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Michael Griswold - Listen to her interview ...

Michael Griswold is a survivor of deep-seated trauma, who has devoted himself to helping others heal from similar experiences. Michael's journey to healing began after he tragically lost his pregnant wife and unborn son in a car accident, leaving him consumed by grief and guilt for years. Despite trying various methods such as therapy, medication, yoga, and breathing techniques, Michael still felt like something was wrong with him, and that's when he turned to psychedelics.

Elisha Deva - Listen to her interview ...

Elisha is an interdisciplinary thinker who has been researching social inequality for almost thirty years. Her degree is in Human Biology from Stanford, a multidisciplinary combination of anthropology, psychology and biology. After working for four years in neuroscience at UCLA, the politics and sexism drove her out of academia. Since then she's collected data across disciplines to interpret it for the public, reading every book, article, and paper she could find on the rise of dominance in the Bronze Age. She's travelled the world, visiting matrilineal cultures and searching museums for clues to our ancient past. Meanwhile, she worked as a computer engineer on the forefront of creating the Internet in the 90s, built a wilderness retreat, and developed a trauma-informed healing practice.

Wendy Van Allen - Listen to her interview ...

Wendy Van Allen is a graduate of One Spirit Learning Alliance's Seminary and Interspiritual Counseling program. She received two bachelor's degrees from Rutgers University, and is graduating with a Master's in Clinical Counseling from Saint Bonaventure University, Olean, NY, in August, 2023. Wendy is a certified Intuitive Consultant from the Holistic Studies Institute, New York, NY, and teaches and serves students at two progressive seminary programs. Wendy's spiritual traditions are Earth-based and include initiation and practice of Wicca, Lukumi, and Spiritism.

Astrid Grove - Listen to her interview ...

Astrid Grove is the founder and organizer for Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering and co-creator of The Wise Woman Sisterhood 12 month apprenticeship. She celebrates life with her husband, her two daughters, her two cats and her many chickens. Her passion lies in facilitating and supporting women's empowerment through midwifery, hands on healing, plant medicine and sacred ceremony. This year is the 7th Annual Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering September 15-17th, 2023 at 13 Moons Ranch in Carbondale, CO. Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering, Colorado

Lucretia Jones - Listen to her interview ...

Lucretia has been working and learning with plants for over twenty years and was first introduced to the wise woman tradition while living an artist's life in New York City. Her father had passed away three days prior to the World Trade Center collapse in 2001, and that uncertainty sent her on a quest to find more autonomy and connection with the natural world.

Kylea Taylor - Listen to her interview ...

Kylea Taylor, M.S., LMFT is licensed therapist who has been thinking, writing, and teaching about ethics for almost three decades. She developed and teaches InnerEthics®, a self-reflective, self-compassionate, approach to relational ethics. The model includes a set of awareness tools that are especially useful to those working with psychedelic-assisted therapy. Kylea started studying with Stanislav Grof, M.D. and Christina Grof in 1984 and worked with Stan Grof as a Senior Trainer in the Grof Transpersonal Training throughout the 1990s. She is the author of The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients (2017), and several books about Holotropic Breathwork®. InnerEthics.com

Kris Franken - Listen to her interview ...

Kris Franken is an author, intuitive, and wayshower. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology, is a certified Reiki healer and meditation teacher, and was a journalist for sixteen years. Kris is the author of Wildhearted Purpose: Embrace Your Unique Calling & the Unmapped Path of Authenticity, and The Call of Intuition: How to Recognize & Honor Your Intuition, Instinct & Insight, plus numerous sets of oracle cards, including Soul Purpose, Spirit Animal, and Lightworker. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Kris gratefully calls the rainforest of Byron Bay, Australia, home.

Rhoda Jordan Shapiro - Listen to her interview ...

Rhoda Jordan Shapiro has worked for over a decade as a tantric educator, teaching others to step into their power by way of meditation, movement, dance, and yoga. She leads womb healing circles for women, and has a YouTube channel where she teaches meditation classes and shares wisdom on the ancient practices of tantra and kundalini yoga. Rhoda is the author of Fierce Woman and Magic Within. She is also the Founder and Editor in Chief of The Milpitas Beat, a local newspaper. Rhoda lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children. Visit her at RhodaJordanShapiro.com.

Carmen Turner-Schott - Listen to her interview ...

Carmen Turner-Schott, MSW, LISW, is a licensed clinical social worker, psychological astrologer, author and teacher with national and international clientele. She has been researching astrology, trauma, healing, and transformation for the past 25 years. Carmen began her astrological work at the age of 16 after an experience with a glowing ball of light in her doorway and began studying metaphysics and the Edgar Cayce material at that time. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1997 and her Master of Social Work degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1999. She is the author of nine books.

Theresa Piela - Listen to her interview ...

Theresa Piela supports those dealing with highly complex cases of "chronic illness" & trauma patterns that may have lost hope in their ability to heal. With terrain-centered nutrition, deep listening, & brain rewiring techniques, she empowers her clients with self-healing tools to reclaim their center, re-build their confidence, and to ultimately heal themselves. Theresa is also the host of the Tapping with T app: an EFT and Brain Rewiring community for self-healers on the non-linear path.

Austyn Wells - Listen to his interview ...

Austyn is an author, spiritual medium, and soul gardener who mentors spiritually seeking individuals to cultivate their intuition, heal their hearts, and connect with the Divine. She has presented for such organizations as Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, The Sun Valley Wellness Festival, as well as the Afterlife Conference, for which she was a board member for eight years. Austyn will be teaching at the Omega Institute this coming June and leading a tour to Egypt in 2024. Her book Soul Conversations: A Medium Reveals How to Cultivate Your Intuition, Heal Your Heart, and Connect with the Divine is the recipient of two C.O.V.R. medals, as well as receiving the gold medal from the Nautilus Book Awards. Austyn developed the Divine Spark Cards for developing mediums to expand their trust, as well as grief counselors to inspire healing conversations with their clients. Her Divine Insight Cards assist anyone in connecting with their intuition. Designed for personal use, or to supplement your holistic practice, these cards empower you to connect more deeply with your soul senses or add a powerful tool to your light worker toolbox.

Amber Elizabeth Gray - Listen to her interview ...

Amber Elizabeth Gray was, in her father's words, born "dancing and fighting". A lifetime of dance and travel to explore movement and dance-based community and healing traditions has contributed to her passion for, and belief in, movement as life. Encouraged to study Haitian dance by Katherine Dunham initiated a pathway to her own initiation into Vodou. Haitian dance was her portal to Emilie Conrad and Continuum, a revolutionary movement practice arising from Emilie's 5 years living and dancing in Haiti. Amber believes that every human beings birthright is embodiment. Her 25 years of work as a Dance/Movement Therapist, Continuum & Yoga teacher include time working and living in conflict and post conflict zones, exposing her to the harsh realities of human rights abuses. Her clients, all survivors of political violence, torture and war, are co-collaborators and inspirers in the work she teaches, Restorative Movement Psychotherapy and Polyvagal-informed Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy.