Join me for a fascinating discussion with my guest Odette Nightsky, a contemporary shamanic practitioner working in Australia with lived experience of psychos-spiritual illness. We discuss the shamanic view of psychosis and trauma, and how to heal through contemporary practices of being "safe and sensitive".

00:00 - 03:00 Intro
03:00 - 04:40 Sensitivity and mental illness
04:41 - 07:28 Defining contemporary shamanism
07:29 - 12:04 Teaching shamanic skills to people
12:05 - 14:06 Shamanism and psychosis
14:07 - 17:00 Gentleness and safety when healing
17:01 - 18:45 Pitfalls of shamanic healing
18:46 - 20:25 Giving away power vs learning to feel safe
20:26 - 25:23 Soul retrieval for trauma and integration
25:24 - 29:41 Embodied processing and NLP for trauma
29:42 - 31:23 Body connection/consciousness
31:24 - 34:22 Hope that healing is possible
34:22 - 39:26 Holistic healing and advice for guides/healers
39:27 - 42:06 Odette's books
42:07 - 48:00 Power of nature

Made with love,
Louisa & Odette

RESOURCES MENTIONED
Hearing Voices Network: www.hearing-voices.org/
Also: www.intervoiceonline.org/

Odette's website and books: www.contemporaryshaman.net/index.html

Odette's Youtube channel: youtube.com/@Earthsuitlife

Louisa's website: www.voicesanctuary.com.au/