Coaching Creative People

Coaching Creative People

Amanda Seyderhelm creates her life from the inside out. As a writer and life coach she specializes in coaching creative people who want to uncover their Big Dream and start living it. “My biggest ‘wake up’ was in 2002 when I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  This was my body and soul speaking up for me, and I was initiated into an intense healing journey.”...
Inter-Species Communication

Inter-Species Communication

Toni Frohoff is a behavioral and wildlife biologist who has been studying marine mammal behavior and communication for over 20 years. Dr. Frohoff has a doctorate in Behavioral Biology, an M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and a B.S. in Psychology. She specializes in stress and welfare in captive and free-ranging dolphins in response to human activity and has written numerous publications on this subject. Currently, Frohoff is Research Director for both...
Revolutionary Research in Mystic Experiences

Revolutionary Research in Mystic Experiences

Dr. Rick Strassman is a medical doctor specialized in psychiatry with a fellowship in clinical psychopharmacology research. Dr. Strassman was the first person in the United States after twenty years of intermission to embark in human research with psychedelic, or entheogenic substances. rickstrassman.com http://media.libsyn.com/media/futureprimitive/futureprimitive-rickstrassman-aug2009.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe:...
Psychedelics and Ecology

Psychedelics and Ecology

Part 2 of an interview with Rick Doblin, founder and president of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). The second interview is about the Psychedelics and Ecology MAPS Bulletin, volume 19, number 1, edited by David Jay Brown. http://media.libsyn.com/media/futureprimitive/Doblin090803.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe:...
Interview with Jeffrey Lewis

Interview with Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis is a story teller and trader who has lived for many years close to Zuni and Hopi indigenous people learning about their traditions and stories: “My role in the revitalization of these ancient routes has been a blessed one. I have brought macaw feathers from the Mayan jungles and worked to preserve that species. I have traded for weavings from the highlands of Guatemala and southern Mexico; shells from as far away as southeast Asia; corals from...
Psychedelic Drugs and Healing

Psychedelic Drugs and Healing

Rick Doblin studied with Stan Grof, M.D., and was in the first group to become certified as holotropic breathwork practitioners. His dissertation was on “The Regulation of the Medical Use of Psychedelics and Marijuana,” and his master’s thesis focused on the attitudes and experiences of oncologists concerning the medical use of marijuana. His undergraduate thesis was a twenty-five year follow-up to the classic Good Friday Experiment, which evaluated...