Life is a Festival — Life is a Festival

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

Android Jones: The Transformative Vulnerability of Loss

Life is a Festival #144

Visionary Artist Android Jones speaks about losing his life’s work, the profound opening of asking for help and his thoughts on AI art.

Leadership, Personal Growth, Burning Man, Festivals, Community, Psychedelics, ArtEamon ArmstrongMarch 2, 2023Android JonesComment

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.

Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 1, 2022MAPSComment

The Queer Muslim Hero of Psychedelic Legalization

Life is a Festival #137 - Ismail Lourido Ali (MAPS)

From medicalization to religious exception, how should powerful psychedelic molecules enter mainstream consciousness?

Leadership, Psychedelics, Gender, Harm Reduction, LGBTQ, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Race, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongNovember 7, 2022MAPSComment

The Gift of the Mayan Warrior

Life is a Festival #136: Pablo González Vargas (Mayan Warrior)

Mayan Warrior founder Pablo González Vargas talks about gifting, Mayan culture, and the challenges of bringing an art car 8,000 kilometers to That Thing in the Desert.

Community, Leadership, Burning Man, Art, Business, Festivals, Music, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongOctober 25, 2022mayan warrior, burning manComment

The Primal Movement of the Smuggler Yogi

Life is a Festival #135: Nick Brewer (Primal Moves)

The incredible life story of how a South American smuggler became a yogi and the daily practice which became his refuge and his dharma.

Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Community, Leadership, Yoga, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongOctober 12, 2022primal movesComment

The Best of Black Rock City

Life is a Festival #131: Burning Man Compilation

From Burners without Borders to the Nordic Borderland, these are some of my favorite BRC moments from Life is a Festival.

Flow States and Festival Consciousness

Life is a Festival #130: Jason Silva

The Wizard of Awe talks festival consciousness and how we, the refugees from the mundane, can unleash the brave and reckless Gods we really are at Burning Man and beyond.