Explore the Mini-Series
The Disease of Addiction and Transformation
This miniseries explores addiction from both sides of the threshold—from the progressive loss of freedom and awareness to the possibility of recovery, growth, and transformation. Drawing on personal experience, decades of recovery, and years of caring for people affected by addiction, John examines the disease within individuals, families, and the hospital setting. The journey then moves beyond simply stopping the addiction to a deeper question: What happens when survival becomes transformation?
These episodes explore the gradual development of awareness, responsibility, meaning, and purpose—and the possibility that recovery can become much more than returning to the life we once had.
Tarot Meets the Nordic Runes
The Tarot reveals the landscape of the soul. The Nordic Runes speak with the voice of the ancient North. Together they form a symbolic language that helps us explore change, challenge, and transformation.
These miniseries are conversations rather than lectures. Drawing on my experience in recovery, my years as an ICU nurse, and over three decades of studying Tarot, the I Ching, the Nordic Runes, Taoism, and Jungian psychology, I simply share what I have found to be helpful. I do not claim to be the final authority—only a fellow traveler exploring these timeless symbols and the human journey.
These are not predictions of the future, but invitations to see more clearly the journey that is already unfolding. I hope our conversations encourage you to reflect, question, and discover what these symbols may reveal in your own life.
The Death Series
Have no fear this will not scare you. Death is one of life’s great thresholds. Drawing from personal experience and years of nursing, this series explores what confronting mortality can teach us about courage, meaning, and the way we choose to live. Ultimately, it is less a series about death than about what death can teach us about life.
Spirituality: A Three-Part Series
This three-part series explores one of humanity’s oldest questions: What is the difference between genuine spiritual growth and the many paths that can lead us astray?
The journey begins by asking what spirituality actually is, moving beyond beliefs and religious identity to explore spirituality as a process of personal transformation. The second episode examines Spiritual Bypassing, the tendency to use spiritual ideas to avoid psychological work, emotional healing, or the realities of everyday life.
The series concludes with a personal reflection inspired by the teachings of Father Chad Rippenger, a respected Catholic priest and exorcist. Rather than debating doctrine, this episode contrasts two sincere paths. While acknowledging Father Rippenger’s perspective, I share why my own experience led me toward recovery, symbolic systems, the Tao Te Ching, the I Ching, Tarot, and Jungian psychology as tools for healing and transformation.
Together, these three episodes invite a deeper question:
What kind of spirituality helps us become more fully human?
Throughout the series, the emphasis is not on defending a particular religion or philosophy, but on developing discernment, psychological maturity, and a spirituality grounded in lived experience rather than fear or ideology.
How does a person pursue genuine spiritual growth without becoming lost?
How do we discern a path that is genuinely transformative?
This trilogy steps back and asks, “What is all of this for?”
What kind of spirituality actually helps human beings become more whole?
The Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey is one of humanity’s oldest maps of transformation. Through mythology, psychology, recovery, and personal experience, this series explores the universal path from ordinary life, through challenge and awakening, toward a more authentic and integrated self.
Whether you are facing a major life transition or simply seeking deeper meaning, these episodes invite you to recognize your own journey and walk it with greater awareness.
Hero’s Journey
Sophia: Wisdom and Awakening
Sophia is the ancient symbol of Divine Wisdom—the quiet voice that calls us toward greater consciousness, compassion, and wholeness. Through mythology, psychology, spirituality, and personal experience, this series explores how wisdom emerges not as information, but as a lived relationship with reality.
These episodes invite you to discover the deeper patterns beneath everyday life and to cultivate the kind of awareness that transforms knowledge into understanding.
How Tarot Works
How does a deck of cards become a tool for insight? This series explores Tarot through the lenses of psychology, symbolism, mythology, and consciousness. Rather than focusing on fortune telling, these episodes examine Tarot as a symbolic language that helps us reflect on our lives, recognize emerging patterns, and engage more deeply with the questions that shape our journey. The series concludes by introducing the concept of Symbolic Containers—a framework for understanding how systems such as Tarot, the I Ching, the Tao Te Ching, mythology, and dreams can serve as meaningful containers for personal reflection and transformation.
Finding Direction in Uncertain Times — An I Ching Reflection
This is a basic primer on the I Ching—its history, origins, development, and use. My style in this episode may seem a little clumsy, but so is life. As the Tao Te Ching reminds us, “Great perfection seems imperfect, yet its usefulness is never exhausted.” My hope is that the ideas themselves speak more clearly than my delivery.