Changing Our Brain For Resilience with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Free Listening, Interviews
Free Listening Through August 25, 2026: How can we grow more resilience? Hanson says, “The question becomes: How do you get your brain to change for the better in a challenging world so that you actually hardwire more patience, more confidence, more happiness and other factors of resilient wellbeing into…
The Odyssey: A Living Map of the Soul with Phil Cousineau
Free Listening, Interviews
Free Listening Through August 18, 2026: For nearly 3,000 years, the poet known as Homer has offered, through his epic The Odyssey, a guide for navigating life’s most turbulent times. The enduring wisdom of this extraordinary poem speaks to our lives here and now through its vivid, imaginative language, The…
Writing As A Way To An Awakened Life with Albert Flynn DeSilver
Free Listening, Interviews
DeSilver describes how writing from the body rather than the head is a visceral experience that connects us with our intuition. He says, “Everybody is a creative person. It’s a matter of where you have been putting your attention. . . This is an invitation to reconnect with the power…
The F-Word: Reconsidering Faith with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
Free Listening, Interviews
For some faith is an outdated, even dogmatic idea. Namgyel sees it as “not something you have or don’t have, faith is a way of being in relationship to the world around you.” She refers to it as “faithing”. This dialogue takes a deep dive into the Buddhist principle of…
Effective Questions To Change Negative Habits Of The Mind with Ora Nadrich
Free Listening, Interviews
Ora Nadrich shares a series of simple questions we can ask ourselves when we pay attention to our negative thoughts. Her “Says Who!” Method includes such questions as: Says Who? Have I heard that question before? Is this someone else’s fear? Do I like this thought? Does this thought work…
The Restorative Powers of Connecting with the Earth with Laura Koniver, M.D.
Free Listening, Interviews
In these post-modern times, more and more we live indoors and this lifestyle has isolated us from the earth. This trend, along with the current pandemic with the advice to “shelter in place,” has encouraged hanging out inside our homes. We’re addicted to looking at our computer screens, smart phones,…
The Business Of Stories Is Waking Up with Martin Shaw, Ph.D.
Free Listening, Interviews
Shaw is our guide in examining our broken relationship with the world. He shares this advice about deep listening. “If myth is the way that the earth thinks, I needed to listen deeply to forests and to rivers and mountains and to gullies and to open more land, to see…
The Soft Alert, Steadiness of Being a Ninja in Our Practices of Wholeness with Rick Hanson, Ph.D.
Free Listening, Interviews
The study of meditation has demonstrated that sustained, long-term practice can alter the brain markedly. These changes bringgreater resilience andwell-being. It’s said that even brief meditative practices can change areas of your brain involved with attention, body awareness, emotional regulation, and a sense of self. This deep dialogue explores…
Circles of Listening and Healing with Anne Scott
Free Listening, Interviews
In our busy, fast-paced lives, it can feel like we’re constantly juggling—keeping a roof over our heads, managing endless errands, and trying to stay balanced amid the noise of current affairs. In the midst of all this activity, taking time to sit in a circle with others can seem like…
The Sky Within: Astrology, Archetypes, and Ecology with Diana Badger
Free Listening, Interviews
In this conversation, Diana Badger explores astrology as a living relationship between ecology, myth, and archetype—where heavenly wisdom is brought down to earth. She works within an ancient system that views astrology not as prediction but participation. Drawing on archetypal wisdom and depth psychology, Badger reveals how the patterns of…