The Other Side of Things

Michael Meade on The Heart of Transformation: Descent, Dreams, and the Eyes of the Heart   Dr. Michael DeMaria welcomes mythologist and storyteller Michael Meade back to The Other Side of Things to discuss Meade’s new book, The Heart of Transformation, using the butterfly’s metamorphosis as a model for human change, including how long a “cocoon” of isolation or descent may last and why resistance...

00:26 Meet Jungian Analyst and Film Scholar Dr. John Beebe 03:17 John's impact on my life - from Jungian Psychologist to Musician/Filmmaker 04:58 The Spine of Personality 06:22 Superior and Inferior Functions make up your spine 10:11 John's brilliant bridging of Jungian and MBTI communities 16:34 Reservoir of Consciousness Explained 19:45 Consciousness IS the Water of Life 28:10 Types are Types of...

00:00 Opening Perspective 00:37 Meet Mary Knysh 03:33 What Is Music for People 06:32 Presence Over Performance 10:52 40th Anniversary of Music for People 14:40 Music Came Before Language 18:46 Sound as the Language of the Soul 24:33 Culture vs Nature and Music 32:06 Awe and Neuroplasticity 36:55 Mary's Listening Tree Framework 42:57 Heart Note and Coherence 48:40 Invitation to Join Art of Improvis...

00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:42 Meet Sharalee Hoelscher 02:58 Michael’s Rolfing Journey 04:03 What Rolfing Really Is 08:32 Gravity as Therapist 12:38 Posture Shapes Psyche 15:29 Gliding and the Midline 22:16 Connective Tissue Explained 27:11 Feeling Fascia in Motion 29:55 Embryology and Forming Life 34:28 Bringing It Back to Practice 34:58 Gravity Heals Through Movement 35:36 Embryology Movement C...

0:00 Welcome to the Show 00:36 Meet Andrew Ecker 02:03 Ancestry and Roots 03:49 Life Assignment and Loss 04:58 Gritty Healing Work 06:46 Host Tribute and Sacred Seven 09:05 Opening Prayer 13:19 Relational Spirituality Defined 14:00 From Religion to Red Road 18:22 Trauma Addiction and Liberation 27:15 Energy and Emotional Density 28:56 Drumming in Memory Care 33:00 Displacement and Manifestation 35...

00:00 Introduction to The Other Side of Things 00:40 Welcoming the Guest: Rebecca Wild Bear 01:31 Rebecca's Background and Work 03:27 The Importance of Wilderness Therapy 06:29 Challenges of Modern Culture and Soul Work 11:56 Writing and Living Wild Yoga 16:45 Personal Stories and Vulnerabilities 30:03 The Concept of Wild Yoga 35:19 Embracing Vulnerability 35:52 The Never-Ending Journey of Healing...

00:00 Introduction 01:15 Who is C. Michael Smith? 04:59 What is the Dialogic Method for Jung and Shamanism in Michael's work. 08:23 The ancient history behind understanding the world of Spirit 09:00 Jung's description of an archetypal possession and the need for exorcism 12:39 How Michael was drawn to this deep work of Jung and Shamanism  14:02 Jung's Memories, Dreams and Reflections and Mircea El...

00:37 Introduction 01:39 Who is Sean Blackwell? 03:59 Our mutual connection to Holotropic Breathwork. 05:32 Sean's Bipolar Episode and Hospitalization. 07:22 Working with his partner's nieces psychotic episodes. 07:57 Dr. John Weir Perry and Dr. Loren Moser's influence on Sean. 09:38 Sean has done 60-70 retreat with people around the world. 13:16 The overlap of spirituality and psychosis in Sean's...

00:00 Introduction 01:04 Who is Linda Star Wolf, Ph. D. 03:35 Star Wolf gives us a beautiful opening blessing 06:57 History of Michael and Star's relationship 11:50 The Spiral Path - the transformational process that requires change! 15:30 The origin of the word Shaman and it's true meaning as Shamaning... 19:16 Trusting when things need to end... 20:42 We all need the right amount of heartbreak....

00:00 Intro 01:05 Who is Dick Russell? 04:47 What is My Mysterious Son about and why Dick wrote it. 06:15 Other ways of looking at Schizophrenia and Otherworldliness . 08:44 Michael's soulchosis/spiritual emergency at 18 and how he worked through it. 10:55 Dick's first contact with Jung and Hillman 12:50 Hillman asks Dick to write his Biography - which turned into 3 large volumes! 14:30 Hillman's...

00:00 Introduction 01:13 Who is Gabi Varga? 06:05 A Holistic Approach to Fitness 10:51 The Imprint of Trauma on our Bodies 12:18 Nurturing Our Nervous Systems 20:38 When Clients Feel Safe Even Tears May Come 23:16 Understanding What Dysregulation of The Nervous System Is 37:15 Fight, Flee, Freeze or Fawn Responses. 40:41 What Trauma-Sensitive Personal Training May Look Like 52:00 Where to find out...

00:00 Introduction 01:00 Who is Michael Meade? 03:20 What Michael is tracking post election? 04:00 Manu and the Fish - a story about the origin of human consciousness 08:00 Moving from the Law of the Fishes to the Law of Manu 10:30 How do we feed that 'little fish' in our own life. 11:00 When we are following our calling we can deal with big heavy duty issues! 12:00 The fish is the most ancient sy...

00:00 Introduction 01:17 Who is Alyssa Morin? 02:22 Michael's early trauma 03:35 Gwyneth Paltrow Love, Sex and Goop 04:00  What is Somatic Sex Education?  05:00 Alyssa's background in Zen, Soulwork and being a minister's daughter. 06:00 Alyssa's journey to SSE and what it is. 09:35 Let me dive into everything during her first Saturn Return 11:00 Caffyn Jesse and healing circumcision trauma 13:00 Z...

00:00 Introduction 01:40 Who is Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer? 03:10 All The Honey 04:20 How did you become a poet?  07:50 What opened your heart as a child? 08:19 A poem a day. 09:20 "I wrote the first bare line...pure wisdom...pure foolishness" 10:40 Poetry and dealing with darkness and her son's death. 14:00 Turning Towards What is True.   14:43 It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be true.  ...

00:00 Introduction 01:37 Who is Kevin Lucas? 03:47 Who is Shannon Rogers? 05:40 How Kevin found stem cell therapy. 09:45 How Shannon found stem cell therapy. 15:18 Michael's experience with stem cell therapy. 19:00 You are not your diagnosis! 20:45 What is stem cell therapy and how does it work? 27:20 The rest of the world has been doing this for the last 50 years! 27:50 In 2015 law changed for us...

00:00 Intro 01:55 Who is Jessica Fern? 04:00 What is love? 06:00 I wrote this book for love. 08:00 Jessica's finding the language of polyamory 10:00 Paradigms, Mindsets and Social Lenses 11:50 Emotional Wiring from our Conditioned Mindsets 14:00 Polyamory - different ways of understanding many loves 16:15 What are polyintimates? Emotional connections vs. physical 18:00  How to approach difficult d...

00:00 Intro 06:04 How we met and how he finally published his book 07:30 Madness and Alternative states of reality 11:00 Mad in America and Others Stories 13:04 A Fight To Be - his book 14:07 Ron's 23rd Birthday in the Psych Ward 16:26 "You don't look schizophrenic." 17:00 Auntie Ray, Ron's Mentor 17:33 Fugitive Literature 18:28 Insulin Shock 19:01 "Coming Out" as a psychiatric survivor AS a psych...

Happy Halloween and welcome to my new podcast! I will still be doing my other podcast: Musitations™: Exploring Music, Meditation, Creativity and Wisdom, however, this is the beginning of a much deeper and larger conversation on many challenging topics where we need to begin to move from the friction of contradiction to the possibilities of creative paradox.  Introduction: No one knows everything,...