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Sep 10, 2023 • 49min

[Ep. 163] Identity Is Such A Drag: Letting Ourselves Compost w/ Sophie Strand

On today's episode, Luis speaks with Sophie Strand, self-described writer, compost heap, and neo-troubadour animist.Together they explore identity as a strategy: sometimes useful, sometimes not, but never the truth. Often when there is low capacity for ambiguity, the identity is the strategy born from that, fueled by desire for stability.Luis and Sophie discuss:· not getting trapped in the idea of self, and leaving openness for fluidity and change· the mythical and animistic experience of nature and trauma· the restricting idea of “normativity”· the atomized self vs the communal experience of life· shifting focus from destructive to constructive behaviors, from isolation to relationYou can learn more about Sophie's work here:https://sophiestrand.com/You can learn more about the six week course, and sign up for the waitlist, here:https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/courseFor more information about Holistic Life Navigation, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Sep 6, 2023 • 51min

[Bonus Episode] Tori Amos, Musical Shamanism, & Conscious Self-Destruction w/ Noah Michelson

On today's episode, Luis has a conversation with Noah Michelson, editor at HuffPost Personal, over their shared love of Tori Amos, and the way her music has helped them explore their own traumas.Tori Amos shares so honestly (both through her music and her personality), and they discuss how it has a way of making others feel seen, and how it can be life saving to experience.The also explore topics including:art and transmutation of painful experienceshow musicians can awaken partswork intuitively the animism and manifestation of artthe ability to hold multiple meanings at the same timehow you can titrate your own experience with music and artthe wisdom and gift of trial-by-fire, and living in gratitudeYou can read Noah's article about Tori Amos here:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tori-amos-fans-tour_n_6466702de4b06749be12705eYou can register for the waitlist for Luis' next six week course here:https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/courseYou can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Sep 3, 2023 • 22min

[Ep. 162] Navigating Anger & Rage

On today's episode, Luis explores how we often overcouple anger with rage, violence, oppression, and harm, and how it doesn’t always have to equate.He discusses:the relationship between boundaries, anger, and ragethe difference between stress and traumahow rage is a thwarted fight response, repressed by a freeze or fawn responsethe relation between anger and fight responsehow rage is often released during incongruent eventsThe episode ends with a somatic exercise on how to release anger, and how to feel anger without identifying with it.You can learn more about the six week course, and sign up for the waitlist, here:https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/courseYou can join the next Addiction Circle here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events/samadhi-addiction-circleFor more information about HLN's offerings, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.comYou can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Aug 30, 2023 • 1h 3min

[Bonus Episode] Somatic Drop-In Replay | Aug 15 2023

Today’s bonus episode is a recording of the most recent Somatic Drop-In. Luis takes us through a variety of topics and practices as he invites us to drop in, play with the philosophy and techniques of somatic work, and see what we learn.This Somatic Drop-In focused on overwhelm, and the relationship between overwhelm, boundaries, and capacity. Luis invites participants to share, and together he and Camille riff on related topics, including the nuance of whether it's safe to express a boundary, or whether it’s safer to suppress a boundary and express it later. Luis also leads the group through an SE practice called the "walk up exercise."You can also watch the replay on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/m7jm3CE7JwoThese Somatic Drop-Ins are bi-monthly, public, pay-what-you-want offerings. You can view the upcoming schedule to attend one live here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/events-1You can join the Library Membership here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/membership-libraryYou can join the waitlist for Luis' upcoming six week course here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/courseYou can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Aug 27, 2023 • 47min

[Ep. 161] Holding Grief with Gratitude w/ Carolyn Carter

Carolyn Carter, a human development professional, poet, and somatic relational coach, shares her journey of grief and gratitude after her daughter's passing. They discuss the connection between love and grief, the transformative power of grief, and the importance of having a relationship with it. The host also shares resources for connecting with the guest and offers a poem on surrendering to a broken heart.
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Aug 23, 2023 • 47min

[Bonus Episode] Mid-Day Medicine Series: Change & Acceptance w/ Jaguar Mary X

This is a bonus episode which features an interview with Luis and Jaguar Mary X. They had Luis on their program called Midday Medicine Journey. It's a live, public radio out of Kingston, NY. You can find the entire episode here.For more information about Jaguar Mary X, visit:https://www.kaliartproject.com/You can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Aug 20, 2023 • 22min

[Ep. 160] Navigating Sexual Turn On: Pleasure or Overwhelm?

On today's episode, Luis explores the sensations and stories behind our kinks, sexual desires, and turn-ons.Luis discusses the complicated relationship that can occur between overwhelm, fear, and turn-on. He invites us to explore the following question: "do I experience relief, openness, tenderness, and a deeper connection to myself and the other from sexual experiences, or does the thrill, the fear response, the stress and trauma response that these sexual fetishes and kinks bring up exhaust, disconnect, or shame me?"This inquiry is followed by a demo with Carolyn Elliot, which is a replay from an impromptu session on an episode of Carolyn's podcast.You can purchase Luis' recent webinar, "Sexual Fetish, Fawning, & Trauma" here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/store/p/sexual-fetish-fawning-traumaYou can listen to the full podcast episode with Luis and Carolyn Elliot here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alchemicaljourney/episodes/Queer-Magickian-Jesus-with-Luis-Mojica-e25iv29/a-a9vvb75You can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Aug 16, 2023 • 48min

[Bonus Episode] "Soul & Psyche" Replay

Today’s podcast episode is a repost from the “Soul & Psyche” podcast, where Luis and Otto Maier discuss topics that include art as therapy, the mystical experience, animism, and more.  Otto is a trained and Certified Psychedelic Integration guide, Jungian Coach, Ceremony facilitator, Kambo practitioner, and Breathwork facilitator for retreat centers around the world.You can listen to the “Soul & Psyche” podcast here.You can learn more about Otto's work here: https://www.soulpsyche.org/You can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Aug 13, 2023 • 42min

[Ep. 159] The Body Prayer: Somatics & Christianity w/ Anita Grace Brown

In this episode, Luis is joined by Anita Brown, a grooveologist, yoga teacher, and writer. Luis and Anita have a fascinating conversation about the sole of somatics within Christianity.Both Luis and Anita were raised within the Catholic tradition and they discuss the impact of those experiences, the concept of embodied praying, and how religious pluralism shows up in their lives. Also, Anita shares with us how the integration of yoga as well as other Hindu and Buddhist teachings supported her exploration of Christianity. For more information on Anita's work, visit: https://www.grooveology.org/For more information on Luis' work, visit: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can register for the next Somatic Drop-In here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/somatic-drop-insYou can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com
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Aug 6, 2023 • 21min

[Ep. 158] Navigating The Somatics Of Lying (How To Build Capacity For Honesty)

On today's episode, Luis discusses the somatics of lying. In his own words:“lying is what I do when I don’t have the capacity for how you may respond to my truth.”Some of the topics he covers include:lying as a strategy to give us spaceunderstanding (thinking) vs. experience (somatic)exploring what lying really is, how we experience it, and what are our stories around itlying and fawningThe process of releasing lying is twofold: once we build capacity for our own truth, we then have to develop capacity for how someone responds, or could respond, to our truth.Luis then takes us through a guided exercise around real and perceived threat.For more information about HLN's offerings, please visit: www.holisticlifenavigation.comYou can register for the next Somatic Drop-In here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/somatic-drop-insYou can read more about, and register for, the "How Fawning Affects Your Sex Life" webinar here.You can read more about, and register for, the 3-week "Recovering From Sexual Fawning" mini-course here.----You can learn more on the website: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/You can follow Luis on Instagram @holistic.life.navigationQuestions? You can email us at info@holisticlifenavigation.com

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