A State of Mind

Jess Crutchfield joins Julian to discuss finding her dharma, the importance of embodiment in wellness and healing, Thai bodywork and other body work modalities, crucial information about the female hormone cycle, and much more

About Jess: Jess Crutchfield views health AS life and is dedicated to helping others achieve and sustain good health for a healthier human race and planet. She is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach with functional medicine as a focus, Thai Bodywork Instructor at Boulder Massage Therapy Institute and private practitioner/teacher, a Yoga & Breath facilitator, and Boulder Zouk dance community organizer. She’s a mover of all kinds, with experience and expertise in weight lifting, yoga-ing, bodyworking, contact improv’ing, and zouk’ing. She’s avidly studied Authentic Relating and Conscious Communication like through NVC. Way back she was an instrumental music teacher for elementary school students. Not only is she a skillful educator, she’s also an inspiring human who’s found tricks to being more in touch with & aware of the body and mind - that’s really the ticket to a good life, the coherence of body, heart, mind. Her belief is that we all innately have the capacity to heal ourselves if only given the chance, and accordingly she assists her clients and students in becoming more vital, embodied, and aware.

Robin Liepman Bloom aka Bloomurian joins Julian for an in depth conversation, covering topics from his creative process, how he manages to get so much done, to permaculture and the role that music and community can play in creating the more beautiful world our heart's know is possible. 

Julian talks with Lyle Maxson about digital therapeutics, the potential uses of technology for health, well being and changing consciousness for the better. 

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Keith sits down with Julian to discuss his new book, 'When the Buddha Needs Therapy.'

Keith is a long time meditator, martial artist and author of several books, including A Heart Blown Open and The Heart of Zen.

Kendra Kemenyas joins Julian to discuss her work as a healer, educator and coach

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Dr. Schmookler joins us for this far reaching conversation about his life's work, the power of spiritual experiences, insights into the truth of human nature and a new story for humanity.

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Jack deTar joins us to discuss his life, his practice and study of genuine Buddhist teachings and his work to support others to access and practice the Buddhist teachings.

About Jack deTar:

Jack deTar trains under the guidance of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Phakchok Rinpoche. He tries to serve others, hold in devotion those who have realized the Buddha’s teachings, and become familiar with the mind “as it is.” In that light, Jack wishes to help connect students and practitioners with authentic teachers and provide support for anyone who wants to genuinely study, reflect, and meditate. Jack currently serves as the Shedrub Mandala Coordinator for Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s centers and activities, and as the Executive Director of Rangjung Yeshe Gomde California, a Buddhist retreat center nestled in the forested mountains of Northern California’s Mendocino County.

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Julian sits down to talk with Juicy, the creator of the fast growing One Boulder app

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Julian speaks with recognized tulku and Buddhist author and teacher Tulku Sherdor

Julian talks with Jen about psychedelic assisted therapy, the benefits and risks of working with psychedelic medicine and ways to develop a healthier relationship with Cannabis Sativa as well as teachings on how to engage with Cannabis when on your own that can lead to deeper healing and transformation.

About Jen Fiser: Jen served as the supervisor and clinical director for Innate Path for three years and was instrumental in developing the model of psychedelic psychotherapy used at the clinic. She now heads up the Innate Path Psychedelic Psychotherapy training, offers individual and group supervision and sees clients. Her education  includes Buddhist psychology, somatic psychotherapy and group process, with work experience as a teacher, supervisor, group process leader, meditation instructor and therapist in private practice. Her interests are mainly in making psychedelic and psychedelically-informed care accessible to as many people as possible because it offers much needed solutions to a system that often does more harm than good.

Julian speaks with Dr. Shannon Hughes

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Julian talks with Hō about his challenges confronting the "wokism" run amuck in his brief time at Naropa University.

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0:00 Introduction

7:58 Reading some of the Title IX Investigative Report

24:06 Conversation with Hō begins

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Julian and Braxton discuss Attachment Theory, what it is, some of the history and research behind it and how to work with and heal different attachment styles.

About Braxton:

Braxton Dudley, MA offers both counseling and contemplative coaching in Boulder Colorado. That focuses on somatic parts work, relationship and spiritual issues.

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Geoffrey Barstow joins us for this in depth discussion of vegetarianism, ethics and specifically the debates about it found in the Tibetan Buddhist traditions.

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Julian talks with Kingsley Advani, the CEP of Allocations.com for the 105th episode of A State of Mind podcast

About Kingsley: He is a British investor who began investing in 2013 and turned $34k in savings into ~$100m in private investments. He has made 300+ angel investments (inc Solana, Coinbase, Robinhood, SpaceX, eToro). In 2017, he co-founded an angel investor group which scaled to 1,000 investors. In 2019, he founded private markets platform, Allocations, with a vision to create more economic freedom for the world. The platform scaled to near $1bn in assets in under 3 years. Kingsley has donated to causes including: economic freedom, extending human life and space exploration.

David DeVine joins A State of Mind podcast for this far ranging conversation.

About David:

Adding his other skills in podcasting and audio engineering David works with all kinds of media from video, audio, podcast, photo, recording, and anything in between. He is an accomplished audio engineer, musician, producer, and podcast producer managing and hosting two podcasts, Mindful U Podcast and Look Again Podcast.  At night he turns into a professional DJ who actively plays popular venues and private events. Using diverse musical genres, David also produces electronic music under the name HigherGlyph. In addition to continuing to develop his artistry he teaches others music production and djing lessons.

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Andres Zambrano joins Julian for this in depth discussion of psychedelic assisted therapy.

Contemplative Christian and intrepid explorer of wilderness Stephen Hatch joins us for this deep conversation into his life and work. Stephen taught Centering Prayer and Christian mysticism at Naropa University and is a life long student of contemplative Christianity and the natural world.

Paul Temple joins us for this special episode of A State of Mind. He shares with us a performance of his sound journey work, using Tibetan singing bowls and chanting the mantra of Avalokiteśvara.

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Julian talks with long time meditator and Buddhist meditation teacher Scott Tusa

Visionary artist Steven Newman joins us for a far ranging conversation about his creative process with art, music and life. See below for a list of topics

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Rosh joins us for a conversation about his journey creating the Blind Café, an experience he has now brought to thousands around the world.

Danny Balgooyen joins Julian for a far ranging conversation

Danny is a breath work facilitator, DJ & Conscious Dance facilitator, Men's work leader and more

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Jen Fiser, LPC speaks with Julian about psychedelic assisted therapy, healing from trauma and other topics.

About Jen Fiser: Jen served as the supervisor and clinical director for Innate Path for three years and was instrumental in developing the model of psychedelic psychotherapy used at the clinic. She now heads up the Innate Path Psychedelic Psychotherapy training, offers individual and group supervision and sees clients. Her education  includes Buddhist psychology, somatic psychotherapy and group process, with work experience as a teacher, supervisor, group process leader, meditation instructor and therapist in private practice. Her interests are mainly in making psychedelic and psychedelically-informed care accessible to as many people as possible because it offers much needed solutions to a system that often does more harm than good.

Julian talks with Melinda Carbis-Reilly.

Melinda is a Naturopath, Author, Reiki Healer, Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Spiritual Coach.

With over two decades in health and wellness, Melinda has created a wellness centre, four books, multiple online programs and membership programs to support those who know there’s something more to life than the daily grind.

Her latest passion is fictional tales exploring the mystical world that we sense but don’t necessarily understand.

Julian sits down with his old friend Stephen VanNortwick to reflect on the past year and explore our places in the cosmos within, without, and right here on Earth.

*this is episode 93 of A State of Mind podcast*

Music: 'Through the Dark' by Ruby Begay with Jon Sousa: rubybegay.com, Instagram @Ruby.Begay

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Julian talks with embodiment & dance teacher Amber Ryan. They discuss the impact of the pandemic, what is ecstatic dance and what is ecstasy & she shares about The 360 Emergence, which Amber is now offering with Kate Shela and other topics - see list of topics below

*episode 92 of A State of Mind podcast*

About Amber Ryan:

Amber Ryan in an embodiment teacher and maestra sound smith in the world of movement meditation and ecstatic dance. She is co-founder of The 360 Emergence, along side Kate Shela, and has led groups and experiences at Eileen Fisher’s Women Together Live, Ester Perel’s Sessions Live, Lead with Love, Envision Festival, Wanderlust Festival, Omega Institute, and many dance floors across the globe.

With crystalline clarity, she creates impeccable containers for transformational soul work to take place through movement. She is powerfully present and delivers exquisite ceremonial spaces for lasting change. Amber was a student of the late Gabrielle Roth, and now studies with Rod Stryker. Her current passion is sharing the ancient teachings of Yoga Nidra and doing her part to elevate humanity during these extraordinary times. Amber currently lives in Lyons, Colorado and teaches regularly at the StarHouse in Boulder.

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Julian sits down with transformational coaches Kevin McKeag and Guy Guri for a wide ranging conversation, touching on topics from how coaching and therapy can help one develop to deeper stages of growth to what does a healthy masculine look like in todays world to spirituality, meditation and duality versus non-duality.

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Julian talks with Ahva Lenay, a ceremonialist and founder of Rhythm Sanctuary. Ahva works in conflict resolution as well as facilitating life transitions, rites of passages and ceremonies and in helping create events such as the Wisdom Village at Arise Music Festival.

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Julian talks with Sureya, a holsitic sex and relationship coach

Catherine Dalton shares about her life, her calling to study and practice Buddhism and to become a scholar and translator. See below for a partial list of topics.

About Catherine Dalton- she is an assistant professor of Buddhist Studies at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, where she teaches primarily in RYI’s MA program in Translation, Textual Interpretation and Philology. She earned her Ph.D in Buddhist Studies from UC Berkeley, with a doctoral dissertation focused on Indian Buddhist tantra. As a member of the Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Catherine has worked for many years as a textual translator of Buddhist literature in Tibetan, and also serves as an oral interpreter for Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche.

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Julian talks with Matty Bovard aka Dank P.H.A.R.T. The Pirate Poet about the Beats literary movement, the hippie movement, the war on drugs and other topics. Dank P.H.A.R.T. shares some of his own poetry towards the end of our conversation.

Learn more about Dank P.H.A.R.T. The Pirate Poet a.k.a Matty Bovard

Julian speaks with Cipriano Ortega about their life, philosophy and art. They perform several songs with their bandmate Vitaliy Minyaylo.  They have a background in theater and performance and their unique music has been described as 'minimalist' with jazz, spoken word, grunge, punk rock and other influences shining through. Cipriano identifies as queer, uses They/Them/Theirs as their pronouns and is partly of indigenous ancestry.

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Julian speaks with guide and teacher Melissa Moffet about her life, her passions and her journey to offering her gifts to the world.

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Julian talks with Darrell Duane about his role as a community organizer and co-founder of Camp Contact, a Burning Man camp. They discuss a wide range of topics - see below for a more complete list.

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Julian and Hilary discuss psychotherapy, trauma, psychedelic therapy, women lead businesses and more. See below for a list of topics.

Hilary is a Clinical Therapist and clinical director specializing in somatic therapy, coaching, feminine intelligence, anxiety, and trauma resolution. She also works with women in business.

Julian speaks with Sashi Gerzon-Rose, LPC. Sashi is a therapist working in the Denver/ Boulder area of Colorado. She is a long time practitioner and now a teacher of meditation and yoga. She works with individuals and couples and offers psychedelic assisted therapy with Ketamine.

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Julian speaks with Dr. Jenelle Kim. Dr. Kim is a 9th generation traditionally trained Korean doctor. Dr. Kim is devoted to integrating the philosophy, medical wisdom and expertise of East Asia with the advancements of modern life and medicine of the West in order to touch and positively affect the lives of others. Jenelle holds a Master of Science Degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) and is Nationally Board Certified in Herbology, Oriental Medicine, and Acupuncture. She furthered her studies abroad, training with some of the most respected doctors and herbologists of East Asia.

Kate Vosti, a Somatic Educator and dancer, sits down with Julian to discuss her path and work and her mixed experiences as a former graduate student at Naropa University's Somatic Counseling Dance and Movement Therapy program.

Julian talks with Derek Demuth, a classically trained, percussive finger style guitarist, artist and visonary.

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Julian talks with April Pojman, a wilderness and somatic based trauma informed therapist. Topics range from what trauma is and why being in touch with one's body is essential to healing to the role that psychedelic medicines can play in healing.

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Julian speaks with Janis Dochterman, an expressive arts therapist.

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Julian speaks with Ena Vie and Howard Lipp of Keala Rafana Ministry.

Julian speaks with Kate Neligan. Kate works as a coach and brings people and groups to spend time with horses and goats as part of her coaching.

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Julian is joined by Ori Zimmels, a spiritual teacher and guide.   

Ori offers coaching, mentoring and guiding as well as leading groups. 

Lama Sarah Harding joins Julian to share stories of her life and work as a practitioner, scholar, Lama and translator of Buddhism.

About Sarah Harding: Sarah completed the first three-year retreat for westerners at Kagyu Ling, France, 1976–1980 and later served as a translator at Kagyu Shenpen Kunkyab, Santa Fe, 1980–1992. She was a founding member of Kalu Rinpoche’s International Translation Group in 1987 and has taught the Tibetan language to hundreds of students over the years, including creating a popular Tibetan language correspondence course. She retired from Naropa University in 2018 after twenty-six years of service. She continues her written translation work from her home in Boulder, Colorado. Tsadra Foundation fellow since 2000.

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Sarah Harding shares stories from her life

Issues of Translation

Discussion of Vajrayana Deity Yoga Practice and her translation of Creation and Completion

Neuroscience and Buddhism

Emptiness and Compassion

Mike Crowley is the author of Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic Sacraments and the Origins of the Vajrayana. He has been practicing and studying Tibetan Buddhism for over 40 years and after over 20 years of study and practice was recognized as a lama by his teacher. He is currently writing a new book on Psychedelics for Buddhist and Buddhism for Psychonaughts.

O:00- 10:57 Introduction

10:58 Conversation with Mike Crowley begins

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Jeff James Howard, LPC joins Julian discussing the state of psychotherapy, being a soul guide, some of the problems with 'cancel culture' and the adolescence of United States culture writ large, vision fasts in the desert, men's work, danger of bypassing one's own past and unsustainable ways of trying to achieve transformation - list of topics below

0:00- 5:40min Intro

5:40 min - 68:00min - Conversation with Jeff

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Julian and Dr. Love sit down to discuss Jordan Peterson, the culture wars and more. Part 1 of 2

Dr. Love has a PhD in psychology and he is a master chocolate maker, making chocolate that is good for your health

0:00 - 3:36min Intro

3:36min Conversation with Dr. Love

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Julian and Craig discuss social media and smart phone use from the perspective of addictions. This is part two of our conversation.

Topics in order

Julian sits down with Craig Salerno, MA, LPC, LAC - they discuss Psychedelic- assisted therapy, Ketamine Therapy, Addictions and more.

Julian sits down with the Arahant Daniel M. Ingram in this far ranging discussion of Meditation and the possible highs and lows, including things like experiencing a 'dark night of the soul.' Daneil is the author of the book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha: An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book

0:00-4:43 Housekeeping, Julian shares about his recent solo meditation retreat

4:43-10:15: Intro to Conversation with Daniel

10:35- 2:08 - Conversation with Daniel Ingram

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Kevin McKeag returns to the podcast; Julian and him discuss the need for a healthy positive vision of masculinity and what that could look like. They talk again about power and hierarchy and the difference between dominator hierarchies and growth hierarchies and how we cannot escape making value judgements

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Julian has two guests on for the first time. Samuel McCabe is a ceremonial magician and Lisa Jane is a pagan green anarchist who has been working with Julian to create the Boulder chapter of the Psychedelic Sangha and to host Integration Circles for our growing community.

In this conversation, Samuel, Julian and Lisa Jane discuss the history of magic and the occult, similarities between Western Occultism and Esoteric or Tantric Buddhism and the role of compassion and ethics in spiritual practice, as well as ways of understanding what makes something Buddhist practice or not, such as the fundamental role of compassion, wisdom into the true nature of mind and phenomena and awakening, or enlightenment.

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Julian discusses Ranked Choice Voting with Matt Benjamin, who ran for public office only to see his campaign and all the votes he garnered turn into a 'spoiler', ironically helping elect the candidate with which he had the least in common. This experience propelled him to look at how our voting system works and to advocate for a better system, which is Ranked Choice Voting.

Julian wanted to have this conversation because he has been passionate about Ranked Choice Voting since learning about it 20 or so years ago after the 2000 Election was effectively decided (i.e. stolen) by the Supreme Court.

About Matt: Matt Benjamin has lived in Boulder for 20 years with his wife and 2 kids. He holds a degree in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado.  Matt ran for Boulder City Council in 2017, then was the Executive Director of The Coalition in 2019. He also served on the City's Campaign Finance and Election Reform Working Group in 2018.  Matt is currently the Campaign Chair for the "Our Mayor-Our Choice" ballot measure in Boulder, Colorado. He is also on the Board of Directors for three non-profit organizations, the Boulder Open Space Conservancy, Growe Foundation and the Idaho Conservation League.

Theo Horesh joins Julian for a discussion of his new book The Fascism This Time: and the Global Future of Democracy. They discuss Trump and the wave of right wing leaders who have taken power across the globe and how this relates to human development individually and collectively. And they discuss why such a reaction seemingly against globalism is taking place, even as our world becomes more and more interconnected and our mutual cooperation is more essential than ever before in order to face the global challenges confronting us, including Climate Change, Coronavirus and human rights.

About Theo:

Theo Horesh is a human rights advocate and public intellectual, who has written hundreds of articles on genocide, climate change, fascism, and democracy.

Theo is also a long time meditator and student of philosophy.

He is the founder of the Trident Philosophy Gang, an open circle of thinkers, and host of Conscious Business, a series of critical dialogues, chosen by Business Insider as one of 100 podcasts that will make you smarter. He is the author of four books on the psychosocial dynamics of globalization, including Convergence: The Globalization of Mind and his most recent, The Fascism This Time: and the Global Future of Democracy. And he is a political philosopher, currently completing his PhD, focused on cosmopolitan ethics, at the University of Leeds.

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Samantha Emmitt shares about her life and journey as a spiritual seeker and her time in the spiritual community of the teacher Ratu Bagus in Bali. She courageously shares her story of sexual abuse at the hands of the 'guru' and her journey to healing and wholeness since leaving that community.

Episode #57 - A State of Mind - Julian and Aviva discuss the emerging field of psychedelic assisted therapy.

We talk about Aviva's calling to be a therapist and healer, her travels around the world and how she discovered the world of psychedelic assisted therapy while in graduate school

And we talk about the kinds of things that psychedelic assisted therapy can help with,

What healing means in the context of psychology

How important the set and setting and how powerful the intention and context is when introducing a substance like ketamine or cannabis in a therapy session.

Some of the legal challenges and some perspectives on the disaster that the so called war on drugs has been for our society.

Julian is joined by Alec Brogan, DC. They discuss his work as a Doctor of Chiropractic and Alec's work which he is calling 'the Geometry of Grace' which brings together his deep study of astrology and Human Design. They also talk about alignment, ancestral or lineage healing, the deeper meanings of 'self regulation' and the vital importance of co-creating a positive, empowered vision of masculinity in today's world. 

Julian and Jason Digges discuss Authentic Relating, what it is and how to bring more authenticity and greater connection to our lives.

They discuss bringing Authentic Relating to jails, how it can help heal us individually and collectively,  and some of the history of this movement and how it relates to schools of psychology such Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology.

About Jason Digges:

He is the Co-founder of Authentic Relating Training (ART) International and the Author of Conflict = Energy: The Transformative Practice of Authentic Relating. Jason Digges is a modern renaissance man: Equal parts artist, philosopher, teacher, and video producer. From 2003-2012 he worked for Ken Wilber and other clients to create thousands of hours of educational media on the topics of transpersonal psychology, spirituality, productivity, and personal growth. For the past 4 years he has been a trainer and facilitator for groups within the authentic relating and circling realm and is obsessed with how humans can live and relate optimally.

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Olivia recently graduated with a Masters in Religious Studies from Naropa University and she did her final Thesis project on the so called 'Tibetan Book of the Dead' and the Bardo teachings, which refers to the stages one is said to go through in the dying and rebirth process.

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Pierre is a Licensed Professional Counselor doing Somatic Psychedelic Psychotherapy with Ketamine.

Andrew Forbes and Julian discuss meditation and it's connection with music as well as Andrew's upcoming book Mindful Rhythm and stories from Andrew's life as a traveling musician. 

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