Speaking Engagements
CCA's work explores spiritual awakenings, voice hearing, mediumship, trauma healing, mental health, and the transformative power of compassion.
Below is a chronological list of our speaking engagements, conference presentations, podcast interviews, short films, and publications.
Below is a chronological list of her speaking engagements, conference presentations, podcast interviews, short films, and publications.
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January 1, 2024: The Mindful Empath podcast interview by Michael Evans. 2 hours 3 minutes.
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February 2-4, 2024: Conscious Awakening Conference visionary, master of ceremonies + keynote speaker. 3 days.
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April 6, 2024: The Living Room: Story Time for Grownups, theme: The Life That Heals. Ayahuasca and Spiritual Awakenings—My Story. 17 minutes.
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April 23, 2024: The Mission After podcast interview From Military to Mystical: A Veteran’s Journey with Ayahuasca with Sunshine Grace with Mike Bledsoe—a podcast for veterans by veterans. 1 hour 36 minutes.
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May 18, 2024: a talk given at Communities for Recovery keynote speaker for Mental Health Awareness Month, a veteran-friendly organization that supports those in recovery from substance abuse and homelessness.
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August 13, 2024: Article by Canvas Rebel Magazine on mediumship, hearing voices, and mental health. Themes: healing trauma after non-ordinary experiences, integration, and resilience.
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February 22, 2025: A Small Medium At Large podcast interview with medium Gail Hayssen—a discussion on all things mediumship. 2 hours 11 minutes.
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March 13, 2025: 10th International Conference on Spirituality & Psychology conference speaker/presenter: The Voice In My Head: A Spiritual Medium’s Unbelievable Journey to Heal & Awaken. 21 minutes.
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March 17, 2025: 3rd International Conference on Happiness & Well-Being conference presenter: Listening to Spirit: A Medium’s Holistic Journey. 24 minutes.
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April 15, 2025: Voyage Austin article, Meet Sunshine Grace. Themes: my biggest life challenges and lessons, the benefits of healing trauma, hope, and resilience.
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May 6, 2025: Podcast interview with Rhonda Grant, host of Nature of Consciousness podcast: You’re More Psychic Than You Think—about spiritual emergencies, my evolving relationship with Spirit + the prevalence and ethics of psychic gifts. 1 hour 19 minutes.
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May 27, 2025: Mastering Change: Conversations on Trauma & Mental Health podcast interviewee, The Vital Link Between Mental, Somatic, Psychosocial, and Spiritual Health, hosted by Masters Events, the largest mental health conference in Europe. (attendee only)
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June 21, 2025: Women and Entheogens Conference 2025, hosted by Detroit Psychedelic Society. Listening to Spirit: An Offering to The Sacred City of Detroit (a live gallery reading with Sunshine Grace). Themes: continuity of consciousness post death, the healing power of connecting to our loved ones.
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July 22, 2025: Podcast interview with Deanna Riddick, host of Intuitive Awakening podcast. We discuss New Age spiritulity, non-duality, and awakenings through a compassionate lens. 1 hour 4 minutes.
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October 10-11, 2025: International Hearing Voices Congress 2025, in Prague, Czech Republic (attendee only).
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October 23, 2025: 25th EUROTAS Xolotl International Transpersonal Conference 2025 in Oaxaca, Mexico. Topic: Marigolds, Mirrors, & Mediumship: Notes from A Voice Hearer.
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November 1, 2025: Marigolds, Mirrors, & Mediumship: Notes from A Voice Hearer. hosted at The Living Room: Story Time for Grown-Ups. Theme: Dying to Live. Topic: religious tolerance, moral pluralism vs. moral dualism, the psychology of shamanic illness, the parallel between trauma healing and karma, and resilience. 26 minutes.
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November 18, 2025: Emerging from Spiritual Emergency with Sunshine Grace, podcast interview with Debbie Ison, host of Tranquil Awakenings podcast. Interview found on Podcast & Spotify. Themes: spiritual emergencies as doorways into healing; advocation for trauma healing, contemplative practices, voice hearing, mediumship, and normalizing psychic abilities. 1 hour 2 minutes.
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December 4, 2025: Atheist to Spiritual Medium + Losing Trust in God and the Universe with Sunshine Grace podcast interview with Alicja Matusiak, host of Naked Truth: A Therapy Podcast. Topics: mental health, existential crises. 1 hour 17 minutes.
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February 6, 2026: Soul Quest Episode #74 with Sunshine Grace podcast interview with the lovely Sharon Hudson, host of Soul Quest. Topics: aging, mental health, radical self-care, desired qualities in a romantic partner, Sunshine’s reflections on military service + shamanic illness, the 5-stage arc of spiritual emergencies. 1 hour 19 minutes.
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April 29, 2026: Psychological Emergencies Are Actually Sacred Initiations: From Psychosis to Spiritual Awakening with Sunshine Grace, hosted by Johari Templin Jr. and Johnny Lona, hosts of The Astral Boyz podcast. Topics: mental health, spiritual emergencies, psychic gifts, contemporary psychedelic spirituality, reframing schizophrenia. 2 hours 22 minutes.
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May 27, 2026: Aligning the Outside & the Inside with Sunshine Grace, hosted by Guy MacPherson on The Trauma Therapist Podcast. Topics: Sunshine’s spiritual emergency, coming into her psychic abilities, the importance of psychiatry making space for transpersonal psychology. 31 minutes.
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June 7, 2026: Spiritual Awakenings International (SAI) Conference 2026. A 4-person panel, Supporting Spiritually Transformative Experiences, with Q&A. Sunshine’s Topic: Finding Meaning in Crisis: Supporting Shamanic Illness and Other Types of Spiritual Emergencies. Held virtually. (pending publishing). 15 minutes.
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June 11, 2026: Sharon Marie Hudson’s, founder of Cosmic Mastermind, a group of entrepreneurs working together to grow and expand their businesses using spiritual insight. Topic: “You Will be On a Stage: How I Fell into Public Speaking“.
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June 14, 2026: In-person presentation titled Why Spiritual Seekers Need to Heal Trauma hosted by Emily Sternfeld’s Austin Psychic Circle.
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July 13, 2026: Mindful Monday #37 — Non-Dual Meditation with Sunshine Grace, a live 15 minute guided meditation held at Mindful Monday hosted by Chris Harders.
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August 20, 2026: article From Spiritual Emergency to Liberation: A Voice Hearer’s Story written article for InterVoice’s online blog. Note: InterVoice is a registered charity that supports the Hearing Voices Network (HVN), an international movement. InterVoice’s purpose is to link voice-hearers, local groups, and national networks across the world. Click here to find a group.
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November 16, 2026: InterVoice Day 2026 presenter. Topic "The Trickster at the Threshold: Deception, Discernment, and Sovereignty in Spiritual Emergence & Voice Hearing". Online. 20 minutes.
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November 17-18, 2026: From “Madness” to Ordinary Peace: Demystifying the Journey into the Compassionate Heart, a workshop facilitated at the World Hearing Voices Congress (WHVC) 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 75 minutes. Note: WHVC is an annual conference hosted b y InterVoice, the organizing body of Hearing Voices Network) (HVN).
