Best Leslieann Hobayan Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 243 - Election Anxiety? Focus on The Big Picture 32:18

4h ago32:18

32:18

It goes without saying that most folks are feeling election anxiety and there’s lots of conversation around who to vote for. But here’s the thing: there’s only so much we can control. We can’t control the results; we can only control the choices we make. It’s important to make decisions that feel right for you, that sit well in your heart – and not…

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Ep 242 - Remember Who We Are At Our Essence 14:03

7d ago14:03

14:03

As Star Keepers, we are the ones who seed the light. How do we stay grounded amidst all the upheaval so that we may serve as the anchors for others? How can we shift our perspective towards focusing on celebrating and continuing the resistance while also honoring the rage and grief we feel? To not focus only on loss but to also to amplify the light…

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Ep 241 - Pottery Keeps Giving the Lessons 14:03

16d ago14:03

14:03

In this week’s mini-sode, I talk about how pottery is yet again showing me what I don’t want to look at, making me ask questions I didn’t know I had, and teaching me about discernment — does one keep going or redirect? Or give up altogether? Tune in to hear about my adventure with Buddy, the imperfect pot, and whether I’m keeping him or not.…

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Ep 240 - Fighting for liberation in the mundane 28:29

26d ago28:29

28:29

How do we hold both the mundanity of everyday life and the grief we experience at the collective level in witnessing the now yearlong g-side in Pali? How can we reconcile the contrast of going to a kid's birthday party when we are aware of how many children in G@za have been martyred before their first birthday? On the 1-year anniversary of the ong…

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Ep 239 - Best of Spiritual Grit - Remembering Your Magic Amidst Chaos 31:14

1M ago31:14

31:14

The tectonic shifts we have been experiencing cannot be ignored. Systems are burning to the ground. Empires are crumbling. How do we stay grounded in all of this when what we used to do is no longer effective? How do we not lose ourselves? There's so much we've forgotten. We need to get back to our magic. We need to remember. Listen in to this week…

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Ep 238 - How to Stay Grounded During Radical Change 24:32

1M ago24:32

24:32

There is so much upheaval it’s hard to get our footing. The degree of change and the pace at which it’s happening is overwhelming. We easily get swept up in contentious arguments, get consumed by grief and rage. It’s hard not to fall apart. How can we stay steady on our feet? How can we not lose our balance during these times of extreme change? In …

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Ep 237 - The Fated Path vs The Destiny Path 29:44

2M ago29:44

29:44

The title of this episode is basically this: will you choose capitalism? Or humanity? Which is to say: you can choose to be a full human being with all of your facets and complexities, living life exploring this existence in all ways (art making! communities of care! food growing!). OR you can give your power away and allow capitalism to dictate yo…

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Ep 236 - Words Matter, Language Matters 38:03

2M ago38:03

38:03

How many of us give our power away? How many of us look to other people for the solution? How many of us let other people decide our fate? In this week’s episode, I invite you to reclaim your power and remember that words matter. What we say, how we say it, the language we use – it all matters, even when we feel it doesn’t. (See: “ceasefire”) When …

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Ep 235 - The Journey Towards Liberation 25:52

2M ago25:52

25:52

How are spirituality and activism connected? What do they have in common? Short answer: it's about the journey. (Cliche, I know.) But sometimes the journey is long and frustrating. If we don't see tangible results, we get discouraged and might feel like giving. How can we use spiritual practices to keep us devoted and grounded in our work for liber…

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Ep 234 - Remembering Your Magic Amidst Chaos 31:14

2M ago31:14

31:14

The tectonic shifts we have been experiencing cannot be ignored. Systems are burning to the ground. Empires are crumbling. How do we stay grounded in all of this when what we used to do is no longer effective? How do we not lose ourselves? There's so much we've forgotten. We need to get back to our magic. We need to remember. Listen in to this week…

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Ep 233 - Best of Spiritual Grit - Cultivating discernment when connecting with community 27:01

3M ago27:01

27:01

Since the quarantine years, many of us have been hungry for community. We've been longing for real connection. But how badly do we want it? At what cost? Not all communities are created equal. Not all communities are built with your best interest in mind. Are we willing to compromise who we are in order to feel like we belong somewhere? During this…

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Ep 232 - Finding yourself when you are lost 35:04

3M ago35:04

35:04

In a world that feels like it's crumbling, where all that's familiar is falling away, and everything around us is changing faster than the speed of light, how do we stay true to ourselves? How do we remember who we are? What do we do when immense grief overcomes us and we lose our way, when we lose sight of who we are? In this week's episode, I'm i…

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Ep 231 - Be bold! Be audacious! Express your truth 28:52

3M ago28:52

28:52

This week we've got the energy of a fiery new moon in Leo, which is inviting us to be bold and audacious! With this boost of confidence, what truth will you embody? How can you be more of your true self? What's holding you back? Fear? (Let's face it: we live in fraught times.) Friends? Who is truly around you for support? And how can Mercury retrog…

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Ep 230 - Listening to your own heart when taking actions towards liberation 37:08

3M ago37:08

37:08

This week, the King of swords (reversed!) is reflecting back to us all of the hubris out there, with people being rigid in their thinking and trying to convince us of their beliefs, telling us what to do. We must remember that we know ourselves best. How do we get back to our inherent knowing, our deep resonance with our inner Truth? How can we dis…

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Ep 229 - What do you imagine liberation to look like? 31:59

3M ago31:59

31:59

As the world continues to burn and we continue to fight for social justice, the question that comes to mind is this: what does liberation look like? Yes, we know what we don't want. But have we envisioned what we do want? What world do we want to create on the other side of this burning? We need to imagine it in order to understand how to get there…

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Ep 228 - Create in the Face of Destruction 33:23

4M ago33:23

33:23

As the world continues to burn (in my eyes, it's the burning down if oppressive systems), it's easy to lose sight of the big picture and fall into hopelessness when you witness so much destruction over and over. How can we continue to sustain our fight for liberation? How can we keep going when the allure of despair calls us? The answer: we create!…

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Ep 227 - Reclaiming Your Power: Asking for help is NOT a sign of weakness 37:31

4M ago37:31

37:31

It takes courage to ask for help, at least for the kind of help that feels vulnerable. But this is power. And this is the kind of power we must remember that we possess. We have to power to choose how we want to experience what the world brings into our lives. In this week's episode, I accidentally get meta with my own teaching. Haha! I'm sharing w…

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Ep 226 - The world is on fire. Is spirituality the fire hydrant we need? 41:08

4M ago41:08

41:08

After the appalling decisions made by Scotus this past week (being homeless is a crime & presidents can get away with anything), many of us are falling into despair or rage or both. What is this world we live in and how did we get here? Are we going to survive? In this week's episode, I'm bringing our focus back to the bigger picture: we exist beyo…

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Ep 225 - Share your gifts! Don't keep them hidden 23:28

4M ago23:28

23:28

How do we know what our gifts are to the world? And how do we know with whom to share them? Do we even want to share them? The body can help. Tune in to learn more! =============== Today’s poems/ Books mentioned: Oracle card: Oyster “We Might Have To Medicate You” by Hafiz =============== Courses / Exclusive Content / Book Mentioned: Subscribe to m…

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Ep 224 - Best of Spiritual Grit - “Both/And”: You Can Be An Activist in Your Everyday Life 38:06

5M ago38:06

38:06

Many of us compartmentalize our lives, putting things in boxes as if our lives are a bunch of multicolored beads that need to be separated and sorted.. Parenting goes in one box. Job goes in another box. Writer work in yet another. Activist work in another. This isn’t how we’re supposed to live. WIth the continuing gen0-side, compartmentalizing is …

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Ep 223 - Cultivating discernment when connecting with community 27:01

5M ago27:01

27:01

Since the quarantine years, many of us have been hungry for community. We've been longing for real connection. But how badly do we want it? At what cost? Not all communities are created equal. Not all communities are built with your best interest in mind. Are we willing to compromise who we are in order to feel like we belong somewhere? During this…

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Ep 222 - Is it okay to thrive during such a violent time? 34:27

5M ago34:27

34:27

The world is on fire. How can we continue to live our lives while so many lives are being lost every day? How does our passion, our calling in life matter during times like these? How do the things that light us up help fight for a free Palestine? What about our relationships? The ones where the people we love have been silent. Not those actively a…

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Ep 221 - What is your impact and who is your community 29:56

5M ago29:56

29:56

Who are your people now? As the jenny-side continues to drive us down into witnessing deeper barbarity and the grief and rage mount higher and higher, we might be looking around and asking ourselves: who are our people now? Who are our truest people? And: what difference can I make, if any at all? In this week's episode, I explore ways that we can …

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Ep 220 - Community is Crucial to Thriving 41:55

6M ago41:55

41:55

After the quarantine years, a lot of us have forgotten how good it feels to be in community with others. A lot of us have even forgotten how to do it. It's kind of like when you are sick for an extended period of time that it becomes your new normal and you don't know what it feels like to be healthy until the sickness goes away and then you rememb…

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Ep 219 - Finding balance between the personal and the collective 28:57

6M ago28:57

28:57

How do we stay present for the people in our lives while we are fighting for social justice? How do we stay vigilant about not becoming consumed by our activist work? And when it comes to conscientious parenting, how much do we guide our children and how much do we allow for them to figure it out on their own? The line keeps moving… in waves. And w…

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Ep 218 - Best of Spiritual Grit - When Your Truth Hurts Others 32:22

6M ago32:22

32:22

The other day, a woman in an FB group accused me of ant!-s3m!tism because I had used the word “g3n0cide”. She was clearly speaking from a deeply wounded place, from generational trauma as a Jewish woman. And while I have compassion for her woundedness, I was not going to stop speaking the truth of what is happening in P@l-es-t!ne. But this raises t…

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Ep 217 - Grounding Ourselves During Activism 19:19

6M ago19:19

19:19

I’m gonna let you know: this is a messy low-quality recording. So much is unfolding at once and in some cases, escalation is building quite rapidly that I didn’t have time to set up my usual mic – I just used some plug-in earbuds with a mic. This is an indication of how urgent and important it is for all of us to understand that “normal” no longer …

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Ep 216 - Caring for yourself as an activist 26:57

6M ago26:57

26:57

To put it simply: there's a hell of a lot going on right now and activism is growing exponentially. There is an urgency in the air that cannot be ignored. And with that urgency, momentum swells and we activists tend to forget that it's necessary to fill our own cup. We MUST take time to nourish ourselves, to replenish our energy, to rest and restor…

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Ep 215 - Expressing yourself opens a valve 33:10

7M ago33:10

33:10

How many of us stuff down our feelings when it comes to sadness or grief? How many of us try to hide our tears or look away when we are not able to? Our society has taught us to repress the emotions that make people uncomfortable. It has taught us that we are wrong or weak when we experience things like rage or grief. What happens when there's a bu…

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Ep 214 - Working with shadows and eclipses 31:41

7M ago31:41

31:41

In case y'all didn't know, eclipses are portals of transformation. Everything you hide in your shadows comes to the surface. So for those of you who watched the solar eclipse, how do you feel? In this week's episode, I'm posing some questions for deep inquiry. From looking at what stories we are addicted to about ourselves to examining the relation…

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Ep 213 - Honesty Rooted in Love 31:08

7M ago31:08

31:08

We're living in a time where our masks can no longer hold. Curtains are being pulled back. Veils are being torn down. There's no more hiding from yourself or from the truth of yourself. Everyone is showing themselves, whether they intended that or not. Pales-tine is helping us see that. So how do we deal with the loss and ensuing grief of the lives…

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Ep 212 - Your life's purpose is not about you 25:26

7M ago25:26

25:26

There's a lot of talk about one's purpose in life and often, in the West, it is individualistic: what will fulfill one's desires? How can one manifest the car/house/partner that they want? In this week's episode, I'm talking about what your purpose in life actually is and how you can get closer to figuring it out. Also, if your life's purpose isn't…

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Ep 211 - When two diasporic women have a conversation... with Sofia Ali-Khan 1:01:17

8M ago1:01:17

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In this week's episode, I'm in conversation with Sophia Ali Khan, activist, public interest lawyer, and Canadian-based author of *A Good Country: My Life in Twelve Town and the Devastating Battle for a White America*. We talked about a wide range of things, playing with the intersection of activism and spiritualit: from the current genocide (do we …

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Ep 210 - Best of Spiritual Grit - 4 Stages to Strengthen Resilience and to Speak your Truth 27:42

8M ago27:42

27:42

In this week's episode, I'm talking about how important it is to have nervous system resilience when speaking your truth. It's okay if your voice shakes. What's key is being able to bounce back after feeling so vulnerable. Listen in to learn the four stages to help strengthen resilience so that you can speak your truth. =============== Today’s poem…

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Ep 209 - Duality and Non-duality in Activism 33:11

8M ago33:11

33:11

Uh, say what? What the heck is duality and non-duality? It’s a spiritual philosophy and teaching, one of which I’m still trying to unpack (and will likely be doing for the rest of my life!). But I wanted to pose this question of duality vs non-duality in activism: how do we understand these concepts and how do we apply them to real world situations…

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Ep 208 - “Both/And”: You Can Be An Activist in Your Everyday Life 38:06

8M ago38:06

38:06

Many of us compartmentalize our lives, putting things in boxes as if our lives are a bunch of multicolored beads that need to be separated and sorted.. Parenting goes in one box. Job goes in another box. Writer work in yet another. Activist work in another. This isn’t how we’re supposed to live. WIth the continuing gen0-side, compartmentalizing is …

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Ep 206 - External activist work = internal spiritual healing work 24:17

9M ago24:17

24:17

We've been living in divisive times for a while now. But now it's all coming to a head. How do we balance our activist work with our inner spiritual work? We've gotten to a point where they are no longer separate. They are inextricable. One feeds and nourishes the other. And vice versa. In order for us to be effective in our activist work, we need …

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Ep 205 - Holding the Vision and Birthing a New Earth 31:51

9M ago31:51

31:51

When it feels like the world is on fire and structures are crumbling down (which is, like, all the time!), we must find it within ourselves to keep going. We must dig down to find the resolve within us to keep working towards our vision, whether that is your own personal dreams or a vision for a better world, full of peace and justice. In this epis…

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Ep 204 - Let Love Lead Your Voice 25:21

9M ago25:21

25:21

Speaking your truth can be daunting, especially during these times of intense division. How can you practice using your voice so that you can express your truth with more confidence? How can you soften those blocks that prevent you from using your voice? In this week's episode, I talk about how love is the key to leading the way to truth and invite…

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Ep 203 - Calling in your community 33:03

10M ago33:03

33:03

Community is so important for us. Human beings. And if the last few years has taught us anything, isolation really sucks. In this week's episode, I invite you to be open to creating communities that you need. Rather than waiting for someone to call you in, why not reach out to others? Tune in to find out how. =============== Today’s poems/ Books me…

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Ep 202 - The Great Shedding: A Consequence of Standing In Your Truth 32:26

10M ago32:26

32:26

As I continue to speak my truth and advocate for a free Pal3st!ne, more and more folks are telling on themselves, showing who they really are. And the shedding of various levels of relationships –from acquaintances to friends to community members– continues. In this week’s episode, I address the fears that come with this shedding and what to do abo…

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Ep 201 - Rest and Reset: Letting Go of Limiting Beliefs 33:22

10M ago33:22

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This year is about spiritual and material abundance! But if you’ve got limiting beliefs that keep you small, it’s kinda hard to receive that abundance. In this week’s episode, I talk about how the subconscious can hold us back and how you can shift those beliefs. Relatedly, this year is also about rest, about creating more space for dreaming and in…

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Ep 200 - The Vibe of 2023 and The Flavor of 2024: Our 200th Episode! 47:08

10M ago47:08

47:08

Can you believe it? It’s our 200th episode! What an amazing feat! One that I did not anticipate for sure! To celebrate, I pulled two tarot cards for us: one as a reflection of the 2023 vibe and one for the flavor of what 2024 will be like. I think you’ll LOVE what came forward. I know I did! Listen in as I go IN-DEPTH about how we can learn from th…

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Ep 199 - When Your Truth Hurts Others 32:22

11M ago32:22

32:22

The other day, a woman in an FB group accused me of ant!-s3m!tism because I had used the word “g3n0cide”. She was clearly speaking from a deeply wounded place, from generational trauma as a Jewish woman. And while I have compassion for her woundedness, I was not going to stop speaking the truth of what is happening in P@l-es-t!ne. But this raises t…

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Ep 198 - Speaking Your Truth Can Be Scary 40:21

11M ago40:21

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In this episode, I pull back the curtain on what it's like to speak your truth. It may look easy, like no big deal. But it's not. Especially when there is a lot on the line. On the outside, folks might look like they have it together. But on the inside, it might be a different story. Tune in to find out what it's like to speak your truth (while I a…

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Ep 197 - 4 Stages to Strengthen Resilience and to Speak your Truth 27:42

11M ago27:42

27:42

In this week's episode, I'm talking about how important it is to have nervous system resilience when speaking your truth. It's okay if your voice shakes. What's key is being able to bounce back after feeling so vulnerable. Listen in to learn the four stages to help strengthen resilience so that you can speak your truth. =============== Today’s poem…

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Ep 196 - Speak Your Truth Even If Your Voice Shakes 28:07

11M ago28:07

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Why is it important to speak your truth? Does it really matter? The short answer: absolutely! What can you do to assure your body that it's safe to speak the truth? How can you support your nervous system? Listen in to find out! =============== Today’s poems/ Books / Oracle / Tarot Cards mentioned: Tarot Card: King of Swords Poem: “A Cushion For Yo…

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Ep 195 - Best of Spiritual Grit - Set your boundaries, bbs! 41:53

12M ago41:53

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Here's a "Best of" episode! A lot of people talk about boundaries and having the need to set them. But what does that actually mean? And what are boundaries anyway? What do they look like and why does it feel so hard to set them and hold them? In this episode, I get into the details of the different kinds of boundaries we can set in our lives, the …

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Ep 194 - Keep Going 32:40

12M ago32:40

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This episode's oracle card is The Great Severing. Feels forboding. How do we stay open to love when we are wounded? In a time when things start to feel hopeless or pointless, it's even more important to keep going. But how? How do we stay the course? What does self-worth have to do with it? How can ritual help us? Tune in to find out! =============…

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Ep 193 - On Being Human During Times of Collective Grief with JS Park 55:47

12M ago55:47

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In this episode, I'm in conversation with JS Park, a Korean American hospital chaplain based in Florida whose compassion has made an incredible impression on so many people, including myself. J.S. Park is a hospital chaplain, former atheist/agnostic, sixth degree black belt, suicide survivor, Korean-American, and follows Christ. He. is author of Th…

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