ShamanTalk Episode 103 Finding Relief From an Excessive Mental Load What is a mental load? The invisible, non-tangible tasks involved in operating a family are called the mental load, also known as cognitive labour. The mental load is the unseen – not necessarily the physical tasks but the remembering of all of the daily stuff that needs … Read more
ShamanTalk Episode 101 Being Ethical With Your Spiritual Gifts I’m going to talk about a subject that will likely make me unpopular with some members of our Community. I’m OK with that. I believe that this message is one of the most important things we can learn when we have access to spiritual gifts. It’s … Read more
ShamanTalk Episode 94 How to Escape All or Nothing Spirituality When you are trapped in all or nothing thinking, you experience your life in extreme terms: It’s either perfect or a disaster. This is known as distorted thinking (or cognitive distortion) because life is a mixed bag for all of us. And it really affects our … Read more
ShamanTalk Episode 85 Managing Your Spiritual Energy to Avoid Burn Out Do you remember episode 79? We talked about Funk Days…. Well, the opposite of a funk day can also be true! This week we’ll explore the other end of the spectrum – what to do if you experience high spiritual energy. There are times when I … Read more
ShamanTalk Episode 68 Why It’s a Good Idea to Avoid New Years Resolutions We all have the urge at this time of year to follow the crowd and set some resolutions. I know I used to get all fired up with my list. I’ll do it this time! Eat better, exercise more or learning something … Read more
ShamanTalk: Episode 54 Is This What Ceremony Really Means? In this podcast, Scott and I share the experience of our holiday in the wilds of Scotland. The experience for us was deeply ceremonial in many ways and it got me thinking… What does Ceremony mean to me? What I know to be true for me … Read more
ShamanTalk: Episode 43 Helping Your Family & Friends Understand Your Spiritual Path I often get asked the question, how can I make/help my family understand my spiritual path. That’s an easy thing to answer and a hard thing to do! My answer is always, concentrate on your own path without attachment and you’ll be surprised what unfolds … Read more
ShamanTalk: Episode 45 Shamanism for Shamanism’s Sake This week I’m going to be talking about something that I see quite regularly and that is Shamanism for Shamanism’s sake or more bluntly: Using Spirituality as a way to avoid doing the real inner work that is required for us to make grounded, lasting change in our … Read more
ShamanTalk: Episode 41 What’s the point of all this work anyway? When we’re called to walk a path of personal and spiritual transformation, it can be easy to lose sight of what we are going and what we are trying to achieve. Or perhaps we’re aiming for something that doesn’t exist? So what are we … Read more
ShamanTalk: Episode 39 Letting go of the Past and Weaving Shamanism into your Future The purpose of looking to the past is to not wallow in it, but rather to integrate it so that we can wholeheartedly embrace where we want to go in the future. Integrating the past is about deeply acknowledging what was and taking … Read more
