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Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceKelly Stonelake on Power, Child Safety, and Telling the Truth at MetaI am so excited to share my conversation with Kelly Stonelake!Kelly Stonelake is a business operator and technologist with nearly 15 years of experience at Meta, where she held senior roles in product marketing and organizational leadership. During her tenure, she raised concerns about child safety and internal misconduct and faced retaliation after senior leadership chose to conceal risks rather than address them. The gap between Meta’s stated values and her lived experience led to a severe loss of functioning and a fight for her life.Following her departure, Kelly became a whistleblower and ad...
2026-02-021h 22Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceNavigating Purpose, Stability, and the Call for Soul - A personal update and schedule changeI share a schedule change to balance creative purpose with financial stability, driven by new job opportunities. My voice is evolving to equip listeners for the future by addressing governance, economy, and technology through the lens of soul and aliveness.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and activate the Eros For Life (Daily Version) section. There is a photo guide to doing this one the bottom of today's substack post.Got...
2025-11-0421 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceGo Jays! John S., Don, DeMarlo, Pete, David, Mark, Carlos, Lou, Hunter, Sam, Graham, Alex, Luis, John L.: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 30, 2025Ruth took on the entire Blue Jays coaching staff mid World-Series, transforming her small Spadina office into a primal, tobacco-scented dugout. She helped fourteen quiet men connect with the deep, earthy masculinity that makes them swing, throw, and finally stand ready to say "OK Blue Jays, Let's Play Ball."For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life...
2025-10-3104 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMeta’s Ethically Dead. Substack’s Fading. A detailed solution for how to stay connected as the platforms fail.Alison shares a practical proposal for how readers and creators can stay connected, share meaningful work, and protect their mental health in the age of broken platforms. From dopamine detox to building intentional “email feeds,” this episode lays out a collective blueprint for a more ethical, human, and abundant internet.Timestamp to Jump to the Solution:9:45 – How to build an intentional “email feed”Links Mentioned"No Kings, No Caesars, and the Photos I Didn't Put on Instagram". Kelly Stonelake (she actually left Meta - she worked there).Kit email platform (free up to 10K sub...
2025-10-3021 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMelissa: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 27, 2025Ruth meets Hurricane Melissa in session, writing a meditation on the storm itself. For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and activate the Eros For Life (Daily Version) section. There is a photo guide to doing this one the bottom of today's substack post.Got an idea for the podcast? Comments? Submit them here.
2025-10-2903 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceAddiction Group: T.R., P.H., B.S., E.M., et al. Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 26, 2025This addiction group therapy session centered on the deep link between trauma and substance use, explaining how an overwhelmed nervous system causes people to "split off" from their true self, making addiction an easy way to cope with pain. The key takeaway was fostering compassionate support so group members could distinguish their true identity from the destructive actions of their addiction, helping them take responsibility while beginning to heal by connecting to their non-addicted core.For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR...
2025-10-2806 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceA Section From Ruth's Journal: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 25, 2025Ruth contemplates the nonsensical and endlessly painful nature of world affairs and the lack of comfort offered by spiritual sayings. She's wrestling.For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and activate the Eros For Life (Daily Version) section. There is a photo guide to doing this one the bottom of today's substack post.Got...
2025-10-2703 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceSick: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 22, 2025For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.Ruth is sick today.Links to a couple of today’s stories:White House Demolition (CBC)In what the Frankfort Police department described as an “appalling act of littering,” Frankfort residents woke up to find KKK flyers lying in front yards and streets.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and ac...
2025-10-2402 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceDoes ChatGPT Have An Unconscious? + A Personal UpdateWhat it's been like to publish on Substack + podcast every day for 17 days. (With an appearance from Rose). And then (at 9:00) an essay on the serious dangers of ChatGPT for therapeutic/intimate use. Links:Last week, Altman said he was surprised at the reaction to his announcement that ChatGPT would now have erotic conversations with adults. A widely quoted MIT report reveals that 95% of AI pilots fail to produce ROI.The climate cost of AI is significant and growing.Luiza Jarovsky, PhD writes an excellent AI safety newsletter.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTA...
2025-10-2328 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceEveryone Canceled: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 20, 2025All of Ruth’s clients cancelled today. Her notes are in voice format only. They are a raw expression of her personal process. For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.Links to stories:FecesTony Gonzales, RepPaul IngrassioMiles Bruner quits GOPSUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and activate the Ero...
2025-10-2213 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceWomen: Session Notes From the World's Therapist: October 19, 2025In this haunting meditation, Ruth sits with the collective pain of women represented here by the advocacy work of Virginia Giuffre, Laura Bates, and Cindy Gallop. Through breath, feeling, and presence, she does what the world does not recognize: she holds. This episode is about rage, healing, and long shadow of silence.For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.Links:Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after ‘discussion with king’‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre...
2025-10-2107 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceSupervision: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 17, 2025For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.In this fictional therapy session, Ruth Klassen, the world’s therapist, meets with her supervisor Atlas to talk about burnout, mindfulness, and the challenge of holding space for others. Set in a quiet basement office, their conversation traces the tension between control and surrender, showing how real healing begins with rest and honest presence.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From th...
2025-10-2011 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceWilliam, Erika, and all of us: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 15, 2025Links:Erika Kirk, CNN (video)Prince William, BBC (video)Francis Weller, The Wild Edge Of SorrowFor context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and activate the Eros For Life (Daily Version) section. There is a photo guide to doing this one the bottom of today's substack post.Got an idea for the podcast? Com...
2025-10-1705 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceSam, Adelita, Justin: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 14, 2025For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.Links:Sam Altman on XAdelita Grijalva on XJustin Trudeau and Katy Perry (Forbes)Mourning and Melancholia, Sigmund Freud (Internet Archive)SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and activate the Eros For Life (Daily Version) section. There is a photo guide to doing this one the bottom of today's substack post.Got an...
2025-10-1607 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceDonald, Maria, Taylor & Travis, Mike: Session Notes From the World's Therapist - October 13, 2025For context on this fictional series read the Introduction to Session Notes From the World's Therapist.Today's Links:I don't think there's anything going to get me in Heaven, OK? (Forbes - Youtube)Venezuelan embassy closed in Oslo. (BBC)W$sh L$st - Taylor Swift (Spotify)Typhoon Halong and Alaskan Flooding (CBS)SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails visit your Substack profile on a web browser (not the app). From there find Eros For Life and activate the Eros For Life (Daily Version) section. There is...
2025-10-1508 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceIntroduction: Session Notes From the World's TherapistI am excited to share with you a new fictionalized series: Session Notes From the World's Therapist. For more on Ruth Klasen, visit today's Substack.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails go to the Eros for Life publication settings and subscribe to the "Eros for Life - Daily" Section.Got an idea for the podcast? Comments? Submit them here.
2025-10-1404 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMy Reading List and Some Thoughts On Canadian ThanksgivingI thought it would be fun to share my current reading stack (visit Substack for a photo!):The Suffering Stranger — Donna OrangeMythology — Edith HamiltonThe Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy — Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson (Preface by Naomi Klein)Empire of AI — Karen HaoThe Pregnant Virgin: Psychological Transformation — Marion WoodmanBreathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps — Richard RohrIf Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies — Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate SoaresOrganizing the 1%: How Corporate Power Works — William K. Carroll & J. P. SapinskiThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate — Naomi KleinThe Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland...
2025-10-1305 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceSex While Rome Falls: A Case For Yes! Yes! Yes!Desire can feel dangerous. In this short episode, I speak about the sacredness of sex as one of the strongest forces that can call us into aliveness and connection. I reflect on longing, dignity, and the importance of staying open when the world is burning.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails go to the Eros for Life publication settings and subscribe to the "Eros for Life - Daily" Section.Got an idea for the podcast? Submit it here.
2025-10-1008 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceRocks-for-computing ValleyLooking beneath the screens and circuits to the element that holds them all: silicon. I trace the history of our relationship to it and connect its ubiquitous power - both geological and technological - to the potential for hope. We are being held and each of us has a deeply intimate relationship with silicon.I hope this episode makes you smile and also inspires you.Links:Captured: The Secrets Behind AI's Silicon Valley TakeoverIf Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against SuperIntelligent AI (Yudowsky & Soares)SUBSCRIBE TO...
2025-10-0909 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceAs Within, So Without: The Politics of Projection and a PrayerWe project our anger onto those in power as if they were our parents constraining our freedom and failing us at every turn. In this short episode, I explore the emotional work of democracy: learning to see our leaders as human, to move from complaint to contribution, from projection to participation.SUBSCRIBE TO EROS FOR LIFE ON SUBSTACKTo receive daily emails go to the Eros for Life publication settings and subscribe to the "Eros for Life - Daily" Section.
2025-10-0806 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governancePlatform by Platform: A soul-based tech audit. How I decided where to speak and what to leave behindThis episode asks: how do we stay human inside each of the social media platforms?I trace the ways some of the platforms undermine my values: from Meta and its documented harms, to TikTok’s dopamine machine, to Substack’s conflicted role in the attention economy. I bring in Shoshana Zuboff’s theory of surveillance capitalism, the story of Cambridge Analytica, teen suicides linked to Instagram, and a chilling case of a man’s fatal entanglement with a Meta AI.This is an episode about radical ethics. It’s about what we consent to, what we refuse...
2025-10-0732 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceBeauty in a Burning World: Taylor Swift and What the Showgirl Can’t EscapeBeauty in a Burning World: Taylor Swift and What the Showgirl Can’t EscapeA close look at Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl through the lens of archetype, fame, and feminine power. I explore why this album lands as both dissonant and revealing in a world on fire, and what it reveals about how women carry collective desire and projection.I unpack the Ophelia archetype and how Taylor’s “saved by love” narrative mirrors an ancient pattern that still shapes women’s lives. I speak about compassion and concern, not judgment, and the artist’s...
2025-10-0613 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceKetamine, Milf, Love, and Enough For All: A Personal Update and Podcast RevivalA candid return at fifty, where I share addiction recovery, the cost of visibility, and a fresh public voice that braids soul, money, tech, and civic life.I came back to the mic after two years, newly fifty and fiercely alive. This episode opens with a simple claim: love can be rational, love can lead, love can think clearly without letting the mind run the show.I walk you through the realities of ketamine recovery, the stigma that trails addiction, and the relief of real healing. I name the risks of the personal growth industry...
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Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceThe Unexpected Completion Of My Life's PurposeSince My Summer As A MILF was published I have been engaged in deep medicine and accompanying inner work and life has surprised me with a deep experience of intimacy that is both everything I have longed for and has also stirred some of my deepest pain. In this episode I talk about the recent experience that felt like the completion of all that has driven me forward and how it has changed how I relate to my work and my life and the ongoing challenge of opening to love without making another person responsible for my unfolding and...
2024-02-1425 min
Brian J MatosEp. 26 - Alison Crosthwait: Former Psychotherapist Discusses Alternative Medicine, Treatments and Therapies Brian is joined by Alison Crosthwait, a former Wall Street professional, who shares her journey from traditional psychotherapy to alternative medicine. The conversation explores the emerging topic of alternative health care options, espeically related to mental health disorders. Alison talks about the importance of happiness and the challenges and obstacles people face in finding it. Traditional approaches to mental health care are discussed, along with the limitations and benefits of psychotherapy. Brian and Alison then explore the concept of alternative medicine, and various tools used in this field, such as breath work, physical movement, active imagination, hypnosis, affirmations, and psychedelics. Key...
2024-01-031h 16Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMy Summer As A MILF: Sexual Liberation For Collective ChangeI dated younger men this summer and my experience was life-changing. Join me for a spicy and expansive conversation abut what happens when we follow desire and how important it is that each of us does this in our own way.Read the article. Read more about sexual healing. Join my email list.—JOIN THE EMAIL LIST TO RECEIVE NON-OBVIOUS THINKING ABOUT PERSONAL GROWTH Sign Up for Alison's Email List —HOW TO MICRODOSE FOR TRANSFORMATION GUIDEReceive the Transformational Microdosing Guide —APPLY F...
2023-12-0745 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMy Sexual Healing Journey Part IIThis is an update to Episode 29 - life has evolved and here we are! A personal context for my current work on sexuality. —JOIN THE EMAIL LIST TO RECEIVE NON-OBVIOUS THINKING ABOUT PERSONAL GROWTH Sign Up for Alison's Email List —HOW TO MICRODOSE FOR TRANSFORMATION GUIDEReceive the Transformational Microdosing Guide —APPLY FOR EXPAND TO STEP FULLY INTO THE LIFE YOU DESIREExpand is a three month alchemical program to transform your current experience into a new chapter in your life. In Expa...
2023-10-3118 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceThe Importance Of SexualityMy recent Ayahuasca ceremonies prompted me to think and write more deeply about sexuality. Here is the result. More to come.Questions for reflection:What would your life look like if you were sexually free?What do you most desire?What does satisfaction mean to you?What enlivens your body?What are you creating? What do you want to create?What do you long for?What does it look like for you to let go into the orgasmic nature of life?—
2023-10-1716 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceI have lost sight of the shore"In order to discover a new land we have to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." - André GideI sound much more composed in this episode than I feel. Thanks for being along for the ride.—JOIN THE EMAIL LIST TO RECEIVE NON-OBVIOUS THINKING ABOUT PERSONAL GROWTH Sign Up for Alison's Email List —HOW TO MICRODOSE FOR TRANSFORMATION GUIDEReceive the Transformational Microdosing Guide —APPLY FOR EXPAND TO STEP FULLY INTO THE LIFE YOU DESIREExpand...
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Microdosing For HealingPsychotherapy, Plant Medicine, and Spiritual Transformation: A Holistic Healing Approach with Alison CrosthwaitAlison Crosthwait, CFA, embarked on a remarkable journey from a successful career in capital markets to becoming a full-time psychotherapist and spiritual explorer. In this episode, we delve deep into her transformative path and the profound insights she's gained along the way. Alison shares her unique perspective on the significance of self-exploration as a foundation for plant medicine journeys and the essential elements needed before embarking on such a profound experience.You can find show notes, resources and more at: https://tinyurl.com/5ecpw3s8 Are you called to serve the healing of our world? J...
2023-09-2257 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceSex Has the Potential to Solve All the World's Problemsaka Increasing Life Force Sexual Energy Through Targeted Inner WorkThis is a version of the talk I gave at the High Desert Human Design Conference in September 2023.—JOIN THE EMAIL LIST TO RECEIVE NON-OBVIOUS THINKING ABOUT PERSONAL GROWTH Sign Up for Alison's Email List —HOW TO MICRODOSE FOR TRANSFORMATION GUIDEReceive the Transformational Microdosing Guide —APPLY FOR EXPAND TO STEP FULLY INTO THE LIFE YOU DESIREExpand is a three month alchemical program to transform your current experience into a new...
2023-09-1933 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceThe Wounded Healer with Alison JamesHave you every wanted to hear how therapists talk behind the scenes? In this conversation two therapists talk about attachment styles, burn out, how much we care about our clients and so much more.Alison is a dear colleague, friend and former client and she brings her unique medicine to this conversation - she has a way of articulating inner work that is sensitive, nuanced and at the same time crystal clear.Alison James Bio:I hold a BAH from Queen’s University and an MA from Dalhousie University, completing the bulk of my...
2023-09-1253 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceWorking With that One Sticky ProblemOften we have one area - a trigger, a relationship, money, purpose - and we put a lot of energy into figuring it out and fixing it. In this episode I outline how moment to moment tracking with another person (trained practitioners are great for this) allows you to titrate your nervous system experience and change the pattern in real time. The solution to all problems lies in our connection to ourselves - our bodies, emotions, minds and spirits - what it is to be us.Medicine work supports and amplifies these moment by moment changes.
2023-09-0511 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceThe Alchemy Of Inner Work with Lorie DecharLorie Dechar is an Acupuncturist, Author, Alchemical Healer, Mentor and Artisan of Transformation. Lorie and I talk about "the myth, the math and... something else...." - it's one of the best descriptions of inner work I've heard and Lorie drops it in the first few minutes.Join her Inner Sensing Intensive September 30/October 1 Read her book with Benjamin Fox, The Alchemy of Inner Work Join her community - A New Possibility - and learn more about her work on her website: Follow her on Instagram Listen to...
2023-08-2945 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance"We are all problematic." Talking about Barbie with Lisa BrannanLisa and I talk about collective change and what the release of Barbie may or may not represent. It's a fun and fiery conversation!!Follow Lisa on Instagram at @brnnlisaListen to Juicy Stories: 16 women have joined together to share their stories about spirituality in all its forms.https://alison-crosthwait.lpages.co/juicy-stories-series/—JOIN THE EMAIL LIST TO RECEIVE NON-OBVIOUS THINKING ABOUT PERSONAL GROWTH Sign Up for Alison's Email List —HOW TO MICRODOSE FOR TRANSFORMATION GUIDE—APPLY F...
2023-08-2238 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceExploring the Map of Your Uniqueness Using Human Design with John ColeJohn Cole, a human design guide, joins Alison to discuss their personal experiences with Human Design, highlighting its ability to unveil our own individual uniqueness, the interplay between nature and nurture, the significance of initiations and transitions, and the transformative process of deconditioning in aligning with one's true self.“There's a transformative process going on as a society, and it's leading to a world where, I think, there will be lot more individual emphasis, meaning that there we're not going to rely on organizations, institutions, experts and other people outside of ourselves to save us, to support us...
2023-08-151h 05Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceHow Can the Mind Evolve?“That’s not how to do it.” This is a recurring theme in our society. We absorb these ideas about “right” and “wrong” and how things should be from childhood through adulthood. The mind can still hold onto these narratives even when we’ve unraveled them again and again. This is why we have four other aspects of our self — physical, emotional, spiritual and sexual — that we can tap into to support our mind in evolving, even when it’s wound so tightly. “The way that we construct our lives is a reflection of the deepest assumptions...
2023-08-0810 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceShifting into New Perspectives and Possibilities with Tamara KemperWhen Tamara began working with Alison, she had tight expectations for herself. She raveled herself in how things are, how they should be, and the roles she held, like mom and professional. Her experience opened her perspective and possibilities to life and how it can be different than the way she was living. That gave her permission to put down some of the judgments and expectations she held and cultivated deeper empathy for herself and others. “All of these experiences, all of these different things that I'm doing, they are just different ways to pr...
2023-08-0132 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceConnecting with Your Dharma and Opening Your Heart in Difficult Times with Stephen CopeTrue freedom comes from letting go of grasping and opening our hearts. But those two things can be so challenging for us to embody in our modern world. Alison and guest, Stephen Cope, best-selling author and scholar, delve into the relationship between the Eastern contemplative traditions and Western depth psychology and how connecting the two can support you in navigating the modern world.Stephen shares the experiences and insights that he’s gained studying these ideas that have shaped his books, including his most recent, “The Dharma in Difficult Times: Finding Your Calling in Tim...
2023-07-2558 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceHow to Build Capacity to SurrenderSurrender is a daily devotion.It unlocks our energy and creates a ripple effect of a positive change in ourselves.But surrender can be one of the most challenging things we can do because it requires that we face our pain. In this episode, Alison shares her recent work with a local medicine man in a ceremony to show how we have to build our capacity to surrender, and how often times, it’s by looking directly at our pain that we’re able to transform. “We need to feel what we could...
2023-07-1811 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMoving Our Minds and Bodies into an Unraveled State of BeingSociety ravels us all so tightly.We’re raveled in the “shoulds” and what’s “right.” We are raveled in the judgments of others, the definition of success, and the expectations others put on us. This raveling puts us into patterns that keep us stuck — out of alignment with our life force energy. To allow life to flow, we must unravel. “Often our intentions are about business, money, health, life, love. They're raveled intentions, but the answer and satisfaction are in the unraveling.”—Listen to Juicy Stories: 16 women ha...
2023-07-1111 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governancePracticing Surrender Empowers Others to Heal in Their Own TimingWe live in such a “fix me” culture, often looking outside ourselves for the answers — or offering our answers to our friends and family members when they’re experiencing pain. But to truly support our own healing and the healing of others, we have to surrender to these painful moments and move through the process in our own time in our own way. Here, Alison shares the complexities of practicing surrender as a way to empower others and yourself and the importance of having support and healing containers that allow you to look inward and move throu...
2023-07-0412 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceSubmission vs. SurrenderWhat's the difference between submission and surrender?Both of these terms hold the essence of letting go, but there’s a fine line between the two of them.Surrender can be an embodied state that supports our ability to create our desires and experience life as it is, while submission can be where we fall into the false idea that “it is what it is.” In this episode, Alison shares the nuances between these two energies to support you in spotting where you might be surrendering versus where you might be submitting so you can...
2023-06-2710 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceNavigating Betrayal Without Losing Your TruthAlison delves into the painful experience of betrayal in love and how we can step into our own healing and move past the betrayal. Drawing from her own experience, she explores the shame, anger, and upset that arises when our beliefs about love and trust are shattered, and how it feels like everything we thought was true has been taken away. She offers perspectives for how we can navigate and accept betrayal without attaching it to our self-worth or harboring resentment toward the person who betrayed us. “There is no shame in trusting. There...
2023-06-2010 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMidwifing Each Other to Presence: The Breakthrough with Alyssa and FrancescaIn April, Alison created an experimental offering in which she invited a few of her existing clients to participate in, called Elevate. During this experience, Alison facilitated the group through Toad medicine work, which is a psychedelic, paired with intense breathwork. Two of the participants, Alyssa and Francesca, share their experience working with the medicine and the container. They share the transformation they’ve received that’s still very much unfolding for them, including relieving anxiety, experiencing a deep flow in their lives, and the development of their spirituality.They also share incredibly valuable insights aroun...
2023-06-1341 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceTrusting Yourself and Unearthing Your Wildness as a Service with Julie McIntyreJulie McIntyre, author and Earth Ceremonialist, shares how by developing a personal relationship with our bodies and trusting their wisdom, we can navigate life with more authenticity — which she describes as a wildness that embraces the sacredness of all life forms. Julie takes us on a personal journey, at the age of 10 when she discovered a magical place in a corner of her family’s farm where a massive old cottonwood tree stood. This became her refuge, a space to escape the chaos and connect with something beyond herself. She experienced an energy exchange with the tree, a pro...
2023-06-0645 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceHow to Build a Sacred Sexuality Practice to Cultivate Aliveness in Your Daily LifeSacred sexuality is the difference between getting your steps in and enjoying a walk in nature.It's broadening our experience of sexuality to include all of us, giving ourselves permission to be truly and deeply who we are in all our forms, in all areas, cultivating a deeper connection to ourselves, others, and the world. Tune in to hear Alison’s personal experience with sacred sexuality and tips for how you might consider approaching this type of practice in your life to stoke your life force, and how this energy influences how you engage with life...
2023-05-3018 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceHow Self-Expression Can Unlock the Energy Needed to Create Our Big and Small DesiresWhen our sexual energy is blocked, it can be challenging to create what we want in the world — whether that’s to create a thriving business or simply how we want to engage with our family in a healthy way. Freedom of expression is a practice that can unlock this energy that’s needed to create the life you desire in all aspects of your life. Here Alison shares how she needed to reclaim her self-expression and how you can find ways to express your own as a way of connecting with your sexual energy. “It’...
2023-05-2313 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceMy Sexual Healing Journey and How It Became the Portal to Everything I Long ForAlison shares her sexual healing journey and personal stories of sexuality, intimacy, and love that highlight just how interconnected our sexual energy is to all aspects of our lives. Tune in to this vulnerable and heartfelt episode to discover the power of being present, embracing your sexuality, and the importance of inner marriage, where we hold and love ourselves fully, before seeking a partnership with others. “Sexuality and love is so much a part of everything that happens in our lives. If we can't receive the love, desire, and gifts of people that we also love...
2023-05-1638 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceWhy You Have a Lack of Desire in Your RelationshipChallenges in the area of desire tend to call us towards interpersonal dynamics. We think it is a relationship problem. I believe this is a misdirection of attention. Experiencing a lack of desire in your relationship isn’t necessarily a sign that there’s something “wrong” with your relationship. All sexual desire starts with you, even when you’re in a partnership. Feeling a lack of desire towards your partner is a sign that your own sexual energy needs tending to, and in this episode, Alison shares the very first step to take to do just that. ...
2023-05-0913 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceExpanding the Definition of Orgasm Beyond The GenitalsIn our society, we tend to conflate genital sex and orgasm with sexuality in general. But genital orgasm is only part of the definition of orgasm. We all get to have orgasms all the time. Every breath is a reach toward satisfaction, a peak, and a release.This episode encourages you to expand your definition of orgasm to see how embodying sexual energy in your life can support you in cultivating your desires and creating in the world. “Of course, we want genital orgasm, but let's start with orgasm everywhere and then allow more a...
2023-05-0216 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceConnecting to the Love that Creates Inner Richness with Heather VeseyHow can we not only become okay with suffering but welcome it, love it, and appreciate it? That’s the question that unfolds in this episode with Heather Vesey, a Wisdom Mentor. Through this emotional and profound conversation, you’ll receive a beautiful call to cultivate your relationship with the Divine and with love itself. Alison has been supported through Heather’s Wisdom Mentorship since the summer of 2022 and invited Heather to share this wisdom with you in this episode. “What is your way of relating to the divine inside...
2023-04-2540 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceWhat Type of Healing or Therapy is Right for You?There are so many healing practices and therapy modalities that can support you with on your healing journey, so how do you choose what type of healing and therapy is right for you? In this episode, Alison shares both her perspective from her personal experience as well as research that highlights the most important consideration when choosing who to work with and why it matters so much on your healing journey.This insight will help you tune into your own intuition to guide you toward who and what will be most supportive for you right...
2023-04-1810 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceThe Third Stage of HealingThis is a follow-up to episode 16, “The Two Stages of Healing.” If you haven’t already tuned into that episode, start there and then come back to this episode.This episode is filled with insight that will shape your understanding and open your mind on the deep work that needs to happen to change our state of being in the world. Here, Alison explores what the third stage of healing is, how you can identify where you’re at in different areas of your life as a way to expand your awareness of what’s possible, a...
2023-04-1129 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceWhat Does It Look Like to Thrive in all 5 Aspects of Your Health?What does it look like to thrive in all five aspects of your health — physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and sexual? This episode is intended to serve as a North Star on your healing journey. Alison shares a few of the most important qualities we’re working toward embodying in order to thrive in each of these aspects. Sharing what a healthy state of each of these five aspects might look and feel like gives you an understanding of where you are currently with each and where you may desire to focus in your healing and growth...
2023-04-0423 minAliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceAnxiety is the Tension Between Our True and False SelfAnxiety is a multi-layered phenomenon. It’s also overdetermined — many different experiences and combinations of experiences can be labeled anxiety.One aspect of anxiety is the relationship between how we are living our life and our true feelings. This could look like trying to keep a parent or employer happy or being in a relationship that isn't working for you.Living in this state of nonalignment in one or more areas of your life can provoke anxiety. The anxiety sits on top of the true feelings which, if felt fully, would demand massive action o...
2023-03-2822 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceWorking with Triggers to Heal Trauma and Shift into PresenceLast year, I flew to Hawaii to attend a retreat with Eckhart Tolle.The entire time, I kept getting these signs that I was out of the zone of tolerance. I was triggered again and again in major ways that I hadn’t experienced in years, despite turning to my tools and practices to bring myself back to presence.I’m sharing my experience with you here so you can witness the value of recognizing your triggers and facing them head-on, even when it can be incredibly uncomfortable.I share how my practices gave...
2023-03-2129 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceLeaning Into What’s “Juicy” to Make Life EasierBuilding our capacity for juice and pleasure is a central part of healing.It breaks apart the conditioning that life is hard, that we have to push, and that we have to obey.None of those things are juicy.When we’re leaning into what’s juicy, we’re ultimately moving towards a life of overflow that comes from touching the heart of love and life force energy.In this episode, I’m sharing what juicy is, why it’s such a prominent aspect of my work and how we change, and how yo...
2023-03-1414 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceHow Somatic Healing Works With PsilocybinSomatic healing supports you in releasing imprints, patterns, and memories that have been stored in your body.Oftentimes, these are memories that we may not even be aware of but are influencing how we’re showing up in the world.Here I’m sharing how somatic healing works with psilocybin so you can better understand how you can meet the medicine to accelerate the healing process of this stored trauma in our bodies in service of your intention.“This is how somatic healing works. It's allowing ourselves to have experiences that require us to relax...
2023-03-0714 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance18: The Breakthrough with Alyssa: I'm Safe. I'm Thriving.When Alyssa started working with me, she had been on anxiety medication for a year and knew that while it was a supportive tool to get her through a challenging year, it was a bandaid and she wanted a solution.She described it like she was in a tsunami of emotion that she couldn’t swim away from any long: “Who am I? Where am I? Why is life like this? I can't manage.”Throughout her year of intentional work with herself and the medicine, she stepped into a grounded, whole, and in safer physical, mental...
2023-02-2840 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance17: Working with Psychedelics to Heal Your TraumaWhat keeps us from being present is the inability to experience the present fully. We experience the present when we feel emotions, experience physical sensations and are aware of what is happening.When we are unable to be present we are in a traumatic reaction — a separation from our life force energy.When we’re holding trauma, we can’t see that within ourselves.Sacred medicine, along with other healing practices, supports us to see, feel, and embody what we weren’t able to before and thus to heal the traumatic reaction and come into...
2023-02-2117 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance16: 2 Stages of Healing TraumaThere are two different stages we go through when we are healing trauma.If you’ve done a lot of inner work — therapy, meditation, journaling, etc. — but feel as if you’ve hit a healing plateau where you have awareness of your patterns, but can’t quite step into the power of who you are by doing the things you know you have to do to get there, you’re likely coming to the end of the first stage of healing.Understanding stage one and stage two will support you in seeing what’s possible and what more t...
2023-02-1417 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance15: Trauma Blocks Everything You DesireTrauma is the only thing that separates us from everything we desire.Trauma is separation from our life force energy. It’s what happens when we have experiences that we don’t have the capacity to be present for.There are obvious traumas — the things we all know are difficult.And then there is the moment-by-moment way that life nudges us out of our own power, our own authenticity.Ultimately, we are all traumatized to greater and lesser extents through fear and insecurity into living lives that are not our own."It...
2023-02-0725 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance14: Riding the Waves to Create FlowWhen you're doing deep transformational healing work, big emotions can come up like sadness and anger, and our first instinct is to want to feel better.Riding the waves refers to a relationship to our emotions where we accept and even welcome our feelings as they come and go.Alison sees riding the waves as offering an opportunity to open and to hold more.Riding the waves allows us to flow through life without fighting, which frees up energy to respond to life as it actually is.In this episode, Alison...
2023-01-3123 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance13: How to Get Transformative Psychedelic ResultsIt’s possible to experience a big and lasting shift as a result of simply taking the medicine — there are miracles all of the time.But most of the time, it is up to us to create the impact of our psychedelic journey on our lives.Most of the people that Alison facilitates have life-changing journeys because it’s what they put into practice in their life to continue to run that energy.There are some very specific things that make a huge difference in whether or not you experience long-lasting transformation after workin...
2023-01-2414 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceConnecting With Your Sexual Energy Fuels Your Creation in The WorldWe tend to compartmentalize our sexual energy.Some of us see it as strictly physical.Some of us see it as dirty or bad.Some of us see it as mostly emotional.Many of us don't think about it at all.In this episode, Alison is going to show how connecting with your sexual energy can support you in creating the life you desire.You’ll discover:How sexual energy goes beyond the physical act of sex and why this expanded definition is key to healing th...
2023-01-1719 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceFostering Spirituality Changes How You Relate to Yourself, Others, and All of LifeFostering spirituality in our life fosters our connection to life, aliveness, and all that we desire.As we develop and nurture this connection, we have the passion to move forward, to take deeper and broader steps into the fullness of the life that we want to create.In this episode, you’ll discover:Why a lack of spirituality can hinder your ability to create the life you wantHow fostering spirituality can support you in relating to yourself, others, and all of life in a new way that creates more peace in your lifeHow psychedelics ca...
2023-01-1016 min
The Art of Living Well Podcast®E155: Top health & wellness trends for 2023Happy New Year! As we kick-off 2023, we want to let you know how grateful we are for our listeners and we wish each of you a happy, healthy and wonderful year. In today's episode we discuss one of our favorite topics, the new year's health trends. See our exciting list below, and listen to this episode where we dive deeper into each of these trends and provide tips and resources on how to implement them into your life. 1) Sleep hygiene - This is nothing new, but we dive into a few devices to help you improve your...
2023-01-0431 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governanceChange the Way You Breathe, Change The Way You Live with Jenn MansellOur life is defined by our breath — our first breath and our last breath.Yet so many of us are going through the world barely breathing.Today’s guest on Aliveness, Jenn Mansell, a certified breathwork facilitator and somatic coach, believes if you change the way you breathe, you change the way you live.In this episode, she shares how you can heal by getting out of your head and into your body using the power of breath, and she’s shared a free 20-minute breathwork practice for you to support you after the ep...
2023-01-0337 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance9: Emotional Healing Allows You to Step Into the Fullness of Who You AreWe often think of certain emotions as negative, and thus we're taught early to repress them.Usually, it's sadness, rage, and jealousy.It's exactly this imbalance that makes it challenging for us to change our behavior.When we have traumatic experiences— experiences that are too much for us to emotionally withstand at the moment— because we can't feel our emotions because they get locked away.This disturbs our flow and our ability to be present, which makes it difficult for us to create the lives we want to create in all area...
2022-12-2724 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance8: How to Change Your Mind When Microdosing with PsychedelicsFor most of us, our minds have too much power over the rest of usWhen we work with plant medicine, it can make our minds more open and flexible to change, but we have to direct that energy to create the results we’re after.Here, I’ll share how I support my clients with cleaning up their minds when microdosing so they can move past the thoughts and beliefs that have kept them stuck.You’ll learn:How microdosing gives us the ability to come into a relationship with our thinki...
2022-12-2021 min
Aliveness: Technology, love, money, sex, soul, governance7: What’s Blocking You Is in Your Body, Not Your HeadWe tend to think that our blocks are in our heads, but often they're actually in our bodies.As we start to do personal work, we can see this because we know that logically we shouldn't be scared of this, there's nothing to worry about, we want to be a certain way, or we want to speak up for ourselves, because we know that's how we're going to step into the next level, and yet we can't do it because we’re are afraid.That fear lives in our bodies, so what's in our bodies ha...
2022-12-1322 min
The Elixir. Curing Common Ideas about Self CareThe Elixir Episode 7: The Power of Transformational Microdosing with Alison Crosthwait.As we continue to explore new, and innovative ideas in the world of self care, we are excited to share with you our next episode of the Elixir. In this episode we sit down with Alison Crosthwait - expert speaker, teacher and healer. We dive into the concept of microdosing and how a medicinal mushroom can become an integral part of your healing journey with Alison Crosthwait.
Guest Bio:
Alison is a Registered Psychotherapist in private practice in Toronto, ON. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and spent fifteen years in trading and research in ca...
2022-10-0432 min
Social Media Love Podcast ShowEP 60 | The Real Story Behind Her Business with Allison CrosthWaitA former statistical arbitrage trader at Goldman Sachs and a fifteen year capital markets graduate Alison knows high performance, excitement, achievement and stress.
A former psychotherapist of almost a decade Alison understands attachment, trauma, emotions and the uniqueness of every individual.
Alison is here to help you expand. She is intuitive, tender, and challenging.
Her own healing journey has and continues to be humbling and expansive and informs her continually growing mastery of supporting her clients in their transformations.
She draws on diverse modalities and works with a powerful team to m...
2022-10-0129 min
The Art of Living Well Podcast®E135: What is microdosing and how a medicinal mushroom can become an integral part of your healing journey with Alison CrosthwaitWe are thrilled to bring you today's amazing guest, Alison Crosthwait. Alison spent 15 years as a trader and researcher in capital markets followed by a decade as a psychotherapist in private practice. Her own healing journey called her beyond psychotherapy and in 2020 she stepped away from her practice to become a guide. Now she holds space for full-being transformation. She is an advocate for psychedelic healing facilitated with preparation, integration and integrity. In today's episode you will learn: Alison's journey and why she stepped away from her professional licensing as a psycho therapist. Brief...
2022-08-1056 min
Call IT In with DarEmbody Your Worth with Plant Medicine with Alison CrosthwaitOur ancestors have used plant medicine for 1000s of years. Greek physician Hippocrates used mushrooms as an anti-inflammatory and for cauterizing wounds… later the first people in North America used puff bomb mushrooms as wound treatments. Although mushrooms have long been used by various cultures throughout the world, modern science has only recently created studies on their healing capacities. Plant medicines, specifically mushrooms, are something I absolutely knew nothing about until chatting with our special guest Allison Crosthwait. We discussed micro dosing, psychedelics for self-care, benefits, legality and overall safety in our stimulating time together on “Call IT in With...
2022-07-0622 min
But Why?EP16 Why psychedelics are taboo, transformative and may or may not make you pukeSome people think of hippie ritual circles, people dancing in love and harmony and puking in buckets together. Alison Crosthwait is here to tell you that psychedelics are one of the most powerful, revolutionary and quick ways to therapeutic healing. Alison's life is devoted to healing. She is a former stock trader for Goldman Sachs and former psychotherapist who now facilitates massive and deep shifts at all levels. She is a consciousness pioneer and holds the highest vision possible for each of her clients. She speaks, writes and facilitates all in service of human unfolding into our birthright: freedom...
2022-04-2022 min
Unshakeable with Human Design - A Human Design For Business PodcastPsilocybin - The Magic Pill For Personal Growth with Alison CrosthwaitYou've probably been hearing more and more about microdosing, but what is it and what does it do for you? This week's guest is Alison Crosthwait, a former psychotherapist turned Transformational Guide who helps her clients create psychedelic healing facilitated with preparation, integration and integrity. Alison specifically uses Psylocybin, or "Magic Mushrooms," with her clients. Microdosing is growing in prevalence in the entrepreneurial world as well as in mental health. Now its benefits are being felt beyond these circles as more and more people are demanding "more" for their lives. For the right person at th...
2022-04-1339 min
Successful as F*ck PodcastSuccessful as F*ck Ep. 10 Featuring Alison CrosthwaitAlison shares her story of going from Wall Street to Psychotherapist, to now a Transformational Guide using the medicine of Psychedelics! She shares the highs, the lows, and the biggest fuck up that ended up transforming her life.
2022-04-0926 min
With AlohaI'm not going to write today...But first…(because we both know you don’t always read the P.S.)1.) I’m having a party for my book! Join me (& the legendary Alison Crosthwait) this Sunday, 10/24, at 1pm HST/4pm PDT/7pm EDT. There will be talking and music (and more talking and more music) and even some… oh, you’ll just have to come to find out! I promise you’ll walk away with more than you came with and also a lot less. RSVP here and I’ll send you the Zoom link.2.) I’ll be on an...
2021-10-1906 min
With AlohaWhen I awoke, the sky was awash in pink...UPDATE: The book release has been rescheduled to Sunday, October 24th at 1pm HST (4pm PDT/7pm EDT). And I’m excited to announce my dear friend (and artist, guide, and remarkable human) Alison Crosthwait will be hosting the event! We’re co-creating something really special for you all. Please come and receive! If you haven’t yet, you can RSVP here. I’ll send out a more detailed invite in the coming weeks. (OK… now back to your regularly scheduled programming.)Like the whites in a faded vintage photograph. I gasped and...
2021-10-0501 min
A Handful of Hope154. Emotional & Spiritual Skydiving - Alison CrosthwaitWe cover:* Taking a radical risk* Discovering what really lights you up* Allowing pain to be the greatest teacher And much moreAlison Crosthwait is an extreme pioneer in the world of radical risk. Alison’s genius lies in her groundbreaking methodology that creates a potent pathway for her clients to achieve their biggest, most audacious goals. But, that is just the beginning. When working with Alison, her clients are able to move past accomplishment through a divine journey to revolutionize paradigms, systems and structures. Through the use of an...
2021-02-1533 min
The Fuel Your Fire Podcast with Alicia WoodWhole Being TransformationIn this episode we are talking to Alison Crosthwait about Whole Being Transformation. Whole being, meaning – our WHOLE selves. So you can assume…that’s kinda a lot. This episode is short, yet super informative. In fact, it’s so full of valuable information – you might want to listen to it a second time! We’re talking about how to get in flow if you’re feeling stuck, or like you have a block. How emotions lay a role in our physical and mental health. How psychedelics can be used to heal us.AND we even talk...
2021-01-0527 min
The Good Mood PodcastEpisode 39: Deep Transformational Healing with Alison Crosthwait, Trader turned CoachPresence... is that the key to healing? Being present in one's body, being present with one's thoughts. Existing in the present moment. The present moment is where everything is happening. It gets us out of the head and into the body.
The body is our home. It's where our emotions live, as they manifest in real-time, where they can be processed. Being present and embodied are the key states for healing from trauma, from accessing our truest, wildest selves, and from experiencing optimal mental and emotional health.
Bodily presence is also where the richness of ex...
2021-01-041h 27
The Shaun Proulx ShowThe Transformer / The COVID + LGBTQ Study / The Human Trafficking ActivistIn this Shaun Proulx Show, we ask: What is transformation? There's no one who wouldn’t like to grow, improve, and transform. So sit down with Shaun's transformational coach, Alison Crosthwait, and learn about what transformation is exactly. Alison shares her personal transformation journey from Wall Street trader to changing people’s lives in a frank, one-on-one. Learn more at AlisonCrosthwait.com.It’s not that often that LGBTQ people are counted but here’s a time when that’s happening. We talk with Dr. Nathan Lachowsky about the study currently underway looking at the effects of COVID-19 o...
2020-11-1754 minThe Shaun Proulx ShowShaun’s Six Month Transformation Project. Session 1: Mushroom Tea TherapyOn this episode of The Shaun Proulx Show, Shaun spills all the (psychedelic) tea, taking you along for the ride on his journey to personal transformation, with the transformational coach, Alison Crosthwait. Besides shamanic energy clearing and other rituals, things get trippy as Shaun goes under the loving influence of the teaching plant known as mushrooms to open himself up to allow the next level of his dreams and goals. Think 'Law of Attraction' but on shrooms! It begs the question, "What can you do if you like the idea of transformation?"
2020-10-1523 minThe Shaun Proulx ShowShaun’s Six Month Transformation Project: IntroductionShaun is transforming and he’s enlisted the expertise of Alison Crosthwait to do it. Alison is a transformational coach who uses physical emotional mental and spiritual release techniques such as breathwork and bioenergetics to help people eliminate stuckness and stress (this is the big one for Shaun!), to expand their dreams (yes!), to connect to their vitality, and make things happen. This episode features Alison’s deep dive into Shaun’s life and where he wants to take it. Alison asked him questions on topics ranging from physical and mental health to goals and sexualit...
2020-10-1513 min
Master Ministries International, Inc.Why Hopelessness Haunts You And How To Overcome ItHopelessness, crushes the spirit and makes a terrible life. --Alison Crosthwait appeared to have it made. She had a good job. She was a trader in capital markets, and then she went into research and became a researcher. She had a good income. She had friends, she had romance. --Yet she described the condition of her life in these terms- shame, anxiety, insecurity, sadness and helplessness. Hopelessness crushed her inner self and her inner life and made life terrible for her. --Alison is not alone. Her description describes multitude to millions of people in a worldwide epidemic of hopelessness.
2019-12-1336 min
Master Ministries International, Inc.Why Hopelessness Haunts You And How To Overcome ItHopelessness, crushes the spirit and makes a terrible life. Alison Crosthwait appeared to have it made. She had a good job. She was a trader in capital markets, and then she went into research and became a researcher. She had a good income. She had friends, she had romance. Yet she described the condition of her life in these terms: shame, anxiety, insecurity, sadness and helplessness. Hopelessness crushed her inner self and her inner life and made life terrible for her. Alison is not alone. Her description describes multitude to millions of people in a worldwide epidemic of hopelessness.
2019-12-1236 min
Level Up Your Course Podcast with Janelle Allen: Create Online Courses that Change LivesZCS027: Why a Psychotherapist Decided to Launch an Online Course with Ali CrosthwaitWelcome to another episode of The Zen Courses Show! Today’s guest is Alison Crosthwait. Ali is a psychotherapist and the founder of The Good Therapists, a therapy blog.
Later this month (April), Ali's launching her first online course, The Therapy School, a course to help people in therapy deepen their practice & understand how therapy works.
This episode is a special one because Ali is also a former client. She hired me to help her create her first online course. In this episode, she shares what she thought she knew and what she learned al...
2016-04-1300 min