Crazy Wisdom

Ted Rose, an executive coach, retreat facilitator, and entrepreneur, joins Luke to discuss conscious parenting and how to raise good men. Ted shares his insights on curating transformational experiences, being a conscious parent, and helping young boys find their paths. They also touch on the importance of protecting children's childhood and what to expect from The Father-Son Connection Experience. Luke also shares how he creates space with his son to open up new conversations and experiences to shake up habitual ways of relating and become closer.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Guiding boys towards finding their paths: passion, integrity, and self-power
• How to shake up habitual ways of relating to your kids
• How personal practices help parents show up for their children
• Navigating initiation into manhood
• Examples of opportunities to deeply connect with your kids
• What to know about the Father-Son Connection Experience

Resources:

• Connect with Ted: www.tedrose.coach 
• Listen: Rites of Passage with Frederick Marx
• Listen: Consciousness and the Body: An Exploration of Embodied Presence with Eli Buren

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: The Father-Son Connection Experience

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Dawn Cartwright, a sex and intimacy coach and neotantra visionary, guides us to awaken our sexual circuitry and energy pathways to make us more available to life and experience deeper states of love. Through fundamental practices, men can expand their ecstatic energy and experience non-ejaculatory orgasms, while women can deepen their orgasms and release emotional blockages with de-armoring practices. Dawn’s teachings aim to transcend conventional ideas of sex and bring about cosmic experiences and awakenings through lovemaking.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Waking up energy pathways to become more available to life
• Beyond intercourse: exploring ecstatic energy & non-ejaculatory orgasms
• Tantric practices for deeper love and connection
• De-armoring practices and deepening orgasms for women
• Cosmic lovemaking: experiencing spiritual awakening through intimacy

Connect with Dawn:

• Website: dawncartwright.com 

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: The Father-Son Connection Experience

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

In this conversation, Eli Buren, a men's guide and coach, discusses the concept of embodied presence, teaching men to connect with the nature of their own experience and listen to their bodies. He encourages being in tune with the subtleties of the moment and cultivating internal energies to fully commune with others and the world around us. Through the use of practices such as sexual yoga and understanding natural cycles, Buren helps men connect to their primal desires in a healthy way and live in their full power.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Listening to yourself: the key to embodied presence
• Using sexual yoga to build love consciousness
• Primal desire: healthy ways to connect with your own essence
• Applying the rhythms and natural cycles of life to our daily existence
• Living in harmony with the elements within us
• How embodied presence can lead to being in your full power

Connect with Eli:

• Instagram: @eliburen 
• Website: eliburen.com 

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: The Father-Son Connection Experience

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Yarixa Ferrao, also known as Coach Yari, joins the podcast to share her journey as the creator of Unleash, an EFT Practitioner, and Embodiment Coach. Yari talks about her journey of transformation and healing through embodiment, including how she went from being an introverted and shy child to a confident dancer and coach. She explores the idea of connecting to pleasure and joy through cathartic expression, and how her experience with ayahuasca informed her own journey. Through her work with Unleash, Yari aims to ignite people's passions and souls, and bring together community for a transformational experience.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Yari's background and journey
• The creation of Unleash
• The healing power of uninhibited dance
• Our wounds as our greatest gifts
• The transformative power of embodiment
• Discovering yourself after divorce
• Ayahuasca's impact on Yari's journey

Connect with Yarixa:

• Instagram: @coachyari 
• Website: www.unleash-movement.com 

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: The Father-Son Connection Experience

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

In this episode, Sarah Hill, CEO and Chief Storyteller of Healium, takes us on a journey into the future of mental health tools. Healium is a virtual and augmented reality platform that helps users manage their anxiety through body-controlled experiences. The tool offers drugless, non-harmful coping mechanisms to learn to self-regulate and lower one's heart rate, leading to deeper states of awareness and calm. Sarah also sheds light on the intersection of consciousness and technology and the impact of our negative media diet on our mental well-being. She started Healium through her work with veterans and believes in the power of technology and VR in facilitating trauma healing.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Healium: a tool to self-manage anxiety
• Using virtual & augmented reality to become more self-aware
• How Healium uses your body's electricity to create immediate biofeedback
• The impact of consuming media on mental health
• Future of mental health tools and trauma healing

Connect with Sarah:

• Website: tryhealium.com
• Instagram: @healiumxr 

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: The Father-Son Connection Experience

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

In this episode, Ryan Smith, author of The Way of Fire and Ice: The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism, shares his thoughts on Norse Paganism, anti-racist heathen spirituality, and the living tradition of Nordic spirituality. He discusses the book's approach to reimagining Norse Paganism with mystical practices and rituals for today's world and tips for building community and resisting fascism. He delves into the practice of Ice and Fire and being connected to the elements, along with working with Odin and the meaning behind offerings and feasts for the gods. Ryan also talks about the rise of fascism and how to confront and call out fascist movements that appropriate aspects of pagan practices. He also mentions the rise of Nordic characters in pop culture and how they relate to the current understanding of Norse paganism.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Understanding Norse Paganism
• The practice of Ice and Fire and its connection to the elements
• Working with Odin and honoring the Nordic gods through offerings and feasts
• A look at the Viking Age and living based on environmental changes
• Confronting and calling out fascist movements
• The rise of Nordic characters in pop culture

Connect with Ryan:

• Website: www.onblackwings.com 
• Book: The Way of Fire and Ice

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: The Father-Son Connection Experience

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today, Luke sits down with Frederick Marx, an internationally acclaimed director and writer with 45 years of experience in the film industry. Frederick shares his insights on rites of passage and how they can help young men transition from adolescence to adulthood. He explains that there are multiple rites of passage that are symbolically meant to help individuals "die" their former identity and be "reborn" into a new sense of who they are meant to be. Frederick discusses the importance of initiation, which he defines as being called out and consciously celebrated through public rituals, and how it has transformational meaning and intent. The conversation also delves into life-honoring celebrations, public vulnerability, and how Frederick has crafted his own rites of passage and initiation in his own life.

The version of the film trailer that you’ve heard for Fredrick’s film is a sneak peek. The official trailer is not yet fully finished.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Rites of passage: dying the former identity & being reborn into a new sense of self
• Eldership & guidance in helping young men cross from adolescence to adulthood
• The concept of uninitiated leaders and its impact on society
• The importance of life-honoring celebrations and being witnessed in grief
• Frederick’s personal rites of passage and initiation in his life

Connect with Frederick:

• Website: warriorfilms.org 
• Books: Rites to a Good Life / At Death Do Us Part

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: The Father-Son Connection Experience

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Keith Martin-Smith, an award-winning author, copywriter, and creative consultant, shares wisdom and funny stories about Zen master Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi. He has written extensively on Jun Po's journey and delves into his emotional integration work, his experience of ego death from 110 hits of acid, and the path of awakening, He discusses the awakening process and the importance of working through enough trauma in order to transcend the self. Keith emphasizes the importance of going towards one's pain, not away from it, and highlights Jun Po’s lesson in your angst being your liberation. Keith also shares why Jun Po chose the Zen path over the more extreme "crazy wisdom" approach.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• A personal look into Zen master Jun Po’s life
• States of consciousness, trauma work & the awakening process 
• Going towards pain: why “your angst is your liberation”
• Why Jun Po chose the zen path over crazy wisdom
• What to know about “state” experiments vs. stages of ego development 

Connect with Keith:

• Website: keithmartinsmith.com  
• Books: When the Buddha Needs Therapy ; A Heart Blown Open

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: Wild Hearts Rites of Passage

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

As a Men’s Work Guide and Coach, Amir Khalighi is on the show to unpack how men can embody healthy masculinity. He talks about the benefits of men’s circles and having a safe place to express energy and emotions. Amir and Luke also dissect how we raise good men, the path from boyhood into manhood, and connecting back to ourselves and nature.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• Boyhood into manhood: raising good men
• Why men benefit from men’s circles
• Amir’s journey to teaching embodied masculinity
• Healing masculine wounds for healthy expression
• Finding the Men’s Group & work best for you

Connect with Amir:

• Instagram: @khalighi 
• Website: embodiedmasculine.com 
• Referenced book: King, Warrior, Magician, Lover

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 
• Resources: https://msha.ke/entrup 
• Father-Son Retreat: Wild Hearts Rites of Passage

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Elizabeth Stanley is an actress, performer, and a long-time friend of Luke’s. You’ll hear today the depth of her soul and the beauty of her voice as she shares her trajectory in the arts and theatre, unpacking her role in “Jagged Little Pill’ and how she channeled her own experience to bring her character to life. Elizabeth unravels how psychotherapy has impacted her as a performer, and why caring for herself is crucial in being able to tell the story of the character she is embodying without losing herself in the process.

Today on Crazy Wisdom:

• How Elizabeth prepares for roles & embodies the characters
• Excavation of self & psychotherapy’s impact on Elizabeth
• The power of theatre to evoke experiences in the viewer
• Why self-care is important as a performer
• Shaking, moving, & making sound to release energy

Connect with Elizabeth:

• Instagram: @el.stans 

Connect with Luke:

• Instagram: @lukeentrup 
• Website: www.lukeentrup.com 

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions