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Ep. 108 The Secret Life of Dreams with Bonnie Buckner
This season, dreams are really on my mind. I’ve been thinking about how they shape our creativity, our healing, and the subtle ways our bodies
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Ep 107 Psilocybin and the Future of Healing with Tania de Jong
Welcome back to LaidOPEN Podcast. In this week’s episode, we explore altered states of consciousness, sound, healing, and the legacy of ancestral trauma. My guest
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Ep. 106 Dreaming Your Life Into Beeing: Healing, Intuition and Animism (Part 2) with Ariella Daly
*Trigger warning: this episode contains discussions of sexsual assault* In part 2 of this powerful conversation on LaidOPEN, Charna sits down again with Ariella Daly: dream
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Ep. 105 Dreaming Your Life Into Beeing: Healing, Intuition and Animism with Ariella Daly (Part 1)
Trigger warning: discussion of sexual assault near the end In this episode of LaidOPEN, I speak with Ariella Daley, a seasoned dream worker, animist, and beekeeper
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Ep. 104 Medical Misogyny and the Medical Me Too Reckoning with Micah Larsen
In this powerful episode of LaidOPEN Podcast, I sit down with medical researcher, writer, and host of Modern Hysteria, Micah Larsen, to dive deep into her deeply personal and courageous journey through PMDD, menopause, and preeclampsia. With warmth and unflinching honesty, Micah illuminates the painful gaps in our healthcare system and the persistence of medical misogyny—and, more importantly, how we can begin to dismantle those barriers.
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Ep. 103 The Pleasure Process: Keys To Cultivating Embodied Desire with Susan Morgan Taylor
Are you out of touch with what you really want? Somatic sex therapist Susan Morgan Taylor joins laidOPEN to share her Pleasure Keys Process—tools for cultivating desire, reigniting intimacy, and healing through the body. Whether you’re navigating low libido, seeking deeper connection, or curious about sacred sexuality, this episode offers a grounded path back to pleasure.
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Ep. 102 Strategies For Being A Better Partner In Love, Life and Everything In Between with Nick Brancato
I’m ecstatic to introduce you to my guest this week on the LaidOPEN Podcast. I have a fascinating conversation with Nick Brancato, a relationship systems architect
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Ep. 101 Cultivating Love in a Burning World featuring Activist Dean Spade
In this episode of LaidOPEN Podcast, I have an insightful conversation with activist and author Dean Spade about his extensive work in movements for queer and trans liberation, anti-militarism, and the abolition of police and prisons.
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Ep. 100 Embracing Silence: The Golden Path to A More Peaceful Existence
In this episode of the LaidOPEN Podcast, Charna Cassell discusses the profound topic of embracing silence, featuring an interview with Justin Talbot Zorn and Leigh
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Ep. 99 Menopause Unplugged: Health & Hormones at Midlife with Dr. Keesha Ewers
In this episode of LaidOPEN Podcast, I welcome back Dr. Keesha Ewers, a specialist in integrative medicine and functional sexology. We discuss the critical yet
