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In this episode, depth + somatic psychotherapist and The Whole Paradox Host, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews author, teacher, mother, and pioneer, Perdita Finn. They talk about:

• Relationship to the dead
• Asking the dead for help
• The economy of prayer
• Why institutional religion has tried to make us afraid of the dead 
• True elderhood
• The burden put on modern mothers 
• The sacredness of beads 
• Circles of belonging 
• and much more...

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Find Perdita Finn:
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Visit Perdita's website
Perdita's Substack
Way of the Rose

References:
Take Back the Magic by Perdita Finn
The Way of the Rose by Perdita and Clark Finn
The Reluctant Psychic by Suzan Saxman with Perdita Finn
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta


This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

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In this episode, depth + somatic psychotherapist and The Whole Paradox Host, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews Certified Labor Doula, women's wellness coach, registered yoga teacher, and childbirth educator, Courtney Satow. They talk about:

• the unique perspective of the doula
• fear in birthing
• fear, tension, pain axis
• flow state in birth
• the medical model of birth and impact on perceptions of birth
• the importance of being informed
• and much more...

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Find Courtney Satow:
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Visit Courtney's website

References:
Childbirth Without Fear by Grantly Dick-Read M.D.
Birth Fit
Dr. Stuart Fischbein (Breech Homebirth OBGYN)


This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

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The elder mother gathers the liminal one out of bed. She dresses in earthen skins, her belly round and ripening. She is led blindfolded down a well trodden path into the forest and on into a clearing. A circle of mothers around a fire at the center, tended by maidens in flowing white dress...

The ceremony ends as the liminal one is offered gifts and talismans to remember her strength and power as she faces the decimation of the one who came before and is welcomed to the ancient line of the Mother.

In this episode Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews somatic liberator, entrepreneur, leader, and revolutionary, Maya Night.  They discuss:

• The feminine in business-relinquishing the “niche” philosophy 
• Distinction between maiden and mother mentality
• The decimation of birth, mothering, and parenting
• Motherhood and the erotic
• Being with the cycles of life and inner death
• Trusting the seasons of business
• Maidenhood and righteousness and safety to widening scope in motherhood
• Not turning away from discomfort
• The hardest thing about mothering
• Valuing aliveness over happiness
• The power of honesty and transparency 
• Maya’s work around relational alchemy
• Bringing forward the taboo and unspeakable into relationship
• Somatic relationship practices
  
  

Find Maya Night:
Follow Maya @maya_._night.
Find out more about her work on her website.

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This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

References:
This Jungian Life Podcast
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself by Lisa Marchiano
Margaret Wheatley

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Western culture has in many ways lost conscious relationship with the forces of initiation, so many of us are unconsciously dragged along into initiatory trial after initiatory trial without context, without the container of the community or the elders to hold us and imbue our experiences with meaning and sacred purpose. Without the anchoring of communal ritual we become untethered from the cosmos and the wheel of time that connects us to the eternal. 

In this episode, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews friend, educator, speaker, facilitator, and Rites of Passage guide, Nicky Wilks.  They discuss:

• The impact of lack of ritualized rites of passage
• The fatherhood initiation
• The necessity of male rites of passage due to the lack of physiological markers and the reliance on cultural markers that we are lacking in modern life
• The need for mentors, elders, community in becoming a father
• Nicky's work with rites of passage and the father-child bond
• The importance of mythology and story to give us context in our lives
• The male identity in the modern context
• Fire-keeping as a portal between the physical and metaphysical
• And much more

Find Nicky Wilks:
Follow Nick @nickywilks.
Find out more about Nicky and his offerings on his website.
Find out more about Journeymen on their website and on instagram @journeymen.

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This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

References:
Michael Meade
Dr. Arne Rubenstien
Super Great Kids' Stories

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The seat of therapist or healing professional is a very privileged role and as such, I believe we have a duty and responsibility to be doing our own inner work. In a position of power and with the shadow unchecked it is all too easy to get stuck in a trap of unconscious manipulation, vying for power and control, or using the work to focus on others in order to neglect our own suffering among other things. 

When we acknowledge the shadow we invite in another layer of truth and authenticity to the work, which in turn creates a safer container for the client to show up with all their parts, especially the ones we would rather not name.

In this episode, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews friend, author, speaker and coach, Dr. Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow.  They discuss:

• The impact of putting ideas in print and being seen by friends and family
• The necessity of allowing for a gestational period for ideas before sharing
• The vulnerability and responsibility of being a public-facing figure
• The shadow of content creation
• The shadow of the "healing space"
• Coming back to the body as "truth teller"
• The role of overriding 
• The necessity of discernment 
• Signs working with an aligned healer vs. healer with ulterior motives

Find Dr. Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow:
Follow Erin @dr.erinmcmorrow.
Find out more about her work on her website.

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This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

References:
Carl G. Jung

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A crackling fire, the drum beat, feet rhythmically lifting and pounding on the Earth, dust whirling up like smoke, singing the world awake. Consciousness shifts. We are lifted out of the temporal and transported beyond as we have been doing since the dawn. As Jungian analyst Dr. Jeffery Raff said, humans have “...the innate capacity to unite with the higher world, and to unite the higher and the lower worlds as one” (p.1).

In this episode, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews friend and colleague, trained Depth Psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Psychedelic Facilitator and Integration Therapist, Pilar Brooks.  They discuss:

• How Pilar became a Psychedelic Facilitator and Integration Therapist
• Bridging and holding the tension between different cultural forces
• Centering into the body, understanding the embodied “yes” and “no” and sense of boundaries in working with psychedelic medicines
• How healing contains both pleasure and pain
• The importance of exploring individual healing and our interconnectedness
• The need for support in integrating expanded states of consciousness 
• How life is a psychedelic journey 
• How to practice reciprocity with nature in any environment 
• Grief as an ecstatic experience
• The archetype of the dragon

Find Pilar Brooks:
Follow Pilar @somasenses
Check out her offerings on her website.
Use Coupon Code: welcomemagic for 50% off your first month of Pilar’s membership program Inner Altar.

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This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

References:
The Wedding of Sophia by Dr. Jeffery Raff

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There are myriad paradoxes at work in life and when we straddle two opposing positions we enter a closer approximation of truth and wholeness. Carl Jung said “… the paradox is one of our most valued spiritual possessions.” When we can hold the tension we are honoring the spectrum and complexity of life. Aliveness is in that tension, transformation is in that tension, and so too is great discomfort.

In this episode, Molly interviews her partner, poet, musical artist, all-around prolific creator and founder of Channel the Sun, Zachary Murdock.  They discuss:

• Creating a personal cosmology that includes initiation and normalizes dark night of the soul experiences
• Allowing the dance of rotting and blooming in creativity 
• The dangers of living out the myth of Icarus
• Mental Health crises
• The experience of having freedom through limitation
• Zachary's creative process and the challenging collision between art and commerce
• Balancing obsessive creativity and family life 
• The role of therapy as a way to clear out and increase nervous system capacity
• Surviving the ups and downs of being an artist and deep feeler
• The initiation of fatherhood 
• The relentless mirror of parenthood and partnership 
• Holding the tension in partnership 

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References:

Carl Jung-The Collected Works

Edward Edinger-Anatomy of the Psyche

Marion Woodman

This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.
Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

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In this episode, depth + somatic psychotherapist and The Whole Paradox Host, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews author, educator, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Kimberly Ann Johnson. They talk about:

• menopause as a reckoning
• hormones as gods
• the culture around menopause and aging
• "worrying" about fertility, perimenopause, menopause
• the pressure to go on HRT (hormone replacement therapy)
• coming to terms with limitation
• living in a "what's wrong" culture 
• listening differently as a result of shifting hormones and access to wisdom
• how social media is impacting women's perceptions about menopause
• and much more...

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Find Kimberly Ann Johnson:
Follow Kimberly on instagram
Visit Kimberly's website for courses and MotherCircle-starting in September

References:
Hagitude Dr. Sharon Blackie
Call of the Wild by Kimberly Ann Johnson
The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
The Upgrade by Dr. Louann Brizendine

This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

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In this episode, depth + somatic psychotherapist and The Whole Paradox Host, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews couples psychotherapist and coach Ashley Batistick. They talk about:

• uncertainty and doubt in relationships
• couples therapy and the Emotionally Focused Therapy modality
• the depth perspective in couples work
• holding the tension of opposites
• fantasy as a guide
• allowing the inner lover to court you
• the multiplicity of the psyche
• and much more...

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Find Ashley Batistick:
Follow Ashley Batistick on instagram and substack
Visit Ashley's therapy website and coaching website

References:
James Hillman
Carl Jung
Edward Edinger
Marion Woodman
Ken Wilber

This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

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In this episode, depth + somatic psychotherapist and The Whole Paradox Host, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews psychotherapist and podcaster Gina Minardi.  They talk about:

• being and raising highly sensitive people
• the defining qualities of HSPs
• the initiatory experience of the motherhood journey
• navigating the highly sensitive family ecosystem
• and much more...

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Find Gina Minardi:
Follow Gina Minardi on instagram
Listen to Gina Minardi's Podcast, Spaces Between
Visit Gina's website

References:
The Highly Sensitive Person research by Dr. Elaine Aron
About Rudolph Steiner's concept of the "9 year change"
Dr. Gabor Maté
Existential Kink by Dr. Carolyn Elliot
On Our Best Behavior by Elise Loehnen


This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

Follow us @mollymitchellhardt and @thewholeparadox

This podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann. Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.