Best Be Wrenn Podcasts (2024)

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#93 How working with your Shadow helps you step into your Star Power w/ Analisa 28:20

7d ago28:20

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🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: How to engage with the parts of ourselves we avoid or dislike An example of Analisa’s shadow she’s currently i…

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#50 - Climbing up from Rock Bottom on Shrooms with Dan Borowski 1:02:11

12d ago1:02:11

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Send us a Text Message. Hello and welcome back to a great new episode with Dan Borowski. After hitting a deep emotional low Daniel embarked on a journey of healing that led him to discover magic mushrooms. In his book, “SHROOMED: My Healing Journey with Psilocybin”, he shares his personal story of how these psychedelic fungi helped him overcome dep…

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#92 3 Keys to Living Your Big, Rich Life 23:25

21d ago23:25

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🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. In this short, yet powerful episode Analisa uses both her own life as well as client’s journeys to share 3 major keys to aiding yo…

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113: Barry Taylor: Music, Mysticism, and Modernity 1:57:41

25d ago1:57:41

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Interview begins @ 3:11In this episode, I sit down with Barry Taylor to explore the intersections of rock 'n' roll, counterculture, and spirituality. Barry shares his early experiences in the vibrant world of music and discusses how these experiences opened up a new language for understanding the invisible aspects of our world.Highlights of this ep…

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#49 - Going Gracefully into the Good Night with Death Doula Mary Tilliano 57:51

1M ago57:51

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Send us a Text Message. Hello and welcome back to an incredibly relevant interview with Mary Telliano. Mary is an innovative end-of-life coach, grief counselor, and Death Doula with over a decade of experience. Through her transformative work at the Anam Cara Academy, she is reshaping how we approach end-of-life care. Mary is exploring new areas of…

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#91 How to Let Go of Old Dreams + Embrace New Ones w/ Analisa 38:58

1M ago38:58

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🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: Depression + A Dark Night of the Soul Making space to listen to Inner Wisdom How to build trust with yourself …

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#48 - Eight Year Alternate Reality in Forty Five Seconds on Salvia with Steve Cantwell 58:03

1M ago58:03

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Send us a Text Message. Hello and welcome back to a wild and fascinating episode with the awesome Steve Cantwell. Steve grew up Morman in Utah before mistaking salvia for synthetic cannabis during his first drug experience and took a trip of a lifetime… literally. Steve spent 8 years in an alternate reality, indistinguishable from our base reality …

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#90 When You Question Your Purpose w/ Asil Toksal 57:19

2M ago57:19

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🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: Leaving a highly successful career for deeper meaning The Power of Vulnerability The Dark Night of the Soul Ho…

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#47 - Diving into the Multifaceted Plant Medicine that is Salvia Divinorum with Christopher Solomon 1:05:17

2M ago1:05:17

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Send us a Text Message. Hello everyone and welcome back for another great episode with the magnificent Christopher Solomon. Christopher has been cultivating a relationship with Salvia Divinorum for over a decade after a profound healing experience. Drawing from personal experience and studying somatic psychotherapy, Christopher has pioneered techni…

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#89 Navigating the Sister Wound: Triggers, Jealousy, and Conscious Conversations w/ Maria Failla 1:07:23

2M ago1:07:23

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🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: Dreams + Goals changing Sister wound exploration People pleasing + feeling like others don’t like you Imprompt…

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#46 - Overcoming Childhood Sexual Trauma with Denise Rue, LCSW 1:07:54

2M ago1:07:54

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Send us a Text Message. Hello and welcome back to another great episode with the amazing and insightful Denise Rue. Denise is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Hypnotherapist. For over three years, Denise worked as a retreat leader and lead therapist at a legal psilocybin retreat center in Jamaica overseeing approximately 1,500 psilocy…

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#88 Analisa’s Soulful Ambition: From Stage to Soulful Coaching 44:54

3M ago44:54

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🚀 Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming 🚀 Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE Episode Highlights: The Business Side of Analisa’s Work Changing career paths Investing in support Trusting yourself Listening to …

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112: Pete Holmes and Barry Taylor – The Art of Transgression: Comedy, Rock, and Spirituality 1:22:32

3M ago1:22:32

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Interview begins @ 6:04In this episode, comedian Pete Holmes meets theologian and former AC/DC road manager, Barry Taylor, for the first time, despite Pete having referenced a profound quote from Barry in his work for nearly a decade. The conversation kicks off with Pete diving into Barry's storied history with rock & roll, setting the stage for a …

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111: Ellen Petry Leanse – The Brain and Beyond 1:44:14

3M ago1:44:14

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111: Ellen Petry Leanse – The Brain and Beyond by John PriceBy John Price

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#45 - From Rocket Scientist to Magic Mushroom Retreat Founder with Gabe Charalambides 1:01:16

3M ago1:01:16

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Send us a Text Message. Hello and welcome back to another great interview with the awesome Gabe Charalambides. Gabe is a Stanford educated aerospace engineer who after exploring his mental health through Buddhism and psychedelics founded an Oregon based psilocybin retreat called Odyssey LLC. Odyssey was created in 2022 and is expanding locations in…

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#87 Taking Action Toward Your Audacious Dreams w/ Brian Patacca 56:20

3M ago56:20

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🚀Apply to join the next Soulful Ambition Circle - a 6 month group journey led by Analisa Leaming. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: What is "Soulful Ambition" Learning to Listen to that Still Small Voice Within Knowing Your Resistance The Pow…

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110: Greg Wrenn – Mothership: A Journey of Identity, Ecology, & Ayahuasca 1:49:36

3M ago1:49:36

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Interview begins @ 5:18In this episode, we dive into the compelling journey of Greg Wrenn, author of the ayahuasca eco-memoir Mothership. Greg begins by sharing a poignant excerpt from his book that ties back to an early memory of his mother, illustrating the profound impact of growing up with an emotionally dysregulated parent. His memoir not only…

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#44 - Magick, Psychedelics and the occult. Exploing the esoteric with Julian Vayne 1:05:09

4M ago1:05:09

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Send us a Text Message. Julian Vayne is a British independent scholar and author with over four decades of experience within esoteric culture: from Druidry to Chaos Magic, from indigenous Shamanism through to Freemasonry and Witchcraft. Julian is a co-organizer of the psychedelic conference Breaking Convention, and a Trustee of The Psychedelic Muse…

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#86 Moving from Auto-Pilot to Main Character Energy w/ Leona Waller 34:19

4M ago34:19

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🚀Sign up for the IN PERSON 4 Hour Workshop HERE. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: The power of Sisterhood Online dating as a catalyst for shadow work Giving your most cringe-y bits a moment to express Our default mode vs Our Main Character E…

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109: Ross Ellenhorn – The Art of Drawing a Life, Play, and the Gift of Being a Human 1:48:16

4M ago1:48:16

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Interview begins @ 5:03In this episode of The Sacred Speaks, we explore the pioneering work of Dr. Ross Ellenhorn, a visionary dedicated to reshaping mental health care. Dr. Ellenhorn introduces us to his unique "hospital without walls," a concept that challenges traditional mental health treatments and seeks to destigmatize the way we approach psy…

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#85 Healing Through Nature and Psychedelics w/ Greg Wrenn 55:09

4M ago55:09

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🚀Sign up for the In-Person Workshop with Analisa, “Unlocking the Power of Desire,” May 1st!! 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE Episode Highlights: Analisa’s Post Partum Depression The prevalence of trauma and PTSD and the available healing methods Meaning of, “Th…

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#84 When Your Desires Feel Dangerous 22:36

4M ago22:36

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🚀Sign up for the In-Person Workshop with Analisa, “Unlocking the Power of Desire,” on May 1st!! 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: Noticing in the body if it feels safe to dream big Building a healthy relationship with your desires How to cult…

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#43 - Mother Ayahuasca and childhood trauma with Greg Wrenn 1:02:40

4M ago1:02:40

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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone, welcome back to another great episode with our latest magnificent guest Greg Wrenn, who is a former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University. Greg wrote "Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis", to share the long journey of his abusive childhood, lost adolescence and subsequent ayahuasca expe…

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108: Anne Lamott & Neal Allen – Love and Taming the Inner Critic 2:00:34

4M ago2:00:34

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Interview begins @ 5:58Annie Lamott and Neal Allen invite us into the heart of their relationship, where creativity, curiosity, and vulnerability intertwine. Annie introduces Neal's latest book, "Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic," while Neal shares insights into Annie's newest work, "Somehow: Thoughts on Love." As we delve into their dynamic, we…

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#83 The importance of emotional expression in pursuit of our deepest desires w/ Madelyn Moon 56:31

4M ago56:31

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🚀Sign up for the In-Person Workshop with Analisa “Unlocking the Power of Desire” May 1st!! Early bird ends 4/15 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: Embracing messy emotional expression Ritualizing the embodiment of emotions The power that unfel…

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#82 How + Why to do Shadow Work with Leona Waller 38:02

4M ago38:02

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🚀Learn more about working with Analisa HERE. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: From Atheism to all things subconscious, energetic + mysterious The beauty of embracing grief, rage, and pain Unshaming ourselves Practical embodiment practices to…

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#42 - Battling PTSD with ret. Navy SEAL Michael "Punky" Higgs 1:02:41

5M ago1:02:41

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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone and welcome back to another great episode with the badass Michael “Punky” Higgs. Punky is a former Navy SEAL who retired with the rank of Command Master Chief and spent 30 years in Special Operations. Michael was inadvertently exposed to psychedelic medicines while supporting a teammate with PTSD, which led to h…

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#81 Embrace Your Shadows + Claim Your Light w/ Xavier Dagba 1:16:58

5M ago1:16:58

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🚀Learn more about working with Analisa HERE. 🚀Get Analisa's signature practices to unleash your star power + take aligned action towards your soulful ambitions: HERE. Episode Highlights: From a PhD to washing dishes Integrative Thinking rather than positive thinking Shadow work: repression to expression The bridge between our human selves and our D…

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A Balancing Act meets Soulful Ambition: The Trailer 1:49

5M ago1:49

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Welcome to Soulful Ambition, formerly known as A Balancing Act, Analisa's latest iteration of her work in the world. Soulful Ambition explores what it means to live inside out and go after our deepest longings. Soulful Ambition might sound contradictory at first… Because we’ve let society define ambition as striving for individual success, monetary…

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#41 - Working with Warriors - Approaches to integrative healing with specialist Kathryn LaRoe-Higgs, LCSW 1:01:47

5M ago1:01:47

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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone and welcome back to another great episode with the awesome Kathryn LaRoe-Higgs. Kathryn is a licenced social worker, certified trauma professional II, MH integrative medicine provider, psychedelics prep/integration specialist and facilitator. With over a decade of experience working with special forces veterans …

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107: Dimitri Mugainis - A Journey Beyond Addiction: Healing, Psychedelics, and Harm Reduction 1:17:14

5M ago1:17:14

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Interview begins @ 4:06In this episode Dimitri Mugianis shares his captivating journey from a tumultuous early life marked by drug use as a means to alleviate pain and delve into alternate states of consciousness, to a life-transforming encounter with iboga. This African sacrament catalyzed his confrontation with trauma, miraculously eradicating hi…

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#40 - Exploring Endogenous DMT with John Chavez 58:04

6M ago58:04

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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone and welcome back to another fantastic episode. We are really excited about our next guest, the fantastic John Chavez who is the founder of the nonprofit, DMT quest. After an endogenous DMT experience left him perplexed he decided to find his own answers and dove headfirst into the endogenous DMT scientific world…

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#80 Final Episode of A Balancing Act + Announcing what is coming! 30:15

6M ago30:15

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Performers get your free Between Gig Guide here for powerful tools and practices to support you in staying aligned and to unleash your star power! Visit www.analisaleaming.com to coach with Analisa, receive updates about the podcast, and future events! Episode Highlights: ✨ Analisa shares why she's ending her journey with ABA + where she's heading!…

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#79 When You're Between Gigs w/ Analisa Leaming 33:46

6M ago33:46

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🚀 Get your free Between Gig Guide Here 💛 Learn more about working with Analisa Leaming here. Episode Highlights: ✨ An update on A Balancing Act podcast + where it's heading ✨ Embracing the in-between ✨ Tangible ideas and practices to keep the flame alive ✨ Connecting daily with your Soul ✨ Using your creative gifts to be in your Star Power In this …

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#78 A Nature-based Approach to the Creative Process w/ Joshua Townshend 1:03:09

6M ago1:03:09

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Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Aligning with the seasons to enhance the creative process Identifying your primary element (earth, air, water, or fire) to provide insights into your creative process The importance of playing the long game as a Creative Being The Ultim…

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#77 Audition Holding Room Energy 23:24

6M ago23:24

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Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. In this short + sweet solo episode Analisa explores two ways of managing energy while you await your audition. It's easy to be swept up and deeply affected by frenetic energy and most performers are sensitives/empaths. These kinds of practices are imperati…

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#39 - Seeking spirituality and enlightenment with guest Sundari 1:06:28

7M ago1:06:28

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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone, welcome back to another great episode with our next guest Marci Lock, also known as Sun Dari. Marci is a transformative life coach, drawing off personal life experiences and plant medicine to evoke positive embodiment of authentic self in her clients. Marci uses her personal life philosophy and spiritual retrea…

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#76 Patrick O'Neill: Gems for the Auditioning Actor 46:19

7M ago46:19

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Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Patrick's story: dressing actors on Broadway while also auditioning!!! Patrick's hot-take on audition season What makes an actor stand out in the audition room Goal setting Detaching from audacious dreams The power of creating on your own…

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106: Lisa Marchiano - The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Feminine Energies 1:03:31

7M ago1:03:31

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Interview begins @ 4:08In episode 106 of "The Sacred Speaks" podcast, John and guest Lisa Marchiano dive into the complex realms of anger, manipulation, rage, and their inherent values for the feminine in our conversation as we discuss her book, The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Feminine Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire. Our conversation sta…

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#75 Exploring the Fear of Humiliation 25:48

7M ago25:48

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Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming HERE. Inside this episode: Analisa's way of activating her Indestructible Core How to practice not taking things personally How the fear of humiliation points to an addiction to pride The antidote to…

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#74 Eleri Ward: Unleash your potential w/ healthy delusions, unapologetic self-validation, & an indestructible core 1:01:15

7M ago1:01:15

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Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Learn more about 1:1 Soulful Coaching w/ Analisa Leaming HERE. In this episode with Eleri Ward: ✨ Eleri's journey from musical theatre showcase to critically acclaimed recording artist + finding HER voice ✨ Having "Healthy Delusion" in the entertainment + …

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#38 - Discussions in Facilitation with Danny Bluefoot 1:06:44

7M ago1:06:44

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Send us a Text Message. Hey everyone and welcome back to a great episode with the incredibly cool Danny Such. Dan has been an avid psilocybin user for a decade, a professional psychedelic guide in legal settings for 6 years and has facilitated 2500 plus individual journeys. His interest in mushrooms was sparked from a hobby in foraging, and it led …

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#73 Analisa Leaming's Journey to Broadway 53:49

7M ago53:49

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Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Analisa has been podcasting since 2016 and this is the first time she's shared her own unique path to Broadway and beyond. She shares her early influences, experiences in college, auditions, and survival jobs in New York City. Analisa discusses the heartbrea…

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#72 Wendy Braun: Creative Breakthrough in 2024 1:03:22

8M ago1:03:22

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Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa and A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: All the tangible practices + tools for managing your hopes and dreams in the biz and beyond Vulnerable stories + shares from Broadway and Hollywood Establishing a practice to manage challenges + setbacks without letting it derail or def…

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#37 - New Year, New Frontiers! Exploring the DMT space with DMTx program pioneer Kevin Thorban 1:11:51

8M ago1:11:51

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Send us a Text Message. Hello and Happy New Year everyone! We are really excited to release the next episode with Kevin Thorbahn. Kevin is one of the initial volunteers to explore the DMT space in the extended-state intravenous N,N-DMT program run by DMTx. The DMT program was initiated in February 2016 by Daniel McQueen, co-founder of Medicinal Min…

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#71 Jack Plotnick: Finding Freedom On Stage and in Life 1:02:13

8M ago1:02:13

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Reserve your Seat: Harvest Wisdom/Plant Dreams: A Soulful Approach to Year-End Reflections and Intention on Dec 29th Embrace the spirit of self-discovery and artistic growth as we bid farewell to the year and set our sights on new beginnings. Join as we revisit a cherished discussion with Jack Plotnick, whose wisdom on overcoming mental barriers in…

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#70 Finding Your “Way” and Your “Why” 27:22

8M ago27:22

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New Year Workshop: Harvesting Dreams/Planting Wisdom Dec. 29th Reserve your spot here. Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: The power of rituals in seasons of transition A journal prompt: “If I were heading back to New York City, what would I do?” Dissecting the “Old Way” of…

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105: Becca Tarnas – The Imagination and The Red Books of Tolkien & Jung 1:40:06

8M ago1:40:06

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105: Becca Tarnas – The Imagination and The Red Books of Tolkien & Jung by John PriceBy John Price

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#36 - It's Another Christmas Episode! with guest Andy Schuelein 1:00:35

8M ago1:00:35

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Send us a Text Message. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all. Today’s fantastic guest is author, documentary film maker, and creator of Blue Honey Media…. Andy Schuelein. Andy has spent the last 30 years immersed in the psychedelic movement and has created a multimedia anthology of intriguing psychedelic history. Listen as we discuss the symbo…

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#69 Sierra Boggess: Dealing with disappointment, deep desires, and finding your purpose 1:17:17

8M ago1:17:17

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New Year Workshop: Harvesting Dreams/Planting Wisdom Dec. 29th Reserve your spot here. Get your free audition meditation and stay in the loop with Analisa + A Balancing Act HERE. Episode Highlights: Finding the gifts in disappointment Learning that “you are not what you do” Broadway stories from Rebecca, The Little Mermaid, Phantom, & Hello, Dolly!…

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