Podcast: Grief & Shamanism

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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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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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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Nature’s Embrace in Overcoming Grief and Loss

Grief usu­al­ly treads a soli­tary path but dis­cov­ers a sur­pris­ing ally in nature. We exam­ine the trans­for­ma­tive effect of the Black-Eyed Susan, a flower that reframes our trau­ma and loss nar­ra­tives. We also dis­cuss how plants sup­port emo­tion­al heal­ing and offer solace through our con­nec­tions with them.

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Healing Harmony: Uniting Shamanic Spiritual Healing and Clinical Therapy for Trauma Recovery

Over­com­ing Obsta­cles to Unite Spir­i­tu­al and Psy­cho­log­i­cal Approach­es for Deep Heal­ing Sub­scribe to our Light Through Shad­ows newslet­ter In this episode of our pod­cast, we delve into the trans­for­ma­tive jour­ney of blend­ing shaman­ic spir­i­tu­al heal­ing prac­tices with tra­di­tion­al psy­chother­a­py, an Intro­duc­tion to Shaman­ic Prac­tices and Psy­chother­a­py that reveals the syn­er­gy between ancient wis­dom and mod­ern…

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Celebrating Elder Women’s Wisdom in Our Modern World

When Mora File, a teacher and heal­er with a back­ground in shaman­ic prac­tices, joined us, she shared valu­able insights about the stages of wom­an­hood. She spoke about the tran­si­tion from maid­en to moth­er and then to crone, empha­siz­ing the crone’s role in embody­ing wis­dom and life’s cycles. Mora high­light­ed the impor­tance of rec­og­niz­ing and cel­e­brat­ing…

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