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Saoirse Mejia
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Thresholders Podcast
Transitions: Imbolc and the Year of the Snake
In this mini episode I share a bit about the status of the podcast, some personal information about the importance of the Celtic cross-quarter holiday Imbolc in my life, and how I feel that Snake wisdom will serve us well in this Year of the wood snake. Enjoy!
2025-02-06
30 min
Thresholders Podcast
The Passion and Purpose Behind Biotune with Founder Isaac Sabu
I'm so excited to share this episode where I interview Isaac Sabu. Isaac is an immigrant from Iran and a sound engineer with over 20 years in his field. He's the founder of Biotune: a pioneer in frequency based wellness technology, and founder of Spirit Journeys which has produced more than 60 immersive meditation and cultural experiences in the last 3 years. Isaac is dedicated to offering sound therapy sessions to veterans and those facing mental health challenges, and his mission is to provide these therapies to underserved and marginalized communities in order to foster a lasting impact; Feeling uncomfortable and taking action...
2025-01-09
1h 14
Thresholders Podcast
From Birth to Death: Walking the Labyrinth of the Unknown with Amana Faulkner
In this episode I speak with Amana Faulkner. Amana has gathered over 40 years in this earthly realm where she has been captivated by pregnancy, birth, death, mothering, sociology, culture, nature, nursing, midwifery, reiki & mediumship. Through her path of study, & exploration she has received degrees, certifications, traveled the world, attended many births & deaths, cultivated community, crafted ceremony, birthed her own babies & been initiated into the realms of death & grief. Amana’s deepest desire is for every woman to feel the magic, intuitive knowing, strength and wildness within themselves. You will love this conversation where we explore: - The sacred work of pr...
2024-12-06
1h 12
Thresholders Podcast
"Right Now, It's Like This" with Mary Stancavage
My guest this week is someone I've known through the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous since 2006, and who has taken the 11th step ("Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God...") to a whole new level with her commitment and devotion to Buddhist teachings and practices: Mary Stancavage. Mary Stancavage has practiced meditation, yoga, and cultivated a spiritual practice for over 35 years and in 2009 was empowered to teach Buddhadharma. She teaches classes, retreats, coaches and mentors individuals and has facilitated several Year-to-Live groups over the years. She has served as a volunteer hospital chaplain a...
2024-11-13
1h 01
Thresholders Podcast
Midlife Musings on Motherhood with Centehua Sage
I’m so excited to be kicking off season two of Thresholders with someone I have admired from afar for years, Centehua Sage. Centehua is a mother, traditional cook, dancer and embodiment guide. Born and raised in Mexico City, to artist parents. She currently resides in Northern California near the Yuba river. She shares her musings on Substack and offers a yearly embodiment course on her website at centehuasage.com. In this episode Centehua and I explore: - raising a toddler in the midlife years - the individualism of the wild woma...
2024-11-07
1h 00
Thresholders Podcast
Inward Turning - Season One Recap
In this episode Saoirse talks about season one, as well as what to expect for season two of Thresholders Podcast. Season two will begin on November 6th. Thank you for listening, and please reach out to Saoirse directly with comments or questions at nmejia88@gmail.com and follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thresholderspodcast/
2024-10-24
25 min
Thresholders Podcast
The Gifts of Conscious Dying with Death Midwife Olivia Bareham
My guest this week is Olivia Bareham. Olivia is a death midwife, interfaith minister, master teacher, and founder of Sacred Crossings: the Institute for Conscious Dying and Alternative Funeral Home in Los Angeles. For over 30 years, Olivia has been guiding individuals toward a conscious dying experience and empowering families to care for their loved ones after death with a vigil and funeral at home. She has published the Death Care Directive, which is a planning booklet for one’s funeral and final disposition. Olivia is now internationally renowned for her transformative death Doula and D...
2024-10-17
1h 06
Thresholders Podcast
Deconditioning Ourselves and Our World with Esi Wildcat
In this episode I'm speaking with Esi Wildcat. Esi is a somatic practitioner and ceremonialist, an ordained Priestess of Isis, a Shakta initiate and Yogini in the lineage of Sri Vidya, a certified health practitioner and interdisciplinary healing artist with over 20 years of expertise. Esi envisions a world where all humans harness the power to intuit and maintain wellness and alive-ness in all areas of their lives. She's passionate about conversations that creat change, and is a space holder for the primal emotions that often have no place in our contemporary world (such as grief...
2024-10-09
55 min
Thresholders Podcast
Optimizing Ourselves via Fitness and Wellness with Andre Bolourchi
In this episode I speak to Andre Bolourchi, co-founder of PEAK Fit & Wellness located in Whitefish, Montana. A lifelong student with a passion for self-improvement, Andre has occupied the role of tv/film actor, wellness entrepreneur, personal trainer, nutrition and life coach, and yogi. His passion for learning and sharing spiritual and metaphysical teachings continues to be his guiding compass North throughout his life. At PEAK Fit and Wellness, their mission in helping others make fitness, vitality, nutrition and recovery a part their everyday life. Join us for this discussion where Andre shares about: -Following our excitement -Moving from surviving t...
2024-10-01
55 min
Thresholders Podcast
A Seasonal Approach to the Chinese Elements with Colin Hudon
This week my guest is Living Tea founder, Colin Hudon. Colin developed Living Tea through his lifelong immersion in Tea and Tao. As an herbalist, acupuncturist, and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he shares tea as a moving meditation, living art and plant medicine. In this episode Colin shares in depth about: - The Chinese Elements as a map to living seasonally - Daoist practice - Cha Dao (The Way of Tea) - The Earth Element as it pertains to the 5th season (you read that right - the 5th season!) - Cultivating a practice of presence - Tea Practice...
2024-09-25
1h 08
Thresholders Podcast
Empowering People to Do Death Well with Zenith Virago
My guest today is Zenith Virago. Zenith is known as a Deathwalker, an educator and a ceremonialist, offering guidance, support and care to enable and empower people to be as informed, open and courageous as they can, and to experience their dying and their loss in the best way they can. Simply put, she accompanies and guides people in their losses. Zenith is the EO and founding member of the Australian Charity, the Natural Death Care Centre, Co-author of The Intimacy of Death and Dying, subject of the International independent documentary “Zen & the Art of Dying”, and Patron of the Good...
2024-09-18
1h 02
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Everything Is Medicine with Shamanic + Expressive Arts Teacher Elaine Alghani
Welcome to Thresholders Podcast! In this episode I speak with Elaine Alghani, founder of “One Love Foundational Healing”, an integrative, Shamanic and Expressive Arts modality. Elaine and I discuss many aspects of self awareness, healing, the shifting nature of the now times, and being by in right relationship with all the experiences that life offers us. We explore the medicine wheel as a sacred cosmology to live by, the importance of embracing a “listening” practice, and how we might make a good home for the guidance we receive. Elaine is in the process of building her website, but you can reach he...
2024-09-11
1h 10
Thresholders Podcast
How Did We Get Here? Straight Talk with Dr. Vanessa Passov
In this episode I speak to my brilliant friend, Dr. Vanessa Passov. Dr. Vanessa has been in private practice for 25 years, helping people navigate chronic illness and autoimmunity. Her roots began with a degree in chiropractic and she went on from there to get a master’s in Traditional Chinese Medicine, became a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, a Certified Autoimmune Protocol Coach, and is a Certified Functional Medicine Clinician. In this episode we discuss: -The best and the worst of healthcare -Iatrogenic diseases -The tsunami of autoimmune diseases we are experiencing, and why they are so prevalent -Keeping hope alive -Tapping into...
2024-09-04
1h 08
Thresholders Podcast
Weaving a Life of Beauty with Rebecca Avrett Ulizio
In this episode I speak to Rebecca Avrett Ulizio of Two Bear Farm in Whitefish, Montana. Rebecca is a woman grounded in nature, with a profound connection to plants and the thrill of the wild. This deep bond with nature has guided her towards organic farming, activism, plant medicine, indigenous culture and music. Rebecca strongly believes in the purpose of creating beauty on this earth and has devoted her life to this artistic pursuit. Rebecca and I have a wonderful discussion about organic farming, aligning with the earths cycles and seasons, the power of music and singing in community, creating...
2024-08-28
1h 11
Thresholders Podcast
Waking Up To Who You Could Be with Soul Level Astrologer Mark Borax
In this thought-provoking episode I speak with Soul Level Astrologer Mark Borax. Mark has been a nomadic poet his whole life, living a rich and wild story of adventure and discovery before he created Soul Level Astrology in 1987. Mark has authored and co-authored 3 books, most recently "The Ruby Heart of the Dragon". In 2008, Mark and his wife Marcella Eversole founded The College of Visionaries and Wizards which teaches students around the world to read birth charts the way Mark does, and to live by the soul. In this episode Mark and I discuss: -the birth chart as a multi-dimensional portrayal...
2024-08-21
1h 06
Thresholders Podcast
A Toxic Mold Healing Journey with Ahram Arya
In this episode, I speak with Ahram Arya about his initiatory journey through toxic mold poisoning as well as some aspects of Human Design and plant medicine, both of which he discovered to be immensely helpful for healing, self awareness and spiritual evolution. Ahram is a coach, intuitive, and healer who helps people and teams optimize themselves. Recently, he founded Toxic Mold Hero, a service to educate and support others to successfully navigate the journey through toxic mold and back to a healthy life. You can find Ahram and his offerings at his website: https://ahramarya.org/ You can also...
2024-08-14
58 min
Thresholders Podcast
Reclaiming Women’s Health: Traditional Wisdom and Modern Science with Andrea Terrones
In this episode I speak with Andrea Terrones, a mother, healer, and educator dedicated to feminine embodiment and supporting women through various life stages. Andrea works at the intersection of traditional healing practices from her Mexican indigenous lineage and modern science. From this place, she created a unique hands-on, hands-in bodywork healing practice. We discuss Andrea’s journey which includes starting (and ultimately discontinuing) medical school, becoming a doula, her dedication to postpartum care, her holistic approach to healing (such as scar tissue remediation and pelvic care), and the necessity of reconnecting with our bodies for profound transformation and radical se...
2024-08-07
1h 06
Thresholders Podcast
Birth: A Sacred Appointment with Licensed Midwife Marcy Kuntz
In this episode, licensed midwife Marcy Kuntz and I discuss a range of topics relating to birth midwifery including misconceptions people have about homebirth, the importance of informed consent, building trust and relationship through pregnancy, the birth/death portals as sacred entrance/exit to human life, babies having an appointed time, and so much more! Marcy is a licensed midwife in the state of Montana. After a crazy birth experience with her first child in 1984, she vowed to become an avid supporter of birth choices. She began attending births as a doula in 1986 and eventually started her own Midwifery practice in 2...
2024-07-31
51 min
Thresholders Podcast
Meeting the Moment with Finnish Healing Practitioner Tanjariitta Anttila
In today’s episode I speak with multi-talented Finnish healing practitioner Tanjariitta Anttila. We discuss a plethora of topics including the powerful nature of the old Finnish healing traditions (in which Tanjariitta is trained) such as sauna, cold plunging, peat moss treatments, wet cupping and leech therapy, as well as her background as a clinical therapist with a focus in somatics. We also speak about our rather similar dark night of the soul experiences via death of a parent, what these changing times might be asking of us, and how we can meet the unknown with grace and acceptance, even wh...
2024-07-24
1h 00
Thresholders Podcast
From the Chrysalis with Reiki Master Stella Davies
In this episode, Stella Davies and I discuss her transition from the female archetype of “Mother” to what she calls “Cronette” or Crone-in-Training, which came on the heels of her hysterectomy. Stella’s journey through grief, acceptance and healing has landed her in a renewed place of fresh inspiration and reinvigorated purpose in her life’s work. We explore many other topics including energy healing, the power of ceremony in community, harnessing the energies of menstruation, how we can support young girls coming into their cycles, the gifts of working with the seasons and cycles of nature, and much more. I hope you e...
2024-07-17
58 min
Thresholders Podcast
Cancer Postpartum and Spiritual Rebirth with Danielle Patrick
In this episode, I talk with Danielle Patrick about her rare tongue cancer diagnosis that came just 2 months after she gave birth to her first born child. We discuss the journey of her suffering and her healing, as well as the spiritual rebirth that came as a result of the experience. We also discuss evidence-based disease mitigation (such as fasting, a ketogenic diet and cold plunging) as well as ways that she stays mentally and emotionally well (via micro dosing, spiritual meditation and a renewed connection to God). You can find Danielle and her offerings at the following links: Intagram: ...
2024-07-10
1h 05
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Thresholders Podcast (Trailer)
2024-06-30
00 min