Linda must have to use very small type on her business card to capture all the skills she’s amassed over the years! 

In part one of my conversation with Linda we discuss:

• How astrology and magic got her attention when she was a teen
• Spellwork and practical magic
• How American culture makes doing magic challenging
• How she sees astrology as the symbolic language of time
• How your astrological chart can help you understand the complexity of your life
• What she would say to skeptics
• The big picture of what the astrology is suggesting over the next couple of years (the rest of 2021-2023)

Learn more about Linda: https://www.lindarivervalente.net/
Want a regular dose of Linda's magic? check out her patreon https://www.patreon.com/LindaRiverValente

Listen to Lucid Cafe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSseC4eLwkov3lFSZVkYDYA

Find cool totem animal, metaphysical, psychedelic-inspired t-shirts, blank notebooks and journals at the Lucid Path Etsy Shop! 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LucidPath

Gina Caputo is an ACE Certified Health Coach, Behavior Change Specialist and a seasoned yoga instructor. During the pandemic she created The Yoga Potluck as a way to be in relationship and community with people from all over the world. 

In this episode Gina discusses:

• Her definition of yoga
• How practicing yoga applies to daily life
• The consequences of poorly managed stress
• Bringing focus inward
• Setting reasonable goals
• How language matters
• Our relationship to suffering
• Trust
• Why self-care is vital
• The Yoga Potluck
• Exploring our blindspots
• Ways to motivate yourself
• Her approach as a Health Coach

Learn more about Gina Caputo: https://ginacaputo.com/

The Yoga Potluck: https://ginacaputo.com/products/the-yoga-potluck-membership

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/

Controversies regarding the treatment of Lyme disease abound. This episode is chock full of helpful information…and for people struggling with chronic Lyme disease, hopefully some validation. 

In this episode, Dan discusses:

• The history of Lyme disease
• The “Lyme Wars”
• Prevalence
• Where Lyme cases are found
• The “myth” of Lyme in the medical world
• Symptoms of chronic vs acute Lyme
• The role of trauma and stress
• Co-infections
• Contributing factors to the severity of the disease
• The role of belief
• Three components of the immune system
• Epigenetic influence
• The importance of social connection
• His holistic approach to treatment
• Recent study with adolescents diagnosed with mental illness
• Brains of fire
• Potential impact on mental health
• Hyper-inflammation 
• Ways to activate the parasympathetic nervous system

Dan Kinderlehrer: https://recoveryfromlyme.com/

Dan’s Book: Recovery From Lyme Disease 

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/

Martin Lee is a veteran journalist and the co-founder/director of Project CBD - a California-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting and publicizing research into the medical uses of CBD and other components of the cannabis plant. 

In this episode Martin discusses:

• The collaboration between Project CBD and Reader’s Digest
• The pro-cannabis shift that’s happening
• How CBD challenged the public’s view of cannabis
• The rediscovery of CBD
• Individual and social healing
• How cannabis is a community-building botanical
• The strangeness of the commercialization of CBD
• Therapeutic nature of growing cannabis plants
• Why CBD is so beneficial to the human body and health
• The endogenous cannabinoid system
• How THC and CBD are different
• Full spectrum CBD oil
• The downside of unregulated CBD production
• Healer CBD and CBDA products
• Terpenes
• His background investigating CIA-funded LSD research
• The common link between CBD and LSD
• The startling discovery regarding neuroplasticity
• Project CBD

Project CBD https://www.projectcbd.org/

The Essential Guide to CBD https://www.projectcbd.org/guidance/essential-guide-cbd

Healer CBD products: https://healer.com/

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/

In her new book The Missing Element, Debra Silverman helps you “find a new way to understand yourself and others using the wisdom of the ancients and your natural ability for compassion.” 

In this episode Debra discusses:

•  How she designed her book to “prevent boredom”
•  Her recipe for using astrology and psychology to help people overcome limiting beliefs - Her wish to make weird normal
•  The ways in which astrology serves as short-hand
•  How we’re more than our thoughts
•  Her passion for returning people back to the ancient system of astrology
•  The importance of reconnecting with the Earth
•  Karma
•  The stupid stories we tell ourselves
•  How to change your narrative
•  Working with the elements in her own life
•  How to use her book
•  The nature of this particular time on Earth

Debra’s website: https://debrasilvermanastrology.com/

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/

What happens when we die? No one knows for sure, but for people like Jacob Cooper who’ve had a near death experience and gotten a glimpse of another existence beyond the physical, they’re forever transformed. 

In this episode Jacob discusses:

• His NDE and how he made sense of it
• How the experience changed him spiritually
• His experience of eternal love
• What the other side was like
• How revisiting a past life informed his current life
• Suicide
• Breaking free from internal imprisonment
• Life’s purpose
• How he deals with skepticism
• Reincarnation 
• Mindfulness movement
• The growing acceptance of NDEs
• Common changes experienced by near death experiencers
• His motivation for sharing his experience

Jacob’s website: https://jacoblcooper.com/

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website: https://www.lucidpathwellness.com/

 Mitch Horowitz is an author, lecturer, and historian of alternative spirituality who brings esoteric ideas and concepts firmly down to earth, where they belong. .

In this conversation Mitch discusses:

•  His definition of the word "miracle"
•  Power and ethics
•  Power vs force
•  Mental agency
•  The complex nature of reality
•  The concept of the mind
•  The power of emotions
•  What placebo studies suggest
•  The 10-Day Miracle Challenge
•  Selection vs manifestation 
•  The nature of evil 

To learn more about Mitch Horowitz, please visit his website

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website 

In this episode, Hannah Rohloff (self-described "lymph nerd") of Tessera Massage in central Vermont discusses the mysterious, complex and massively important lymphatic system.

Specifically, Hannah discusses:

• The lymphatic system and Manual Lymph Drainage technique
• Her work with cancer survivors
• Symptoms of lymphatic system issues
• The connection between the lymphatic system and immunity
• Her clinical approach
• What a Manual Lymph Drainage massage is like and the benefits
• How compassion fatigue prompted a career change
• Chickens!

To connect with Hannah, please visit her website

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit lucidpathwellness.com

Research reveals that “the most common cause of death is being alive.” (I love that quote!)  In this episode I have a lovely conversation with Dr Jeff Spiess about his work as a hospice physician and his new book, Dying with Ease: A Compassionate Guide to Making Wiser End of Life Decisions.

In this episode, Jeff discusses:

• How working with the terminally ill inspired him to write his new book
• How dying conflicts with the American cultural worldview
• Why it’s important to die well
• The greatest gift you can give someone who’s dying
• The role of willpower at the end of life
• Psilocybin studies
• Spirituality
• Atheism
• Assisted suicide
• Practical tips to prepare for end of life
• The importance of communication
• Resources: 
  • The Conversation Project 
  • Death Cafe 

To learn more about Jeff Spiess, please visit his website 

Purchase a copy of Dying with Ease 

RIP Hank Wesselman: Listen to Wendy’s episode with Hank  

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website

Wolves take center stage once again this season - as they should - (see episode 1 “The Story I’d Always Been Looking For” ) when I speak with author Barbara Moritsch about her new book Wolf Time. 

In this episode Barbara discusses:

• What Wolf Time is about and the unusual way the story came to her
• How she received an endorsement from Jane Goodall
• The shamanic thread in the story
• The role wolves play 
• The unfortunate stigma attached to wolves
• Wolf advocacy and her connection with wolves
• Wildlife management
• The future for wolves
• Her introduction to shamanism
• Meeting the lion Scarface
• A story for the future

To connect with Barbara Moritsch or purchase a copy of Wolf Time, please visit her website or contact her via Facebook. 

To contact Lucid Cafe host Wendy Halley, please visit her website