SHOW / EPISODE

How to Become the Medicine in a Disconnected World | Angell Deer

59m | Sep 10, 2026

How do we know when the life we’ve made is not who we are becoming? What is it that helps us to find our way back into a deeper relationship with ourselves and the living world?

Welcome to episode 49 of the Transformative Harmonics Podcast with your host, Paula Scatoloni. In this episode, Angell Deer joins Paula to talk about initiation, those moments where you can’t hold on to an old identity and the challenge of stepping into the unknown. Angell talks about why he walked away from a successful career following a powerful epiphany, his time in Kolkata with Mother Teresa and the teachers, cultures, and experiences that changed his views on transformation, service, and relationship.

Angell Deer is a mystic, medicine man, animist teacher, ordained minister, beekeeper, international speaker, and sacred disruptor. He is the founder of Sacred Paths and the New York Bee Sanctuary, and a devoted steward of rewilding projects across the U.S. and Europe.

He is the author of Becoming the Medicine (Balboa Press / Hay House, Nov 2025) and The Sacred Web: The Magical Craft of Your Sacred Shamanic Space (self-published in 2023). With over two decades of spiritual and ecological work, Angell’s life is dedicated to remembering and transmitting ancient wisdom. He walks the path of Andean Cosmology and Norse Shamanism, learning from elders, communing with the land, and listening for the old songs that still live in the trees, the bones, and the breath.

Podcast Highlights

00:00 - Intro

00:32 - Angell Deer’s Story

03:07 - Life’s Initiations And Turning Points

06:06 - From CEO To Collapse

09:46 - Waking Up From A False Life

10:54 - Leaving Everything For India

14:38 - The Path Of No Return

15:05 - Why We Resist Transformation

16:56 - Healing Through Service

20:15 - Spiritual Practice And Discernment

23:30 - Finding A New Map For Life