Superficial Spirit

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In this episode, I’m chatting with Kat, one of the creators and driving force behind the popular Instagram account Cult Of Spirituality. Obviously, with a name like that, I had to invite them on, and they did not disappoint. They share about their personal journey with the New Age community and the ripple effect it had on their lives, the motivating factors behind the popular Instagram account, what it’s like to constantly be engaged with such extreme opinions and the biggest challenges they face in today’s wellness world. We touch on big topics like White Supremacy and Transphobia so buckle up, it’s a juicy one!!

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

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The first time Derek was on the show was to talk about how Lady Gaga saved his life. By opening up about her own mental health and medication journey she made him feel more comfortable taking control of his own. Ever since, Derek and I have been blowing up each other’s DM’s about my podcast guests, Britney’s IG and gossip about the queens from Canada’s Drag Race. Derek is back to take a deep dive into the big question: what it really means to be spiritual, why are people seeking this experience out, how to define it and where to draw the line when it comes to faith-based experiences and/or healing. He’s a fan and a critic and we love him for it.

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit superficialspirit.substack.com

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I’ve been really open about the ways pop culture, and specifically, the tabloid culture of the 2009ish era that featured Paris, Lindsay and Britney, and in this episode, I chat with Andrew about the affects these narratives had on my ideas about partying and sobriety and explore how things may have been different if I had celebrity role models who made sobriety and wellness seem “cool”, something that is more common now. Andrew and I talk about famous sober folks and the effects these stories have on generations of people who have become more open to sobriety. What a fun convo!!\

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

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Today Jess and I take a dive into the Cover Story podcast by New York Magazine that takes a look at a study that was conducted to uncover the effect MDMA would have on treating PTSD. While I really enjoyed part 1 of this season when they covered problematic behaviours during Ayahuasca ceremonies and retreats I found this part of the podcast a little shallow. There were some interesting moments but generally, I feel like they were trying really hard to uncover a story that felt a bit weak when it comes to speaking about MDMA therapy as a whole. It also brings up a wider conversation about folks who are looking into alternative therapies to help them heal, what it means for people who experience trauma and how folks with addiction may benefit, or not, from exploring mind-altering alternatives to traditional therapies.

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

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Ok, I was going to post this episode later in July but I couldn’t wait to post it because Miss Mary Zilba was dishing all kinds of tea about the rumored upcoming reunion for Real Housewives Of Vancouver and a POTENTIAL SEASON 3 10 YEARS LATER. Mary and I talk about how she got cast in the show and what it was like filming. We talk about her relationship with Ronnie and how it changed over the course of two seasons. Of course, we talk about Jodi and her explosive behaviour and the ripple effect it had on Mary’s personal life. Mary tells me why RHOV was cancelled, the upcoming reunion, rumblings of a season 3 and what it would take to get her to sign on.

This was such a fun interview. Omg.

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I finally got to sit down and chat with Synthia Kiss!! Long time fan of Superficial Spirit, we’ve been trying to lock down an interview for a long time. Even before Canada’s Drag Race. Synthia and I chat about our shared history and experience of being blond twinks obsessed with fame and her journey from the clickity-clack of corporate Canada to the bright and shiny world of reality tv stardom. We breakdown what it was like auditioning for the show, getting cast, keeping it a secret and then surprising her best friends ON CAMERA. We also talk about the rich and sometimes dramatic herstory of Bratpack and what its been like being part of a drag super girl group. Of course, we touch on being on a season plagued by the pandemic and a certain scandal that popped up during a season 2 panel at Drag Con 2022. I could talk to Synthia forever!!!

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

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I recently came across a post on Instagram of some spiritual thought leader telling people, in a very aggressive tone, that they need to let go of their desires in order to manifest them. It’s such a toxic cycle of preaching the power of our minds to create reality while simultaneously telling people they need to let go of the things they want in order to get them. It doesn’t make sense. Jess and I break down healthy and non-healthy ideas of what detachment could mean.

Then, I speak with Columbian - French - Canadian Drag Queen Adriana. Fresh of the hells of DragCon and that little incident during the season 2 panel, I talk to her about her journey to drag, what it was like auditioning and making it on the show, the filming process and yes the drama with her fellow castmates. It was such a fun convo!

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

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Interview: Today I chat with Dylan who reached out to me on Instagram with a great story about his journey with a spiritual awakening, immersing himself into the new age community and the ripple effect those people and places had on him. The reason I enjoyed this conversation is its nice to hear the perspective of a real person who has lived these experiences, not just talking about spirituality and new age concepts as hypotheticals or large groups or generalizations.

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit superficialspirit.substack.com

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Intro: Ok, talking to all these mediums is making me miss reading tarot! I used to have so much fun doing it and hearing my guests talk about how “everyone can be a medium” really makes me want to get good at talking to dead ppl and having my own tv show, hellur!

Spiritual Topic: Jess and I chat breakdown the idea that spirituality is just a story we tell ourselves. I love this concept. Even though it might not seem like a profound realization, for some reason it’s been really resonating with me lately. I think there is a lot of power in taking back your storytelling powers and choosing wisely the storytellers you listen to!

Interview: I chat with Hannah Macintyre, a popular UK medium who hosts the podcast, Mediumship Matters. She tells me about her experience as a medium and dealing with non-believers and people who are constantly trying to prove her right…or wrong! We explore the way spirit may choose to connect with people and how to know if its happening to you. She also loves RuPaul’s Drag Race so we chat about the power of transformation and reality tv.

You can find Hannah on instagram @hannahmedium and #HannahMedium and her podcast, Mediumship Matters wherever you listen to podcast.

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit superficialspirit.substack.com

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Intro: I start the show by giving you a little update about the Country Clairvoyant episodes and his reaction to the episodes. Let me know if you have any other accounts that would be worth exploring!

Spiritual Topic: Jess and I chat about authenticity. What does it mean? Why are we so obsessed with being it and what lengths are we willing to go to to let our “true selves” out.

Interview: I chat with Graham Conway about his new journey into learning how to me a medium. I ask him what drew him to it, who his teachers are and what makes him think he’s got the gift. Obviously I ask him about the criticism that people who teach others how to be psychic or medium are just trying to make money and how he reconciles his own doubt about himself, his teachers and the path he’s on. I think its important to give space to folks who are feeling excited and engaged and inspired by new age tangs.

Graham’s Teachers: Colby Rebel, Michael Mayo (creator of The Oakbridge Institute) and Megan Alisa (Insta @shesgotarebelheart)

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The Superficial Spirit is a podcast that explores how pop culture affects our spiritual experiences and seeks to uncover unconventional ways people experience the divine… Every episode explores a different area of spirituality including tarot, crystals, psychics, manifesting, plant medicine and modern new-age trends. In the podcast, we ask questions like is modern spirituality a cult? Is Ayahuasca really that profound? Are psychics and tarot even real? What about fame, money, sex and social media? How do they affect our spirituality? Can the superficial really be profound? Ultimately, we believe in one thing: spirituality is real but the tools we use to define it may not be magical at all.

The Superficial Spirit is hosted by Peter Breeze, a former club kid and underground pop star who found success in queer clubs across Canada and America. He believes that his time as a fame-obsessed, hard-partying club-kid was a conduit for his spirituality and is passionate to connect with people who've also had unconventional or scandalous experiences exploring their own spirituality. Peter shamelessly explores the spiritual power of celebrities like Britney Spears, Courtney Love, Paris Hilton and The Real Housewives.

Guests include RuPaul's Drag Race Superstars, Reality TV stars, Scientists, witches, psychics, tarot readers, naturopathic doctors and regular people who've been affected by modern Spirituality.

Every episode includes a segment with @jessica.daily, Peter's Spiritual correspondent and a former reiki master and intuitive who's become passionate about sharing her own journey becoming disillusioned from the new age community. Jessica shares personal horror stories and hot takes about popular new age topics like tarot, psychics, mediums, ayahuasca retreats, crystals, ufo's and aliens.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit superficialspirit.substack.com