining the best of these modalities into her own method called, Dream Detective Work, by connecting with images, seeing how they relate to waking life, and making informed decisions and changes based on the insights they provide.   All dreams have meaning, and understanding one's dreams is like solving a puzzle and Dream Detective Work can ass

Author Thomas Hatsis Discusses His New Book, Psychedelic Mystery Traditions: Spirit Plants, Magical Plants, and Ecstatic States.  Thomas Hatsis is a historian of psychedelia, witchcraft, magic, pagan religions, alternative Christianities, and the cultural intersection of those areas, who holds a master’s degree in history from Queens College. The author of The Witches’ Ointment, he runs psychedelicwitch.com, a site dedicated to promoting the latest and best information pertaining to the Psychedelic Renaissance. He lives in Portland, Oregon.   Hatsis shows how psychedelics have been an integral part of the human experience since Neolithic times and describes how different peoples in the Western world, including ancient priestesses, Christian Gnostics, alchemists, wise-women, and Victorian magicians, utilized sacred psychedelic plants and entheogens for divination, sex magic, communication with gods, and more.

Have you ever wondered about what awaits us when we cross over?  Have you ever dealt with a health scare where you go through a complex series of emotions and fear the future?   In September 2018, I was diagnosed with Stage One Kidney Cancer while undergoing a routine CT scan.   When I was first diagnosed with Cancer, I was emotionally numb about it.   I felt that I would get through this bout of it since it was Stage One.  I minimized it and its impact on my current life.   Then I had a cryoblast/cryosurgery procedure to remove the cancer tumor from my right kidney on September 26, 2018.   As I awaited the results from the surgery a complex series of emotions that were previously bottled up within me started to emerge.   I felt so lucky and fortunate that I caught this tumor in its earliest stage.  However, I also had a sense of guilt about those who are not as fortunate and who have a much more difficult struggle.   Even now when I think back to the past few weeks, I have not fully processed the full impact

Jason interviews Dr. Carlo Maley on the ways that Nature has already beaten cancer.   Dr. Maley received his Ph.D. from MIT in computer science (computational biology) in 1998 working with Rodney Brooks and Michael Donoghue (at Harvard at the time), his M.Sc. Zoology (evolutionary theory) from University of Oxford in 1993 working with W.D. Hamilton, and his B.A. in computer science and psychology from Oberlin College in 1991.   He went on to hold faculty positions at the Wistar Institute (2005-2010) and the University of California San Francisco (2010-2015) before joining Arizona State University in 2015. Maley is a Renowned Cancer Biologist, Evolutionary Biologist, and Computational Biologist.  Maley will discuss the findings from his TedxTalks Event: "How Nature Has Already Beat Cancer." (TEDxASU), published on 5/22/16.    Jason looks forward to interviewing Dr. Maley about his research which describes Twelve Examples of Animals Who Have Beat Cancer Through Evolution including such animals such as the eleh

Jason Interviews Renowned Author Ellen Evert Hopman about The Real Witches of New England: History, Lore & Modern Practice.    Weaving together history, sacred lore, modern practice, and the voices of today’s witches, Ellen Evert Hopman offers a new, deeper perspective on American witchcraft and its ancient pagan origins.  Beginning with the “witch hysteria” that started in Europe and spread to the New World, Hopman explores the witch hunts, persecutions, mass hysteria, and killings, concluding that between forty and sixty thousand women and men were executed as witches.   Combining records of known events with moving interviews with their descendants, she shares the stories of 13 New England witches persecuted during the witch trials, including Tituba and Mary Bliss Parsons, the Witch of Northhampton.  Despite the number of false accusations during the witch hysteria in the New England colonies, Hopman reveals how there were practicing witches during that time and describes the positive role witches play

Jason Interviews Special Guest Tamara Westwood, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist & Host of the Illuminations Media Network, Tamara's Podcast for over ten years.  Tamara holds a degree in Psychology, is a certified clinical Hypnotherapist registered with the state of Washington, a certified Law of Attraction Coach, Iridologist, and New Body Herbal consultant.   As executive producer/host of the Illuminations Media Network, Tamara has enjoyed a decade of interviewing hundreds of authors, artists, and entrepreneurs, who are making a notable difference on the planet. The IM network is Internet-based; podcast in the iTunes store, Blogtalk Radio, Spreaker, Player Fm, Youtube, and several other platforms.   In her private practice, she focuses on the mental, physical and emotional bodies, with an intuitive flair. With 6000 plus private sessions, hundreds of group presentations, and numerous radio appearances, Tamara uses her skills to balance the mind, body, and soul, through appreciation and care of the enti