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A Woman’s Spiritual Awakening Through Loss

What hap­pens when the life you’ve metic­u­lous­ly built sud­den­ly feels like it belongs to some­one else? This is the ques­tion at the heart of our pro­found con­ver­sa­tion with Kel­ly Spar­ta In this pow­er­ful episode of The Urban Grief Shamans, John sits down with trans­for­ma­tion­al shaman and spir­i­tu­al teacher Kelle Spar­ta to explore the deep, often…

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A Canine Companion, A Spiritual Light

In this episode, I sit with a remark­able guest who shares her trans­for­ma­tive jour­ney through trau­ma, heal­ing, and spir­i­tu­al awak­en­ing. Dis­cov­er how the love of her beloved dog, Gus, became a guid­ing light on her shaman­ic path, offer­ing solace and inspi­ra­tion even beyond his pass­ing. We explore how nature and spir­i­tu­al con­nec­tions can sup­port deep…

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Gifts from the Herd

Ded­i­ca­tion:This episode is ded­i­cat­ed to all mil­i­tary mem­bers, vet­er­ans, first respon­ders, emer­gency room physi­cians, nurs­es, and hos­pi­tal secu­ri­ty teams. Your courage, resilience, and ser­vice are deeply hon­ored. In this heart­felt episode, Car­men Theobald shares her trans­for­ma­tive jour­ney from sur­viv­ing trau­ma to embrac­ing post-trau­­mat­ic growth through her work with hors­es. She recounts her life-chang­ing expe­ri­ence dur­ing…

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Rediscovering Self Through Earth and Spirit

Bet­ti shares her jour­ney of reclaim­ing lost parts of her­self, over­com­ing deep despair, and dis­cov­er­ing the trans­for­ma­tive pow­er of shaman­ic heal­ing and com­mu­ni­ty rit­u­als.

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Grief, Healing, and the Spirit Realm: A Shamanic Perspective

Have you ever won­dered what lies beyond the gold­en por­tal of light often described in near-death expe­ri­ences? Our guest offers an inti­mate account of their own near-death expe­ri­ence, which dras­ti­cal­ly altered their views on mor­tal­i­ty and the con­tin­u­um of con­scious­ness.

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Navigating Trauma: Journey from EMT to Chaplain

What hap­pens when a life marked by epilep­sy and emer­gency med­ical work col­lides with a spir­i­tu­al call­ing? This week, we wel­come Chris Wasko, a com­pas­sion­ate hos­pi­tal chap­lain and for­mer EMT para­medic, to share her remark­able jour­ney of heal­ing and spir­i­tu­al­i­ty.

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Healing Narcissistic Wounds: Exploring Recovery

Explore the com­plex­i­ties of Nar­cis­sis­tic Per­son­al­i­ty Dis­or­der (NPD) with Alex Solomon, who reveals that NPD is bet­ter under­stood as a trau­ma dis­or­der orig­i­nat­ing from adverse child­hood expe­ri­ences. Clin­i­cal­ly diag­nosed by nine symp­toms, social media often con­fus­es NPD with self-cen­tered­ness.

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Create a Spiritual Journey Beyond Traditional Beliefs

This episode is not just a nar­ra­tive of per­son­al redemp­tion but also a bea­con of hope for any­one seek­ing to over­come their own life’s chal­lenges through spir­i­tu­al­i­ty.

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Discover the Sacred in Your City: Insights from a Manhattan Shaman

In this enlight­en­ing episode, a native New York­er and urban shaman, shares his deeply per­son­al jour­ney into shaman­ism sparked by a sig­nif­i­cant loss in 1996. He recounts how a spir­i­tu­al work­shop helped him redis­cov­er laugh­ter and joy amidst grief, lead­ing him to explore shaman­is­m’s rich prac­tices. Tony describes the serendip­i­ty of his spir­i­tu­al awak­en­ing through…

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Melding Minds and Mysteries: Discover the Benefits of Integrating Psychology with Shamanic Healing

Merg­ing Minds and Spir­its An insight­ful dia­logue between host, John Moir and his guest, Diane Puch­bauer dis­cussing the inte­gra­tion of psy­chol­o­gy, shaman­ism, and the pro­found impact of hors­es on heal­ing and per­son­al growth. Diane shares her jour­ney from a trou­bled rela­tion­ship with hors­es in her youth to embrac­ing shaman­ism and ener­gy psy­chol­o­gy, reveal­ing how these…

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