I so loved this conversation with beloved Zen teacher, author and award winning mediator Diane Musho Hamilton. This conversation is for you if you want to learn practical tools for courageous conflict resolution and discover how to transform your anger, fear and grief into potent sources of insight and wisdom. We explore: the distinction between 'waking up' and 'growing up, and how to do bothwhy and how to trust even your most challenging emotionshow to access the trustworthy guidance t...

Ryan Leech was a pro trials tmountain biker for 25 years, performing thousands of stunt shows for the likes of Crankworx, Red Bull, and Cirque du Soleil, and also holds an Integral Master Coach™ certification. Ryan offers insight into the complexities of risk and identifies 5 unique flow states, how to cultivate a relationship with uncertainty, the transformative impact of yoga and embodiment on his approach to riding, and the importance of learning and curiosity in both sports and life...

Neema Namadamu is the visionary founder of Hero Women Rising and an indomitable peace and women's rights advocate from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In our conversation today she shares her warmth and humor, wise insights and no bullshit approach to leadership. We talk about: navigating challenging times of political and social unrestforgiveness and inner strength how a deep sense of purpose helps us overcome barriersliving with fear and uncertaintypersonal resilience and advocac...

Join me for a conversation with Sarah McCrum, author of “Love Money, Money Loves You”, about how to free yourself from fear and stress around money and create true wealth and well-being in your life. We explore: the true nature of energy ~ and the powerful possibilites inherent in knowing how to work with itwhy we feel fear and stress around money why it’s essential to participate in the circulation of moneyour natural capacity to influence change and create well-being in our personal li...

35 years ago, Cynthia Jurs met a 106-year-old lama high in the mountains of Tibet and asked him a question that changed the course of her life. In her new memoir, applauded by elders including Joanna Macy, David Abrams, Jack Kornfield and her beloved long-time teacher Thich Nhat Hahn, Cynthia recounts her decades-long quest of burying Earth Treasure Vases to bring care to areas of the Earth most in need of protection and healing. Join us for an inspiring conversation about: trusting int...

The most current research on the brain has shown us that when you understand how your brain works, you can influence how it operates to increase your emotional and mental well-being. In this episode, I’m delighted to be joined by Ursula Pottinga, PCC, professional coach and co-leader of an intensive neuro-transformational coach training program I completed this year. Ursula has been coaching leaders for years on how to increase the value of their impact using BeAbove Leadership’s ...

Lynda Caesara is a structural body worker who’s spent decades working with imbalances in the body. She helps people come back into optimal health through both physical and energetic alignment. In our conversation Lynda speaks to managing our electro-magnetic fields and offers five essential practices for connecting to and harnessing energy in the body. Done consistently, these practices will support you in creating a clear and grounded energetic field so you can access the full power of...

On today’s show I’m talking with Rogers Masson, a friend and remarkable human, who opens up about his journey with PTSD, and the transformative effects he experienced through psychedelic assisted therapy. We talk about why trauma is such a challenging thing for us to navigate, and ways to orient to it that support integration and wholeness. Rogers speaks about how the effects of MDMA (aka: Ecstasy) were significantly more healing for him than traditional therapy and also shares a negat...

Steve Taylor is a transpersonal psychologist, researcher and author of 15 best-selling books on psychology and spirituality. Our conversation begins with one of his earlier books: “Disconnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty, and How Connection Can Heal the World” which explores the continuum of human nature from psychopathy to spirituality and then we turn toward his most recent book “The Adventure: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Awakening” which delves into eight qualities of spiritually awake...

Meg Wheatley is the author of 12 books, a social activist, a global leadership and organizational consultant, a Buddhist practitioner and a guide and trainer for Warriors for the Human Spirit. After a lifetime of activism and a deep understanding of how living systems work, she’s come to realize that life is no longer subject to the kind of interventions that used to be effective. In today's conversation we explore her newest book Restoring Sanity: Practices to Awaken Generosity,...

In a world craving genuine connection, Meredith Heller's latest book, 'Writing by Heart: A Poetry Path to Healing and Self Discovery,' offers a sanctuary. Leaving home at 13 to find her own way in the world led Meredith Heller through dangerous and heartbreaking terrain, but she didn't just survive; she thrived. In our conversation today Meredith delves into the challenges of navigating adolescence, the beauty of becoming fully authentic and deeply connected to life through the initiation...

Join me for a conversation with Pete McLean where we explore the power of finding beauty in the darkest places and how you can keep coming back into a creative relationship with life—no matter what it throws your way. We talk about: Tracking Yes: what it is, how it began and what it means to truly live ittrusting the love that binds us and powerful ways to connect with its guidancedogs as spiritual teachers and what they show us when we’re paying attentiontracking the threads of beauty and m...

Show Notes: Pete McLean was doing carpentry work when a scaffolding collapsed and he fell 14 feet onto rocks, breaking several bones in his lower body. Sometimes the falls come for us, and sometimes we choose to leap, but either way, Pete holds that our falls are the moments in our lives when something deeper in us is creating an opening to make itself visible and expressed in this world. Could it be that the thing that we spend most of our time keeping beneath the ...

In this insightful conversation with end-of-life counsellor Dr. Martha Jo Atkins, we explore the power of restoring our natural connection with death in a culture that is conditioned to resist it. We delve into: the clarity that happens when we partner with death as an allyhow to cultivate the presence to support our beloved humans and pets at end of lifethe value of ritual and ceremony in the dying journey channelling creativity as a grounding force in challenging timeshow the medicine ...

Celia McBride is an author, playwright, cinematographer, and artist. She's also a spiritual director who helps others on their own path of seeking. In her work, she draws on her own experience of healing and spirituality, which has been anything but a straight and narrow path. In our conversation today, we talk about: the nature of addiction: what motivates it, what fuels it, and what's essential to become free of it perfectionism: our deep desire to feel connection and belongingthe pat...

Rich Blundell holds a PhD in Cosmic Evolution and is the founder of OIKA, which explores the 13.8 billion year story of the cosmos and offers immersive practices that bring us back into dynamic, creative relationship with it. In our conversation today, Rich shares his wisdom about the power of beauty to reconnect us with belonging, meaning, and wonder, and how the magic of science reveals to us how inextricably connected we all are. He offers his scientific understanding o...

How can you find joy amidst even the most profound pain? My guest today, Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, a board-certified integrative family medicine physician, author, and esteemed faculty member at the Center for Mind Body Medicine, shares her remarkable insights on cultivating well-being and trust in life, even during times of intense suffering. We talk about how negative cultural messaging and trauma can chip away at our trust in life and ourselves, and she shares the science behind the ...

What if we could break free from the struggles and compulsions that keep us feeling disconnected from life? Join us as we explore the healing power of wonder and the art of showing up for life with Mary O'Malley, a highly regarded leader in the field of awakening and the author of several books, including What's In The Way Is The Way. Mary shares her insights into the healing power of attention in overcoming pain and trauma, and her experiences with Stephen Levine, who opened her...

I'm so delighted to welcome my good friend and author, Jessica Waite back to the podcast. Today we're talking about memory - how it isn't a fixed, static thing in our brain but actually a living, evolving force in our lives, and the love that's possible when you're curious and willing to allow a painful memory to be rewritten in current time. Learn more about Jessica's soon to be published book: "The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards" Past episodes with Jessica Waite: "The Power of...

Episode Summary: Rebecca Wildbear is the author of “Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth”. On today’s show Rebecca and I explore the connection between mind, body and soul, how to recover to wholeness in a fractured culture, and the path of finding our true place of belonging in the Universe. Join us as Rebecca shares her wisdom on: Mystery and Soul: partnering with the mystery deep within your own body l...