Michael Cepress is a multidisciplinary artist celebrated for his dynamic creativity—he is a musician, a storyteller and poet, a craftsman, a designer, and a cultural curator. In addition to his musical talents he has excelled in textile arts and fashion design, with exhibitions of his work showcased internationally. Michael recognizes the boundless potential for good that arises when artistic expression serves and uplifts the greater good, weaving together the varied forms of art into purposeful community action.

Interview Date: 9/11/2025 Tags: Michael Cepress, arranging space for creating art, inspiration is fleeting, earning a living as an artist, costuming, tailor, dressing a symphony orchestra, conservative fashion, flamboyant fashion

Françoise Bourzat is a consciousness guide and counselor. She has a master’s degree in Somatic Psychology and is a Certified Hakomi Practitioner. After traveling the world, she became an apprentice to an indigenous Mazatec woman leading healing ceremonies with sacred mushrooms in the high mountains of Southern Mexico. Drawing from years of her close apprenticeship with this Mazatec curandera, as well as her training in other indigenous traditions, Bourzat has developed a comprehensive approach that bridges Western and indigenous modalities. She trains therapists and facilitators and teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She also lectures internationally. She is the co-author with Kristina Hunter of Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth. (North Atlantic Books 2019)

Interview Date: 7/6/2019 Tags: MP3, Françoise Bourzat, psychedelic mushroom ceremonies, psychedelics, entheogens, hallucinogens, vision quest, sweat lodge, transdance, altered states, psychoanalytic model, somatic work, Hokami, visualization, imagination, 5-rhythm class, Indigenous wisdom, Shamanism, Health & Healing, Psychology, Personal Transformation

Diana "Di" Percy is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Organisation Development Australia, a director of Vogel Percy and past chair of the Dharma School, with experience in psychology, Gestalt Therapy, business, leadership education and governance. She has served as a corporate advisor working with Boards of Directors and CEOs. She is also a poet, leads pilgrimages to oceans and forests and participates in a project she calls, “The New Elders” which centers on the positive development of elders and changing a negative community mindset. She resides in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of: Becoming an Elder: Practicing the Wisdom Arts.

Interview Date: 8/3/2019 Tags: MP3, Diana Percy, Di Percy, elderhood, reevaluating meaning and purpose, perfect your love, Jack Kornfield, courage, hope, Personal Transformation