Another Way with Dani

By Dani O'Brien BuckleyEducation Self-Improvement

Another Way with Dani episodes

August 02, 2024The Power of Ha & the Heart of Clowning: Stefan Haves
Stefan Haves (an award-winning theatre and Cirque Du Soleil director and teacher) shares with us his life-long journey in theatre and the many twists and turns along the way, and some key insighs he has to pass along to the rest of us.

We dive into what clowning is, the art of it, and why it's important in both theatre and performing arts, but also in the world and in activism. Did you know that clowning is really based in the idea of anti-authority? And that the audience HAS to want the clown to the win? All this and a whole lot more is discussed around what actually makes clowning particularly healing for so many.

Connect with Stefan:
On his website: stefanhaves.com
On Instagram: @fellinifella
Gofundme for Pomo Summer Arts Camp
Other Resources:
Dani mentions a clown that has been incredibly inspiring to her - find Franzia Rose on Instagram - the ultimate clown bimbo!

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
53 min
July 24, 2024From Giant Squid to Sex Parties: Finding Her People - Misha Bonaventura
Misha Bonaventura shares her ongoing journey of exploring and living life another way, which has consistently led her down paths that have been unconventional and edgy. As a leader and expert in sex positive and polyamory spaces, a writer and artist, community leader, and mediator, Misha has chosen and navigated being "out" in the world across many different realms.

Misha tells the story of her unique path to finding her way and how that continues to unravel and unfold by following the threads of inspiration that light her up... from giant squid boyfriend, to education and awareness around her dyslexia, to making waves early in her career by asking for what she wanted, to pussy waffles coffee... Misha gives us a peek into her history and some of the insights she's learned around love, relationships, career, and more!

Connect with Misha and learn more:

Misha on IG: @misha_bonaventura
Misha's Website: clearingconversations.com
Pussy Waffles Coffee on IG: @pwcexperience
Bonobo Network on IG: @bonobonetwork
Bonobo Network Website: bonobonetwork.com

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
58 min
July 09, 2024A Platonic Life Partnership and Co-Housing Story: Leah Rothstein & Rachel True
Leah Rothstein and Rachel True have been friends for nearly 30 years. In this episode, we hear their story of building a life-long friendship that has turned into co-housing and building their very own "compound" in Oakland, California. They share the many reasons this came about including a shared commitment to not living an isolated life and sharing life more expansively in a unique (but increasingly more popular these days) way.

We dive into the benefits and the challenges they have faced, the language we have (and don't have) for these kinds of unconventional friendships and relationships, how others perceive it, what commitment in friendship can look and feel like, and a whole lot more.

There are many ways compounds and communal living can look, and this is one unique peek into how Leah and Rachel (and their families and friends) are doing it.

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
49 min
June 27, 2024Challenging the Work-Life Balance Paradigm: Noa Elan
In this episode with Noa Elan, CEO of Plura, we cover the topic of finding the "balance" between our professional lives/choices and who we are/what we care about in the world. It's a dance for many of us and this episode gives examples, tips, and insights to help further explore our own unique paths of alignment in work and life.

Some questions we explore include:
"Is it possible to have a corporate job and still be my fully expressed self in the world?"
"Can I do what I love and still have financial security?"
"How do I build a career that feels purposeful and in alignment?"
"Are there more than the two common paths that can feel like all or nothing?"
"How do I navigate worrying what people think? Or even the real consequences we can face?"
"How do you build your life with more scaffolding than your job?"
And many more!
Noa shares with us her own journey including her "fall of rage" and how she found her way in creating a path where she is in alignment, passionate about her work, and doing something she loves, while still working in the tech world that he knows and loves.

Connect with Noa Elan:
On LinkedIn: @noaelan
Via email: [email protected]
Learn more about Plura:
Heyplura.com
On Instagram: @heyplura

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
48 min
June 17, 2024Vulnerability & Healing Through Men's Work: Dave Klaus
In this episode, I sit down with Dave Klaus who is a Life Coach, Consultant, Zen Priest, Facilitator, and former Criminal Trial Laywer with the Alameda County Public Defender. We explore his own journey breaking out of the patriarchal systems that often define manhood for so many and into a more heart-centered, vulnerable way of being and relating in the world.

Dave shares his own journey and how it has led to his work helping other men through various modalities, including the Mankind Project and The Freedom Within Project (which is a nonprofit working to reduce recidivism and change the culture inside prisons and jails through self-awareness and emotional literacy).

We talk about the power of emotional literacy, and the transformational experience that sharing and healing in community can offer. And dive into the common themes that many men face in our society today including isolation/loneliness, the struggles with navigating friendship and relationships, shame, and healing from trauma. Plus, the many ways men can explore growth, healing, integrity, joy, self-love, and so much more through intentional men's work.

Get in touch with Dave:
Via Facebook
Via his website at daveklaus.net
Via email at [email protected]

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
58 min
May 29, 2024An Exploration of the Modern Family: Lily Lamboy
In this episode I sit down with community organizer, artist, and scholar, Lily Lamboy, who is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Modern Family Institute, a nonprofit that researches and advocates for diverse family and relationship structures. We dive into what a "modern family" is today and how current legislation, systems, structures, and research are not accurately reflecting and supporting the non-nuclear families that are abundant and growing in our society.

Lily shares insights on how we can rethink family and community care, the challenges we're facing with the nuclear family model driving so much in our culture, how we can create our own unique family structures, and examples of what non-nuclear families might look like in today's world... plus a whole lot more!

**This episode was recorded on March 25, 2024 and since the recording, two very exciting pieces of legislation have been passed in the Bay Area supporting these initiatives. You can read more about legal protections passed in Berkeley and Oakland at the articles here and here.
Connect with Lily Lamboy:
On Instagram: @llamboy
On LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/llamboy/
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about The Modern Family Institute:
On their website: modernfamilyinstitute.org
On Instagram: @modernfamilyinstitute

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
1 hr 3 min
May 22, 2024Embracing Nuances & Re-Examining Relationship Paradigms: Aaron Steinberg
In this episode with relationship coach, educator, and facilitator, Aaron Steinberg, we dive into some of the modern challenges people are navigating in romantic partnerships and explore the question of whether many are facing the reality of what is actually getting in the way of connection. He shares insights on collaboration, asking the right questions, navigating being new parents in partnership, and a whole lot more.

Aaron also shares his own journey of living honestly and finding his own way which has included living in paradoxes and embracing nuances from growing up in the Transcendental Meditation community, to once being a professional poker player, to consistently examining his own ways of relating and being in the world.

Connect with Aaron:
On his website AaronFS.com
Learn more about Aaron's business, Grow Together:
Grow Together website
Grow Together on Instagram @thegrowtogetherco

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
59 min
May 14, 2024Reclaiming Our Power as Changemakers: Marlon Williams
In this episode we sit down with Marlon Williams, racial equity activist and current Vice President of Policy and Collaboration for Philanthropy New York. Marlon shares how we can reclaim our power to change our reality.

We cover the four different types of changemakers and how to identify where you fall so you can truly make an effective difference.

We're invited to consider the question, "How do we heal the past and do the work of repair in this moment?" Through that, Marlon provides actionable ways we can make an impact within the organizations and communities we're a part of - while weaving in beautiful story telling of his own journey and life.

Connect with Marlon:
Learn more about the work Marlon is doing with Philanthropy New York
Additional Resources:
RacialEquityTools.org

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
1 hr 3 min
May 06, 2024Healing Through Singing: Lauren Arrow
We sit down with Lauren Arrow, a queer Jewitch song-tender and facilitator, to explore the gift of singing - particularly in community. She shares her own story of how she overcame her debilitating fear around singing and sharing her voice and how it's transformed into her life's mission of holding trauma-informed singing circles.

Join us for this rich conversation about the healing powers of singing and how reclaiming your own voice can lead to greater creativity, expression, and connection.

Connect with Lauren Arrow:
ProcessSing.com
IG: @lauren.arrow

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
1 hr 1 min
April 30, 2024The Art of Navigating Death Cycles: Ginny Muir
In this episode with Ginny Muir (coach, healer, and medicine women), we explore what a death cycle is and how these tiny (and sometimes large) deaths in our life are a real opportunity for rebirth. Whether it's the loss of a relationship, an identity, or an actual human we love... or a major life transition that we're navigating... we're all faced with death cycles as part of the human experience.

Ginny walks us through the common phases of a death cycle, relatable examples, and tips on how one can more gracefully embrace, navigate, and even prepare for a death cycle.

Get in touch with Ginny Muir:
Her website is currently under construction but you can stay in touch with Ginny on Instagram: @ginnymuir or contact her via email at [email protected].

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
1 hr 6 min

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Hi, I'm Dani! I love people and I love talking about the human experience. I'm a seeker and a connector. From a very young age I've believed in the power of discourse and critical thinking - and…

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