Dmitri Mugianis is a psychedelic practitioner, musician, and space creator. In this episode, we explore addiction, psychedelics, music, culture, modernity, space, healing, community, and religion, topped off with some coffee, cigars, and Harlem fried chicken. 

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Websites: dimitrimugianis.com  ·  cardea.net

Instagram: @dimitrimugianis

Resources

Books: How to Change Your Mind, Virtue Hoarders

People: Allen Ginsberg, Alexandre Tannous, Andrew Huberman, Catherine Liu, Deacon Seraphim, Federico Fellini, Glenn Johnson, Herbert Hunkie, Joe Rogan, Ingmar Bergman, John Sinclair, Lou Reed, Martin Buber, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Pollan, Michel Foucault, Michel Negroponte, Peter Attia, Pier Pablo Pasolini, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Randy Polumbo, Richie Ogulnick, Robert F. Kennedy, Ross Ellenhorn, Sara Glatt, Walter Cronkite

Films: Frostbiter, I’m Dangerous with Love

Musicians: Fela Kuti, Leisure Class, MC5, Sun Ra, The Stooges , The Velvet Underground

Podcasts: Huberman Lab, This American Life, The Peter Attia Drive, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Symbolic World

Amy Weintraub is a yoga therapist, author, and founder of LifeForce Yoga, a mood regulation protocol supporting those with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. She is the author of Yoga for Depression, Yoga Skills for Therapists, and Temple Dancer, and the creator of the Yoga for Your Mood card deck. 

In this episode, we discuss the neuroscience, philosophy, and practice of yoga, including three guided, embodied exercises using breath, hands, imagery, and more to help regulate your mood and feel more connected, grounded, and alive.

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Website: amyweintraub.com
Books: Yoga for Depression  ·  Yoga Skills for Therapists  ·  Temple Dancer
Card Deck: Yoga for Your Mood
YouTube: @AmyWeintraubAuthor
Instagram: @amylifeforceyoga
Facebook: @AmyEWeintraub

Upcoming Events

LIFEFORCE YOGA & IFS Virtual Workshop
A Synergistic Integration to Soothe, Restore and Heal
Wednesday June 17 | 5:00-7:30pm MT

https://amyweintraub.com/event/lifeforce-yoga-and-ifs-internal-family-systems-virtual-workshop/

LIFEFORCE YOGA & INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS
New Tools To Bring Balance To Your Life
August 9-14, 2026
A Summer Retreat at Kripalu.

https://amyweintraub.com/event/lifeforce-yoga-ifs-new-tools-to-bring-balance-to-your-life-3/

Resources

Books

• The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson

People

• Erica Sharpe
• Henry David Thoreau
• Herbert Benson
• Jake Panasevich
• John Keats
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Richard C. Schwartz
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Stephen Porges
• William Wordsworth

TV Shows

• Mad Men

Caroline Hughes is an executive coach, leadership mentor, and founder of Conscious Leadership Development. She works with leaders and organizations to build high-performing teams while helping them avoid burnout and create healthier, more sustainable workplaces. In this episode, we discuss occupational burnout, including how to recognize it, how it can be prevented at both the personal and organizational levels, and the lessons and tools Caroline discovered through her own experience of burnout. 

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Website: consciousleaders.ie
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/caroline-hughes-coach
Facebook: @carolinehughescoach
Instagram: @caroline_consciousleaders

Resources

People: Christina Maslach, James Clear, Viktor Frankl

Books: Atomic Habits by James Clear 

Eric O'Neill is a cybersecurity expert, lawyer, former FBI operative, and author of Gray Day and Spies, Lies, and Cybercrime. In this episode, we discuss how cybercriminals exploit our psychology, the evolving landscape of scams and cyberattacks, and practical ways to protect yourself online. 

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Website: ericoneill.net
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/eric-m-oneill
Instagram: @ericoneill.official
YouTube: @ericoneill.official
Books: Gray Day | Spies, Lies, and Cybercrime
 

Resources

• Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

Dr. Héctor Rodriguez ("Dr. Hector") is an integrative psychiatrist and founder of Miami’s White Butterfly Clinic. In this episode, we discuss the neuroscience behind ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and trauma, and how SPECT imaging helps us better understand and treat these conditions. He shares practical, natural strategies, including nutrition, supplementation, dance, and exercise, to improve brain function and mental health. 

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Websites: whitebutterflyclinic.com | doctorhector.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/doctorhector

Instagram: @doctor_hector

Sam Arbesman is a complexity scientist, writer, and Scientist in Residence at Lux Capital, known for his books The Half-Life of Facts, Overcomplicated, and The Magic of Code. In this episode, we explore human understanding, its limits, the power and unpredictability of technology, our relationship with machines, coding, AI, and sci-fi, and how to navigate an increasingly complex and entangled world. 

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Website: arbesman.net

Books: The Half-Life of Facts  ·  Overcomplicated ·  The Magic of Code

Resources

Books

• Why Greatness Cannot be Planned by Kenneth Stanley and Joel Lehman

Games

• Minesweeper
• SimCity
• SimCity 2000

People

• Danny Hillis
• Joel Lehman
• Kenneth Stanley
• Larry Wall 
• Richard Feynman
• Robin Sloan

Jerzy Gregorek is a Polish-American four-time World Weightlifting Champion, world record holder, poet, and creator of The Happy Body program - a 30-minute daily system for strength, flexibility, posture, speed, leanness, and body weight control designed to build a robust, injury-free body for life. In this episode, we explore the principles, practices, and experiences that shaped his body, philosophy, and lifestyle, and how you can apply them to build a calm, strong, and joyful life. 

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Book: The Happy Body: The Simple Science of Nutrition, Exercise, and Relaxation

Website: thehappybody.com

Instagram: @jerzygregorek
X: @TheHappyBody
Facebook: @jerzy.gregorek
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jerzy-gregorek-ab87475 

Resources

People

• Confucius 
• Jerzy Popieluszko 
• Pantanjali
• Thich Nhat Hanh 
• Simone Biles
• Socrates
• Usain Bolt

Pamela Michaux is the author of Mundele Diaries, a memoir about her childhood in Congo and Belgium. In this episode, she shares the challenges she faced, how she reclaimed her life, and the lessons she learned along the way. 

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Instagram: @mundelediaries
Website: mundelediaries.com

Phyllis Leavitt is a psychotherapist and author of America in Therapy. In this episode, we explore how the United States can be understood as a wounded system shaped by history, trauma, and unmet needs for love, safety, and belonging. Phyllis explains how much of what we see in society is unprocessed pain being expressed at scale. We talk about healing through deep listening, creating safety, and restoring connection within ourselves and with one another.

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Website: phyllisleavitt.com
Books: America in Therapy  ·  A Light in the Darkness  ·  Into the Fire

Resources
Braver Angels (organization)

John Kammer is the founder of Guardian AIngels, an AI-powered grief journaling platform designed to help people process loss and maintain connection with loved ones after death. In this episode, we explore grief and how journaling, AI, and other tools can help people move through it. 

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Website: guardianaingels.ai
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnkammer

Resources

Books:
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

People:
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
J. William Worden