Best Eileen Laird Podcasts (2025)

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Focusing: A Practice of Presence & Listening | Serge Prengel 54:43

10d ago54:43

54:43

This week, we’re in conversation with therapist and longtime Focusing teacher Serge Prengel about the transformative power of slowing down and listening from the body. Serge is one of those rare people who seem to live from a deeper layer of presence. His work blends Focusing, Somatic Experiencing, Core Energetics, and Polyvagal Theory to support r…

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Releasing Trauma with EFT Tapping | Mirjam Paninski 54:19

24d ago54:19

54:19

This week on the Mind Bod Adventure Pod, we get our somatic groove on with tapping wizard and trauma therapist Mirjam Paninski. Miriam guides us into the world of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)—a deceptively simple practice where tapping acupressure points while speaking truth can open up big shifts in the body, mind, and heart. It’s part therap…

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Beyond “Normal”: Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy | Joel Schwartz 53:47

1M ago53:47

53:47

This week on the Mind Bod Adventure Pod, we sit down with Dr. Joel Schwartz, a psychologist and one of the early architects of the Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy movement. Joel is known for speaking truth to systems that pathologize difference — and for offering a way of working with our minds that’s healing, joyful, and radically humane. In this…

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Learning to Relate with James-Olivia Chu Hillman 1:02:45

2M ago1:02:45

1:02:45

This week, we sit down with relational facilitator James-Olivia Chu Hillman, whose teachings on radical responsibility, integrity, and unconditional positive regard are already shifting how Jeff shows up in relationship… and how Tasha tries not to ghost people who annoy her. 😅 Together, we explore: * The four core skills of relating well * why bein…

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The Science of Happiness with Axel Bouchon 43:36

2M ago43:36

43:36

What if happiness wasn’t just a feeling but something you could train and reinforce? This week on MindBod AdventurePod, we sit down with Dr. Axel Bouchon, a neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur who spent 20 years searching for a cure for depression—only to realize he’d been asking the wrong question. Instead of curing sadness, he discovered the …

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The Heart of Patience & Courage with Oren Jay Sofer 51:15

3M ago51:15

51:15

What if the secret sauce to navigating the world isn’t hustling harder, fixing yourself, or achieving inner peace like it’s an item on your to-do list—but something way simpler and right under your nose? This week on the Mind Bod Pod, we sit down with Oren Jay Sofer, a meditation teacher, communication wizard, and all-around wise human, to talk abo…

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Core Energetics & Human Design with Angela Ai 55:40

3M ago55:40

55:40

In this episode, we remix therapy and healing with Angela Ai, a syncretic teacher practitioner of Core Energetics, Radical Aliveness, and Human Design. What the heck are these modalities? Good question! In a nutshell: they’re different ways to get insight into — and intuitive contact with— the human experience. Into our internal patterns, our relat…

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Ayahuasca & Spiritual Care with Celina De Leon 52:00

4M ago52:00

52:00

This week, we go deep into the spiritual heart of psychedelics with Celina de Leon, founder of the Circle of Sacred Nature Church, and adjunct faculty at the Graduate Theological Union. Celina has spent 20 years working with ayahuasca – or yagé, as it’s known in the Kamentsa indigenous community of Colombia, her root lineage. We talk about the cont…

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No Enemies with Cara Lai 57:02

4M ago57:02

57:02

Cara Lai is awesome. That’s the first thing to say. She is humble and real and willing to explore a heated topic without having any easy prepared answers. Backtrack! Cara is a dharma teacher, artist, Mom and former therapist. These days she mostly teaches meditation retreats and a fun online drop-in class called “Meditate Your Face Off!” (Jeff: Be …

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Realizing Freedom Together with Caverly Morgan 52:27

5M ago52:27

52:27

In this episode we welcome Caverly Morgan, former Zen monk and author of The Heart of Who We Are. Caverly is also the founder of Peace in Schools, a teen-centered mindfulness curriculum for teens. We jump right into it with a discussion of how teens very naturally want to challenge many of the culture’s bogus assumptions – in her words, teens “are …

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The Ten Fetters with Kevin Schanilec 53:48

5M ago53:48

53:48

Well, this one is cool. It may change your meditation practice and – if you stay with the inquiry – your life. You’d hardly know how ambitious it is though, from our guest Kevin Schanilec’s humble, deadpan delivery. Kevin is a long-time Buddhist practitioner from Seattle who has formalized a process for seeing through what Buddhists call “The Ten F…

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Diary of a Young Psychic with Neon Dreamer 1:06:01

6M ago1:06:01

1:06:01

Today we head off the rails and into the spiritual undergrowth, where the wild things are. Our guest is Diana Piruzevska, aka Neon Dreamer – psychic, medium, healer. Yup – all that! Not her choice - at least not at first… Skeptics might scoff at these intuitions, experiences, and capacities, but that doesn’t change the fact that they kept happening…

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Mindfulness for Neurodivergent Teens with Tim Hwang 40:52

7M ago40:52

40:52

Welcome Tim Hwang, an occupational therapist in New York City's public school system. Tim’s specialty is teaching mindfulness to young people with “disabilities classifications” - Autism, ADHD, and so on. Some of these teens are into the practice, some are bored by it, and some are highly resistant to it. And that’s what we get into! Tim, Tasha, an…

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Deepening our Bond with Nature with Steven Martyn 1:02:33

7M ago1:02:33

1:02:33

This episode is a transmission, no doubt about. Our guest wandered out of the Ontario forest and is here to challenge how we think about ourselves and meditation and nature and agriculture and the old crafts and a lot more. Welcome, Steven Martyn, founder of The Sacred Gardener School. While living alone in the bush - mediating, surviving - Steven …

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The Autoimmune Feedback Loop with Eileen Laird 47:44

8M ago47:44

47:44

Welcome Eileen Laird, author of Healing Mindset. This episode, we target autoimmune disease and the role that the mind-body connection can play in reducing pain, increasing resilience, and living a more vital life. There are over a hundred different autoimmune conditions — from rheumatoid arthritis to lupus to Grave’s disease to multiple sclerosis …

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The Creativity of Practice with Toby Sola 56:39

8M ago56:39

56:39

Toby Sola is founder of the Brightmind Meditation app and an old friend of Jeff’s. In this episode, we chew on some tasty mini-meditation snacks – yum yum! We get all Jedi-mind and try splitting our attention between chatting and meditating. Finally, we explore an inventive and beautiful practice of nurturing our own sense of trustworthiness. All o…

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Finding Home in Our Skin with Kaira Jewel Lingo 47:39

9M ago47:39

47:39

Welcome Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of We Were Made for These Times and coauthor of Healing Our Way Home. Kyra shares her journey from a communal upbringing and monastic life with Thich Nhat Hanh, her work in nurturing community, and her exploration of racial identity in spiritual practice. Her gentle guided practice is beautiful and completely origi…

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Contemplative CrossFit with Frank Yang 57:56

9M ago57:56

57:56

Welcome, Frank Yang – we love you! Frank is an “Infinite Brah” – a true bodybuilder of consciousness who shares his “journey, insights and practices for accessing the highest states of consciousness, awakening and beyond” to quote his fresh and wildly kinetic YouTube channel. So, there’s lots of talk about the experience (and health benefits!) of n…

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Three Precious Pills with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 39:26

10M ago39:26

39:26

This week, we welcome Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, world-renowned meditation teacher, author, and lineage holder in the Bön tradition of Tibet, one of the oldest spiritual traditions on the planet. Today, we take three protective imaginary “pills” – a white pill, a red pill, and a blue pill. “Because in the West everybody loves to eat pills!” Each pill…

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Zentangle! with Martha Huggins and Molly Hollibaugh 52:06

10M ago52:06

52:06

OK friends, enough with the talky talky. Grab some paper and a pencil: in this episode, we’re waking up our inner artists and making Zentangle magic! Martha Huggins and Molly Hollinbough are our sister guides. Many years ago, their romantic parents – Maria and Rick – figured out the Zentangle method together. Ever since, they’ve been teaching it to…

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Story Unbound with Pádraig Ó Tuama 48:39

11M ago48:39

48:39

Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and the host of The On Being Project's Poetry Unbound podcast. He is interested in story and storytelling, in the practice of reading ourselves into stories, and sometimes in reading our lives as stories. All of which can shake us us up in surprising ways. **If you like these adventures in consciousness, consi…

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Self-Compassion (& Hip Hop) for Young People with Ofosu Jones-Quartey 52:29

11M ago52:29

52:29

This week, we welcome the multi-talented Ofosu Jones-Quartey, a meditation teacher, author, and hip-hop artist. This discussion is so fun! It starts with how to share meditation and mindfulness with young people – how to stay real and relatable. Then gets into the role of the artist, creativity, and what it means to connect to your actual voice. We…

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How to Communicate with Mudita Nisker and Dan Clurman 45:52

11M ago45:52

45:52

Welcome Mudita Nisker and Dan Clurman, authors of Let's Talk, An Essential Guide to Skillful Communication. Mudita and Dan have been teaching people how to communicate effectively for over 40 years, so there is serious wisdom in this episode. As Mudita points out, changing how you communicate can change your entire way of perceiving and relating to…

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Using Music to Shift Emotions with Jamie Pabst 33:01

12M ago33:01

33:01

We’re joined by Jamie Pabst, founder and CEO of Spiritune, a music therapy app that supports people’s mental health. Spiritune makes explicit what most of us know implicitly: music can shift our emotional and cognitive state. What does “clinical-grade music” sound like? We listen to two 3-minute tracks, the first designed to move us from anxious to…

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A Playful Approach to Psychedelics with Cardea 44:16

12M ago44:16

44:16

Last summer, we interviewed Ross Ellenhorn and Dimitri Mugianis, founders of Cardea, a psychedelic-assisted care organization based in NYC. This week, we’re finally posting that conversation! Made up of therapists, space holders, artists, and musicians, Cardea focuses on cultivating what they call “aliveness”: the sense that you are vital, fully en…

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Psychedelic Somatic Therapy with Saj Razvi 1:11:30

12M ago1:11:30

1:11:30

You don’t want to miss this one! A deep dive into “the heart of healing,” as we explore how medicines like cannabis and ketamine can amplify trauma therapy. Our guest is Saj Razvi, Director of Education at the Psychedelic Somatic Institute, and one of the original MAPS researchers and clinicians responsible for bringing MDMA-assisted therapy into t…

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Crazy Wisdom with Lama Liz Monson 45:32

1y ago45:32

45:32

Welcome Lama Liz Monson, spiritual co-director of the Natural Dharma Fellowship, and author of a new book on “crazy wisdom,” Tales of a Mad Yogi. Contrary to its controversial reputation, crazy wisdom is more than a spiritual shock technique – of, say, covering oneself in feces (to use a classic example), or staggering drunkenly around the Tibetan …

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The Dark Imaginal with JF Martel 53:38

1y ago53:38

53:38

Welcome JF Martel, filmmaker, writer, and cohost of the superb podcast, Weird Studies. Sometimes, we have a guest who really gets the spirit of what we’re up to here at the Mind Bod Pod… JF is one such guest. He full-on designed a practice for us based on his love of old-school, Dungeons-and-Dragons-style role-playing games… the kind that (in JF’s …

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Sassy Spirituality with Sah D'Simone 58:56

1y ago58:56

58:56

Welcome Sah D'Simone - a former “condescending spiritual c**t” (his words not ours!) who’s since grown into one of the best humans we’ve ever met. Sah is hilarious, fresh, wise and so loveable! You’ll feel all of that immediately, as we explore themes from his new book, Spiritually, We. **Watch this podcast and our fun-filled afterparty in VIDEO ov…

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Psychoacoustics & Safety with Paula Scatoloni 52:02

1y ago52:02

52:02

Welcome Paula Scatoloni, a wise somatic experiencing practitioner (she’s been doing this for 30 years!). Paula uses Stephen Porges’ “Safe and Sound Protocol” as a tool to soothe and heal our frazzled nervous systems. We start by exploring how sound can be healing—in particular, how to train our systems to move out of fight-and-flight and into safet…

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Astrology & Participatory Magic with Caroline Casey 1:04:18

1y ago1:04:18

1:04:18

Arch-Trickster Caroline Casey is our guest today, rapping on the subject of astrology and participatory magic. For Caroline, astrology - like all divination - is an outward expression of an inner state. We don’t need to know astrology, it’s in us. The practice here is to participate - to actively engage with Caroline’s wild flood of words and let t…

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Glimpses into Freedom with Loch Kelly 53:04

1y ago53:04

53:04

Watch the video episode here: https://www.mindbodpod.com/p/loch-kelly-glimpses-into-freedom “The issue of suffering is a simple case of mistaken identity,” says our guest Loch Kelly. By this, he means the you that is thinking about you, is not the real you! Then who is it, you ask? His name is Percy, he lives on a riverboat, and makes a fine fish f…

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Harry Potter & The Sacred Text with Casper ter Kuile 48:19

1y ago48:19

48:19

This week’s guest is Casper ter Kuile, author of the excellent The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Rituals into Soulful Practices. Casper is passionate about spreading the goodness of ritual. Ritual? Isn’t that a religious thing?! HELL NO! For Casper (“Gay atheist goes to divinity school!”) a ritual is anything we do with “intention, attention an…

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Connected Roots with Tracee Stanley 41:37

1y ago41:37

41:37

Tracee is the rock solid – and radiant! – author of Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self, both syncretic works that combine yoga nidra, self-inquiry, ancestor and nature practices, and much more. Tracee is truly a gem! We jump right into a practice that starts with a fresh take on alternate nostril breathing and then flows into a beautifully supporti…

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Multiplayer Meditation with Vince Fakhoury Horn 51:03

1y ago51:03

51:03

Some very inventive practice exploration today, friends! We’re joined by dharma teacher and Buddhist Geeks founder Vince Fakhoury Horn, who leads us in a smorgasbord of short “social” practices, all designed to tap into the goodness of meditation in a bouncy, fun and interactive way. We explore Kenneth Folk’s social noting, try out a microdose-size…

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Risking Freedom with adrienne maree brown 35:39

1y ago35:39

35:39

Do you love yourself and the world enough to risk making moves for other people’s freedom? For guest adrienne maree brown, any such movement has to be rooted in love. And that’s her practice: finding what and where we love, placing it deliberately in the centre of our lives, and then asking: what action wants to arise naturally from that? Not based…

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Cannabis and Meditation with Will Johnson 48:03

1y ago48:03

48:03

DISCLAIMER: we talk about smoking weed while meditating in this episode, and then we actually do it (its legal here in Canada) to see what it’s like. Our guide thinks there’s value in this practice, and so do we - FOR SOME PEOPLE. For others, particularly younger folks whose brains are not fully developed, cannabis can negatively affect mental heal…

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How to Relate to the News with Jay Michaelson 47:22

1y ago47:22

47:22

Although we recorded this interview back in September 2023, it could not be more timely. It is, in fact, about the times, about the news of the world as it comes in via our screen and newspapers, and whether there are practices that can support a more healthy relationship to that news. Our guest is Jay Michealson, writer of , who is both an excelle…

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The Wheel of Consent with Betty Martin 49:10

1y ago49:10

49:10

In this episode of the Mind Bod Adventure Pod, we take a deep dive into the dynamics of giving, receiving, taking, and allowing with guest Betty Martin. Why does Jeff gush that Betty is the next Buddha? Because Jeff is overly-excitable! And because Betty’s Wheel of Consent is about much more than just sex and touch. It’s about how we’re human with …

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The Practice of Activism with Lama Rod Owens 51:22

1+ y ago51:22

51:22

What do struggle and resistance look like as spiritual practices? What does it take to push for change in a violent and antagonistic world? Our guest in this week’s episode (which was recorded last summer) is Lama Rod Owens, in his words, “a fugitive” – disobedient and on the run in a culture where it’s not safe to be Black, not safe to be Queer, n…

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Intuitive Knowing with Sebene Selassie 47:48

1+ y ago47:48

47:48

This episode is a rocket launcher for enabling all the weird ways you already half-know stuff, ie … intuition! The way we get into the subject is curious and open and “non-expert-y” – we hope it will create an opening for you to consider the possibilities of intuition in your own life. Via the gut, via empathy, via dreams – and via a bunch of other…

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Lectio Divina with Nadia Bolz-Weber 45:06

1+ y ago45:06

45:06

In this episode, we chat with Nadia Bolz-Weber, a Lutheran pastor and public theologian celebrated (justly - excellent Christian word) for her edgy, honest, and sometimes hilarious approach to spirituality. The titles of her three bestselling memoirs say it well: Pastrix, Accidental Saints, and Shameless. Nadia also writes the popular Substack, The…

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Season 2 is landing! Watch the Trailer 🧘🏽‍♀️👽🧘🏼‍♂️ 8:21

1+ y ago8:21

8:21

Hello Friends! Jeff Warren & Tasha Schumann here with some exciting news for 2024 and beyond! The Consciousness Explorers Podcast has evolved into … *drumroll* … 🚀 The Mind Bod Adventure Pod! 🚀 Starting January 30, we’re coming at you with new weekly practice episodes, amazing guests, and rampant tomfoolery. In your inbox (and on Substack) every Tu…

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The Final Episode of the Phoenix Helix Podcast 5:00

1+ y ago5:00

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Ten years ago in 2014, I recorded the very first episode of this podcast. Today is the last episode. In this final conversation, I celebrate the past 10 years and share what's coming next.By Eileen Laird

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Episode 230: Healing Stories 11 1:22:23

1+ y ago1:22:23

1:22:23

If you’re a regular listener of my podcast, you know that I start every year with a Healing Stories episode. It features back-to-back interviews with autoimmune warriors just like you! I ask them to share their journey from rock bottom to reclaiming a vital life. In this episode, we talk about Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis…

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Mindset Minisode – Positive Visualization 8:17

1+ y ago8:17

8:17

Our imagination is powerful, because our brain responds to imaginary experiences very similarly to real-life experiences. If we're spinning worst case scenarios in our mind, that triggers a very real stress response in our body. Positive visualizations do the opposite. Not only do they interrupt the stress response, but research shows they can help…

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Episode 229: Best Of – Resilience with Dr. Cynthia Li 1:09:11

1+ y ago1:09:11

1:09:11

This is one of the most popular podcast episodes - for good reason! The topic is Resilience, that ability to bounce back from life’s hardships. With autoimmune disease, we get lots of practice. Sometimes we feel strong and capable of overcoming suffering. Other times we feel beaten down and frightened by our body’s unpredictability. The good news i…

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