Third Eye Science
Blurring the lines between science and spirituality.
In the Third Eye Science podcast, Susan von Thun and her guests will explore the lines between science and spirituality. As a scientist and yogi, Susan has found that these two realms do not have to be mutually exclusive. With the perspective of a logical scientist, she has navigated her own spiritual journey with a curious, open mind. She’ll share lessons and tools she found along the way and have compelling conversations with spiritual leaders, teachers, yogis, healers and fellow travelers about their experiences and practices. In this age of information and misinformation, it’s time to interpret and understand the world with your third eye.
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Ep 119: Establishing Stability in Chaos
How are you navigating this chaotic world we live in? Are you feeling overwhelmed with all of the transitions and dissonance around you? As the summer ends and we enter the heart of Virgo season, the Cosmic energy is supporting you in cultivating clear, strong, supportive behaviors in your life to build a foundation for success. In this episode, I discuss some of the astrological alignments that are influencing us and creating opportunities for us to establish routines that will support us in elevating ourselves and the world along with us.
Ep 118: The timeless wisdom of Sat Devbir (replay from episode 71)
I have been guided to reshare the conversation I had with one of my mentors and dear friends and soul family, Sat Devibir. Even though this conversation took place about a year ago, his wisdom is timeless and I believe many of us would benefit from listening again! If you don't already know about Sat, he is a crystal healer, yoga, meditation, and energy healing teacher and teacher trainer, intuitive guide, international speaker, and Dr. of Divinity.
Ep 117: Finding neutrality in a world of polarities
We live in a world of polarities and right now, the dividing lines may feel stronger than ever. But we can blur those lines for ourselves and not engage in one "camp" or the other. While you may resonate more with one side or opinion more than another, that doesn't mean you have to jump in on the judgment, angry name-calling, and separation. Now is the time, where we are being asked—and tested—on our ability to stay neutral, elevate our energetic vibration despite the chaos around us, and in doing so, uplift humanity.
Ep 116: Walking gently through transitions
We are all going through some significant transitions right now—collectively and as individuals. As we adapt to the changes happening in our lives and in the world, it is so important to be gentle with ourselves and others. From being in large crowds for the first time since early 2020 and flying on airplanes again, to going back to work and being around people you have seen in person for over a year, these transitions can be challenging.
Ep 115: Boundaries and knowing how and when to say No as self care
Have you ever found yourself saying yes to something and then regretted it afterward? Do you have trouble discerning when to say No versus doing something out of some form of people-pleasing? In this episode, I give some recent examples in my life where I said no to something and how those clear boundaries empowered me to rest, relax, and still show up for what I was actually required to do.
Ep 114: Overflowing with energy: A guided meditation and Solar energy activation
I recently had a beautiful experience on a meditation journey with a group of powerful women. I was asked by one of my guides, "If you released yourself of all limitations, what do you really desire?" The answer welled up within me so quickly that there was no time to overthink it: I want to overflow.
Ep 113: Being Present and Swimming in the Solstice Energy
Even as we begin to enter a post-pandemic world and the summertime urge to reengage with social circles and travel, we are still being called to look within, listen to our inner wisdom, and cultivate silence. But that requires space. Are you creating space in your daily life to contemplate what's happened emotionally and energetically over this past 15 or more months?
Ep 112: Cultivating space for creating your reality
Even as we begin to enter a post-pandemic world and the summertime urge to reengage with social circles and travel, we are still being called to look within, listen to our inner wisdom, and cultivate silence. But that requires space. Are you creating space in your daily life to contemplate what's happened emotionally and energetically over this past 15 or more months?
Ep 111: Cosmic Communication and Mercury Retrograde
Mercury retrograde is nothing to be afraid of but is an opportunity to reexamine your Cosmic Communication. Right now, Mercury is in retrograde in Gemini, where it is most comfortable, which amplifies the energy. It is more important than ever to be mindful of your communication.
Ep 110: Open to the potential
This full moon eclipse feels like a powerful opportunity to connect to the potential of the Cosmos. As we release and get ready for a rebirth of sorts, the potential energy all around us feels palpable. From new habits and routines, as our daily lives begin to shift in the coming months, to completely new directions in life, there really is no limit to where you can go from here.
Ep 109: Embrace the process of transformation
Does anyone else feel like they are in the final stages of becoming something/someone else? I feel like I'm the caterpillar in the cacoon, just about to break out of the cacoon and start life as a butterfly. I mean this figuratively, but I suppose it could be taken quite literally, as the world changes and we emerge from our cocoons after a year+ of relative hibernation.
Ep 108: Honoring the Divine Feminine in All
I invite you to connect to the Mother energy within you and the creative force within you as we shift the planetary alignment to have more harmony with the masculine and feminine energies. Regardless of your gender identity, the divine feminine is powerful to connect with, cultivate, and leverage as a source of ceartive energy.
Episode 107: Embracing your wounds as a source of strength with Nina Samonov
Nina Mongendre-Samonov is a mother, a teacher, an entrepreneur, a healer, and a curator of beauty. In this conversation, we dive deep into her journey, from a background in art history and working at Sotheby's to her immersion into yoga, meditation, ancestral healing and eventually opening an online store.
Ep 106: Listen to your physical body
Our bodies carry so much information—energetically, physically, and emotionally—and can be our best ally in taking care of ourselves. Listening to yourself involves not only listening to your spirit, tuning into your intuition but also to your physical body.
Ep 105: Include and accept all parts of you
We all have shadows, traumas, pain, and fear that we can allow into our awareness, include in our healing and accept and integrate as part of our whole being. This is how we heal the collective—by including all parts of ourselves and allowing others to do the same—regardless of how uncomfortable it is. We must dive deep within ourselves and bring the parts we've been avoiding or afraid to see up to be accepted as part of us.
Ep 104: Freedom and acceptance come from within
When we can fully accept ourselves, then we can accept others and be free of judgment and fear, which in turn allows us to fully receive the love that is all around us. As we all navigate this world, it is so important that we dedicate time and presence to self-care, self-love, and ultimately, the love that we are. By ignoring our spiritual needs, we block ourselves off from this true reality.
Ep 103: Rebirth and the GOD cycle
One of my favorite descriptions of GOD is as an acronym: Generate, Organize, Destroy. We've all experienced this first-hand. For something new and beautiful to be born, something must end. But with every little "death" there is an opportunity for something new. In this episode, I invite you to recognize the GOD cycle in your own life and connect with the opportunity to begin again, and again.
Ep 102: Devotion to your Soul
What are you devoted to? I've been connecting even more deeply with my devotion to my own evolution. I believe that the greatest love we can give and receive is through our devotion to our Soul. For me, that has taken many forms over the last few years of my spiritual journey, but one act is a solid foundation to my journey: daily meditation. By committing to a meditation practice every single day—no matter what—I have shown myself that I am capable of doing things I never thought I'd do.
Episode 101: Inviting balance into our lives
Before, during, and after the recent equinox on March 20, I have been thinking a lot about balance. What does balance look like for me? Where can I cultivate more balance to allow more space and freedom in my life? In this episode, I share some of the processes I've been contemplating and how I invite balance in on an energetic/etheric as well as physical level. Ride this wave of energy as we come off the equinox and the new beginnings the astrological new year allows for.
Episode 100: Embrace all that is
Two years ago today, on my birthday, I gave birth to this podcast and we are celebrating episode 100! It feels like a lifetime. I've been reflecting on these last two years of podcasting and the year of isolation during the pandemic. In this episode, I talk about how when we embrace all that is—the ups, downs, pain, love, trauma, and triumphs—we can fully experience what it means to be human.
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