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Deconstruction
by Rachael Spyker
Deconstructing the narratives that define our lives in order to find the common humanity in all of us. This podcast explores the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and society as a way to navigate the current political climate in a healthy way.
Episodes
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Water's Memory: Guided Embodiment Meditation
A 40-minute guided embodiment meditation for slowing down, returning to your body and reconnecting with nature. Created for the autumn equinox and Harvest Full Moon, Water's Memory invites attention to the rhythms moving within and around you. For this Autumn Equinox, A Harvest Full Moon ritual…
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The Burgeoning of a Seed: Storytime
Dedicated with reverence to the Indigenous peoples and lineages who have carried sacred relationships with plant and psychedelic Medicines across generations. To those who have protected these Medicines, ceremonies, teachings, and ways of knowing through colonization, criminalization…
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Milagros: Ecstatic Dance Ceremony Teaser
A 22-minute teaser from Milagros, an ecstatic dance ceremony exploring movement, rhythm and embodied aliveness. The full ceremony is on SoundCloud; this Spotify episode contains only an excerpt. Spotify wouldn’t allow me to upload the full Ceremony I mixed, so this episode is a short teaser. The...
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Moon & Muse: Guided Active Imagination Meditation
A guided active imagination meditation inviting you to encounter your inner Muse through images, symbols and sensation. Drawing on depth psychology, Moon & Muse explores creativity, intuition and the symbolic language of the psyche. Born from a women’s ceremonial magic circle and created for the...
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Inanna’s Descent & Grief: Inanna’s Map (Carly Mountain)
Rachael and psychotherapist Carly Mountain explore Inanna’s descent into the underworld as a mythic map for grief, burnout and life transitions. Their conversation considers witnessing, boundaries, compassion and returning from a season of unraveling. Part II In a culture obsessed with growth,...
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Inanna’s Descent into the Underworld: A Myth Reading
Hear a reading of the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna’s descent into the underworld. This solo episode invites embodied listening and introduces the story explored with Carly Mountain in the companion conversation. Part I Recorded in preparation for my conversation with Carly Mountain, author…
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Returning to Eros: Pleasure as Birthright (Milagros Maldonado)
Pleasure is not self-indulgence, but an essential part of being fully alive. The Solstice feels like an especially fitting moment to share this conversation. In this conversation, I sit down with Milagros, tantrica, ceremonlialist, and creator of Alice in Pleasureland, to explore Eros as the...
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Awakening Dream: Guided Embodiment Meditation
A guided embodiment meditation inviting you to arrive in the present and encounter yourself as you are. Awakening Dream offers time for attention, sensation and a gentle return to the body. This Blue Full Moon, I invite you to encounter Yourself. Come. Arrive. Settle into this moment with me....
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Refuge: Guided Meditation for Returning to the Present
A guided meditation for a gentle return to the present when everyday life feels busy. Refuge invites you to pause, settle into a comfortable space and land in the here and now. For a random Tuesday. When life is happening, and we want refuge. A soft return, landing back into Now, gently. Setting...
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Persephone Rising: An Ecstatic Dance Ceremony
For the first Full Moon of Spring, and recorded on the Spring Equinox, this episode of Deconstruction offers a guided ecstatic dance ceremony. This episode is a ceremony. A journey woven around the ancient myth of Persephone, the maiden who descended into hell and rose as its Queen — transformed...
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The Art of Descent: Astrology, Alchemy & Becoming (Vika Bradford)
In this episode, I sit down with my friend Vika Bradford to explore descent — into grief, rage, dissociation, identity loss, and the underworld passages that shape us. Vika shares from her lens as a karmic astrologer, weaving Pluto, the 8th and 9th houses, and mythic death-and-rebirth symbolism...
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WOMEN: A guided Invocation (Advanced)
This is not a meditation for regulation. While the opening invites settling and embodied awareness, regulation is not the destination. It is the threshold. This is an invocation A calling forward. An invitation to remember the power that has always lived in your Body. Not as performance or force,...
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Wintering: A meditation for all Men
This Solstice marks the darkest night of the year and the true beginning of winter, a season of retreat, lowered energy, and inward listening. Over the past year, what was once a largely women-oriented clinical practice has shifted into walking nearly equally alongside men. It has been a profound...
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Unlocking Transformation: The Healing Power of AEDP (Zara Neukom)
For this Full Moon, and in preparation to have her back on Deconstruction, I am re-releasing one of the most popular episodes of Deconstruction with my dearest friend, Zara Neukom. In this episode, we engage in a captivating conversation exploring the transformative modality of Accelerated...
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Inside Psychedelic Somatic Therapy: Healing Trauma at the Root (Saj Razvi)
For this New Moon I am re-releasing one of my favourite episodes — an important conversation with Saj Razvi on psychedelic somatic healing and the power of relational repair. In this episode, Saj and I explore Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP), a somatic trauma modality that...
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Cracks in the Noise: Attention as Sacred Currency (East Forest)
Are we creating cracks in the fog of our collective consciousness—or adding to the noise? In this conversation, I sit down with musician and spiritual artist East Forest to explore attention as sacred currency in a world that profits from our distraction. We speak about creating art that...
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Attention as Activism: The Power of Thresholds (Dr. Patrick O’Neill)
How do we navigate times of disorientation and change without losing ourselves? In this conversation, Dr. Patrick O’Neill brings his background in organizational psychology and years of guiding leaders through transformation to reflect on thresholds as spaces of both challenge and possibility. We...
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Journey to the Internal Waters: Guided Active Imagination Meditation
A guided active imagination meditation using sensation and imagery to explore your inner landscape. Journey to the Internal Waters introduces orienting to the elements, embodied attention and listening to what arises. This episode of Deconstruction is an invitation into active imagination. Rooted...
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The Soft Animal of Your Body: Guided somatic meditation
“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” – Mary Oliver I’m releasing this Bodyful encounter for the Aquarius Full Moon. A gentle return to Self. To the home of the Body. A re-emergence into the goodness of Now. This isn’t meditation in the traditional sense. No…
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Conscious Festivalling: Healing in the Psychedelic Playground (Marisa Radha Weppner)
In this episode, I speak with Marisa Radha Wepnner about conscious festivalling—not as escape, but as sacred emergence. Together we explore how festivals, when entered with intention, can become ceremonial spaces for nervous system repair, archetypal play, and collective re-enchantment. This is…
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Bonus: Rockstar Muse – Guided Meditation
Here, on my Leo New Moon, the Jesse Roper saga completes! After recording my episode with musician Jesse Roper, I offered to create a meditation for a big show he had coming up—one that was taking place in a cave. An audacious offer. What came through was unexpected—joyful, easeful, and deeply...
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Joyful Transmission: Music, Stories, & Aliveness (Jesse Roper)
In this week’s episode of Deconstruction, Rachael drops in with rockstar & artist Jesse Roper for a rich, entertaining, and wildly alive conversation on performance, presence, and joy as a revolutionary act. What begins as a playful exchange unfolds into something deeper, a study in what it means...
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Rewoven: A Guided Journey
Create a cocoon. Light a candle. Wear headphones. Let the music move through you. Let the part of you that is still becoming feel seen. A Ritual for Uranus in Gemini In honour of Gemini’s duplicity, I wanted to try this one again. This audio was originally recorded for the Jupiter Cazimi…
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Breathe Into Belonging: Guided Grounding Meditation
A guided grounding meditation using breath, sensation and presence to return to the body. Breathe Into Belonging invites gentle attention to aliveness and a felt sense of belonging. This is a guided meditation to help you return to your body, your breath, and your being. Gently. Honestly. With...
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What the Body Carries: Descent as Ceremony (Dr. Ido Cohen)
Dr. Ido Cohen is back! He joins Rachael for a deep and nuanced conversation about the emotional and relational work of digesting trauma. Together, they explore the space between personal experience and collective pain, and what it takes to create environments where truth, grief, and…
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The Mother Within: Grief, Chaos, and the Path to Secure Belonging (Mackenzie Amara)
In this episode, I sit down with Mackenzie Amara for a rich and reverent conversation about the mother wound—how it lives in our bodies, our culture, and our ancestral lines. We explore grief as a spiritual excavator, the path to existential secure attachment, and what it means to surrender to…
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Metabolizing Truth: From Dissociation to Sensual Aliveness (Marisa Radha Weppner)
In this conversation, Radha and Rachael explore the themes of transformation, self-awareness, and the importance of personal responsibility in navigating both individual and collective challenges. They discuss the role of relationships in self-discovery, the significance of open-mindedness, and…
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When the House Burns Down: On Integration & the Relational Psyche (Dr. Ido Cohen)
Season 5 opens with one of the most compelling minds in the field of psychedelic integration: Dr. Ido Cohen—clinical psychologist, founder of The Integration Circle, and someone who brings rare clarity, warmth, and rigour to the transformational path. In this conversation, Rachael and Ido trace…
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6. Treehouse Project | BONUS episode: A Guided Encounter with Earth & Body
A guided somatic journey into your body and into the body of the Earth. In this bonus episode from the Treehouse Project, Rachael shares a short, potent commentary on the origins of this guided meditation—created during a time of deep personal and political upheaval. Originally made to regulate…
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The Commodification of the Sacred: Psychedelics, Activism, & the Feminine Reclamation (Marisa Radha Weppner)
What happens when spiritual awakening meets a collapsing world? In this pivotal episode, Rachael sits down with psychedelic therapist and spiritual activist Marisa Radha Weppner for a soul-deep conversation on truth, discernment, and sacred responsibility. Together, they name what many are afraid...
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Myth as Medicine: Animism, Psychedelics, & Cultural Repair (Simon Yugler)
In this episode of Deconstruction, I’m joined by Simon Yugler—depth psychotherapist, psychedelic guide, and author of Psychedelics and the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair. Together, we spiral into the terrain of mythopoetics as a lens for...
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Guided Inner Child Meditation: Treehouse Project Finale (Episode 5)
A guided inner child meditation inviting you into an imagined forest to meet tender emotions with care and curiosity. The Treehouse Project finale offers time to slow down, listen and reconnect with younger parts of yourself. This final meditation in the Treehouse Project is a tender homecoming!...
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4. Treehouse Project | Fear Becoming Courage: Sitting with Sensations Meditation
The Fourth episode of the Treehouse Project, this guided meditation invites you into the depths of your own body, where sensations hold stories and fear is simply courage waiting to unfold. Born from a deeply attuned therapeutic relationship, this meditation was originally created for someone who...
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Guided Body Scan Meditation: The First Meditation (Treehouse Project 3)
A guided body scan meditation recorded for the Treehouse Project, with commentary on nervousness, perfectionism and creative process. The body scan starts at 9:06 and invites slowing down and meeting yourself where you are. This meditation was the first one I recorded for the Treehouse Project!...
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2. Treehouse Project | A Guided Meditation & Fairytale for Sleep *
This is the second episode of the Treehouse Project, a series of six guided meditations designed to root people into their bodies, to restore the relationship between Self and Body, Us and Land. This project unfolds as an interactive multimedia art exhibit. It moves between meditation,...
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Guided Morning Meditation: What to Remember When Waking (Treehouse Project 1)
A guided morning meditation inviting breath, body awareness and attention to the day ahead. Recorded in a jungle treehouse, the practice connects embodied presence with the living world. This is the first episode of the The Treehouse Project | A Living Exhibition of Consciousness! The Treehouse...
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Why We Prayed to the Wi-Fi: A Heretical Act of Reverence
What if the experiences you have shape not only who you are but how you experience reality? In this episode of Deconstruction, Rachael and Alice explore how tuning into your body can help you break free from unconscious programming, expand your awareness, and rebuild practices that feel true to...
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13-Minute Somatic Meditation: Meeting Yourself Here
A 13-minute guided somatic meditation inviting you to notice what is present in your body and turn toward it with care. Meeting Yourself Here offers breath, attention and space to pause or return at your own pace. This meditation is an invitation to be in active relationship with your body—to...
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The Sky as Mirror: Archetypal Currents, Liberation, and the Messages of This Moment
In this episode of Deconstruction, Alice and Rae bring a message of hope, capturing the energetic signature of the times inspired by the recent planetary parade on 01/25/25. Through a depth psychology lens, they explore themes of cosmic alignment, love, and liberation—examining the rise of the...
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A Love Letter to our Elder: Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
In this unique and one-of-a-kind episode, Alice and Rae celebrate the life and teachings of their elder and muse, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, on her birthday! Reflecting on the profound ways her wisdom has shaped their lives and work, they dive into themes of prayer, shadow work, storytelling…
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You Belong Here: Inviting Aliveness into Connection
Welcome to a new season of Deconstruction! In this episode, Alice & Rae step into a new chapter together as co-hosts, expanding the podcast into a deeper exploration of authenticity, belonging, and the transformative power of connection. Through reflective dialogue, they explore what it means to...
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Profiting from Pain: Unveiling The Mental Health Industrial Complex (Dr. Danna Bodenheimer)
In this episode, Rachael Spyker and Dr. Danna Bodenheimer dive into the concept of the mental health industrial complex, a term that encapsulates the various industries profiting from people's suffering in the mental health field. They examine how insurance companies, treatment facilities, and...
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Somatic & Relational Psychedelic Therapy: A New Era in Mental Health (Saj Razvi)
In this conversation with Saj Razvi, Director of Psychedelic Somatic Institute, we explore Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). PSIP is a somatic trauma therapy addressing mental health concerns in psychedelic states, focusing on relational wounding and self-correction. It...
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Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (Tamar Pearl & Jen Olson)
In this conversation, Rachael, Jen, and Tamar discuss their experience training to do Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). PSIP is a therapeutic approach that combines psychedelic substances with somatic (body-focused) techniques and interactive psychotherapy to facilitate deep...
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Attuned Retreats (Alice Buckley)
In this conversation, Rachael and Alice discuss the power of creating safe containers for healing and transformation. They share their experiences of running retreats and the importance of attunement, presence, and compassion in creating a safe space. They explore the impact of relational healing...
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Overcoming Stigma in Sex Addiction Therapy (Davis Wiggs)
In this conversation, Davis Wiggs, a sex addiction therapist, discusses his approach to therapy and the importance of building trust and breaking barriers with clients. He emphasizes the need to work from the bottom up, addressing underlying wounds and trauma before focusing on specific…
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Beyond the Veil: Exploring Tarot and Dream Realms (Vickie Grayson)
In this conversation Rachael speaks with Vickie Grayson as they discuss her passion about tarot and dreams. She discusses her early fascination with dreams and the support she received from her mother. Vickie also recounts a visitation dream she had after her grandfather passed away. She then...
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Mirrors of the Soul: Authentic Relationships and Political Compassion (Alice Buckley)
In this conversation, Alice and Rachael discuss the importance of embracing difficult emotions and developing a relationship with them. They explore the power of gratitude for emotions and how it can lead to healing and transformation. They also delve into the significance of authentic mirroring…
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Unlocking Transformation: The Healing Power of AEDP (Zara Neukom)
In today's episode, Rachael speaks with Zara Neukom as they engage in a captivating conversation exploring the transformative modality of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). Zara shares her personal journey to AEDP and how it has become her clinical home, offering insights into...
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Somatic Experiencing Part II
In this episode, I finish my talk with the master somatic practitioner and my dear friend, Tanya Wishlove. Here, she talks about the ways our bodies are hardwired for our benefit and survival. She shares how through SE practices, we can move through stuck processes looping in our system releasing...
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Deconstructing the narratives that define our lives in order to find the common humanity in all of us. This podcast explores the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and society as a way to navigate the current political climate in a healthy way.
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