“Conspirituality” & Wellness Culture (#410)

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Guest: Valerie Martin (Gaia Center / But For Real Podcast)

Topics:

Tarot, astrology, and Valerie's path into new age spirituality (4:57)

Wellness coaching, MLM culture, and spiritual bypassing (10:53)

Cialdini's Influence: social proof and identity enmeshment (24:03)

Money, ethics, and the "Wild West" of spiritual coaching (31:24)

Patron Break

The Telepathy Tapes: facilitated communication and the case for and against (43:51)

Near-death experiences, psi phenomena, and the limits of a materialist brain (1:00:53)

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