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Living Open is a podcast for mystics and seekers hosted by Philly-based writer and facilitator Eryn Johnson. Explore paths back to the self with this podcast, intended to be support on your unique healing journey.
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The official podcast of the AEMV - Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians. We are an association of veterinary professionals dedicated to advancing the care of ferrets, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, rats, mice, chinchillas, hedgehogs, and other exotic companion mammals. The goal of this podcast to be a source of exotic mammal continuing education for veterinary practitioners, including technologists and veterinary students. This will include everything from article summaries from the J ...
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05 - Pot-Bellied Pig Basics with Dr. Abby Needleman
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Dr. Abby Needleman, DVM tells us all about starting out in practice with one of the least furry of the exotic mammals - the Pot-Bellied Pig. We cover such topics as: what is a Pot-Bellied Pig, anyways? how difficult are these pigs to see in practice? what are their basic veterinary needs, and how do we get this done in the clinic?…
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04 - Ferrets and Their Blood Glucose with Dr. Cathy Johnson-Delaney
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Dr. Cathy Johnson-Delaney, DVM, primary author and editor of "Ferret Medicine and Surgery", assistant editor of the Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, AEMV Chair for the Welfare Committee, and "Mother of Ferrets" talks to us about ferret hypo- and hyper-glycemia. She answers such burning questions as: what is the cut off for hypoglycemia in a ferret? …
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03 - Rabbit Basics in the ER with Dr. Jennifer Graham
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Dr. Jennifer Graham, DABVP (Avian / Exotic Companion Mammal), DACZM, co-author of textbook, "Exotic Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine" answers many questions about starting to see rabbits in the ER, including: do you need specialized equipment? why do we care how much rabbits poop? what are some important blood work and x-ray findings too…
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02 - Hedgehog pain management, sedation and anesthesia with Dr. Grayson Doss
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Dr. Grayson Doss, DVM, DACZM takes us through his hedgehog research and answers such burning questions as: How challenging is it to do research on hedgehogs? How often should you be giving buprenorphine? Does injectable sedation work in them? Should you be intubating every anesthetized hedgehog? And, most importantly? Is there a Hedgehog Running Cl…
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01 - Introducing the AEMV with President Dr. Victoria Bender
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In this first episode, we introduce Dr. Victoria Bender, current president of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians (AEMV). We talk about her career path, the goals and future of the AEMV, and of course, a kangaroo patient.By Eryn Hanak
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Ep. #287: Leaving Christianity & Navigating Religious Families as Queer People with Jeanna Kadlec
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Jeanna Kadlec (she/her) is a writer, astrologer, former lingerie boutique owner, and recovering academic. Her writing has appeared in ELLE, NYLON, O the Oprah Magazine, Allure, Catapult, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, and she's the creator of the New York Times-featured newsletter Astrology for Writers. A born and bred Midwesterner, she now lives in B…
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Ep. #286: Whole-Body Healing: Nervous System, Gut Microbiome, Self-Love and More with Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner Victoria Albina
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Victoria Albina (she/her/ella) a Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner, an herbalist, and a nervous system expert. In this episode, Eryn and Victoria discuss: Her journey with health and healing How the stories we tell about ourselves and the world impact our somatic experience of life Vagus nerve and polyvagal theory! Different nervous system sta…
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Ep. #285: Rituals for Creative Writing + Unearthing our Deepest Stories with Laura Ellen Joyce
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Laura (she/they) is a writer, editor, and book coach who works with intuitive and magical writers who want to unearth their own writing stories and create a sustainable writing practice. In this episode, Eryn and Laura talk about: Laura’s journey with creativity, writing, magic, and spirituality Using frameworks and support for our writing (and not…
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Ep. #284: Using the Tarot to Have Conversations with Your Creativity with Chelsey Pippin Mizzi of Pip Cards Tarot
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Chelsey Pippin Mizzi (she/her) is a writer, tarot reader, and the founder of Pip Cards Tarot, a tarot consultancy helping creatives unblock, generate new ideas, and connect to their inner artist through tarot. In this episode, Eryn and Chelsey talk about: Chelsey’s journey with creativity, writing, and tarot Images in the process of writing Using y…
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Ep. #283: Building an Embodied Relationship with Plants with Clinical Energetic Herbalist Gina Badger
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Gina Badger (they/she) is a clinical energetic herbalist. They offer care through their private practice, Long Spell, and collaborative projects such as Wet Coast mutual aid kits. Gina is a queer nonbinary femme of mixed Western European ancestry born in Treaty 6 territory and currently living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish an…
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Ep. #282: Hoodoo with That Hoodoo Lady Sherry Shone
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Sherry Shone (she/her) honors her Black, White, and First Native heritages using hoodoo work. She has two books on the subject and working on her first divination deck. In this episode, Sherry and Eryn talk about: Sherry’s journey with spirituality and hoodoo Doing hoodoo before even understanding what she was doing Intention, faith, and direction …
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Ep. #281: Queer Quilting with Grace Rother
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Grace (they/them) is an artist, a quilt maker, and a writer. Their work falls under the broad canopy of “women’s work” and they are intentionally digging into what it means to look at that work through a queer, non-binary lens. They’re self taught and often work in unconventional methods and reclaimed materials to achieve pieces that represent thei…
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Ep. #280: Queer Conjuring & Tarot for Top Surgery with Jasper Joy
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Jasper Joy (they/he) is a white genderqueer witch, tarot scholar, community chemist, Venusian writer, and elder-babe residing among the rightful homelands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee people, both past and present. In this episode, Eryn and Jasper talk about: Jasper’s journey with healing & tarot Queer conjuring Coming into their own spiritualit…
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Ep. # 279: Slow Creative Magic + You're Still an Artist Even if You're Not Making Anything Right Now with Art Therapist Mina Hiebert
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Mina Hiebert (she/her) is an art therapist who believes in the power of making art with intention, connection, and the spirit of play. She currently works as a counsellor in elementary schools and with adults online through the therapeutic art group “Oracle Lab”. Mina’s main method of creative practice is garment sewing, through which she explores …
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Ep. 278: Number Magic & Growing with Our Spiritual Practices with Rebecca Scolnick
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Rebecca Scolnick (she/her) is an emotional witch, forever seeker, and queer human lady, who uses magic and storytelling to support unlearning work and inspire new meaning-making. In this episode, Rebecca and Eryn talk about: Rebecca’s journey with healing & spirituality Evolving our spiritual practices & why neither of us read tarot for ourselves v…
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Ep. #277: The Lineages We Carry In Our Bodies
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Today I’m reading you the October Joy Notes essay for paid subscribers as a little freebie, called THE LINEAGES WE CARRY IN OUR BODIES: thousands of ghosts, emergent ancestor ritual, and remembering who we are in our grief. Joy Notes is my twice-monthly publication featuring writings on being stretched wide by beauty, grief, and the full spectrum o…
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Ep. #276: Letting Your Body Lead with Christina Carlson
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Christina Carlson (she/they) is an Embodiment and Intuitive Coach, and the Host of the Podcast Bitches, Witches, and Queers. In this episode, Eryn and Christina talk about: Christina’s journey with healing and spirituality coming from evangelical Christianity Following her body’s lead Finding a space of internal safety Being with parts of yourself …
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Ep. #275: Healing with Spirits, with Kaitlyn Graña of Spirit Garden Tarot
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Kaitlyn (they/them) is a queer, non-binary trans* Espiritista, psychic medium, diviner, and occult educator in Los Angeles, California. Kaitlyn specializes in facilitating conscious connections between the mortal and spirit realms, uncovering authentic, ancestrally guided spiritual practices, spiritual healing through mediumship, and exorcism. In t…
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Ep. #274: Plant Magic and Italian Folk Medicine with Lisa Fazio
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Lisa Fazio (she/her) is an Irish/Italian American herbalist, astrologer, writer, mother, grandmother, and educator. In this episode, Lisa and Eryn talk about: Lisa’s journey with plant magic, astrology, and spirituality Secure attachment through plant relationship and physical & somatic anchors with plants Being in service to plants Working with pl…
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Ep. #273: “Chill in theory, activated in reality”: Hot and Unbothered with Yana Tallon-Hicks
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Yana Tallon-Hicks, LMFT, (she/her) is a sex therapist specializing in LGBTQQ+, kinky, and non-monogamous relationships. She is also a consent, sex, and sexuality columnist and educator. Her work centers around the belief that pleasure-positive and consent-based sex education can positively impact our lives and the world. In this episode, Eryn and Y…
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Ep. #272: Ancestral Healing as Liberation and Spirituality as a Form of Reparative Care with The Spiritual Abolitionist Kris Henry
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Kris (they/them) is a radical black queer Jamaican Obeah Enby and Olorisha in the Lukumì tradition. They are the owner of the Spiritual Abolitionist and the creatrix of The Spiritual Abolitionist Oracle Deck, the only handmade, black-centric, ungendered oracle deck in existence (currently available for preorder). They provide spiritual wares, “twer…
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Ep. #271: The Wheel of Consent with Britta Love
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Britta Love (they/she) weaves between the worlds of conscious sexuality and psychedelic ritual, with a through line of social justice and embodied consent. They became an advocate for sex worker’s rights as an undergraduate at the London School of Economics in 2007 and have been a writer and activist pushing for the decriminalization of drugs and s…
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Ep. #270: Living in a State of Emergence with Yvette Lalonde
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Yvette (they/she) is a somatic/movement psychotherapist focused on integrating the neurobiology of trauma into relational movement practices. In this episode, Eryn and Yvette talk about: Yvette’s journey Their spiritual initiations Trying our actual selves on in spaces where we didn’t really know anyone How they went from wanting to be a nun to fin…
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Ep. #269: Restedness, Possibility, and Wholeness with Flory Huang
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Flory Huang (she/they) is a deep feeler, seeker and seer with diverse experiences and skill sets that enable her to establish containers for deep inquiry, relation and being. In this episode, Eryn and Flory talk about: Flory’s journey with spirituality & healing Holding hope, possibility, and change The space between the person you are and the vers…
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Ep. #268: Living in the Paradox of Grief and Praise with Ash Canty
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Ash Canty (they/he) is a Psychic Medium, Death Guide & Spiritual Life Coach. They support others in liberating their souls, deepening relationship with death and connecting folks with their loved ones on the other side. In this episode, Eryn and Ash talk about: Ash’s journey with healing and spirituality Deepening our relationships with death & bei…
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Ep. #267: Queer Spiritual Practice & Reimagining Spirituality with Bex Mui
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Bex Mui, MEd, she/her, is a biracial, first generation, queer, lesbian advocate and equity consultant committed to the work of LGBTQ+ affirmation at the intersections of spirituality and sexual and mental wellness. A queer witch, energy worker, and spiritual organizer, Bex founded House Of Our Queer, a QTBIPOC-centered spiritual playspace where she…
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Ep. #266: Creativity, Imagination, and Divination Witchery with Edgar Fabián Frías
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Edgar Fabián Frías works in installation, photography, video art, sound, sculpture, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, social practice, and community organizing, among other forms. In this episode, Eryn and Edgar talk about: Edgar’s journey with creativity, spirituality, and healing The doorway that “confusing” art opens Existing in states that a…
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Ep. #265: Slow Pleasure and Aliveness with Euphemia Russell
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Euphemia, (they/them) is a somatic and pleasure coach, facilitator, and author. In this episode, Eryn and Euphemia talk about: Moving towards more aliveness The deep why behind somatics with a pleasure focus for Euphemia Ancestors & pleasure Cultivating other choices and ways of being besides the “fast” default Slow pleasure! Exploring your pleasur…
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