Becoming Who We Are

Conflict Resolution - with Trace Bell and Tina Olson

Trace Bell joins me for a second time with his partner Tina Olson. We ended up talking a lot about relationships including: steelmanning and boundaries. We talked about the trends we're seeing in the collective and in our own lives. Some of those trends include not getting stuck in the ditches of seeing life as purely positive or negative. Another trend is recognizing the messiness of life and people (including ourselves). You can find Trace on his website here.

Addiction and Relationships - with Hannah Dalby

Hannah joins me to talk about her life, growing up with addiction to substances and then to healing. She explains the difference between addiction to healing and actual healing and growing. We explore how everything is relationships whether that is with other people, God, the world, or ourselves. 
You can find Hannah on her website here.
 

The Alchemy of death - with Brandy Anderson

Join Brandy and me for a Halloween special discussing ghosts, demons, and death. We share how our modern culture pushes the natural cycle of death to the margins and how Halloween can be an invitation to contemplate and prepare ourselves for the inevitability of death. We talk about how to view the afterlife and celebrate the holiday appropriately, and not simplify it in a dualistic good or bad category.

An intro to Spiral Dynamics - with Gavin Abeytratne

Gavin joins me to explain the psychological/sociological model of Spiral Dynamics. We explore how the model can be helpful and ways in which it can be distorted. We connect periods of history and people groups with different stages while acknowledging all the stages are within us and can be activated individually.
You can find Gavin and his integral alchemy course here. 

The experience and lessons from going to Prison - with Edward Ruiz

Fostering, Homosexuality, and Deconstruction - with Juliet Sinklier

My friend joins me to talk about her journey growing up as a Christian with parents who fostered many kids. She discovered that she was homosexual and began deconstructing Christianity. She now identifies as bi and has found a much more curious, expansive, exploratory phase of discovery in her belief journey.

How do we know truth? An exploration of Epistemology - with Taylor Bonner

My long-time friend Taylor joins me to talk about how we form beliefs have some confidence about their accuracy. We explore truth formation through the lens of the Bible and Christianity before broadening our scope through the conversation of philosophy as a whole. I bring in my perspective through the lens of the Mystics, Buddhism and Hinduism.
 
You can find Taylor on Instagram here.

How Consciousness forms into physical reality & the human system - with Elizabeth Halligan

Consciousness researcher Elizabeth Halligan joins me to discuss her upbringing in a cult (7th Day Adventist) and how that led her to question our understanding of reality. We talk about the importance of language in our understanding and experience of life and how we cannot escape subjectivism. We discuss neuroscience, epigenetics, and quantum physics to explain how consciousness has evolved within man and also the universe from a planetary perspective. We discuss what time actually is and our vision of the future.
 
You can find Elizabeth on:
Threads
Support for Neurodivergent seekers
Academic Article

Yoga for therapy - with Amanda Baker

Amanda, a mental health therapist and certified yoga teacher joins me to talk about her therapeutic work and how she learned to integrate yoga within it. We talk about fast paced American culture, burnout, and the importance of slowing down.  We discuss the realization and shift in therapy towards the somatic element. Amanda ends by guiding the audience in an therapeutic yogic experience.
 
You can find Amanda on her website here. 
 

Dissociation, belonging, and Inner Child Work - with Lauren May

My friend and Astrologer Lauren joins me again to have a conversation about what's been going on in our lives. We talk about embodying knowledge to become wisdom, leaning into our teaching and using our voices more, and learning to accept rejection. We discuss our natural inclination to dissociate and my recent focus on belonging. 
 
You can find Lauren on her Instagram here.