Best Meditaton Podcasts (2024)

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Join or Die: Rebecca and Pete Davis on Healthy Democracy and the Joy of Belonging 1:02:44

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Rebecca and Pete Davis are a sister-and-brother filmmaking team who have created “Join or Die,” a documentary film about the decline of civic life in America and the importance of joining clubs and other associations as a way to restore the health of our democracy. This episode explores how we are all made for belonging and how we can lean into the…

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The Story is in Our Bones: Osprey Orielle Lake on New (and Ancient) Worldviews for Health in the Human-Earth Relationship 1:03:56

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Osprey Orielle Lake is the founder executive director of WECAN, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, and the author of The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis. In this episode, we explore how embracing a different story about our belonging in a living, animate world can transform our self-…

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Big Love: Attorney Tom Williams on Contemplative Practice, Compassionate Justice, and the Lawyer as a Healer 1:02:23

1M ago1:02:23

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Tom Williams is a Louisville-based labor relations attorney with a deep commitment to the contemplative path, with the wild idea that a lawyer’s vocation may ultimately be to serve as a healer. In this conversation, Tom shares how he puts spiritual principles and insights into action as a tireless advocate for radical compassion, restorative justic…

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Sabbath Economics with Dr. Susan Taylor 1:05:38

2M ago1:05:38

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Dr. Susan Taylor is a PhD economist who has given her life to weaving together commitments of religious faith and commitments to a more just economy. In this episode, we reflect on the central and complicated role that money plays in human life. As an alternative to bare-knuckled capitalism, Susan offers the idea of Sabbath Economics – a radical vi…

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Michael Hollifield M.D. on Bringing Mindfulness and Healing to Victims of War 1:03:04

2M ago1:03:04

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Dr. Michael Hollifield is a psychiatrist and general practitioner who serves as the Founder, President, and CEO of the War Survivors Institute, a nonprofit organization devoted to restoring health to civilians and soldiers who have been harmed by war, as well as mitigating the causes of violent conflicts. In this conversation, Michael reflects on t…

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Writing as Spiritual Practice: Denise Davis on Creating an “Isle of Peace” 1:04:02

3M ago1:04:02

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Denise Davis taught writing for decades and is deeply committed to the spiritual journey and to journaling as a particular avenue of spiritual practice. In this conversation, Denise describes journaling as a chance to create what Howard Thurman called an Isle of Peace, where it’s safe to reflect on our experience, cultivate compassion for others, a…

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Everyone is Unshakably Good: Stephanie Barnett on Compassion, Belonging, and Belovedness 1:00:57

3M ago1:00:57

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Stephanie Barnett is a healthcare consultant, spiritual director, and nonprofit leader who understands her work as accompanying those on the margins, including young mothers who are in active recovery from substance abuse. In this conversation, Stephanie shares how compassion is the spiritual thread woven throughout all her work, knitting together …

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Matthew Fox on Creation Spirituality and Original Blessing – From the Archive 1:10:12

3M ago1:10:12

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Matthew Fox is an author, theologian, and activist Episcopal priest whose radical interfaith work attempts to reawaken us to the sacredness of the created world. In this conversation, originally released in October 2022, Matthew reflects on how creation-centered spirituality, and the marriage of the divine feminine and sacred masculine, can…

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Andy Loving on Spirituality, Money, and Socially Responsible Investing 53:31

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Andy Loving is the founder of Just Money Advisors, a financial advising firm that specializes in working with clients who have strong interests in socially responsible and ecologically sustainable investing. This conversation delves into the complicated role that money plays in our lives and how spiritual values can inspire us to use money and inve…

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Dr. Patricia Gianotti on Spiritual Integration 56:58

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Dr. Patricia Gianotti is the Academic Director of The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy at Loyola University Chicago. As a clinician in private practice, she works with clients around issues related to trauma, shame, and narcissism. She’s also the founder of the Center for Spiritual Integration, an organization dedicated to the inte…

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Stepping Lightly, Keeping Focus, and Finding Gratitude, Part 2: Di Anne and Tom Kerrigan on Bringing Mindfulness to the Masses 31:27

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After successful careers in business, Di Anne and Tom Kerrigan have become deeply involved in sharing mindfulness with those who need its practical benefits but may have barriers to access. This episode is the second half of a conversation with them about the democratization of mindfulness and the role mindfulness and compassion can play no…

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Stepping Lightly, Keeping Focus, and Finding Gratitude; Part 1: Di Anne and Tom Kerrigan on Bringing Mindfulness to the Masses 39:46

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Di Anne and Tom Kerrigan are an entrepreneurial couple who sold their successful business and then devoted their considerable energy and talents to sharing mindfulness with underserved community members, in collaboration with the Earth & Spirit Center. In this first of a two-part conversation, Di and Tom reflect on the difference mindfulness can ma…

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We Live in a Shared World: Scott Russell Sanders on Awe, Imagination, Compassion, Craft, and Community 1:18:31

6M ago1:18:31

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Scott Russell Sanders is a Cambridge-educated novelist, essayist, conservationist, and a distinguished professor of English, emeritus, at Indiana University. He wrote and taught for decades about nature and place, family and community, and the concerns of social justice and ecology, woven together with a spirituality that is rooted in awe and wonde…

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Jim Wayne on Kindness and Care in Politics, Mental Healthcare, and Leadership 1:04:33

6M ago1:04:33

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Jim Wayne is a psychotherapist, business owner, a novelist, and for almost three decades until 2019, an elected representative in the Kentucky House. He’s been a tireless advocate for tax reforms, concern for the poor, and mental health care concerns. He’s also a person for whom prayer, meditation, and religious belonging have played an important r…

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Discovering Fire: Kathleen Duffy on Teilhard de Chardin and the Evolutionary Energy of Love 56:42

7M ago56:42

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Sister Kathleen Duffy is a member of a Catholic religious order, the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and she’s also had a decades-long academic career as a molecular physicist at Chestnut Hill College. In this weaving together of science and spirituality, she’s been guided by the paleontologist and mystic, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, also a person with de…

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The Well-Gardened Mind, Part 2: Dr. Sue Stuart Smith on the Power of Gardens and Nature for Mental Health and Well-Being 33:20

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Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a UK-based psychiatrist and psychotherapist, an avid gardener, and the author of The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. In this second installment of a two-part conversation, Sue reflects on the fundamental human need to connect with the rest of the living world and how we can overcome the modern world’s al…

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The Well-Gardened Mind: Dr. Sue Stuart Smith on the Power of Gardens and Nature for Mental Health and Well-Being – Part 1 31:02

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Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a UK-based psychiatrist and psychotherapist, an avid gardener, and the author of The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. Over her long career in psychotherapy, Sue has seen the power of gardens and nature connection to heal trauma, cultivate mindfulness and spirituality, navigate anxiety, stress, and burnout…

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Listening with the Heart: Dr. Kathleen Coyne on Contemplation, Compassion, and Community Development 1:00:18

8M ago1:00:18

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Dr. Kathleen Coyne grew up among the indigenous peoples of Northern Canada, which set her on a lifelong journey as a community development expert and an advocate for equity and justice, especially with those who are on the margins. She’s also deeply committed to the spiritual path of Christian meditation. In this beautiful, heart-opening conversati…

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Martin Boroson Part 2 – Mindfulness in a Moment 1:05:49

9M ago1:05:49

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Martin Boroson’s experience spans the study of Western and Eastern spiritual traditions, much of that work done at Yale University, but also the world of business and management. An ordained Zen priest, Marty also earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is the founder of the One Moment Company, LLC, which provides meditation and mindse…

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Martin Boroson Part 1 – A Mystical Story of Creation 40:42

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Martin Boroson studied Western philosophy at Yale, followed by private study of Eastern philosophy and the work of Carl Jung. He also earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is a leadership coach, founder of the One-Moment Company, and an ordained Zen priest in the Hollow Bones Rinzai Zen order. He’s the creator of One-Moment Meditatio…

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Turning the Tables: Host Kyle Kramer Becomes the Guest 56:29

10M ago56:29

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We’re trying something a little different for this episode. As the host of the Earth & spirit Podcast, I always get to ask the questions. But this time, we’re turning the mics around. Dan Galvin, who’s part of the Earth & Spirit Center team, agreed to be the host and to put me in the hot seat this time, to talk about some of my background and the w…

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Therapist Lois Luckett on Connecting To Self and Nature for Mental Health 1:01:47

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Lois Luckett is a licensed clinical social worker who has been in private counseling practice since 1980. In this podcast conversation, Lois shares how mindfulness, body awareness, and connection to the natural world can help us feel safe, learn to trust, and become more healthy and whole. RESOURCES: Donate to support this podcast: https://www.eart…

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Gail Worcelo on the Vision and Legacy of Thomas Berry (from the archive) 1:01:43

10M ago1:01:43

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Sr. Gail Worcelo co-founded the Green Mountain Monastery in 1999, encouraged and supported by her friend and mentor, the late Thomas Berry. Berry, a cultural historian and Passionist priest, was a ground-breaking thinker who contemplated the new story science has given us of 13.8 billion-year history of our evolving Universe. He considered the impl…

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Jud Hendrix on Belonging and the Beloved Community 1:00:43

11M ago1:00:43

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Jud Hendrix is the executive director of Interfaith Paths to Peace, a nonprofit organization with a mission of building peace, justice, and compassion by uniting and organizing people of diverse faiths, races, and cultures. In this episode, Jud reflects on spirituality, social change, hope, and what it means to help build the beloved community. RES…

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Dr. Hannah Bland on Mindfulness and Mental Health 59:25

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Dr. Hannah Bland is a licensed counselor, an assistant professor of mental health counseling, and the director of the mental health counseling education program at Spalding University. She has worked extensively in prisons, the foster care system, and rape crisis centers, among other difficult circumstances. In this conversation, Hannah shares the …

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Jimmy Springston on Mindful Organizations 1:06:16

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Jimmy Springston is a former Air Force officer and chief operating officer of a multi-million-dollar commercial construction company, who now coaches other leaders. In this podcast conversation, Jimmy reflects on how to create organizational cultures that are more mindful, emotionally intelligent, effective, and sustainable. RESOURCES: Donate to su…

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Joe Grant and the Duty of Delight 1:08:42

1y ago1:08:42

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Joe Grant is a Scotland-born modern-day mystic, spiritual guide, retreat leader at Holy Hills Hermitage in rural Kentucky. He is the author of numerous books and articles about scripture, justice and spirituality. Joe has worked with indigenous peoples of the U.S. and in Latin America. In this conversation, originally released on February 27, 2020,…

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The Sacred Depths of Nature: Dr. Ursula Goodenough on Science and Spirituality 59:52

1y ago59:52

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Dr. Ursula Goodenough is professor emerita of biology at Washington University, the president of the Religious Naturalist Association, and the author of The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved. This conversation explores the story of how science can inspire deep reverence and care for our shared, evolving world. RESOURCES: Don…

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Gretchen “Bunny” Nash on Stress, Trauma and Mindful Resilience 1:05:45

1y ago1:05:45

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Gretchen “Bunny” Nash has worked for decades with children and adults facing emotional and behavioral challenges as well as various forms of trauma. In this conversation, Bunny shares how mindfulness practices can rewire our brains to foster stress resilience, compassion, and greater well-being for individuals and communities. RESOURCES: Bunny’s “P…

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We Don’t Have to Do It Alone: Toni Temporiti on Empowering Women Through Trust and Community 1:01:21

1y ago1:01:21

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Sr. Toni Temporiti, PhD is the founder of Microfinancing Partners in Africa, an organization that provides loans to empower women who struggle with poverty. In this episode, Sr. Toni reflects on the power of listening, community, and courage for creating a more beautiful and sustainable world – one person, one community, one small loan at a time. R…

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Dr. Tony Zipple on Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, and Flourishing for Individuals and Organizations 1:04:11

1y ago1:04:11

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Dr. Tony Zipple is an expert in behavioral health and rehabilitation counseling, in both clinical and academic settings, with extensive background in executive leadership of large organizations. In this episode, we reflect on Tony’s experience with positive psychology, mindful self-awareness, and how individuals and organizations can flourish, espe…

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Phil Lloyd-Sidle on Mindfulness and the Marginalized 1:02:37

1y ago1:02:37

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Phil Lloyd-Sidle is an Earth and Spirit Center instructor who sees the linkage between mindfulness and social justice, including issues of incarceration, race, gender identity and sexual orientation, and the patriarchy. In this episode, Phil shares how mindfulness can help those on the margins – and all people – to embrace their own worth and value…

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Day Schildkret on Ritual and Radical Amazement 1:10:33

1y ago1:10:33

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Day Schildkret uses found natural materials in outdoor settings to create Earth-based art whose beauty is utterly impermanent. He’s also the author, most recently, of Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change. In this episode, Day and I reflect on how nature, creativity, and ritual help us navigate change, make meaning, …

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Dr. Broderick Sawyer on Using Mindfulness to Overcome Duality and Division 1:00:24

1+ y ago1:00:24

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Dr. Broderick Sawyer is a clinical psychologist who integrates mindfulness and compassion practices into his work with organizations and individual clients. This episode explores how mindfulness can inform psychological wholeness, promote healing from racial stress and trauma, and help overcome mind-states that perpetuate division. NOTES AND RESOUR…

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Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim on Serendipitous Creativity, Religion, and Ecology 1:03:38

1+ y ago1:03:38

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Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are a husband and wife team of Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale University in the School of the Environment, the Divinity School, and the Department of Religious Studies, with specializations in East Asian religions and Indigenous religions. They co-direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and are…

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Deborah Eden Tull: Luminous Darkness as a Path of Spiritual Authenticity and Wholeness 1:14:19

1+ y ago1:14:19

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Deborah Eden Tull is a Buddhist teacher, activist, author, and sustainability educator. In this conversation, we dive into her latest book, Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown. We reflect on how darkness is an invitation to open-hearted, full-spectrum living, fierce compassion, relational mindfulness, and hopefu…

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Jason Shulman on Wholeness, Conflict, and Being Saved by Love 1:09:55

1+ y ago1:09:55

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Jason Shulman is a spiritual teacher who straddles the worlds of Jewish Kabbalah mysticism and Zen Buddhism. In this episode, Jason shares his practical, deeply grounded, nondual vision of reality and how it plays out in conflict resolution, the integration of polarities and paradox, and above and beneath all, love. RESOURCES: Jason’s school, A Soc…

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intentionsforgratitude 15:23

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Join my 7 Day Meditation Challenge HERE The Calm Mind Podcast is a MabeMedia Production. MabeMedia is a Podcast Production Agency that elevates Powerful Female Voices. If you would like to launch a podcast - reach out to the team at MabeMedia.

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Nina Simons on Nature, Culture, the Sacred, and Feminine Leadership 1:02:40

1+ y ago1:02:40

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Nina Simons is an activist, author, social entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Bioneers, a nonprofit organization committed to social and environmental justice work that honors the web of life, now and into the future. In this conversation, Nina reflects on how feminine and indigenous leadership are crucial paths for cultural and ecological regener…

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Matthew Fox on Creation Spirituality and Original Blessing 1:10:12

1+ y ago1:10:12

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Matthew Fox is an author, theologian, and activist Episcopal priest whose radical interfaith work attempts to reawaken us to the sacredness of the created world. In this conversation, Matthew reflects on how creation-centered spirituality, and the marriage of the divine feminine and sacred masculine, can help us respond with hope to the troubles of…

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Stephen Jenkinson on Grief and Belonging in Troubled Times 1:08:35

1+ y ago1:08:35

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Stephen Jenkinson is a Harvard-trained author, activist, farmer, sculptor, and canoe-builder who has worked in his native Canada as a palliative care provider for dying people and their families. In this challenging conversation, Stephen reflects on the deep roots of our troubled times and on how rich and full human belonging – in one’s life, one’s…

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Resonance: Bethany Gonyea on the Personal and Collective Impact of Mass Meditation Events 57:36

1+ y ago57:36

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Bethany Gonyea is the founder of Numinous, a nonprofit that facilitates interfaith spiritual practices to reduce human suffering. In this conversation, Bethany shares about her work in creating mass meditation events aimed at reducing crime and violence in specific geographic areas (in statistically verifiable ways), as well as bringing benefits to…

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Zen and the Art of Living and Dying Well: Justin Magnuson on Facing Death and Living Life with Courage and Clarity 56:48

1+ y ago56:48

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Justin Magnuson is a Zen Buddhist who works with the elderly and terminally ill. In this episode, Justin reflects on how approaching death and dying with intention can be an invitation to a fuller way of living. RESOURCES: Earth & Spirit Center: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/ University of Louisville Trager Institute and Republic Bank Founda…

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We Come from Oneness: Musician Peter Mayer on Love, Creativity, and the Evolving Cosmos 1:03:47

1+ y ago1:03:47

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Peter Mayer is a singer and songwriter whose music reflects a profound love of the world, as we’re coming to understand it through the new story science tells us about our place in the 14-billion-year-unfolding of our universe. This conversation reflects on science, spiritual practice, social justice, and environmental care, all animated by a sense…

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From the Archives - Like River Stones: Zen and the Art of Community, with Jeanette Prince-Cherry 58:27

1+ y ago58:27

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Jeanette Prince-Cherry had careers in the Air Force and as an industrial engineer before dedicating her life to Zen Buddhism. A Zen priest and instructor, she divides her time between the Louisville Zen Center and the Rochester Zen Center in New York. In this episode, Jeanette explains the basics of Zen, how it is similar to and different from secu…

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Relationships of Respect and Reciprocity: Chris Isgrigg on Healing and Wholeness for Individuals and Culture 57:54

2y ago57:54

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Once a farmer in rural Kentucky, Chris Isgrigg is now a practicing psychotherapist in Louisville, KY. He’s thought deeply about the relationships that weave each of us to each other and to the more-than-human world and has integrated the natural world meaningfully into his therapeutic approach. This conversation explores how a deeper spiritual conn…

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Grounded: Conversations on Nature and Climate Change 41:17

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Over the past year, the Earth & Spirit Center, with funding from the Kalliopeia Foundation, has collaborated with Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest to create two documentary films featuring environmental activists working on climate change and watershed health. In this episode of the podcast, we’ve taken audio clips from some of the interviews…

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Sleep Appreciation Meditation and Guided Visualisation 9:27

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Join my 7 Day Meditation Challenge HERE The Calm Mind Podcast is a MabeMedia Production. MabeMedia is a Podcast Production Agency that elevates Powerful Female Voices. If you would like to launch a podcast - reach out to the team at MabeMedia.By Zoe Turner

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Aging with Grace and Dignity: Phyllis SanAngelo on Claiming the Spiritual Gifts of Elderhood 1:05:56

2y ago1:05:56

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Phyllis SanAngelo is a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother with decades of experience from a long career in spiritual formation and hospice work. She also facilitates a “Conscious Eldering” course at the Earth & Spirit Center. This conversation is a reflection on what it means to age with grace, dignity, and active intentionality, claiming t…

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Gratitude for Breath Body and Mind Meditaton and Guided Visualisation 8:07

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Join my 7 Day Meditation Challenge HERE The Calm Mind Podcast is a MabeMedia Production. MabeMedia is a Podcast Production Agency that elevates Powerful Female Voices. If you would like to launch a podcast - reach out to the team at MabeMedia.By Zoe Turner

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