Expanded States is a podcast dedicated to a deep exploration in expanding awareness, opening the heart, and journeying beyond the boundaries of the mind. Listen in for illuminating storytelling and mind-expanding topics like psychedelics, mindfulness, breathwork, nature immersion, sound healing and so much more.
Remember, exploring expanded states of consciousness requires respect, preparation, and integration. Always prioritize safety, set appropriate intentions, and approach these practices with an open and curious mind. This can be a powerful and transformative journey, but proceeding mindfully and responsibly is essential.
Financial Therapy: From Scarcity to Abundance with Iris Kraus
This week Michelle and Iris Kraus discuss financial therapy and how you can create an abundance mindset.Iris Kraus left the investment world to pursue meaning and purpose, applying her skills in the digital health and mental wellness spaces. For 8 years, Iris co-lead Wisdom Labs, a B2B platform for emotional and mental wellbeing as their CFO, COO and finally their Chief Revenue Officer. She firmly believes that businesses can be a power for good in this world. Iris is using her extensive financial and investment expertise combined with her emotional awareness and ability to connect with people to guide small businesses and individuals on their path from Scarcity to Abundance. You can learn more about Iris’s work by perusing her website.
8 Dec 2025
The Oracle Within featuring Liz Chernett
This week I'm speaking with my good friend, Psychedelic Mentor & Alchemy Coach, Liz Chernett about mythopoetic integration and the oracle within. Liminal by nature, she guides others through life’s thresholds—endings, beginnings, and openings where the soul expands and creativity flows. Liz is a certified in integration coaching through the Psychedelic Coaching Institute, and now teaches there on mythopoetic integration. She is a Level-2 Inner Team Dialogue coach, and is currently in training with the Jungian Coaching School. She co-hosts In Right Relationship, a podcast exploring psychedelics and the sacred.
Before this chapter, Liz spent two decades as a creative & art director, stylist, and futurist—shaping campaigns and translating culture into visual stories. That craft now powers her transformational work: helping clients harvest symbols, archetypes, dreams, and the voices of their inner team to re-author their narratives.
Links:
The Oracle Within is a 9-week experiential group program designed for coaches, therapists, and team leaders blending Jungian teachings, mythic stories, and mixed-media expressive arts to make integration playful and embodied. We don't just learn—we create. https://www.kaleidoscopeeyecoaching.com/the-oracle-within
Liz's Website: https://www.kaleidoscopeeyecoaching.com/
Liz's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hYThtrwkX9NzA9xMb2HBC?si=a91d62b474a2475c
Liz's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizchernett/
1 Dec 2025
Integration: Revealing the Soul with Otto Maier
This week I'm sharing a conversation with Otto Maier about the many facets of the Soul.
Working As a retreat leader for Tandava Retreats, the head of Integration for FIVE, and his private practice Soul & Psyche, Otto’s work focuses on helping others process both ecstatic and traumatic experiences through a blend of Depth psychology, IFS, Non-Pathology, Somatics, and the Decolonizing of the Psyche. A deep student of the liminal, the psychotic, dramatic and luminous dimensions of human transformation, His work is based around the notion that the Soul will not conform to conventional notions of well being and limitations or social norms, and as Thomas Moore once said "The soul will only be revealed through mystery and madness."
www.soulpsyche.org
https://five-meo.education/5-meo-dmt-integration-specialist-training/
24 Feb 2025
Exploring IFS (Internal Family Systems) & psychedelics with Heather Smith of the Moxie School
This week on Expanded Stats, I'm speaking with Heather Smith about navigating Internal Family Systems (IFS). Heather is a Certified IFS Therapist and an Approved IFS Clinical Consultant.
Heather started The Moxie School® in January 2022 where she offers workshops, courses, and mentorship for therapists, coaches, and guides who want to hone their expertise in IFS and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. Allotting her time to both psychotherapy and teaching has been a beautiful balance for her professionally.Learn more about the work of the Moxie School at www.moxieschool.com
1 May 2024
The God Molecule: Navigating the bliss and risks of 5MeO DMT
Today Michelle is speaking with Victoria Wueschner, co-founder of the 5-MeO-DMT education and training platform F.I.V.E., as well as head of education for Tandava Retreats.
Her mission at F.I.V.E is to provide the world with a centralized hub for all resources and education on 5-MeO, in hopes of bringing awareness to the ethics, integrity, and safety needed for this type of work.
5MeO DMT Education Site (https://five-meo.education/)
Tandava Retreat Center (https://www.tandavaretreats.com/)
24 Apr 2024
Death and Dying with Maria Sophia Dimakos
Maria Sophia Dimakos is a Conscious Dying Coach, Sacred Passage End of Life Doula, and a compassionate grief ritual space holder, offering holistic support to individuals navigating the profound waters of life transitions, faith changes, and the end-of-life process. Her integrative approach weaves ancestral healing and the profound lessons from master plant teachers to provide comprehensive care across spiritual, energetic, physical, mental, and emotional dimensions. Maria’s commitment to honoring the sacredness in every phase of life’s journey ensures that each person’s experience is met with dignity, deep understanding, and a nurturing space to grieve and grow.
https://www.iamdivinepresence.com/ (https://www.iamdivinepresence.com/)
https://www.instagram.com/themariasophia/ (https://www.instagram.com/themariasophia/)
17 Apr 2024
Nature Immersion for Healing with Lori Schwanbeck
Lori is a passionate advocate for creating lives of meaning and engagement in both personal and professional realms. A near fatal bicycle accident in her early 40’s triggered a humbling re-evaluation of her values, actions, and identity.
Recognizing that while our lives are short, our choices have a ripple effect on the world around us, Lori is committed to living in alignment with awareness, integrity, and whole-heartedness. She is dedicated to supporting others desiring to have a similar positive impact.
Lori Schwanbeck's Website (https://www.lorischwanbeck.com/)
Lori's LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-schwanbeck-43187a7/)
10 Apr 2024
Leadership Coaching and Expanded States with Lauren Mugglebee
Today Michelle is speaking with Lauren Mugglebee about leadership and expanded states. Lauren is a seeker of transformation and a guide for leaders on their personal journey. Her practice lives at the intersection of science, consciousness, and leadership where mind, heart, and will form the bedrock of what will co-emerge in partnership with anyone she works with.
Learn more about Lauren's offerings at www.laurenmugglebee.com (http://www.laurenmugglebee.com)
3 Apr 2024
Microdosing for Healing with Kayse Gehret
We are witnessing the limitations of a modern healthcare system driven by for-profit medicine and prescription pharmaceuticals. Despite great wealth, our society is sicker than ever… with epidemic levels of mental illness, suicide, addiction, obesity, auto-immune disease, depression, widespread anxiety and insensitivity all around us.
Kayse and her community envision a proactive, empowering healthcare system - one that educates and inspires people to catalyze their innate healing potential. They aim to support the creation of healthy habits, provide access to self-resourcing tools, invite natural healing and up-level your personal growth & vibrancy.
Microdosing for Healing (https://www.microdosingforhealing.com/)
Kayse's Bio (https://www.microdosingforhealing.com/workwithkayse)
Microdosing for Healing Podcast (https://www.microdosingforhealing.com/podcast)
27 Mar 2024
Managing Stress and Creating Safety Naturally: Exploring the Apollo Neuro with Dr. Dave Rabin
Today I'm speaking with Dr. Dave Rabin, MD, PhD, about managing stress and creating safety naturally by exploring the Apollo Neuro.
Dr. Rabin is a neuroscientist, board-certified psychiatrist, health tech entrepreneur & inventor who has been studying the impact of chronic stress in humans for more than a decade. He is the Chief Medical Officer & co-founder at Apollo Neuroscience, which has developed the first scientifically validated wearable technology that actively improves energy, focus & relaxation, using a novel touch therapy that signals safety to the brain.
Your Brain Explained" Could We Cure Mental Illness? The MDMA Story: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4k4KWRzmn8o8N2Aer4MYAG?si=Ss1INvWuTfqpcXo0teK5RQ (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4k4KWRzmn8o8N2Aer4MYAG?si=Ss1INvWuTfqpcXo0teK5RQ)
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavemdphd/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavemdphd/)
Apollo Neuro: https://apolloneuro.com/ (https://apolloneuro.com/)
22 Mar 2024
Introducing Expanded States with Michelle Gale
Welcome to the first episode of Expanded States. This podcast is dedicated to a deep exploration of expanding awareness, opening the heart, and journeying beyond the boundaries of the mind. Listen in for illuminating storytelling and mind-expanding topics like psychedelics, mindfulness, breathwork, nature immersion, sound healing and so much more.
Remember, exploring expanded states of consciousness requires respect, preparation, and integration. Always prioritize safety, set appropriate intentions, and approach these practices with an open and curious mind. This can be a powerful and transformative journey, but proceeding mindfully and responsibly is essential.
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