The guest for this special musical episode of Follow Your Blissters: the hero's journey podcast is musician, songwriter and soulful troubadour, James Frost, whose breathtaking new album All Of Our Hands is more than just music – it’s a jewel borne from a life lived at the edges. Walking away from the safety of job and home to follow a deeper calling, James took to the road on a musical pilgrimage that would last several years. Along the way, he birthed a powerful vision of creative collaboration...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 20 min
In this episode I talk with Mick Brown, an award-winning journalist and author of several books, including The Spiritual Tourist , The Dance of 17 Lives , and his new magnum opus – The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West. In this conversation, we explore Mick’s extraordinary encounters with gurus, mystics, tricksters and multifarious seekers on the highways and backroads of spiritual tourism; his investigations into the mysteries of Tibet’s reincarnating lamas; and his ra...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 15 min
The guest for this special episode is Serge Beddington-Behrens, a maverick transpersonal psychotherapist, spiritual educator and author, whose books include Awakening the Universal Heart , G ateways to the Soul , and his captivating new memoir, Amazing Grace . In this conversation – echoing the mythic tale of the Buddha – we explore Serge’s extraordinary journey from pampered half prince – raised in the lap of luxury on London’s Pall Mal – through to his emergence, after many trials and wanderin...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This finale Series 2 episode explores the astonishing tale of redemption of Liam Meredith, a former convict and drug addict, who having radically transformed his own life, now supports other ex-offenders to move away from crime and rebuild their lives. In this conversation, Liam candidly shares his journey from broken home beginnings, to addiction and drug dealing, through imprisonment and healing with horses, and onwards to his emergence as the inspired entrepreneur, rap artist and mentor to ot...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode I talk with Dr Chris Johnstone , a pioneering resilience trainer, social and environmental activist and founder of College of Wellbeing. His books include Find Your Power , Seven Ways to Build Resilience , and Active Hope: how to face the mess we’re in with unexpected resilience and creative power , co-authored with Joanna Macy. In this conversation we explore Chris’s journey from burnt out and depressed junior hospital doctor, to a wake up call car crash which triggered him to t...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The guest for this episode is Cali White, an ancestral healer, psychotherapist and spiritual activist whose work is dedicated to understanding the historical impact of the European Witch Hunts (1450-1750) on our psychology, and healing the intergenerational trauma inherited from those so called ‘Burning Times’. In this conversation, Cali shares her remarkable year-long pilgrimage across the UK, exploring the ancient roots, history, myths and landscapes of Britain and calling ceremonies with wome...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The guest for this episode is Maureen Murdock, a Jungian psychotherapist, photographer and author of the ground-breaking bestseller The Heroine’s Journey and other books, whose work explores the mysteries of the psyche, a fascination with mythology and a love of storytelling and memoir writing. In this episode, Maureen introduces her heroine’s journey model, which she created to better represent the psycho-spiritual development of women she felt was overlooked by Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey...
Aug 16, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 3
The guest for this episode is Tahir Shah, the writer, filmmaker and insatiable adventurer, whose 50 plus books include The Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Trail of Feathers , In Search of King Solomon’s Mines and In Arabian Nights . The lively conversation explores some of Tahir’s outlandish travel quests in search of the hidden underbellies of lands through which he journeys, including India, Africa and Peru, as well as his pursuit of freedom as a writer, blazing a trail for other writers to follow. Al...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The guest for this launch episode of Series 2 is Dan Millman, legendary teacher of the Peaceful Warrior’s Way and author of the cult spiritual classic The Way of the Peaceful Warrior – later screened as the film Peaceful Warrior – and 17 other books which have inspired millions of readers worldwide. In this episode we explore the extraordinary experiences, wake up calls and life lessons that shaped Dan’s evolution from childhood dreamer to world-class athlete to international spiritual teacher a...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The guest for Episode 6 of Follow Your Blissters (the final episode of Series 1) is Eva Hamilton MBE, Founder and CEO of Key4Life, an extraordinary charity that rehabilitates ex-offenders using equine therapy, turning around the lives of some of the most disaffected young men in Britain. Key4Life builds on Eva’s remarkable charitable work in support of marginalised sectors of society over 35 years. Setting up the Seeing is Believing programme with HRH The Prince of Wales, she took 600 of Britain...
Aug 04, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The guest for this episode is the pragmatic and playful modern mystic, Dr William Bloom, one of the UK’s frontier holistic educators. Author of 26 books, including The Power of Modern Spirituality, Feeling Safe and The Endorphin Effect, William is Co-founder of the Alternatives events programme in London, and creator of the UK’s first accredited course in Spiritual Wellness. His work focuses on helping people discover their own best way to connect to what he calls “the wonder and energy of life”...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The guest for this episode is the audacious and entertaining deep life explorer and ‘stand up’ philosopher, Tim Freke. A respected authority on world spiritualty and author of 35 books, including Deep Awake, Soul Story and The Jesus Mysteries, Tim has a contagious enthusiasm for exploring the mystery of life, embracing both hard-headed science and open-hearted spirituality. His mission is to help people become enlivened, connected and in love with life. In this conversation, we explore Tim’s ecl...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, I talk with Thomas Moore, a Jungian psychotherapist and author of Dark Nights of the Soul , the New York Times bestseller Care of the Soul , and 22 more books about bringing soul to personal life and culture, deepening spirituality, humanising medicine and finding meaningful work. His work also infuses mythology, depth psychology and the arts, emphasising the importance of images and imagination. In this conversation, we explore Thomas’s enthralling metamorphosis from monk and m...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode, Sarah Rozenthuler - purpose-led business pioneer and author of Powered by Purpose - shares her colourful story of breaking away from the UK corporate world in her early 20s and becoming an itinerant street circus performer in Spain. After four tough but exhilarating years juggling fire and knives across Spain’s vibrant fiesta trail, Sarah returned to the UK and integrated these skills into the corporate arena, especially the art of engaging, educating and entertaining people, wh...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The guest for this launch episode of Follow Your Blissters is Satish Kumar, the former monk, environmentalist and legendary peace activist. Satish is celebrated worldwide for the remarkable two and a half year peace pilgrimage he walked from India to the USA (and onto Japan) in the early Sixties, without spending any money and eating only vegetarian food. In this episode, we retrace the steps of this extraordinary voyage Satish made while just in his mid twenties, facing extreme dangers and hard...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In this introduction to the Follow Your Blissters podcast, Will Gethin introduces mythologist Joseph Campbell and his Hero's Journey map for transformational storytelling, explaining how it can be used as a guide to make sense of our own lives. He also explores Campbell's mantra for living 'Follow Your Bliss' and why he later updated it to 'Follow Your Blisters', gives an overview of the condensed journey stages he will be working with in his upcoming conversations with thought leaders, and invi...
May 19, 2021•6 min
