The Permission Slip

Matt Kosterman
  • 5.0 (2)
  • ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

I love everything to do with consciousness - personal growth books, meditation, psychedelics, bodywork, Tantric retreats, chakras, Human Design, channeled works, you name it! For the past fifteen years, I’ve been on a deep healing journey. I regularly engage relative strangers in conversation about topics relating to consciousness, transformation and psychedelics (sometimes to their annoyance). I've been dancing around starting a podcast for a couple years now. My imposter syndrome has kept me thinking I don't have anything worthwhile to share, while I vainly attempt to find a community with whom I resonate. I've been fortunate to work with some really gifted practitioners during my journey. They not only gave me tools to heal, they gave me PERMISSION to heal. My intention in producing and distributing The Permission Slip podcast is to share knowledge of their talents with the rest of the world. Many of us have been programmed to believe that healing only comes from those in the medical profession who have gone through a particular set of training protocols. This is not true. Doctors and therapists and the like are (mostly) well-meaning and very good at what they do. Sometimes, more often than we are maybe lead to believe, what they recommend or do is not what is truly needed for healing. In the spirit of the following passage, I'm committing to a minimum of six podcasts that will be discussions with practitioners and healers from whom I've derived personal benefit. The purpose of this effort is therefore to shed light on the diverse ways of healing as well as moving into right relationship with oneself. Credits Renee LaVallee McKenna for the inspiration to create this in the first place. Abby Bruce (ma soeur) for the encouragement along the way. Damian Wiseman for the audio engineering expertise.

  1. S2 | E6 Wendy Perkins Shoef, ADHD Microdosing and Neuro-Pleasure Coach and More

    1D AGO

    S2 | E6 Wendy Perkins Shoef, ADHD Microdosing and Neuro-Pleasure Coach and More

    In this episode, I sit down with Wendy Perkins Schoef — ADHD coach, microdosing guide, and neuro pleasure coach who specializes in working with solo entrepreneurs. Wendy shares her remarkable origin story: raised by a single Catholic mom in LA, navigating an ADHD brain through college and careers spanning real estate, biometrics, and web development, before finding her true calling after a divorce sent her on a journey of sexual self-discovery and eventually into orgasm coaching and nervous system work. We dig deep into her holistic framework of Goal, Set, Setting, and Intention — the foundation she uses whether she's helping a client build their business, choose a microdosing protocol, or regulate their nervous system. We talk about the differences between psilocybin and LSD as microdosing tools, why LSD is a "non-specific amplifier," and how the right substance choice depends entirely on what's going on in your body, mind, and environment. We also get into the profound connection between sexual energy and creative energy, the jaw-pelvic floor link, yoni dearmouring, the stigma around prostate work for men, and harm reduction resources for those exploring psychedelics. Wendy also opens up about parenting her son Max, who was born with a brain injury, and how that experience has deepened her understanding of the nervous system and shaped her approach to her work. About Wendy Wendy is an ADHD microdosing and neuro-pleasure coach, researcher, and co-host of the Psychedelic Revelations podcast. She works with brilliant, creative, capable people who are also a little bit fried—navigating chronic stress, ADHD, burnout, or all of the above. The ones who’ve read the books, tried the supplements, made the to-do lists, and yet still feel tired but wired, overthinking everything, spinning in place while their responsibilities grow by the hour. Wendy’s approach is rooted in a core belief: your nervous system is sacred, pleasure is a birthright, and ADHD symptoms are signs of a dysregulated nervous system—not a broken brain. Through microdosing support, nervous system regulation, embodied practices, and a BIG helping of tech support, she helps people remember their own divine intelligence and step back into who they truly are so they can make the impact in the world they’re meant to do. Her work blends research, lived experience, and a deep reverence for the body’s wisdom to support transformation that actually lasts. Website: https://thesuccessdoula.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendygoesdeep/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/thesuccessdoula Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thesuccessdoula Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesuccessdoula TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wendygoesdeep Special Guest: Wendy Perkins Shoef.

    1h 13m
  2. S2 | E5 Karen Kubicko, Psychic Intuitive, Reiki Master & More

    APR 3

    S2 | E5 Karen Kubicko, Psychic Intuitive, Reiki Master & More

    Karen Kubicko grew up steeped in Catholic school traditions — but something always felt bigger just beneath the surface. In 11th grade, on her first day at a new public school, she heard a voice tell her she'd had a past life with a complete stranger in the hallway. She dismissed it. Decades later, that moment makes perfect sense. In this episode, Karen walks me through the pivotal experiences that cracked her open: a near-fatal emergency C-section that may have briefly stopped her heart, a vision of her deceased grandparents holding her newborn daughter, and years later, a car accident in which an archangel took her on a tour of what felt like her future. Each experience deepened her abilities and ultimately led her to train directly under renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Brian Weiss at the Omega Institute in New York. Today, Karen offers "whole soul readings," past life regression sessions, intuitive development classes, and Reiki — all aimed at helping people identify and clear the root causes of patterns that are holding them back in this lifetime. Whether it's recurring abusive relationships, irrational fears, chronic anxiety, or a general sense that something is missing, Karen's work helps clients trace those threads back to their source — and release them. Our conversation goes deep on several fascinating topics: How past life regression works and what a session with Karen actually looks like The empath problem — why highly sensitive people absorb other people's emotions, how childhood trauma (hypervigilance, unsafe environments) keeps the "feelers" turned all the way up, and practical tools to dial them back down Discernment — how to tell the difference between your own inner voice, ego chatter, and genuine intuitive guidance Spirit guides and channeling — Karen's experience receiving information, and how she sets clear boundaries with the beings she works with Dr. Brian Weiss and the origins of past life regression therapy — how a skeptical psychiatrist accidentally regressed a patient 5,000 years and changed the field of healing forever Manifesting and timeline choice — the idea that every moment offers a choice between vibrational states, and how awareness of that gap between stimulus and response is itself a form of freedom Karen and I also connect the dots between indigenous wisdom traditions, empathic experience, and the growing global awakening — weaving in references to Paul Selig, Bashar/Darryl Anka, and the power of trusting what you receive, even when it first shows up as a horse and buggy in your living room. This is a beautiful, wide-ranging conversation for anyone curious about the soul's journey across lifetimes — and how understanding that journey can heal the one you're living right now. About Karen Karen Kubicko is a past life hypnotherapist, and intuitive psychic reader passionate about teaching and helping others heal through working with their spirit guides, angels, and healing the patterns found in their own past lives. She is the author of: Life Is Just Another Class—One Soul’s Journey through Past Life Regression, an account of 16 of her own past lives and Making True Love—Healing Relationship Patterns Through Past Life Regression which explores common root causes of relationship issues, plus provides insight on how to heal these patterns so you can find true love. Karen also utilizes her psychic skills to intuitively see someone’s whole soul experience including their past lives. Karen completed the Past Life Therapy Professional Training course with Dr. Brian Weiss. She received her hypnotherapy certification through the National Guild of Hypnotists. She has personally remembered over 200 past lives and has helped numerous others remember their own past lives. Connect with Karen Email: Karen@KarenKubicko.com Website: www.KarenKubicko.com Book a Personal Session: https://calendly.com/karen-kubicko YouTube: @KarenKubicko ~ https://www.youtube.com/@KarenKubicko Instagram: @KarenKubicko ~ https://www.instagram.com/karenkubicko Facebook (page): Karen A. Kubicko ~ https://www.facebook.com/KarenAKubicko LinkedIn: Karen Kubicko ~ https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-kubicko/ X (Twitter): @KarenKubicko ~ https://x.com/KarenKubicko Pinterest: Karen Kubicko ~ http://pinterest.com/karenkubicko/ RedBubble (art & merch): Karen A. Kubicko ~ https://www.redbubble.com/people/KKubicko Karen can be seen supporting her youngest child on the LMN Lifetime television show Ghost Inside My Child (S2 E1, 2014). For more on Karen Kubicko, please visit: https://www.karenkubicko.com/about-karen/ Special Guest: Karen Kubicko.

    1h 13m
  3. S2 | E4 Pascale Falempin, Pilates & Breathwork Instructor

    MAR 22

    S2 | E4 Pascale Falempin, Pilates & Breathwork Instructor

    In this episode, I sit down with Pascale Falempin—former professional dancer, Pilates instructor, and breathwork facilitator—to explore the path of embodiment from a deeply lived perspective. Pascale grew up in Corsica, surrounded by nature and simplicity, before stepping into the intensity and cultural expansion of Paris and eventually into a career in dance. What unfolds is a story that will feel familiar to many: a gradual disconnection from the body in pursuit of performance, achievement, and external validation—and the eventual return. We dive into the intelligence of the body as something far more than mechanical. Pascale speaks to the subtle ways the body communicates, how trauma and conditioning get stored, and how breath becomes a direct access point into unwinding those patterns. This is not about forcing transformation—it’s about listening, allowing, and creating the conditions for the body to reveal what it already knows. We also explore the paradox of modern life: being highly functional yet deeply disconnected. Pascale shares how her work integrates movement, breath, and awareness to help people come back into relationship with themselves—not as an idea, but as a felt experience. This conversation moves beyond concepts. It’s about the lived reality of embodiment, the courage it takes to feel, and the quiet power of coming home to yourself. Pascale can be found on Instagram - @powerhousepascale Special Guest: Pascale Falempin.

    1h 11m
  4. S2 | E3 Christopher Sunyata, Men's Coach, Meditation Teacher & Engineer

    MAR 12

    S2 | E3 Christopher Sunyata, Men's Coach, Meditation Teacher & Engineer

    In S2•E3, I speak with Christopher Sunyata, a former medical device engineer turned Buddhist meditation teacher and men’s coach based in Boulder, Colorado . We met at an Osho-inspired Deer Tribe workshop in Cave Creek, Arizona—an intensive container exploring sacred sexuality and polarity work . Christopher shares his origin story: • Raised Catholic in Decatur, Illinois, bullied through childhood  • A sensitive kid who later became a college rugby all-star—yet carried a fractured internal self-image  • A near-death suffocation accident in childhood that left a deep imprint in his nervous system  • Ten years of Jungian analysis, divorce after discovering an affair following a mushroom journey  • Intensive Buddhist practice and eventual immersion in embodied tantric work We explore how women’s somatic intuition became one of his greatest teachers—how feminine bodies read tension, contraction, and presence instantly . We discuss: • Why resting as “open awareness” makes men more trustworthy and attractive  • Breath-rate recovery and training the parasympathetic nervous system  • Why meditation, psychedelics, and sexuality all intersect as portals into death practice and ego dissolution  • His extensive work with plant medicines, including 5-MeO-DMT  • Sexual practice as spiritual practice • The difference between effort-based “techniques” and relaxed energetic openness • How men can access sustained, non-ejaculatory, full-body orgasmic states • Why relational polarity requires stability, not performance • The nervous system as the foundation of spiritual and relational growth Christopher’s central thesis: A man’s depth is revealed in how much intensity he can open through—without collapsing, grasping, or dissociating . We also explore how shame around sexuality has been weaponized socially and spiritually—and what happens when that shame is removed. This conversation bridges: • Trauma work • Buddhist meditation • Tantric polarity • Somatic nervous system regulation • Psychedelic awakening • Masculine leadership It’s an unapologetically honest conversation about embodied masculinity in a time when many men feel disconnected from purpose and presence. Special Guest: Christopher Sunyata.

    1h 19m
  5. S2 | E2 Deborah Servetnick - Life Mastery Coach

    MAR 5

    S2 | E2 Deborah Servetnick - Life Mastery Coach

    In this episode, I sit down with Deb Servetnick. "Grateful Deb" is a life mastery coach, psychedelic guide, bodyworker, and founder of Serve Medicine. Join us for an expansive, unscripted exploration of healing. We begin with her origin story as a lifelong Deadhead and early psychedelic explorer, then move into the deeper terrain: her MAPS training, her decision to remain aligned with decriminalization over legalization, and her critique of over-medicalizing sacred medicine. Deb shares why preparation matters more than the “six great hours,” how vibrational alignment shapes outcomes, and why psilocybin remains her preferred medicine for whole-body healing. We talk about grief, cancer, nervous system regulation, subconscious patterning, and the importance of replacing, not just removing, habits. The conversation turns personal as we explore sugar, distraction, cannabis, and the difference between trying to “beat” something versus learning to love it into transformation. This episode is about frequency. It’s about asking for what you actually want. And it’s about remembering that the universe is already responding. Special Guest: Deborah Servetnick.

    1h 6m
  6. S2 | E1 Dr. Jodie NewDelman, Doctor of Psychology

    FEB 26

    S2 | E1 Dr. Jodie NewDelman, Doctor of Psychology

    Dr. Jodie NewDelman shares her evolution from a hard-science neuropsychology background at UCLA studying autism genetics to embracing a more integrated biopsychosocial-spiritual model of care. We examine: • The limitations of purely symptom-based psychiatric models • ADHD and neurodivergence as neurotypes, not simply disorders • Trauma as both psychological and somatic — and how it presents as chronic pain, fibromyalgia-like symptoms, digestive disorders, and “mystery” illnesses • The Quadrintity framework (cognitive, emotional, physical, spiritual) and how imbalance across these domains manifests as dysregulation • Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy as a non-specific amplifier that accelerates subconscious material to the surface • Why preparation, safety, and integration are non-negotiable in psychedelic work • Transference and countertransference as essential considerations in altered states • The difference between being “fixed” and reclaiming agency This episode invites listeners to examine whether their current healing path is addressing root causes — or merely suppressing symptoms. • Nervous system regulation • Trauma stored in the body • Neurodivergence & ADHD • Chronic pain & somatic symptoms • Internal Family Systems (IFS) • Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy • Psychedelic preparation & integration • Transference & countertransference • Biopsychosocial-spiritual model • Experiential medicine • Personal agency in healing Dr. NewDelman's website is https://essensuate.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091764967649 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/essensuate-integration/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/essensuate/ Special Guest: Dr. Jodie NewDelman.

    1h 19m
  7. S1 | E18 Amy Anesi - Dear Friend & Former Spouse

    FEB 6

    S1 | E18 Amy Anesi - Dear Friend & Former Spouse

    This season-one finale of The Permission Slip is a deeply honest, unsanitized conversation between me and my former wife, Amy Anesi. We were married for 15 years, raised two daughters together, divorced after an affair, endured bankruptcy and foreclosure in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse—and then chose a different path forward. Instead of turning divorce into a lifelong war story, we explore what it looks like to take responsibility, metabolize pain, and consciously evolve beyond blame. This episode challenges the dominant cultural narrative that divorce must be ugly, adversarial, and permanently scarring. It doesn’t. With Amy as both witness and mirror, I share my own arc—from childhood conditioning and emotional repression, through infidelity, trauma, and collapse, into somatic healing, psychedelic therapy, nervous-system work, and spiritual awakening. What emerges is not a story of redemption, but of integration. This is a conversation about accountability without self-flagellation, healing without spiritual bypass, and what becomes possible when two people choose growth over grievance—for themselves and for their children. Special Guest: Amy Anesi.

    1h 47m
  8. S1 | E17 Paul Selig - Psychic, Teacher & Author

    JAN 16

    S1 | E17 Paul Selig - Psychic, Teacher & Author

    I discovered the channeled work of Paul Selig and his "Guides" (whom have called themselves "Melchizedek") in late summer of 2020. I had fortunately been "softened" up considerably with psychedelic work including Psilocybin, MDMA, Ayahuasca and Mescaline in addition to some deep myofascial work by that point in my healing journey. A friend shared a link to a YouTube video and it was as if a tractor beam took hold of me. I was mesmerized and, after checking their stock online, was on my way to a bookstore 30 minutes away where I purchased three books. This work is one of the three pillars of my transformation - up there with psychedelics and somatic work. And it may not resonate with you. It was one of the clearest example of "When the student is ready, the teacher appears" I've experienced. Others have told similar stories. In this episode of The Permission Slip, I sit down with Paul Selig for a conversation about consciousness, channeling, and what it means to live in alignment with a higher order of truth while fully embodied as a human being. Paul shares his personal origin story — from an accomplished academic life to an unexpected spiritual awakening that opened him to hearing and working with the Guides. We explore how his abilities unfolded gradually, the role discipline and integrity played in stabilizing the work, and why true channeling is less about being “special” and more about becoming transparent to something greater. We move into the core teachings brought through the Guides: the nature of divine union, the Christ as a universal principle rather than a historical figure, and humanity’s current reckoning with fear, separation, and self-denial. We also discuss discernment in spiritual work, the difference between inspiration and channeling, free will, presence, and how awakening does not bypass the human experience — it transforms how we meet it. This conversation is not about belief systems or spiritual bypassing. It’s about lived experience, embodiment, and the practical integration of higher consciousness into daily life. Paul's website is https://paulselig.com Special Guest: Paul Selig.

    58 min
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About

I love everything to do with consciousness - personal growth books, meditation, psychedelics, bodywork, Tantric retreats, chakras, Human Design, channeled works, you name it! For the past fifteen years, I’ve been on a deep healing journey. I regularly engage relative strangers in conversation about topics relating to consciousness, transformation and psychedelics (sometimes to their annoyance). I've been dancing around starting a podcast for a couple years now. My imposter syndrome has kept me thinking I don't have anything worthwhile to share, while I vainly attempt to find a community with whom I resonate. I've been fortunate to work with some really gifted practitioners during my journey. They not only gave me tools to heal, they gave me PERMISSION to heal. My intention in producing and distributing The Permission Slip podcast is to share knowledge of their talents with the rest of the world. Many of us have been programmed to believe that healing only comes from those in the medical profession who have gone through a particular set of training protocols. This is not true. Doctors and therapists and the like are (mostly) well-meaning and very good at what they do. Sometimes, more often than we are maybe lead to believe, what they recommend or do is not what is truly needed for healing. In the spirit of the following passage, I'm committing to a minimum of six podcasts that will be discussions with practitioners and healers from whom I've derived personal benefit. The purpose of this effort is therefore to shed light on the diverse ways of healing as well as moving into right relationship with oneself. Credits Renee LaVallee McKenna for the inspiration to create this in the first place. Abby Bruce (ma soeur) for the encouragement along the way. Damian Wiseman for the audio engineering expertise.

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  • Creator
    Matt Kosterman
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Matt Kosterman
  • Show Website
    The Permission Slip

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