Therapeutic Astrology Podcast

Trash Can Therapist? No, thank you! But with Pluto in Scorpio conjunct my South Node and trine to my Sun in the eighth house, I have plenty of experience treating myself that way. Now, however, I've stepped into the greater potential of a therapist though—present/intense and ready for the deep dive. In this chapter, you'll hear me talk about a critical learning moment that changed everything in ho...

Welcome back to the second part of the series with Dr. Claus Springborg who draws on Buddhist teachings, Western psychology and cognitive science, as he teaches about the 5 knots or patterns that keeps us in suffering. Today we are exploring Knot number two - The Knot of Conditionality - and it gets real interesting! Join us as we explore: What to do when clients want to have more self-esteem but...

Meet Noel Eastwood who is fully immersed in his 8th house energies in the most positive insightful way. Noel Eastwood is an Australian astrologer who writes about Psychological Astrology, tarot, Taoist alchemy, meditation, astral travel, and Jungian psychotherapy. Join us as we delve into some of his (and my) passions, such as identifying psychological challenges in the birth chart and using astro...

Maurice Fernandez is a leading figure in evolutionary astrology, and his work has been a significant personal influence on me as an astrologer. I'm thrilled to bring you this interview with Maurice Fernandez - At the time of this recording, we had just spent five intense days together in Sedona. Despite a packed schedule, we took time for this conversation, because I really want to share just a bi...

  MUST HEAR for Therapeutic Astrologers!! I am most honored to be with astrologer, author, and teacher Mark Jones in this chapter of TAP. We talk about combining therapy and astrology (of course!!) and we go into topics such as: -Not leaving astrology to spacy intuition -People embodying collective historical importance -Has Astrology shaped psychology? -Chart reading as an organic proces with lis...

Join us for the second part with Best-selling author Rosalyn Rourke, psychotherapist and Oneness Coach. She is also a wise woman, and this chapter is an opportunity to dive in, lean in, kick back and just receive her words, that come out like meditations almost. Reflections that help us into meditation. Be with us as we speak about tender topics, such as losing a loved one, about the nature of tho...

WOW, you have to hear this one - It will slow down you mind. This is the first part with Best-selling author Rosalyn Rourke, MSW, Oneness Coach and who also works with the Spiritual Enneagram - We talk about her new book "When Wisdom Arrives: From Imagined Unworthiness to Freedom". Get ready for...actually more like: LEAN into...CHILL into... a wonderful conversation I felt turned into a meditatio...

This is a must-hear! David Kirk-Campbell, born in 1942, developed the technique Touching Dialogue in the 1980s, so the dialogue has been going on for a while. In this episode he shares how he works to create safety for the unconscious- David Kirk-Campbell has been in Rolfing for 50 years, he is a Psychotherapist and he developed a method to combine the conversational therapy and the knowledge from...

This meditation offers you a piece of time to access to the non-physical, extraordinary realm where true communion and direct realization can occur. To experience this, allow yourself to be fully absorbed by your imagination and envision yourself from the perspective of the future, knowing that one day you will indeed leave this body. The image I use was given to me in a vision - I invite you to i...

This is a total MUST HEAR if you have a nervous system and I think you do. Justin Sunseri, Therapist & Coach obsessed with the Polyvagal Theory, is a unique voice in sharing the information of the polyvagal theory made available first by Stephen Porges and later also by Deb Dana. Justin Sunseri has his own conceptualization of the polyvagal theory and is doing a great service to people by sharing...

TAP IN today with MaRiza Noyama-Zee and myself  - She is a Spiritual Advisor, which we come to understand the background for in this chapter. Join us as we talk about the invisible world and how to let it lead us into transformation. Here are some of the topics we go into: The collective awakening How MaRiza has memories from her birth and time as a baby and how it connects to her contribution tod...

Do you think that LOVE and JOY can be lost? Dr.  Claus  Springborg believes they cannot, as they are aspects of Being. Today, we delve into his insights and his current book project, "The 5 Knots: Being Centred Therapy." These seemingly unsolvable problems are discussed in the context of therapy.  Claus  Springborg, who has a PhD from Cranfield School of Management, has authored several books and...

Welcome to a deep talk about abuse and recovering from it- We talk about the stress of addiction - it's a Pisces theme - and about healing - its a Pisces theme too! Mannah interviews Steven Washington who is a movement master, recovery advocate (and 22 years sober) and author of "Recovering You: Soul Care and Mindful Movement for Overcoming Addiction" that came out in 2022. Here is an overview of...

Welcome to the second part of my conversation with author, sociologist and psychologist Corey Keyes! Listen if you want to examine the second part of the his book with us and learn about: The inner and the external path to happiness Living well by taking responsibility for what you can change Did our ancestors need to have high self-esteem? Modernity and Perfection School systems honoring only one...

You can be happy, while you experience the emotion of sadness! Welcome to a wonderful meeting with Brian Tom O'Connor, from Awareness Explorers! In this chapter of TAP we speak about what Brian means by uncaused happiness, and how to both remember the past, but also let go of it and how he went from an outer to an inner focus by the power of the paradox of change.  We also dive into some astrology...

A total must hear interview with Paul Levy, where we talk about such questions as How metaphysics is related to mysticism, The quantum as the inner teacher, How our mind is being reflecting back to ourselves, but who is the entity who is doing the projection? And how to relate to our open ended nature and the radical sameness, which is the greatest discovery of the human mind--our quantum nature!...

Krishnanand has a very special story. He was known as Scott Spackey and woke up to the name Krishnanand, given by a guru. In this chapter of TAP, you will hear me ask him about his book "Within the Portal" and how spirituality is connected to addiction, as it is symbolically represented by the symbol of Neptune. It is all very Neptunian, with themes of spirit, poly, saviour, addiction, ecstasy, lo...

"We are hungry to feel our lives matter and that we belong!" is a quote from Psychologist and Sociologist Corey Keyes, in his new book " Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down" and so is this: " Burnout might capture the prevailing mood of a generation—or a planet—although technically speaking, it's not a mental health condition, but an "occupational phenomenon" that de...

 "We are in the midst of a widespread spiritual renaissance that differs significantly from those of the past. We are no longer limited to the faith of our particular culture; we have access to all the world's wisdom traditions, from the dawn of recorded history to the present day. And the insights of contemporary teachers from around the planet are readily available in books, recordings, and via...

Daniel J. Schmidt is the founder of Awaken the World and the Samadhi Center. His films "Inner Worlds Outer Worlds" the "Samadhi" film series is seen by millions of people - (check the links at the bottom) AND he is right here in TAPped in with us - and I most say this is a favorite interview, as Dan invites me (Mannah) to a more playful style - at least that is how I hear it in the moment. When I...

Second part with Robert Falconer and it is brilliant - a must hear !! -Join us as we go deeper into the model of the mind, that is changing how we experience life. As Robert Falconer (Bob) says in his book, The Others Within Us,: "The very word consciousness comes from roots that mean "to know with". Consciousness develops with others, not individually. Babies learn who they are through others". A...

This is such a MUST HEAR! Deborah Muffet is an Astrologer, Teacher. Life Guide and Author - and like me she is psychologically working with the birth chart. We start off by talking about Deborahs work with the hearts plan - then we go into different - yet coherent- interpretations of the conjunction of Uranus and Jupiter in 21 degrees in Taurus.  The last time Uranus and Jupiter met in Taurus was...

Samantha Samuels, Psychotherapist and Astro-Numerologist, is joining us with some great examples of Astrocartography - officially discovered in the 1970s by astrologer Jim Lewis. Samantha talks to us about lines for different purposes and to remember the context of the birthchart. I of course also ask Samantha about how she works with both therapy and astrology. Join us if you want to learn more a...

"Pure religions are as rare as pure cultures --- and in a highly organised religions they always try to force a choice, because they need devoted members for their continuation."  This episode is FILLED WITH profound Alan Watts quotes!!! This quote is a left over from my notes, so get your hopes up for even better ones : - ) WHAT IS THIS??? Well, In some chapters of TAP I walk us through core them...

Hypnosis, Higher Powers and the wise part of you who knows your life path- Listen to my conversation with Roy Hunter, PhD in clinical hypnotherapy and author of many books, including the one I read before todays chapter called: "Hypnosis for inner conflict resolution: introducing parts therapy" from somewhere between 2003 and 2005..  Roy Hunter was specially selected to carry on the work of the la...