Personal Growth — Life is a Festival

Alex Ebert: Aspirational Masculinity for the Left

Life is a Festival #177

Who’s the man?

Atish: Beats, Breaks, and Balance, a DJ Unplugs

Life is a Festival #175

Service, legacy, and giving back to one’s community.

Community, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Fame, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mentorship, Music, RaceEamon ArmstrongOctober 25, 2024Comment

Will Chase: How Burning Man Keeps the Magic

Life is a Festival #174

A guide to Burning Man's survival

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Critical Thinking, SolocastEamon ArmstrongSeptember 28, 2024Burning ManComment

Burning Man Isn't Cool Anymore

Life is a Festival #173

and "Life is a Festival" is changing too

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Personal Growth, Critical Thinking, SolocastEamon ArmstrongSeptember 12, 2024Burning ManComment

Live From Burning Man Information Radio (Encore)

Life is a Festival #172

Playing around at BMIR 2019 and Harm Reduction Tips for 2024

Community, Festivals, Spirituality, Burning Man, Art, Gender, Harm Reduction, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongAugust 22, 2024Burning ManComment

Tina Nance: Beyond the "Divine" Feminine

Life is a Festival #169

Tina Nance, yin yoga and embodiment specialist returns to Life is a Festival to share her evolving ideas around gender, trauma healing, and embodiment.

Community, Personal Growth, LGBTQ, Sexuality, Gender, YogaEamon ArmstrongApril 23, 2024Tina NanceComment

Lizz Larouge & Guinevere Rhonwen: Love's Many Colors

Life is a Festival #168

Guinevere Rhonwen & Lizz Larouge created the festival Colours of Love on the island d of Koh Phangan as their wedding celebration.

Leadership, Community, Festivals, Personal Growth, Art, Business, Gender, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongMarch 19, 2024Comment

Sami Awad & Sharon Avraham: A Lighthouse for the Middle East

Life is a Festival #167

Sami and Sharon return to the show to discuss their ambitious peace project, the Lighthouse.

Critical Thinking, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Burning Man, Art, Community, Festivals, Politics, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongFebruary 15, 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

Gillian Reid: Sexual Kung Fu (Yin)

Life is a Festival #165

In Part Two of our Taoist sexuality series, focusing on woman’s body’s and yin principles, I speak with the Senior Woman’s Instructor at Tao Garden.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJanuary 14, 2024Comment

Mantak Chia: Sexual Kung Fu (Yang)

Life is a Festival #164

Master Chia, a celebrated Taoist teacher, is best known for his book "The Multi-Orgasmic Man" and his expertise in the alchemy of erotic energy.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJanuary 9, 2024Mantak ChiaComment

Colette Pervette: Why Are All My Friends Becoming Dominatrixes?

Life is a Festival #163

Instead of healing the kink, let the kink heal you.

Community, Harm Reduction, Personal Growth, Gender, Leadership, LGBTQ, SexualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 26, 2023Kink, DominatrixComment

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

Eviatar Frankel: Facing Death with Grace

Life is a Festival #154

Rarely do individuals possess the courage, wisdom, or awareness to confront death with genuine presence.

Personal Growth, Psychedelics, Critical Thinking, Death, LeadershipEamon ArmstrongJuly 28, 2023 Comment

Dennis Walker (Mycopreneur): The Court Jester of the Psychedelic Renaissance

Life is a Festival #153

How humor keeps psychedelics entertaining and helps level the playing field.

Personal Growth, Harm Reduction, Psychedelics, Critical ThinkingEamon ArmstrongJuly 17, 2023satireComment

Phil Wolfson: Is Recreational Ketamine Therapeutic?

Life is a Festival #152

All your burning questions about Special K to Phil, like whether there's a difference between S and R isomers, if one should "spit the drip" to avoid bladder damage, and if frequent ketamine use leads to memory loss.

Personal Growth, Harm Reduction, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongJuly 6, 2023ketamineComment