Dirt Road Dispatch
A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World
#60 White Shamanism, Spiritual Bypassing & Accountability with Leah Iracleous
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#60 White Shamanism, Spiritual Bypassing & Accountability with Leah Iracleous

Leah has a BA in social justice and is working on her doctorate in clinical depth psychology where she plans to write her dissertation on white shamanism. Leah and I speak about what it means to import the sacred, spiritual practices of other cultures into a Western context and how we can get stuck in the trap of spiritual bypassing. We also talk about how all of this relates to power, narcissism, social media, psychedelics and therapy. Lastly, we discuss the nuanced and complex nature of defining and reacting to "abuse", the dangers of cancel culture and the importance of moving from victimhood into empowerment. 

Find Leah on Instagram at @creme.de.la.bean and her white shaman alter-ego Steve at @stevetheshaman

Leah's Book Recommendation: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Song featured: Buildings and Bridges by Ani DiFranco

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Dirt Road Dispatch
A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World
I started this podcast because I was tired of being stereotyped as lazy, triggered and entitled. I wanted to give voice to a different kind of millennial and invite us to write a new story - one of a generation willing to challenge the status quo, embrace nuance and paradox, and reject PC-culture. This podcast isn’t about finding answers, it’s about asking the right questions. How can we reinvent ourselves and the narratives we’ve been expected to inherit? How can we take ownership over the ways we participate in our own suffering? How can we move beyond victimization and into empowerment? How can we fix ourselves to fix the world? It’s time for new dreams, new stories and new futures…