Dream Chasers and Eccentrics

Alan Fishbone is the author of the new novel "Animal, Notes from the Labyrinth," published by Heresy Press. He was born and raised in New York City. He is a scholar and translator of ancient Greek and Latin and a professional sailboat captain. When not in New York, he lives aboard the cutter rigged sailboat Pelekun, usually to be found somewhere in the Western hemisphere.

We talk about his book Animal, as well as armageddons, Y2K, Bernard Moitessier, his other book Organ Grinder, memoir, themes of the book, aging, sailing, being an animal - or pretending not to be, and Alan reads from the book.

Show notes can be found at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

Dr. Fred Moss is a mental health advocate/psychiatrist serving in many capacities: keynote speaker, psychiatry expert witness, podcaster, mental health coach, and teacher. A desire to help people be real and heard has been the driving force leading him to multiple settings and roles as a psychiatrist over the years and compelling him to continually look for better, more effective ways to provide the highest quality care to align people with their most authentic self to deliver into an eagerly awaiting world.

We talk about healing through communication, prozac and SSRI's, the relationship (or not) between seratonin and depression, how mental health drugs sometimes create the symptoms they are marketed to treat, the fallacy of thinking pills cure psychological conditions, how being uncomfortable is part of the human experience, perscription-drug advertising and how it changed the industry, the relationship between school shootings and psychiatric drugs, meditation, the role of creativity in mental health, excersise, nature, getting in touch with your true voice, addiction, and more.

Show notes are at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

Richard Walter is an author of best-selling fiction and nonfiction, celebrated storytelling educator, screenwriter, script consultant, lecturer and retired professor who led the screenwriting program in the film school at UCLA for several decades. He has written scripts for the major studios and television networks; lectured on screenwriting and storytelling and conducted master classes throughout North America as well as London, Paris, Jerusalem, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney and Hong Kong. His new novel, Deadpan (published by Heresy Press) is available for order now. Subscribe to his podcast on Substack and blog on Medium, and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

We talk about writing a novel, writing screenplays, first drafts, editing, stereotypes, creating a character, movies, eliciting emotional responses in books or film, cultivating a creative mind, inspiration, and at the end, Richard reads from his book Deadpan.

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Shanti Hershenson published her first two novellas when she was in the sixth grade, although her writing journey started long before then. Ever since she could hold a pencil, marker, or crayon, she was creating stories. She writes in a variety of genres, including Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction.

We talk about self-publishing, artificial intelligence, using a writing coach, books, Shanti's novel "You Won't Know her Name,"dealing with bullying, writing poems and short stories, the mechanics of writing a book, UFO's, cultivating a creative mindset, promoting our books, not meeting Elton John, newsletters, advice for young authors, and Shanti reads the first chapter of her new novel "Little Green Man."

Shownotes can be found at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

Lucie is a national speaker, coach and serial entrepreneur who helps people transform their identity and rewire their subconscious mind to take massive action towards their goals. She challenges entrepreneurs and business professionals to step outside of their comfort zone, to dream BIG and to become the best versions of themselves mentally, physically, financially & spiritually. With a background in quantum physics, she boldly teaches that you are the powerful creator of your own reality. Through special mind hacking tools & techniques, she teaches people the power of awareness, how to take back control of their life and how to achieve the success they have always dreamed of having!

Quantum physics, the vibrational universe, manifestation, attracting positivity and success, cultivating peak emotional state, awareness, stepping outside your comfort zone, meditation, affirmations, setting high limits for yourslef and chasing big dreams, becoming an entrepreneur, trading horses, practicing gratitude, and more!

Show notes are at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

Tina Erwin is a Ghost Helper, on a mission to teach the living how to help the dead, and to help the dead cross over into the heaven world. Tina has studied metaphysics all of her life, gaining insight into the mystical world of magic and spirituality. She is the author of eight books on metaphysics. Her writing comes from an intense desire to know and understand the hard science behind the unseen world of action and reaction combined with a sincere desire to share this understanding with other knowledge seekers.

We talk about growing up as a psychic in the 1950's, a premonition in the mountains of Colombia, studying physics and metaphysics, spiritual law, remote viewing, clearing houses of ghosts, lower-realm intelligences, crossing over, how to recognize a ghost in your house, black magic, how people become ghosts, what happens when we die, where our souls go, our ecashic records, moving from the third dimension to the fourth and to the fifth, God's love for us, free will, the Crossing Over Prayerbook, Heaven and Hell, forgiveness, giving every soul dying or dead the possibility of experiencing the light of the divine, her team of angels, learning to love one another, the dynamics of love, and more.

Tina tells us that the compassion of the light is the message, and the light is waiting for you, no matter who you are or what you've done.

Podcast show notes and links are at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

Ryan DeLena is currently studying at Northern Vermont University. He was pictured on the cover of Backcountry Ski Maps (2020) and has climbed and skied throughout the United States, and in Canada, Chile, Argentina, Svalbard, and Antarctica. Ryan is also a skilled rock climber and avid hiker.

As a child, Ryan had difficulty controlling his emotions and was placed in therapeutic schools that relied on detrimental methods of behavior modification such as physical restraint. Nothing helped, from a team of doctors to heavy medication. Then in 2010, Ryan was voluntarily committed to a mental hospital for further evaluation. His parents Rob and Mary Beth were counseled to place me in a group home. They refused.

Two years earlier, after an impulsive decision to take him skiing, his father discovered a different child than the version experts were so sure about. By his second day of skiing, Ryan was executing advanced runs, and with each conquest in the winters that followed, his father began to question the path laid by the professionals paid to judge Ryan. He later convinced Ryan's mother to fight the medical and educational complexes over Ryan's care and school placement, and together they fostered the freedom Ryan needed to pursue his dream of becoming a professional ski mountaineer.

We talk about out-of-bounds skiing in Vermont, becoming an outdoor adventure guide, learning to ski, skiing in Antarctica, how skiing changed his life, theraputic schools with restraints, prescription drugs, the book he and his father wrote "Without Restraint," skiing in Big Sky, avoiding drugs and alcohol, breaking the law in search of adventure, and healthy outlets for the same, finding contentment, fear, bucket-list adventure destinations, and more.

Show notes are at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

Kristof Morrow is the author of the fantasy novel The Second Sun.

We talk about Tourette syndrome, sobriety, writing, self-promotion, comedy, his book The Second Sun, fostering creativity, inspiring yourself to write, the importance of learning history, words, poetry, the value of art in society, gender equality, and more.

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From 12 years in desert combat zones to facing a battle within, John Lawyer transformed from soldier to spiritual seeker. He is the co-founder of Kishar, a non-profit online spiritual community where people to share their journeys and explore their own unique spiritual path. John is an Omnist and believes in the validity of great human thought from around the world and across time. He is a higher purpose and transformational coach. John offers individual spiritual guidance as part of the Kishar Spiritual Community.

We talk about war, counterterrorism, the World Trade Center, Al Quieda, military intelligence, Afganistan, Iraq, Islam, propaganda, the swamp of sadness, world religions, Gulf War Syndrome, depleted uranium, an awakening leading to spiritualism, the Bhagavad Ghita, love and kindness, Omnism, spirituality, the purpose of life, free will, infinity, teaching self-love, stepping out of the stream of unconsciousness, organized religion, base spirituality, The Council of Nicea, and more.

Ryan Penley is five yeas sober after a lifetime of drug and alcohol addiction, and author of the book Man Up Sober Up.

We talk about the attraction of alcohol as an adolescent, becoming an alcoholic, how people get hooked on pills after going to a doctor, the deteriorating health of an alcoholic and drug addict, getting sober, dealing with sobriety, hitting multiple rock bottoms, being intentionally blind, different strategies to get sober, finding humor in adversity, using the Baker Act to get the first three days sober, feeling overwhelming joy in sobriety, the difference between joy and happiness, the benefits of accountability in getting sober, getting sober without AA, creating a new identiy, kaizen and perpetual incremental progress, and much more!

Show notes and links mentioned in the interview are available at https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics