Mental Wellness — Life is a Festival

Camille Barton: The Urgent Art of Grief Ritual

Life is a Festival #170

In a world beset by tragedy its important to learn how to grieve.

Community, LGBTQ, Yoga, Death, Gender, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, RaceEamon ArmstrongMay 16, 2024Comment

Julia Maryanska & Ian MacKenzie: From Polyagony to a Village of Lovers

Life is a Festival #166

The Village of Lovers helps us heal the wounds of gender and experience love free from fear.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, Community, Critical Thinking, Film, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongFebruary 6, 2024TameraComment

Ilana Gilovich-Wave: Requiem for Sleep No More

Life is a Festival #162

Immersing into immersive experience design with one of the world's most iconic theatrical experiences, Sleep No More.

Community, Harm Reduction, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 7, 2023IrelandComment

Darragh Stewart: The Indigenous Medicine of Ireland

Life is a Festival #161

Ancient Ireland was like the Amazon, with impenetrable forests navigable only by rivers, deep mysticism, and its very own indigenous medicine, the psychedelic Liberty Cap mushrooms.

Community, Harm Reduction, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongNovember 17, 2023IrelandComment

Marian Goodell et al: Inside Burning Man’s Worst Case Scenario

Life is a Festival #157

Will our changing climate stop Burning Man, or will our collective resilience and response to crisis make our community stronger.

Mental Wellness, Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Leadership, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Art, Business, Harm ReductionEamon ArmstrongSeptember 15, 2023Burning ManComment

Caveat Magister - At Burning Man, We're All Amateurs

Life is a Festival #156

Burning Man doesn’t have to be transformational.

Psychedelics, Art, Mental Wellness, Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Leadership, Personal Growth, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongAugust 23, 2023Burning ManComment

Max Stossel: Romancing the Muse

Life is a Festival #155

Max helps us unstuck creatively and shares some exceptional poetry.

Psychedelics, Art, Death, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongAugust 14, 2023Comment

Sophie Strand: A Mythic Probiotic for Masculinity

Life is a Festival #151

Healthy masculinity has been a passion of mine for years and it was an honor to learn from this neo-troubadour animist and her poetic insights.

Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Spirituality, Critical Thinking, Festivals, GenderEamon ArmstrongJune 21, 2023Comment

Jetta Blaine: The Marvelous Peptides of Kambo

Life is a Festival #150

Kambo, an Amazonian medicine derived from the secretions of the Phyllomedusa bicolor has been instrumental in maintaining my mental health for the past six years.

Personal Growth, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJune 14, 2023KamboComment

Snow Raven: The Unexpected Sweetness of Darkness

Life is a Festival #148

Snow Raven⁠ knows darkness intimately, and it has inspired her shamanic music from America's Got Talent to Burning Man.

Personal Growth, Community, Mental Wellness, Leadership, Spirituality, Music, Burning Man, Death, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongApril 27, 2023DarknessComment

Victorien Mulliez: The Path of Joy

Life is a Festival #147

From Vipassana meditation to sobriety, Victorien shares his strategies for cultivating joy.

Personal Growth, Community, Mental Wellness, Leadership, Spirituality, MusicEamon ArmstrongApril 19, 2023JoyComment

Stephen Jenkinson: Personal Growth Won't Save Us

Life is a Festival #146

…but perhaps embracing catastrophe might... just maybe.

Personal Growth, Community, Critical Thinking, Mental Wellness, Death, Leadership, Mentorship, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongMarch 30, 2023Comment

Ian MacKenzie: The Masculine Longing for Mythic Imagination

Life is a Festival #145

Ian Mackenzie returns to Life is a Festival to discuss mythopoetic masculinity.

Monique Shiess, Co-founder of AfrikaBurn: The Catalytic Potential of Burning Man in South Africa

Life is a Festival #143 - Monique Shiess (AfrikaBurn)

Towards real radical inclusivity and environmental stewardship at AfrikaBurn

Critical Thinking, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Burning Man, Festivals, RaceEamon ArmstrongFebruary 13, 2023AfrikaBurnComment

How to Earn a Secure Attachment Style

Life is a Festival #142 - George Haas (Mettagroup)

Meditation teacher George Haas is preparing the path to enlightenment by healing childhood attachment injuries.

Critical Thinking, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Mentorship, Personal Growth, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJanuary 10, 2023attachmentComment

To Escape the Tyranny of the Self

Life is a Festival #141 - Benjamin

Liberation from mental health issues through the dissolution of the constructed self.

Community, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Mentorship, Personal Growth, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJanuary 1, 2023BenjaminComment

Iboga Part 2: Initiating with Iboga in Africa

Life is a Festival #140 - Apollon (Bwiti Initiations)

A conversation with a Bwiti N’ganga about how Westerns can connect with this African spiritual practice.

Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 20, 2022MAPSComment

Iboga Part 1: Ibogaine Clinical Treatment

Life is a Festival #139 - Dr. Felipe Malacara, & Vianey Ariadna Perez (Beond Ibogaine)

Healing addiction and trauma using ibogaine HLC in a Western medical model at Beond Clinic in Cancun.

Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 10, 2022MAPSComment

The Art of Interviewing

Life is a Festival #138 - Eamon Armstrong & Ian MacKenzie

To celebrate four years of Life is a Festival, today I’m sharing a conversation I had with my friend Ian MacKenzie about how to conduct a good interview.