Best Laura Mae Northrup Podcasts (2024)

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Radical Healership: An Interview with Laura Mae Northrup 52:57

2y ago52:57

52:57

Join Sascha Altman DuBrul and Jacks McNamara for a wide-ranging conversation with therapist and author Laura Mae Northrup on her new book Radical Healership. Topics we cover include: -The path and calling of being a healer, and the complexities of using the term “healer” -The nuances of boundaries inside healing work -Desire and living our values -…

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Survivors as Healers: An Interview with Will Hall and Jacks McNamara 1:02:25

2+ y ago1:02:25

1:02:25

Can survivors be therapists – and even be better at it? Jacks McNamara – poet, trauma healing coach, and co-founder of The Icarus Project – joins Will Hall - advocate, counselor and founder of Madness Radio - to discuss the calling to become a therapist/counselor/coach inspired by their own struggles and survivor mutual aid. Topics discussed includ…

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Mad Liberation: An Interview with Vesper Moore 45:56

3y ago45:56

45:56

Join us for a wide-ranging conversation with Vesper Moore. Topics we cover include: Getting involved with the Mad Liberation Movement How disability, ableism, and saneism intersect with “mental illness” Survivor led mutual aid spaces Decolonizing the gender binary De-pathologizing the experiences that get diagnosed and labeled under the western men…

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Somatic Witch: An Interview with Andrea Glik 42:35

3y ago42:35

42:35

Join us for a wide-ranging conversation with somatic trauma therapist and educator Andrea Glik. Topics we cover include: Trauma and the polyvagal theory Being a sex-positive therapist Working with internalized oppressions as a form of cognitive distortion caused by trauma Digital minimalism Finding accessible and politicized language around trauma …

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Psychedelics, Madness, & Awakening Conference: An Interview with Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher 43:11

3y ago43:11

43:11

Join us for a conversation with Tehseen Noorani and Erica Hua Fletcher where we discuss the origins and highlights of the Psychedelics, Madness, and Awakening Conference, as well as each interviewee’s personal research and links to these subjects. Topics we cover include: Why madness is excluded from psychedelic therapy and left outside the emergin…

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Embodying the Unbroken: An Interview with T. Aisha Edwards 52:51

3y ago52:51

52:51

Join us for a conversation with T. Aisha Edwards where we discuss recovering from complex trauma, somatics for liberation, Radical Rest, and so much more. Topics we cover include: Unburdening the impacts of socialized oppressions for POCs and Queer/Trans folks Using healing justice to support folks on the front lines of racial justice uprisings The…

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Radiance and Burnout: Mini-Episode with Jacks McNamara 7:46

3+ y ago7:46

7:46

Today Jacks shares a mini-episode update on how they’re handling pandemic fatigue and parenting burnout, grieving the loss of things like getting fancy before a live audience, hoping we all get to feel more radiantly alive sometime soon, and why they’re taking a little break from releasing podcast episodes. Links to relevant resources: To suggest a…

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Possibility Magic : An Conversation on Healing, Liberation, and Spirit with Wheels Darling 45:55

3+ y ago45:55

45:55

Join us for an interview with Wheels Darling where we discuss her path towards becoming an acupuncturist, herbalist, and health educator with an anti-oppression analysis. Topics we cover include: Mutual aid as medicine Coming of age as full-time activist Possibility magic as a tool and anti-oppression lens Becoming a healer and educator Choosing to…

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Always Already: Black Healing and Magic with Crystal Davis 53:27

3+ y ago53:27

53:27

Join us for a wide-ranging conversation with Crystal Davis of Blooming Fire Healing where we discuss how magic helps us survive, becoming a BIPOC healer, and much more. Topics we cover include: Shapeshifting Learning to live with depression Becoming a healer and reiki master Being a “feral witch” (or Crystal’s term for solitary magical practitioner…

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Queer Journey of a Somatic Earth Artist: An Interview with Ahjo Sipowicz 49:14

3+ y ago49:14

49:14

Join us for a conversation with Ahjo Sipowicz where we discuss their path into radical embodiment and the creation of their book EarthBodyBoat. Topics we cover include: Coming into wholeness as a neurodivergent, genderqueer creature Meaning-making and integration after altered state experiences Using scores and performance to connect with the earth…

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The Future is Ancient: A Conversation with Israel F Haros Lopez 56:51

3+ y ago56:51

56:51

Join us for a conversation with Israel Francisco Haros Lopez where we discuss how art saves lives, how ancestors help us, the evolution of the Alas de Agua Art Collective, and much more. Topics we cover include: Poetry of the people Healing and respecting ourselves Moving beyond the spirit of the colonizer that lives in all of us How institutions b…

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Centered Accountability: A Mini-Episode with Jacks McNamara 8:55

3+ y ago8:55

8:55

Today So Many Wings’ host Jacks brings you up to date about why Sascha is on leave from So Many Wings, and discusses topics including centered accountability, navigating harmful behavior, forgiveness, transformative justice, and love. Links to relevant resources: 9 Ways to Be Accountable When You’ve Been Abusive article by Kai Cheng Thom: https://e…

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Becoming a Radical Therapist: An Interview with Danni Biondini 50:04

3+ y ago50:04

50:04

Join us for a conversation with Danni Biondini where we discuss her path from radical mental health activist at the Icarus Project to becoming the Chair of the Community Mental Health Department at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Topics we cover include: Coming of age as a radical activist in San Francisco Rebuilding after a br…

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Life Isn’t Binary: An Interview with Meg-John Barker 58:12

3+ y ago58:12

58:12

Join us for a multi-faceted and life-affirming conversation with writer, writing mentor and independent scholar Meg-John Barker where we discuss their wide ranging thoughts on gender non-conformity, plurality, consent, ‘anti-self help,’ and participation in queer and other subcultures. Topics we cover include: What it means to write an “anti self-h…

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Getting Beyond Ourselves: An Interview with Erica Hua Fletcher 51:39

3+ y ago51:39

51:39

Join us for an intimate and far reaching conversation with scholar, educator, and media producer Erica Hua Fletcher where we discuss contemporary mental health social movements, community health and healing, identity politics, and the rise of Mad Studies. Topics we cover include: The limits of terms like “madness” and “mental health” The many usefu…

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The ‘I’ in the Storm: A Conversation with Richard Schwartz 46:14

3+ y ago46:14

46:14

Join us for a wide ranging conversation with Dick Schwartz where we discuss everything from the origins of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model to the role of Self-Leadership in contemporary social justice movements. Topics we discuss include: How it’s the nature of the mind to have multiple parts The role of legacy burdens in what gets called “…

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Outsider Art, Racism and Madness: A Wild Conversation with Issa Ibrahim 52:37

4y ago52:37

52:37

Join us for a conversation with Issa Ibrahim where we discuss how racism has affected his experiences of madness and institutionalization, and how radical creativity and underground community led to his escape. Topics we discuss include: Coming of age as a black man in Queens and being driven “crazy” by racism. Smuggling internet into an asylum and…

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Anniversary Episode: Practicing Ritual with Shanna Butler 1:09:57

4y ago1:09:57

1:09:57

For the one year anniversary of Inside Eyes Laura interviews Dr. Shanna Butler, a psychologist, professor, and ketamine therapist about the creation of ritual and ways to practice ritual within one's own cultural lineage. You can find more info about Shanna here: www.shannabutler.com. If you would like to support the show, please leave a review on …

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Bonus Episode: Back From The Abyss 1:07:38

4y ago1:07:38

1:07:38

This episode is part of a show swap with the podcast Back From The Abyss. BFTA is a series about psychiatric healing hosted by Dr. Craig Heacock. There are a lot of parallels with Inside Eyes and this episode is an incredible interview with trauma expert Saj Razvi, exploring ketamine therapy, cannabis therapy, as well as a powerful personal story f…

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Healing from Sexual Trauma with Psychedelics/Entheogens: A Conversation with Laura Mae Northrup 50:55

4y ago50:55

50:55

Join us for a conversation with Laura Mae Northrup where we discuss her podcast Inside Eyes and the therapeutic use of psychedelics and entheogens in healing sexual trauma. Topics we discuss include: Entheogens as a “a spiritual remedy for the spiritual wound” of sexual trauma. Understanding sexual violence within a political context. The racist ba…

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Art and Trauma Therapy for Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, with Isabel Ribe 46:25

4y ago46:25

46:25

Join us for a powerful conversation with bilingual art therapist Isabel Ribe on her work inside and outside of US detention centers, her poetry and painting, and frontline community organizing to build a more just world. Content warning: There’s a beautiful and powerful poem at the end of this podcast that has descriptions of gender based violence.…

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Mentorship and Collective Liberation: A Conversation with Clare Bayard 57:46

4y ago57:46

57:46

Join us for a wide ranging conversation with Clare Bayard where we discuss her 20+ years of organizing in grassroots multiracial struggles for collective liberation, and the role of somatic healing work and the importance of mentorship for intergenerational movements of resistance. Content warning: interview includes mention of sexual trauma and wh…

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We’ve Been Too Patient: A Conversation with L.D. Green 48:56

4y ago48:56

48:56

Join us for a conversation with L.D. Green, in which we discuss their contributions in radical mental health movements, the anthology We’ve Been Too Patient, which they co-edited with Kelechi Ubozoh, and their practice as a writer. Topics we discuss include: Labels and language in radical mental health movements. Representation of queer and trans f…

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The Waves and the Water: A conversation with emiko yoshikami 45:45

4y ago45:45

45:45

Join us for a conversation with emiko yoshikami where we discuss her contributions to The Icarus Project, her practice of Buddhism, and her work in surrogate partner therapy. Topics we discuss include: Critiques of “mental health” and biomedical understandings of “mental illness” Experiences of deep empathy and burnout in meaningful work Reliance o…

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Urban Agriculture and Racial Justice with Kanchan Dawn Hunter 45:29

4y ago45:29

45:29

Join us for a conversation with Kanchan Dawn Hunter about the trajectory of her decades of social justice work, raising children, and specifically the ways mental health, racial justice and urban agriculture are all intertwined. Kanchan talks with us about her work to support black and brown women in farming and herbalism, and her efforts to lift u…

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Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness with David Treleaven 59:33

4y ago59:33

59:33

Join us for an epic conversation as Jacks and Sascha interview David Treleaven about his work in the realms of trauma, mindfulness, and social justice. Some of the topics we explore together include: What would allow people to be as safe, powerful, and liberated as possible inside a contemplative practice? Is it irresponsible to ask people to “be w…

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Queer Nature 1:01:38

4y ago1:01:38

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In this episode, Jacks and Sascha interview Pınar and So Sinopoulos-Lloyd from Queer Nature. We discuss everything from mythological remediation, challenging the colonial psychopharmaceutical system, and experiencing parallel realities to mystery as a primary need, ecological ancestral co-regulation, and that true identity can only be found in the …

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Dynamics of Sexual Harm in Psychedelic & Entheogenic Spaces 44:23

4+ y ago44:23

44:23

Community that forms around the healing use of entheogens and psychedelics is not without it's own instances of sexual harm. In the final episode of the season, Laura Mae Northrup, MFT talks about psychological dynamics that underlie sexual harm in healing relationships and what the community can do to prevent it. To celebrate the end of season 1, …

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Harm Reduction for Entheogens & Psychedelics with Kufikiri Imara 46:36

4+ y ago46:36

46:36

For the second to last episode of the season, Laura interviews Kufikiri Imara of Decriminalize Nature Oakland. The episode explores harm reduction from practical and philosophical perspectives and takes an expanded view that includes not only harm to users, but also harm to the medicines themselves and the traditional stewards of many entheogenic p…

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James – MDMA & Questions of Sexual Abuse 34:33

4+ y ago34:33

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James has heard about the amazing breakthroughs that trauma survivors are having with MDMA. Determined to explore an ongoing question of if she was sexually abused as a child, she embarks on two guided journeys. This show is all about going into the depths of wounding to heal, but don't forget that a huge part of healing is experiencing joy. The se…

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Lena – MDMA, Child Sexual Abuse, & Lasting Altered State of Consciousness 35:26

4+ y ago35:26

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Lena is a survivor of long-term child sexual abuse and decided to try healing with guided MDMA journeys. She had an unexpected outcome from her journey work that resulted in a lasting altered state of consciousness. In this episode we talk about the complex nuances of her "soft psychosis" diagnosis and explore why that term doesn't adequately descr…

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Jonathon – Mushrooms, LSD, Child Sexual Abuse, DIY Healing, & Suicidality 34:24

4+ y ago34:24

34:24

Jonathon shares about his experience of child sexual abuse & healing with LSD and mushrooms. He takes a DIY approach to his medicine work, while also seeing a therapist and doing EMDR. If you would like to support the show, please share this episode with someone who may benefit and leave a review! To stay connected, find Laura on Instagram: @lauram…

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Kate – Ayahuasca, Mushrooms, Child Sexual Abuse, & Repressed Memories 1:02:50

4+ y ago1:02:50

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For most of Kate's life she didn't remembered the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. She shares about using Ayahuasca & psilocybin-containing mushrooms in her long process of remembering the sexual abuse and healing from complex trauma. If you would like to support the show, please leave a review on iTunes! To stay connected, find Laura on In…

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Tonya – Mushrooms, Child Sexual Abuse, Complex Trauma, & DIY Healing 30:57

4+ y ago30:57

30:57

In episode 10 of the season Laura interviews Tonya about DIY healing with psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Tonya has a complex trauma history and shares about how she set up her solo journey and her process in working on self-esteem issues and PTSD. If you would like to support the show, please leave a review on iTunes! To stay connected, find Laur…

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Ajesh – Ayahuasca, Repressed Memories, Child Sexual Abuse, & Forgiveness 29:52

4+ y ago29:52

29:52

In episode 9 of the season Laura interviews Ajesh about his experiences using Ayahuasca to heal from child sexual abuse. Ajesh spent most of his life not remembering the sexual trauma from his childhood. He talks about confronting shame, the courage to ask for help, and forgiveness. Ajesh references Spring Washam's book, A Fierce Heart. To hear mor…

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Rosa – MDMA, Child Sexual Abuse, Dissociation, Migraines, & Body Image 43:38

4+ y ago43:38

43:38

In episode 8 of the season Laura interviews Rosa about using MDMA to heal from child sexual abuse. Rosa says she now thinks of her life as "before MDMA & after MDMA." Her MDMA experiences provided unexpected healing around migraines and body image If you would like to support the show, please leave a review on iTunes! To stay connected, find Laura …

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Melissa – MDMA, LSD, Sexuality, DIY Healing, & Grief 38:19

4+ y ago38:19

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In episode 7 of the season Laura interviews Melissa about her DIY healing with MDMA & LSD. Unlike other episodes in this season, Melissa doesn't identify as having a specific sexual trauma, but rather describes a more elusive general wound around self-worth, love, and sexuality. If you would like to support the show, please leave a review on iTunes…

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Jennifer Patterson – Breathwork Facilitator & Herbalist speaking on Iboga, LSD, College Rape, Queerness, Child Abuse, & Trichotillomania 1:04:45

5y ago1:04:45

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In episode 6, Laura interviews Jennifer Patterson, a breathwork facilitator and trauma-informed herbalist. She is a grief worker who uses plants, breath, & words to explore survivorhood, body(ies), and healing. In this interview, Jennifer talks about her healing processs with Iboga and LSD, as well as queerness, surviving child abuse, trichotilloma…

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