From Monastery to Marketplace with Jan Phillips
When Jan was about to quit graduate school her friend and mentor asked her three questions: Are you eating and drinking moderately? Are you doing something for your physical well-being? Do you have a spiritual practice? and her answer to all of them was no. She then said to Jan,…
Calling On The Spirit Of Artemis with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
The Greeks have given us a wealth of folklore and myths that are full of meaning for our lives. Among them are stories of the Goddess Artemis and her human counterpart, Atalanta. Their myths are rich with complexity, just like life itself. They give us clues as to how to…
Empowering Women Artisans From Around the World with Kara Valentine
In this uplifting dialogue Valentine is sharing how her organization is offering women who are living in poverty stricken communities a way to earn a livable wage that supports themselves and their families. By partnering and building alliances with artisans around the world, women are rewriting their futures through jewelry…
Our Primary Connection With Divine Mind with Stephen G. Post, Ph.D.
Post shows us an example of noticing and following the synchronicities that come to us as guiding stepping-stones for our life path. He tells of a reoccurring dream he had as a teenager and of his mentor Dr. Rev. Rod Welles who recognized the dream as prophetic. His dream was…
Communicating Across the Veil of Death with Cynthia Spring
Is death actually a transition from one kind of life to another? Are our loved ones close at hand even after death? Can we collaborate with loved ones from different sides of the veil of death? Is there a reality to “soul” and “spirit?” This deep dialogue explores these subjects…
Re-Creating the World with Michael Meade
Meade shares the Native American story of the Old Woman in the Cave and the ancient Vedic myth of Manu who saves a fish and establishes our interconnection with all life and the natural world. These two myths are re-creation stories as opposed to simply creation myths. He reminds us that we…
Exploring The Landscape Of Our Current Food Supply with Zen Honeycutt
Zen Honeycutt is a mother who educated herself about the current state of our world food supply, how it affects our dinner table and how it affects the health of everyone we love. She then shared what she learned with countless others. Through her research she became painfully aware of…
Finding An Antidote To The Attention Economy with Jenny Odell
More and more of us spend enormous spans of our time captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily. We are caught in a dynamic where our value is determined by our productivity. In her book, Jenny Odell points out, “The convenience of limitless connectivity…
Inhabiting The Poetry Of Our Lives with Mark Nepo
Mark Nepo has discovered that writing and other forms of expression can be especially effective in assisting our spiritual growth. Nepo tells of his experience, how he loosens the knot of his limiting mind when it is swirling with assumptions and conclusions. “When I am stuck in my mind, when I…
Changing Your Brain Toward The Good with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Our brain is wired with a negative bias. Therefore, if we want to be happier, more loving, and more resilient we need to develop inner strengths towards a more positive state of mind. Rick Hanson shows us an effective and proven way to do just that. He suggests ways to…
