Best Tara Boyce Podcasts (2024)

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Family Proclamations: “One is a Whole Number,” with Bella DePaulo 1:34:25

1h ago1:34:25

1:34:25

“Family Proclamations” is the brand new podcast by Blair Hodges, host of Fireside. Enjoy this sample episode and be sure to subscribe directly to Family Proclamations now, because this episode will fall out of the Fireside feed next month!By Family Proclamations

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Family Proclamations: “The Only Child Mythbuster,” with Lauren Sandler 1:34:25

4h ago1:34:25

1:34:25

“Family Proclamations” is the brand new podcast by Blair Hodges, host of Fireside. Enjoy this sample episode and be sure to subscribe directly to Family Proclamations now, because this episode will fall out of the Fireside feed next month!By Family Proclamations

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Brandon Lim... Exude Joy... 1:03:18

5M ago1:03:18

1:03:18

Brandon is one of the most joyful people I know. I am beyond excited to have Brandon on the podcast. I consider myself lucky to call him a friend! x When you listen to our conversation you will not help but be pulled in by Brandon. x Connect with Brandon! https://www.instagram.com/thebrandonlim/ x Enjoy this conversation. x Peace Signs Up ✌🏼 x Conn…

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Cooth... Seen As Me... 1:19:24

7M ago1:19:24

1:19:24

Cooth and I have a beautiful conversation about becoming who you really are and how amazing that feels, but also the shit that you can face because of it. They have such an amazing outlook on life and I am thrilled that we got to share this conversation! x Connect with Cooth! x Enjoy this conversation. x Peace Signs Up ✌🏼 x Connect with us on insta…

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Samae... Your Mom... 53:55

7M ago53:55

53:55

Samae is a super talented artist, wonderful human, and is short. They are such a joy to chat with. Enjoy our conversation! x Below are ways to connect and support Samae! Their art is incredible! x https://www.instagram.com/samaes_art/ x Connect with One Grub Community! https://www.instagram.com/onegrubcommunity x We both believe that the people of …

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S’mores (Bonus Episode)—Tara Boyce on Hope 53:50

11M ago53:50

53:50

Tara Boyce joins us to reconsider Tom Whyman’s episode about “hope.” Is Tom too hopeful? Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/boyce. Buy the book and other merch at firesidepod.org/store.By Fireside with Blair Hodges

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Joy, with Ross Gay 1:10:16

1y ago1:10:16

1:10:16

Ross Gay is a New York Times bestselling author of essays and poetry. His latest book is ‘Inciting Joy,’ which argues that “joy is something like what we feel like when we help each other carry our sorrows, what we feel like when we sort of realize we're practicing our entanglement, our belonging to one another.” Transcript at our website, fireside…

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Invisible, with Meghan O’Rourke

1+ y ago

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Meghan O'Rourke is a citizen of what she calls the invisible kingdom. Anyone can become a citizen. Even you. All you need is a debilitating chronic illness that doctors can't easily understand or treat—autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic Lyme, fibromyalgia, and a bunch of other conditions at the blurry edges of medical knowledge.…

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Transitions, with Susan Stryker 1:35:22

1+ y ago1:35:22

1:35:22

When she was born, Susan Stryker’s parents thought they were welcoming a baby boy. She knew they were wrong by the time she was five years old, but it took decades to let them know who she really was. Being trans raised a lot of questions for Susan—practical questions of course, but also theological, philosophical, and historical questions. So she …

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Mission, with Kathryn Gin Lum

1+ y ago

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Race and religion have been intertwined throughout American history. Christians believed they could detect so-called “heathen” unbelief by the color of someone’s skin or the state of a foreign landscape. Over time, the word “heathen” dropped off, but historian Kathryn Gin Lum says the ideas behind it are alive and well in the United States today, e…

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Shell Play, with Toni Jensen

1+ y ago

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Toni Jensen grew up around guns. As a girl, she learned to shoot birds in rural Iowa with her father. As an adult, she’s had guns waved in her face near Standing Rock, felt their silent threat on the concealed-carry campus where she teaches. Toni is a Métis woman, with mixed European and Indigenous ancestry. She's no stranger to the violence enacte…

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Hope, with Tom Whyman

1+ y ago

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When Tom Whyman started thinking about becoming a father, he worried. Would he and his partner be able to make a living to support a child? What about political upheaval in the UK, or the increasing threat of climate change—not to mention all the little daily ways having a child could change his life. Then a global pandemic shook things up even mor…

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The Fire, with Danté Stewart 1:29:37

1+ y ago1:29:37

1:29:37

Coming up out of the waters of baptism at a new white Christian church, Danté Stewart envisioned leaving his blackness behind, washing away his boyhood Black Pentecostal baptism, and rising to a colorblind world where all lives matter. But as time passed, as he witnessed more bodies of Black Americans being killed, he felt rage growing inside. An u…

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Muna Ikedionwu... Life... Diversity... Inclusion... 59:31

1+ y ago59:31

59:31

Muna shares her life experiences from small town Oklahoma to New York City with a stop off in Nashville. x Muna's life is a good example of how to leave a mark on your surroundings. x Enjoy this conversation. x Peace Signs Up ✌🏼 x Connect with us on instagram... instagram.com/thebeautifullyhumanpodcast x Support this Podcast... anchor.fm/beautifull…

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Marie Alessi... Beautiful Life After Loss... 56:06

1+ y ago56:06

56:06

Marie and I have a beautiful conversation about life and loss and then about life after loss. Her spirit for life is truly incredible. x She is truly an amazing woman and I am very thankful for this conversation and reshaping of ideas. x Enjoy this beautiful conversation. x Connect with Marie! Website: https://www.MarieAlessi.com Movement: https://…

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Heritage, with Masha Rumer

1+ y ago

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Masha Rumer immigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union when she was thirteen. At first, her nationality made her self-conscious; she wanted to blend in with her new American peers as fast as possible. But over time, Masha discovered her love for her homeland never really went away, and she wanted to share it with her own children.…

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Monsters, with David Livingstone Smith 1:06:01

2y ago1:06:01

1:06:01

David Livingstone Smith has studied dehumanization for decades. He's spent a lot of time researching horrific genocides, lynching, massacres, and other brutalities. Real humans pull the trigger. Real humans administer the poisonous gasses and drop the bombs. People not entirely unlike me and you, although it's a lot more comforting to imagine they'…

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Voices, with Jeff Chu 58:01

2y ago58:01

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When Rachel Held Evans unexpectedly died in 2019, the thirty-seven-year-old Christian writer left behind a husband and two young children, as well as an unfinished book manuscript. Rachel's husband Dan knew she would want that book out in the world, so he enlisted their good friend Jeff Chu—a writer, reporter, and editor—to put all the pieces in pl…

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Margins, with Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming 58:38

2y ago58:38

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It’s been said that, like the Bible, there are few women in the Book of Mormon. And that’s true, in one sense. But in another, women are everywhere there. Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming are looking for them while they work on the first complete commentary on the Book of Mormon ever written by women. Transcript available: firesidepod.org/…

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Austin Halls... Advocacy Through Self... 1:16:11

2y ago1:16:11

1:16:11

Austin was born with Moebius syndrome, one in two million humans have this rare condition. He has not let this stop him from living life and being true to himself. x He and I cover so much ground in this beautiful conversation! We go anywhere from music to advocating for anyone with disabilities, dating and much more. Austin is an incredible human …

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The Books, with Vanessa Zoltan 58:50

2y ago58:50

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What happens if we approach some of our favorite books with a similar kind of devotion and attentive reading religious communities bring to their scripture? Vanessa Zoltan breathes new life into our engagement with our favorite books—even the ones that don't hold up well regarding sexism, racism, and more. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org…

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Civility, with Alex Zamalin 49:00

2y ago49:00

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In his book Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in our Obsession with Civility, Alex Zamalin traces the history of civility from its deployment against African slaves, through Reconstruction and the Civil Rights movement, all the way to today’s Black Lives Matter protests. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/zamalin. Buy the book an…

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Hidden, with Ayala Fader 1:31:00

2y ago1:31:00

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews structure every aspect of their lives around their religion. But those who come to doubt their beliefs, or who question various practices and rituals, risk losing everything. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/fader. Buy the book and other merch at firesidepod.org/store.…

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Katherine Klimitas... Bones Break, But Not Spirits... 58:34

2y ago58:34

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Katherine has Osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone syndrome, which causes her bones to break quite easily and also made it so they did not form fully. x She tells of her days growing up with some funny anecdotes that you would never think about unless you lived them. x Katherine also tells about her art and the way she gets her art done, and it…

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Tara Boyce... Many Roads To Recovery... 1:04:20

2y ago1:04:20

1:04:20

Tara and I have an amazing conversation. She shares her struggles with addiction and her road to recovery. x Tara's story is one of power and resilience. She shows that it is possible to keep going after many trials and missteps! x Truly remarkable! x Join the conversation on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/groups/156764336366378 x Check out T…

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Charlene Madden... Strength Through Unthinkable Happenings... 59:40

2y ago59:40

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Charlenes story is one of incredible strength and perseverance. Throughout her life she has dealt with sexual abuse, domestic violence, addiction, suicidal tendencies, and mental health issues, only to rise above and find self love. She shares her story in hopes that others will find strength to carry on despite horrible circumstances. x If you hav…

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S’mores (Bonus Episode)—Let’s Talk, with Anna Sale 29:44

2y ago29:44

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Anna Sale says a loss of faith in social institutions has left people seeking alternative ways of celebrating, mourning, and connecting. At a fractured and disconnected moment in time, she urges us to reconnect by having hard conversations that are too-often avoided. Anna Sale is the host of the award-winning podcast Death, Sex, and Money from WNYC…

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Kari Arabella Lassauniere... Transitioning To Happiness... 1:23:47

2+ y ago1:23:47

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I am back! Feels really good to kick off this new season with Kari Arabella Lassauniere... x Kari talks about growing up in South Africa during the apartheid and I get a big history lesson. x We also find commonality in our educations growing up and the fears that surrounded that. x Kari talks about her genuine happiness as well and it is really be…

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How To Disappear Completely 33:07

2+ y ago33:07

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Warning: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault that may not be suitable for some listeners. Want to talk about it? Drop me a line at interactivememoir@gmail.com The second after I accepted that Leo had really dumped me, I plunged into the project of ‘getting him out of my system’ by sleeping around. The best way to get over someone i…

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How the Hell Did I Get Here 33:23

2+ y ago33:23

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I wake up to my phone ringing through a lacerating headache. I ignore it. The person calls again. The guy sleeping next to me grumbles enough that I pick it up, mumbling hello, my breath acrid, my mouth chalky and sticky. There is a frantic woman on the line demanding “are you Tara?” I grunt affirmative. “I’d like to know what this magical evening …

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Options, with Taylor Petrey 1:32:01

2+ y ago1:32:01

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Is human gender and sexuality fixed and binary, or malleable and multi-various? Taylor Petrey discusses the fascinating twists and turns in Latter-day Saint thought on these questions. By looking at LDS beliefs as they evolve over time, we might get a clearer view of where we are now and what's up ahead. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/e…

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Edgy, Cool and Tortured 35:06

2+ y ago35:06

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My classmates in Creative Writing would understand how edgy, cool and tortured I was, and how cool my drinking was. The first writing assignment I workshopped in my fiction writing class was from my *ahem* novel, a chapter in which the narrator, reeling from a devastating breakup, hurtles into alcoholic drinking and ends up in rehab. Funny how I wa…

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Home, with Lauren Sandler 1:14:03

2+ y ago1:14:03

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Lauren Sandler was a journalist covering homelessness in New York City when she met Camilla, a woman without a home who didn’t seem to fit the homeless stereotype at all. Sandler tells Camilla’s story in This Is All I Got: A New Mother’s Search For Home. It’s an up close and personal account of one woman who shares the fate of millions of Americans…

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Slow Down, with John Swinton 59:52

2+ y ago59:52

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John Swinton’s path-breaking book, Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefulness, and Gentle Discipleship takes us through a brief history of time, showing how western culture has changed its experience of time in big ways, and how those changes have impacted people with intellectual disabilities, brain trauma, and people with conditions like D…

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Functional Alcoholism 34:35

2+ y ago34:35

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Over the next year, I kept both a job and a boyfriend, and was thus performing normalcy to a dazzling degree that surprised even me. Since the incident and my outpatient therapy, every time I drank and nothing terrible happened I gave myself permission to drink more often and still, nothing catastrophic occurred. I’d broken the system. I’d graduate…

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Consolee Nishimwe... Love Heals All... 1:04:20

2+ y ago1:04:20

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Consolee shares her beautiful outlook on life even after all she has been through. xConsolee was born in Rwanda and lived through the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. xEven though she lived through such a travesty you will hear joy, love, and compassion in her voice. xConsolee is truly a remarkable human. She does much beautiful work in this world. xI am …

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Happy Holidays! 18:25

2+ y ago18:25

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A few thoughts on the holidays, and the challenges they have presented, as well as the legitimate joy they can bring. The holidays can be difficult for people in recovery So many holiday traditions involve alcohol, the office party, the Christmas cheer, and let’s not even get started on New Years Eve. There is this idea that the holidays should FEE…

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I Think I May Have Just Murdered Myself 33:27

2+ y ago33:27

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After a disturbing alcohol related injury, it was off to my very first outpatient program for addiction. The outpatient group, at the time, was five days a week, and it was good in that it gave me something to do every day and bad in that it gave me something to do every day, in that it seemed to excuse my otherwise minimal participation in my own …

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She's AWFUL. 36:20

2+ y ago36:20

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Why would I quit drinking when I still liked me better when I was drinking, and the confounding thing was that other people did too. Well, that's what I believed at least. I didn’t have much to offer in a relationship, but that was never so much my concern. What was important was what I could get out of it. What I needed was a sense of legitimacy, …

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Inge Auerbacher... Holocaust Survivor... 1:04:09

2+ y ago1:04:09

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Inge shares her incredible story with me about how she survived Terezen, which was a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. x She is one of the kindest and sweetest women I have ever spoken with even after living through such atrocities. x To say her story is powerful is a monstrous understatement. x This is a story that everyone should hear. x Enjo…

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Reckoning, with Anthea Butler 1:03:15

2+ y ago1:03:15

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Anthea Butler is a top expert on religion, politics, and race in the United States. In her latest book White Evangelical Racism she tells the history of the rise of the Religious Right in America—Christians who are politically conservative, predominantly white, and Republican. As church attendance shrinks and public confidence and respect of religi…

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My Friend's Cool Dad 34:27

2+ y ago34:27

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That awkward moment when you walk into your first AA meeting and there's your friend's cool dad who used to give you booze as a teenager. And your first impulse is to go and tell your mom and friends about it.Oh wait... I think that's against the rules. Before I return to troubleshooting some issues surrounding 12-step, I can remember how I first c…

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No Compartments, with David Dark 1:05:24

2+ y ago1:05:24

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David Dark seems hard to pin down. He's a professor of religion and the arts, he's a Christian, and also a self-identified agnostic. He engages readers all along the spectrum of belief by claiming that everyone believes in some sort of scripture, even if it's a sci-fi novel or a Radiohead album. Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/d…

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Are You Buying The Stairway To Heaven? 40:07

3y ago40:07

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So, time to get controversial and talk about 12 step recovery! People have very strong feelings about 12-step, what it is, what it isn’t, if it’s bad, if it’s good, if it’s a helpful community, if it’s a cult, whether you need to find God, whether it’s 2 well-to-do men from the 1930s and why should we listen to them, of whether there are wrong or r…

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Mari Reisberg... Sustaining Creativity... 58:51

3y ago58:51

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Mari and I have our second round of conversation, this time on my podcast and I learn so much about her. She shares some fun facts about what she was up to as a very young woman. x Mari also shares her heart on creativity and how vital it is to our lives. x Mari is putting so much beauty into the world, from her podcast to her therapy work to just …

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Drug of Choice... I Didn't Know There Was a CHOICE!!! 37:22

3y ago37:22

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I'd heard somewhere no one understands an addict like another addict, so as my alcoholism, progressed I gravitated towards a booze-fueled affair with a deliciously tortured soul who was legit damaged: He'd actually been to rehab. How exciting! He drank a lot, but it was OK, because alcohol wasn't his drug of choice... Holy Moly, I didn't know there…

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Lost and Found, with Elaine Pagels 1:09:25

3y ago1:09:25

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Elaine Pagels is a ground-breaking scholar of Christianity. Back in the Sixties she was a student at Harvard when long-forgotten ancient texts re-emerged, secret gospels challenging old religious ideas. That research shook up Christian history, but for Pagels, it was also really personal. And unlike most scholars, she decided to take her intensely …

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Hema Vyas... Heart Wisdom... 1:08:24

3y ago1:08:24

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Hema and I have a beautiful conversation. She teaches me of something I had not thought about which is heart wisdom. Such a beautiful concept. x Hema tells me all about the amazing work she does for humans around the world! x Connect with Hema: www.hemavyas.com x Instagram and facebook @thehemavyas x Enjoy this conversation. x Peace Signs Up ✌🏼 x C…

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Revision, with Kiese Laymon 1:04:41

3y ago1:04:41

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By Fireside with Blair Hodges

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Nicholas Strand... Choose Your Attitude... 59:54

3y ago59:54

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Nicholas and I have such a great conversation. He has experienced so much loss in his life, yet he has taken that and turned it into an incredibly positive organization x We both work in the same industry and have a lot of the same frustrations in life. As you will hear! x What a powerful life Nicholas leads. Truly happy to connect with him. x I ho…

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