Best Dr Juan Carlos Rey Podcasts (2025)

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Dr. Juan Carlos Rey, Part 2 1:06:10

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In this episode, Dr. Rey takes a second opportunity to answer more listener-submitted questions regarding himself and his role as host of "The Observable Unknown" Podcast.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Mary Madeiras 52:22

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Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of Crowscupboard.com sits with three-time Emmy Award winning director and Akashic Records practitioner Mary Madeiras to explore how the soul communicates, remembers, and unfolds through lived experience. This conversation moves through identity, intuition, trauma as material for transformation, and the quiet inner voice that gui…

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Jack R. Bialik 1:07:13

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In this illuminating conversation, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com explores the paradox of human knowledge: how civilizations accumulate, then discard, their greatest insights. Author Jack R. Bialik examines the patterns of erasure in his new book, "Lost In Time" - from ancient cataract surgery to the fragility of our digital archives - an…

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Mailbag Episode 8 - The Fasting Instinct: The Ancient Science of Stillness 5:52

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In this Mailbag installment of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com responds to listener Priya A. of Seattle, who asks whether ancient fasting rituals were early, intuitive ways of shaping the gut–brain connection. Drawing from modern neurogastroenterology, nutritional neuroscience, and microbiome research, Dr. Rey trace…

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Interlude XXI – The Quantum Synapse: Consciousness at the Edge of Physics 4:09

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In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com steps into the shimmer between matter and meaning – the quantum frontier of consciousness. Could awareness itself arise from sub-atomic events inside the brain? Mathematician Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff proposed the Orch-OR Theory, suggestin…

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Interlude XX – The Whispering Cells: Astrocytes and the Secret Mind 4:56

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In this quietly radical interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com invites you into the hidden orchestra of the brain - the immense realm of glial cells: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia. We have long worshipped the bright-firing neurons, but these non-neuronal cells may in fact hold the deeper language of consciousness. Pioneer…

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Interlude XIX - Neural Mirroring: The Science of Shared Feeling 6:29

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In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com examines the hidden choreography of empathy - the mirror mechanism that allows one human brain to echo another’s joy, sorrow, and intent. First identified in the early 1990s by Giacomo Rizzolatti and Vittorio Gallese at the University of Parma, mirror neurons revealed a startling truth: ou…

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Mailbag Episode 7 – “The Science of Spirit and the Mechanics of Mediumship” 5:06

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In this special Mailbag installment, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com answers a letter from Clara W of Asheville, North Carolina, who asks about the ancient practice of spirit communication. Drawing on his thirty-year body of research and teaching, Dr. Rey explains how conditioning Broca’s Area and Wernicke’s Area - the brain’s language cen…

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Richard M. Anderson 1:26:06

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In this episode of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of Crowscupboard.com sits down with molecular biologist and award-winning author Richard M. Anderson - a visionary whose work unites hard science, humanism, and speculative imagination. A former clinical laboratory director and bioanalyst, Anderson built a distinguished scientific caree…

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Mailbag Episode 6 - “The Digital Altar: Social Media as Ritual Space” 7:50

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In this edition of The Observable Unknown: Mailbag, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of Crowscupboard.com explores how social media operates not merely as communication, but as ritual space. When acts of attention shift online, every repost, “like,” and scroll becomes a litany of belonging, performance, and belief. Drawing on innovative scholarship in digital r…

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Mailbag Episode 5: The Memory Machine 6:28

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In this episode, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of Crowscupboard.com invites listeners into a meditation on memory - no longer a candle passed from mind to mind, but a circuitry of data and desire. Drawing on the sociologist Maurice Halbwachs (1877–1945), Dr. Rey examines how collective memory has migrated from the oral to the algorithmic, shaping what humani…

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Interlude XVIII - Circadian Consciousness: How the Body Tells Time 5:06

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In this episode of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of CrowsCupboard.com uncovers the hidden clockwork of the living body - the molecular rhythms that measure dawn, dusk, and everything between. Drawing on the Nobel-winning research of Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young, whose fruit-fly experiments at Brandeis Univers…

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Interlude XVII - Endogenous Opioids & The Biochemistry of Meaning 5:55

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Before temples were built of stone, the body already knew how to worship. In this episode, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of CrowsCupboard.com explores how the brain’s own narcotic chemistry - endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins - shapes the experience of love, faith, music, and transcendence. Drawing on the work of Candace Pert (1973), who first identifi…

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Interlude XVI – Neural Oscillations and the Biochemistry of Rhythm 5:09

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Before language, before heartbeat, there was rhythm - the pulse that shaped both cosmos and consciousness. In this episode of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com explores the hidden architecture of the mind’s music: the neural oscillations and neurochemical cadences that give rise to awareness itself. Drawing on researc…

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Mailbag Episode - “Sharpening the Sixth Sense: The Science and Soul of Intuition” 7:32

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A listener writes from Toronto: “I’ve always felt intuitive - but I don’t know how to trust or strengthen it. Is intuition a gift or a skill?” In this episode of The Observable Unknown, I respond with both rigour and heart. Drawing on over two decades of research and training - from neuroscience to somatic practice to symbolic language - I share th…

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Sam Reynolds, Part 2 1:13:43

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Astrologer Sam Reynolds returns to discuss not only numerous aspects of astrology with Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com that were not discussed previously, but also his forthcoming class on a Basic Introduction to Astrology.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Mailbag Episode 3: Eros and the Sacred Body 7:22

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In this profound installment of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com explores the ancient and often misunderstood intersection of erotic performance and spirituality. Responding to a listener’s question from San Antonio, Dr. Rey traces how the language of desire has always mirrored the language of the divine. From Plato’…

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Mailbag Episode 2 – “The Comparator and the Calling” 7:28

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What if faith were simply the nervous system daring to trust its own prediction? In this Mailbag installment, Dr. Rey of crowscupboard.com responds to listener DeShawn Carter of Atlanta, Georgia, whose question probes the hidden alliance between free will, intuition, and the brain’s comparator model – that quiet circuit which measures intention aga…

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Interlude XV – Inheritance in Motion: Phylogenetic Inertia, Epigenetic Writing, and the Future of Human Becoming 6:51

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What if evolution is not a finished act, but an ongoing collaboration between ancestry and awareness? In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey of crowscupboard.com explores the profound intersection between phylogenetic inertia - the evolutionary gravity that preserves our biological past - and epigenetic rewriting, the mole…

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Interlude XIV - Epigenetic Neuroplasticity: Life Writing the Brain 4:46

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What if memory is not only electrical - but molecular? In this new interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores how experience, stress, and nurture inscribe themselves directly into the genome of the brain. Through the pioneering studies of Michael Meaney and Moshe Szyf, we learn that the nervous system is not a fixed circuit but a living manuscript - c…

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Interlude XIII — Neuroimmunology: When the Brain Meets Immunity 7:21

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What if emotion were an immune response? What if the dialogue between inflammation and thought shaped not only how we heal—but how we hope? In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the emerging science of neuroimmunology, where the immune and nervous systems reveal themselves as co-authors of consciousness. Through the work of Ronald Duman (…

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Mailbag Episode 1: Moral Witness & Collective Obedience 5:54

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In this first listener-driven episode, I turn the conversation inward - answering a question from Tanya W (Portland, OR) about what it means to be a moral witness in a world that often rewards unseeing obedience. We invoke Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil”, explore the tension between witnessing and complicity, and ask: how do we interrupt history…

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Interlude XII - The Gut-Brain Axis: Microbiome as Mind 5:37

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What if intuition… digestion… and belief were all part of the same conversation? In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the growing science of the gut-brain axis - where trillions of microbes whisper through the vagus nerve to shape emotion, cognition, and even moral intuition. Drawing on research from Emeran Mayer, Sarkis Mazmanian, John …

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Interlude XI - The Neurochemical Chorus: Drive, Desire, and the Irrational Animal 7:07

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What if every thought, memory, and feeling were a chemical symphony? In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey guides listeners through the molecular foundations of consciousness—how neurotransmitters like acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and cortisol shape our choices, memories, and moods. Drawing on Michael Hasselmo’s groundbreaking wor…

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Interlude X: Hormones, Hierarchy, and the Architecture of Desire 6:22

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By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Dr. Shireen Fatemi 51:01

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In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Shireen Fatemi, a distinguished endocrinologist whose vision of medicine extends far beyond lab values and prescriptions. Raised in a family that blended science with intuition, Dr. Fatemi brings a rare voice to the conversation about the body’s most mysterious messengers: our hormones. Together, we explore how e…

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Interlude IX — The Unconscious Collective: Crowd Mind, Contagion, and Hidden Governance 6:57

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What happens when individuality dissolves into the crowd? From Durkheim’s collective effervescence to Tarde’s contagion of imitation, from Canetti’s swarm psychology to Girard’s scapegoat mechanism, and from Zimbardo’s situational power to Arendt’s banality of evil, this interlude explores the hidden dynamics of group mind. The observable unknown h…

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Interlude VIII — Chronicles, Legends, and the Architecture of Belief 8:16

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"What is history but a fable agreed upon?” Napoleon once asked. From collective recollection to sacred ritual, from covert interpersonal dramas to the unconscious resonance of color, from emotional imprints to memetic replication - this interlude explores the hidden architectures shaping what we call freedom. Join Dr. Juan Carlos Rey as he traces H…

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Interlude VII — Invisible Structures: Social Norms, Sacred Order, and the Power of Patterns 8:04

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In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey steps into the hidden architectures shaping what we call “personal choice.” Drawing on Durkheim, Halbwachs, Berger, Bourdieu, Foucault, Elias, Geertz, Butler, Gramsci, and Meloni, he unpacks how collective memory, power, ritual, and even biology create the stage on which our decisions are performed. Listeners …

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Davin Stronk 56:20

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Davin Stronk is an erotic performance artist working within the adult entertainment industry and the intimacy trade, serving as a professional purveyor of desire in both its artistic and economic expressions. In this episode of The Observable Unknown, we explore with him how intimacy, performance, and cultural imagination converge - revealing how d…

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Interlude VI - Inherited Shadows: Memory, Time, and Biology 6:45

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Can memory be inherited? Can trauma echo across generations? And do our most private choices carry the weight of ancestral shadows? In this interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores the mysteries of phylogenetic inertia, epigenetic conditioning, and genetic memory - tracing how our biology remembers more than we realize. From Darwin to Jung, Holocaus…

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Interlude V — Suggestion, Signal, and the Construction of Choice 7:30

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In this solo interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey traces how culture, persuasion, ritual, and engineered messaging shape what we take to be “our” decisions. From classic lab findings on conformity and obedience to modern persuasion tactics and the neuroscience of suggestion, this episode maps how choice is constructed long before it reaches consciousness…

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Interlude IV — The Observable Unknown in Agency and Free Will 9:48

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Tonight’s Interlude IV of The Observable Unknown traces the living tension between free will, agency, and the brain’s hidden predictive machinery. Drawing on Libet’s timing experiments, Wegner’s critique, Friston’s predictive-processing, the comparator model, and mirror-neuron research, this episode shows how agency is constructed across layered ne…

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Dr. Daniel Jorgensen 44:02

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The guest for this episode is Dr. Daniel Jorgensen, a distinguished scholar of Religious Studies whose work has illuminated the esoteric scene, the cultic milieu, and the occult Tarot. His research has expanded the sociology of religion beyond institutional boundaries, into the rich and often misunderstood margins where seekers continually redefine…

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Interlude III: The Observable Unknown in Words, Instincts, & Myths 7:54

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In this Interlude, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey traces how three great thinkers sought the Observable Unknown in their own fields. Max Müller uncovered forgotten meanings buried in language, Konrad Lorenz revealed the instinctual patterns beneath human behavior, and Claude Lévi-Strauss exposed the hidden structures shaping myth. Together, their work shows t…

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Interlude II: The Observable Unknown in Mind & Society 6:48

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In this interlude, host Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores how the observable unknown reveals itself in the hidden life of the mind and the shared structures of society. Drawing on the insights of Freud, Jung, Julian Jaynes, Adler, and Peter Berger, this interlude traces how unconscious drives, archetypes, inner voices, human striving, and cultural meani…

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Interlude I: The Observable Unknown — Ontology & Teleology 8:19

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In this special Interlude of The Observable Unknown, host Dr. Juan Carlos Rey steps away from dialogue to offer a sustained philosophical reflection on the very title of the show. Through the lenses of Kant’s tension between phenomena and noumena, Heidegger’s play of truth as both revealing and concealing, Aristotle’s vision of wonder as the root o…

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Dr. Robin Hager 1:00:28

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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Robin Hager - a clinician whose path began in the labs and lecture halls of the University of Arizona, and was forever changed when she stepped into her first healing-touch class. Her journey is a story of integration: from writing medical protocols that saved lives, to guiding patients and families through plan…

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Dr. Carla Garapedian 58:29

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In this episode, we welcome a woman whose life’s work has bridged journalism, cinema, and memory. From the anchor desk at BBC World News to the frontlines of conflict, from digitizing the testimonies of Armenian genocide survivors to directing films that confront the darkest truths of our history - Dr. Carla Garapedian has carried voices the world …

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Fereshteh Forough 58:40

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Fereshteh Forough, founder of CTI (Code To Inspire), discusses her journey, obstacles, and vision for the future.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Dr. Juan Carlos Rey 52:15

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In this episode, I'll be answering personal questions submitted by listeners and clients through our website, crowscupboard.comBy Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Samuel F. Reynolds 1:07:23

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On this episode, we meet Samuel F. Reynolds, president of the International Coalition of Astrology Educators, whose contributions have been honored with the International Society for Astrological Research’s 2022 Community Service Award.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Margie Dillenburg, Ph.D. 1:08:05

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There are people who do not simply work in the world… they bend it, ever so gently, toward growth. They design experiences that don’t just inform but awaken. They educate, they mold, they transform whatever they hold. They leave behind no statue, no symphony, no temple of stone— and yet they build invisible cathedrals in the lives of those they tou…

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Todd Bloom 59:33

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A person who discovers himself through the process of transformation, not the goal, Todd Bloom broadens our view of what life can be and contrasts that with what it should be.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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William Love 1:02:43

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William Love discusses his role as a Motivational Speaker, Coach, and Education Specialist. His own past as an adoptee plays a significant part in how he connects with people, how he encourages them, and the wounds he heals in himself through service to others.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Dr. Wesley W. Detwiler 1:09:50

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Dr. Wesley W. Detwiler. Based in Palm Springs, California, Dr. Detwiler is a licensed psychologist and counselor who has dedicated his practice to supporting individuals navigating the labyrinth of addiction, identity, and mental health.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey

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Alexandra Gersten Vassilaros 56:55

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In our Pilot Episode, Alexandra Gersten Vassilaros discusses her Make Meaning Workshop and how she was inspired to create it.By Dr. Juan Carlos Rey