The Vital Point: Pathways To Integration

By JONATHAN SCHECTERReligion & Spirituality Spirituality

The Vital Point: Pathways To Integration episodes

March 25, 2022 27. Part of Integration is Preparation with Erin Doumert
In this episode I chat with psychedelic integration coach Erin Doumert. One of the powerful things about this talk was discussing the importance of preparation to the psychedelic integration process and Erin brought up something that I also work with - that preparation is not only your set and setting, but also the skillset that you bring to the experience. What are the tools and resources you have to support yourself? Erin describes it as having a backpack, and I hope this episode inspires you to think about what's in your backpack and maybe go out and put some new things in it like breathwork and meditation.

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Instagram: https://instagram.com/erindoumert
Website: https://www.erindoumert.com/

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43 min
March 25, 2022 26. The Path of the Wounded Healer with Joe Walters
Joe Walters is a psychedelic integration coach and facilitator. Our conversation gets into his story - going into the military and other areas rife with "toxic masculinity" and his journey of coming home to himself and a more embodied state of being, thanks to his inner work with the help of psychedelics.
We also talked about integration and the importance of balancing masculine and feminine energies.
And ended by talking about the importance of men doing this work, not only for themselves, but for their surrounding environment, friends, family and partners.
Enjoy!

Learn more about the Guest:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thepositiveveteran
Website: https://www.positiveveterancoaching.com/

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46 min
March 20, 2022 25. Healing Anxiety with Russell Kennedy MD
On this powerful episode my guest is @theanxietymd Russell Kennedy MD.

Russell shared his story of living with anxiety for 30 years and some of the techniques and practices that have helped free him, including somatic work and Internal Family Systems.

We also talked about:

how trauma and anxiety get stuck in the body

Why this happens

How the body perceived trauma and anxiety as danger

How the ego tries to protect us from experiencing this “danger”

How to start to connect to our body and turn inward to find where the anxiety is

How this awareness and resource to find anxiety and trauma develops as we practice

The importance of knowing when to ask for professional assistance with this work so that we don’t get overwhelmed.

At the end of the episode Russell leads you through a practice for connecting and working with anxiety that you can start using now!

Learn more about the Guest:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/theanxietymd
Website: https://dr-russ.com/
Mention: Get Dr. Russell's Book

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48 min
March 02, 2022 23. Intro to Internal Family Systems aka Parts Work with Christine Dixon
My guest on this episode is Christine Dixon @the_ordinary_sacred on IG. Christine is an Internal Family Systems (IFS) coach and does a wonderful job explaining this powerful practice.
IFS is a type of therapy that considers an individual to be made up of different parts- each with different roles. Christine goes into this explanation much more in depth.

We also talk about the importance of curiosity when working with our parts,

The True Self that is at the core of our consciousness,

And how to begin IFS and parts work by bringing awareness and curiosity into our present experience.

It was a real pleasure to chat with Christine - IFS work has been a very healing part on my own journey and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Learn more about the Guest:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/the_ordinary_sacred
Website: www.theordinarysacred.com

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44 min
February 26, 2022 21. Fabian Rodriguez: Embodiment, working with the Plants & Menswork
What a beautiful conversation with @realization_nation Fabian Rodriguez.
Fabian shared his story of being called to work with plant medicine, and how much it has enriched his life - now he’s on his 9th year of leading people into the Amazon to work with the plants and his Maestros.
He also shared about the importance of Menswork and becoming a lighthouse for others.
There was a theme of embodiment and relaxing into a state of being throughout the conversation and I could feel this authenticity from Fabian in his message and his energy.
So appreciative to have had the opportunity to speak with him on the podcast.
About the Guest, Fabian Rodriguez
Instagram: https://instagram.com/realization_nation
Website: http://www.realizationnation.com/
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50 min
February 25, 2022 22. The Healing Power of Cold Exposure with Adrienne Jezick
My guest on this episode is co-founder of the Morozko Forge ice bath Adrienne Jezick. Adrienne's story is inspirational: She shares how cold exposure helped her overcome 3 seperate autoimmune conditions that doctors told her were incurable! She goes into some of the incredible mindset benefits of cold exposure, How she developed her own "Morozko Method" for bringing mindful presence and sensory awareness into the ice bath process (I'm a big fan of the method and plan on attending a future certification course) and has some good feedback for my own ice bath practice.
Learn more about the Guest:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/adrienne_jezick
Website: https://www.morozkoforge.com/
Learn more about the Host: Jonathan Schecter
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55 min
February 25, 2022 21. Fabian Rodriguez: Embodiment, working with the Plants & Menswork
What a beautiful conversation with @realization_nation Fabian Rodriguez.
Fabian shared his story of being called to work with plant medicine, and how much it has enriched his life - now he’s on his 9th year of leading people into the Amazon to work with the plants and his Maestros.
He also shared about the importance of Menswork and becoming a lighthouse for others.
There was a theme of embodiment and relaxing into a state of being throughout the conversation and I could feel this authenticity from Fabian in his message and his energy.
So appreciative to have had the opportunity to speak with him on the podcast.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/realization_nation
Website: http://www.realizationnation.com/
Learn more about the Host: Jonathan Schecter
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50 min
February 15, 2022 20: The connection between Buddhism & Somatics w/ Scott Tusa
Thanks for checking out this episode with Buddhist meditation teacher, Scott Tusa. We get into a bunch of juicy topics including
What Scott feels the Vital Point of Buddhism entails
His story of finding spirituality & buddhist practice
Buddhist mind training (Lo-Jong) and Tonglen (Giving & Taking)
The Buddhist view on somatic (body-based) practices
and a practice that Scott leads to help you drop into your body and sit with feelings and sensations.
Learn more about the Guest:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/scotttusa
Website: https://scotttusa.com/
Mention: https://fullybeing.org for more on Scott’s teacher and the dropping practice Scott led. There’s a really great free mini-course to help introduce you to meditation that I definitely recommend.
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47 min
February 14, 2022 19. Working with Grief
Hey everyone, I wanted to try something different with this episode and talk about something that's been coming up a lot in my own life recently - grief. Grief is something that we all process differently, and some of us don't really sit with it at all.
In terms of the realm of transformational practice, grief is one of the things that can come up if we are carrying around the energy of emotions that we've suppressed or haven't yet processed.
So far on this podcast, I've talked with practitioners (and a couple times solo) about specific types of practice - but this one is about a strong emotion that transformational practices can help us with.
I'd love to know if you liked this, and if it landed please reach out and leave me a message so I can do more episodes like it.
Thanks for listening,
Jonathan
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53 min
January 27, 2022 18. What is Emotional Intelligence with Genny Rumancik @theeqschool
On this episode Emotional Intelligence facilitator and educator Genny Rumancik chat about what emotional intelligence is, and why it's so important as we engage in personal transformation work. One of my favorite parts of this conversation is around the stories we tell ourselves and how these narratives can consume our lives and limit us, while also holding the potential to become a source of strength and purpose if we are able to reframe the story we are telling ourselves.

Learn more about the Guest:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/theeqschool
Website: www.theeqschool.co
Genny Rumancik is the owner and lead facilitator at The EQ School, in Portland, Oregon, where she teaches online workshops on how to develop emotional intelligence. She's passionate about increasing the importance of and fluency around emotional intelligence in our society and communities, and uses her background as an educator to put everything she's learned about emotional self management, healing from trauma, and relational development into easy to follow workshops that focus on the "HOW," so people walk away with real tools they can apply to their lives.
Learn more about the Host: Jonathan Schecter
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37 min