THE EXPLODING HUMAN with Bob Nickman

In his second visit to the show, Buddhist psychologist JOE DENICHOLAS tal about the relatively low-rate of success for therapy and the reasons he believes are the cause: from the standpoint of the therapy itself, the client and the the therapist. We talk about how therapists can create a safe environment for clients, the core beliefs clients bring into therapy and the need for therapist/client connection and a helathy seperation. We also get into the idea of mortality and the power this reality can bring to one's existence both within and outside of the therapy evironment.

JOE DENICHOLAS is a dynamic, challenging licensed therapist whose work bridges science, spirituality, and healing. With degrees in electrical engineering, business, and clinical social work, he brings a rare interdisciplinary perspective to both clinical practice and contemplative training.

For more than two decades, Joe has studied Buddhist psychology and trained with renowned meditation masters, helping individuals access deep transformation, clarity, and peace. He has guided hundreds through developing meaningful mindfulness and meditation practices. Earlier in his career, Joe contributed to the global shift toward energy-efficient lighting, earning multiple U.S. patents in integrated-circuit and semiconductor device design as an IC Design Engineer and Semiconductor Technologist.

Today, his work integrates Buddhist psychology in a secular way with modern neuroscience to relieve suffering and unlock the mind's natural capacity for wellbeing. He founded Unbreakable Inc., an organization dedicated to helping people rediscover resilience, goodness, and inner freedom through education, workshops, meditation, and therapy. In 2025, he published "Seeking Sanity: How to Cultivate Peace, Happiness, and Wellbeing in a World Gone Mad" with Modern Wisdom Press.

ANN BIASETTI, PHD, LCSW, C-IAYT, is a transpersonal psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, and certified yoga therapist. She specializes in helping individuals heal their relationships with their bodies, food, and sense of self through somatic therapy, yoga therapy, and embodied self-compassion.

Dr. Biasetti is the creator of the Befriending Your Body Program, a somatic, self-compassion-based recovery program for disordered eating, and the author of Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating and The Awakening Self-Compassion Card Deck: 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing, and Growth. She contributed the chapter "The Process of Self-Compassion in Eating Disorder Recovery" to Grounding Psychotherapy in Self-Compassion.

Dr. Biasetti consults and lectures extensively on somatic psychotherapy, embodiment, polyvagal theory, and interoceptive awareness in the context of disordered eating and eating-disorder recovery. Additionally, she serves as an instructor with the Center for Mindful Body Awareness and the Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) Program. A featured Professional Education Systems Institute (PESI) presenter, Dr. Biasetti has appeared on multiple podcasts and trains professionals through the Befriending Your Body (BFYB) somatic certification training program.

Dr. Biasetti maintains a private therapy and consultation practice based in Saratoga Springs, New York, where she integrates mind-body modalities to facilitate holistic healing and personal growth. On any given day you can find her practicing and teaching yoga and meditation in her community and enjoying her family, friends, nature, animals, music, and embodied living.

Latest Book: "Your Body Never Meant You Any Harm"

Websites:

www.anembodiedlife.com

www.befriendingyourbody.com

JADE GUERRA talks about how thyroid function isn't isolated to one gland. She discusses how the liver, gut, brain, and other systems can influence what patients experience, even when standard lab work appears normal.

As a Nurse Practitioner who also built one of the country's largest virtual functional medicine practices, Dr. Guerra has worked with thousands of patients frustrated by persistent symptoms and inconclusive answers. She also has a remarkable personal story, returning to school for her Master's in Nursing in her 50s while running a busy practice. She runs two large Facebook groups which help those with thyroid issues and diabetes.

FACEBOOK GROUPS:

Thyroid: Unbroken

Diabetes: The End of Type II Diabetes Now

AMANDA ALCORN is the creator of Wild Uhane, (oo-ha-nay) a wellness and lifestyle brand devoted to helping women reconnect with authentic joy through spiritual connection, intentional living, movement, and motherhood. A lifelong athlete with a Master's Degree in Exercise Science, Amanda blends science-backed wellness with intuitive spirituality and holistic living. She is also a mother of seven, a children's author, and the creator of The Embodied Mother— a philosophy centered on healing women through presence, movement, nourishment, and self-reclamation.

www.wilduhane.com

JOE DENICHOLAS is a dynamic, challenging licensed therapist whose work bridges science, spirituality, and healing. With degrees in electrical engineering, business, and clinical social work, he brings a rare interdisciplinary perspective to both clinical practice and contemplative training.

For more than two decades, Joe has studied Buddhist psychology and trained with renowned meditation masters, helping individuals access deep transformation, clarity, and peace. He has guided hundreds through developing meaningful mindfulness and meditation practices. Earlier in his career, Joe contributed to the global shift toward energy-efficient lighting, earning multiple U.S. patents in integrated-circuit and semiconductor device design as an IC Design Engineer and Semiconductor Technologist.

Today, his work integrates Buddhist psychology in a secular way with modern neuroscience to relieve suffering and unlock the mind's natural capacity for wellbeing. He founded Unbreakable Inc., an organization dedicated to helping people rediscover resilience, goodness, and inner freedom through education, workshops, meditation, and therapy. In 2025, he published "Seeking Sanity: How to Cultivate Peace, Happiness, and Wellbeing in a World Gone Mad" with Modern Wisdom Press. Joe talks about:

• Actionable strategies to move from "getting through" life, to cultivating a life where you thrive in peace, happiness, and fulfillment.

• Moving beyond coping mechanisms to heal the root cause of affliction rather than addressing the symptoms alone.

• Why emotional mastery is absolutely critical to the leading of a fully authentic human life full of rich experiences.

• Why therapy is not nearly as effective as we need it to be given the scope of the mental health problem in today's society.

• There is no longer any excuse to continue suffering the way we are. Much of the mental health crisis comes down to a collective "learned helplessness." Let's learn how to break that down and engage the effective tools at our disposal.

• Accessing the lasting peace and happiness that exist within everyone's mind, without obscuring them by relying on external circumstances which leads to anxiety, depression, and ineffective strategies for well-being.

• Why are ethics so important to happiness, what mistakes are people often making in this area, and why? What can be done about that?

• How to cultivate happiness and calm your nervous system in 15 minutes or less.

• Understanding how your mind has been structured and organized, how this organization obscures the place of peace and happiness, and how it can be reorganized to provide constant access to that peace.

• Understanding how habits really change and how discipline is actually cultivated.

www.unbreakableinc.com

FOTOULA ADRIMI is a spiritual teacher and co-founder of the ISIS School of Holistic Health.. Her book," "The Golden Book of Wisdom: Ancient Spirituality And Shamanism For Modern Times,is recognized as one of the best books on introductions to Shamanism. shamanic and spirit cleansing through Shamanic rituals. We talk about:

How she first became a Shaman.

How Shamaism exists in a modern world of technology and fast-paced living.

How we can heal in the modern world and work with spirits in ancient ways.

Why Shamans use sage.

www.theISISschoolofholistichealth.com

TONY CHRISTIE is a spiritual teacher who brings messages and teachings of oneness through his work. He has been working in personal and spiritual development for over 20 years, helping people clear energetic blocks and empowering them to step into their own mastery. His latest book is entitled, "Death: You've Got To Love It." We discuss fear, childhood experiences, belief systems and techniques for opening up blocked energy and his use of a "dousing rod"(aka: divining rod) to assist in helping his clients zero-in on their deepest challenges.

Tony is also the author of "Labyrinth: Your Path to Self-Discovery" and the creator of the Labyrinth Wisdom Cards. He is the founder of a new healing modality based on the labyrinth called Melchizedek Labyrinth Healing and is a messenger for the Golden Sphere Energetics. Tony has presented workshops all over the world. He speaks at events and conferences to inspire and uplift those present. Tony is an intuitive energy worker, a qualified reflexologist, a Reiki Master, an Advanced PSYCH-K facilitator, a Certified Space Clearing practitioner, and a practitioner of Kriya Yoga.

www.tonymchristie.com

ANDI SAUCERMAN'S journey into the spiritual world began in the early 1990s after a life-changing encounter with the teachings of a teacher known as Daniel—an experience that set her on a lifelong path of soul-led work. She went on to transcribe and preserve Daniel's teachings, publishing Daniel's Journal and the award-winning book "Losing Your Mind", recognised with the 1996 Body, Mind, Spirit Award of Excellence. An updated version of the book, released in 2025, is called "Remember Who You Are."

As the founder of Universoul Foundations, Andi now guides others through deep personal and spiritual transformation, blending compassion, practical tools, and decades of experience. With a Master's in adult learning and 15 years at the Hoffman Institute as a teacher and trainer, her work is devoted to helping people reconnect with their true selves and live with purpose, clarity, and fulfilment.

We talks about channeling, spiritual guidance, man's purpose, technology, the future of our planet and, community and being a spiritual being in a material world.

www.univerSOULfoundations.com

DR. JASON SHUMARD is a Functional Medicine practitioner with more than two decades helping people with Type 2 Diabetes and insulin resistance find true answers, especially those who feel confused by conventional approaches. Rather than seeing diabetes as just about numbers, he focuses on lab-based, root-cause investigation into why blood sugar rises and disease progresses, going far deeper than "eat less sugar" or "more meds."

Dr. Shumard makes metabolic and cellular health understandable for everyone, empowering individuals to take the reins on their own health journeys. His passion is deeply personal, stemming from losing his mother to diabetes complications, which drives his mission to transform patient experience from one of fear to informed action

www.drshumard.com

WINSTON MEIKLE is a veteran nurse, educator, and healthcare entrepreneur with more than 40 years of clinical and academic experience. He is the founder of Loving Care Partners, a healthcare advocacy company rooted in a love-centered nursing philosophy, and COO of Mobile Lab Techs, a mobile phlebotomy and diagnostic service across the NY Metro and Northern NJ region.

Winston is the author of the forthcoming "The Power of Love: A New Model for Self-Healing and Wellness", along with its doctoral-level companion, "The Power of Love: A Nursing Theory". His work weaves together quantum physics, consciousness studies, spirituality, and Caribbean ethnobotanical traditions into a unified framework for whole-person wellness. Winston brings warmth, scientific depth, and decades of bedside wisdom to every conversation — offering listeners practical tools to transform their health, relationships, and sense of purpose.