Mental Wellness — Life is a Festival

Josh Shrei (The Emerald): Only Myth Can Save Us Now

Life is a Festival #179

The ancient power of festivals, structure and fluidity of gender, and the soul’s longing for meaning.

Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Art, Critical Thinking, Community, Festivals, Gender, PsychedelicsEamon ArmstrongMarch 27, 2025Comment

Benjamin: Why I Returned to Ibogaine

Life is a Festival #178

From Gabon to Cancún, sticking the landing on my healing journey

Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJanuary 21, 2025Comment

Alex Ebert: Aspirational Masculinity for the Left

Life is a Festival #177

Who’s the man?

Community, Gender, Leadership, Politics, Critical Thinking, Mental Wellness, Personal GrowthEamon ArmstrongDecember 4, 2024Comment

Camille Barton: The Urgent Art of Grief Ritual

Life is a Festival #170

In a world beset by tragedy its important to learn how to grieve.

Community, LGBTQ, Yoga, Death, Gender, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, RaceEamon ArmstrongMay 16, 2024Comment

Julia Maryanska & Ian MacKenzie: From Polyagony to a Village of Lovers

Life is a Festival #166

The Village of Lovers helps us heal the wounds of gender and experience love free from fear.

Personal Growth, Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQ, Community, Critical Thinking, Film, Leadership, Harm Reduction, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongFebruary 6, 2024TameraComment

Ilana Gilovich-Wave: Requiem for Sleep No More

Life is a Festival #162

Immersing into immersive experience design with one of the world's most iconic theatrical experiences, Sleep No More.

Community, Harm Reduction, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongDecember 7, 2023IrelandComment

Darragh Stewart: The Indigenous Medicine of Ireland

Life is a Festival #161

Ancient Ireland was like the Amazon, with impenetrable forests navigable only by rivers, deep mysticism, and its very own indigenous medicine, the psychedelic Liberty Cap mushrooms.

Community, Harm Reduction, Leadership, Mental Wellness, Personal Growth, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongNovember 17, 2023IrelandComment

Marian Goodell et al: Inside Burning Man’s Worst Case Scenario

Life is a Festival #157

Will our changing climate stop Burning Man, or will our collective resilience and response to crisis make our community stronger.

Mental Wellness, Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Leadership, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Art, Business, Harm ReductionEamon ArmstrongSeptember 15, 2023Burning ManComment

Caveat Magister - At Burning Man, We're All Amateurs

Life is a Festival #156

Burning Man doesn’t have to be transformational.

Psychedelics, Art, Mental Wellness, Burning Man, Community, Festivals, Leadership, Personal Growth, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongAugust 23, 2023Burning ManComment

Max Stossel: Romancing the Muse

Life is a Festival #155

Max helps us unstuck creatively and shares some exceptional poetry.

Psychedelics, Art, Death, Mental WellnessEamon ArmstrongAugust 14, 2023Comment

Sophie Strand: A Mythic Probiotic for Masculinity

Life is a Festival #151

Healthy masculinity has been a passion of mine for years and it was an honor to learn from this neo-troubadour animist and her poetic insights.

Personal Growth, Mental Wellness, Spirituality, Critical Thinking, Festivals, GenderEamon ArmstrongJune 21, 2023Comment

Jetta Blaine: The Marvelous Peptides of Kambo

Life is a Festival #150

Kambo, an Amazonian medicine derived from the secretions of the Phyllomedusa bicolor has been instrumental in maintaining my mental health for the past six years.

Personal Growth, Harm Reduction, Mental Wellness, Psychedelics, SpiritualityEamon ArmstrongJune 14, 2023KamboComment