Comfort in Chaos

TENTH EPISODE!! What an honor to spend some time on the Comfort in Chaos Podcast with my own aunt, Jennifer Thompson. Her story is one of tragedy, triumph, survival and ultimately healing; not just for her, but for a large population of people she now assists through her non-profit Healing Justice. Prepare yourself for a heavy conversation on this week's episode, but also one that should leave you inspired and motivated to learn more about how we can reform our systems of criminal justice.

To learn more about the Healing Justice Project, join their newsletter or support them financially, head to their website here

Buy a copy of Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton's co-authored book Picking Cotton here

Sam Believ is the owner and founder of Lawayra Ayahuasca Retreat in Colombia. It was a real honor to sit down with him and learn deeply about the cultural history of Ayahuasca, how it has impacted Sam's life and how Lawayra is doing Ayahuasca retreats in a respectful and conscious way.

Back with the second half of this wonderfully deep and healing conversation with LeeAnn Anderson. She opens up completely about how all of the uncomfortable experience in her life have led to a deeper life.

Find LeeAnn's sound bath events here

Listen to LeeAnn's Music Album on Spotify

Attend the Death Fair in Pittsboro NC on Nov, 3

Thanks y'all, see you next week!

LeeAnn Salvatore Anderson is a meditation teacher, sound healing facilitator, musician, wife, mother and much more. Her life path has been full of twists and turns, and some of those twists have come with deep grief. LeeAnn discusses how these events in her life have shaped her to be who she is today, and how we can find healing even in the hardest of moments.

Read more about LeeAnn's services and events

Molly Reagh is a trained relationship coach whose work focuses mostly on the Queer and Polyamorous communities. She operates under the business name Bonobo Relationships. Molly is someone who is not afraid to ask the deeper questions behind why we show up the way we do in relationship, and she envisions a world where we all feel free to do so. She also has quite the knack for finding delicious mushrooms in the forest...

Follow Molly on Instagram @Bonobo.Relationships

Check out her brand new coaching website www.bonoborelationships.com

If you were interested in the book I mentioned in the podcast, here it is:

Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator: Uncommon Love and Life by Amy Gahran

Part 2 of last week's interview with Sinasta Colucci, a cult survivor, author, father and overall great person. I hope you enjoy the rest of Sinasta's story!

Help support Sinasta and buy his book about his experience:

Better Than A Turkish Prison: What I learned From Life in a Religious Cult

Resources on the 12 Tribes Cult and how to get out:

Southern Poverty Law Center Resources

Liberation Point Non-Profit

Spiritual Abuse Resources

Here's the third and final part of our series on OCD! This week I am joined by writer, meditation teacher, mother and OCD advocate Windsor Flynn. Windsor shares her own struggles and journey into OCD diagnosis and subsequent treatment. We talk about aliens, demon babies, if you can be a good advocate under capitalism and so much more. Below are some links to check out Windsor's writing column, her meditation courses and a few of the OCD books she mentioned in the episode...

Windsor Flynn on Instagram

On The Verge Substack

Windsor Flynn Meditation Courses

The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD

Freedom From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

For those who have been to therapy... Haven't you always wanted to turn the tables on your therapist and ask THEM the questions? I got to do exactly that with my old therapist, Madina Alam. Madina is a director and therapist with NOCD (a wonderful company that focuses on treating OCD), and she also holds her own private practice as well.

Below are some resources if you'd like to work with NOCD or just seek out some information for your own knowledge:

https://www.treatmyocd.com/

Madina Alam Psychology Today

Madina on Instagram

INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS ALERT! Eli shares his background of suffering with and dealing with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder through his lifetime and lays the foundation for a 3-part series to come with wonderful guests