The Myths That Make Us

Mollie Adler is the host of Back From the Borderline, a podcast about mental health, mythology, and the soul that has reached millions of listeners. She is also, according to Erick, the dankest meme lord on the internet.   This is a first ballot HOF episode fam. Enjoy.   Connect with Mollie: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backfromtheborderline Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/backfromthebord...

Bethanie Bright (@mindfulmoontherapy) is a licensed therapist, registered art therapist, intuitive artist, and energy worker who has spent over a decade helping people use art to process their lives.  Website: https://www.mindfulmoontherapy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulmoontherapy Neurographic Art Tutorial: https://youtu.be/ulSmwYUYBVs This episode is brought to you by the Dharm...

Sigrid Tasies (@sigridtasies) is an Embodiment Teacher, Trauma-Informed Somatic Facilitator, Medicine Woman and the Author of “Honey & Fire: The Feminine Art of Living, Loving and Leading with Fierce Softness.”   For over a decade she has guided thousands of leaders, entrepreneurs, founders and artists across the world through private mentorship, group programs, international retreats and tran...

Lyle Maxson is a serial entrepreneur building what he calls benevolent technology (tech that makes us more human). Across five startups in twelve years he has co-created SoundSelf, a video game therapeutic that entered a clinical trial pathway for mental health, launched a Meta-funded VR education platform, and served on Unity's advisory board for its Unity for Humanity project. He returns for par...

Francesca Barone is a teacher, facilitator, and lifelong student of the Shipibo healing tradition devoted to the intersection of shamanic medicine, feminine healing arts, somatic-based embodiment practice, and the classical tantric path. She is the co-founder of Anam Cara Healing Retreats, an intimate Shipibo Ayahuasca retreat center in Costa Rica and Peru dedicated to preserving indigenous wisdom...

Aaron Doughty is a spiritual teacher and YouTuber with over 1.9 million subscribers, dedicated to helping people expand their consciousness. After a spiritual awakening in 2012, he went daily on YouTube in 2017 and grew one of the largest personal-growth channels on the platform, teaching energy dynamics, subconscious reprogramming, and nervous system regulation. He now travels the world running l...

Graham Dern is a producer, sound designer, and co-founder of the Dharma Artist Collective. When he's not vibrating in Austin, you can often catch him recording birds and rivers in the mountains. In this episode, we dive into Graham's first memories in Seattle, through college psychedelics and an uncomfortable awakening, to a pandemic spent roofing in Montana and the leap to Austin. He talks about...

Cory Allen is a writer, meditation teacher, and podcast host whose work reaches over five million people a week. He is the author of Now Is the Way and Brave New You , he hosts the podcast And Then It Hit Me and has guided thousands of students into presence through his courses Release Into Now and Coming Home . In this episode, Erick and Cory link back up for the first time in 6 years. They explo...

James Burke is a contemporary Bard and music producer with a devotion to the throbbing Now. A pilgrim of the in-between, he is at home on the paradoxical path of Christ yet drawn to the wisdom of the old pagan Earth, and his work explores the reconciliation of these estranged worlds. Through writing and song, he inhabits the thresholds where myth and daily life meet.   James returns for Part 2 to...

Sky King is a podcaster, social media marketer, and entrepreneur. His obsession with how the media programs and shapes our reality led him down the path of understanding media manipulation, realizing in 2016 that podcasting was escaping the standard media model. Sky has made it his mission to continue allowing podcasts to stay outside the influence of advertising and keep their content sincere. Hi...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Joa drops one of the most courageous stories that the podcast has ever heard. This episode has the potential to change lives and reveal stories that keep ourselves from being seen.   Joa is a writer, artist, and the creator o...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Michael Ebbinghaus is a native Austinite operating a small depth psychotherapy practice in Austin. He incorporates Jungian psychology, esoteric wisdom such as Gnosticism and alchemy, into his work which strongly emphasizes de...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Welcome to John Clifton’s myth. John puts the multi in multidisciplinary as he shares his Neverending Story. There were a couple connection internet interruptions & dropouts in this episode, but John makes it all worth it...

Erick sits down with Lyle Maxson at the Dharma House to dive into transformative experiences, lucid dreaming, and a couple stories you’ll have to hear to believe. This episode is a first ballot hall of famer. Lyle Maxson is a technologist and cultural architect working at the intersection of immersive technology, AI, biofeedback, mental health, and education. As a pioneer of the benevolent technol...

Queen Caitlyn Joins the pod to talk about vampires, rituals, addiction, and devotion… We love her.   The Slayers Club begins Sunday February 8… Don’t miss it.   Caitlyn Howe is a writer, guide, and ritual artist from Austin, TX, passionately advocating for dynamic self-expression, interpersonal healing, and soul reclamation to live a heart-centered life. As a transformational facilitator and cerem...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Picking up where we left off last week, Erick joins Kyle Kingsbury to discuss the ending of the 7 year chapter of Fit For Service. They also explore the genesis of the Dharma Artist Collective, what Kyle aims to do with his u...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   This is a recording of Erick on Kyle Kingsbury’s Podcast. They break down their first Vision Quest, Why they chose to say yes, and what they learned from this intense initiation. Part 2 will be available next week. You can re...

James Burke is a contemporary Bard and music producer with a devotion to the throbbing Now. A pilgrim of the in-between, he at home on the paradoxical path of Christ yet drawn to the wisdom of the old pagan Earth, and his work explores the reconciliation of these estranged worlds. Through writing and song, he inhabits the thresholds where myth and daily life meet.   Buckle up fam, this one’s a ban...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Ken Conte is the founder of Ancestral Hunting School , Ancestral Events, and Seven Arrows Breathwork . In this episode we dive into Ken’s childhood, his early struggles with alcoholism, and how his connection with nature save...

Jake Kobrin is a visionary artist, occultist, and teacher whose work bridges classical fine art, Western esotericism, and contemporary mysticism. He studied at the Angel Academy in Florence and has taught magick and creative self-mastery internationally.   We’re back with another banger. In this episode we dive into the many lives of Jake Kobrin. Traversing through the waters of Harry Potter, deat...

Ya’ll this episode is already in TMTMU Hall of Fame. Our good friend and OG DAC host Michele joins the podcast to share the incredible story of her life. If this episode doesn’t make you cry, is everything okay? Thank you so much to Michele for her raw honesty and vulnerability. There’s no holding back in this one.   This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the pla...

What’s up fam, Graham here. We’re officially in the whisper era of the podcast, and it’s good to be back. We’re slowly figuring out how to make the whisper audio sound silky so thanks for being patient with us.   Today’s episode feels like prime time, old school Myths That Make Us. We’re joined by Michael Phillip, long time homie and host of the legendary Third Eye Drops. Conversations between the...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Our good friend and former FFS event coordinator Maddy Griffin joins the podcast to talk about myths, hostings events, AI, and being an artist in 2025. Maddy has over 10 years of experience building events and communities fro...

Apologies for the audio on this episode. We hadn’t dialed in the settings on Riverside quite yet.   This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation. Come check it out. The first 7 days are free.   We’re experimenting with a new format. We do these Q&A’s weekly in the DAC...

This episode is brought to you by the  Dharma Artist Collective . This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   The Next Mentally Fit Class begins June 24th, 2025. Sign up here   Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Anatomy of an Epidemic - Robert Whitaker   Connect with Erick Godsey: Website:  https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https:/...