Inner Monologue

This week's guest on Inner Monologue Podcast is comedian, Forbes Shannon.  In high school, Forbes suffered several intense concussions while playing hockey. The injuries lead to serious loss of motor functions, the inability to read and even a sensitivity to light.  Following these incidents, he was no longer able to play hockey and was then diagnosed with depression and anxiety.  Despite his mental health issues, Forbes dedicated himself to his school work and volunteering in the community. After moving to Arizona to attend Arizona State University, Forbes found new challenges while dealing with his mental health issues and his profound desire to achieve.  He has now bounced back from such severe injuries, as an unstoppable force. 

This week's guest on Inner Monologue is an intuitive body worker and massage therapist, Dusti VanTilburg.  Born and raised in Sedona, we begin our conversation about finding the courage to step into the unknown to offer more of ourselves to the world.  She opens up about an experience with a home invader which indirectly set her on the path to becoming a healer. We also discuss the power of the healing modalities, Ashiatsu and Jin Shin Jyutsu, and the importance of recognizing the language of the body and the signs it sends you toward your own healing.

William Zev is a Fine Artist from Scottsdale, Arizona.  In his early years, the traditional high school model didn't fit for him, so his parents decided to enroll him into the New School for the Art.  He began his art journey by sitting in his bedroom doodling in a notebook.  He had aspirations for being a filmmaker or digital artist, but everything changed once he was introduced to oil painting. William's art now reflects his appreciation for the transcendence of the animal kingdom and other mysteries of the universe.

This week on Inner Monologue podcast we have the guest, Laura Baran, artist and co-founder of Arts and Dreams based in New York City. Arts and Dreams is an organization offering creative workshops and classes to help others heal and empower themselves through the arts. The organization was inspired by the experience of her brother's suicide many years ago, where she used her own art practice to heal from the loss. She shares the power of having an outlet when handling difficult experiences or uncomfortable emotions. She also discusses the process of healing herself through creativity and affirmations within art. This has rippled out into her life and shifted everything for her for the better. She emphasizes the commitment she has to self love and changing herself and how much art played an important role in starting this path. Developing this organization has also taught her that community is its own form of healing. It exposes her to many through the arts and empowerment and invites her into a role of connection and growth.

This week on Inner Monologue podcast we have guest Travis Moore, professional photographer and survivor based in Lawrence, Kansas. He shares the art form of professional photography and how he finds inspiration, always seeing the world through a photographic perspective. He describes the layered process of grief after losing his brother, who was his best friend and mentor. His love of nature and outdoor adventure became one of his main healing sources with the combination of photography to release his pain into his art form. He discusses the concept of adrenaline and adventure which  brings you closer to death, allowing you to appreciate life that much more. He also shares the journey of finding yourself again on a solo trip and the open road, knowing who you are after experiencing challenge.

This week's guest on Inner Monologue is Journalism Major, Jamee Lind. Jamee has a long history with the subject of addiction. Both parents dealt with their own addiction with drugs & alcohol. Jamee's own plight with addiction has to do with technology, particularly social media. We exchange our personal experience with addiction and our belief that our addictions were symptoms to great underlying issues.

This week's guest on Inner Monologue is an Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapist, Keith Fandry PT, DPT and Director of Back in Action Pain Therapy. Keith is one of the three primary therapists who helped nurse me back to recovery after back surgery. He is a renaissance man who also has a passion for riding motor cross, building guitars and helping heal those who suffer from physical pain or injury. Keith's interest in health started as a child while watching his younger brother suffer from asthma. He learned from an early age about the faults of the healthcare system and this inspired him to take a more holistic approach to physical recovery.

This week on Inner Monologue we have the guest Marcia Epstein, host of radio show Talk With Me and trauma counselor in Kansas. Inspired by the activism of her Russian immigrant grandparents, instilling the importance of giving back to the community. She reflects on her role of being a force of good in the world, spawning from the strengths of a traumatic past. She shares the synchronicities that aligned after getting laid off and the opportunities that led her into a new direction to start her own radio show. We also discuss her connection in the community arts, such as spoken word and poetry slams as a form of healing.

This week's guest on Inner Monologue Podcast is CEO of Anyshare and the Technology Manager at Arcosanti, Rob Jameson. Originally from Long Island, Rob set out on a cross country road trip to South by Southwest and soon found himself visiting and eventually living at Arcosanti, an experimental city in the desert. Rob's mission in life is to create community, whether it is through an online economic resource and crowdfunding community online with Anyshare or taking a role in building a physical community like Arcosanti.

This week's guest on Inner Monologue is founder of MA I, Shanti Pavati. Born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Shanti is a second generation Norwegian. Her ongoing summer trips to Norway sparked her wanderlust for travel. Along with her inspiration abroad, her participation in the transformational festival scene inspired her to create MAI. What is MA I? MA I is a personal philosophy, a tool for self-awareness, transcendence and our connection to the divine feminine.