In this expansive episode of Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram engages poet, novelist, dancer, world traveler, and meaning seeker Alyssa in a quintessential poetry podcast conversation exploring her creative journey, literary expression, and her devotion to helping humans rediscover their wild potential. After releasing her #1 bestselling poetry compilation CHOSEN in 2016, Alyssa embarked on a global meaning‑seeking mission at age twenty‑one, catalyzed by a profound encounter with death’s breath.

Through her sociocultural anthropology training at UCSD and years of traveling through cultures worldwide, Alyssa unearthed deeper truths about the human experience—learning to alchemize tragedy into adventure, disconnection into reconnection, and longing into purpose. A lover of novelty a ...