Moon Collective Sanctuary

Intimacy doesn’t start with another person, it begins with how connected you are to yourself.

In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D. sits down with Dr. Elenor Daneshvar, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and trauma-informed therapist, for a powerful conversation about intimacy, embodiment, and healing from the inside out.

Together, they explore how intimacy begins through self-connection, emotional awareness, and learning how to feel safe in your own body. Elenor shares how living in our heads, negative self-talk, and unresolved trauma quietly block our ability to experience closeness, pleasure, an...

Duration: 00:45:51

What if your emotions could become your greatest teachers instead of your greatest triggers?

In this healing episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Moon Collective Sanctuary wellness company, sits down with author, yoga and meditation teacher, and 16-year sober recovery advocate Brian Hyman to explore how emotional sobriety can deepen and sustain the recovery journey.

Together, they:

Define emotional sobriety as learning to feel and understand emotions without escaping them and how it deepens recovery beyond simply stopping a substance...

Duration: 00:56:49

Healing begins when we learn to understand, not judge, the parts of ourselves that seek comfort, connection, and control.

In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Moon Collective Sanctuary, speaks with Patricia Marucci, LMFT, about how early attachment styles shape our relationships with people, our bodies, and even food.

Patricia shares her personal and professional insights on how anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment patterns can lead to disordered eating, addiction, or emotional disconnection and how awareness, compassion, and body-based regulation support healing.<...

Duration: 00:51:58

Healing starts when we stop running from the parts of ourselves that hurt the most. In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., sits down with Briana Damavandi, LCSW, a certified EMDR psychotherapist specializing in complex trauma and somatic work, to explore the connection between inner child healing and generational trauma and how parts work can help us understand, heal, and bring compassion to the parts of us that still hurt.

Together, they:

Explore how parts work and inner child healing create deep integration and release.Discuss the impact of...

Duration: 00:40:21

In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD, welcomes Lauren Boasberg, an LMFT and EMDR therapist who specializes in Internal Family Systems therapy. Lauren shares her personal journey, including how her grandfather's Holocaust stories impacted her childhood and eventually led her to become a therapist. She explains IFS therapy's core concept that we all have different "parts" within us - exiled parts that hold pain, manager parts that keep us functioning, and firefighter parts that annihilate pain. Through practical examples, Lauren demonstrates how recognizing and communicating with these parts can help us access our "...

Duration: 00:44:12

Fear, uncertainty, and resilience define the lives of millions living undocumented in the U.S. In this powerful episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., sits down with Sharet Garcia, founder of UndocuProfessionals, a national community created for and by undocumented individuals across career fields.

Together, they:

Explore Sharet’s journey as a DACA recipient and entrepreneur.Share how UndocuProfessionals provides mentorship, resources, and solidarity.Reveal the reality of ICE raids, community trauma, and resilience in action.Discuss what real allyship looks like and why it matters now more th...

Duration: 00:56:14

Feeling stuck, weighed down by depression, or exhausted by treatments that just don’t work? In this powerful episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast, Dr. Lydia Luna, Ph.D., sits down with board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Mark Smith, M.D., founder of Clear Ketamine + Psychiatry, to explore the transformative potential of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

Together, they:

Bust common myths and misconceptions about ketamine.Explain why set, setting, and integration are essential for lasting change.Share first-hand experiences and patient stories that reveal the profound shifts KAP can create.Discuss how intention and neuroplasticity can rewrite self-beliefs an...

Duration: 00:46:23

We’re back! Welcome to Season 2 of the Moon Collective Sanctuary Podcast with Lydia Luna, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist and founder of the Moon Collective Sanctuary.

In this special solo premiere, Dr. Luna opens up with raw honesty about turning 45, navigating a “mini midlife crisis,” and uncovering powerful intentions for the year ahead. Her new mantra — “Say YES” — becomes an invitation to embrace authenticity, vulnerability, community, and resilience in uncertain times.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

 - Why questioning your path can be the beginning of transformation

 - The intentio...

Duration: 00:24:19

Step into a world of soulful conversations and profound self-discovery with the Moon Collective Sanctuary, hosted by Lydia Luna, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Moon Collective Sanctuary wellness company. With each conversation, Lydia guides you to a space where time-honored wisdom and modern science converge, helping you gain clarity, insight, and balance amidst the demands of everyday life.

From unravelling the mysteries of the psyche to exploring powerful healing modalities, this podcast serves as your sanctuary for personal growth and inner awakening. Whether you're seeking to overcome mental barriers, tap into your...

Duration: 00:01:47

In this episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary, host Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD, welcomes holistic psychotherapist and astrologer Kathryn Diaz, LMFT and Holistic Psychotherapist, who shares her 12-year journey with astrology and how personal crises led her to this ancient system as a tool for self-awareness. Kathryn explains key astrological concepts like Saturn's Return and Solar Return, offering listeners practical insights on navigating life transitions with cosmic guidance. The conversation highlights the current Pluto in Aquarius transit—a significant 20-year period comparable to the American Revolution—and discusses how this planetary shift is reshaping our collective experience. By c...

Duration: 00:44:00

In this episode of Moon Collective Sanctuary, host Lydia Luna, PhD welcomes Mary Telliano, an end-of-life and soul doula who creates space for spiritual connection during life's final chapter. Mary shares insightful stories from her work, including how a jolly nut businessman from Tennessee found 5-MeO-DMT more effective than morphine for his liver cancer pain, and how one woman overcame her terror of separation by experiencing it firsthand in ceremony. After discovering her calling while supporting her grandfather's transition, Mary left her finance career to help others navigate death's threshold. She explains her unique approach to legacy...

Duration: 00:49:43

Join Dr. Lydia Luna and spiritual guide Tanya E. Orellana (Madre Jaguar) as they explore how ancestral wisdom can help us navigate today's environmental challenges and spiritual disconnection. As a clairvoyant oracle, birth doula, and healing practitioner, Orellana shares compelling insights about bridging the physical and spiritual worlds, illuminating how our modern lifestyle has created both personal and planetary imbalances. Through intimate stories of her own spiritual awakening and indigenous healing practices, she offers practical guidance for reconnecting with the land, communicating with plant allies, and accessing ancestral wisdom encoded in our DNA. Learn about traditional plant...

Duration: 00:52:38

Host Lydia Luna, PhD, welcomes Odette Dahi, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Hypnotherapist, is a pioneering psychotherapist combining traditional psychotherapy with spiritual healing approaches. With over 20 years of experience in mental health and holistic healing, Odette shares powerful insights on bridging clinical therapy with metaphysical practices. From her innovative work in addiction counseling to trauma healing, she reveals how connecting with our inner child and subconscious mind can transform deep-rooted patterns. Through her expertise in hypnotherapy, reiki, and spiritual psychology, Odette offers practical wisdom on the journey of looking inward. This episode explores the...

Duration: 01:16:48

Clinical psychologist Lydia Luna, PhD, and mindfulness expert Brian Shiers, LMFT, dive into the hidden crisis of men's mental health, exploring why men often suffer in silence. He has studied both traditional and secular mindfulness systems under some of the most renowned teachers on the West coast since 1993, acquiring over 20,000 hours of meditation practice. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, his private practice in Studio City, CA, focuses on treating anxiety disorders, PTSD, and treatment-resistant depression, using CBT, EFT, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Drawing from his work with FBI hostage rescue teams and UCLA's Mindfulness Awareness Research Center, Shiers...

Duration: 01:06:05

This week we explore the world of trauma healing with Dr. Lydia Luna, PhD and special guest Briana Perlson, LCSW, as they delve deep into understanding trauma through a revolutionary holistic lens. Perlson, an EMDR specialist and Reiki master, shares how her personal healing journey led her to discover that traditional talk therapy alone wasn't enough, inspiring her to embrace a mind-body-spirit approach to trauma recovery. We unravel the fascinating science behind how trauma is stored in the body, revealing why someone might feel "stuck" despite years of conventional therapy, and introduce various healing modalities that can help release...

Duration: 00:37:28

In this first ever episode of The Moon Collective Sanctuary podcast, we dive in head first. Dr. Maryam Vosogh, PsyD, a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst with a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology, and founder of Connecting Dot by Dot, has been working in the field of Autism for the last 17 years and is here to share her story. We get into how she got where she is today as an entrepreneurial business woman who maintains core values in the workplace. She also shares her journey in learning resilience and the importance of discovering balance in her life. If you...

Duration: 00:54:26

 

Step into a world of soulful conversations and profound self-discovery with the Moon Collective Sanctuary, hosted by Lydia Luna, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Moon Collective Sanctuary wellness company. With each conversation, Lydia guides you to a space where time-honored wisdom and modern science converge, helping you gain clarity, insight, and balance amidst the demands of everyday life.

 

From unravelling the mysteries of the psyche to exploring powerful healing modalities, this podcast serves as your sanctuary for personal growth and inner awakening. Whether you're seeking to overcome mental ba...

Duration: 00:01:47