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Apr 7, 2024 • 28min
From Corporate Leadership to Awakening
In this captivating episode of the Modern Animism podcast, host Laura Giles delves deep into the remarkable journey of Alastair Henry, as he shares his profound transformation from a conventional Catholic upbringing to a corporate executive, and ultimately to a life deeply intertwined with the Dine people in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Alastair's narrative is a testament to the power of spiritual exploration and the profound impact it can have on one's life trajectory. Through heartfelt anecdotes and introspective reflections, he recounts the pivotal moments that led him to question the traditional paradigms of success and fulfillment, ultimately propelling him towards a path of spiritual awakening.
Listeners will be enthralled as Alastair candidly discusses his experiences living among the Dine community. He offers a poignant insight into the interconnectedness of all living beings and the importance of honoring the wisdom of ancient traditions in a modern world.
Join Laura Giles as she engages in a soul-stirring conversation with Alastair Henry, exploring themes of identity, purpose, and the transformative power of embracing a deeper connection with the natural world. Whether you're a seeker on your own spiritual journey or simply intrigued by tales of personal evolution, this episode promises to inspire, enlighten, and leave you with a newfound appreciation for the magic that surrounds us all.
Guest Bio: Alastair Henry is an Audio Book Narrator, Author, International Organizational Development Advisor, Global backpacker, and double lung transplant recipient. His books, The Soldier and the Orphan, Awakening in the Northwest Territories, and Go For It – Volunteering Adventures on Roads Less Traveled are available at https://alastairhenry.com.
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Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring. Join her on her next adventure!
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net. To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
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Mar 31, 2024 • 26min
Do You Teach an Animism Class or Workshop?
Listeners want to know if Laura Giles teaches an animism class or workshop. Tune in and see what she says about learning and practicing a modern animist lifestyle.
Highlights
6:00 not a solo practice
9:00 empty your cup
10:50 finger points to the Moon
11:20 words are limited
13:00 it's not about belief or rules
15:40 archetypes
16:20 myths and stories
17:00 the body doesn't like (kinesiology)
19:00 how to learn animism
21:00 why it's not about ritual
23:00 virtual Red Tent
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Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring.
Join her on her next adventure!
https://lauragiles.me
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net.
To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
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Mar 24, 2024 • 33min
What You Need to Know About Green Funerals
Do you live naturally and want to die naturally, too? Well, you can with a green funeral. In today's podcast, Elizabeth Fournier shares all you need to know to begin planning your green funeral. It's easier than you think and a lot cheaper, too.
Guest Bio: Elizabeth Fournier began her career in 1990 in Portland, where she was employed as the live-in night keeper, sleeping in a trailer in Finley’s Sunset Hills Cemetery. Thirty-four years later, she is a one-woman funeral service in the rural town of Boring, Oregon. Elizabeth owns and operates Cornerstone Funeral Services where she is affectionately known as “The Green Reaper” for her green burial advocacy. Elizabeth is the author of The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial.
Contact her here:
https://www.thegreenreaper.org/contact
https://instagram.com/@elizabethgreenreaperhttps://twitter.com/@elizfournierhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-fournier-32211b5
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Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring.
Join her on her next adventure!
https://lauragiles.me
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net.
To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
Bumper credits: Music from Pond5. Videos from Pixabay and Pexels.

Mar 17, 2024 • 19min
Animism and Reciprocity
The Law of Reciprocity is part of nature. When we live in alignment with nature, everything is balanced and healthy. But what is that? How do I know if I am doing that?
In this podcast, Laura Giles will shares what reciprocity is and how to know where you stand with it.
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Join my FREE tribe! You're welcome here. https://player.lauragiles.org for a free, safe place to be yourself.
Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring.
Join her on her next adventure!
https://lauragiles.me
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net.
To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
Bumper credits: Music from Pond5. Videos from Pixabay and Pexels.

Mar 10, 2024 • 40min
The Crop Circle Mystery
Are crop circles real? How do they form? Who is creating them? Why are they here? Join American crop formation researcher Mark Fox as we discuss these questions and more.
Guest Bio: Mark Lee Fox is Founder And CEO Resona Health
Entrepreneur, scientist, engineer, author, creative thinking consultant, crop formation researcher, and former Space Shuttle Chief Engineer. Hot Air Balloonist for 35 years, and built his own airplane.
Inventor of VIBE, the world’s only “Pocket” Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) device.Here the first podcast here:https://www.lauragiles804.com/can-you-restore-wellness-with-technology-yes/
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Mark's Books:
DaVinci and the 40 Answers: A Playbook for Creativity and Fresh Ideas
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What On Earth Are We Doing To Our Health?
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Mar 3, 2024 • 23min
How to End War
Do you want to know how to end war? You have power. Together we can do this. Tune in and see how!
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Join my FREE tribe! You're welcome here. https://player.lauragiles.org for a free, safe place to be yourself.
Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring.
Join her on her next adventure!
https://lauragiles.me
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net.
To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
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Feb 25, 2024 • 27min
Woman Has 3 Near Death Experiences- And The Afterlife Isn't What You Think!
Millions of people have had near death experiences. There are many common aspects of it - the feeling of peace, the tunnel, the bright light. Linn Rivers has had THREE. And her experience wasn't like what you've heard before.
Guest BIO:
Linn Rivers teaches people a different way of living and being in this world.
She is a functional health and wellness expert and educator. She teaches people all over the world how to take their health into their own hands; mind, body and spirit.
She has over 15 years of education in the holistic health field and assists people in overcoming chronic health conditions and mental disorders.
While her educational background is diverse, it’s her own journey that really sets her apart. She is able to connect with people on a wide range of traumatic events that she had to overcome by herself, such as: death of all family members and partner, abandonment, neglect, sexuality, growing up with an alcoholic, depression, relationship trauma, homelessness, career challenges, lack of direction, feelings of hopelessness, gender identity, anger and fear, addiction, illness, and near death experiences.
Her educational background includes; Holistic/Functional Medicine, Microbiome Therapy, Spiritual Counseling, Eastern and Western Massage Therapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, Yoga Therapy, Life Coaching, Death Doula, Hypnosis, and Human Design Analysis.
When she is not working, you can find her laying low with her amazing and loving pit bulls, down in the bay on her paddleboard, out on her boat, or in the mountains rock climbing.
You can reach her at https://linnrivers.com
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Join my FREE tribe! You're welcome here. https://player.lauragiles.org for a free, safe place to be yourself.
Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring.
Join her on her next adventure! https://lauragiles.me
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net.
To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
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Feb 18, 2024 • 23min
So You Want to Do a Silent Retreat? Here's What You Need to Know
So you want to do a silent retreat? Here's what you need to know!
Highlights
What is a silent retreat?
How to prepare for a silent retreat
What should I look for in a silent retreat
Tips for deciding whether to do it and how
What's it like?
Some potential benefits
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We're on the top 15 list of animist podcasts! Check it out here:https://blog.feedspot.com/animism_pod... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Join my FREE tribe! You're welcome here. https://player.lauragiles.org for a free, safe place to be yourself.
Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring.
Join her on her next adventure!
https://lauragiles.me
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net.
To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
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Feb 11, 2024 • 24min
Spiritual Bypass. What Is It? What To Do About It?
Spiritual bypass is harmful because it is engaging superficially with spirituality and allows your painful emotions and shadows to remain intact. For most people, spirituality is a comfort and strength, but when we engage in spiritual bypass, our path can appear solid, but there is nothing really there.
In this podcast, Laura Giles will give you examples of spiritual bypass and share ways to deal with it.
Highlights
What is spiritual bypass?
6 things you can do to avoid spirit bypass
Examples of how spiritual bypass shows up in life
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Join my FREE tribe! You're welcome here. https://player.lauragiles.org for a free, safe place to be yourself.
Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring.
Join her on her next adventure!
https://lauragiles.me
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net.
To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
Bumper credits: Music from Pond5. Videos from Pixabay and Pexels.

Feb 4, 2024 • 42min
What Do Aliens Want With Us?
What do aliens want with us? In the summer of 2023, the US government disclosed that the crafts we see are real. What are the implications for us? What does that mean for spirituality?
Today Leslie and Stephen Shaw, authors of "Who They Are and What They're Up To" talk about their first hand experiences. Leslie has seen UFOs/UAPs and Stephen has been visited since childhood.
You can find them here:
https://www.facebook.com/leslie.shaw.author
https://instagram.com/alienstrandpodcast
Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/3HgrZX9
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/ @pansociety
We're on the top 15 list of animist podcasts! Check it out here:
https://blog.feedspot.com/animism_pod...
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Want more? See us at:
https://lauragiles804.com
Join my FREE tribe! You're welcome here.
https://player.lauragiles.org for a free, safe place to be yourself.
Laura Giles is an animist licensed clinical social worker who specializes in healing trauma. She founded Pan Society to make animism accessible to modern people. She delights in inspiring people with the love of the land, facilitating a connection to Spirit, reviving a sense of wonder and belonging through her sacred travel journeys, past life regression work, transformational workshops, and mentoring. Join her on her next adventure!
For more information about Laura Giles, see her website at http://www.lauragiles.net. To work with Laura, go to http://lauragiles.org.
Bumper credits: Music from Pond5. Videos from Pixabay and Pexels.


