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Vanessa Walilko
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Conversations about belief, transformation, deconstruction, and late diagnosis ADHD. Let's talk about the strange and weird. We also love pizza.

  1. 04/01/2023

    43. "Just a little bravery will open the door" with Lisa Pahl of The Death Deck

    Lisa Pahl is a hospice and emergency medicine social worker the co-creator of The Death Deck. The Death Deck is a party game that lets you explore a topic we’re all obsessed with but often afraid to discuss. It features 112 cards with a mix of multiple choice and open-ended questions guaranteed to spark a discussion around the topic of death. Lisa and I talk about our experiences with death and the importance of having end of life conversations when you're healthy and able. For information on The Death Deck (and The EOL Deck), visit https://thedeathdeck.com/ You can also follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter Keep up with Personal Pans: ⁠https://twitter.com/PersonalPans⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/PersonalPans⁠ Hang out on my Mastodon instance: ⁠weirdo.network

    58 min

  2. 02/24/2023

    42. The Medicine Wheel with Barry Goddard

    Barry Goddard is an astrologer, shamanic practitioner, and all around Aquarius.  We talked about his book The Medicine Wheel, and how the four elements are ways of relating to the universe and realizing that we're intimately connected with the universe.  We talked about what it means to live true to your spirit, the Great Forgetting, astrology, and healing the soul wound. Follow Barry online: ShamanicFreeState.blogspot.com AstroTableTalk.blogspot.com Keep up with Personal Pans: https://twitter.com/PersonalPans https://www.instagram.com/PersonalPans Hang out on my Mastodon instance: weirdo.network

    1h 27m

  3. 12/31/2022

    41. "I'm done making excuses for everybody" - Disability, long COVID, and leaving the church with Steph Fowler

    Steph Fowler is the founder of Inkwell Psychotherapy and a therapist for weirdos, misfits, neurodivergent folks, and cycle disruptors.  She's  also one of the best people I know. If you've ever listened to my podcast before and heard me mention "my friend with long COVID," that's Steph.  She talks about what it's like to navigate the medical system with a new disability, how perceptions of health and thinness get wrapped up in our moral judgments of people, privilege and fatphobia, and the work needed to dismantle systems of oppression. You can listen to part 1 of our conversation here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/JuROnOogdwb Follow Steph: https://www.inkwellpsychotherapy.com Find Personal Pans and a great community of folks at https://weirdo.network

    1h 33m

  4. 12/28/2022

    40. Haunted Offices and Therapy for Weirdos with Steph Fowler

    Steph Fowler is the founder of Inkwell Psychotherapy and a therapist for weirdos, misfits, neurodivergent folks, and cycle disruptors.  She's also one of the best people I know. Steph and I talked about what it was like to work in a haunted office building, and being a therapist for misfits.  Part of her Misfit Mental Health practice is a Nw Year Reflection workshop, which you can sign up for here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTNDOoTjLy4HoZQlYzGb3ffFy3SQaq9ndDr7WqSzURJoo7zw/viewform You can follow her at https://www.inkwellpsychotherapy.com/ Find Personal Pans on Weirdo.Network, the new Mastodon Instance for all the kind weirdos out there.

    53 min

  5. 12/02/2022

    39. UFOs, Ethics, and Protecting the Vulnerable with Erica Lukes

    Erica Lukes is a historian, archivist, and researcher.  Erica Lukes also has an undying passion for the mysteries of the universe, particularly UFO reports and other strange aerial phenomena. Since childhood, she has been fascinated with imagery of how vehicles and beings from space might appear and she pursued this interest quietly but with determination.  She's the former MUFON State Director for MUFON and host of UFO Classified. She's dedicated to ethical and open-access research with her new venture Expanding Frontiers Research.  She also calls out abuse and unethical practices in the UFO community.  We had an incredible conversation about calling out racist and sexist behavior and tropes in the UFO community, domestic violence, and what it means to protect vulnerable people.   Follow Erica online: https://www.youtube.com/@EricaLukes https://www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/ Personal Pans: https://twitter.com/PersonalPans https://www.instagram.com/PersonalPans

    1h 11m

  6. 11/22/2022

    38. Clown Pants, Bowling Pin Aliens and Small UFOs with Rob Kristoffersen

    Rob Kristoffersen is a UFO researcher and the host of Our Strange Skies, a UFO podcast that explores the nooks and crannies of UFO history and lore, diving deep into UFO sightings, alien abductions, cryptids, and all things paranormal.  On this episode, we talked about small UFOs, bowling pin aliens, Unsolved Mysteries, Ohio UFO car crashes, the cultural context of otherworldly visitations, and what we both thought was the wildest part of Love and Saucers. Follow and support Rob online: https://www.ourstrangeskies.com/ https://linktr.ee/yerufoguy Follow Personal Pans: https://twitter.com/personalpans https://www.instagram.com/personalpans

    1h 23m

  7. 11/15/2022

    37: Somatic Therapy, Missionary Work, and Intergenerational Trauma with Jenny McGrath

    Jenny McGrath is a licensed mental health counselor, a somatic therapist, and a movement educator.  She's also the creator of the Embodied Sexuality Course.  We had an incredible conversation about trauma therapy, deconstructing narratives about individualistic healing, and understanding healing as part of a community.  We also talked about her missionary work in Uganda, BoJack Horseman and inter-generational trauma, and what it means to tend to your own body and story.   Find Jenny online: https://www.indwellmovement.com/ https://www.instagram.com/indwell_movement/ Follow Personal Pans: https://twitter.com/PersonalPans https://www.instagram.com/PersonalPans

    1h 1m

  8. 11/02/2022

    36. Baba Yaga, Storytelling, and The Goblin Circus with Halo Quin

    Halo Quin is an author, a storyteller, and witch.  She's had a lifelong relationship with the spirit realm and has written multiple books about her craft.  She also runs the local storytelling circle, and an ADHD resource center, as well as The Enchanted Academy.  She's written several books, including Folktales, Faeries, and Spirits, All That Glitters, Gods and Goddesses of Wales, and Your Faery Magic. We had an incredible conversation about living with ADHD, the power of storytelling, connecting with Baba Yaga, and of course, the Goblin Circus. Find Halo online: TheEnchantedAcademy.com HaloQuin.net https://www.instagram.com/haloquin/ https://www.facebook.com/HaloquinAuthor/

    1h 34m
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Conversations about belief, transformation, deconstruction, and late diagnosis ADHD. Let's talk about the strange and weird. We also love pizza.

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  • Creator
    Vanessa Walilko
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    45
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Vanessa Walilko
  • Show Website
    Personal Pans