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Sleep Paralysis News Podcast

Exploring the threshold between sleep, consciousness, and the unknown.

Reframing sleep paralysis as Threshold Contact Experience (TCE)

About the Podcast

The Sleep Paralysis News podcast brings together experiencers, researchers, and consciousness explorers to examine what happens in the liminal space between waking and sleeping. Hosted by Dr Sheila Pryce Brooks, the series offers grounded insight, lived experience, and emerging perspectives on sleep paralysis and Threshold Contact Experiences (TCEs). Each episode explores themes such as non-human intelligences, lucid dreaming, anomalous states, fear transformation, and the broader landscape of spiritual awakening. Whether you’re experiencing these phenomena yourself or studying them from a scientific or spiritual angle, this podcast opens a thoughtful, compassionate space for enquiry.

What This Podcast Explores

Episodes explore:

• sleep paralysis experiences and recurring patterns
• presence encounters and perceived interaction
• dream contact and altered states
• research, theory, and emerging interpretations
• the Threshold Contact Experience (TCE) framework in practice

Featured Episodes

Start with one of the featured conversations below

Is Reality Even Real? Cynthia Sue Larson on Contact, Consciousness & Sleep Paralysis

Sleep Paralysis, Shamanism, and Threshold Contact — A Conversation with Rachel White

Nightly Visits to Other Worlds: The Unexpected Side of Sleep Paralysis

All Episodes

Explore the Ideas Further

Many of the themes explored in the podcast are developed further through written reflections and deeper analysis. You can explore these ideas in more depth on Substack.

Want to go further?

Explore guidance sessions, the Threshold Support Bundle, or mentorship options.