Jason Zuk, The Social Psychic Radio Show and Podcast

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 a state of harmony with nature, aim to live more simply by being authentic and humble, staying calm, honor one's body, and living peacefully.   The first section of the Book looks at "Relaxing and Rectifying" or the ways in which we can restore peace, calm, introspection and sanity to ourselves.  The second section takes aim at "Rebalancing Our Daily Life" through the lifestyle choices that we make, and the third section of the Book examines the Daiost wisdom of "Fostering Community and Deepening Culture" concerning how we treat one another.  The author tackles "Culture, Commerce, Government and Power," and makes a call for ending the destruction of our planet in his section "Sensitivity and the Environment," closing with his plea for "Awakening to Spirit and Service."

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, Sacred Energy Healing, and Animal Communication and Telepathy.  She offers seminars and workshops about how we can improve our lives by learning from animals and aligning with our true Divine Source, The 5th Dimensional Reality, and beyond.  She has become known as an International Expert due to her recognition of the deep and intimate animal-human connection in terms of how animals mirror their human's behavioral, physical and emotional tendencies and for focus on the interconnectedness of all beings.  

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 of human potential and how we treat one another. The book’s implications encourage much-needed revisions in science, technology, and medicine. General readers will find comfort in the implied worldview, which will impact their happiness and everyday decisions related to business, health and politics. Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time meets Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now.

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, these visionary works of art give those who experience them a chance to “see the unseen,” realize wider modes of perception, and discover spiritual and mystical realms.   In this full-color illustrated book, David Jay Brown and Rebecca Ann Hill examine the work and inspirations of eighteen of today’s leading female visionary artists, including Josephine Wall, Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Martina Hoffmann, Penny Slinger, and Carolyn Mary Kleefeld. They explore the creative process and the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, sexuality, and divine guidance play in the work of these women, alongside full-color examples of their art.   They discuss the future of visionary art and reveal how these artists have all been informed and inspired by deep inner experiences and seek to express non-ordinary visions of reality.  

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 in one's lifeThe ultimate power of choiceWhat he's learned from continuing his pursuit of mastery in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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 assist with placing the pieces together to create a refined understanding of one's dreams.   Insight from one's dreams can help us to connect our talents and life purpose, and assist us with finding, creating and developming healthy relationships with others.  They can strengthen our connection to our intuition and inner guidance.  

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 of my individual experience.   I have a great deal of gratitude for those who have been increbily concerned and supportive for me.    On Thursday, November 1, 2018, I underwent a routine colonoscopy and endoscopy as I prepare for my next surgery.   While under anesthesia, I had what I believe to be a significant spiritual experience.   I believe that I might have captured a glimpse of what awaits us on the other side.  I feel strongly that I encountered my deceased grandparents and other family members who reassured me and provided me with information to relay back to my mother and others in family.  Most importantly, I experienced Unconditional Love in its purest form and it was powerful and healing.  In this special episode, I wanted to share this experience with you and I hope that you enjoy it.

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 elehpant, rhinocerous, giraffe, water buffalo, indian bison, polar bears and others.   Maley's team applies evolutionary and ecological theory to three problems in cancer: (1) Neoplastic progression: the evolutionary dynamics among cells of a tumor that drive progression from normal tissue to malignant cancers, (2) Acquired therapeutic resistance: the evolutionary dynamics by which our therapies select for resistance and we fail to cure cancer, and (3) the evolution of cancer suppression mechanisms in large, long-lived animals like elephants and whales (a problem called Peto’s Paradox). They use genomic data mining, phylogenetics, computational modeling, as well as wet lab techniques to solve these problems. In all of this work, their goals are to develop better methods to prevent cancer and improve cancer management.  

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 played in rural communities until the dawn of the industrial age.   Her book includes in-depth interviews with 25 modern witchcraft practitioners, interwoven with practical information on the sacred calendar, herb lore, spells, and magical practices.    New England has long been associated with witches. And while the Salem witch trials happened long ago, the prejudices and fears engendered by the witchcraft hysteria still live on in our culture.   Emerging from their insights is a treasure trove of practical information on the sacred calendar, herb lore, spells, and magical practices. Bringing together past and present, Hopman reveals what it really means to be a “witch,” redefining the label with dignity and spiritual strength.

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 entire being. Tamara’s Beyond Hypnosis modalities empower her clients to heal past wounds and to embrace future potentiality with a fresh outlook.  As a Certified Specialist in Hypnosis and Childbirth and Pre and Post Surgery Hypnosis Tamara is a great partner for those facing two of life’s the most stressful events.  Join Jason and Tamara as they discuss various topics involving spirituality.  

Jason Interviews Chakra Expert  & Renowned Author Shai Tubali about his new book "Unlocking the 7 Secret Powers of the Heart."  The heart is the source of the strongest and most unbreakable power within us.  Singers, poets and enlightened people romanticize the power of love.  Our minds tend to see this as a romantic illusion that has little to do with reality, and yet we still have a powerful desire to become more connected to our heart energy.   Tubali's book seeks to unveil this hidden truth and help the reader to discover how he or she can awaken their dormant heart powers by making the switch from mind perception to heart-based perception by employing the 7 skills held within themselves.   Tubali highlights the importance of stregthening these skills with a few simple meditations and exercises that are easy to perform on a daily basis.  

Jason interviews Mitch Horowitz, Author of The Miracle Club.  Horowitz is the host of the New Thought Channel series Master Class and One Simple Idea.  Horowitz is a PEN Award-winning historian and the author of books including Occult America, One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life; Mind As Builder: The Positive-Mind Metaphysics of Edgar Cayce (A.R.E. Press).     Mitch has written on everything from the secret life of Ronald Reagan to the war on witches for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Salon, Politico, and Time.com.    Mitch has discussed alternative spirituality on CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline NBC, CNN, and throughout the national media.    The Miracle Club is a guide to creating miracles in your own life through the power of thought.  It offers a concise, clear formula of focused exercises and concrete tools to lay out a specific path to manifest your deepest desires and it presents the first serious reconsideration of New Thought philosophy since the death of William James in 1910.    Following in the footsteps of a little-known group of esoteric seekers from the late-nineteenth century who called themselves “the Miracle Club,” Mitch Horowitz shows that the spiritual “wish fulfillment” practices known as the Law of Attraction, Positive Thinking, “the Secret,” and the Science of Getting Rich actually work. Weaving these ideas together into a concise, clear formula, with real-life examples of success, he reveals how your thoughts can impact reality and make things happen.        

Jason Interviews Special Guest Carley Mattimore about her book, Sacred Messengers of Shamanic Africa: Teachings from Zep Tepi, the Land of First Time.   Carley Mattimore, MS, LCPC, is a shamanic psychotherapist with 30 years’ experience as well as a therapeutic energy worker.  She has traveled to Timbavati, South Africa, and Zimbabwe several times.  She teaches shamanic workshops at the Aahara Spiritual Community in Springfield, Illinois.    Sacred Messengers reveals the wisdom and love of the White Lions of Timbavati, who have returned to help us remember our divine origins and it also explores how to reconnect to our original roots in Africa hidden deep within our DNA and remember our sacred contract to guard and protect the natural world.    Mattimore and Wolf offer shamanic journeys to connect with African power animals as well as the energetic hologram of the 31st meridian, the spine of Mother Earth.    Our spiritual warrior selves are being summoned to heal the separation between us and nature, to be the change agents of heart, as we evolve to a higher consciousness.  Carley Mattimore and Linda Star Wolf take you on a journey to connect with our original roots in Africa, hidden deep within our DNA. They share shamanic journeys and teachings to connect with the strengths of Africa’s spirit animals, including the inner authority and heart of Lion, the loyalty and wisdom of Elephant, the love and compassion of Giraffe, and the shadow side of Hyena. They explore the power of shamanic sacred sites and offer teachings on the African Tree of Life and the energetic hologram of the 31st meridian.    Offering a guide to reconnect with the ancient African wisdom of love and higher consciousness buried in our cellular memory, the authors show how we can help reopen the heart of humanity and heal the world around us.