S1E5: Soul Retrieval & Reclaiming the Lost Self with Martin Duffy

In this episode of Becoming You – The Podcast, John Fleming welcomes Martin Duffy, shamanic practitioner, psychotherapist, and founder of The Irish Centre for Shamanic Studies, for a moving and expansive conversation about healing, soul retrieval, and what it means to truly come home to yourself.

"People are now waking up to the idea that they need to take on their own spiritual autonomy and that there's more to life than the simulated reality that we see in our digital world nowadays."

Martin shares how his own journey led him away from the psychiatric system, where he spent over 35 years as a nurse, into the world of counselling, psychology, shamanic practice, and ancestral wisdom. 

In a world that’s becoming louder, faster, and more disconnected, this episode is an invitation to return to something deeper.

Together, John and Martin explore what it means to feel fully alive, and how healing can be found not through fixing, but through deep listening - to our dreams, our bodies, our memories, and the earth beneath our feet.

What You’ll Discover in This Episode:

• Why Martin left psychiatric nursing - and what he learned by stepping outside the medical model
• What shamanism, soul loss and soul retrieval mean in the context of trauma, grief, and identity
• How we can reconnect with the parts of ourselves that were lost through pain or disconnection
• The role of dreams, spirit guides, and ancestors in personal and collective healing
• Martin’s thoughts about technology, AI, and digital overload - and the invitation to return to body, earth, and soul

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