Conscious Un-Coupling with Mary Holroyd, LMHC

The Healing Journey (A Roundtable Discussion): Pasha Niroo, Caio Rocha, & Scott Feinberg

In this episode of Healing The Divide, we turn the tables for a roundtable discussion led by friend of the show, Pasha Niroo, as he interviews me along with Caio Rocha, Associate Fellow and Charter Member of the British Psychological Society.  Our conversation traverses the internal terrains of the healing journey, emotional awareness practices, and various approaches informing trauma integration. This was a deep and nuanced conversation touching thoughtfully upon the often invisible parts of our human experience. I highly recommend this episode for anyone who is surfing the shadow domains of their inner life and is looking to gather insights, tools, and practices to serve as companions along the way.  Another unique aspect of this conversation was that it was held between three men. There is a particular value in men not only doing their inner work but doing it openly and in community. This was definitely present in this episode and I’m so grateful to my collaborators, Pasha and Rishi (Caio) for bringing not just their intellectual wisdom but their respective heart wisdom to the talk as well.  If you enjoy the show, please consider rating, subscribing, liking, and commenting a few words as it goes a long way to the ever almighty algorithm in paying it forward. Your support is deeply valued and appreciated!

Why We Are The Way We Are with Jessica Baum LMHC & Author of Anxiously Attached

In this episode of Healing The Divide, I am joined by Jessica Baum, a licensed mental health counselor and author of the book Anxiously Attached.  This deeply insightful conversation explores attachment theory through a variety of lenses from attachment formation during our nervous system's development within the womb and evolving into our relationships with our primary caregivers and ultimately into the domain of intimate relationship and into socio-political paradigms.  I particularly connected to Jessica’s perspective on the conventional notion of triggers and reframing them as awakenings, inviting both curiosity and compassion. Our conversation explores the concept of co-regulation and its importance in healing and personal growth, in specificity how co-regulation supports self-regulation. The discussion also delves into the impact of culture and politics on secure attachment and collective well-being. It highlights the polarization and division in society and examines the application of healing frameworks in service of such ideas as a trauma informed politics. This episode traversed a breadth and depth of attachment theory driven into many unique and powerful contexts not typically spoken about. I found it utterly fascinating. And I hope you will as well!!

From Lower Income to Higher Education: Christine Sylvain, Founder of Path To College

Christine Sylvain, founder and CEO of Path to College Fellowship, is on an incredibly inspiring mission to address educational inequities and secure the acceptance of high-achieving, low-income students into top-tier universities.  Christine discusses her personal story as the daughter of an immigrant and highlights the systemic challenges in the education system and the need for optimism, strategy, and support to close the wealth gap and empower social mobility from within communities of concentrated disadvantage.  Our conversation explores the challenges and complexities of the education system in the United States, focusing on the need for equal access to quality education. She emphasizes the importance of addressing the achievement gaps among different subgroups, particularly those based on race and class. Christine discusses the importance of building strong relationships with students by providing them with a community-based mentorship system. She also shares her thoughts on the education system from a federal to state to community level, including the need for teacher recruitment and training programs, the importance of measuring school performance based on support for students, and the need for individualized learning. These are the conversations we need to be having as a society and I hope this episode is a contribution to that purpose.

Colonizing Space with Blue Origin's Jake Mills

In this conversation, I sit down with Jake Mills, an engineer and astronaut trainer with Blue Origin. Jake's background as an engineer has been a fascinating journey involving working on fission powered spacecrafts to investigate water on the moons of Jupiter, to developing enabling technology for propulsion systems for NASA, Air Force, D.O.E., and D.O.D. across defense, commercial, aero, and space industries. Jake helped developed the BE-4 Engine, the large booster engine powering the New Glenn and Vulcan Lauch vehicles. He set up and lead the turbo machinery group at Blue Origin and currently works directly with astronauts in training applications of Blue Origin's New Shepard Sub-Orbital Vehicle. This was such an inspiring and deeply thought provoking episode about the future of humankind. We traverse many important topics such as how to responsibly balance the reality of space exploitation with space exploration. We discuss this from the vantage point of ethics, technological hurdles, space democratization, and geo-politics. We also discuss the role of curiosity and exploration as intrinsic to human nature, as well as the influence of yoga and meditation on the perspectives that shape how we approach these big questions about the future of our species. I was left feeling incredibly inspired and hopeful not just about what the promise of becoming an interplanetary species means for our human family beyond this planet but how that perspective alters the way we live on and with this planet. And...with each other.  It was a privilege to speak with someone working on the front lines of these most pivotal issues of our time and it is an honor to give you a front row seat to the behind the scenes of the perspectives that are influencing space travel and healing the divide between where our current home is and what the future holds for us all.

Conscious Un-Coupling with Mary Holroyd, LMHC

In this episode, I am joined by Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Mary Holroyd to discuss the topic of conscious uncoupling and how to navigate the end of a relationship with grace and skill. We explore the myriad dimensions of this deeply charged topic from navigating the initial feelings and patterns that lead to the deterioration of connection, to the decision to exit, the how's of leaving in a way that is wise in both heart and mind, and moving through what arises in the after.  This was an incredibly powerful episode that I have no doubt will be of deep service to anyone navigating the challenges that are so often inherent in the ending of a relationship. May it serve you well, friends.