Dream Chasers and Eccentrics (Paul Trammell)

Lucie is a national speaker, coach and serial entrepreneur who helps people transform their identity and rewire their subconscious mind to take massive action towards their goals. She challenges entrepreneurs and business professionals to step outside of their comfort zone, to dream BIG and to become the best versions of themselves mentally, physically, financially & spiritually. With a background in quantum physics, she boldly teaches that you are the powerful creator of your own reality. Through special mind hacking tools & techniques, she teaches people the power of awareness, how to take back control of their life and how to achieve the success they have always dreamed of having!

Quantum physics, the vibrational universe, manifestation, attracting positivity and success, cultivating peak emotional state, awareness, stepping outside your comfort zone, meditation, affirmations, setting high limits for yourslef and chasing big dreams, becoming an entrepreneur, trading horses, practicing gratitude, and more!

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Shanti Hershenson published her first two novellas when she was in the sixth grade, although her writing journey started long before then. Ever since she could hold a pencil, marker, or crayon, she was creating stories. She writes in a variety of genres, including Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction. 

We talk about self-publishing, artificial intelligence, using a writing coach, books, Shanti's novel "You Won't Know her Name,"dealing with bullying, writing poems and short stories, the mechanics of writing a book, UFO's, cultivating a creative mindset, promoting our books, not meeting Elton John, newsletters, advice for young authors, and Shanti reads the first chapter of her new novel "Little Green Man."

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Ronika is an award-winning screenwriter. She also directs, and runs the Wicklow Stories Film Festival. Having placed highly in both the Academy Nicholl Fellowship as well as the Austin Film Festival in 2019, she has since expanded her slate to contain more than 22 feature-length scripts.

She has lectured at Griffith College in Dublin, Ireland and has given multiple workshops in Ireland and the UK. Her latest work, Matriarchy is a film and TV adaptation of Mary Mackey’s best-selling novel series “Earthsong,” which is being produced by Chainsaw Europe.

She is also the artistic director of the Wicklow Stories Film Festival, which was launched in 2022 and was funded and supported by Creative Ireland.

Her textbook for Irish Screenwriters "The Hustle" is now available on Amazon or can be purchased directly from her. An addition and expansion to this work, titled “Navigating Hollywood” can be purchased through the New York Script Awards. Her poetry collections “I Love You, Dave Taylor” and “Joy Clings” are available on amazon.com, with her new book “She,” coming out in April 2024. She has consulted on projects in the US, UK, South Africa and Australia.

We talk about Ireland, growing up in a tribal community in India, the importance of community, religion, screenwriting, writing nonfiction, trying to write  novel, creativity and where it comes from, creative burnout and how to deal with it, defining your own success as an artist, cultivating creativity, writing poetry, empathy, an much more.

Ronika also reads her poem "Nobody's Daughter." 

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Jennie Milton, aka Adrena-Jen, is an Australian kitesurfing and snow kiting champion, and all-around hardcore adventurer.

We talk about getting chased by a polar bear, Alaska, kitesurfing, kiteskiing, generation X, the Red Bull Ragnarok kiteski race, staying in shape and combating the aging process, fear, and courage. We also discuss the relationship between the desire to use recreational drugs and the desire to do extreme sports, and why sobriety is better. 

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This episode features the first two chapters of the audiobook Journey to the Ragged Islands, by Paul Trammell, as read by the author (and the host of this podcast).

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TeZa Lord is an author, artist, lifelong practitioner of yoga and meditation, and a sailor. She is also a spirit activist, and a survivor of addiction. We talk about near-death experiences, meditation, the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego, creativity, sailing, dreams, mantras, sobriety, marijuana, rituals, books, poetry, and much more. Find her website here https://tezalord.com/ and the podcast show notes here https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is an author, creative-writing teacher, and host of my favorite podcast, "Writers on Writing." She is also a lecturer at Chapman University’s Dodge Film School, an adjunct professor of Advanced Creative Writing at Saddleback College Emeritus Institute, and instructor at  Gotham Writers Workshop (online). She also holds two private workshops. 

Barbara was recognized with a Distinguished Instructor Award at UC-Irvine and awarded Literary Magnet #1 in Orange Coast Magazine’s Best of Orange County. She is founder of the Pen on Fire Speakers Writers Salon in Corona del Mar, California and in the summer of 2013, began holding writers retreats in Palm Springs. She’s the former president of Sisters in Crime, Orange County chapter, and was the editor of The ASJA Monthly, (the official publication of the American Society of Journalists and Authors), from 2002 to 2014. ASJA awarded her with the Extraordinary Service Award in 2015.

We talk about how she became a writer (instead of going to clown school or starting a beauty salon), writing short stories, her writing habits and techniques, writing in longhand, stationary sickness, her book "Palm Springs Noir," lessons and insights gleaned from the hundreds of authors she has interviewed on her podcast, the importance of improvisation, cultivating creativity, self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, book covers, artificial intelligence, favorite books and authors, and more.

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John Guiver is the author of the book "To Play the Game," the story of the aeronautical disaster of flight 571, which crashed in the Andes in 1972, and involved cannibalism in order to survive.

John Guiver's lifetime interest in the 1972 Andes Flight Disaster led him to travel to the site of the accident in January 2013 in the company of one of the sixteen survivors, Eduardo Strauch. Through him, he met many others connected to the story, including survivors Pedro Algorta and Coche Inciarte, whose memoirs he translated. Over the years, he conducted numerous interviews within the close-knit passenger community, and delved deeply into various archives, including that of Piers Paul Read who wrote the best-selling 1974 account of the tragedy, Alive. The detailed information he amassed persuaded him to write a comprehensive history of this iconic event. "To Play the Game" retells the story both on and off the mountain, giving an in-depth look at the world from which the passengers came, and an analysis of the possible causes of the accident. The account is enriched by the stories of those who didn’t return from the mountain, related through the eyes of their families, bringing much-needed balance to a history which has largely focused on the survivors.

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Tyler Glalpin has been a stuntman since he was a child, apearing in such films and shows as The Highwaymen, Oracle, The Winchesters, Cloak & Dagger, Bad Moms, American Refugee, and over 80 more. We talk about what it takes to become a stuntman, training and martial arts, being lit on fire and attacked by dogs, and much more!

Ryan Penley is five yeas sober after a lifetime of drug and alcohol addiction, and author of the book Man Up Sober Up.

We talk about the attraction of alcohol as an adolescent, becoming an alcoholic, how people get hooked on pills after going to a doctor, the deteriorating health of an alcoholic and drug addict, getting sober, dealing with sobriety, hitting multiple rock bottoms, being intentionally blind, different strategies to get sober, finding humor in adversity, using the Baker Act to get the first three days sober, feeling overwhelming joy in sobriety, the difference between joy and happiness, the benefits of accountability in getting sober, getting sober without AA, creating a new identiy, kaizen and perpetual incremental progress, and much more! 

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Shebana Coelho is an award-winning writer, performance artist and facilitator of workshops. Her work is about expressing our creativity to liberate us from fear and other colonizations and to celebrate our passion. She received a Fiction Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a Fulbright grant to Mongolia.

We talk about travel, and how it rchanges the way we think and act, overcoming fear, solitude, Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia, designing a new life, planning to have no regrets in the afterlife, solo traveling, the artic and polar bears, cultivating creativity, and much more.

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Enzo Dal Verme is an Italian portrait photographer drawing on over three decades of experience in meditation. He approaches photography as a path of self-discovery and personal growth. His portraits have been published in Vanity Fair, l'Uomo Vogue, The Times, GQ, Madame Figarò, Elle, Glamour, Vogue Sport, Marie Claire and many other magazines. Enzo has been leading his acclaimed photography retreats in Tuscany since 2011.

We talk about developing creativity, becoming a photographer, getting out of your comfort zone, exposing yourself to inspiration, meditation, creating a fantasy in photography, publishing inspiring stories in stupid magazines, making the world a better place through photography, marketing for artists, teaching photography, dealing with fear, beautiful places, finding friendly people, and more.

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Rick has been a professional Musician since the 1960's, playing guitar and managing bands, and author of the book, "High in the Mid-60's." We talk about making people happy through music, the musical optimism of the 1960's, gratitude, getting started as a performing musician, the source of music, psychedelics, transcendental meditation, yoga, avoiding drug addiction, mystical experiences while performing onstage, pottery, James Brown, and much more. 

Emmanuelle Chriqui has been an actor since she was a child, and is best known for her roles as Sloan in Entourage, Dalia in Don't Mess with the Zohan, and Lana Lang in Superman and Lois. We talk about developing of her career, getting into character, comedy, behind the scenes and homework, the benefits of having no backup plan, character traits useful to actors, talent, art vs craft, mistakes she avoided in her career, allowing herself to dream, confidence, a day in the life on set, meditation, challenges for women in acting, favorite and least favorite things about acting, staying sharp, and much more!

Dr. Emmett is a retired surgeon, sculptor, and author. He has a vast and unique knowledge of a level of consciousness that most of us don't perceive. We talk about self-image, the subconscious, intuitive knowledge, meditation, past lives, working with clairvoyants, the source of knowledge, the creator, history of religion,, karma, the purpose of life, near-death experiences, other dimensions, the power and importance of forgiveness, and much more.

Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation. He’s written four books, most notably the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, published in 2018, and his latest novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves, published in 2023. He graduated from the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2002, and spent most of his journalism career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a video journalist and radio host. He left CBC in 2020 to focus on his literary career. In addition to his writing endeavours, Waubgeshig is an eclectic public speaker, delivering keynote addresses and workshops, engaging in interviews, and contributing to various panels at literary festivals and conferences. He speaks on creative writing and oral storytelling, contemporary Anishinaabe culture and matters, Indigenous representation in arts and media, and more. He lives in Sudbury, Ontario with his wife and three sons.

We talk about his culture and the Anishinaabe people, writing, creativity, and his latest novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves.

Sam is best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in the HBO series True Blood. We talk about childhood visions of being a physicist, getting into acting, Brown Summer Theater, Broadway and Off-Broadway jobs, acting classes, working hard, staying focused, luck, persistance, rejection, staying in and getting out of character, doing accents, moving to Los Angeles, avoiding temptations, drugs, food, professional decisions, job choices, auditions, offers, a typical day on a set, dangers, calling up emotions, alligators, advice for young aspiring actors, and more.

Frank Healy is one of 100 people in the entire world who has hyperthymesia. He remembers every day of his life, starting at six years old. He is now 64. He is also an author and a therapist, and we talk about memory, his obsession with weather, school, social life, how to control and minimize bad memories, astrology, OCD, controling emotions, reliving fond memories, emotional intelligence, forgiveness, meditation, his therapy practice, and much more.

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James Goodhand is the author of The Day Tripper, a novel about a man who has become detached from time and given the sometimes confusing opportunity to change his past, or is it his future?

We talk about fostering creativity, eliciting an emotional response with art, writing, the importance of walking, drive-through daiquiris, artificial intelligence and its potential impact on literature, masculinity, the foolishness of only pursuing money, addiction and alcoholism, the power of artists to change society, and even politics.

I also read passages I highlighted in the book to James and we discuss them, focussing on themes and meanings of the book. 

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Tim Phillips is the host of the Sober and Happy Podcast. I found him on Instagram (@iamsoberandhappy) and liked his message. He and I are both recovering alcoholics, so we had lots to talk about, including rehab, hangovers, detoxing, other drugs, suicide, change, growth, traveling, having fun while sober, cravings, temptation, changing your identity, rebuilding a social life, facing fears, removing the sigma and shame of alcoholism, living a fulfilled life, chasing dreams, saying yes more often, creating positive ripples, and much more!

Sung J. Woo is the author of "Lines," a novel I recently read and loved.

His short stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, PEN/Guernica, Financial Times, and Vox. He has written five novels, Lines (2024), Deep Roots (2023), Skin Deep (2020), Love Love (2015), and Everything Asian (2009), which won the 2010 Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Literature Award. In 2022, his Modern Love essay from The New York Times was adapted by Amazon Studios for episodic television. A graduate of Cornell University with an MFA from New York University, he lives in Washington, New Jersey.

We talk about New York City (where Lines takes place), how he got started writing, Stephen King's books, other books we love, his inspiration for the novel, developing characters, creativity, writing technique, his muse, the novel, the ending, his MFA, and more.

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JC Leuyer is a former kickboxing champion, and currently a stuntman and actor. We talk about martial arts, training, competing, knocking people out, getting knocked out, the value of making friends and helping others, working as a stuntman, and much more. 

Brodie Farber was a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter from 2002 to 2018. 

We talk all about fighting, various martial arts and which ones work, training, injuries, preventing injuries, what it's like to be knocked out, the benefits of learning a martial art, travelling, and much more.

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Will and Kenzie live in Idaho and are into ultrarunning, mountaineering, distance swimming, sailing, rock climbing, and other outdoor sports. We talk about training, supporting each other, life lessons from endurance events, developing discipline, alcohol, caffeine, offshore sailing, the psychology of those of us drawn to endurance sports, the benefits of difficult goals, getting back to our primal selves, dopamine, the downside of instant gratification, preventing injury, happiness, and more!

Brad Chandler is a successful entrepreneur who built a thriving real estate investment company, but is now dedicating his life to his true passion: helping others break free from their past, overcome limiting beliefs, and create the life and relationships they desire and deserve. Through mastering self-love and reprogramming the mind, Brad has transformed his own life, and he's here to share his powerful insights with you. If you're ready to unlock your potential and live a life of true fulfillment, this episode is for you!

We talk about the connection between happiness and success, how unhappiness is detrimental to our health, avoiding mental pollution, television and movies we avoid, marijuana and alcohol, why we do drugs, how childhood trauma leads to negative behavior, rewriting neural pathways to overcome negative emotions and behaviors, why perscriptions for depression and anxiety don't work, the self-love quiz, finding true happiness, responding in love to yourself and to others, limitlessyou, meditation, and more.

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Elijah Nisenboim is founder of Effiji Breathwork and has been helping people with suffering and trauma for 33 years. He is the author of 3 books including “The Trauma Code: Unlocking the Hidden Map to Your Life's True Purpose.”  He has traveled to China more than 20 times, learning Sacred Taoist energy practice and Internal Martial Arts which he incorporates in his healing methods for trauma release. Elijah helps people release trauma and understand and use trauma as a valuable tool for fulfilling one’s life purpose.

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Daniel Brown, aka @mullet_lord, is a former hard partier who nearly died from drug and alcohol abuse. He now lives and surfs in Australia, owns a coffee shop, and leads a healthy life, however, at 24 years old, he needed a drink to avoid seizure, and was also into marijuana and extasy. During a short coma, he had a near-death experience in which he spent, as he describes it, a lifetime in Heaven, where he formed deep relationships with spirits in a dimension outside of time. This was followed by a lifetime in Hell, walking through a firey desert for an eternity, at the end of which he purged himself of his old self. He chose to come back to his body, and now has a new sober life. We also talk about surfing and staying physically fit, yoga, meditation, and much more!

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Richard Walter is an author of best-selling fiction and nonfiction, celebrated storytelling educator, screenwriter, script consultant, lecturer and retired professor who led the screenwriting program in the film school at UCLA for several decades. He has written scripts for the major studios and television networks; lectured on screenwriting and storytelling and conducted master classes throughout North America as well as London, Paris, Jerusalem, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney and Hong Kong.  His new novel, Deadpan (published by Heresy Press) is available for order now.  Subscribe to his podcast on Substack and blog on Medium, and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

We talk about writing a novel, writing screenplays, first drafts, editing, stereotypes, creating a character, movies, eliciting emotional responses in books or film, cultivating a creative mind, inspiration, and at the end, Richard reads from his book Deadpan. 

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A short story about a magical island, based on a real place - Isla Escudo de Veraguas, read by the author.

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Susan Hensley is a transformational coach, speaker, and author dedicated to helping people navigate life’s transitions with joy, creativity, and resilience. She is the author of "Art for Your Sanity," a book to help people deal with uncertainty and tap into their innate wisdom and creativity. Susan’s mission is to empower people to unlock their inner wisdom, creativity, and sense of play during times of uncertainty and change. Through workshops, speaking engagements, and one-on-one coaching, she guides clients to rediscover their authentic selves and infuse their lives with more color, meaning, and joy.

We talk about finding joy, designing a life that does not require a coping mechanism, the importance of creativity and curiosity, art journaling, paying attention to the things in life that spark joy, curating social media feeds, cultivating creativity, and much more!

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Kamoka Pearl Farm produces pearls from oysters grown in the nutrient-rich lagoon of Ahe Atoll, 300 miles northeast of Tahiti. They are known for adhering to the strictest levels of sustainable farming in the pearl world and have pioneered many eco-farming techniques that not only help the environment, but also improve the quality of their pearls.

We talk about living in French Polynesia, sailing there in a ferocement sailboat, Bernard Moitessier, starting the pearl farm, learning from the Japanese pearl farmers, how pearls are cultured, working with the local ecosystem and letting the local fish clean the oysters, living off-grid on an atoll, storms, making jewelry with the pearls, and more.

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Jake is a pioneer in conversational dynamics and a highly regarded fractional Chief Learning Officer. We talk about conversational dynamics, cadence over content, listening skills, facing fears, discipline, persuasion, converting social media to educational content,the 2/10 rule, honesty, and ethics.We also talk about addiction and drugs, AA and NA, and much more!

Libbie Grant, who also writes under the pen nam Olivia Hawker, writes Literary Fiction and Historical Fiction, and is a best-selling author. I recently read her newly published book "October in the Earth" in three days, because I loved it. We talk all about her career, how it started and how she developed her writing skills, the importance of writing poetry, self-motivating, rituals, getting published, self-publishing, planning characters and themes, writing historical fiction, and  some passages I highlighted from her book that I read aloud.

Jayme lives in South Florida and has been organic gardening for thirty years. He and his wife run Seven Hills Garden and Soil, and they are on a mission to convert peoples yards into food forests. We talk about organic vs inorganic gardening, fertilizers, pests, organic pest control, beneficial insects, fostering living soil, composting, huegoculture, microgreen and sprouts, diet, staying healthy after 40, and more!

Owen Murphy was a teacher in Colorado and living in a van when he decided he wanted to be a sailor, and he made it happen by intentionally making dramatic and irresponsible decisions. We talk about changes, reinventing yourself, meditation, extroversion and introversion, theta healing, finding happiness, controling emotions, the Dalai Lama, drugs and sobriety, spearfishing, books, conformism and authoritarism, and much more.

Erden is one of two people to have circumnavigated under human power, and Erden is the only to have done it solo, and he did it by rowing, cycling, kayaking, and hiking. He holds an amazing 18 Guiness World Records. 

We talk about rowing across oceans, bicycling across continenets, hiking across Papua New Guinea, his route around the world, training, dealing with difficult situations, eating coffe grounds, sharks, whales, tuna, sea turtles, birds, recording whale sounds along the way, the benefits of unplugging from society and spending time at sea, entering the 2026 Golden Globe Race, and more.

We talk about the Golden Globe Race on my other podcast Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell

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Justin Ruby decided what he wanted out of life at an early age, methodically chased the dream, and caught it. We talk about what he did differently than his peers and competitors that led to his success, the steps he took to build his business, what his routines are now, goal setting and goal monitoring, family time, exercise, self-talk, and much more.

Amelia Huckel-Bauer is a Bronx based actor and teaching artist, currently producing and acting in an on-going production of John Ford Noonan’s, "All She Cares About is the Yankees," coming soon to the Bronx. She is a company member with Emit Theatre, bringing immersive Shakespeare to schools, roles ranging from Gertrude in Hamlet, to Malvolio in Twelfth Night. Other theater credits: Hunter in Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Chick in Crimes of the Heart; Red Monkey Theater Group, Sally in Tally’s Folly; Bagaduce Theater, and Flannery in Mrs. Schrodinger’s Cat; NYC Fringe Festival. She holds a BFA in Acting from Tisch, NYU and a MA Educational Theater from Steinhardt, NYU.

We talk about her one-woman show, becoming an actor, method acting, calling up emotions on stage, agoraphobia, the mechanics of putting on a play and the people involved, cultivating a creative mind, living in New York City, and Amelia recites a scene from the play, which is HILLARIOUS! 

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Amelia's website is http://www.ameliahuckel-bauer.com/

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Alan Fishbone is the author of the new novel "Animal, Notes from the Labyrinth," published by Heresy Press. He was born and raised in New York City. He is a scholar and translator of ancient Greek and Latin and a professional sailboat captain. When not in New York, he lives aboard the cutter rigged sailboat Pelekun, usually to be found somewhere in the Western hemisphere.

We talk about his book Animal, as well as armageddons, Y2K, Bernard Moitessier, his other book Organ Grinder, memoir, themes of the book, aging, sailing, being an animal - or pretending not to be, and Alan reads from the book. 

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Following a thirteen-week hospitalization for schizophrenia, after being “extracted” from Dartmouth College, Dale Walsh was in a private psychiatric program where he was hospitalized nine times over five years. He then moved into his own unsupervised apartment and returned to college at Fairleigh Dickinson University, from where he graduated magna cum laude in English Literature. Diagnosed 45 years ago, Dale has been episode-free for the past 29. His mental health journey has evolved from total psychosis to a miraculous recovery. He has lived independently for forty years.

Dale Walsh is a coach for the families of those diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has been coaching these families for three years and is the creator of the LIVELOVE method to help his clients. He is guided by the mantra “Recovery is Always an Option.”

We talk about the paradox of beliving one is God and all of us being a part of God, living in a reality that wasn't conceived on earth and trying to integrate his vision with that of general culture, spreading a message of hope and recovery, the role of drug use in becoming schizophrenic, psychadelic drugs, an obsession with Emmylou Lou Harris, divine insights, recovery, the inability for schizophrenics to understand that there is anything wrong with their mind, an alter-ego, using love patience and faith to deal with schizophrenic friends or loved ones, medications, homelessness and mental illness, quitting smoking marijuana, keeping hope alive, and more.

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Heather Aguilera is a professional artist creating beautiful paintings from her studio in St Augustine, FL, and is also an experienced body painter. We talk about being and becoming an artist, fostering and maintaining creativity, rituals, body painting, what makes art good, marketing and advertising and the business of art, and much more!

Dr. Fred Moss is a mental health advocate/psychiatrist serving in many capacities: keynote speaker, psychiatry expert witness, podcaster, mental health coach, and teacher. A desire to help people be real and heard has been the driving force leading him to multiple settings and roles as a psychiatrist over the years and compelling him to continually look for better, more effective ways to provide the highest quality care to align people with their most authentic self to deliver into an eagerly awaiting world.

We talk about healing through communication, prozac and SSRI's, the relationship (or not) between seratonin and depression, how mental health drugs sometimes create the symptoms they are marketed to treat, the fallacy of thinking pills cure psychological conditions, how being uncomfortable is part of the human experience, perscription-drug advertising and how it changed the industry, the relationship between school shootings and psychiatric drugs, meditation, the role of creativity in mental health, excersise, nature, getting in touch with your true voice, addiction, and more.

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Dana S. Diaz is a wife, mother, and author of the best-selling book GASPING FOR AIR: THE STRANGLEHOLD OF NARCISSISTIC ABUSE. Dana has had life-long experience with narcissistic abuse, beginning in childhood. Her education in journalism and psychology at DePaul University in Chicago gave her the ability to accurately verbalize and express how narcissistic abuse creates confusion and conflict within victims, so that she can help other victims know they are not alone and better understand their own circumstances.

We talk about living with an abusive narcissistic stepfather, then marrying and living with a narcissistic husband, dealing with trauma, recognizing and avoiding narcissists, why people stay in bad relationships, depression and anxiety, and much more.

Captain Ky lives on a sailboat and makes his living from finding and selling sea glass. We talk about buying a cave in Hawaii, selling it and buying a sailboat, finding a sea glass beach, starting a business collecting and selling sea glass, sea glass tours, where sea glass comes from, sea glass mules, sea glass treasure maps, helping others, cloning a dog, and much more! This is the second half of the interview. The first half is all about sailing, and is on my other podcast Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell.

Lion Goodman is founder of the Clear Beliefs Institute. He is a professional certified therapeutic coach with 40 years’ experience as an executive coach, teacher, healer, and Subconscious Pattern Detective. He is the creator of the Clear Beliefs Method for deleting limiting beliefs, healing childhood wounds and resolving traumas from the past.

We talk about wanting to fit in as kids, practicing telepathy, studying consciousness, near-death experiences, getting shot in the head and surviving, shamanic studies, the difference between real and fake shamanic retreats, psychadelic drugs and the danger of their recreational use, shadows, connecting with the aliveness of the Earth, exploring other worlds and bringing back gifts for this life, existing as multideminsional beings, original sin, religion, addiction, and more.

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Jeremiah Beck is the author of the new novel Recollection, which I read and enjoyed enough to invite Jeremiah onto the show. 

We talk about finding the inspiration to read and write, authors we love, learning to write, finding an editor, cultivating a creative mindest, talking to your characters, rituals, begging for the muse, marketing a book, guilt, forgiveness, being tormented by our own mind. I also read highlights I took while reading Recollection and Jeremiah comments on them. Jeremiah also reads from a new novel he is working on. 

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Martina is the author of the book Hello Flower: A real life story of narcissistic love and invisible abuse.

We talk about living in Italy, learning foreign languages, teaching and building schools in Nicaragua, selling coffee, falling in love with a covert narcissist and suffering narcissistic abuse, defining a narcissist, avoiding them, the importance of seeking your own happiness, and more.

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David Buck is the author of “The Time-Optimized Life.” He has over 35 years of organizational and time-management experience, which led him to start Kairos Management Solutions, and the Infinity Lifestyle design program. David empowers business professionals to overcome the struggles of a lack of flexibility in life. He helps his clients craft a strategy to optimize their time that defines a lifestyle focused on meaning, purpose, and joy.

We talk about all sorts of ways to optimize our time so we can be more productive, waste less time, set better goals, be more happy, and make more money.

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Tina Erwin is a Ghost Helper, on a mission to teach the living how to help the dead, and to help the dead cross over into the heaven world. Tina has studied metaphysics all of her life, gaining insight into the mystical world of magic and spirituality. She is the author of eight books on metaphysics. Her writing comes from an intense desire to know and understand the hard science behind the unseen world of action and reaction combined with a sincere desire to share this understanding with other knowledge seekers.

We talk about growing up as a psychic in the 1950's, a premonition in the mountains of Colombia, studying physics and metaphysics, spiritual law, remote viewing, clearing houses of ghosts, lower-realm intelligences, crossing over, how to recognize a ghost in your house, black magic, how people become ghosts, what happens when we die, where our souls go, our ecashic records, moving from the third dimension to the fourth and to the fifth, God's love for us, free will, the Crossing Over Prayerbook, Heaven and Hell, forgiveness, giving every soul dying or dead the possibility of experiencing the light of the divine, her team of angels, learning to love one another, the dynamics of love, and more. 

Tina tells us that the compassion of the light is the message, and the light is waiting for you, no matter who you are or what you've done.

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Peter Swanson is a best-selling author of thriller novels. We talk about developing his writing career, transitioning from hobbiest to professional, writing novels, getting an agent and traditionally published, marketing, routines, imagination, creativity, books, daydreaming, artificial intelligence and Chat GPT, art, classics, advice for writers early in their career, and much more.

Felipe Behrens, of Around on my Kayak, has circumnavigated Florida, Puerto Rico, and Vancouver Island on his kayak. We talk about his adventures, camping and gear, unexpected difficulties, sharks, whales, alligators, bears, safety, rolling, first aid, tides, paddling around the UK and Ireland, and more!

Abby is an artist and a sailor working from her studio at sea. We talk about fostering creativity, the courage to create art and be vulnerable, eliciting emotional responses to art, how sailing affects art, goals, meditation, and much more. 

Clouds, thunderstorms, cool rain, surfing, life and death, strolling through the jungle. My poems are influenced by the natural world around me, as I live on my sailboat in Bocas del Toro, Panama. In this episode, the inner working of my mind are on dislpay for all to hear as I read my original poetry.

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In 2018, while sailing in The Bahamas, I had a terrifying encounter with an oceanic whitetip shark, a known maneater, and one of the most feared sharks in the ocean. I described the encounter in my book Journey to the Ragged Islands. In this episode is a chapter in the audiobook, where I read from the book about my time at Cat Island. I encountered the shark while on a paddleboard at the north end of the island. In the following days, I sailed south to New Bight and hiked up Mt. Alvernia to the Hermitage of Father Jerome. 

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Philip is a certified nutrition coach and helps people improve body composition, lift weights, eat better, and live longer and healthier lives. We talk about avoiding loss of muscle mass as we age, adding muscle mass through resistance training and supporting that through nutrition, losing weight, fad diets, evidence-based nutrition, longevity, preventing back injury, working out without access to a gym, developing a healthy identity, positive reframing, and more!

Bert Terhart crossed the entire country of Canada from west to east in a canoe in one season, and he did it alone. He is one of only two people to have done this, and the only to have done it without a dog. 

We talk about growing up in Canada, finding adventure as a child, his adventure crossing Canada in a canoe, the gear he used, finding thousand-year-old portages cut in the rock, the misery and the enjoyment, the necessity of living in the moment, dealing with boredom, foul-weather gear, wildlife encounters, bears, a mountain lion, killer whales, sharks, badgers, and more.

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Britton Kelley is a personal trainer living in Medellin Colombia.

We  talk about travelling, living in Medellin Colombia, being a gringo, doing your own thing, Costa Rica, lifestyle change, Thialand, fitness, personal training, not having children, OMAD (one meal a day), MRSA, pain, Covid, not watching television, and more.

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Ryan DeLena is currently studying at Northern Vermont University. He was pictured on the cover of Backcountry Ski Maps (2020) and has climbed and skied throughout the United States, and in Canada, Chile, Argentina, Svalbard, and Antarctica. Ryan is also a skilled rock climber and avid hiker.

As a child, Ryan had difficulty controlling his emotions and was placed in therapeutic schools that relied on detrimental methods of behavior modification such as physical restraint. Nothing helped, from a team of doctors to heavy medication. Then in 2010, Ryan was voluntarily committed to a mental hospital for further evaluation. His parents Rob and Mary Beth were counseled to place me in a group home. They refused.

Two years earlier, after an impulsive decision to take him skiing, his father discovered a different child than the version experts were so sure about. By his second day of skiing, Ryan was executing advanced runs, and with each conquest in the winters that followed, his father began to question the path laid by the professionals paid to judge Ryan. He later convinced Ryan's mother to fight the medical and educational complexes over Ryan's care and school placement, and together they fostered the freedom Ryan needed to pursue his dream of becoming a professional ski mountaineer.

We talk about out-of-bounds skiing in Vermont, becoming an outdoor adventure guide, learning to ski, skiing in Antarctica, how skiing changed his life, theraputic schools with restraints, prescription drugs, the book he and his father wrote "Without Restraint," skiing in Big Sky, avoiding drugs and alcohol, breaking the law in search of adventure, and healthy outlets for the same, finding contentment, fear, bucket-list adventure destinations, and more.

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For nearly four decades, Jim Abernethy has been running large predatory sharks & large aquatic wildlife expeditions with nature lovers, film crews and professional photographers, while respectfully not interfering with the wildlife. I interviewd him in 2020 in order to learn more about sharks, particularly how we should behave around them, how to be safe while in the water with them, and how to interpret their behavior in order to arm myself with information and combat my fear of sharks. The interview achieved all my goals. When I went to the Bahamas soon after, I encountered a large hamerhead shark, and instead of being terrified, it was a fantastic wildlife encounter. Hopefully the interview will have the same effect on you.

Stephanie Shuldt, aka Freediver Steph, left the corporate world to find freedom on the ocean, in a sailboat. She became an expert freediver and spearfisher, and holds 7 world records in spearfishing. We talk about how she made it all happen, how she escaped the rat race and developed a new life on the ocean, roaming free, and harvesting fish with a spear. We also talk about her secrets to success and staying in shape, pivoting when times change, inspiring people, sharks, ciguatera, and much more!

Tim Bonython has been making surf movies since the 1970's and is now the premier big-wave cinematographer. We talk about the early days of surf cinematography, making and marketing surf movies, working with big-wave surfers, his camera, filming from the back of a jet ski, working at Nazaré, Teahupoo, The Right, and Jaws, staying in shape, training, the Australian Surf Movie Festival, and more.

Bob was a mob lawyer until he discovered the I Ching. He is now is a professor at Elon University, teaching Business Law and Meditation (two separate courses). 

We talk about growing up selling hot dogs and cotton candy, becoming a lawyer in Miami in working for Janet Reno as a prosecutor; hitting the mob for $72 million; being recruited by the mafia; discovering the I Ching and Taoism; cultivating wisdon compassion, kindness, and generosity; creating happiness in our lives; the importance of cultivating sympathetic joy; meditation; freeing up your intuitive mind to work on the problems in your life in a non-verbal way; Bob reads Desiderata; Jesus and Budhism; and more.

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I met Roan and Karrie at a boatyard in St Augusitne when they were getting a small catamaran ready for the great loop. I was surprised to learn that they were not sailors, but that the great loop was one of many adventures they had planned. We talk about setting up and preparing for their dream, riding motorcycles across America, skinny dipping in the Arctic Ocean, travelling the Pan-American highway in a van, sailing the great loop, Mexico, their van, books, and much more.

Liz Mugavero, who also writes as Cate Conte, writes cozy mysteries, crime, and witches, from her home in Boston. We talk about wanting to be a writer when she was a child, her writing education, the steps in creating a book, plotting, books about writing, finding motivation, rituals, self-publishing vs traditional publishing, marketing, rewards, obstacles, editing, developing characters, book recommendations, and much more!

In this episode, I read aloud a short story I wrote about one of my favorite places, Isla Escudo de Veraguas. If you like short stories, sign un for me free newsletter at paultrammell.substack.com, and get a story in your email at the begining of each month, as well as occasional poems, essays, and book reviews.

Marty Snyderman is an award-winning and highly published underwater photographer and cinematographer. He is also an author and teacher of underwater photography. Marty’s cinematography has been used by National Geographic, the PBS series Nature, BBC, Discovery Channel, Audubon, Howard Hall Productions, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Hardy Jones Productions, ESPN, and many other networks and entities around the world. We talk about the kelp forests of California, black-water diving in Yap, sharks, ecology, becoming a professional underwater photographer, creativity, animal behavior, respect for nature, chasing a dream, the pursuit of excellence, and much more.

Aiden Gabor was recruited into the mafia at a young age, led a life of crime, and became an enforcer. He was later coerced into being an informant for the Department of Justice, who convinced him to become a police officer in order to bring down corrupt cops. He wrote a book about his life, Conflicting Loyalties, which I read in three days since I didn't want to put it down.

* If you are offended by violence, you might want to skip this one.

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Kristof Morrow is the author of the fantasy novel The Second Sun.

We talk about Tourette syndrome, sobriety, writing, self-promotion, comedy, his book The Second Sun, fostering creativity, inspiring yourself to write, the importance of learning history, words, poetry, the value of art in society, gender equality, and more.

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Bob Bitchin rode with various motorcycle clubs back in the 1970's and 80's, created the tabloid Biker News, Tattoo Magazine, edited Big Bike, Choppers, Chopper Guide, and Easy Riders, and was contributing editor to Forbes, Penthouse, Hustler, and New Look, and Created Lattitudes and Attitudes Magazine. He has written a number of books including Biker to Sailor, Letters From The Lost Soul, The Sailing Life, Brotherhood of Outlaws, BIKER, Emerald Bay, King Harbor, Starboard Attitude, DORF, and Grand Bay.

We talk about being a biker, riding with motorcycle clubs, brotherhood, drugs, quitting drugs, sailing, Sons of Anarchy, his book "Brotherhood of Outlaws," informants, contracts, and much more.

From 12 years in desert combat zones to facing a battle within, John Lawyer transformed from soldier to spiritual seeker. He is the co-founder of Kishar, a non-profit online spiritual community where people to share their journeys and explore their own unique spiritual path. John is an Omnist and believes in the validity of great human thought from around the world and across time. He is a higher purpose and transformational coach. John offers individual spiritual guidance as part of the Kishar Spiritual Community.

We talk about war, counterterrorism, the World Trade Center, Al Quieda, military intelligence, Afganistan, Iraq, Islam, propaganda, the swamp of sadness, world religions, Gulf War Syndrome, depleted uranium, an awakening leading to spiritualism, the Bhagavad Ghita, love and kindness, Omnism, spirituality, the purpose of life, free will, infinity, teaching self-love, stepping out of the stream of unconsciousness, organized religion, base spirituality, The Council of Nicea, and more.

Jeff Patterson, from Portland, OR, USA, has over 36 years of experience, practicing and teaching the meditative and martial arts. As the founder of Northwest Fighting Arts/Portland Tai Chi Academy and The Yielding Warrior, he emphasizes the transformative power of meditative and martial arts practices, particularly the yielding concept. He has published two books and hundreds of instructional videos, is the founder of The Yielding Warrior online program and has worked with thousands of students from around the world.

We talk about various martial arts, meditation, the relationship of meditation and martial arts, yeilding, his books, using the meditative arts, specific benefits of meditation, core foundations of a meditative practice, yin and yang breathing, creativity, quigong, fighting, the benefits of combat sports, facing fear, diet, intuition, getting started in meditation - first steps, and more.

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Cathy Nesbitt is a Health and Wellness Advocate. Cathy is the Founder of Cathy’s Crawly Composters (est 2002), Cathy’s Sprouters and Cathy’s Laughter Club. She is a multi award-winning environmental innovator who uses workshops and inspirational speaking to motivate people to live a more sustainable life. Cathy is an avid cyclist and gardener. We talk all about composting with worms, why this is useful, and how Cathy got involved in this. We also talk about gardening and related environmental issues, as well as laughter yoga, and more. Find Cathy's website here http://www.cathyscomposters.com/ and the podcast shownotes here https://www.paultrammell.com/dream-chasers-and-eccentrics 

Straight talk about addiction and sobriety with sober-travel enthusiast Zac Spowart, aka Nomadic Addictt. He and I are both sober - former alcoholics and drug addicts. We talk about getting and staying sober, sober travel, using travel to get and stay sober, maintaining sobriety, why life is better sober, easy countries to travel as a sboer peron, how and why we got sober, the ins and outs of addiction, withdrawal, substitutes, and much more. 

The podcast host, Paul Trammell, shares his vision for the show, what it means to be a dream chaser and an eccentric, and his story of getting sober, redisigning his life, becoming a sailor, and writing books.

Matt O'Neill is a happiness expert whose work has positively impacted the lives of over 100,000 people worldwide. He's the author of the "Good Mood Revolution" book, and host of the "Good Mood Revolution" podcast. Matt teaches us that happiness is a choice, even when life gets tough. His teaching isn't just theory, it's tested in the real world too. Matt has 4 young children and runs two successful businesses with over 80 employees.

We talk about gaurdian angels, near-death experiences, nature as a cure for depression, memories, drugs and addiction, true joy, love, the highest level of happiness, the 8 positive and 8 negative emotions, the importance of gratitude, the present moment, meditation, yoga, prayers, intuition, stopping negative thought patterns, forgiveness, humility - the foundation of all good moods, and more.

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Eric is a 30-year-old entrepreneur whose philosophy emphasizes the importance of simplicity, adaptability, and a clear mind, which has translated well into the world of web3 entrepreneurship. Eric specializes in leveraging his strategic thinking and adaptability to create innovative and effective solutions to the challenges facing this cutting industry.

Peter Gooch is is an author, painter, and former art professor. He is the winner of the Bosque Publishing Prize for Fiction, and his short fiction has appeared in numerous literary magazines and online. He holds an MFA from Western Michigan University. His short fiction has been published in The New Guard, Bosque Publishing, Etched Onyx, and Light and Dark Literary Magazine, among other publications. His first novel, Seren, is published by Apprentice House Press, will be available in April. 

We talk about his novel Seren, creative writing, books and reading, favorite authors, searching for a muse, creativity and the price we pay for it, finding moments of ecstasy, writing advice, poets, the importance of following the oblique tangent of thought, overcoming the fear to take risk, highlights from his book, what makes for good endings, what makes books great, and much more; enjoy!

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