Another Way with Dani

Cianna P. Stewart produces and hosts Dying Kindness, a podcast for people who are going to die someday. (Hint... that's all of us!) Cianna's goal is to help people make key decisions now in order to be kinder to those they'll leave behind. 

In this episode we cover the many things you can logistically do to prepare for death, but we also dive into talking about death with your loved ones, facing death, navigating grief (for yourself and with others), and a whole lot more. 

We even get into some specific tips around what to actually say to those who are grieving and how you can best support them. Cianna and I share our own experiences and journeys with loss and death as well. This is a special and important episode, I hope you enjoy listening to it it as much as I did recording it!  

Connect with Cianna:  

• DyingKindness.com - Sign up for Cianna's newsletter and get the Death Binder Essentials template too! 
• Podcast episode "Getting the Conversation Started" 
• Dying Kindness Facebook Group

Additional Resources Mentioned on the Episode:

• The Death Deck 
• "A Man on the Inside" on Netflix 
• You're Going to Die (podcast, website, resources, and Bay Area events) 
• You're Going to Die Weekly Online Grief Release 
• Megan Devine, Refuge in Grief Website and Instagram  

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode I sit down with Reid Mihalko, internationally known sex and relationship geek. Reid has led thousands of workshops and play parties, and his work spans across the globe - and he's also been featured on Lisa Ling's "Our America" and NETFLIX's "Chelsea Does..." with Chelsea Handler. 

Reid tells us about his back story and how he got to being such a passionate expert in this field, while also generously sharing about his personal experiences along the way. 

We get into a variety of topics, tips, and insights around dating and relationships - but specifically into the concept of "dating your species" and what that means and how that can greatly impact (for better or for worse) your dating, romantic, and love life.

Connect with Reid: 

• Website: ReidAboutSex.com 
• Instagram: @reidaboutsex
• Facebook: @reidaboutsex
• YouTube: ReidAboutSex
• Reid's accountability process 

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

I sit down with a long-time friend and fellow adventurer, Stephanie Koder. In this interview, we touch on her passion and career as a climate change expert and environmentalist (currently with The Nature Conservancy). 

After a break-up, Stephanie took the leap to live nomadically while figuring out where she wanted to land, and that has now turned into 15+ months of traveling and working remotely. We talk about what it's been like for her, how she plans where she'll visit next, tips she has - especially for being a solo female-bodied traveler, why she keeps doing this and how she manages it with work, and a whole lot more! 

Editors Note: This interview was recorded in early December 2024. 

Connect with and learn more about Stephanie:

• Stephanie on LinkedIn
• Stephanie on Instagram 

Resources Stephanie shared on the episode:

• Trusted Housesitters (this includes her affiliate link and a 25% discount code!)
• Ecofriendly Luggage 
• Wifi Hotspot for Travel
• Pepper Spray
• Travel Door Lock 
• Tactical Pen
• Carbon Monoxide Detector 

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode, Zephira and I go deep into the topic of setting and holding boundaries in relationships. What is a boundary? How do we create and share them with the people in our lives? How do we uphold them? Why is this important? So many questions and so many answers explored.

We also cover themes around non-violent communication, relationship agreements, domestic violence, and a whole lot more. This is an insightful, vulnerable, and educational episode that I think everyone can benefit from - no matter how experienced you may or may not be in creating, holding, and communicating boundaries.

Connect with Zephira:

• Boundaries and Being Instagram Page
• Boundaries and Being TikTok Page
• Zephira on Facebook 

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

• Dr. Kathy Simon website and resources page (where you can download the list of human of needs) 
• Project Survive through City College of San Francisco 
• Shalom Bayit (Peace in the Home) 
• National Domestic Violence Helpline 
  
  

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this interview I sit down with Eri Kardos, an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, and love and relationship coach. We get into all the nitty gritty of how Eri has created a bold life of exploration, challenging the status quo, living authentically, and being in alignment with her truest expression in the world. She's beautifully modeled what it's like to be vulnerable and real in a world where she did have to face judgement and even interpersonal challenges because of it.

From challenging conservative family values to sex positive and kink exploration to polyamory to living abroad and raising a family in Bali to building a unique career and partnership, Eri gives us inspiring and fun insights on what it's like to walk this path and why it's been so valuable to her. It's a really fun and deep episode, and Eri's stories are incredibly interesting - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Connect with Eri Kardos:

• Eri's Website: RelearnLove.com 
• Eri on IG
• Eri on YouTube

Resource Mentioned in the Show:

• Adriana Shuman, author of Live Well 

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode I sit down with Irene Morning who is a somatic coach, intimacy education, and author of the bestselling book, The Polyamory Paradox: Finding Your Confidence in Consensual Non-Monogamy. We dive into the ins and outs of polyamory with a focus on getting started and exploring it as both single or coupled.

Irene shares why polyamory is having a moment, common mistakes folks make when getting started, tips for doing it consciously and carefully, and what "centering your pleasure" means and looks like . We also dive into some of the deeper philosophical questions like the different reasons people choose polyamory and how to navigate those differences.

This episode is deep and rich and packed with insights for anyone exploring polyamory - whether you're brand new or been doing it for years! Plus, I share some of my own personal stories, questions, and insights as a long-time poly person who is only recently living a polyamorous lifestyle.

Connect with and learn more from Irene Morning:

• Website: IreneMorning.com 
• Instagram: @Irene_Morning

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode we really get to the heart of conflict resolution and how so many of us are missing the mark when it comes to repair conversations and what we can do about it. Intimacy coach, Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates, has used their extensive experience both personally and professionally to develop The REPAIR Process, which is designed to help others transform conflicts into connections with ease.

We talk about why this is so important and the many ways that we might be getting it wrong with repair. Plus, we dive deep into the 6 steps of the REPAIR process and how you can improve relationships and deepen connections using it. This REPAIR process is useful for ruptures both big and small, and the goal is to simplify these conversations so you can have them easily when needed.

Have you ever wished you could have more direct, clear conversations while in conflict? Do you struggle with regulating yourself when triggered? Do you feel like these convos just never quite go the way you want? Do you want to feel more connected after a repair conversation? Then this episode is for you!  

Learn more or connect with Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates:

• Their website: drhazelgrace.com
• On Instagram: @drhazelgrace

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Joan Bordow is someone who has modeled living life "another way" for almost her entire 80 years and counting. She has led programs with Landmark for over 20,000 people, been a top trainer and teacher across many organizations and themes, been a leader in sex positive spaces, written and published 8 books, worked with nonprofits and been a life-long activist, and so much more. Joan's life story is one of adventure, rebellion, growth, and service.

In this episode, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Joan to hear more about her life story and the unique paths she's chosen and carved out along the way. She also shares her own insights and reflections around living a full life and one of integrity and contribution. We talk about her family life, balancing being a mother and a free spirit, and her 52-year partnership/marriage. We dive into her insights around being a leader and teacher and changemaker and so much more.
 
Joan is a very special human and I'm beyond excited to share this episode with all of you.

Connect with Joan:

• On Facebook 

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode, I sit down with Malcolm Dydo, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Freedom Within Prison Project, a Santa Cruz, CA-based nonprofit dedicated to restoring wholeness to individuals, families, and communities impacted by incarceration.

We talk about the recent, devastating execution of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams in Missouri. While tapping into our anger and sadness for the broken prison system, we also explore our shared hope for what is changing and can change.

Malcolm shares a broader view of what it's like inside and what incarcerated folks are up against, as well as the many ways that volunteer programs (like Freedom Within) are working hard (with success!) to create new pathways for healing, growth, connection, and learning.

This episode is an exploration of what is possible if we're open to empathy, change, and healing for every human. And how emotional literacy and human connection are foundational elements for every human's healing journey - and that everyone deserves access to.

Learn more about the Freedom Within Prison Project: 

• Freedom Within Prison Project website (note: a whole new website is coming soon so be sure to check back!)
• Freedom Within Prison Project on Facebook 
• Freedom Within Prison Project on Instagram 

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Have you ever wondered what the possible benefits are of chiropractic work? Have you possibly had a lackluster experience of your own? Do you wonder how to choose a a chiropractor effectively?

We dive into these questions and so much more, in this interview with Dr. Debra Foxfern DC. We get into their unique approach to chiropractic healing and what they've learned and implemented along the way in this journey of becoming and serving as a chiropractor.

We don't shy away from the hard questions and we focus on having an honest conversation about the good, the bad, and the opportunities in the chiropractic world from Dr. Debra's perspective.

Learn more about and connect with Dr. Debra Foxfern DC:

• On their website at debrafoxfern.org
• On Instagram at foxfern.chiropractic

A note from Dani:
This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!! 

Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: 

• IG: @another_way_with_Dani
• Another Way Website 

Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:

• On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com 
• Dani's Coaching Services
• IG: @daniobuckley 
• Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions