Sunny Strasburg explores the intersection of art, psychotherapy, and psychedelics in healing. She discusses creative expression in therapy, the potential of psychedelics for mental health, and the importance of trauma-informed approaches. Strasburg introduces the PANTHER protocol, emphasizing preparation, attunement, and integration in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Sunny Strasburg, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist and trainer. She is trained in Internal Family Systems and is an EMDR-certified trauma specialist. Her practice includes an integration of psychotherapy, art, archetypal psychology, and psychedelic-assisted healing. Strasburg is a graduate of the Certification for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She offers Ketamine Assisted Therapy and retreats and co-leads trainings with Richard Schwartz, Ph.D., the originator of Internal Family Systems. She is the author of The Theradelic Approach: Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychedelics for Healing (Sunny Strasburg, LMFT 2023)

Interview Date: 06/26/24 Tags: Sunny Strasburg, psychotherapy, art therapy, psychedelics, mental health, trauma healing, group therapy, MDMA, psilocybin, LSD, ketamine, hero's journey, archetypal psychology, Psychology, Health & Healing, Arts & Creativity

Here the many complex dimensions of home are explored including the human need to find a home in nature. Andrews says,” Once you find a home in nature, you are never lost.” She also shares insights on those caretaking family members and other loved ones to age in place including those who choose to die at home and many other aspects of home. Valerie Andrews is a writer, editor, and seminar leader specializing in Jungian psychology and the inner life of home. She’s a graduate of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance and the editor of the digital magazine Reinventing Home: Culture, Creativity, Character. She’s also a contributor to many journals and magazines and was the host of the PBS documentary featuring Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul. She is the author and editor of A Passion for This Earth (Harper Collins 1994) and Sanctuary: The Inner Life of Home (Editor) (Chiron Publications 2024)

Interview Date: 7/19/2024. Tags: Valerie Andrews, Jungian psychology, Sisyphus, Kaiser ACE study, plus-one proton, Ursula Le Guin, aging at home, Peggy Fleming, In the Evening of Life, Grassland Woman, Mary Reynolds Thompson, Eckart Tolle, James Hollis, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Gilda Frantz, storage lockers, Bayo Akomolafe, Starhawk, Community, Personal Transformation, Psychology

Thisdeep dialogue is rich with metaphors, bringing a sharp focus to imaginative healing possibilities for these threshold times. Meade regales us with many myths that illustrate how we can heal the multiple cracks in the world by finding our own gifts, our own ways to work meaningfully in the world, and how we can pour our gold into the cracks of the world. He distributes regular podcasts and his many books include The Genius Myth (GreenfirePress 2016), Why the World Doesn’t End: Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss (GreenfirePress 2012), Fate and Destiny: The Two Agreements of the Soul (GreenFire Press 2012), Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World (GreenFire Press 2018)

Tags: Michael Meade, soul, Hamlet, truth, backlash, dharma, war in Vietnam, fasting, Gandhi, Satyagraha, solitary confinement, eldering, the Goddess Clotho, River of Forgetfulness, Aletheia, initiation, rites of passage Mythology, Social Change, Politics, Indigenous Wisdom, Philosophy, Community