Therapeutic Astrology Podcast

Therapeutic Astrology Podcast (TAP) explores ways to remember and reconnect to our innate wholeness. In each episode, I, Mannah, talk with authors and thought leaders about personal growth, symbolic awareness, and how to live better lives. Tap into the well of wisdom when guests from diverse therapeutic schools of thought, metaphysical philosophies, and varied astrology and meditation backgrounds come and share with me about their field. TAP's slogan is "A Place to Call Whole." Home may not be a loving association, but being whole is all about love. ME? I go by the name Mannah. I was born in Denmark during one of the retrograde periods of Pluto in Scorpio! Talking about wholeness (and knowing what it means to be divorced from my true nature), my Pisces Sun has a dedicated orientation toward healing and universal belonging. I hope you find something that resonates as you listen through the archive. You can text me at [email protected] Visit my website at https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com. Mannah, Copenhagen, May of 2023

#108 - Last Episode - For Now- And Now is All We Have - Solo by Mannah 05/17/2025

#107 - Rebecca Martin Hart - An Exploration of the Asteroid Hygeia as the Healer's Signature - House of Hygeia 05/11/2025

#106 - Yael Eini - Karmic Constellation - Unblock Your Life on the Soul Level 05/06/2025

#106 - Yael Eini - Karmic Constellation - Unblock Your Life on the Soul Level "MAKE THE PAST YOUR STEPPING STONE" says my guest today, and I think Saturn in Aries are behind that as well. Join us as we are speaking about karmic constellations with Yael Eini, developer of the Karmic Constellation method The Karmic Constellation method by Yael Eini has spiritual roots, as it draws from Yaels experience in energy healing and family constellation work,. What we talk about today is a method to trace karma, those old patterns we carry without even knowing why. In her book, Karma Healing, Yael shows how past-life traumas and unresolved soul contracts show up in our relationships, our fears, our repeating life themes. She writes on page 30: "The purpose of karma is soul growth. When we meet someone, the interaction we create with them is karma. It motivates us, it teaches us, it allows us to accumulate experiences, and it helps us to develop both as human beings and as souls. And yes, encountering the other can be painful, even very painful. At the same time, this pain is not a punishment; rather, it is an invitation to learn. The person may not learn, but the soul learns." This is SO aligned with Evolutionary Astrology where we see the birth chart as a map of the soul’s intentions, some call it a karmic blueprint. We can see the memories of previous incarnations through archetypal patterns. We interpret the chart related to evolutionary journey of the soul, so that placements describe past-life dynamic, especially through the lunar nodes and planetary aspects to them, but really all of the chart are soul memories. That's why I am fascinated with Yaels work, because she has a method of working therapeutically with a past life story. In this interview we explore how the soul has a very different opinion that the human, and how to use representatives to unite karma and rewrite soul contracts. Tap right into the links below. LINKS: Find more on Yael right here: The book we speak about: Mannahs Website: Video version of this interview: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/36411605

#105 - Mark Jones pt 2 - The Future of Therapy with Pluto in AQ - Astrology as a Psycho-Spiritual Path - Reclaiming Depth, Sacredness, and Complexity 04/28/2025

#105 - Mark Jones pt 2 - The Future of Therapy with Pluto in AQ - Astrology as a Psycho-Spiritual Path - Reclaiming Depth, Sacredness, and Complexity YAY Mark Jones is back, and we begin by TAPping into the role a therapist in the future - and then we go from there. Of course for us therapy involves a birth chart, this special map for deeper insight on what the purpose of it all is. Astrology and psychology need each other. But how does the field of therapy look in the future? Here are some key points we dive into: The Future of Therapy: The conversation opens with a vision for how therapy might evolve. We discuss that therapy is no longer just about traditional models – it's becoming more individualized, more integrative - Saturn Archetype Changing: Mark notes that the archetype of Saturn is shifting. Where it once represented rigid norms and societal expectations, there is now more room for personal authority, unique self-expression, and freedom. However - we shouldn't reinvent the wheel every time either.... Neurodivergence and Pluto in Aquarius: I bring up neurodivergence, linking it to Pluto in Aquarius. Mark reflects on how we are moving away from the systemic, hierarchical nature of Pluto in Capricorn into a more decentralized, knowledge-sharing era. This allows for new voices, new minds, and new ways of being to emerge. However... Pluto in Aquarius & Uranus in Gemini: Mark adds that Pluto in Aquarius alongside Uranus in Gemini will foster rapid technological innovation, particularly around how we process and understand information. This could revolutionize fields like therapy, communication, and even consciousness. AI and Therapy: The question arises: Can AI be a therapist? Well... not a very sacred therapist? Materialism vs. Sacred Imagination: A central critique is how materialism has narrowed the meaning of astrological archetypes. Mark calls for a return to sacred imagination, where astrology isn't just about prediction or personality, but about engaging with something transcendent and mystical. Thank you for being with us Find Mark Jones here: Mannah here: youtube version of this show: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/36321390

#104 - Joanne Twombly - Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat C-PTSD, and Dissociative Disorders 04/21/2025

#104 - Joanne Twombly - Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat C-PTSD, and Dissociative Disorders Joanne Twombly, MSW, LICSW, integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) with essential knowledge from the complex trauma and dissociation field for safer, more effective treatment of C-PTSD and dissociative disorders. She's got more than 30 years of experience in the field of treating dissociation! In her book "Trauma and Dissociation Informed Internal Family Systems: How to Successfully Treat C-PTSD and Dissociative Disorders", she writes that: “Dissociation is a protective defense that, in a way, hides oneself from oneself.” In this interview, Joanne Twombly shares her argument for trauma-informed adaptations to standard IFS. Here is some of what we cover: – “Dissociation is a protective defense that, in a way, hides oneself from oneself.” In this interview, Joanne shares her argument for trauma-informed adaptations to standard IFS. Here is some of what we cover: – Dissociation, and how to dissociate "better"—which gives choice and control - Use the trance you are in! – Dissociative parts can show up as numb, deaf, robot, or sex-only parts. As Joanne explains, all of them have a survival purpose, and healing requires compassionate engagement—not suppression – Hypnotic language as a tool to support engagement, symptom management, and communication with parts – Orienting parts to the present: essential when parts are stuck in past timelines or multiple subjective realities - Being even with affects – How to combine IFS with phase-oriented trauma treatment to create a safe and effective model – Using containers to hold trauma until it’s safe to process – Creating safe spaces for parts not actively participating in a session – Safe Space Imagery: stick around as Joanne offers a brief, guided experience - It helps parts manage overwhelming material. Links: The book we speak about: Video version of this interview: Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/36158990

#103 - Tom Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D - The Psychedelic Shaman: The Wisdom Warrior's Path to Transformation 04/15/2025

#103 - Tom Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D - The Psychedelic Shaman: The Wisdom Warrior's Path to Transformation Meet a wise elder talking to us about how to walk the path of integrity, heart, and spirit—tap into this conversation with Tom Soloway Pinkson, Ph.D. Tom shares powerful insights from his newly published book: The Psychedelic Shaman: The Wisdom Warrior’s Path to Transformation (Inner Traditions), and reflects on a life devoted to sacred service, healing, and love. Here are some of the themes we explore: — “The most effective prisons are the ones we don’t know we’re in” — How mainstream culture conditions us to believe in separation, which feeds fear — The shift from being a fault-finder to becoming a love-finder — Awakening to the truth of our interconnection — Aloha, Alaha, and Alegría as spiritual forces — The Wisdom Warrior: seeing truth and having the courage to act — The constricted ego identity and how sacred plant medicines can help us transcend it — “Being breathed” and receiving the question from life-force energy: How do you want to use me? — Opening to inner wisdom—psychedelics are not the only path — Vision quests and how Tom has just completed his 51st (he just turned 80) — The Psychedelic Medicine Wheel — Vision fast quests as rites of passage — Dropping into gratitude rather than asking for more — The Healing Attitudinal Principles And much more - Tom even sings to us - and I mention a bite of astrology, but to recap, what I see most significant is his Neptun and Chiron conjunction on his ascendant. It is in the sign of libra and connects many of his themes of listening, relationships, channeling, receiving, love - It is clear to me, Mannah, that he is so connected to spirit that the highest version of these archetype comes forth in his work and books. I am so happy you are here. Check out links below: LINKS The book: https://www.innertraditions.com/the-psychedelic-shaman Tom's recommendation in the end of the interview: https://youtu.be/zyBmCj9wuR8?si=ZtB10Qbzhl7Ylcx2 Tom's website: https://drtompinkson.com/ Youtube version of the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdiJ5Cn8HJ8 /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/36135120

#102 - Second Part with Judy Tsafrir - Healing from Toxic Relationships and Mast Cell Activation - Sacred Psychiatry 04/12/2025

#101 – Lana Kunštek – Dreams as Windows Into the Unconscious - Embodied Spirituality 04/09/2025

#101 – Lana Kunštek – Dreams as Windows Into the Unconscious - Embodied Spirituality Today you’ll meet Lana Kunštek, a body-oriented and mindfulness-centered psychotherapist from Croatia, now living in Copenhagen. Lana works with embodied spirituality and facilitates dream groups. If you are like Lana says "a dreamer" yourself, you’ll probably enjoy this conversation. I (Mannah) love working with dreams, and my only regret is that I’m not able to translate the whole thing—some parts just remain unconscious to my waking self. Therefore, what we’re talking about is a window, probably not full access, and how to make that window even more clear. Here's what we explore: – Living in the imaginative realm – Body-oriented psychotherapy – The never-ending path of therapeutic training – Letting each client teach you how to meet them – Every person is a mystery – Recurring dreams and what they ask of us – The impulse of the dream character – The overall emotional tone of the dream – Archetypes and symbols that speak through dreams – The dream matrix – Being shifted by someone else’s dream – Feeling guided by dreams – How dreams are often direct and unmistakably clear – Dreams that bring up shadow material – How to get closer to what a dream symbol means to you – The question: are we dreaming, or are we being dreamt? – Not every dream carries the same weight – All dream characters as aspects of yourself – Integrating dreams into daily life – How to interpret a dream that could easily be misunderstood – Endless therapy trainings — and the lie that says you’re not enough without them – Lana's storytelling (soon to be published?) also emerging from the dream realm – The importance of not forcing oneself – Give the work your commitment and it will grow – Commit to your soul every single day – The importance of how the energy moves – Medicine or poison? Depends on the day I hope you enjoy enjoy this conversation LINKS Find Lana here: Mannah here: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/36058425

#100 - Eric Leskowitz - The Mystery of Life Energy - Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics, and Gaia Consciousness 04/05/2025

#100 - Eric Leskowitz - The Mystery of Life Energy - Biofield Healing, Phantom Limbs, Group Energetics, and Gaia Consciousness “A lot of modern medicine is disempowering... any healing comes from either a pill or what the doctor says — and where am I in all of this? There’s an agent in the middle of it, and that’s where you should build from.” This quote is from this episode by Dr. Eric (Rick) Leskowitz who is a Psychiatrist, Author, Researcher, Educator and he even has a son who is an astrologer. Rick has worked many years within pain management. Rick shares how we traveled as a young guy and was struck by how different cultures understand health, illness, and consciousness. Medical school felt disappointing to him because it offered complex terms for things it couldn’t truly explain — like “idiopathic hypertension,” which he critiques as a way of saying “we don’t know” in impressive language. Rick got into meditation which in a way turned out to be the “gateway drug” that led him to explore such practices as yoga, energy healing, and channeling. Rick’s field feels so resonant and easy to follow, so I let whatever’s alive in me come forward- for better or worse. (Cancer energy for relaxation!!) TAP in as we speak about: -The story of Franz Mesmer and how early energy healing was discredited - How mainstream medicine suppresses alternative approaches - The shift from mesmerism to chemical anesthesia and the continued bias in science against energy and consciousness studies - Ricks interest in the history of the unconscious (Henri Ellenberger) - Biofields and magnetic fields - Tapping studies show real effects — intent and precision matter - Reiki treatment on plants, the field will grow bigger. - Rick also mention that having an MD and Harvard affiliation has opened doors for him, and I go into a bit of a tangent about how credentials influence perception, which is a drum I often beat - that the world judges on the outer not caring for the inner life. - Mostly we talk about LIFE ENERGY and I hope you will enjoy it, because the energy from Rick is actually really warm and gentle, as I interpret it. The youtube version of this episode: Here are links to find more on Rick: Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35980770

#99 – Caitlín Matthews – Listen to the Unseen World · Ancestral Connections & Intuitive Knowing 04/02/2025

#99 – Caitlín Matthews – Listen to the Unseen World · Ancestral Connections & Intuitive Knowing “The unseen world is timelessness… so we can always go to the points we need to go to, to find what is missing.” The quote is from this episode by Caitlín Matthews, who is a prolific author and spiritual teacher known for her deep work with Celtic wisdom, ancestral lineages, and the Western mystery tradition. She has written 85 books and to this day she teaches in various traditions internationally. Caitlín's shamanic vocation emerged early, marked by her unique ability to sing between worlds and embody spirits, which she shares with us in this interview. TAP in as we speak about themes such as: - Listening to the wisdom held in the land - How she grew up with severe short-sightedness – which led her to develop a form of echolocation as a child, “singing into space” to sense the world around her - Early spiritual perception – she experienced communication with nature spirits from a very young age, long before reading books - Listening to the unseen world – not in a spiritualist sense, but through direct lived experience with spirits and unseen neighbors - The indigenous considering the impact of decisions on future generations - Divination and specific questions - Knowing what we don't know - Golden Verses of Hierocles — a 2,500-year-old Pythagorean ethical teaching on how to live for example "Honor first the immortal gods… and then the daemons, the spirits that look after you.” - The importance of a spiritual practice and the context - Discerning spiritual signals and to "reach through time" - The shamanistic practice of finding the effect of that is still rolling through the family line, in ancestral healing work - Helping people transition and why they can hold on longer - We also talk about grieving and Caitlin says "I get so angry when people are told at work, two months after someone close has died, to ‘cheer up" - I fully agree!! - I get to ask her a final question that for me often comes up as we speak about ancestral healing, and that is one of family estrangement. Tap in and hear all of that and more. I hope you enjoy this episode and feel like sharing it with others. Here are the links for Caitlin Matthews: Mannah: LINK to Youtube version of this interview: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35978665

#98 - Judy Tsafrir - Sacred Psychiatry - Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness 03/25/2025

#98 - Judy Tsafrir - Sacred Psychiatry - Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness "We must shift the paradigm from one of separation and scientific materialism to one that recognizes the sacredness and interconnectedness of everything so that we will be able to live in a way that supports the thriving of life on Earth now and for future generations."(Judy Tsafrir, Sacred Psychiatry, 2024.) In today’s episode, I speak with Judy Tsafrir – a psychiatrist for both adults and children, psychoanalyst, astrologer, and shamanic practitioner. I’m so pleased to have her on the podcast with such a groundbreaking theme. I spend much of our conversation trying to wrap my head around how psychiatry can be sacred. Judy’s work challenges the reductionist approach of Western medicine - She writes in her book, that true healing isn’t about returning to a broken version of “normal,” but about creating space for deep transformation rooted in intuition, soul, and meaning. In this interview you will hear how she works and what she thinks of the time we are in, especially within allopathic medicine. Here are some of the core themes we explore: — The limits of conventional psychiatry, which often ignores the body’s innate intelligence, fails to seek root causes, and disconnects healing from the sacred. — Why Judy does not support what is going on today in psychiatry, yet the importance of diagnosing — Her identity as a “Chironic psychiatrist,” embracing the archetype of the wounded healer and the major turning point for her at her Chiron Return — The existential void created by a materialist worldview and how this contributes to alienation and hopelessness. — The role of astrology in providing a framework for understanding oneself — Holistic weaning from psychiatric medications — Using food as medicine versus relying on pharmaceutical pills — The range of healing modalities Judy works with, including shamanic practices, energy healing, and meditation This conversation is a powerful reflection of a new way to view and treat psychological wounds - I hope you enjoy it and learn a little something new! LINKS: Judys website: Judys IG: Mannahs web as usual: Video Version of this episode: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35857815

#97 - Elisa Robyn, PhD – Astrology to Guide a Life on the Loose - Multifaceted Career - Advice for Collective Transitions 03/16/2025

#96 - Jonathan Hammond - The Shaman's Mind - Huna Wisdom to Change Your Life - The Essence of Magic - All Power Come From Within 03/14/2025

#96 - Jonathan Hammond - The Shaman's Mind - Huna Wisdom to Change Your Life - The Essence of Magic - All Power Come From Within Tap into the Shaman's Mind with me and discover a hidden truth—the realm of the Gods. Jonathan Hammond is the author of The Shaman's Mind: Huna Wisdom to Change Your Life. He is a spiritual teacher, and in this chapter of TAP, we speak about such a relevant and transformative perspective on the nature of life, to put it like that. It is about our connection to nature and the nature of who we really are. It is about healing our divisions, changing the limiting material in the unconscious mind, ancient ways, and the understanding that we are all connected (unity consciousness). Her are some of the points we engage in: There is not one path We undervalue the power of our mind because we can enter into different realities Everything is alive and has personhood (animism) Choice is a magical power Hoʻoponopono The problem is lighting the way like a directional energy Memorized patterns that are antithetical to our growth The inner child left alone to do the work of accessing magic Imagine a reality and give it legitimacy The problem is that we bail! Trauma is life blindsiding us Destabilizing us into something we have not yet experienced (Pluto?) In the astrology section, we speak of Pluto in Virgo in the 12th house, and I hear that symbolism when Jonathan speaks of service, the feeling of "should"/duty (Virgo), and toxicity being exposed (Pluto) publicly, as well as Jonathan feeling his work is somehow about to reach more people (12th house of the public) Nature is self-interested yet gives to all Indigenous mind that holds both self and collective awareness as we co-evolve Gaia is always moving toward evolution Befriend urges—desires that are part of our soul purpose To work on behalf of Self The idea of humans having dominion over the earth Separation from nature versus the shamanic mind of relationship with the natural world Mind virus The earth evolving to become aware of itself Earth beings in an interdependent world The importance of cooperation Our intrinsic power Mana No one can override your felt sense and truth The three ways of power and why not to send the power up To not care what other people think Our individual essence needs expression, so do not betray that! Nature only wants to be itself Collectively, the nodes are stationed at 27 degrees of Virgo-Pisces, ready for eclipses. In Evolutionary Astrology, the lunar nodes represent our soul's evolutionary path, so what service is drawing you in? A sick culture exposing itself Using your gifts as a lightworker to usher in this special time The Age of Aquarius—we are right at the beginning of it, which is why we are so polarized Spirituality, trauma healing, neurodivergence, and non-binary identities in the public eye To not fit within the old consensus paradigm The new leadership To get out from under the oppression Know you are that! And contribute to the organism I hope you have the time for being with us in the whole of this episode, and if you feel more, check out the links below. LINKS: This is the book we speak about: I listened on audio book, so check your audible choices Website: More Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35612830

#95 - Ruthie Smith (p.2) - Energy Balancing - Energy Psychotherapy Toolkit - Healing Circle 03/11/2025

#94 - Matthew David Segall - Minding Time in an Archetypal Cosmos - Visions of the Future - Footnotes to Plato 03/07/2025

#94 - Matthew David Segall - Minding Time in an Archetypal Cosmos - Visions of the Future - Footnotes to Plato I am so glad to meet with Matthew David Segall, whose podcast's name refers to this quote from Whitehead: “The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” Matt is a philosopher, and if you start to follow his work on Substack, podcast, or newsletters, you will realize he is very productive and helpful in elevating our perspective. Aquarius yes. In this interview, we begin by discussing his article on time, but it is soon disrupted, as we are recording on a Gemini Moon, leading us in different directions. Particularly, this is because I, Mannah, cannot hold back with interpretations of Matt's archetypes in his birth chart. Tap in as we speak about: -Being sensitive to the texture of time -Astrology as an important source of orientation -A more cosmologically grounded civilization -The nature of time Psycho-technology -No moment is the same, yet the calendar repeats every year -Time as mysterious -Time as based on planetary movements rather than the artificial clock -An Aquarian outlook -How we can't keep becoming bigger, better, and faster -Learning how to live more simply, yet fulfilling -When making the machine more efficient is the priority -The need to downsize/degrowth -On the verge of collapse Ideas generated from friction -How new technologies can be set up to extract wealth -The eighth house (transformation because of facing our limitations) & Cancer (integration emotionally) rising—interpretations from my heart -Cancer also being about internal rhythms, the past/history and well-developed imagination I feel this natural and warm energy is with us in this interview - at the expense of some of my deeper questions perhsps, because Matt quickly mentions teh 3 gods I wanted to talk about, but his cancer energy has the intended effect on me - I mean I think it is cancers intention for others to be themselves- and I end up forgetting to interview, and just sharing and being curios from a very personal place - One part of me (Mannah) recognizes Matt's work in the world almost as its own soul fulfillment. As I felt that - what I call my soul recognizing itself - and I examined myself, it seemed like a past life thing, because in this life it is surely not my destiny to be a philosopher in that sense, where most of my time is spend in social work these days.. There is a grief, it seems, not from who I call "I", but from one part of me, who used to walk the path of a pilgrim or philosopher - a past life memory. There could be many other explanations for that deep surging fire or that internal burning that Matt Segalls work is sparking in me (this is meant in a very positive sense) -could it be - like he speaks about in the end with the series Severance- that the cage of the material structures is just not enough and tapping into footnotes2plato is just like discovering the depth of ones own spirit, As though looking from the trivial routine-cage, which is somehow also needed for parts of us (the earthy part), glimpsing philosophy's way of making connections into deep, reflective understanding through dialoging just works like a magnet when you have a quest for meaning that also needs satisfaction. However, to me, it seems like a very real past-life attraction too! - Why astrology and therapy are a good idea to combine if you want to be truly seen in a very dynamic way, as ever evolving into your higher potential -What Matt Segall cares about these days and how knowing contrast leads to a deeper understanding -Bringing science and spirituality together without losing what’s good about them separately -Corrupt governance showing us a need for the old system to come to an end -The concern about repeating history -Rudolf Steiner as a philosopher to bring in during these times and his 3 main spheres -The cultural life - Plutonian quality to expose truth I am so glad that Matthew David Segall & Footnotes2Plato exists — If you get something out of this conversation, you may want to see the links to continue on with: LINKS Matt did a beautiful recording of the article we talk about here: You can read the article here: Other links; Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35563845

#93 - David Polidi - IFS and EMDR Integrated - Empowered Through Compassion - The Magic Inside 03/01/2025

#93 - David Polidi - IFS and EMDR Integrated - Empowered Through Compassion - The Magic Inside Such a wonderful episode you are about to hear! Meet David Polidi, who is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW), EMDR certified therapist, consultant-in-training, and IFS therapist. He has such great compassion, which I feel comes through in every episode of his own podcast, Empowered Through Compassion: EMDR and IFS Informed Therapy, and now right here on TAP!! He is also a true eclectic like myself - we Sagittarius moon people will know! Enjoy as we talk about synthesizing IFS and EMDR. This conversation will make the most sense if you have some knowledge of those frameworks. After the call, I realized that from the very beginning, we had been talking about Chiron in Aries, as this is the title David Polidi uses for his podcast, website, and business. It is activated for him in this time which we talk about in the end of the interview, but also, in general, it is at the top of his chart, influencing his public profile. Chiron in Aries is exactly what he is talking about in his description of strength. Listen in as we speak about: — Tunnels that intersect and the treasure in the center - Helping clients find the truth within — The internal landscape — The spiritual core of the healing work — Memory reconsolidation — Healing the world through therapy — Chronic pain and EMDR — Parts in roles as helpers — potentially coming up when the client’s theme hits home for the therapist — The fire drill — The wounded healer (amazingly, I find that the whole conversation was filled with this archetype?!?) — Helping parts relax back — Somatic understanding of how the body is trying to communicate with you — When you or clients are activated / feel pain after BLS — Healing is not linear — SUD — problems with checking the data (from Mannah’s point of view) — The Syzygy Model — Tapping into self-qualities — Working with protectors and their levels of urge — Is it: How do I feel now, or how did I feel back then? — Chiron in Aries, which is potentially also about breaking free from external authority — and doing it with strength from the inside out - and in the tenth house of career it also signifies working with populations that are somehow different or the odd one out — David’s great references to movies and the dystopian views of the past playing out in the present — How characters in pop culture are inside us all from an archetypal perspective I hope you felt this interview and meeting of hearts. Here are some links to follow when you are up for that sort of thing: LINKS: Find more om David Polidi: His podcast: Mannahs web: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35427865

#92 - Dr. Michael Smith Part 2 - Healing in Midst of Collective Overwhelm 02/24/2025

#91 - Pamela Eakins - Western Mystery Tradition - Find Your True Path with Tarot of The Spirit 02/19/2025

#91 - Pamela Eakins - Western Mystery Tradition - Find Your True Path with Tarot of The Spirit Do you wonder if you are living your calling? According to my guest today, the greatest crime against the universe is not living one's calling. Meet Pamela Eakins, author of over 20 books, PhD in sociology, and founder of the Pacific Mystery School. I highly recommend this interview—I was inspired from beginning to end, and if you're curious about the tarot, I think you will be too. Pamela Eakins published a tarot deck when there were only seven tarot decks on the market and just two publishing presses producing them. In this episode I mention how her writings speak to my right brain - what I mean to say is that the content is guiding my soul, it resonates deeply and I can come closer to the sea of deep consciousness. Like Pamela Eakins writes in Tarot of the Spirit: "The objective of working with tarot, whether as oracle, spiritual path or meditative tool, is to attain a sublime integration of internal contradictory elements in order to transcend conflict or conditioned response patterns and move into a state of inner peace and deep awareness of our true identity" Here are some of the topics we go into in our conversation: Desire – In the book Tarot of the Spirit, Pamela Eakins writes: "There is desire to move, desire to know, desire to change, desire to grow, desire to fill up the Void of Life with mystery... No one imbues us with this desire. Desire sprouts and blooms of its own accord, in its own time..... Desire is the only medium strong enough to bind the scholar to that which is studied" Aquarian ideas/Visionary cosmology/The universe/Sociology/ New paradigm – different ways of knowing, eventually leading us to the field of neurodivergence and being cosmologically divergent How the Tarot of the Spirit represents the Western Mystery Tradition’s knowledge How we are made of stars and the universe is within us The universe at the cutting edge of its existence Mystical imagination How to know if your calling aligns with a higher purpose rather than being a result of trauma adaptation Pamela Eakins' experience of war and how it changed her The origins of the Tarot of the Spirit for Pamela – a card game Compromising an academic career to follow spiritual awakening – without knowing what she was doing Taking big leaps How tarot has been shamed – as Pamela says, it often happens to those who threaten the system The sun card – making everything transparent, leading to spiritual realization The reason why the cards you draw are always the right ones Pamela’s interpretation of the 1 to 3 cards The chariot and the karma card interpretated Trust you are on the right place at the right time To be DRAWN in - not just being led by passion but finding synchronicity In the end, Pamela answers several questions at once, using the cards and drawing three for us as a collective. Don’t miss that part—there’s real wise download being shared. Note: Pamela mentions the Salem witch trials but accidently says the another year. The correct years are 1692-1693. LINKS Find more on Pamela Eakins school here: Her youtube channel with teachings here: Mannahs website here: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35338725

#90 - Sheila Bélanger - Astrology Alchemy - Planets As Allies - Archetypal Astrology, Depth Psychology and Shamanic Wisdom 02/14/2025

#89 - Justin Wesenberg - Elevating the Collective Consciousness - Awaken Your Divine Light 02/08/2025

#89 - Justin Wesenberg - Elevating the Collective Consciousness - Awaken Your Divine Light Justin Wesenberg channels poetry, and there is a unique story behind how that began. As an author of more than ten books, a meditation teacher, and a spiritual guide, he shares in this episode of TAP how his spiritual awakening set him on a path of service. After years of seeking, he experienced a profound kundalini awakening that transformed his entire life. Now, he seeks to inspire others to find true freedom and deepen their connection with all that is. In the fire of transformation all will dissolve, until only love remains. His books include: Ascension: The Path to Liberation Kundalini: The Energy of Awakening Yoga: The Science of Self-Realization Unity: The Evolution of Consciousness Samadhi: The Divine Light Shiva: The Fire of Transformation Gaia: Rise of the Goddess Quantum: A New Reality The Sacred Nine: Wisdom of the Ancients Gnosis: Knowledge of Self Just so you get an idea about the topics he is engaged in. In this interview he shares his awakening experience, the integration time after and how it influences his connection to the universe now plus the promise he made to Shiva. It is beautiful and very inspiring and I think it is meant to be shared with all of us. We also talk about elevation, because that is huge in his birth chart. When you have the Sun in the 11th house* of broad awareness, high values, progressive ideas, then you will have the need for elevating standards of life - your personal but also on a global level. You can have insights that can really solve problems with this signature. Justin is a cancer Sun, so in this episode we also speak of FEELING the truth - this is the experience you can have from reading or listening to poetry. LINKS: Find Justin Wesenbergs books here: His main site: Books can also be found here: or on audible platforms My website: Video version of this episode: *There is of course more to his chart, there always is more, than I can communicate in an interview where we touch on it lightly - even a lot more to the 11th house but in broad terms it is the higher awareness, it is the personal creativity, strong desire for emancipation and enlightened way of life, and also that tendency we speak about in the end to constantly refine ones creative expression. With Cancer there I feel it is the water from above, like music. ** One more thing: I do say something like "what the planets are doing to us" and of course this is not accurate exactly - but let's go into the more philosophical debate another time. /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/35193475

#88 - Davis K Brimberg - Teachings from the Gatekeeper: A Memoir and Journey into Parapsychology 02/01/2025

#87 - Dr. Owen Roberts - Shamanism & The Climate Collapse 01/27/2025

#86 - John Clarke (Part 3) - Dealing with Anxiety in IFS (Internal Family Systems) 01/21/2025

#86 - John Clarke (Part 3) - Dealing with Anxiety in IFS (Internal Family Systems) Welcome to the third and - for now - last segment with John Clarke, a passionate and dedicated IFS teacher and podcast host (Going Inside). In this episode, we explore the theme of anxiety through the lens of working with parts and Self. While this concludes the planned little series on IFS, I’m hopeful that John Clarke will come back for more IFS insights sometime in the future. NOW for this this episode, we discuss: - Threat Response in the nervous system - Downward Arrow Technique (used in several therapies, NARM included) to really located the core fear/belief - How parts hold and express anxiety and fear and the practise of being okay without knowing - Is anxiety a part? (We who have seen "Inside out 2" kind of think it might be this orange part??) - Fear of being taken advantage of - What happens when a part has no translatable message when interviewed (by yourself or in a therapy session) - The importance of starting the process by working with protectors - Understanding the inner critic as a protective response - Repressed anger and its impact - Fear / Anger that don’t need to be acted out - Expressing emotions from multiple parts to acknowledge yourself, without focusing on the responses from other people - In therapy session - how do we work with unfinished business, in the active imagination - Collective anxiety and the importance of validating the difficulty of not knowing what the future holds - BEING WITH (as oppose to doing something - And two points in the end: From John about feeling fear and doing it anyway as one way of healing the anxiety - and from Mannah just the sense that it holds spiritual importance to overcome fear and anxiety and enter into peace of mind Happy you are with us - I think we need this if we want to overcome anxiety, to speak openly about it, try and understand it to transform it & liberate from it. LINKS: Find more on John Clarke: Going Inside Podcast: My website: Hey if you want to the video versions, they reside here: https://www.youtube.com/@therapeuticastrology /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/34759255

#85 - Phil Mollon - Blue Diamond Healing - Exploring Transpersonal and Transdimensional Aspects of Energy Psychotherapy 01/13/2025

#85 - Phil Mollon - Blue Diamond Healing - Exploring Transpersonal and Transdimensional Aspects of Energy Psychotherapy Phil Mollon PhD is a psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, and energy psychotherapist. He has pioneered the development of Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy and teaches Blue Diamond Healing, which he will guide us through in this interview. Get ready to tap into deeper healing work and explore the philosophy of healing from an energetic standpoint. Phil Mollon’s journey can perhaps be seen in his authorship—I ask him about that, and he says it’s on a continuum. Here are his books listed; I just like the sound of the titles even: The Fragile Self: The Structure of Narcissistic Disturbance Multiple Selves, Multiple Voices: Working with Trauma, Violation, and Dissociation Remembering Trauma: A Psychotherapist's Guide to Memory and Illusion Freud and False Memory Syndrome The Unconscious Releasing the Self: The Healing Legacy of Heinz Kohut Shame and Jealousy: The Hidden Turmoils EMDR and the Energy Therapies: Psychoanalytic Perspectives Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy: Inspired by Thought Field Therapy, EFT, TAT, and Seemorg Matrix The Disintegrating Self: Psychotherapy with Adult ADHD, Autistic Spectrum, and Somato-psychic Conditions Pathologies of the Self: Exploring Narcissistic and Borderline States of Mind AND the one we speak of today: "Blue Diamond Healing: Exploring Transpersonal and Trans-Dimensional Aspects of Energy Psychotherapy" from Karnac 2022 In this chapter of TAP we talk about themes such as: -Energy Psychology Approaches - Freud and Libido - similar to descriptions of life force - We do the actual Blue Diamond healing! - The energy system is where information is stored - Congruence and coherence - Unconscious objections and sabotage patterns - The American commercial culture in the energy healing business - yet they all work very well by activating the subtle energy system -Creating necessary entropy in the too-ordered patterns in the mind - Pathogens and parasites and intrusions that give rise to dysfunctional patterns -Errant coding that can exist in a number of higher dimensions - The reason why psychedelic work - The Blue Diamond Healing and the high heart point as direct access point to the unified field - The work of William Tiller - Why we attract more of the same - The SACRED UNKNOWN EVOLVING SELF -Transference in a new light - How the blue diamond field will bring about what we ask, if we dont have internal objections - but what if we have unconscious traumatized parts of us that do object to healing? - Coherent thoughts expressed in coherent sentences that can work like magic And much more LINKS: Find the book we speak of right here: Phil Mollons website: Phil Mollon also recommends the website of Noel Tobin, who describes very clearly some of the background science: Mannahs website: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/34824085

#84 - Ruthie Smith - Energy, Soul Connecting and Awakening Consciousness - Psychotherapy in a New Paradigm 01/10/2025

#84 - Ruthie Smith - Energy, Soul Connecting and Awakening Consciousness - Psychotherapy in a New Paradigm Do you know about and or practice Energy Psychotherapy? Our guest today, Ruthie Smith, is the Director on a Training Programme teaching energy psychotherapy to counsellors and psychotherapists (run by Energy Psychotherapy Training Ltd.) I (Mannah) am over the moon about her book, "Energy, Soul-Connecting and Awakening Consciousness: Psychotherapy in a New Paradigm", as it serves as an essential meeting place for different methods and ways of thinking within contemporary trauma therapy, while being rooted in ancient wisdom. I had an extended interview with Ruthie because the information in her book is vast. You can choose to listen, pause, and come back to it as many times as needed. Personally, I love the long format, and you might too as you join us. Here’s what you’ll hear about if you choose to stay with us: Ruthie Smith weaves together insights from neurobiology, epigenetics, and consciousness studies, presenting a framework that alleviates trauma and fosters self-awareness and personal transformation. The meaning of multidimensionality The interconnections of mind and body. How to experience ease and grace in the flow. Methods for clearing trauma from both past and present life. Realising Interdependence From 3D to 5D Quantum Mechanics A glimpse of awakening Manifestation David Hawkins scale (levels of consciousness) The Veils of the ego Past lives coming through into this life Clearing repetition compulsion The aquarian age and aquarian technology How to feel better much quicker The way out of suffering Clearing the clouds of our emotions SHAME Exploring the shift in consciousness and accessing different timelines as part of personal healing and growth. Heart consciousness - PRESENCE Synchronicity Pure Awareness- the light of our true nature A snake unwinding The 4 ways to handle poisoned plants - different antidotes to negative emotions The path of liberation Tantra, the path of joy Dharma - discernment Spiritual principles The noble truths Dhogzhen Are we egoistical or coming from the heart? Traumatic invalidation - when ones own perception is being invalidated - scapegoat archetype Energetic Boundaries Our DNA, how we come from the starts and originally had 12 strands of DNA God Eternal within the body The wisdom in the unconscious The trauma of our age as being disconnected from soul Thank you for listening- Be aware of a correction from Ruthie: "Made a mistake with yanas around 56/57 minutes – I say that the first ‘noble truth’ of the Buddha is to do no harm – I was muddled and this is incorrect. I meant to say ‘the first teaching of the Buddha– i.e the first turning of the wheel of the dharma’ - was to do no harm Similarly it isn’t the 2nd ‘Noble truth’ with Mahayana – instead say ‘the second teaching of the Buddha– i.e the second turning of the wheel of the dharma’ " LINKS: Here is the book Energy, Soul Connecting and Awakening Consciousness - Psychotherapy in a New Paradigm: Learn more about Ruthies work: Contact: Find Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/34740670

#83 - Kim Barthel - The Conscious Evolution of the Human Spirit - The Expansive Tension - Therapy as an Opportunity to Sense Yourself 01/04/2025

#82 - New Year Special - Astrologer Gray Crawford: The Astrology of 2025 - Follow Your Creativity 12/31/2024

#81 - Brid O'Donoghue - The Mystery of the Sensitive Child - When Switching Off Emotions Becomes a Normal Way of Being - Understanding Sensitivity 12/26/2024

#81 - Brid O'Donoghue - The Mystery of the Sensitive Child - When Switching Off Emotions Becomes a Normal Way of Being - Understanding Sensitivity “Someone who senses other people’s needs, problems, feelings, or pain and shows compassion for what the other person is going through.” This is the definition of sensitivity that Brid O'Donoghue writes about in her book "The Mystery of the Sensitive Child": How can something so loving pose a challenge? We explore exactly that in this episode. Meet Brid O'Donoghue, author and spiritual healer, for a deep and meaningful conversation. Find links to her book and other work below. Here are some key points we discuss in this episode: Levels of sensitivity Sensitivity connected to spirituality Being grounded to not be pulled into other peoples energy The difference between disconnecting and switching off emotions Dissociation, How to emotionally step out and then not being able to remember school It’s not daydreaming — it’s survival Are you okay? Being a caring person versus what do they want from me? The habit of switching off as an adult Remembering that it’s safe to be in your body and be present The concept of running two emotional programs simultaneously T-shirt exercise The energy that impacts us the most is the one that was around us when we were small Anger - picking up on frustration Not understanding sensitivity can lead to great trauma Fight-or-flight response - the flaw - and living on the edge Even when we want to keep everyone safe, we can become the bear Identify the triggers and talk them off the cliff Calming tools for when kids are overwhelmed in class Different types of coping to try and control the situation Talking the day (I may have misheard this, but I liked it anyway) to come up with a strategic plan for the next day To not like the texture of things for example - figuring out what calms them and using it to their advantage- finding something they like the feeling of in this case Child friendly ways to bring them into the present I hope you enjoy this episode and discover the hidden gems in it about this massive theme of sensitivity and Brid O'Donoghue's remarkable work in the field. - Mannah THE BOOK we speak about: https://www.amazon.com/MYSTERY-SENSITIVE-CHILD-Brid-ODonoghue/dp/1739316304 Find more from Brid right here: My website is: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/34509725

#80 - Dr. Michael Smith - PTSD from a TCM Perspective - Awareness of Your Constructed Self - Where Healing Begins 12/20/2024

#80 - Dr. Michael Smith - PTSD from a TCM Perspective - Awareness of Your Constructed Self - Where Healing Begins "Being isn't selfing — selfing is something we do to get something right. But if we approach life as though something is wrong, we become obsessed with what is right." (Quote from Dr. Michael Smith around 70 minutes in) There’s no way I can summarize this conversation!! You just have to lie down, press play, and soak in Dr. Michael Smith's incredible inspiration. I know Michael from the podcast Primordial Dao, Present Dao, but he is also an internationally respected clinician, author, speaker, and professor. As a doctor, he combines Functional Medicine, Evolutionary Nutrition, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Meditation, Breathwork, and Qi Gong to support individuals with autoimmune conditions, complex trauma, and addiction. I copied this intro from his website, which you can find below. What I can summarize is that we speak about something like this: Assessing clients Intimacy and wisdom The difference between knowledge and wisdom Not practical but practicable A bit of Aries combat and survivalism Boundaries and how to care for your energy and woundedness Trauma bonding The authors of the DSM The DSM in the context of an industrial process Mercury in Pisces, because interviewing Michael feels out of this world The need for four hours of silence — the hippocampus can grow back If you keep waking up in the middle of the night, it might mean you need more silence Anchoring your spirit Exploring PTSD from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective (Qing Zhi Bing — Traumatic and Emotionally Disorienting Wounds) Recognizing capacities and limits The skill set needed for helping people Emotionally disorienting wounds Your state of being — the person's vibe Your story and your "why" What we are certain we need to do The scars we have as the tapestry of our soul Imitating the client to better feel what life is like for them Ancient languages with verbs — sharing in relation, in experience What the client thinks of the world Metaphors to understand a quality How we all orient toward meaning Adaptive capacity Why TCM doesn’t really diagnose people Caring for clients’ symptomatic well-being while also helping them heal themselves The Six F's — we explore fawning The universe finding the center Different PTSD expressions Treating the sense of self How maturing spiritually changes how you relate to your symptoms A wound in the stomach (gastric ulcer) and how to relate to that "stress place" metaphorically Neuroception The importance of bonding with others rather than shaming experiences When soothing your pain makes you feel isolated and deep in existential pain When life becomes a matter of just getting through the pain The distress caused by diagnostic labels Training the mind and heart The self as a date at the prom Behind spirit is soul — but what is it like? Reorienting ourselves from literal phenomena to mindful awareness A rite of passage to let your self go Coming to truth rather than bouncing between extremes How healing begins with grieving and ends with gratitude I really hope you enjoy this as much as I do. — Mannah LINKS to find more on Dr. Michael Smith: https://somadaoqigong.com/ Embodied Psychotherapy, Spiritual Recapitulation, and Traditional Chinese Medicine course: Connect with Michael online: Facebook: Books (Kindle) The podcast I know Dr. Michael Smith from - recommend it: Mannahs website: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/34447740

#79 - John Clarke (Part 2) - Parts Work Perspective - Witnessing Without Judgment - Leading from Self, Listening to Parts - Having No Agenda 12/16/2024

#79 - John Clarke (Part 2) - Parts Work Perspective - Witnessing Without Judgment - Leading from Self, Listening to Parts - Having No Agenda Is it a part or your Self? Can I be in Self 100 percent while still wanting my clients not to hurt themselves? Is who I think I am truly me, or a manager? When an exile has been healed, do I still carry it within me? How do I know my parts are real and not just something I’ve made up? If you sometimes wonder about questions like these, this episode is for you! This is the second episode in the series with John Clarke, helping us tap deeper into Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parts Work. John is the Clinical Director of Calm Again Counseling, a member of the IFS teaching staff at IFSCA, and the host of the podcast Going Inside: Healing Trauma from the Inside Out. Listen in as we speak about topics such as: ⎯ Honoring your parts by naming them ⎯ Being Self-led ⎯ How we quickly get into our parts, for example when it becomes really important to be understood ⎯ Noticing your body as your parts ask if their services are needed ⎯ Understanding the truth of the part ⎯ Managers burning out is one reason we go to therapy ⎯ Addictive parts and their intention ⎯ Having compassion for others softens their parts ⎯ Listening to angry parts ⎯ Asking parts: How are you trying to protect me? ⎯ How validation can lead to healing ⎯ Protectors, exiles, and perceived threats ⎯ We only get to know a handful of the players in our internal system ⎯ Parts mapping to deepen connection to parts ⎯ Restoring internal attachment: Will you be here when I need you the most? How much do I matter? ⎯ Adults still waiting for their parents to apologize ⎯ The self-like agenda in therapist parts that want to rescue clients ⎯ Protectors hurting for a good reason ⎯ Why it’s not helpful to shame protectors ⎯ Moving beyond a top-down approach that only manages symptoms ⎯ Why the goal is not to stop the behavior ⎯ Honoring separateness — don’t jump into the hole with people ⎯ John Clarke’s 84-year-old therapist’s words of love ⎯ The real job of a therapist/what therapists owe their clients ⎯ The paradox of healing: When you no longer need the client to get better, the client gets better ⎯ Empathy versus compassion ⎯ Why compassion fatigue doesn’t exist Thank you for being here — there’s definitely a part of me that wants you to stick around. - Mannah LINKS: Find more on John Clarke: Going Inside Podcast: The podcast episode I mention in the end that hits home for me speaking about religious trauma, is right here: My website: Video version: https://youtu.be/Td4i12zXMLY /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/34439470

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