Life is a Festival — Life is a Festival

Dunking on the New Age is Boring Now

Life is a Festival #129: Alex Ebert

There is much that is still valuable and relevant from the New Age.

Festivals Create Lasting Transformation

Life is a Festival #128: Dr. Molly Crockett (Crockett Lab)

A new study from Yale University confirms what all always knew was true about the power of festivals.

Building an Ethical & Sustainable Healing Practice

Life is a Festival #127: Laura Mae Northrup (Radical Healership)

From psychedelic medicine to therapy to bodywork, how do we create a practice that is both ethical and sustainable?

The Poetry of Gender

Life is a Festival #126: Janne Robinson

Feminist beat poet and author Janne Robinson discusses authenticity, gender, and her no bullshit approach to creating the life you want.

Art, Gender, Leadership, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongJune 3, 2022PoetryComment

California Lucid Dreaming

Life is a Festival #122: Jonah Gabriel Haas (Lucidity Festival)

Lucidity Festival is a dreamy annual adventure amidst the coastal California Oaks of Santa Barbara.

Community, Personal Growth, Burning Man, FestivalsEamon ArmstrongMarch 25, 2022Lucidity, DreamsComment

...Because You're Going to Die

Life is a Festival #121: Ned Buskirk

Embracing impermanence is one of the paradoxical keys to a life like a festival, to live in the moment we have to learn to let go.

Community, Death, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongMarch 17, 2022You're Going to Die, DeathComment

The Small Self on a Big Stage

Life is a Festival #115: Nick Mulvey

In the tradition of an English troubadour, Nick Mulvey is a soulful multi-instrumentalist, Earth protector, and student of Celtic shamanism.

Spirituality, Green, Art, Community, Festivals, Music, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongDecember 8, 2021Indigeneity, Nick MulveyComment

How to Help Someone Having a Bad Trip

Life is a Festival #113: Solocast

My experience offering psychedelic peer support in the wild.

Mental Wellness, Community, Harm Reduction, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SolocastEamon ArmstrongNovember 17, 2021Solocast, harm reduction, trip sittingComment

Brotherhood is the Medicine

Life is a Festival #106: Adam Jackson (Sacred Sons)

A deep dive on modern men's work and how Sacred Sons is working to bring forth the embodied masculine.

Personal Growth, Community, Race, Gender, LeadershipEamon ArmstrongJuly 22, 2021men's work, masculinityComment

Ayahuasca for Healing Ancestral Racial Trauma

Life is a Festival #105: Tony Moss

A mighty deep dive on Ayahuasca healing for post traumatic slave syndrome.

An Open-Source Operating System for Transformational Culture

Life is a Festival #104: Jamie Wheal

Jamie’s new book "Recapture the Rapture," is your invitation to the sexual yoga of becoming a homegrown human.

From Boy Prince to Embodied Man

Life is a Festival #103: Adrian Grenier

An icon of male fantasy finds peace and purpose in healthy masculinity and joyful service.

Personal Growth, Community, Gender, Leadership, Fame, Film, SexualityEamon ArmstrongJune 4, 2021Masculinity, Adrian GrenierComment

Reconnecting After Covid

Life is a Festival #102: Radha Agrawal

Feeling a nervous about post-pandemic gatherings? A master community builder gives us a gentle nudge back to IRL connection.

Personal Growth, Business, Community, Gender, LeadershipEamon ArmstrongMay 15, 2021Covid, Daybreaker, CommunityComment

Autism on Acid

Life is a Festival #101: Aaron Orsini

Aaron Orsini has leveraged his own experimentation of self to become a masterful steward of a vibrant community for nuerodivergent people.

Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, Harm ReductionEamon ArmstrongMay 7, 2021AutismComment

The Yang Container

Life is a Festival #100: Benjamin

For the 100th episode of Life is a Festival, I’m honored to bring you this conversation with my dear friend and spiritual teacher Benjamin.

Leadership, Mental Wellness, Mentorship, Personal Growth, Critical Thinking, FestivalsEamon ArmstrongApril 29, 2021BenjaminComment

Love All Your Parts

Life is a Festival #99: Richard Schwartz

Does your inner world sometimes feels like a squabbling family, always reacting to the outside experience and to itself? You’re not alone. In fact there’s an entire style of therapy that specifically seeks to bring harmony to our Internal Family Systems.