In this episode, depth and somatic psychotherapist, Molly Mitchell-Hardt and musical artist and ineffable multimedia creator Zachary Murdock  have a meandering, silly, philosophical conversation about:Inspiring literature and musicEvolution of consciousnessZach’s inner experience as an artist and creativeBearing the liminal nature of living in this eraThe relationship between the polarities of masculine and feminine energetics and how things are changingTheir experience of marriage and parenthood.Life’s initiations.The holy grail myth and much more Find Zachary Murdock:Follow Zachary Murdock on instagramListen to Zachary Murdock's Podcast, The Pink Hearse Podcast.Follow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.References:Tom Robbins Haruki MurakamiKurt Vonnegut Carl Hiaasen 48 Laws of Power by Robert GreeneDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAaron FrazerAllen ToussaintAnders Osborne

In this episode, Molly Mitchell-Hardt explores what elements may have come together that paved road to  present day and how this informed human experience and culture on every level:"To give us context for the cultural milieu we find ourselves in, mired in global conflict, a worldwide pandemic, and climate crisis to name a few, I find solace in looking to the ancient wisdom of our ancestors. For me, this often leads me back to the question, What existed before the social and cultural system of the patriarchy? "Follow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.References:When God Was  a Woman by Merlin StoneThe Chalice and the Blade by Riane EislerSex, Ecology, Spirituality by Ken WilberDancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness by Marion Woodman, Elinor Dickson

In this episode Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews teacher, astrologist, mystic,  Jana Roemer. They Discuss: Moving through griefNormalization of cryingMain astrological energies of 2024 and how to orient to what is in storeMotherhood and hope in the modern ageAnd much more...Find Jana Roemer:Follow Jana on instagramFind out more about her work on her websiteFollow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.

Why so much suffering? The constant and unspeakable atrocities of humanity over and over and over it repeats, the horrors we inflict upon others, ourselves, is there a difference?I turn to the void, unhinge my jaw, I open to let it in. “Is this going to annihilate me?” “Yes my love, let it.” On my knees I reach down to the earth, the tears come, washing me clean from the inside “I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you, I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you, I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you.”In this episode Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews expressive arts therapist and associate mental health counselor, Anna Olinova.  They discuss:How being a Russian immigrant informs Anna's life perspectiveExperience working in prison rehabilitation program, with youth offenders, and with people with schizophrenia and other perceptual disordersWhy to keep on going in the face of the terrible truths of lifeArt as healing modalityCultivating communityThe language of sensationThis episode includes an experiential exercise around noticing what you are feeling through expressive arts lensFind Anna Olinova:Follow Anna @glitterforest.Find out more about her work on her website.Follow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.References:When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

The elder mother gathers the liminal one out of bed. She dresses in earthen skins, her belly round and ripening. She is led blindfolded down a well trodden path into the forest and on into a clearing. A circle of mothers around a fire at the center, tended by maidens in flowing white dress...The ceremony ends as the liminal one is offered gifts and talismans to remember her strength and power as she faces the decimation of the one who came before and is welcomed to the ancient line of the Mother.In this episode Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews somatic liberator, entrepreneur, leader, and revolutionary, Maya Night.  They discuss:The feminine in business-relinquishing the “niche” philosophy Distinction between maiden and mother mentalityThe decimation of birth, mothering, and parentingMotherhood and the eroticBeing with the cycles of life and inner deathTrusting the seasons of businessMaidenhood and righteousness and safety to widening scope in motherhoodNot turning away from discomfortThe hardest thing about motheringValuing aliveness over happinessThe power of honesty and transparency Maya’s work around relational alchemyBringing forward the taboo and unspeakable into relationshipSomatic relationship practicesFind Maya Night:Follow Maya @maya_._night.Find out more about her work on her website.Follow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.References:This Jungian Life PodcastMotherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself by Lisa MarchianoMargaret Wheatley

Western culture has in many ways lost conscious relationship with the forces of initiation, so many of us are unconsciously dragged along into initiatory trial after initiatory trial without context, without the container of the community or the elders to hold us and imbue our experiences with meaning and sacred purpose. Without the anchoring of communal ritual we become untethered from the cosmos and the wheel of time that connects us to the eternal. In this episode, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews friend, educator, speaker, facilitator, and Rites of Passage guide, Nicky Wilks.  They discuss:The impact of lack of ritualized rites of passageThe fatherhood initiationThe necessity of male rites of passage due to the lack of physiological markers and the reliance on cultural markers that we are lacking in modern lifeThe need for mentors, elders, community in becoming a fatherNicky's work with rites of passage and the father-child bondThe importance of mythology and story to give us context in our livesThe male identity in the modern contextFire-keeping as a portal between the physical and metaphysicalAnd much moreFind Nicky Wilks:Follow Nick @nickywilks.Find out more about Nicky and his offerings on his website.Find out more about Journeymen on their website and on instagram @journeymen.Follow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.References:Michael MeadeDr. Arne RubenstienSuper Great Kids' Stories

The seat of therapist or healing professional is a very privileged role and as such, I believe we have a duty and responsibility to be doing our own inner work. In a position of power and with the shadow unchecked it is all too easy to get stuck in a trap of unconscious manipulation, vying for power and control, or using the work to focus on others in order to neglect our own suffering among other things. When we acknowledge the shadow we invite in another layer of truth and authenticity to the work, which in turn creates a safer container for the client to show up with all their parts, especially the ones we would rather not name. In this episode, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews friend, author, speaker and coach, Dr. Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow.  They discuss:The impact of putting ideas in print and being seen by friends and familyThe necessity of allowing for a gestational period for ideas before sharingThe vulnerability and responsibility of being a public-facing figureThe shadow of content creationThe shadow of the "healing space"Coming back to the body as "truth teller"The role of overriding The necessity of discernment Signs working with an aligned healer vs. healer with ulterior motivesFind Dr. Erin Yu-Juin McMorrow:Follow Erin @dr.erinmcmorrow.Find out more about her work on her website.Follow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.References:Carl G. Jung

A crackling fire, the drum beat, feet rhythmically lifting and pounding on the Earth, dust whirling up like smoke, singing the world awake. Consciousness shifts. We are lifted out of the temporal and transported beyond as we have been doing since the dawn. As Jungian analyst Dr. Jeffery Raff said, humans have “...the innate capacity to unite with the higher world, and to unite the higher and the lower worlds as one” (p.1).In this episode, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews friend and colleague, trained Depth Psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Psychedelic Facilitator and Integration Therapist, Pilar Brooks.  They discuss:How Pilar became a Psychedelic Facilitator and Integration TherapistBridging and holding the tension between different cultural forcesCentering into the body, understanding the embodied “yes” and “no” and sense of boundaries in working with psychedelic medicinesHow healing contains both pleasure and painThe importance of exploring individual healing and our interconnectednessThe need for support in integrating expanded states of consciousness How life is a psychedelic journey How to practice reciprocity with nature in any environment Grief as an ecstatic experienceThe archetype of the dragonFind Pilar Brooks:Follow Pilar @somasensesCheck out her offerings on her website.Use Coupon Code: welcomemagic for 50% off your first month of Pilar’s membership program Inner Altar.Follow us @mollymitchellhardtThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.  Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.References:The Wedding of Sophia by Dr. Jeffery Raff

There are myriad paradoxes at work in life and when we straddle two opposing positions we enter a closer approximation of truth and wholeness. Carl Jung said “… the paradox is one of our most valued spiritual possessions.” When we can hold the tension we are honoring the spectrum and complexity of life. Aliveness is in that tension, transformation is in that tension, and so too is great discomfort.In this episode, Molly interviews her partner, poet, musical artist, all-around prolific creator and founder of Channel the Sun, Zachary Murdock.  They discuss:Creating a personal cosmology that includes initiation and normalizes dark night of the soul experiencesAllowing the dance of rotting and blooming in creativity The dangers of living out the myth of IcarusMental Health crisesThe experience of having freedom through limitationZachary's creative process and the challenging collision between art and commerceBalancing obsessive creativity and family life The role of therapy as a way to clear out and increase nervous system capacitySurviving the ups and downs of being an artist and deep feelerThe initiation of fatherhood The relentless mirror of parenthood and partnership Holding the tension in partnership Follow us @mollymitchellhardtReferences:Carl Jung-The Collected WorksEdward Edinger-Anatomy of the PsycheMarion WoodmanThis podcast was produced in association with Channel the Sun by Kevin Joseph Grossmann. Musical stylings by Kevin Joseph Grossmann.