End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)

Justin Michelson is a mediation teacher, author, and wilderness guide.  Through his root teacher Rodney Smith, and Rodney's teacher Ajahn Buddhadasa, Justin carries on the lineage of the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism.  His unique style blends nature-based practice, emotional healing, and traditional Dharma teachings.  He currently lives with his partner outside of Eugene, Oregon in a rural intentional community where, in addition to teaching and writing, he owns and operates Native Foods Nursery, a native edible plant nursery.  
This podcast will focus on his new book, The Dharma of Healing (Shambala 2026), which is described as marking "the emergence of a significant voice in American Buddhism"
To connect with Justin and his many offerings, or to order his book, please see his website: https://www.justinmichelsondharma.com/
His nursery:  https://nativefoodsnursery.com/our-nursery/
This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-352-justin-michelson-the-dharma-of-healing
Have a blessed weekend!

Marcella Kroll is an artist, author, mystic and spiritual teacher whose work bridges contemporary art, divination, and lived spiritual practice.  She has been celebratred for her transformative work as a multi-racial and autistic artist, intuitive, teacher and occult practitioner.  Her work includes:  Healing the Liminal (2025), Sacred Symbols Oracle Deck (2022); Dreamers Tarot (2023);  Magical Sheilding (Upcoming 2027--Preorder now);  Priestess (2021); Nature Nurture Oracle (2024); The Roast Iconic Oracle (2023); and Initiates Oracle:  Occult Hermetic (2026)(which is the subject of this podcast).
Marcella's work is rooted in ethical engagement with the unseen, cultural memory, and the reclamation of intuitive knowledge.  She is widely recognized for making esoteric traditions accessible, inclusive, and relevant to modern life.  For more information please see:  https://www.marcellakroll.com/about or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marcellakroll/
This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-351-marcella-kroll-initiates-oraclepieces-as-portalssacred-symbolsmagical-shielding
Have a blessed weekend!

Quinn Jacobson is an artist, author, and scholar working where creativity meets the fact of mortality.  His practice draws from art, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, theology and history, not to stack disciplines but to probe a single stubborn question:  how do humans live with the knowledge that everything they love will one day disappear?  Through painting, historical photographic processes, and writing, he examines the subtle strategies--both deliberate and unconscious--that people use to soften, divert, or manage the anxiety that comes with being temporary.
He has written and published nine books including: Glass Bones:  Art Mortality and the Human Mind (2026) (the subject of this podcast); In the Shadow of Sun Mountain: The Psychology of Othering and the Origins of Evil (2026); Rupture: The Creative Response to Death Anxiety (Fall 2026); Chemical Pictures (2020) and others.
Quinn also produces an ongoing video series: The Creative Mind & Mortality:  Artists & Anxiety on his YouTube channel.  The project examines how creatives metabolize their existential struggles through making, in contrast to what Otto Rank called the artiste manque--those who feel the same pressure of existence but lack a generative outlet.
For his complete bio and website, please see:  https://studioq.com/
His blog:  https://studioq.com/blog
YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/quinnjacobson
This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-350-quinn-jacobson-glass-bones-art-mortality-and-the-human-mindernest-becker
Have a blessed week!

Lisa Tahir, LCSW, is a clinical social worker, intuitive psychotherapist, glass artist, and author of the book The Chiron Effect:  Healing Our Core Wounds, which was endorsed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and is the subject of this podcast.  Practicing in New Orleans and Los Angeles, she blends traditional psychotherapy with spiritual practices like Reiki and Psychoastrology to help clients heal core wounds and end self-sabotage.  For more information about Lisa and her many offerings, please see:
Her professional website: https://www.nolatherapy.com/
Her website which includes her glass sculpture art:  https://lisatahir.com/
Her podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DheMsI1MImp8crZSkbvU7
Social media: https://www.instagram.com/nolatherapy; www.linkedin.com/in/lisatahir
This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-349-lisa-tahir-the-chiron-effect-healing-our-core-woundswounded-healer-archetype
Cover art: "Abstraction" Resin Bonded sand red cast glass made by Lisa Tahir.

Jeremy David Engels, PhD, is a Liberal Arts Professor of Communications and Ethics at Pennsylvania State University.  He is an author and longtime teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga.  A former student of Thich Nhat Hahn, he is dedicated to bringing the practice of mindfulness to democracy, and the practice of democracy to mindfulness.  He is an award winning scholar, and has published numerous books and articles about democracy, community building, deliberation and peace including Living Namaste (2026, Inner Traditions--which is the subject of this podcast), On Mindful Democracy (Parallax 2026--the subject of EOTR episode 337); The Ethics of Oneness:  Emerson, Whitman, and the Bhavagad Gita (UChicago 2021); and The Art of Gratitude (SUNY Press 2018)
For more information about Professor Engels, please see his website: https://jeremydavidengels.com or reach out to him directly at jde13@psu.edu IG:  @jeremy_david_engels
This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-348-professor-jeremy-engels-living-namaste-a-practical-guide-to-mindfulness-yoga-and-building-community
Have a blessed weekend and 🙏 Namaste🙏