Sara Sophia is an author and energy healer who works with clients to recover themselves after trauma, soul loss, and broken spirits to assist them in reclaiming their sacred wholeness. Focusing on self love, consciousness awareness and modern spirituality with integrity, Sara Sophia is a wonderful person to include in your online, and in-life, soul work.

We all belong here on Earth. But, to truly co-exist with all beings in peace, we must decolonize the "taker" mentality that feeds our Western colonialist cultures. Sara Sophia Eisenman—an author and healer who works with clients recovering from trauma—shares her grounded perspectives on shamanism, culture, and healing. How can we deprogramming our shamanic work while also nurturing our own earth connections and respect for the indigenous bloodlines and communities of the land we live on?

• 1:08 - Intro: Sara Sophia Eisenman
• 5:35 - Cultivating Awareness Around Whiteness
• 11:02 - Replacing Assumption with Attention
• 13:07 - Deconstructing Dogma and Empowering Our Own Soul
• 15:57 - Deprogramming Ourselves and Removing the Colonizer Mindset
• 20:12 - Embracing Change and The Collective Evolution
• 25:16 - Abandoning the Rescuer and Embracing the Human
• 27:57 - Doing the Work
• 29:24 - Social Justice Warriors and Bridging Divides
• 33:09 - Honoring Local Indigenous Culture & Spirituality
• 36:21 - Modern Shamanism: Compensation, Client Investment, Teachers
• 45:56 - Modern Shamanism: Defining and Embracing the Edges
• 53:13 - Shamanic Work: Say Yes with Awareness
• 56:09 - Plastic Shamans: Discernment and Trusting Your Intuition
• 1:04:01 - Elevating the Discourse on Awakening and Spiritualism
• 1:09:11 - Dreaming and Creating the New Wholeness
• 1:13:09 - Finding Sara Sophia Eisenman

Read more about this conversation on white privilege, cultural appropriation, and deprogramming shamanism on our Wild Playground podcast, This Wild Life.