Episode 4. Marina Smirnova, PhD: The Daimon, Transpersonal Psychology and the Performing Artist
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Dr. Marina A. Smirnova was born on Sakhalin island (the Far East of Russia), and, over twenty years ago, immigrated to the United States. Her journey has been enriched by earning a Bachelor degree in Music Education (Minsk State Pedagogical University, 1996), a Master of Arts degree in Counseling (Central Michigan University, 2003), and a PhD degree in Psychology, with Transpersonal Psychology Concentration (Sofia University, formerly Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2013). In 2013, she began her contribution to Saybrook. In 2016, she became Assistant Program Director for the Department of Humanistic and Clinical Psychology (HCP); in 2017--an Interim Psychology Chair (HCP). Currently, she serves as a Full Professor of Psychology and oversees as a Coordinator and teaches in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Integrative Health (CSIH) Specialization. She describes herself as an author, an intuitive, a contemplative, a creative, and a hermit.
Outside of the halls of academia, she applies her intuitive healing gifts to support spiritual and attitudinal vitality of adults who are questing for healing, soulful sovereignty, fulfillment, embodied joy, and longevity.
In this episode, Dr. Marina A. Smirnova joins hosts Whitney Ann Jenkins and Amanda Beck to discuss following your calling, expanded states of consciousness, creating a container for rest, nourishment, and alignment as an artist, and more.
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