Callie Russell is an ancestral skills instructor, wilderness experience guide, and goat herder who lives nomadically throughout the American Mountain West. She is passionate about learning skills that allow her to live directly from the land and helping others to feel at home in nature through Caprakhan’s wilderness courses. Callie is known from her performance on the History Channel’s “Alone” show, where she survived alone and unassisted in the Canadian Arctic for 89 days. Discover more about C...
Jun 25, 2023•44 min
Edward Miskie is celebrating 10 years as a sole survivor of a rare cancer with the publishing of his book Cancer, Musical Theatre, & Other Chronic Illnesses . For the last 17 years, Edward has lived in NYC as a writer, producer, and performer but these ventures have taken him all over the country and world. He is a co-producer of the forthcoming film Ladylike (2024), and creator and Executive Producer of an upcoming musical episodic based on his book. Find more at edwardmiskie.com Please rat...
Jun 18, 2023•29 min
Franck Reyherme, an English teacher turned software developer, lives in Michigan and works as an AI Engineer for an EdTech company called K12 Insight where he trains machines to understand humans. Born in the suburbs of Paris, Franck immigrated to Chicago at the age of six, and has moved around between the West Coast, East Coast, and Midwest over the course of his 40 years on earth. Franck’s most important job is trying to teach his three kids how to survive in a rather strange world. Please rat...
Jun 11, 2023•42 min
Nicole Kerr is an Award-winning health expert, public speaker and author. When she was a 19-year-old cadet at the United States Air Force Academy she had a terrifying Near-Death Experience and when the memory of the crash returned 20 years later, it spurred a 20-year transformation that helped her align her soul, spirit, mind, and body. A disabled veteran, Nicole has penned the best-selling book, You Are Deathless and has appeared on CNN, PBS, CBS, ABC, the Food Channel, and other radio and tele...
Jun 04, 2023•22 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Tatiana Bolshakova was born in the Soviet Union where she was educated to believe in communism and prosperity for all. That lasted until Perestroika, when despite the significant uncertainty and criminal chaos with no law or provision, she walked through to a bright future with the whole country. She then finished her consulting career, provided her gro…...
Jun 01, 2023•7 min
Dimitris Xygalatas is an anthropologist and cognitive scientist at the University of Connecticut, where he directs the Experimental Anthropology Lab. He has been studying rituals for over two decades, through a combination of ethnographic fieldwork and scientific experiments. His research has been published in over 100 scientific articles and books. His latest book is Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living. Buy his book here ! Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscrib...
May 28, 2023•37 min
Mia Millonzi is the founder and creator of Akashic Angel and Akashic Angel Academy. She is a channel for the Akashic Records, a teacher, and a mentor. Mia has been a gifted intuitive since birth and shares her gifts with souls from all over the world. Find her on Instagram and support her! She will help you: @akashic_angel Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonu...
May 21, 2023•30 min
Marty Belafsky is a former actor/comedian. He began acting professionally at age 13 and landed the role of Crutchy in the Disney musical film, Newsies and has since appeared in TV shows and films like The Wonder Years, Boston Legal, Pearl Harbor, and A Mighty Wind . In 1998, he became a regular in the LA stand-up scene and started headlining nationally eventually touring with Rodney Dangerfield who gave him starring roles in, Back by Midnight and The 4th Tenor . After two decades of touring and ...
May 14, 2023•30 min
Ramona Emerson is a Diné writer and filmmaker originally from Tohatchi, New Mexico. She has worked as a professional cinematographer, writer, and editor for over twenty-five years and is currently working on her 8th film project, Crossing the Line . She is an Emmy nominee, a Sundance Native Lab Fellow, a Time-Warner Storyteller Fellow, a Tribeca All-Access Grantee, and a WGBH Producer Fellow. Ramona just released her first novel, Shutter , the first of a trilogy, which was recently longlisted fo...
May 07, 2023•34 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Erin Wright was born and raised in the SF Bay Area, but followed her heart to move to the “atrociously hot” Arizona desert with her five-year-old son and partner of many years. Things seemed great, until he suddenly abandoned them, so now she’s working with a broken heart to fuel against the Phoenix fires and rebuild from scratch on her own. If you want…...
May 01, 2023•7 min
Ruth Nsabuga is a former corporate executive turned advisor. She helps individuals, business owners and educators create the life they want most. She is also a passionate entrepreneur, speaker and executive coach who loves to serve. She has a passion for helping people get clarity about what is possible and supports them with the tools, training and resources to make it so. She also spent some of her formative years in Uganda and the UK! Get ready for a fun episode! Please rate us on Apple and S...
Apr 30, 2023•29 min
Tina Erwin has studied metaphysics all her life, gaining insight into the mystical world of magic and spirituality. After a dynamic 20-year career in the Navy, working for the U.S. Submarine Force and retiring at the Commander level, she began to use her enhanced psychic abilities to further explore metaphysics, and she is now the author of eight books. She has an intense desire to know and understand the hard science behind the unseen world of action and reaction combined with a sincere desire ...
Apr 23, 2023•26 min
Kim Sorrelle is an entrepreneur, director of a humanitarian organization, author, and speaker. She devoted a year in search of the true meaning of love and she found it. Her award-winning best-selling book, Love Is , chronicles her sometimes funny, sometimes scary, always enlightening journey that led to life-changing discoveries found mainly on the streets of Haiti. Kim is on a mission to change the world with the power of love. Want more? Check out kimsorrelle.com Please rate us on Apple and S...
Apr 16, 2023•30 min
Jennifer is author of the Amazon Bestseller Empathic Mastery , Founder and Headmistress of the Empathic Mastery Academy, and Host of the Empathic Mastery Show Podcast. She's a Master Trainer for EFT International and a mentor and healer for other highly sensitive empaths. Intuitive from the get-go, Jennifer experienced her first prophetic dream when she was 9 and she’s been navigating her extrasensory awareness ever since. For more, please visit: empathicmastery.com . Please rate us on Apple and...
Apr 09, 2023•32 min
Amos Smith is an author, certified counselor, and workshop leader. His first book is titled Healing the Divide: Recovering Christianity’s Mystic Roots. His second book is titled Be Still and Listen: Experience The Presence of God in Your Life. The third is Journey of Holistic Mysticism: Experienced the Integrated Spirituality of the Quakers. Find all his books right here . Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discus...
Apr 02, 2023•30 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com After more than 15 years in the business, I finally worked out a deal with a publisher and my novel Ardor is now available online and in stores ! I spent three years researching, writing, and editing Ardor , so I'm excited for you to read it. I also wrote it in the wake of my son's abduction, and it was very helpful, therapeutically, for me to express those intense and life-changing emotions, in fiction. About th...
Apr 01, 2023•7 min
Gail Manahan is a counselor for families, teens, and young adults seeking to step into the best versions of themselves. She holds a Graduate degree in Psychology and Community Counseling and has been an acclaimed licensed mental health counselor for 30+ years, specializing in family therapy and teen behavior in her private counseling practice. She has utilized her experiences and thousands of hours of field study to develop her book, ‘Is Raising Your Teen a Piece of Cake?’ Gail now lives in Ariz...
Mar 26, 2023•32 min
Chancellor K Jackson was born and raised in Georgia. He attended Stetson University where he played football and studied Communication and Media Studies. After graduating, he lived abroad in China from 2018-2019 where he fell into writing after his traumatic experience of being arrested, and detained in Beijing for 14 days. His first book, 14 Days in Beijing has ranked #1 over fifteen times on Amazon. For more please visit https://linktr.ee/Korleh . Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscr...
Mar 19, 2023•30 min
Rachel Astarte is a holistic psychotherapist, transformational coach, and spiritual counselor specializing in self, solitude, and service. She works with people who have been called to solitude to do deep psychospiritual work, and guides them toward polishing the gem of their true selves. She is the author of Celebrating Solitude and host of the podcast, “Self Talk with Rachel Astarte,” which helps listeners negotiate a healthy relationship with their mind, body, and spirit. rachelastartetherapy...
Mar 12, 2023•29 min
Lion Goodman is founder of the Clear Beliefs Institute of Trauma-informed Therapeutic Coaching, with graduates in 45 countries. He has 40+ years experience as a transformational coach, healer, and teacher. His Clear Beliefs methodology is designed to delete limiting beliefs, childhood wounds, and traumas from the core of the psyche. He has also authored five books. Please visit liongoodman.com for more! Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a public e...
Mar 05, 2023•33 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Dr. Mitchel Adler is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Certified Group Psychotherapist, Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, and the Director of MindBody Intelligence Consulting. He serves on the faculty of the UC Davis School of Medicine and is co-author of the book, Promoting Emotional Intelligence in Organizations. As a Professiona…...
Mar 01, 2023•7 min
Paul Long is a student, husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He spent most of his life in Catholic Ministry as a Youth-Minister and as a Registered Nurse, all while living under the direction of his Personal Permanent Vow of Non-Violence. He is a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and lives in the Franciscan Tradition. Having retired, he now dedicates his time to study, teaching, and sharing with others while walking the road of life. Check out his podcast: Our Walk Together ...
Feb 26, 2023•23 min
Christine Malek is the founder and creator of SASSI® Coach and an International Advocate for Women Against Abuse & Domestic Violence based in Knoxville, TN. Her unique approach brings out the strength and the light that shines in each woman, especially those that have survived abuse. She also treats men. Please visit her website for help. Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com WARNING - This Episode contains extremely graphic descriptions of domestic viole...
Feb 19, 2023•23 min
Ben Parker considers himself a citizen of the world, having lived in, traveled to, and interacted with many different cultures and the biomes they share. He views the world through an interconnected lens, trying to understand how people from various backgrounds engage, perceive, and "log-in" to the systems based on their life circumstances. Through his law degree, international development work, and most recently his attainment of an LLM, he hopes to impact the trajectory of existential threats,...
Feb 12, 2023•33 min
Judi Schindler headed an award-winning public relations and marketing firm for more than 40 years, and is now an actor/author and speaker on marriage, relationships and aging. She recently turned 81. Want more? Please visit www.judischindler.com Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.substack.com/subscribe...
Feb 05, 2023•31 min
This woman saved my life. She not only helped me cope with the abduction of my son, but she helped me find the love of my life, and single-handedly saved our wedding from utter doom. Intrigued? You $%#ing should be! I want you to meet Lynn Bunch. From a very early age, Lynn realized that her life path was to educate people on how to use their intuition. Lynn spent most of her formative years as an experiential student, learning from the immutable laws of intuition. It was only after overcoming m...
Feb 01, 2023•51 min
Born and raised in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, Valentina Carlini studied medicine in Geneva for one quarter before studying classics in Zurich, and has never looked back. As a philologist, she deeply believes we could have a better world if people would cultivate dead languages, handwriting, arts with movement of the body, brain, soul and feelings. She also believes we can ask anything, but shouldn’t lecture. Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.co...
Jan 29, 2023•30 min
Kristen Johnson currently serves as the Director of Development and Community Engagement for REAL LIFE, a nonprofit organization providing holistic support and services to individuals impacted by incarceration, homelessness or substance use disorder. Kristen is also the President-Elect of the Junior League of Richmond and was recognized as one of Style Weekly's Top 40 Under 40 . In her spare time, she loves cheering on the Washington Capitals and Nationals, photography, reading, and building Leg...
Jan 22, 2023•30 min
Author Vic Ferrari is a retired New York City Police Department detective with the hamstrings of a twenty-year-old. A survivor of an Irish father and Italian mother, Vic loves a cold beer and insists on you removing your shoes when entering his home. When he's not writing, he's picking up after his neurotic Irish Wolfhound. Did we mention he’s a writer, and his books are fun to read? Buy them here! Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.com This is a public episod...
Jan 15, 2023•27 min
Becky Arthur Dewey is a small-town Pennsylvania girl living in the Pacific Northwest with her 9 year old daughter. She loves her friends and family, and going outside to enjoy what this plane of existence has to offer! She just started a new chapter in her professional career, offering bookkeeping, payroll, and administrative support to local businesses. Becky is also Kate Arthur’s twin sister, whom we interviewed in Episode 82, so be sure to check out both for a unique “stereo experience!” Plea...
Jan 08, 2023•30 min
