Leaving the Ashram with Mary Garden
The Trauma Therapist
Guy Crawford Macpherson
4.5 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Her memoir,My Father's Suitcase (May 2024), follows the success of her award-winning The Serpent Rising, a vivid account of her years in India under the spell of dangerous gurus.
Mary is also the author of Sundowner of the Skies, a biography of her aviator father, Oscar Garden, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s History Award.
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| 0:39.2 | Welcome to the Traumathirous podcast. |
| 0:40.7 | My name is Guy McPherson. |
| 0:45.1 | I interview incredible people who've dedicated their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma. |
| 0:46.4 | Here we go. |
| 0:49.2 | Five, four, three, two, and one. |
| 0:52.7 | Our folks, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:54.6 | Very excited to have as my guest today, Mary Garden. |
| 0:57.7 | Mary, welcome. |
| 1:01.6 | Welcome, thank you. |
| 1:02.9 | Thank you for having me on. |
| 1:04.8 | You're welcome. |
| 1:06.0 | Mary is a New Zealand-born author |
| 1:07.7 | whose life has taken her from ashrams in India |
| 1:10.1 | to Echo Villages in Australia and beyond. |
| 1:13.4 | Now based in Queensland, her writing explores the search for truth, identity, and belonging through extraordinary personal experience. |
| 1:21.9 | Her memoir, My Father's Suitcase, follows the success of her award-winning The Serpent Rising, a vivid account of her years in India under the success of her award-winning the serpent rising, a vivid account of her years |
| 1:29.8 | in India under the spell of dangerous gurus. Mary is also the author of Sundowner of the Skies, |
| 1:36.6 | a biography of her aviator father, Oscar Garden, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's |
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