Creativity is Spirituality

Andrew Harvey is Founder & Director of the Institute for Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability.

Andrew Andrew was born in south India, where he lived until he was nine years old. He left India to attend private school in England and entered Oxford University. Harvey had become disillusioned with life at Oxford and returned to his native India, where a series of mystical experiences initiated his spiritual journey. Over the next thirty years he plunged into different mystical traditions to learn their secrets and practices.

He has since lived in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco, and has continued to study (and teach the wisdom of) a variety of religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. He has written and edited over 30 books.

(Bio excerpts taken from his website, https://www.andrewharvey.net/meet-andrew)

Kook Teflon is a professional medium, seer, witch, high priestess, and spiritual practitioner living and working in New Orleans, who incorporates many forms of artisanal and performance arts into her practices. She is an accomplished musician and maker, and a glorious storyteller. Join us as we discuss her epic timeline as she grew up into this work from childhood. (TW: suicide, suicidal ideation, discussed tastefully)

Visit www.kookteflon.com to connect with her, buy her goods, and learn more about her and her work than just one episode can possibly cover.

PLEASE NOTE: This was recorded before her books were published, and they are NOW AVAILABLE for purchase!

Jack Darling is an award winning writer, storyteller, actor and magician-- "an all around rascal and romantic." Jack is featured on the podcast "Strangers" in a two part series called "Jack Be Nimble" and is a five time "Best of Fest" Frontera Fest Winner. Jack won magician of the year in 2017 with the duo Turning Tricks with The Darlings and is currently finishing up a novel about "Hale" loosely based on Jack's childhood. 

You can find Jack at:

Jack Darling Magic's website

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Chioma Fanawopo is a Diversity and Inclusion specialist with 20 years’ experience in education, private, public and not-for-profit sectors and as a trustee and school governor. Having a knack for creating safe spaces for leadership as well as the talented people that support them, she facilitates and leads difficult conversations that act as a catalyst for change to transform behavior and get results. Chioma specializes in delivering training on all aspects of diversity, inclusion, belonging and equity. She is passionate about neurodiversity, intersectionality, menopause and gender gias as a facilitator, speaker, and teen/parent coach, and is a sincere woman of faith.

Chioma and her work can be found on:

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...and please check out and join her "Parenting Power" FB group she mentions on the episode, here.

Asal Shokati served a variety of roles in the arenas of finance, lending, and business consulting and have worked with hundreds of small businesses and startups as well as educational facilities. Over time, the stress of her career and the autoimmune condition she struggles to manage forced her to reevaluate her relationship with her body, which led her to not only the amazing creative healing power of Ayurveda, but also led her back to her roots and back into union with her body and her self.

Asal loves to paint, cycle, walk in nature and play the mystical Persian instrument of Setar and sometimes dance. A native of Tehran in Iran, Asal has lived in Texas for over 20 years and practices as an Ayurvedic practitioner and a certified yoga teacher with additional training from Restorative Yoga. 

Asal Shokati can be found at:

Andrea Gomez is a witch & creatrix, and her medicine comes from the intersection between self-discovery, creation & magic. She creates art to touch people’s hearts, experiences of transformation, spaces of liberation, and tools of self-honor. Through her one-on-one mentoring and group containers, she takes you on a journey to explore your inner landscape, recognize what makes you unique, honor your gifts, release your conditioning and find the courage to fully express the beauty of your soul. 

Find her medicine over at: https://www.nourishingwitch.com/ 

Get her free offering: “Embrace your Creative Magic”

Listen to her podcast The Mess & The Magic 

Find Andrea on IG @nourishingwitch