An intimate, wide-ranging conversation with Jenn Rowe, spiritual medium, Reiki practitioner, and founder of Spirit Sound Reiki in Corvallis, Oregon.

What begins as stories of teenage recklessness and "intentionally naive" living evolves into profound explorations of:

• The dark night of the soul and cracking open
• Codependency, people-pleasing, and external validation
• Integrating shadows without shame... accepting the full messy puzzle of self
• Surrender, forgiveness, and curiosity as portals to joy and authenticity
• Spirit guides, channeling, ancient wisdom, Akashic records, and animal totems (bear, whale, wolverine, bees, ravens)
• Sound healing with crystal bowls, gongs, chimes, and the unique resonance of her Corvallis studio space
• Reiki, chakra balancing, and allowing ego to step aside for collective spirit energy

Jenn shares her journey from suppressing intuitive gifts in a religious upbringing to fully embodying mediumship, sound baths, and energy work... and now helping others remember their wholeness.

Michael reflects on his own session with her, including messages to slow down and unblock generational patterns between root and sacral chakras.

This episode is medicine for anyone tired of performing, hiding shadows, or chasing answers instead of living questions. Come exactly as you are... dark and your light.

Key Mentions & Links

• Spirit Sound Reiki studio (Corvallis, OR): https://spiritsoundreiki.com/
  • Book Reiki sessions, sound baths (Wednesdays 6:30–7:30pm donation-based drop-in), and events
• Instagram/Facebook: @SpiritSoundReiki
• Referenced: Akashic Records, Hermetic philosophy, Soma Breath (tangential via guest's breathwork interest), spirit animals (bear, whale, wolverine, bees, ravens), Book of the Dead,Touched by an Angel (nostalgic TV reference)
• Michael's session insights: journaling, slowing down manic energy, creativity unblocking

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In this honest and uplifting conversation, Cayse Lahrman shares how she’s learned to notice when she’s running on manic energy and consciously flip her switch before conversations or any moment that needs a different presence. From a chaotic “big life” filled with family trauma and 20 years at Home Depot to thriving as a multi-location manager at T&A Supply in the Pacific Northwest flooring world, she reveals the value of accountability, doing the real work, and learning to be okay when life finally feels good.

She opens up about conscious parenting with her daughter, choosing to bring lightness instead of sadness into every room, sitting in discomfort with her partner instead of shutting down and her vibrant art practice and cosplay creations as a form of meditation and joyful expression.

Follow Cayse on Instagram @ekc.creations

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In this spontaneous, open conversation on this is emotionart, host Michael Avery sits with Cindee Brown-Mills... keynote speaker at the Oregon Business Conference, Navy veteran, former corporate CFO, and founder of Breathe Alaska... for a heart-opening exploration of what happens when the ladder you’ve been climbing finally breaks you.

Cindee shares the moment she hit rock bottom: sitting on her kitchen floor, exhausted from decades of high-stakes finance roles, people-pleasing, and unexpressed grief, realizing she could no longer “tough it out.” And then a single online breathwork class cracked open decades of stored trauma, generational pain, and the constant sympathetic nervous system overload so many of us live in without even naming it.

Breath is the only body system we can consciously control, it works like a remote control for your nervous system that you can use at your desk (yes, even in corporate life) to shift from fight-or-flight to calm clarity in minutes

Cindee now guides triathletes, corporate teams, and seekers through retreats, workshops, and her signature 'Mindfulness in the Wilderness' experiences in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

Whether you’re still climbing, quietly quitting, or just ready to rewrite the script, this episode is your invitation to pick up the remote and start regulating on purpose.

Guest Bio Cindy Brown Mills is the founder of Breathe Alaska and a certified Soma Breath instructor. After 20+ years in corporate finance and non-profits, she left burnout behind to teach breath as medicine for nervous system healing. She offers corporate workshops, athlete retreats, equine-assisted experiences, and intimate wilderness mindfulness journeys in Juneau, Alaska.

Connect & Experience

🌐 breathe-alaska.com

📸 Instagram & Facebook: @BreatheAlaska

💼 LinkedIn: Cindy Brown Mills

Book a discovery call or join an upcoming retreat/workshop, where spaces are intentionally small for deep transformation.

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This conversation is raw, unfiltered healing in real time.

Ryan Uhle walks in carrying every paradox: molested as a kid, Tourette’s, parents swapping spouses, the wealthy-abusive mansion versus the poor-loving apartment, the “nice guy” mask that kept him small. Then there's a heroic-dose of mushrooms that retrieves deep buried memories, the move to Oregon on a hunch that psilocybin would be legalized, building Multidimensional Training, and finally stepping fully into his dragonfly self... proudly phallic, deeply feminine, and unapologetically becoming whole.

Our talk explores women taking back their masculinity while men cling to insecurity, the marriage of divine masculine & feminine inside every unique body, and the “No More Mr. Nice Guy” journey.

Ryan Uhle is a man becoming the leader of love he was always meant to be... creating space and handing you the flow prop, watching you invent something new on the trampoline, and reminding us that heaven and hell are right now.

Multidimensional Training — movement, mind & spirit facility in Springfield, OR

E3 (Explorer Ecstatic Experience), the 501c3 replacing churches with love, play & ecstatic community

Ryan’s cell: 541-968-9282

Email: ryan@multidimensionaltraining.org

Website: multidimensionaltraining.org

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... stay curious

Six hours distilled. Mark van der Pol and Adrienne Fritze of Conundrum House Experiences sit with us and we wander through massacre sites and magic carpets, dissociation learned at five and the skill it became, We play Know Thyself and discover that Mark seeks harmony while Adrienne seeks freedom... and that neither of them are who they thought they were. We talk about brains as rendering agents, emotions as the actual processors, and the terror of disintegrating in a crowded room. And we find the slick bubble that lets you walk back into the noise without losing yourself.

This conversation is healing happening in real time.

🖇️Shoutouts & Tags:

• Conundrum House — Play and event space in Corvallis, OR. Come play differently.
• Know Thyself — The card game that guarantees you'll never finish knowing yourself.

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In this deeply moving and expansive conversation, Michael Avery sits down with Christopher Hupp, an intuitive massage therapist, Reiki Master, and Meridian Massage practitioner whose work bridges ancient wisdom, energy medicine, and heartfelt spiritual guidance.

Christopher shares his extraordinary journey from a debilitating back injury and open-heart surgery, to studying directly under an 83-year-old master healer, to embarking on multiple Native American vision quests that forever changed how he perceives reality. Together, they explore the parable of the blind men and the elephant, the importance of moving from head to heart, forgiving ourselves and others, and remembering that love is the primordial soup we all swim in.

This episode is a masterclass in perspective-shifting, intuitive healing, and living as a conscious expression of emotion and spirit.

Guest Bio: Christopher is the owner of Wise Hands Massage in Oregon. He combines therapeutic massage, Meridian Massage (a technique he learned directly from his mentor), Reiki, and direct guidance from spirit to help clients release pain, trauma, and energetic blocks so they can remember who they truly are.

Connect with Christopher: Phone/Text: (503) 910-6110 Facebook: Wise Hands Massage

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In this special collab, Weird Fruits (Marebear & Stevie) joins Michael for a playful, profound dive into Joan Osborne's "One of Us"... sparking reflections on seeing God in the everyday, somatic receiving of compliments, mortal-immortal balance, belonging as Earth's "fruit," and sacred fruit rituals (red kiwi fireworks, pomelo sunrises). From energy exchanges to archetypes, we explore curiosity, presence, and what it means to feel seen. A joyful, curiosity-fueled mashup of podcasts, perfect for weird fruits and seekers questioning the divine in the details.

References:

• Joan Osborne's "One of Us" (song discussed as God's voice)
• Somatic practices: Receiving compliments (pause and feel), sacred meals (taste/give thanks for life forms), rose petal visualization (blessings for challenges)
• Fruits: Red kiwi (firework energy, crunchy seeds), Pomelo (soft sunrise, ancestral grapefruit)

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In this unfiltered sit-down, John Patrick Rist unpacks his life's raw edges: childhood shadows of fear, family fractures, spiritual quests through drugs and Eastern paths, and a seismic surrender to Jesus at 19. We wander through terror, identity wounds, and the pursuit of unshakeable truth, touching on unwanted same-sex attraction, demonic dread, and the quiet war between light and lies. No polished answers here, just the truth of what one human sees when he opens his eyes.

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• Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship (yogananda.org)
• Phil Keaggy & Keith Green… music that sticks in my soul

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