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The Skeptical ShamanStaying sane in the Year of the Wood Snake: Be an animalAs we’ve written about HERE, HERE and HERE, this Wood Snake Year is certainly living up to its promise— and we’re all feeling the effects just a few short months in!So, I decided it was high time to tap the incredible community of clients, collaborators and friends around our work here at TOTEM and The Skeptical Shaman podcast to bring all of us short, snackable, and human-scaled tips and tricks to stay sane in this Wood Snake Year!In this video, I chat with Abigail Kochunas about the incredible exercise she learned in act...2025-03-1727 min
The Skeptical ShamanA Psychic Dr. Doolittle, with Abigail KochunasIn this episode of The Skeptical Shaman, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) reconnects with "friend of the show" Abigail Kochunas, owner of of Sacred Healing Art AND an incredibly talented energy worker and animal communicator. Abigail outlines her journey discovering her natural talents with animal communication and energy work, and how she's adding these services to her otherwise human-centered spiritual healing practice--not to mention to her charity work at a variety of animal sanctuaries and equine therapy facilities. Rachel shares her recent experience with Abigail's remote animal communication and reiki work with her four ba...2024-08-241h 12
The Skeptical ShamanA Psychic Dr. Dolittle, with Abigail KochunasNow unlocked for all subscribers! In this episode of The Skeptical Shaman, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) reconnects with "friend of the show" Abigail Kochunas, owner of of Sacred Healing Art AND an incredibly talented energy worker and animal communicator. Abigail outlines her journey discovering her natural talents with animal communication and energy work, and how she's adding these services to her otherwise human-centered spiritual healing practice--not to mention to her charity work at a variety of animal sanctuaries and equine therapy facilities. Rachel shares her recent experience with Abigail's remote animal...2024-08-171h 12The Skeptical ShamanThank You For Coming To Our Ted Talk, with the TOTEM Coaching RoundtableIn this very special GROUP episode of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) facilitates an illuminating discussion with three of her incredible TOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching clients-- and artists and spiritual practitioners in their own right:- Abigail Kochunas of Sacred Healing Art LA- Karen Cadiero-Kaplan of Wisdom Collective- Laura Oxendine of Thrown LightThis episode came together after a rather spontaneous-- and informal-- Ted Talk all about spirituality and spiritual growth from an authentic, human-scaled perspective. When we do long-form shamanic work-- like in the TOTEM...2023-11-181h 14
The Skeptical ShamanThank you for coming to our Ted TalkNow unlocked for all subscribers, and available on Spotify, Apple, Google, and anywhere else you get your podcasts. In this very special GROUP episode of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) facilitates an illuminating discussion with three of her incredible TOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching clients-- and artists and spiritual practitioners in their own right:- Abigail Kochunas of Sacred Healing Art LA- Karen Cadeiro-Kaplan of Wisdom Collective- Laura Oxendine of Thrown LightThis episode came together after a rather spontaneous-- and informal-- Ted Talk all about spirituality and spiritual growth from an authentic, human-scaled...2023-11-131h 14The Skeptical ShamanA Post-Cult Life, with Abigail KochunasIn this episode of The Skeptical Shaman, host Rachel White sits down to chat with Abigail Kochunas of Sacred Healing Art. Abigail is an actress, artist, psychic and energy worker and the owner of Sacred Healing Arts in Los Angeles. Abigail is also the author behind the "My Post Cult Life" Substack, detailing her experiences and insights across narcissistic abuse, cultivated from 14 years in a cult...within a cult. In this episode, we discuss Abigail's experience with an infamous Hollywood acting coach, her introduction to and experience of Scientology, and how Covid-19-- and reliance on Zoom...2023-06-111h 25
The Skeptical ShamanA post-cult life with Abigail Kochunas(Releasing this first episode just a bit early on Substack- it’ll be up on Spotify and other podcast services in the next few days!)In this episode of The Skeptical Shaman, host Rachel White sits down to chat with Abigail Kochunas of Sacred Healing Art. Abigail is an actress, artist, psychic and energy worker and the owner of Sacred Healing Arts in Los Angeles. Abigail is also the author behind the "My Post Cult Life" Substack, detailing her experiences and insights across narcissistic abuse, cultivated from 14 years in a cult...within a cult. In th...2023-06-111h 25
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and ManipulationAbigail Kochunas - The Gloria Gifford Conservatory for the Performing ArtsActor Abigail Kochunas and our very own Meagan Elizabeth share stories of what they saw and were subjected to as students in Gloria Gifford's Acting Conservatory including classes that would go on for hours, public humiliation, and the unusual level of control Gloria had over the lives of her members. Abigail shares how much time and money she invested into her education with Gloria, missing nearly every christmas with her family for over a decade, Gloria's ties to Scientology and the Hollywood Reporter article in which numerous former students spoke out.
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Becoming an Epic BeingFrom self abuse to self love with Abigail KochunasGetting into drugs and alcohol is one of the biggest problems teens confront. In this episode, Abigail walks us through her pressures of fitting in leading to self-abuse and reconnecting with her authentic self through self-love. 2022-01-2154 min
Becoming an Epic BeingFrom self abuse to self love with Abigail KochunasGetting into drugs and alcohol is one of the biggest problems teens confront. In this episode, Abigail walks us through her pressures of fitting in leading to self-abuse and reconnecting with her authentic self through self-love. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/epicbeings/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit epicbeings.substack.com2022-01-2154 min