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  • Wrapping Season Two: Thank You So/So Much!

    Wrapping Season Two: Thank You So/So Much!

    We want to take a moment and thank you for joining us for Season Two! This community means so much to us. Truly. And Guests it has been such a privilege to engage in these conversations with you each week. Many thanks, again, to Olivia Pi-Sunyer who is an incredible joy to collaborate with and without whom…

  • Abbey Brown: At the Intersection of the Climate Crisis & Hope

    Abbey Brown: At the Intersection of the Climate Crisis & Hope

    In our final episode of Season Two, we are in conversation with Abbey Brown. As Technical Lead for the Clean Fuel Standard with the Washington Department of Ecology, Abbey is on the front line of working for structural and systemic changes. She is wise beyond her years and we are very grateful to her for joining…

  • Dr. Rafael Pelayo: Sleep! How & Why

    Dr. Rafael Pelayo: Sleep! How & Why

    Sleep! It’s something we all do & yet so many of us don’t understand, exactly, why it’s critical and how to truly get good/restorative sleep. Dr. Rafael Pelayo has spent decades of his career studying & treating sleep issues and disorders. This was both a lot of fun & very informative as Dr. Pelayo knows…

  • Sarah Weber: OCD. What It Is & Is Not

    Sarah Weber: OCD. What It Is & Is Not

    Obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior remain widely misunderstood. We are fortunate to be joined this week by Sarah Weber who has worked for years as an art therapist and mental health counselor. While many listening may not have ever felt the experience of obsessing about something, you likely know someone who does. Now and then…

  • Laura van Dernoot Lipsky: Q & A on Trauma/Overwhelm/& More

    Laura van Dernoot Lipsky: Q & A on Trauma/Overwhelm/& More

    This week we are doing something a little bit different. A wonderful colleague of ours requested, given everything going on in the world, a very short Q & A session that she could share with others who may be struggling. This is our attempt at that! A video portion can be found on our site…

  • Kathryn Lindsay: Internet Culture – From Opinion Fatigue to Our Digital Presence After We Die

    Kathryn Lindsay: Internet Culture – From Opinion Fatigue to Our Digital Presence After We Die

    Culture writer Kate Lindsay is with us this week to talk about everything from whataboutism and opinion fatigue to our online presence from when we are born until after we die. Kate’s experience with all angles of being online combined with her astute observations make this such an accessible conversation. There is so much I…

  • Lily Levitt: On Disordered Eating. Struggling With & Recovering From

    Lily Levitt: On Disordered Eating. Struggling With & Recovering From

    Today I have the privilege of talking with Lily Levitt. I first heard Lily share a bit about her life when talking with her father, Steven Levitt, on his podcast People I Mostly Admire – part of the Freakonomics network. In our conversation, she powerfully shares about her struggle with, and recovery from, disordered eating.…

  • Dustin Washington: Social Justice + Spiritual Consciousness + Human Solidarity

    Dustin Washington: Social Justice + Spiritual Consciousness + Human Solidarity

    Dustin Washington joins us this week for a conversation about social justice, spiritual consciousness, & human solidarity. Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of The Soul Focused Group and Co-Director of the Human Solidarity Project, Dustin has worked for over 25 years as a Racial Equity educator and social change leader. More recently, he has grounded…

  • Dr. Anna Lembke: Dopamine Nation – Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

    Dr. Anna Lembke: Dopamine Nation – Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

    Our fall series starts with the tremendous wisdom & research of Dr. Anna Lembke. Her latest book, Dopamine Nation, is all about the role dopamine plays in our lives and how we can, realistically, work to find balance amidst a world that is drenched in over-stimulation. Dr. Lembke offers a key to understanding so much…

  • Emily Carmichael: Before/After Spielberg & the Challenges of Hollywood

    Emily Carmichael: Before/After Spielberg & the Challenges of Hollywood

    If there is something Emily Carmichael has known well, it’s been how to work incredibly hard. Writing independently for 11 long years, the stress of paying rent continuously looming, she’ll never forget the day Steven Spielberg asked to meet with her. This week we get to hear about Hollywood. What’s gotten better in terms of…