Follow Your Blissters: The Hero's Journey podcast

This finale Series 2 episode explores the astonishing tale of redemption of Liam Meredith, a former convict and drug addict, who having radically transformed his own life, now supports other ex-offenders to move away from crime and rebuild their lives. In this conversation, Liam candidly shares his journey from broken home beginnings, to addiction and drug dealing, through imprisonment and healing with horses, and onwards to his emergence as the inspired entrepreneur, rap artist and mentor to other ex-offenders he is today. For the first time on Follow Your Blissters, this special episode is available to watch in full on video on Spotify and YouTube as well as via audio on all the other usual podcasting channels. I hope you’ll be touched and uplifted by Liam’s extraordinary story. For more info about Key4Life, the crime prevention and rehabilitation charity that turned Liam's life around, visit: https://key4life.org.uk For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - if you feel to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

In this episode I talk with Dr Chris Johnstone, a pioneering resilience trainer, social and environmental activist and founder of College of Wellbeing.  His books include Find Your Power, Seven Ways to Build Resilience, and Active Hope: how to face the mess we’re in with unexpected resilience and creative power, co-authored with Joanna Macy. In this conversation we explore Chris’s journey from burnt out and depressed junior hospital doctor, to a wake up call car crash which triggered him to train as a facilitator of deeply transformative experiences, ultimately leading to his emergence as the empowered activist, author and changemaker he is today, making a valuable contribution to the wellbeing of people and planet. Enjoy the journey! For more info about Chris visit: https://chrisjohnstone.info For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this episode is Cali White, an ancestral healer, psychotherapist and spiritual activist whose work is dedicated to understanding the historical impact of the European Witch Hunts (1450-1750) on our psychology, and healing the intergenerational trauma inherited from those so called ‘Burning Times’. In this conversation, Cali shares her remarkable year-long pilgrimage across the UK, exploring the ancient roots, history, myths and landscapes of Britain and calling ceremonies with women to honour those who were persecuted as witches during the Burning Times - this the catalyst for her I Am Witch exhibition which took the News headlines by storm with its first run earlier this year. I hope you enjoy the journey! For more info about Cali White visit: https://loveisourpower.com For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this episode is Maureen Murdock, a Jungian psychotherapist, photographer and author of the ground-breaking bestseller The Heroine’s Journey and other books, whose work explores the mysteries of the psyche, a fascination with mythology and a love of storytelling and memoir writing. In this episode, Maureen introduces her heroine’s journey model, which she created to better represent the psycho-spiritual development of women she felt was overlooked by Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey framework. She also explores her own lived experience of travelling through the 10 stages of The Heroine’s Journey, including her mythic journey of descent to the underworld. For more info about Maureen Murdock, visit: https://maureenmurdock.com For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - if you feel to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this episode is Tahir Shah, the writer, filmmaker and insatiable adventurer, whose 50 plus books include The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Trail of Feathers, In Search of King Solomon’s Mines and In Arabian Nights. The lively conversation explores some of Tahir’s outlandish travel quests in search of the hidden underbellies of lands through which he journeys, including India, Africa and Peru, as well as his pursuit of freedom as a writer, blazing a trail for other writers to follow. Also discussed is his  vision for The Scheherazade Foundation, which he recently co-founded with his daughter Ariane to empower women, bridge cultures and harness the teaching the power of stories. For more info about Tahir Shah, visit: https://www.tahirshah.com For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this launch episode of Series 2 is Dan Millman, legendary teacher of the Peaceful Warrior’s Way and author of the cult spiritual classic The Way of the Peaceful Warrior – later screened as the film Peaceful Warrior – and 17 other books which have inspired millions of readers worldwide. In this episode we explore the extraordinary experiences, wake up calls and life lessons that shaped Dan’s evolution from childhood dreamer to world-class athlete to international spiritual teacher and bestselling author, as recounted in his new memoir Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit, which unveils the real-life journey of the man behind the Peaceful Warrior legend. For more info about Dan Millman visit: https://peacefulwarrior.com For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for Episode 6 of Follow Your Blissters (the final episode of Series 1) is Eva Hamilton MBE, Founder and CEO of Key4Life, an extraordinary charity that rehabilitates ex-offenders using equine therapy, turning around the lives of some of the most disaffected young men in Britain. Key4Life builds on Eva’s remarkable charitable work in support of marginalised sectors of society over 35 years. Setting up the Seeing is Believing programme with HRH The Prince of Wales, she took 600 of Britain’s top business leaders into deprived inner city areas, and other charitable projects include supporting homeless people back into employment and helping war veterans recover from trauma. In this conversation, we uncover Eva’s personal odyssey from wayward teenager called to a life of service at Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying in Calcutta, through many trials and traumas, right through to her celebrated work today helping ex-offenders to move through their pain and recover their lives, using a programme drawing directly on her own rich life experience. For more info about Eva's charity, Key4Life, visit: https://key4life.org.uk  For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - if you feel to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this episode is the pragmatic and playful modern mystic, Dr William Bloom, one of the UK’s frontier holistic educators. Author of 26 books, including The Power of Modern Spirituality, Feeling Safe and The Endorphin Effect, William is Co-founder of the Alternatives events programme in London, and creator of the UK’s first accredited course in Spiritual Wellness. His work focuses on helping people discover their own best way to connect to what he calls “the wonder and energy of life” as the fulcrum for ongoing spiritual practice. In this interview, we uncover William’s intriguing journey from novelist, propagator of Sixties counterculture, honorary Hells Angel and academic to trailblazing pioneer of the modern UK holistic movement. For more info about William Bloom, visit: https://williambloom.com  For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - if you feel to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this episode is the audacious and entertaining deep life explorer and ‘stand up’ philosopher, Tim Freke. A respected authority on world spiritualty and author of 35 books, including Deep Awake, Soul Story and The Jesus Mysteries, Tim has a contagious enthusiasm for exploring the mystery of life, embracing both hard-headed science and open-hearted spirituality. His mission is to help people become enlivened, connected and in love with life. In this conversation, we explore Tim’s eclectic journey, from his explorations of different spiritual traditions and psychedelics, to his modern application of ancient contemplative practices, and his new path of what he calls ‘Unividualism’, offering a visionary new understanding of the nature of reality and the purpose of life. For more info about Tim, visit: https://www.timfreke.com For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

In this episode, I talk with Thomas Moore, a Jungian psychotherapist and author of Dark Nights of the Soul, the New York Times bestseller Care of the Soul, and 22 more books about bringing soul to personal life and culture, deepening spirituality, humanising medicine and finding meaningful work. His work also infuses mythology, depth psychology and the arts, emphasising the importance of images and imagination. In this conversation, we explore Thomas’s enthralling metamorphosis from monk and musician, to university professor, to psychotherapist, and finally to meteoric bestselling author. He also illuminates the ‘Dark Night’ aspect of the Hero’s Journey and shares wisdom for finding what Jung called, ‘The Gold in the Dark’. For more info about Thomas Moore, visit: https://thomasmooresoul.com For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - if you feel to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

In this episode, Sarah Rozenthuler - purpose-led business pioneer and author of Powered by Purpose - shares her colourful story of breaking away from the UK corporate world in her early 20s and becoming an itinerant street circus performer in Spain. After four tough but exhilarating years juggling fire and knives across Spain’s vibrant fiesta trail, Sarah returned to the UK and integrated these skills into the corporate arena, especially the art of engaging, educating and entertaining people, which she has been doing ever since as a chartered psychologist and leadership consultant advising business leaders across the world. Also explored in this conversation are the current global shift towards purpose-led business and a fairer and greener economy; the art of living in the flow; and The Heroine’s Journey, bringing a feminine perspective on this archetypal transformation process. I hope you enjoy the journey! For more info about Sarah, visit: https://sarahrozenthuler.com For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this launch episode of Follow Your Blissters is Satish Kumar, the former monk, environmentalist and legendary peace activist. Satish is celebrated worldwide for the remarkable two and a half year peace pilgrimage he walked from India to the USA (and onto Japan) in the early Sixties, without spending any money and eating only vegetarian food.  In this episode, we retrace the steps of this extraordinary voyage Satish made while just in his mid twenties, facing extreme dangers and hardships along the way - including being held up at gunpoint twice - to take a stand for world peace and nuclear disarmament. Satish’s walk is a classic example of The Hero’s Journey with all its trials, tribulations, inner transformation, and bringing back a powerful boon to share – his story and its assimilated lessons for peace. Enjoy the journey! For more info about Satish, visit: https://www.resurgence.org/satish-kumar/ For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

In this introduction to the Follow Your Blissters podcast, Will Gethin introduces mythologist Joseph Campbell and his Hero's Journey map for transformational storytelling, explaining how it can be used as a guide to make sense of our own lives. He also explores Campbell's mantra for living 'Follow Your Bliss' and why he later updated it to 'Follow Your Blisters', gives an overview of the condensed journey stages he will be working with in his upcoming conversations with thought leaders, and invites listeners to find inspiration for their own evolving journeys. This introduction was updated June 2022. For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :)

The guest for this special musical episode of Follow Your Blissters: the hero's journey podcast is musician, songwriter and soulful troubadour, James Frost, whose breathtaking new album All Of Our Hands is more than just music – it’s a jewel borne from a life lived at the edges.Walking away from the safety of job and home to follow a deeper calling, James took to the road on a musical pilgrimage that would last several years. Along the way, he birthed a powerful vision of creative collaboration, gathered over 100 singers and musicians, raised more than £20K through sheer passion and belief, and brought to life an awe-inspiring collection of songs, infused with nature and community spirit. Sharing three tracks from his new album, this episode tells James’s remarkable story of leaping into the unknown, staying true to the call, and returning with a gift with the power to stir hearts and awaken dreams...................................................................................................................For more info re James Frost and his new album All Of Our Hands, visit: https://www.jamesfrostmusic.comListen to the album on streaming platforms: https://www.jamesfrostmusic.com/listen ....................................................................................................................For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events....................................................................................................................WANT TO SUPPORT FOLLOW YOUR BLISSTERS?Provided free of charge, this podcast incurs considerable time and costs to host and produce each episode. If you’ve been inspired by, or have benefitted from this podcast in any way, and would like to help keep the show going on a regular basis, I’ve set up an account on Buy Me a Coffee – an easy-to-use donations tool via which you can support the show by donating in increments of £5. Here's a link to Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/followyourblissters Huge thanks and gratitude for any help keeping this show rolling! Plus I'd love to hear your thoughts on this podcast - if you feel to share any feedback please email me at will@consciousfrontiers.com. Many thanks :) 

In this episode I talk with Mick Brown, an award-winning journalist and author of several books, including The Spiritual Tourist, The Dance of 17 Lives, and his new magnum opus – The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West.      In this conversation, we explore Mick’s extraordinary encounters with gurus, mystics, tricksters and multifarious seekers on the highways and backroads of spiritual tourism; his investigations into the mysteries of Tibet’s reincarnating lamas; and his rare insights into the colourful cast of sages, writers, rock stars, fraudsters and psychedelic emissaries that brought Indian spirituality to the West.    ....................................................................................... Want to support Follow Your Blissters? Provided free of charge, this podcast incurs considerable time and costs to host and produce each episode. If you’ve been inspired by, or have benefitted from this podcast in any way, and would like to help keep the show going on a regular basis, I’ve set up an account on Buy Me a Coffee – an easy-to-use donations tool via which you can support the show by donating in increments of £5.  Here's a link to Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/followyourblissters\ Huge thanks and gratitude for any help keeping this show rolling!    ....................................................................................... More info For more info about this Follow Your Blissters podcast and The Hero's Journey, head to my website: https://consciousfrontiers.com/podcast, where you can also subscribe to CFX e-news (Conscious Frontiers Xpress) for updates about latest podcasts, news and events. ....................................................................................... Rate & review Follow Your Blissters If you're enjoying this podcast, it would be hugely appreciated if you could please subscribe on your chosen streaming platform and rate and review the show. Many thanks :)

The guest for this special episode is Serge Beddington-Behrens, a maverick transpersonal psychotherapist, spiritual educator and author, whose books include Awakening the Universal Heart, Gateways to the Soul, and his captivating new memoir, Amazing Grace. In this conversation – echoing the mythic tale of the Buddha – we explore Serge’s extraordinary journey from pampered half prince – raised in the lap of luxury on London’s Pall Mal – through to his emergence, after many trials and wanderings, as a teacher of transformation, activist and aristocrat of the soul, dedicated to supporting the flourishing of humanity.