All Possibilities with Julie Chan

057 – Myq Kaplan – The Universe and Laughter

An atheist transforms into a standup comedian after a chance encounter at a music festival leads to a fifteen-year spiritual journey… Myq Kaplan, 2010 Last Comic Standing Finalist and a standup comedian who has appeared on the Late Night with David Letterman, the The Tonight Show, and Louie, and his CD “Vegan Mind Meld” was one of iTunes top ten best-selling comedy albums in 2010, joins guest host Jessica Brodkin (Episode 11) in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Myq Kaplan on growing up without spiritual practices, despite his parents being Jewish Both parents were music teachers, and he was made to participate in music which was almost like a religious education How music led him to comedy, and then to spirituality with a chance encounter Meditation, and feeling it is between science and magic Drinking Ayahuasca, and the DMT in it Being everything and nothing, and being the center of the universe and being but dust, and how elements are little when alone and have color when in mass Our world has lost touch with mysticism, imagine a planet without laughter Coming to an understanding of enlightenment with mushrooms Mushrooms vs. Ayahuasca The book “Ishmael” about a psychic gorilla who teaches someone about history of society and agriculture How we are a part of everything else On a spiritual journey, how does this inform rest of life, including as a comedian How his spiritual journey has changed him, and what he talks about on stage Course in Miracles How religions are about doing good deeds for others and the Universe Love is the only thing that is real that makes sense, that doing that is better for the world and oneself See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

056 – Holly Burling – Moving Toward Healing

Classical Acupuncture and Healing… Imagine sitting in Mario Batali’s restaurant and feeling spiritually guided to talk with him, only to be offered a shot in his kitchen. In an interview covering everything from repressed memories to a Buddhist pilgrimage, Holly Burling, Spiritual Intuitive, Acupuncturist and Healer, joins guest host Jessica Brodkin [Episode 11] in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Burling describes how her spiritual awakening began in her teens, how she knew something was wrong, how she developed eating disorders, thought something inherently bad about her, she began drinking heavily, then after her freshman year of college she met Andre and fell in love, felt deeply connected while afraid of intimacy. At that time she also recalled being sexually abused by a distant family member. People started coming to Burling for help at 19 years old with their issues and asking for guidance, while she’s in her own trauma Discovering she had a powerful force working through her. Knowing a divine force was always around her and supporting her, and a first waking vision happening at 22 How she lost her romantic partner in devastating way and it broke her Hearing a voice of the Divine, embedding a message that no matter how wounded you are you can always heal and transcend that Realizing her spirit is strong, and it took her out of the dark place Becoming a chef, moving from a BBQ place into fine dining, moving to Italy to learn to cook, and being inspired to meet Mario Batali and a remarkable moment when he approached her with a job Working with Batali at the time his kitchen was at the top of its game, which Burling describes as the most misogynistic kitchen she’d ever worked in The way she works with people, intuitive, acupuncture, empowering people in their self-trust, and tapping into their own intuition The pulse, the liver, and becoming a Buddhist Freeing up energy that was used for bad things and then becomes used for life force Being in the Himalayas, and feeling like she had returned home Everything can be healed, and anyone can have an amazing and fulfilling life even if they have experienced a lot of pain and trauma, moving toward healing See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

055 – Kristen Boyer – The Shamanatrix

A journey from dominatrix to shaman to help people heal old traumas and reclaim power with the ancient healing techniques of shamanic soul retrieval… Kristen Boyer, Shamanic Practitioner, Holistic Counselor, and Shamanatrix, joins guest host Jessica Brodkin [Episode 11] in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Boyer on her Masters in Creative Arts Therapy, and how her background in psychology helped be successful as dominatrix Growing up in a fundamentalist cult-like religious Christian home, and being repeatedly sexually abused by a neighbor as a child, and how that grew her into an empathic person wanting to help and empower people and to assist them to understand themselves better Being seventeen years old at an amusement park and reunited with an old crush, immediately falling in love, keeping in touch several years, then getting married When she realized her husband had been lying the entire time with a web of lies When Boyer started getting into crisis mode, with a lot of the stress in her life much of which wasn’t even hers, and she was trying to help people and couldn’t even help herself When someone gave her a “wild card”, as a nanny suggested she should become a dominatrix When Boyer felt she had nothing to lose, having lost her husband and home, and being led to the destination of being a dominatrix for a reason Becoming a professional dominatrix as a new career The irony of having no interest in hurting people Boyer’s “dom name” was Karma (Jones), which came off he top of her head, and how she felt like her mouth opened and someone else spoke for her How Boyer became a role-play specialist, and it was essentially improv Dominatrix services were utilized largely by high powered men, handing over their power for an hour Reenacting people’s traumatic situations Soul retrieval and soul loss Discovering shamanism When spirits were connecting with her during BDSM sessions, and started connecting with a higher vibration and began to receive healing and felt the call to study shamanism How everyone has their story and pivotal moments, it is up to us what we make of that We can get our power back, our innocence and courage, re-empowerment, and fully be ourselves See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

054 – Erin Khar – Writing and Living the Truth

Addiction, recovery, mental health, relationships, parenting, infertility, and self-care… Erin Khar (Managing Editor at Ravishly and author of the popular weekly advice column Ask Erin) joins guest host Jessica Brodkin [Episode 11] in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Khar’s addiction to heroin for 15 years starting at 13 years old, and how she didn’t look like drug addic,t had straight As, lots of friends, no warning signs, etc. How her love for child was stronger than her hatred of self Learning how to take care of herself and walking through shame and depression that drove to use drugs Healing is confronting the parts of ourself we don’t want others to see, we let go of shame and that’s where healing starts How Khar lost her baby due to premature birth, and met Brodkin after having had four miscarriages prior to that, Khar’s incredible emotional pain, and it wasn’t about her head, it was about her soul A psychic medium suggested she needs to go to Reiki Khar’s believe that a silver lining of pain was growing closer to a spiritual connection than before, and how her family bonded than before Getting tested and being able to make her way through that, and people won’t able to confront things, so they will stay in toxic patterns, Part of self-care is to tell people “I feel __________” How Khar had a successful clothing line, and had challenges and stopped caring about it A chance encounter with a writer that led to started a blog called Rarely Wrong Erin (and eventually Ask Erin), due to her ability to recall random information, and then she got a job at Ravishly, ad is now the managing editor A lot of #METOO questions — of 60 questions per week 10-15 are about that topic The tricky topic of conditioning around consent Taking things people struggle with, so consent is frequently topical in her advice column The need for conversations about consent How fear is always worse than actually doing something Khar was feeling unlovable and living like the room was on fire until a switch flipped How she wants to bring hope because she was hopeless for a long time See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

053 – Debra Flics – Classic Healer, Musical Healer

Talk therapy, trauma therapy, EMDR, meditation, dream work, and healing music… Psychotherapist and musician Debra Flics (Awake Presence) joins guest host Jessica Brodkin [Episode 11] in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.  In this episode: Flics shares how her career started in own psychotherapy, how she had been doing acting and her acting teacher recommended therapy to get to know herself better (as the teacher did with all students), and the outcome was clear that Flics supposed by a therapist Obtaining her Master of Social Work, and her postgraduate studies in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy How she is not a not run of the mill psychotherapist Vipassana Insight meditation (mindfulness meditation), how it is not trying to organize a different state but rather how things are, be with whatever arises Dialectical Behavior Therapy Getting people in touch with deep patterns of behavior and ways of thinking, which are encoded as we’re developing, how they can be released, and spontaneous and allowing he presence of more authentic impulses to behave in more productive and kinder ways as a new way of being Not just working with old patterns, but developing who clients really are in their truth and bringing that out into the world EMDR, a trauma treatment, stimulation on one part of the body then the other, or sounds, when trauma is triggered it can take over our personality (on and off) Dream work When Flics was seeking to be working as a comedic actress A Harmonium is played in studio, and Flics reveals how it is used a lot in Indian chanting music, and when she is leading call and response chanting, and sound healing The divine feminine going through Flics Sometimes the universe cooperates that if person moves through internal pattern and can move in a different way and the karmic energy doesn’t have the power it used to have, attacking issues through two angles The importance of talking with the language of the person who is receiving therapy, not imposing one’s own on them Sometimes seemingly meaningless things are not meaningless Evolution can be painful but end up in a profound result And profound final thoughts, including listening to our own confusion and meet our own heart with love See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

052 – Acupuncturist Anna Eszter Hajosi – Healthier, Stronger, Faster

Holistic approach to sports and wellness… Anna Eszter Hajosi, New York State Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist and founder of Holistic Athlete NYC (providing comprehensive, holistic approach to healing, recovery and wellbeing through the use of acupuncture, nutrition, corrective exercises and other traditional modalities) and avid triathlete, joins guest host Jessica Brodkin [Episode 11] in the MouthMedia Network studio powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: How Eszter Hajosi earned her undergraduate degree in Dietetics and Nutrition from Semmelweis University, the oldest medical school in Hungary, and her Master of Science degree in Acupuncture from Tri-State College of Acupuncture Whether one can heal the body with just positive mind set and needles, etc. and whether we change the structure of brain How Eszter Hajosi felt guided to go to the US and New York, without knowing English, and then decided to go to acupuncture school instead of becoming a doctor Eszter Hajosi’s primary work with athletes and dancers Running triathlons and a half iron man As you get stronger you can get injured often, it takes tome for body to adjust Eszter Hajosi on working with a psychiatrist from Columbia University, who refers patients who aren’t being helped by medication or who want to try another method Using the tongue as a diagnostic tool The quick results possible with acupuncture When Eszter Hajosi had a fibroid Increasing blood flow, meridians How emotions should not dictate what we do, discipline and creating habits Diagnosing posture See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

051 – Brooke Arnold – Healing Laughter

Surviving a cult, the cycles of life and nature, transforming pain into art, and finding the light when you’ve hit rock bottom… How’s this for a movie pitch — Imagine a woman who was a member of cult from childhood that denied her a normal education, she ran away and was homeless for seven years, then miraculously nearly completed a PhD and then—wait for it—became a standup comedian. Sounds like an Oscar winner, right? The thing is — this isn’t fiction. It is the true story of Brooke Arnold. Arnold shares her truly extraordinary journey, and discusses cycles of life and nature, transforming pain into art, and finding the light when you’ve hit rock bottom. Plus, a shocking Reiki healing moment, and Arnold’s night in the psych ward where she heard a voice that guided her to do something that changed her life forever. Comedian Brooke Arnold joins guest host Jessica Brodkin in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennhieser. Arnold is scheduled to perform on the Equinox at Carolines on Broadway in New York City March 21, 2018, showcased as a headliner. In this episode: Arnold discusses a Buzzfeed video about growing up in a cult that she says took a lot from her, didn’t pay her, and didn’t give her credit How Arnold was in a cult from a young age, her parents home schooled her, she had to stay home and use home school curriculum including The Wisdom Booklets How Arnold got out of the cult What led to change of vocation from Creative Director of a startup to dog walker, The nature of comedy, like magic, an inexplicable force, and a kind of telekinesis Being homeless, dealing with likely PTSD, and working to heal and get into a normal space How our pain is not who we are, and how talking about one’s experiences can be healing How Arnold spent ten years negating everything she had known When she was in a psych ward and made deal with herself, giving herself one year to feel better How Arnold heard a voice say to start meditating, and she began discovering new depths and filling herself up with kindness and goodness, and living life while letting go Arnold’s belief and focus in the Goddess The belief that the greatest ill done by our world is the focus on the masculine divine, and much bad has been done by this The realities of the moon cycle, and the ebbs and flows of the cyclic aspects of nature The most spiritual thing we can do is ask for help How Arnold’s cult experience made its way into her art, including a one-woman show at the Fringe Festival that was sold out, opened a wound, allowed an energy release, and how Arnold then went into a “dark place” A remarkable Reiki healing moment And how psychedelics can play into shaking someone up and helping to inspire the right path? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

050 – Dainichi Lazuli – Mind Blown by a Perfect Spiritual Symphony

Universal themes and intersections of world religions and spirituality… Interfaith minister, tarot reader, Vedic astrologer, Kabalist and Reiki healer Dainichi Lazuli goes into full out expert mode. What is the true origin of the Abrahamic faith that Western civilization is built on, and is there proof that the divine feminine exists in the original Judeo-Christian tradition? And, what are the universal themes within world religions, creating a perfect spiritual symphony? Dainichi Lazuli , an Angel Card Reader, Intuitive Healer, Guide & Spiritual Coach. Holistic & Complementary Therapy practitioner at Aum Shanti Bookshop of Eastern & Western Spirituality and Crystal Gallery, and Assistant Manager, Modern Magus And Reiki Shinpuden at Namaste Bookshop, joins guest host Jessica Brodkin (Episode 11] in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Lazuli shares how he became involved with and learned so much about religion and spirituality, as a middle child of seven and always not feeling like he belonged, always having anger, causing him to leave the house as a young age to seek something greater, then meeting a Cambodian family who taught him a lot, and staying with them for six years The mystic aspects of Judeo-Christian teachings The current theta that connects people together, and why Lazuli believes he is an Indigo Child What led Lazuli to Buddhism and Hinduism, and why Hinduism was a derogatory term, and Vedantic practitioners, Vishnu and Shiva gods Finding proof of the Mother of God How the Divine Feminine has a place and explanation in Abrahamic traditions The relationships between Adam and the atom, and what the Heart of God may have to do with Oppenheimer How we all choose everything around us, there are no coincidences Divining with crystals a.k.a. lithomancy How Tarot cards are connected to the Torah Why our spinal column emulates serpent-like qualities The number seven and its importance, God and math An attack of the Divine Feminine on Friday the 13th, and how two people in unison create God the whole How the Tree of Life is planetary and astrological Being in stillness is when we receive guidance and enlightenment How Lazuli became an authority on the subject of religion and spirituality, the influence of Professor Brignola How Lazuli immersed himself in Interfaith, merging various religious concepts together, and became an Interfaith Minister When Lazuli prayed to God to put him in a place where he can make a difference, and a week later was in Namaste bookshop Lazuli learned from many teachers including a Vedic astrology mentor, studied Kabala, and The Course in Miracles Why we need to stop searching for God and other things, as in stillness there is God, and how helping others is the highest state of joy Developing healing modalities to heal body, mind and soul See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

049 – Michelle Keinan of Radically Selfish and City Wellness Collective – Happiness is a Personal Responsibility

Living according to one’s desires, no matter the circumstances or what society tells us is possible… How do you want to experience your life? That’s not only a fantastic question for anyone, it’s the exact question that is a foundation for healing done by Michelle Keinan, somatic healer and the co-founder of City Wellness Collective, a community and center for healers in New York City, and the founder of Radically Selfish. Keinan shares why we are personally responsible for the possibilities in our own lives, responsible for how we feel, how we show up for the lives we create, how you can ask yourself “how do I want to feel”, you’ll learn how to channel anger into creation, and Keinan reveals what people who teach manifesting your ideal life, get wrong. Plus, you’ll discover what Keinan has in common with the great ark builder, Noah. Keinan joins guest host Jessica Brodkin [Episode 11] in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Keinan discusses personal transformation, becoming a magnet for everything you want in your life, and creating Radically Selfish How as a somatic healer Keinan become a community healer, and the role feeling deep love and connection to people has played How most people are used to using their minds/verbal to navigate problems, finding solutions and hearing of spirit energy and shamans and sources of energy and tools Somatic healing is trusting in intelligence of body, and one does not have to be a believer or use the mind for it to work An example of how animals vibrate when in fear or when cold, and humans don’t allow our bodies to do what we are naturally able to do, automatically unconsciously limiting responsibilities due to lessons or trauma from the past Being a futurist How Keinan watching her immigrant parents come to the USA and build lives from nothing inspired her to be a creator, and how it is our personal responsibility to find what puts us in our “zone of genius” Power being fueled by rebellion and anger, like many creators, being alchemists, and transforming pain into magic Anger as a strong fuel, and an act of moving forward and processing something that needs to change, harnessing that energy that intelligence is saying we need to do, aligning with inner knowledge to go after what we want and being more free, which means the possibilities are endless Rebellion, pleasure, creation as three pillars of Keinan The goal of pleasure and joy in life, how Keinan’s guiding energy growing up was survival because of immigrant parents from Communist Russia Growing things from pleasure with hints of Buddhism, and a way to control the ego while seeing life through a spiritual lens We think that things are happening to us, but we can tap into desire, and take actions that will bring in healing and changes So many different pieces that can put us back together Why manifestations might not work in managing one’s future, releasing attachment to outcome, and the paradox of deeply desiring something while not being attached to outcome Taking magic out there and applying it to realities of the real world “Being the dance” in order to play the game Social media portraying perfect happy moments while our lives are not glamorous as that, how pain drives us, looking at past pain and being driven by it while realizing that part of one’s life is over Honoring painful moments and criticism because they led to where things are today How the theme from Keinan’s childhood and core wound is not being OK as she is, how being forced into a box has made that force bigger, telling everyone she is OK as she is A paradigm of “Zero Sum”, a finite amount of good, and how that might come from immigrants from a poor culture as the source The central message of radical selfishness (also her podcast), and how it is about honoring oneself to be everything they are capable of being See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

048 – Margaux Avedisian – Queen of Bitcoin, Cinderella Story

Cryptocurrency and spirituality… It’s hard to scroll through your phone without reading and hearing about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency these days. So, who’s behind that success, and what does this have to do All Possibilities? Meet Margaux Avedisian, Partner and Co-Founder at CooLPool Fund & EVP at Transform Group. Guest host Jessica Brodkin [Episode 11] used to perform comedy with her at the Bitcoin center in SoHo, New York, every week for years. Plus, she is also one of the industry’s most experienced cryptocurrency marketers. Avedisian shares her story and why she believes in an ethical and spiritual way to conduct business that helps everyone, how her diligent spiritual self care (using the tools of Kundalini yoga, Kabbalah, gratitude, and Reiki) have transformed her life into a real “Cinderella story” — so much so-that she is known internationally at the Queen of Bitcoin. Recorded at MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: How Avedisian became known as the Queen of Bitcoin, and an expert in cryptocurrency and blockchain, being involved since 2012 Starting as an entrepreneur , launching the first American Bitcoin exchange, helping get American Education Day on The Hill about Bitcoin, and now an EVP at a leading PR firm representing most ICOs (token companies) The nature of cryptocurrency, not having one company control money or info, empowering people, how all people who downloaded the software are mining info, keeping track of Bitcoin, instead of a central authority like a bank who may not have society as its primary interest, and how one cannot trace cash, but can trace cryptocurrency When Avedisian had rough times, getting evicted, sleeping at a construction site, fighting courts, having no money from doing startups, then started doing yoga, and her life changed quickly in one year after pursuing a spiritual quest The laws of the universe and how Avedisian uses them, how everything is energy, knowing vs. practicing, how everything happens for a reason and how you react to it determines a lot of things, and something may not really be bad if you gain perspective Kundalini yoga and Avedisian’s awakening, the value of having someone keeping you accountable, Avedisian’s shift after meditation, then Kabbalah, the mystical parts of religion, and the many perspectives of the same thing, earning light, being here to create and earn goodness, and the mistake of not accepting what someone is giving How does spiritualty feed success, and how does one define success since becoming more spiritual, how spirituality changes perspective and allows one to be able to get out of a mood, and how opportunities arise when one is more positive, how one views and loves oneself People have same experiences over and over No one can take what is meant for you, and knowing that fosters greater community “No one can darken my light”, say what you think and go after what you want regardless of what people say, say when things are not right, and shine light on things that are See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.