Eamon Armstrong 1/8/21 Eamon Armstrong 1/8/21

Yes, Psychedelics Can Help Heal Attachment Trauma

Life is a Festival #90 Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score)

Attachment wounds can be more difficult to treat than acute trauma but psychedelics can help reimprint the feeling of being a lovable child.

Eamon Armstrong 11/3/20 Eamon Armstrong 11/3/20

Decolonize Your Body

Life is a Festival #85: Camille Barton

Camille shows us how to unravel the legacy of colonization in our bodies through psychedelics, grief work and somatic healing.

Eamon Armstrong 10/22/20 Eamon Armstrong 10/22/20

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.

Eamon Armstrong 7/11/20 Eamon Armstrong 7/11/20

Trip Sitting America

Life is a Festival #73: The TeaFaerie (Erowid)

The Teafaerie has facilitated psychedelic peer support at festivals since her work with Rock Med in the 90s, and boy does she have some stories to tell.

Eamon Armstrong 5/21/20 Eamon Armstrong 5/21/20

Skeptical Thinking for Spiritual People

Life is a Festival #67: Dr. Anna Zakrisson (Doctor Anna’s Imaginarium)

With an upswell in conspiracy theories and lack of good sensemaking on social media, Dr. Anna Zakrisson of the Swedish Skeptics Association is here to help us think about thinking in this confusing time.

Eamon Armstrong 5/7/20 Eamon Armstrong 5/7/20

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.

Eamon Armstrong 4/14/20 Eamon Armstrong 4/14/20

Bonus Birthday Blast From the Past

Life is a Festival #61: Behind the Mynd with David Colón

If you’ve discovered my work through this show and you want to know more about the Life is a Festival philosophy or how I met so many fascinating friends to interview (or if you just want to hear some silly stories on my birthday) this is the podcast for you!

Eamon Armstrong 4/1/20 Eamon Armstrong 4/1/20

Is Life Still a Festival?

Life is a Festival #59: World of Wisdom Podcast with Nils von Heijne

This repost from an interview I did on the World of Wisdom podcast is the best articulation I’ve made of the Life is a Festival philosophy and why even though there are no gatherings to attend and the world is filled with grief and anxiety, we should keep the fire of celebration burning.

Eamon Armstrong 3/4/20 Eamon Armstrong 3/4/20

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.

Eamon Armstrong 2/13/20 Eamon Armstrong 2/13/20

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.

Eamon Armstrong 1/15/20 Eamon Armstrong 1/15/20

The Work of Art

Life is a Festival #47: Amanda Sage

“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.” ― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

Eamon Armstrong 11/27/19 Eamon Armstrong 11/27/19

Iboga, the Mount Everest of Psychedelics

Life is a Festival #41: Tricia Eastman & Dr. Joseph Barsuglia

Here he comes… Doctor Iboga!

Eamon Armstrong 10/16/19 Eamon Armstrong 10/16/19

Depression & Psychedelics: Dancing with the Black Dog

Life is a Festival #35: Dr. David Rabin MD, PhD (Apollo Neuroscience)

I interview my own psychiatrist about the myth of the “chemical imbalance” and how psychedelics interrupt neural pathways that associate depressive ideation with identity.

Eamon Armstrong 10/2/19 Eamon Armstrong 10/2/19

A Paul Revere for the Psychedelic Renaissance

Life is a Festival #33: Jamie Wheal (Flow Genome Project)

When the search for the Grail Castle becomes the prison of Hotel California, we need some tough love to wake the woke.

Eamon Armstrong 9/11/19 Eamon Armstrong 9/11/19

The Wizard of Awe Goes to Burning Man

Life is a Festival #30: Jason Silva (Shots of Awe)

Chronos and Kairos: Of Timelessness, Flow States, Psychedelics and Death

Eamon Armstrong 6/6/19 Eamon Armstrong 6/6/19

Keep Psychedelics Weird

Life is a Festival #23: Erik Davis (Techgnosis)

Where’s the true weird in the age of Donald Trump and weird weather? Is depression weird, or is depression when things aren’t weird enough? Is Burning Man still weird or has it become too mannered and too known? Are there degrees of reality? How can we serve the psychedelic Renaissance while keeping the weird alive?

Eamon Armstrong 4/18/19 Eamon Armstrong 4/18/19

From Activist to Ayahuasca Advocate

Life is a Festival #19: Tony Moss (Bird Tribe)

Eventually there is no difference between your life and ceremony… your life becomes a ceremony. And the secret is gratitude.

Eamon Armstrong 4/12/19 Eamon Armstrong 4/12/19

Find Your Rite of Passage

Life is a Festival #18: Life Rites with Max Carver & Ari Andersen

My personal story of embarking on the Mount Everest of shamanic journeys, the psychedelic medicine iboga which I took as part of an initiation with the Bwiti people in Gabon.