The Liminal Mind

In this episode of The Liminal Mind, Mallorie explores The Backrooms through the lenses of psychology, neuroscience, mythology, spirituality, folklore, and the paranormal. We will examine why liminal spaces have fascinated and haunted humans for centuries. We'll explore: The Backrooms as modern internet folklore Freud's concept of The Uncanny Why our brains crave maps, meaning, and certainty Labyr...

In this episode of The Liminal Mind, Mallorie introduces the personal and collective foundations of "The Body as Oracle" series, exploring how her body began signaling that something had to change. What initially felt like breakdown becomes an invitation to listen more deeply. She’s joined by somatic practitioner Sarah Dabney, who shares her own experience, and how it relates stress, emotion, and...

The body does not betray us. It tells the truth when we’ve stopped listening. In this upcoming multi-part series, Mallorie shares a deeply personal story of physical collapse woven together with the larger cultural story of suppressed emotion, collective grief, and systemic stress that lives in the nervous system. From reproductive health challenges and dysautonomia to caregiver burnout and medica...

Across cultures and centuries, the darkest months of the year were believed to be a time when the veil thins, ancestors draw close, and the unseen moves more freely through our lives. In this episode of The Liminal Mind, Mallorie explores why December has long been associated with hauntings, spirit visitations, and profound psychological shifts. Blending historical folklore, depth psychology, neur...

In the second chapter of this autumnal arc, Mallorie explores November’s quieter terrain; The season of embers. This is where the fires of transformation soften into warmth, memory, and meaning. If October is the fall into darkness, November is where we learn to see in the dark. Through depth psychology, neuroscience, and ancestral wisdom, we examine gratitude not as a performance, but as a profou...

Every fall, nature mirrors the psyche’s most sacred process: descent, release, and rebirth. In this seasonal special, Mallorie explores the psychology and mythology of autumn; that liminal space between light and dark, life and death, expansion and integration. Through cultural history, depth psychology, and ancient myth, we trace how humanity has long ritualized this season of transformation. Fro...

Hi everyone, I’m back after a liminal season spent co-creating Awaken the Witch Festival and taking time off to integrate the experience. Here's a quick memo about the creative process for the next episode, and gratitude for your patience.  If you're enjoying the podcast please subscribe, rate, and leave a review! Have a paranormal story or experience you'd like to share? Email me at @the.liminal....

Episode 6 Jess Karas: Shamanic Practice, Energy Work & Connection (Part 4) In Part 4 of this powerful series, Mallorie and Jess focus on spirituality and embodied healing through the lens of shamanic work. Jess shares her personal training in Peruvian shamanism and how she integrates these ancient practices into modern therapeutic work. From spirit journeys to parts work, this episode highligh...

What happens when spiritual work overlaps with mental health? How can we discern what is a spiritual experience from possible psychological crisis? In Part 3 of Mallorie’s conversation with Jess, psychic medium and hypnotherapist, the focus turns to discernment and safety within clinical and spiritual spaces. Jess shares how she evaluates whether a client is a good fit for hypnotherapy, and why me...

How do you tell the difference between psychic information and a true message from Spirit? In part 2 of the conversation between Mallorie and Jess, you'll find out. Mallorie and Jess (a hypnotherapist and psychic medium) explore the nuanced process of intuitive discernment. Together, they unpack the differences between energetic impressions and direct communication from Spirit, diving into the rol...

Have you ever wondered where the line between psychology and mediumship truly lies? In this captivating first installment of a multi-part series featuring guest expert Jess Karas, a gifted psychic medium and hypnotherapist, Mallorie invites you into an eye-opening conversation about the subconscious mind, spirit communication, and holistic healing. Jess shares her personal journey of embracing med...

Dark silhouettes at the foot of the bed. Figures lurking just beyond the edge of vision. Across cultures and centuries, people have reported chilling encounters with shadowy beings, but what are they? In this episode of The Liminal Mind, Mallorie explores the phenomenon of shadow figures through psychological, spiritual, and cultural lenses. Are these entities manifestations of trauma, collective...

Can places hold pain? Can a moment of deep sorrow echo through time? In this episode of The Liminal Mind, Mallorie explores the mysterious relationship between trauma, grief, and hauntings. Through the lens of psychological theory and lived experience, we’ll explore concepts like emotional imprint theory, collective memory, and how unprocessed trauma may alter perception or even invite phenomena....

Have you ever experienced something you couldn't quite explain? Something beyond the boundaries of what traditional psychology acknowledges? In this debut episode of The Liminal Mind, therapist and intuitive explorer Mallorie invites listeners into her personal journey of growing up in a haunted house. Experiences of unexplained phenomena challenged her perception of reality and eventually inspire...