E31 | Wahinkpe Topa | From Rock to Wind: Kinship, Courage & Living with Heart
“What we’re looking at here is a way of being on this planet, in this universe, that recognizes our deep interconnectedness with everything in nature and gives respect to the sentience of everything, from a rock to an ant to the wind.”
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A video version can be found below.
Wahinkpe Topa invites us into a way of being that is rooted in kinship, reverence, and the recognition of the living intelligence of all things. Drawing from personal experience, Indigenous wisdom, and years of healing work—including hypnosis, regression therapy, and ceremony—he illuminates both the spiritual and practical dimensions of restoring our relationship with Earth and Spirit.
We explore his near-death experience and what it revealed about the nature of spirit and embodiment, as well as his groundbreaking work with hypnotic communication in life-saving situations. Along the way, Wahinkpe Topa contrasts Indigenous and dominant worldviews, offering reflections on reincarnation, self-hypnosis, and the role of fear as a transformative ally.
At the heart of this episode is a call to reclaim a kinship-based identity—one that recognizes the sacredness and sentience of the rock, the ant, the wind—and moves through the world with love, humility, and courage. Wahinkpe Topa shares stories that embody this worldview, including his time at Standing Rock and a powerful framework (CAT-FAWN) for living with integrity in troubled times.
We close with a timely invocation to redefine hope—not as the guarantee of an outcome, but as devotion to right action in service of Life.
Find Thematic Show Notes Below
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Thematic Show Notes
Kinship Worldview & Spirit Embodiment:
“We are spirits in a body, and we are surrounded by spirits.”
What it means to live from an awareness of deep interconnectedness with all beings.
Stories as carriers of worldview—and how Indigenous stories shape identity in harmony with nature.
Recognizing the sacred in all forms of life—from rock to ant to wind.
Healing, Hypnosis, and Ceremony:
“Ceremonies are a form of self-hypnosis.”
Using hypnosis and regression therapy to access memory, healing, and intergenerational insight.
Hypnotic communication in emergency medicine and the life-saving potential of presence.
Meditation, intention, and action as unified forces for change.
Fear as Teacher & the Alchemy of Virtue:
“Fear is a gift . . . we move from fear into courage.”
Transforming fear into generative energy—cultivating virtues like humility, patience, and honesty.
Restoring a non-binary view of the world and embracing paradox with tenderness and openness.
Restoring Right Relationship:
“If I had the same father as Donald Trump… who’s to say I wouldn’t think the same way?”
Examining conditioning with compassion—seeing beyond judgment into possibility.
Practicing generosity as the highest form of courage.
Reframing love as an active, courageous force that can incite meaningful change.
Hope as Devotion, Not Certainty:
“Redefine hope as not the certainty of an outcome but as the certainty that what you’re doing is the right thing to do.”
The CAT-FAWN framework as a guide for living in integrity.
The power of choice, worldview, and action in shaping a life aligned with Earth and spirit.