Seeking I Life Exploration Podcast

True skepticism and pseudoskepticism get treated as the same thing, and they're not. This episode draws the line between them, and argues that the difference matters more right now than it ever has.

Genuine skepticism means never accepting or dismissing a claim outright without first doing the work — reading the relevant literature, weighing the evidence honestly, and staying open to being wrong even after reaching a considered position. Pseudoskepticism looks the same from a distance. It uses the same confident, scientific-sounding language. But it skips the actual work rigor requires, and dismisses on instinct instead.

This episode traces that pattern through a real example: a widely respected philosopher who dismissed the parapsychology literature without reading it, and other prominent science communicators who confidently weigh in on subjects — near-death experiences, mediumship research, remote viewing — outside their actual area of expertise. Then it turns the same lens the other way, through a personal account of sitting down with one of the internet's most prolific flat-earthers, listening seriously to his arguments, and the backlash that followed from taking someone's position seriously rather than mocking it.

The conclusion isn't a call to accept every claim uncritically. It's a case for applying the same standard to every side of every question you care about — including your own.

In this episode I sit down with Jessica Snider, a spiritual medium, channeler, and intuitive coach based in Canada. Jessica came to this work in an unexpected way, not through a lifelong gift but through a physical crisis that forced her out of a teaching career she had always planned on, and into a meditation practice that ended up completely changing the direction of her life.

We explore how Jessica first made contact with what she describes as spirit guides, including a striking early experience with a lion figurine that led her to a mentor and eventually to practising as a channel. Jessica draws a careful distinction between spirit guides and guardian angels, explaining what she understands each to actually do and why she thinks the difference matters in practice.

The conversation moves into genuinely difficult territory: the problem of suffering, why some souls appear to choose deeply painful incarnations, whether this idea amounts to victim blaming, and how Jessica reconciles it with what she actually encounters in her work. We also discuss the unusual claim that EMF and Wi-Fi can interfere with spirit communication, and what that implies about the nature of consciousness and its relationship to the physical world.

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In this episode I sit down with Olivia LaBarre, an animal communicator, Reiki practitioner, and pet loss bereavement specialist, to explore one of the most personal questions many of us carry: can we still connect with animals after they've gone?

Olivia explains how she receives information from both living and deceased animals, tuning in through intention and attention rather than spoken language. She walks me through how that connection feels from the inside, how she distinguishes genuine communication from her own imagination, and why she believes this is a skill anyone can learn rather than a rare gift.

We discuss some remarkable evidential readings, including a case involving circus tents that Olivia almost didn't dare mention, and a recurring pattern of candles extinguishing at the precise moment of an animal's passing from a location miles away. The conversation then moves into bigger territory: what animals have shown Olivia about consciousness after physical death, how their descriptions compare with near-death experience accounts, and whether those we've lost are, in some meaningful sense, still reachable.

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In this episode of Seeking I, I sit down with Tim Grimes, author, coach, and one of the people responsible for reigniting modern interest in the work of Neville Goddard. Tim has spent nearly 30 years exploring consciousness, imagination, and what these teachings actually mean when you strip away the hype.

We dig into whether imagination genuinely influences physical reality or whether the effect is purely psychological. We discuss Neville Goddard and the very real danger of misinterpreting his work, Emile Coué and his largely forgotten but documented record of helping tens of thousands of people heal, and Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-Cybernetics as perhaps the most practical bridge between all of it.

Tim brings a rare combination, genuine depth with genuine scepticism, and he pulls no punches about where these teachings over-promise and under-deliver.

I also share something personal in this episode, a significant financial loss from my own crypto investments that raises a question I think anyone who has explored these ideas will recognise. I was living with complete conviction that things were set. And then they weren't. So what does that mean?

This is one of the more honest and grounded conversations I've had on Seeking I, and I think it will resonate with anyone who is drawn to these ideas but refuses to take them entirely on faith.

You can find Tim at radicalcounselor.com.

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In this solo episode of the Seeking I podcast, I share a personal reflection on my experience with depression and how it changed the way I understand experience itself.

Rather than approaching depression purely from a self-help or clinical perspective, this episode explores something slightly different: what the condition reveals about how our internal experience is constructed.

How much of our emotional life reflects the external world, and how much is generated internally by the brain and mind?

Through personal reflection and careful observation, this discussion examines how shifts in mood can dramatically change how reality appears, and what that might tell us about consciousness more broadly.

This is not presented as medical advice, but as an honest exploration of experience and what it may reveal about the nature of mind.

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In this episode, I’m joined by Dr Donna Thomas, whose research explores children’s extraordinary and so-called “extrasensory” experiences.

We discuss:

The unexamined materialist assumptions embedded in social science

What we mean by “self,” “identity,” and “subjectivity”

Children’s reports of unusual experiences

Whether physicalist models have sufficient explanatory power

Why certain forms of experience are dismissed before being examined

This is not a conversation about belief. It’s a discussion about explanatory frameworks and intellectual honesty.

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In this conversation, Liam Breck discusses his journey into empirical metaphysics, exploring the intersection of natural sciences, human experiences, and superphysical phenomena. He emphasizes the need for a collective scholarly effort to synthesize data from various fields, including UFO studies, shamanism, and afterlife research. Breck also addresses the implications of childhood past life memories, the metacrisis facing humanity, and the Gaia hypothesis, suggesting that understanding these elements is crucial for grasping human history vs human experiences.

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In this conversation, Adam Lloyd Johnson, a Christian philosopher, discusses the complexities of faith, morality, and the nature of God. He addresses common objections to Christianity, including the problem of evil and the concept of hell. The dialogue explores the relationship between faith and reason, the origins of morality, and the significance of consciousness. Johnson emphasizes the importance of evidence in belief formation and advocates for open dialogue between differing perspectives. The conversation also touches on historical evidence for Jesus and the implications of near-death experiences.

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