Episode 74 - Embracing Uncertainty And The Hero’s Journey

Marin McCue, a former nationally ranked basketball star who had a full-ride basketball scholarship at a Division 1 University in California, shares her journey to realize that happiness and well-being cannot be fulfilled by external accomplishments. Thrust into the cauldron of existential terror, dissociation, and dangerous compulsions, Marin shares how she used the breakdown as an opportunity to rebuild her foundation, discover her buried authentic self, and find purpose and meaning in her life.

Episode 73 - Remembering Your Why, Deferring Ego and Responsibility, and Accepting Good Enough

Episode 72 - Embracing The Darkness, The Three Aspects of Life, and Listening to the Unwelcome; with Dr. Allan Donsky

A former Pediatrician and now retired child and adolescent psychiatrist, Allan Donsky is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. He is a consultant psychiatrist developing mental health programs at The Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine (Cinim.org) where he is also Board Chair. He also sat on the Core Committee of the Alberta Health Services Addiction and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network (SCN). Allan dedicates himself to community outreach and capacity building, facilitating workshops in academic settings, international conferences, not-for-profit agencies, and leading community groups. Allan addresses mental health challenges and languishing by encouraging deep inner transformative change to promote. His current research interests lie at the interface of psychiatry, contemplative practices, and secular spirituality. He says there is no mental health or wellbeing without spiritual health. Allan is finishing up a book about inside conversations he had with his patients and how we can all bring heart and soul to life.