{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Realms of Curiosity with Sarah & Wendy","title":"Mental Health, Spirituality & the Search for Healing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3287,"description":"In this episode of Realms of Curiosity, Sarah and Wendy explore the intersection of mental health, spirituality, and healing.\nPrompted by a dream, their conversation turns toward the ways spiritual and shamanic practices might complement psychological approaches to healing. They discuss depression, medication, talk therapy, somatic and unconscious approaches, psychedelic experiences, and the importance of integration.\nThey also explore technology addiction and our growing disconnection from nature, along with practices such as labyrinth walking and “stone medicine.” From a shamanic perspective, they consider concepts including fear, disharmony, soul loss, and the possibility of rewriting the personal narratives that shape how we experience ourselves and the world.\nThroughout the conversation, they emphasize curiosity, discernment, and the understanding that different approaches may be appropriate for different people.\nUltimately, the discussion circles back to a question that has been emerging throughout the series: How much does our perception shape the reality we experience?\n01:00 Astrology Forecast Talk\n03:36 Mental Health Dream Prompt\n06:05 Therapy vs Shamanic Work\n09:33 Depression and Medication\n16:17 Limits of Talk Therapy\n18:15 Psychedelics and Integration\n25:27 Tech Addiction and Brain\n29:32 Nature Connection Heals\n30:28 Journeying Tree of Life\n31:33 Canyon Walks Stone Medicine\n33:55 Labyrinths Letting Go\n35:22 Shamanic Illness Remedies\n36:50 Rewrite the Story Heal\n39:12 Knowing Youre Healed\n41:06 What Is Reality\n44:44 Simulation: Lucid Dreaming\n45:54 Perception Shifts Transition\n______________________\nVisit Sarah's website\nVisit Wendy's website\nRealms of Curiosity theme music created by Keen Mixer","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NiyzJNpWcJVPJhPi-CAegKJTS1DLLkoIHYl_GvZJ3ho/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NzQy/MGVhZjI2ZDBmNGQx/ZTYzZjhmZjBjNDg2/NGRlNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}