I have just signed to join Toastmasters and when I asked myself what to talk about in the icebreaker, the very first speech one does in front of the club, the words that came were "Six degrees of separation".

The concept of six degrees of separation was originally conceived by a Hungarian author called Frigyes Karinthy, although he did not use these words precisely. And the idea is that people are six or fewer connections from each other. But the way I was supposed to use this expression was different. I was supposed to use it to talk about the fact that through life, we separate from our true selves and the idea was that I chose six events that brought me back to my true self.

In this episode, I share with you those six degrees. I have given them titles and they are little stories in themselves.

1. Degree 1 is called Rue de Rennes, and is about how I escaped a bombing in Paris in September 1986
2. Degree 2 is called Mike and Wendy Noah and is about how I communicated with these people in my dreams
3. Degree 3 is called San Francisco and is about how I found out mosaics was going to be the medium I would use in my art
4. Degree 4 is called Angel dust and is about a psychic reading where the medium told me I had angel dust coming out of my hands
5. Degree 5 is called Sugar in the Tank and is about the first time I had the courage to share angelic guidance with a friend
6. Degree 6 is about my first public speaking experience

These six steps or experiences allowed me to reclaim a part of me that I had lost and took me from being a lawyer (in 1986 I was still a student) to who I am today. I call myself a spiritual lawyer, but really I am a modern mystic.

These six steps are an excerpt my memoir called Spiritual Lawyer which is coming out in 2025. So if you would like to be informed when it is available for sale, sign up for my author newsletter with this link.