Maker/Mistaker Podcast with Jeff Finley

Ask yourself a few questions: Is it wrong for a self-proclaimed spiritual leader to make a high-priced sex tape on purpose to get more exposure for her work? Is it unethical to outwardly say you are brainwashing your audience? Is it bad to advertise that you run a cult and seek followers? Is it unsafe for someone to be obsessed with celebrity culture and dream to be famous one day?

In episode 26 of the Maker/Mistaker podcast, you are in for a treat. Today’s guest is Unicole Unicron, who describes herself as a “Pop Star Cult Leader and Digital Salvationist, or spiritual transhumanist… highly productive and creates content on a variety of platforms.”

She’s one of the most interesting and creative humans I’ve ever met. She too suffered from severe anxiety and depression and feeling like she did not fit in no matter where she went. She describes tools on how she was able to find her way out of the darkness of depression and into the light of self-love and joy.

Her goal is to inspire others to live in a constant state of JOY and she uses a variety of digital platforms to express that message. But what makes her so unique and interesting to me is how she flips the script on the methods that the occult elite have used for centuries to manipulate the masses and gain their own version of power based on greed.

But what if you knew how to use those techniques to spread a positive message and empower others?

I love how she just flat out OWNS her desires and intentions.

She certainly challenges a lot of assumptions and at first glance you might think she’s crazy. But she’s incredibley aware, intellegent, and thoughtful. Listen to the episode and decide for yourself.

Hey friend, I just got back in from being outside in my car after midnight in the rain – recording a podcast! This episode is just me talking about what I’ve been interested in the past few weeks. I’ve been reading a lot about manifesting money as well as The Red Pill.

When a man wants advice on dating or relationships, where does he go? His parents? His friends? The internet usually. And if you do any searching for this, you’re sure to run across the PUA (pickup artist) scene and The Red Pill. Both are large, community driven groups aimed at helping men have more success with women. Both have been criticized for being crass, manipulative, and misogynist. But I found myself endlessly curious and it took up a large part of my reading this month.

Find out what I think in this episode of the Maker/Mistaker Podcast. I talk about healing my inner Alpha as well as my curious look into the BDSM community and The Red Pill

This was such a fun episode, but it’s definitely one of the more far out episodes. And I love it! Today’s guest is Krista Raisa, aka Galactic Faery. She and I recently collaborated on a music project as well as some Starseed patches!

Krista is such a fun and beautiful soul. She’s got a wildly popular YouTube channel and has written a bunch of books. She makes a ton of cool patches and clothing items on her Etsy store and channels extraterrestrial beings called The Orion Council. This episode was really fun as we get to share the story of Krista’s awakening and realization of her Starseed nature and channeling abilities.

Krista Raisa is an accomplished psychic medium, multi-dimensional channel, intuitive artist, spiritual teacher and healer. She is well-known internationally thanks in large part to her success as a YouTube sensation. Her YouTube Channel has thousands of subscribers from all across the globe. With an African-American, Finnish and Lakota ancestry, she was raised in New York City, and has lived and studied in Finland. Currently she resides in Sedona, Arizona.

Krista’s mainstream education includes Master’s Degree studies in English Literature with a heavy focus on Psychology and Cultural Studies. Non-conventional studies include certification as an Angel Tarot Reader by Doreen Virtue as well as having attained the level of Master in Usui Reiki Healing. Krista is bi-lingual speaking fluent English and Finnish, as well as Spanish basics. Her flair for art and hip-hop serve as other mediums for self-expression.

Awakening to the spiritual nature of reality began for her at an early age when she built an altar in her closet at age nine, but it wasn’t until 2011 that it moved to the forefront and became the main driving force in her life. Krista always had a strong desire to help our planet and the life living on it. From a very early age she developed a strong connection to Mother Earth and the Nature Spirits, and as her psychic abilities continued to develop she eventually became aware of her cosmic origins and ancestry as a Starseed. A Starseed is someone who’s soul or spirit has Extra-terrestrial origins. We are all part of a connected conscious universe that is alive and teeming with life.

Krista is a contactee and an ambassador for a collective known as the Orion Council. In 2011 this collective revealed themselves to Krista as she spontaneously began trance channeling in a Whole Foods car park! Orion Council are a benevolent group of E.T.s, accompanied by Angels, Archangels and other conscious forms of life. Krista has since authored 6 books on Spirituality, Metaphysics and Self-Help topics, some of which can be purchased from Amazon.com. Furthermore, her hand-made arts and crafts are highly rated on Etsy.com.

Krista is available for private readings, life coaching, workshops, group sessions, teaching, live events, and public speaking. She is very knowledgeable in a multitude of areas and is passionate about transposing star consciousness with art and music. Working with clients physically and also in the dream-space and multi-dimensionally is very common in her practice.

I’m quite excited about this episode of the podcast. I talk with Leandra Vane, author of one of my favorite books Trophy Wife: Sexuality, Disability, Femininity. It might be one of my more “controversial” episodes because we talk openly about sex, porn, disability, kink, BDSM, sexual fantasies, open relationships, fear, shame, and shit. Leandra has a way about her that makes these subjects feel relatable and safe to talk about.

One of the best books I’ve read in a while. Such honest and intimate writing. It was so relatable and I found myself feeling inspired and hopeful for my own “sexual coming-of-age” in my 30s. We may not all have the same challenges, but are all “passing” in some form or another. Meaning, we try to fit into society and “be normal”, but are hiding our true selves underneath fear and shame. Leandra puts this struggle into such beautiful words. She doesn’t hold back and has the courage to talk about taboo subjects with such intelligence and vulnerability. I can’t recommend this book enough for anyone who is trying to be more authentic and true to themselves

In this episode of the Maker/Mistaker podcast, I welcome April Hannah back on the show to discuss the book Attached – The New Science of Adult Attachment and How it Can Help You Find – And Keep – Love.

Listen to the show by clicking the play button above, or find this episode in your podcast app or in iTunes.

The idea of attachment styles in relationships is interesting. It’s an attempt to shed new light on the patterns we have experienced in our relationships. Do we tend to attract unavailable partners or ones that want to control us? Do you have a fear of commitment or a fear that you’ll never find the one? This book explains three different styles – anxious, avoidant, and secure. Personally, I thought the book was interesting and definitely helped make me more aware of some of my patterns. But I felt like I could relate to ALL the different styles, even within the same relationship. Sometimes I feel anxious and overly worried if the person isn’t as close as I’d like. But then I’d feel anxious if they were getting too close. Hah!

Whether you like labels or you don’t, I think it’s a cool way to look at it.

Anxious attachment is rooted in the fear of abandonment. You crave being close to a partner but fear they won’t ever love you as much as you love them.

Avoidant attachment is rooted in the fear of losing independence or freedom. They like being in love, but are hypersensitive to being controlled or suppressed.

The secure attachment is what you think, more balanced. There doesn’t seem to be any overriding factor that constantly stresses out a person with a secure attachment style.

You can take the quiz here http://www.attachedthebook.com/compatibility-quiz/

When I took this quiz, I had a particular relationship at the forefront of my mind and I got anxious attachment. Yet I feel like the definition of secure suits me better. And while reading this book, I found that I resonated a lot with the avoidant tendencies – but I think that’s because I’m just getting out of a 12 year relationship/marriage and I don’t feel inclined to jump into a seriously committed relationship without exploring the single life for a little bit.

It’s hard to date and be romantic or sexual with women knowing you aren’t looking for the next long term partner. That produces some avoidant anxieties there! I’m currently more about exploring options and finding out what’s out there. So while I love being in love, I don’t want to feel possessed. Whereas when I was 20, I was more inclined to pair up and be exclusive. I do love intimacy and closeness, and I’m not historically an avoidant, more anxious. Unless they are too controlling… Errm, I don’t know what I am! :-)

Even though I don’t feel like I fit a particular label, it’s helpful to know there’s nothing wrong with me. And there is always a new way of looking at it. It has increased my awareness and has helped me come to terms with who I am. Yay!

Make sure you check April Hannah’s podcast Path 11! One of the best about consciousness and out of body experiences including interviews with greats like William Buhlman and Tom Campbell.

Here’s a twist, what if you looked at inspiration and ideas as conscious beings? Non-physical entities not unlike imaginary friends. And those non-physical beings want to incarnate into physical reality. They want to become manifest in this world and they chose YOU to be the conduit. Why? Because you are a suitable partner!

In today’s Maker/Mistaker Podcast episode I talk about this new way of looking at inspiration and ideas. Click the play button above to listen to the episode in your browser. Or find it in iTunes or your favorite podcast app.

Before I get into the topic, just a few quick updates from me.

Inspiration and ideas are attracted to you because they match your energy, your vibration, or your frequency. They are attracted to your skills and abilities and believes you are capable of giving birth to this idea in physical form. The idea follows you around and pesters you from time to time and gives you feelings of inspiration and even chills down your spine.

You can choose to engage with the idea and actually begin to work on it. Or you can ignore it over and over until it goes away. Or you can flat out reject it.

And when that inspiration dissipates, where does it go? What if it was simply moving to another suitable partner that was more willing to create it?

I’m in the middle of reading the book Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and this is one of the concepts she writes about. She tells a story of how she had this amazing idea for a book and was in the middle of writing it when she had to put it on hold to take care of some other matters. When she came back to the book some time later, the inspiration had run out. She no longer could write it!

She ended up meeting another author at a conference and the two became friends and pen pals. They wrote letters back and forth and developed a deeper connection. And one day they met up again and it turns out this author was writing the same book! The same storyline and everything, minus a few minor details. This idea left Elizabeth and found another creator to manifest itself.

And a crazy synchronicity happened after I read this part of the book. I logged into Instagram and saw a photo someone posted of some Starseed patches she had made and was selling in her Etsy store. I thought, “no fucking way.” Because I had almost the exact same idea months ago! I even had the sketches to prove it. I was going to produce some Starseed patches just like hers – with illustrations accompanying the different ET races such as the Pleiadeans, Sirians, Orions, etc.

She beat me to it.

A photo posted by Krista Raisa (@galacticfaery) on Nov 20, 2015 at 2:38pm PST

Here are just a few of my original sketches. I can’t seem to find the rest that showed off my ideas for the different races. But you see the “Pleiadean” on the left page.

A photo posted by Jeff Finley (@jeff_finley) on Aug 21, 2015 at 2:00pm PDT

But I was too slow.

I didn’t give it as much time and attention and the idea left me. I ran out of inspiration and got distracted. Turns out this idea didn’t just disappear, it found a new creator! The crazy part was how I actually noticed it and the timing of all this. How weird!

In another synchronicity, I had started initial planning of my Starseed event that some friends and I working up. And I logged into Instagram a few months ago and this same person had posted a video herself asking her audience, “If there was an event for Starseeds, what would you want?” I thought it was uncanny that she had the same idea.

Whatever inspiration being that I was tapped into, she was as well. I have since reached out to her and I could totally see us collaborating or working together in some way. What a crazy story!

So in this episode I talk about inspiration in a new way that is sure to bring more magic to your life.

So follow your inspiration instead of obligation. Act when you feel inspired to do so. Stay on the trail of your curiosity and wonder and you will experience a lot more fun and magic in your life. A lightness and ease. And make friends with your ideas and give them love. It’s a reciprocal relationship! It’s not just YOU creating, but you are co-creating with the energy that wants to be expressed through you. Cool huh?

Two weeks ago I got message from April Hannah, whom you might remember from an older podcast about her Path Documentary Series. She had been listening to some of my recent podcast episodes about dating, love, and relationships and reached out to me to relate some of her own ideas. April is a well read and experienced psychotherapist and holistic mental health practitioner that’s very familiar with helping people with their relationships. She proposed the idea of collaborating or doing a show about relationships and I loved the idea!

I told her I was reading The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships by Neil Strauss and it turns out she was too! So we thought we should start our collaboration by talking about this amazing and controversial book about love, sex, monogamy, infidelity, polyamory, sex parties, orgies, and sex addiction therapy.

In the episode we start off by talking about Neil’s book The Truth **Spoiler Alert! Read it first if you don’t want to be spoiled** Then we transition into talking about sex and relationships in general. We cover a lot of ground and I plan on having on her on the show a few more times at least to dive deeper into these fascinating subjects!

April Hannah, LMHC operates a wellness & psychotherapy office that serves people to achieve wellness for the mind, body and spirit. April Hannah offers a blend of traditional psychotherapy and energy practices to serve each individual’s needs. April A. Hannah, MS.Ed., LMHC is a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor, who provides services to individuals, couples, families and supervision to health professionals. Her approach to therapy blends holistic studies and cognitive behavioral techniques which are solution focused.

This is the second part of my interview with Todd Acamesis. We talk about synchronicity, out of body experiences, spiritual awakenings, and how to live a life full of joy and wonder. It’s one of the most mind-blowing episodes I’ve ever done and we get into some really deep topics including the nature of reality, how thoughts manifest in the physical form, and even a bit of meditation. Open your mind, open your hearts. Don’t believe what we say but try it for yourself. Choose what resonates and discard the rest! Enjoy the episode!

Listen to Part 1 here

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I’m super pumped for this two part interview I did with Todd Acamesis. It will inspire you! Todd is a guy that has figured out how to turn daily life into a magical life. One that smashes boring routine and brings back that childlike wonder on a regular basis. He acts as an agent of synchronicity, or meaningful coincidence. He goes out of his way, or rather GETS out of the way, to let synchronicity be a driving force in his life.

Imagine rolling dice and letting complete strangers tell you what to do next. There’s trusting your intuition, and then there’s trusting a stranger’s intuition! Todd spent his younger years hitchhiking and trusting strangers, knowing that a larger, unseen force is guiding him to just what he needs. He releases worry and anxiety and lives in the present moment and is full of love, joy, and childlike glee. He’s a super inspiring person to talk to, and I’m very happy to have him as a guest on my podcast.

Listen to the PART 1 of my interview with him above.

Have you ever experienced a coincidence that felt really meaningful? Like, not an ordinary coincidence. But one of those magical moments in life where you feel that things just lined up perfectly for you? Meeting someone at the right moment at the right time or when you think about a person and they call you. Those are simple examples of synchronicity.

What if you could actually amplify or control these experiences to some degree? How the heck can you let go of control and trust this unseen force that many people call God, the Universe, Synchronicty, or WHATEVER. In fact, that’s the beauty of this. You don’t have to have to believe in God, have faith in anything, or be a member of any religion. You just have to open your mind and heart for a brief moment and accept that there may be more to life than you know. And then use your imagination and allow yourself to have fun.

Then go with the flow. And see where it takes you. You’ll notice you’ll have plenty of judgement and fear pop up and that’s ok. But what if you put it aside for now and let yourself be a kid? Todd has organized what he calls “Synchronicity Walks” where he gathers a group of curious and skeptical people for a magical walk through the city. They roll dice and leave the decisions up to “chance.” What happens next is often remarkable and leaves grown adults laughing in disbelief and feeling once dormant sensations of wonder and awe and gratitude. Nothing like direct experience to expand your consciousness!

Todd recently designed a deck of cards to offer suggestions and ideas to make the walks more fun. I had the pleasure of doing the illustration and graphic design for these cards and I’m so excited for them to be released and start hosting my own synchronicity walks.

The power of synchronicity doesn’t just happen on these walks, but in every day life. With practice you can feel more alive and more magical instead of boring and predictable. Thank you Todd for bringing this to the masses! Enjoy the episode!

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