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Life is a Festival

Transformational gatherings, the communities they build, and the teachers who help us bring that open-hearted joy home.

An Open-Source Operating System for Transformational Culture
Personal Growth, Community, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Death, Festivals, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Mentorship, Psychedelics, Sexuality Eamon Armstrong Personal Growth, Community, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Death, Festivals, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Mentorship, Psychedelics, Sexuality Eamon Armstrong

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.

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Healing New Age Narcissism Part 2 (Clubhouse Show)
Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, Spirituality Eamon Armstrong Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, Spirituality Eamon Armstrong

Healing New Age Narcissism Part 2 (Clubhouse Show)

Life is a Festival #97: Alex Ebert

A robust history of the dark side of New Age thought and how we can refestivalize our spiritual culture.

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Healing New Age Narcissism Part 1 (Clubhouse Show)
Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, Spirituality Eamon Armstrong Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Critical Thinking, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, Spirituality Eamon Armstrong

Healing New Age Narcissism Part 1 (Clubhouse Show)

Life is a Festival #96: Jamie Wheal

Recorded on Clubhouse, Jamie helps us understand the worrying prevalence of dark triad personality types in transformational communities.

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Musings On Mental Health
Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Community, Burning Man, Festivals, Harm Reduction, Mentorship, Psychedelics, Spirituality Eamon Armstrong Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Community, Burning Man, Festivals, Harm Reduction, Mentorship, Psychedelics, Spirituality Eamon Armstrong

Musings On Mental Health

Life is a Festival #84: Eamon Armstrong

A repod from my interview on Eric White’s show theEWpodcast where we discuss techniques for mental wellness and how to see depression as a teacher.

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A North Star for Psychedelic Ethics
Leadership, Personal Growth, Community, Business, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Mentorship, Psychedelics Eamon Armstrong Leadership, Personal Growth, Community, Business, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Mentorship, Psychedelics Eamon Armstrong

A North Star for Psychedelic Ethics

Life is a Festival #65: Liana Sananda (Auryn Project)

The psychedelic movement is at a threshold point where it is vitally important to create an attractor coalition of value-driven leadership. However, in order to get this right we need to co-create and move at the speed of trust.

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The Acid Countess and the Art of Consciousness
Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Harm Reduction, Psychedelics Eamon Armstrong Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Harm Reduction, Psychedelics Eamon Armstrong

The Acid Countess and the Art of Consciousness

Life is a Festival #54: Amanda Feilding (Beckley Foundation)

I ask the sphinx of psychedelia all my favorite acid questions, like whether medicalization is the best path to legalization and how to avoid unnecessary emotional downturns (sugar it turns out). We dive deep into her research, the nature of the ego, and the jealousy between different psychedelic compounds.

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How to Help Someone Having a “Bad Trip"
Community, Personal Growth, Burning Man, Festivals, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics Eamon Armstrong Community, Personal Growth, Burning Man, Festivals, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics Eamon Armstrong

How to Help Someone Having a “Bad Trip"

Life is a Festival #51: Sara Gael (The Zendo Project)

The key is to keep them safe and trust their inner healer. Sounds simple right? In fact, it’s a profound art, which requires specialized training and can be incredibly personally rewarding.

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