A Quest for Well-Being

'Let's take a look at the idea of "standing up" for someone or something.' 'You're at home one evening, and there's a knock on the door, or a buzz on the buzzer or whatever; you open the door and there's someone there asking you to sign a petition banning the opening of a fast-food place on your street; it's part of a well-known food chain across the country. Would you: Say yes, and sign Say no, and not sign Say I would like to know more before deciding ...or something else? 'And why this choice?' 'When you "stand up" for someone or something it means protecting or defending someone or something. Sometimes it might mean you getting hassled, or even putting yourself in some sort of danger. "Standing up" for something is a big idea, and perhaps an even bigger action. So let me ask you: What would you do in each of these three situations: — You're talking with friends and they start making fun of someone you all know and like, or so you thought, but who isn't there at that moment...what do you do? —What about if the person was there, what would you do? — Okay. This time, you're on your own. You're at a place where lots of young people hang out, and you're there having something to eat. There's someone you don't know sitting by themselves but sitting quite close to you. Two other young people come in and stand next to that person and it looks like they're threatening them, asking for something...? What do you do?' — passage from the book Frames. — Valeria interviews Peter Slattery, the author of FRAMES: 12 fabulous ways of talking with young people Many years ago, Peter did a B.A. in Social Science and an M.A. in Psychology. He says he thoroughly enjoyed his time at university and freely admits to having learned something. He also says that the past 30 plus years of working with young people, especially with those having a hard time of life, have taught him a lot more, and given him some ideas about how to make use of what he learned at university. Today, Peter works freelance across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, with occasional jaunts into Asia, North America, the U.K. and Europe. He continues working with young people in all the places you expect to find them; within all the school systems, as well as in youth refuges, rehab. centers, the many forms that youth programmers take and in juvenile justice settings. Having done this work for a long time now, Peter finds himself in demand as a trainer of workers, as a supervisor and mentor, and seems to be constantly invited to speak at conferences both within Australia and overseas. He has published extensively in both the E and the hard-copy worlds. He says he considers himself extremely lucky, and thinks of his work as an uplifting challenge, a privilege, a joy and often, just a lot of fun. To learn more about Peter Slattery please visit his website: https://peterslattery.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

Valeria interviews Aura E Martinez, the author of Creating a Lifetime of Wellness: Start Having the Life You Deserve So many of us are unaware of the way we are feeding ourselves mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. This lack of attention leads to a life that is far less than what we deserve. In Creating a Lifetime of Wellness, author Aura E. Martinez helps you gain the awareness you need to increase your well-being every day, starting now. A wellness and life coach, Martinez covers different areas of your life that impact your well-being. She includes discussions on everything from body and soul, to finances, sleep, work, friendships, and more. Creating a Lifetime of Wellness motivates you to look at your life as a whole and then tear the picture into sections so you can assess each area and make improvements, changes, and adjustments as needed. Martinez shows that well-being and happiness are within your reach. It's all about motivating you to create a lifetime of wellness by working on your goals each day and doing what you must do to claim your life and live it to the max. Aura E. Martinez is a Self-Discovery and Empowerment Coach, helping the outer and inner travelers who seek greater well-being and personal fulfillment to discover themselves powerfully so that they can start living life to the max. As a person who has traveled the world as a Flight Attendant, the opportunity has helped her learn and see so much and she discovered the most fabulous place for us all to see that is truly the key to greater well-being and she shares that with others worldwide. She is also the founder of Live to the Max™/Viva al máximo™ ! To learn more about Aura E Martinez, please visit her website: https://www.auraemartinez.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

As these hard and heartbreaking days of COVID-19 drag on and news outlets announce the numbers like the countdown to a rocket launch, life as we've known it has entirely changed. We are forced to create new routines and new ways of being. We are reordering our lives with greater austerity in mind. The specter of illness, death and loss weighs upon the world and our souls. Many people are in isolation and longing for human comfort. Others are surrounded by family and longing for a break. Some people have rediscovered quiet joys, like taking a walk, planting flowers, or doing a puzzle. Others go from screen to screen, working or seeking distraction, entertainment, community, news and solace. Many are afraid to think about tomorrow. Will we escape the sickness? Will we have the financial means to get by? Will the economy rebound? What about the job market? What will become of the restaurants we enjoyed, the shops and small businesses we counted on? At American Blossom, we employ dozens of people at our USA manufacturing plants in Georgia and South Carolina and our offices in Pennsylvania. Like people everywhere, our emotions today are mostly sad and worried. But we've chosen to lean into these difficult times and work harder than ever to earn your trust and your business. There's never been a greater need for ample sleep that restores the body and refreshes the mind. Sufficient sleep is essential for good health including a well-functioning immune system. Our crisp, organic cotton sheets will help you sink into a restful, beautiful sleep. And because they are made in the USA, you'll be supporting farms, small business and jobs here at home. There has never been a better time or reason to invest in durable, comfortable, well-made sheets that are proven to fit all of the most popular mattress brands. When worries keep me up at night or greet me in the morning, I actively practice the habit of gratitude. I think of a few things to appreciate in that moment in time and jot them down in a bedside journal. Even on the hardest days when it seems that every sphere of my life is imploding in some way, I always find something to be grateful for. Simple stuff like chocolate, music, and stinky kisses from my dog that make me laugh. Big stuff, like people I love. Employees I admire. Heroes who sacrifice to keep us healthy or free. Although COVID-19 has changed the world at least for now, I choose to consider how much can still be good. I ask my children and grandchildren to appreciate their blessings—and literally to count them. I ask my coworkers to support each other through simple kindness, empathy, or humor. I ask my friends to support the small businesses that meet our needs and enrich our communities. And to our valued customers, my humble suggestions: Be mindful, be playful and sleep beautifully. — writes Janet Wischnia Valeria interviews Janet. Janet Wischnia is the founder of American Blossom Linens and one of the owners of Thomaston Mills, the manufacturer of American Blossom Linens. Janet grew up in Elkins Park, PA and lives in the same neighborhood today. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and received her MBA from Drexel University. Since she was 4 years old, Janet has been involved with the family business started by her grandfather, who opened their first storefront on South Street, Philadelphia in 1931! Janet learned from the ground up about the textile industry, from manufacturing to marketing and even sweeping the floors. American Blossom provides linens for hospitals and hotels across the nation and now sells direct-to-consumer after Janet noticed the need for sustainable products, impeccably made in the USA. She's dedicated to making eco-friendly products that last for years and never go out of style. American Blossom Linens are the ONLY providers of American-made 100% organic cotton sheets sold in the nation. To learn more about Janet Wischnia please visit his website: https://americanblossomlinens.com/ OFFER: Use coupon code QUEST20 for 20% off of buyers' first order! For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Valeria interviews Laurie Warren, the author of Wild World, Joyful Heart: Unlock Your Power to Create Health and Joy. Our wild world is, in many ways, backward and upside down; we've created a culture that supports poor health, loneliness, stress, emotional angst, and polarity. But buckle your seatbelt. Laurie Warren is a change agent, kicking our limiting "common but not normal" cultural mores to the curb and working to shift both our personal and societal approach in favor of empowered well-being. Wild World, Joyful Heart is both a rally cry and a guidebook for attaining the physical, emotional, and mental health that you deeply desire. Will you use your mind as a bridge or a barrier? This question is the thread that you'll follow through Laurie's extensive research, clinical experience, and unique storytelling style to create better health and more joy in your everyday life. This book is an invitation to bravely inhabit your life in a whole new way—while your joy, contentment, and wholeness reverberate out to stitch up our wounded world. Here are a few quick tips for health & joy in our wild world: — Know that your actions, however small, matter. There's a lot of change going on and many of us want to do our part. It can feel overwhelming. One small, consistent shift can create more change than a one-time event. Let's keep the momentum going without burning ourselves out. — Feeling emotional? FEEL the emotions and provide them with a release valve like crying, exercising or being out in nature. As discussed in WWJH, pent up emotions wind their roots into your physical and mental well-being. — Take a technology/social media break. Daily technology fasts of 1-2 hours can be liberating and many are amazed at how good they feel with their personal technology devices in a drawer for a few hours. The great news is, you can release FOMO (fear of missing out) because all the info will still be there. Overstimulation can create feelings of jumpiness and irritation. — BREATHE. Several times a day, stop and take 3 breaths, breathing deeply as your belly and ribs expand fully. This invokes the Relaxation Response and gives your fight-or-flight system a much-needed break. — Prioritize self-care. It's not selfish, it's imperative for the health of you, and the health of society. Nourishing foods, movement, 7.5+ hours of restful sleep, and drinking plenty of water (80-120 oz/day). Mindfully seeking out positive input for your psyche like fun music, an up-beat podcast, or reading something that supports you in feeling positive, happy and can-do. —— Laurie Warren MSN is a change agent for empowered well-being in body, mind, and spirit. She works as a corporate consultant, wellness clinician, sought-after speaker, and writer and is the author of Wild World, Joyful Heart: Unlock Your Power to Create Health and Joy. Laurie holds a master's degree in integrative nutrition, with additional training in biochemistry, functional medicine, psychology, bioenergetics and herbalism. Her approach to health, healing, and joy is grounded in three foundational beliefs: The body is a self-organizing organism that's hard-wired for healing. Our mind can be used as either a bridge or a barrier in our quest for well-being. What matters most is WHO we are as we move through this world. Laurie is also a regularly featured expert in the media. A Maine native, she lives in the Greater Boston area and enjoys her four children, her two grandchildren, and the gift of life. To learn more about Laurie Warren please visit her website: http://www.LaurieWarren.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Valeria interviews Grace Avalon, the author of Thank God I'm Crazy: My Journey to Sanity. How is it possible to tell you that you are walking with the light of God in you? People travel to wonder at the mountains, the seas, the rivers, the stars, and yet they pass themselves by without wondering. Don't put prophets on pedestals . . . look in the mirror. When visions Grace Avalon experienced actually came true over twenty years, she was startled to discover that this journey called life, is merely waking up from our own insanity—and that God is in all things. Wisdom comes in trusting life—not the illusion. When we are in joy, we are in truth. At twenty-two, Grace left her body to be swept into luminous kaleidoscopic light-bearing images of places she'd never seen. Escaping from her abusive life and marriage—in joyous laughter she surrendered to its beauty, and was briefly placed in a mental hospital by her husband. Coming out, Grace saw a world of betrayal, fear and war. This was insanity. The sanity was the love she came to know in the light. In her memoir of surreal coincidences is also found a miraculous new level of forgiveness. Life is a working, self-correcting dream, and a treasure hunt to uncover love's sanity which leads us to a joyous awakening . . . and . . . teaches us how to lighten up! With renewed vision, we can also see that everything in our seeming physical existence, things, places, objects, our bodies—are all symbolic inner-active reflections which are used by Spirit to guide us to awakening. "Symbols are a psychological mechanism that transforms meaning." Carl Jung. Everyone has their own guiding symbols—their own inner voice—and the power of choice. Grace's path out of hell also becomes a demonstration of A Course in Miracles made practical. Her memoir, Thank God I'm Crazy, includes pictures of places that actually occurred, as seen in her visions. Grace Avalon, a graduate of Hood College, Frederick, MD., BA in education, minor in psychology, is certified in Psychosynthesis, a body, mind, and spirit counseling program, and has taught A Course in Miracles for nine years. She has been interviewed on CBS and ABC TV. Grace, author of Thank God I'm Crazy offers presentations to inspire others to know their own inner voice, and their own unique blueprint to life's oneness . . . often reflected in their personal symbols. A former educator, administrator, and businesswoman, Grace, also a relationship counselor, gives seminars and workshops for anyone whose known abuse, thought they were crazy, or wants to live a meaningful life. Thank God I'm Crazy with Foreword by Gary Renard, international bestselling author of Disappearance of the Universe, is endorsed by Marianne Williamson, New York Times bestselling author of Return to Love, Lynn Andrews, New York Times, internationally bestselling author, whose book Medicine Woman became a virtual aspect of Grace's journey, Beverly Hutchinson, founder, Miracle Distribution Center, Steven Halpern, Grammy-nominated composer and sound healer, and by Kyle Cease, famed comedian and transformational speaker. Thank God I'm Crazy, published by Waterfront Press, is available on Amazon and at Barnes & Noble in digital and paperback. To learn more about Grace Avalon, please visit her website: https://graceavalon.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Valeria interviews Mindi K. Counts, the author of Everyday Chinese Medicine: Healing Remedies for Immunity, Vitality & Optimal Health — A friendly guide to a 2,000-year-old lineage of healing wisdom integrates both the Five Element theory and the practices of traditional Chinese medicine to uncover what your body needs for balance and optimal health. Everyday Chinese Medicine demystifies, simplifies, and reveals patterns to help you take control of your own well-being from the comfort of your own home and kitchen. Mindi Counts—a holistic medical practitioner, acupuncturist, and herbalist—walks you through the seasons, elements, and organ systems to help you understand your unique constitution and how to achieve energetic and physical balance. With simple recipes, self-care practices, and time-tested herbal remedies, Everyday Chinese Medicine is the perfect companion on your path to complete wellness. Mindi K. Counts is an integrative medical practitioner and Five-Element acupuncturist. Co-founder of the Inner Ocean Center for Healing, Mindi is a keynote speaker, retreat leader and teacher. She is the author of Everyday Chinese Medicine and a contributing author to the Trauma Toolkit and Singing Our Heart's Song. She is the founder of the international nonprofit Inner Ocean Empowerment Project, providing holistic healthcare and education through volunteer service missions to underserved populations around the world and in the U.S. She has been featured in several publications including Dr. Oz's The Good Life magazine for her work in Indian slum communities, Burmese refugee clinics and earthquake-ravaged areas of Nepal. Mindi is a graduate of Naropa University's Contemplative Psychology program and holds a Master's degree in Classical Five Element Acupuncture from the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture. She lives with her family and rescued pit bulls in the foothills of Colorado. To learn more about Mindi K. Counts, please visit her website: https://www.mindikcounts.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Valeria interviews Myia Cleggett, the author of Gratitude & Success Journal. It gives us an easy-to-follow, step-by-step, daily program that helps develop positive change. The Gratitude & Success Journal is a guide to train the mind to: Attract more wealth, health, happiness, love and success. Create new positive energy and vibration. Focus on, and appreciate all the magical things in life. Form and develop new positive neural pathways. Mindfully be in the moment and appreciate the abundance that surrounds us. The chapters cover: Love, Career & Success, Happiness, Health & Wellness and Inspiration. All the activities in the journal allow us to exercise our gratitude muscle' which in turn attracts more positive experiences into our world. One cannot feel gratitude AND anxiety at the same time. Myia is the founder of Mind Motivation Coaching and is a Transformation & Abundance Coach. She empowers clients in building confidence, career, wealth creation, health and wellness. Myia is an expert in the principles of Rapid Transformational Therapy, Law of Attraction, Creative Visualization, Neuroscience and Quantum Physics. Her mission is to globally create a ripple effect of inspiration, happiness, empowerment and transformation. Myia is a Rapid Transformational Therapist, Modern Psychologist, Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Master NLP & Success Coach, Dip. Inner, Child Healing Therapy and Law of Attraction Expert. To learn more about Myia Cleggett please visit her website: https://www.mindmotivationcoaching.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Experience does not come with a label or name tag pinned to its lapel, announcing what it is. The dance of light and color in the evening sky does not say, "I'm a sunset." The clear, sparkling liquid racing down the mountainside doesn't announce to us, "I'm a river." No, it is we who supply the labels. Experience arrives as it is, presenting as various qualities, characteristics, attributes, and textures. And those very qualities that make up what we call experience also come with no narrative attached. They arrive naked and unadorned by any ideas we might entertain about them. Now, most of us have experienced the way in which certain moments such as listening to music, making love, or seeing some awesome display of nature are beyond the reach of words. We recognize that such moments are simply too vast, too rich, and too multifaceted to be captured by any of our descriptive frameworks. But as it turns out, this is the case with all experience. We search for love, for happiness, for well-being, for peace. At times, we feel as if we've found whatever it is we're aspiring to realize, experiencing a moment where all seems unimaginably well, a moment of great vitality, happiness, or ease. And then it slips away, doesn't it? For this is the nature of experience, to disappear no sooner than it has appeared. Experiences always come. And they always go. It's unavoidable. The waves of perception are temporary, rising up and then returning from whence they came, only to be replaced by the next perceptual wave that appears. And no matter how hard we may try to sustain those states that we typically equate with happiness and peace, we're simply unable to do so. At every turn, we find ourselves faced with the stark reality that despite our best efforts to obtain and then hold in place our positive states of mind, we are powerless to realize any kind of actual permanence or continuity because discontinuity is all there is. The river of experience never holds still. There are no frozen frames in the movie that is life, even if language gives us the impression that there are discrete moments with clear beginnings and ends. Life never remains the same but is always on the move. Now conventionally, we equate well-being with particular types of experience. We believe that happiness is dependent upon the flow of life looking a certain way ("comfortable," "happy") and imagine that when it appears differently ("uncomfortable" and "unhappy"), well-being is somehow absent. But what if there is another order of well-being altogether, one discovered not in the usual way we label our experiences, but rather in the flow of experiencing itself? What if well-being could be found not in particular, seemingly discrete perceptual states that are by nature fleeting, but in the continuous flow of perceiving itself, a flow that is by its very nature uninterrupted? Valeria interviews John Astin the author of This Extraordinary Moment: Moving Beyond the Mind to Embrace the Miracle of What Is…. John Astin is the author of four books exploring the nature of reality—Too Intimate for Words, This Is Always Enough, Searching for Rain in a Monsoon and his most recent, This Extraordinary Moment (New Harbinger, 2018). He is also a singer, songwriter and recording artist having produced seven CDs of original spiritual-contemplative music. In addition to his writing and music, John is a professor of counseling and clinical psychology at Santa Clara and Notre Dame de Namur Universities. He holds a PhD in health psychology and is an internationally acclaimed scholar in the field of mind-body medicine, his teaching and research focusing on the applications of meditative-contemplative practices in psychology and health care. To learn more about John Astin please visit his website: https://www.johnastin.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

Have you ever walked into a party a few hours late? Everyone has been there talking and drinking and carrying on, and you're the sober one in the room. You quickly try to disguise yourself to blend in, but what's happening around you is not really making sense. Why are people acting the way they are? They're clearly under the influence of something that is taking them out of their true nature. Has your whole life on Earth been this experience? What if the party you've crashed has been going on for thousands of years, and you've just arrived? Have you always felt like an outsider, a stranger in a strange land? Perhaps you've even been the black sheep of your family? Have you wanted to return home almost since you were born? While everyone else thought a heartless behavior was perfectly fine and seemed impervious, your heart was broken that such a thing could happen....does that sound like you? Have you felt the density and heaviness of humanity, as if you are Hercules lifting everyone around you out of negativity? Maybe you felt like roles were reversed as a child and you were the caretaker? Your whole life you've been told you're too sensitive and need to get a thicker skin. But accepting the 'way things are' felt like an affront to your inner knowing and integrity. You often feel like you're taking on others' burdens and processing it. You need to regenerate your energy by sequestering yourself in your home like a hermit. Paradox: You feel urgency about remembering your purpose and bringing your light to humanity. Your life so far may have been pretty bumpy. You've experienced more than your share of tragedies, sometimes all at once. Childhood abuse, emotional neglect, physical attack, abandonment, bullying, illness, accidents, poverty, rape, incest, shame, blame, guilt, judgement. Perhaps you've considered or attempted suicide. Which did you experience? All of the above? To lift out of the darkness, you've found yourself interested in, even compelled to explore, healing modalities and spirituality and psychology. You've never felt like you were home on Earth. So Kerri Hummingbird says to you, "Welcome Home." Doesn't that feel good? It means that we reached the point of our mission where the tide is ready to turn and we're going to do what we came here to do. It's about to get really amazing on Earth. — Valeria interviews Kerri Hummingbird, Soul Guide, who inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with an authenticity, passion and purpose that positively impacts others. She catalyzes mind-shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom with her Reinvent Yourself programs for individual and group mentoring. She is the international best-selling author of "The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama" and the award-winning best-selling book "Awakening To Me: One Woman's Journey To Self Love" which describes the early years of her spiritual awakening. She has served as a social activist, leader, and philanthropist for over three decades. She is the Founder of the Skills Not Pills Movement and Host of Soul Nectar Show. To learn more about Kerri Hummingbird and her word please visit: www.kerrihummingbird.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

Recent research into the healing potential of psychedelic substances has sparked a resurgence of interest in LSD, mushrooms, and other mind-expanding psychotropic substances. Yet without adequate preparation and counseling during and after the use of psychedelics, much of the transformative potential of these experiences is lost. Francoise Bourzat's work provides clear guidance for people using psychedelics and other transformational processes for healing or for their spiritual development, as well as for the therapists who are guiding them along the journey. Her work is equally for counselors and for clients, Francoise 's book "Consciousness Medicine" provides a therapeutic framework that she developed combining psychotherapy with 35 years of fieldwork among the Mazatec people of Mexico, who have a long tradition of taking psychedelics as medicine. The book guides the reader through preparation, setting intentions and goals, and the different types of experience one may have in an expanded state of consciousness, as well as guidance on how a trained counselor can best support someone through these states. It also explores the art of integration–the application of the wisdom gained from such experiences into daily life–and how a guide or therapist can support the full integration of a journey after it is over. Enhanced by Françoise's personal stories along with accounts of clients, the book builds a powerful case for a holistic view of non-ordinary reality and concludes with a heartfelt argument that modern psychotherapy include expanded states of consciousness in earnest. — Valeria interviews Francoise Bourzat the author of Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth. Francoise Bourzat holds a MA in Somatic Psychology from New College of California (San Francisco, 1990). She is a certified Hakomi Therapist (1991). She is an adjunct faculty in the East West Psychology Program at CIIS. Since 1987, Francoise has apprenticed with shamans and healers in the U.S. and Mexico. In the last 20 years, she has traveled with groups to Mexico, incorporating her counseling practice experience with her knowledge of expanded states of consciousness where she partners with Mazatec healers in Sacred Mushrooms ceremonies. She lectures internationally and she leads trainings in the U.S, France, Lebanon and Israel. Her book Consciousness Medicine (North Atlantic Books) showcases her decade long knowledge which bridges indigenous practices and Western psychology. To learn more about Francoise Bourzat and her work please visit: https://francoisebourzat.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast