What happens when a life is shaped by both silence and revolution?

What becomes possible when the Dharma meets the wounded places of our world with tenderness, and also with righteous, necessary fire?

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Mary Thanissara – Buddhist teacher, former monastic, author, activist, and carrier of profound devotional lineage – for a spacious, intimate, and stirring conversation. This dialogue becomes a remembering: of feminine wisdom long suppressed, of inner authority reclaimed, and of the Dharma as a living, breathing force for liberation.

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About Our Guest

Mary Thanissara began practicing in the Burmese tradition in 1975 and later ordained in the Ajahn Chah lineage, becoming one of the first Western women to join the siladhara order in the UK. She spent twelve years as a Buddhist nun, helping establish both Chithurst and Amaravati Monasteries and pioneering Dharma retreats for families and children.

A longtime teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Mary is co-founder of Dharmagiri Sacred Mountain Retreat on the border of Lesotho, South Africa, where she and her husband, Kittisaro, have supported deep practice communities as well as multiple HIV/AIDS outreach initiatives. She holds an MA in Buddhist Psychotherapy and is the author of Garden of the Midnight Rosary, a collection of mystical, devotional poetry. Her work integrates Dharma, depth psychology, trauma-informed healing, and sacred activism – with a particular emphasis on restoring the feminine principle within spiritual life and systems of power.

What We Explore in This Episode

This conversation moves between the intimate and the mythic – tracing Mary’s journey from early monastic life to decades of teaching, activism, and trauma-informed spiritual care. Through stories, lineage memories, and fierce clarity, Mary calls us back to an embodied, relational, and sacred Dharma.

Key Takeaways

• The wounded feminine within Buddhism – how patriarchal structures shaped Mary’s early monastic life and why reclaiming the feminine is essential for collective liberation.
• Trauma, silence, and spiritual bypassing – understanding how traditions can unintentionally reinforce harm, and how courage, truth-telling, and relational repair restore the integrity of the path.
• Right timing and sacred cycles – how awakening often unfolds in spirals, not straight lines, and why deep practice requires patience, attunement, and compassion.
• The Dharma in a burning world – how Buddhist practice meets climate emergency, social injustice, and global grief – not as escape, but as embodied engagement.

Whether you are a longtime practitioner, newly exploring Buddhist teachings, or simply longing for a more truthful and loving way of being, this conversation with Mary Thanissara invites you into a deeper relationship with presence, integrity, and sacred courage.

With Love & Gratitude,
Aubrey Morgan Yee

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Websites: https://sacredmountainsangha.org/ 

https://dharmagiri.org

Substack: https://thanissara.substack.com

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What if the greatest awakening of your life came disguised as loss, emptiness, or collapse?

What if everything you built was meant to fall apart, so you could remember who you truly are?

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Peter Kennedy – entrepreneur, author, and seeker – for a deeply honest and transformative conversation about the inner journey that began after the outer world he built came undone. Once the CEO of a global company, Pete found himself facing the limits of success, addiction, and control. His descent through loss and plant medicine ultimately became a pilgrimage home to his own heart – chronicled in his book The Remembering: A Journey Back to Self.

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About Our Guest

Peter Kennedy is a father of five, entrepreneur, spiritual seeker, and author of The Remembering. Once driven by a relentless pursuit of success (culminating in the $140M exit of his tech startup), Peter’s awakening came not from achievement, but from surrender. A life-changing temazcal ceremony in the jungles of Brazil cracked open the armor he had spent decades building and set him on a path of deep healing and spiritual transformation. Through plant medicine, somatic therapy, and confronting the parts of himself he had long exiled, Peter began to remember who he truly is. 

Today, he is the co-founder of EvolveWell Inc., a conscious technology company redefining growth from the inside out. Peter’s journey is a testament to the power of letting go and the beauty of becoming whole.

What We Explore in This Episode

In this rich and soulful exchange, Aubrey and Peter trace the contours of awakening through the lenses of loss, identity, and integration. They invite us to see transformation not as a destination, but as a daily devotion to awareness, love, and truth.

Key Takeaways

• • From control to surrender – how Peter’s journey through Iboga and other plant medicines revealed the fear underlying success and control.
  • The myth of busyness – dismantling the cultural illusion that productivity equals worth, and discovering presence instead.
  • Love as the ultimate integration – the moment Peter brought compassion to the parts of himself he once rejected, he reshaped his relationship with his family and the generational healing that would follow.
  • Remembering God – finding spirituality beyond religion, in direct relationship with the divine within.
  • Authenticity as power – why embracing our “weirdness” is the medicine the world needs most.

Whether you’re navigating a dark night of the soul, awakening to your true nature, or simply longing to live more authentically, this conversation will remind you that even in the unraveling, you are already home.

With Love & Gratitude,
Aubrey Morgan Yee

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GUEST INFO

Learn more about Peter’s work:
Website: https://evolveweird.com
Instagram: @therememberingbook
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/peterkennedy182
Book: The Remembering: A Journey Back to Self

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What does it mean to live in alignment – with self, with others, and with the Earth?

How might restoring harmony within become the path to restoring peace on our planet?

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Kumu Ramsay Taum, a respected Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) teacher, cultural practitioner, and visionary leader whose life work bridges ancient wisdom with modern systems. Together, they explore how Hawaiian ancestral wisdom offers a roadmap for personal and collective healing, and how Hawai‘i itself can serve as a model for a peaceful and regenerative world.

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About Our Guest

Kumu Ramsay stands as a bridge between worlds – an Indigenous wisdom keeper rooted in ancestral knowing, yet fully engaged within the infrastructures of modernity. His work does not seek to escape the systems of extraction and imbalance, but to meet them, reweave them, and offer a path forward grounded in Aloha, accountability, and alignment. 

In spaces where metrics have too long replaced meaning, Kumu Ramsay calls for a deeper reckoning: not merely accounting, but radical accountability; not just reference, but reverence; not only return on investment, but a return on intellect, intention, and integrity. His voice is both ancient and emergent, advocating for economic and ecological systems that reflect the sacred interdependence of all life. 

Through a lens of peace, sustainability, and relational wisdom, Kumu Ramsay helps communities remember who they are, where they stand, and how to move in harmony with both land and law, spirit and structure.

What We Explore in This Episode

In this powerful conversation, Kumu Ramsay and Aubrey explore the inner technologies of alignment and harmony, Ho’oponopono, and how ancient Hawaiian wisdom holds keys for navigating today’s fragmented world.

Key Takeaways

• • Ho‘oponopono as inner technology – the practice of restoring right relationship within, before attempting to heal what’s outside of us.
  • Living Pono – understanding alignment as a dynamic, moment-by-moment attunement to what is proper and balanced in each circumstance.
  • Mana as life force – accessing, rather than accumulating, the universal energy available to all living beings.
  • Hawai‘i as the world’s spiritual navel – envisioning the islands as a global center for peace, reconciliation, and ecological renewal.
  • Navigating multiple realities – reimagining time, destiny, and choice through the Hawaiian lens of cyclical and multidimensional awareness.

Whether you are walking the path of reconciliation, exploring your relationship with the Earth, or seeking a deeper sense of purpose, this conversation will invite you to slow down, listen, and remember your place in the great web of life.

With Love & Gratitude,
Aubrey Morgan Yee

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GUEST INFO

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Website: https://www.ramsaytaum.com/
Instagram: @ramsaytaum

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What if leadership wasn’t about extraction, but about regeneration—of people, culture, and the planet? 

What becomes possible when we root our organizations in joy, reciprocity, and nature’s blueprint? 

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Jackie Mirkopoulos, a regenerative venture capitalist and leadership consultant guiding a new model of business rooted in reciprocity, embodiment, and joy.   

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About Our Guest 

Jackie Mirkopoulos is a regenerative venture capitalist and dynamic public speaker dedicated to shaping a harmonious future through her work in leadership development, her social impact fund as well as her newly founded leadership consultancy, Seven Neighbours. 
 
Weaving visionary insights with lived experience, she challenges conventional thinking and guides leaders to align with nature’s blueprint in order to create thriving organisations, healthier cultures, and increased profits. With her trademark warmth and distinct sense of humour, Jackie invites audiences to step away from outdated hustle mentalities and into a state of flow, resonance, and co-creation with nature. 
 
Her expertise spans health and wellness, company culture, land stewardship, and philanthropy - each driven by a deep commitment to building community and fostering meaningful change. With her captivating, authentic, and consistently engaging approach, Jackie always leaves audiences not only thinking differently but also feeling inspired and empowered to lead differently. 

Aubrey and Jackie met at Project Biome, where Jackie serves on the Board of Directors. 

What We Explore in This Episode 

In this conversation, Jackie invites us to reimagine leadership, wealth, and business through a regenerative lens.  One that honors our humanity, reconnects us to nature, and centers joy as a transformative force. Drawing on her personal story, body-based wisdom, and experience stewarding both land and capital, Jackie shares a vision for organizations that nourish rather than extract, and for leaders who are rooted, resilient, and ready to co-create the future. 

Key Takeaways 

• Nature as blueprint for leadership – how Jackie draws from permaculture, embodiment, and natural systems to guide regenerative business transformation. 
• From extraction to reciprocity – why true sustainability starts within, and how organizations can shift from burnout culture to life-honoring practices. 
• Wealth stewardship in transition – the challenges and opportunities facing next-gen leaders as they inherit wealth and reimagine legacy. 
• Joy as a regenerative force – why joy isn’t optional, but essential for resilience, creativity, and cultural change. 
• Human-first systems change – how reconnecting with our bodies, emotions, and inner work is key to transforming business from the inside out. 

Whether you're a leader, a culture shaper, or someone dreaming of a more regenerative world, this conversation will remind you what’s possible when we lead from joy, reciprocity, and embodied wisdom. 

May this conversation illuminate the path you’re walking and inspire you to lead from the inside out. 

With Love and Gratitude,
Aubrey Morgan Yee 

GUEST INFO 

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What if money was never meant to be a measure of worth, but a sacred current of life itself? 

What becomes possible when we remember our economic lives as part of a holy, relational web that includes all beings, seen and unseen? 

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Pat McCabe, a sacred storyteller and spiritual visionary whose work bridges Indigenous wisdom, ceremony, and activism. 

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About Our Guest  

Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining) is a Diné (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker. She is a voice for global peace, and her paintings are created as tools for individual, earth and global healing.  

She draws upon the Indigenous sciences of Thriving Life to reframe questions about sustainability and balance, and she is devoted to supporting the next generations, Women’s Nation and Men’s Nation, in being functional members of the “Hoop of Life” and upholding the honor of being human. 

What We Explore in This Episode 

In this conversation, Pat invites us to radically reimagine our relationship to money, land, and life itself. Drawing from deep Indigenous wisdom, ceremony, and personal revelation, Pat shares a vision for healing our economic systems and restoring a way of being rooted in fearless generosity, spiritual sovereignty, and the sacred hoop of life. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Money as Spirit: Rather than seeing money as transactional or neutral, Pat introduces it as a sovereign spiritual entity—one that has awakened and now chooses to serve only life, light, and love.  
• Omnibeneficence and the sacred hoop – how every being has a unique role to play in the web of life, and what it means to live in right relationship with all our relatives. 
• The Power of Ceremony & Spirit Logic: When we move from fear-based decision-making to spirit-led action, miracles become possible. Money arrives not through control, but through alignment. 
• Unlearning the death ways – why the extractive systems we’ve inherited must be composted, and how we begin to return to life-honoring ways. 
• Fearless generosity as survival strategy – what buffalo teach us about facing storms, and why soft hearts and collective courage are essential in these times. 

Whether you're a philanthropist, changemaker, or simply longing for a more sacred way of living, this conversation will open your heart, expand your imagination, and reorient your compass toward thriving life. 

This conversation is a blessing in itself. May it touch you in the exact place it’s needed. 

With Love and Gratitude, 

Aubrey Morgan Yee 

GUEST INFO: 

You can find Pat McCabe here: 

Website:  https://www.patmccabe.net/ 

EPISODE RESOURCES:  

https://www.landjusticefutures.org/motherhouse - a learning & movement space for Mother Law & Complicit No More. 

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How do we move beyond fear and separation to reclaim our sovereignty and reconnect with the intelligence of the Earth?

What if the key to human health is not just within us, but beneath our feet—in the living soil?

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Zach Bush, MD, a renowned, multi-disciplinary physician of internal medicine, endocrinology, and hospice care and an internationally recognized educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease and food systems. 

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Zach Bush, MD founded Seraphic Group and the non-profit Farmer’s Footprint to develop root-cause solutions for human and ecological health. His passion for education reaches across many disciplines, including topics such as the role of soil and water ecosystems in human genomics, immunity, and gut/brain health. His education has highlighted the need for a radical departure from chemical farming and pharmacy, and his ongoing efforts are providing a path for consumers, farmers, and mega-industries to work together for a healthy future for people and the planet.

His work in for-profit and nonprofit arenas is creating avenues for collaborative action for all stakeholders in our global community for a regenerative future of health for the planet and our children.

In this conversation, Zach and I explore the ways in which our bodies, our communities, and our ecosystems are reflections of one another. We discuss the collapse of control-based systems, the disempowerment embedded in modern health narratives, and why true healing requires a return to sovereignty, coherence, and connection with the natural world. Zach offers a radical shift in perspective, moving beyond the paradigm of disease and survival into a new era of health, belonging, and regeneration.

Key Takeaways:

🌿 The microbiome as the foundation of health—how soil and gut health are inextricably linked.

🌿 Why modern medicine is failing us—the dangers of pharmaceutical dependency and chemical agriculture.

🌿 Regenerative agriculture & planetary healing—why shifting farming practices is key to reversing chronic disease.

🌿 Moving beyond fear & control—how to reclaim personal sovereignty and health through deep reconnection with nature.

🌿 The spiritual awakening of our time—why true healing requires us to step beyond outdated paradigms and embrace a new way of being.

Zach offers a radical shift in perspective, moving beyond the paradigm of disease and survival into a new era of health, belonging, and regeneration. His message is both disruptive and deeply hopeful, calling us to step beyond outdated paradigms and embrace a future rooted in sovereignty, connection, and renewal.

With Love and Gratitude,

Aubrey Morgan Yee

GUEST INFO

You can find / follow Zach Bush MD here:

Website: www.zachbushmd.com 

Instagram: @zachbushmd 

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Farmer’s Footprint: www.farmersfootprint.us

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How do we challenge the deeply entrenched systems of oppression while reimagining a future built on justice, wisdom, and reciprocity? 

What does it take to move beyond resistance and into the creation of something truly new? 

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Pooven Moodley, an international human rights and environmental lawyer and social justice activist who has spent his life on the frontlines of the struggle for freedom, equity, and environmental justice. 

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Pooven’s journey began as a young activist in the anti-apartheid movement before pursuing a legal career, starting at the Legal Resources Centre, where he engaged in landmark human rights litigation. He has since held leadership roles in Natural Justice (Executive Director), ActionAid (International Head of Campaigns), and Oxfam GB (Country Director, South Africa), supporting grassroots movements and challenging corporate and governmental exploitation. 

Among his notable achievements, he co-led the successful campaign to stop South Africa’s proposed nuclear deal with Russia, fought for women’s land rights in Africa, and played a key role in securing the UN’s recognition of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, for which his coalition won the 2023 United Nations Human Rights Prize.  He is a Council Member of the ICCA Consortium, Chair of the Defending the Territories of Life initiative, and serves on the boards of Awana Digital, the Institute for Natural Law, and 350.org. As a co-founder of the Earthrise Collective, he continues to integrate legal advocacy, Indigenous knowledge, and movement-building to co-create a regenerative and justice-centered future. 

In this conversation, Pooven and I trace the threads of his lifelong work in human rights and environmental justice, from his early years in activism to his leadership in global campaigns for land and Indigenous sovereignty. We explore the deep intersections of legal advocacy, activism, and ancestral wisdom, the shifting energy of our time, and the profound spiritual reckoning required to dismantle oppressive systems while co-creating a future rooted in justice, reciprocity, and liberation. 

Key Takeaways: 

🌿 The fight for justice and human rights—how Pooven’s journey from the anti-apartheid movement to global activism shaped his perspective on systemic change. 

🌿 Dismantling empire from within—why legal advocacy alone isn’t enough and how we must also reclaim ancestral wisdom and alternative ways of being. 

🌿 The Earthrise Collective and the power of gathering—how wisdom keepers, activists, and change-makers are coming together to seed a new way forward. 

🌿 Sacred activism & planetary transformation—how ancient wisdom traditions and modern resistance movements are converging in this moment of reckoning. 

🌿 The role of South Africa in the global shift—the deep spiritual and energetic significance of the land and the unfolding transformation happening there. 

Pooven is a beacon of courage, clarity, and wisdom, and this conversation is both a sobering and deeply hopeful exploration of what is possible when we commit to truth, justice, and the sacred work of repair. It is an invitation—to look deeper, to move beyond resistance into creation, and to step into our role as stewards of a just and thriving future. 

With Love and Gratitude, 

Aubre

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How do we listen to the dreams that guide us toward a new way of being?

What happens when women gather to hold the Earth in devotion and love?

In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Julia Weigert, a code carrier of the Sophia Consciousness, Magdalene Rose Priestess and Steward of Gaia.

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Julia and I met and became friends while in a circle of women studying the wisdom lineages of Magdalene, Isis, Morgana and other ancient Priestess lines. 

It is her mission to support women on the path of fully embodying their multidimensionality as living bridge of the divine and earthly realm. As a women’s ceremonialist and mentor, she guides women to live in tune with the rhythms of nature, reclaim their sovereign power and reconnect with their soul essence & wisdom. As Reiki Master Teacher and energy healer she holds and facilitates space for potent transformational processes allowing others to access their innate soul wisdom. 

Her true passion lies in being an endless pilgrim, guiding others on sacred sojourns designed to catalyze a profound exploration of self. In the embrace of ancient lands enchanted by magick, Julia facilitates experiences of expansions of consciousness and awakening to one's own purpose in the greater tapestry of the cosmos.  

In this conversation, Julia and I follow the threads of a dream she had that saw women around the world gathering to become the beating frequency of Gaia. Holding a mandala as Earth transforms and becomes anew in the lineage of the cosmos. 

Key Takeaways:

🌿 The wisdom of dreams and how they serve as guidance for our life’s path.
🌿 The Magdalene lineage and its connection to ancient priestess traditions.
🌿 Dragons as guardians of the Earth’s energy lines and the need to restore lost connections.
🌿 The transformative power of sacred pilgrimage and working with Gaia’s ley lines.
🌿 How to trust the visions and synchronicities that call us toward our purpose.

This conversation is a beautiful reminder that we are all part of a greater cosmic weaving and that by listening deeply—whether to our dreams, the land, or the whispers of ancient wisdom—we can reclaim our place as stewards of the sacred. 

A beautiful conversation with a beautiful soul. Enjoy...

With Love and Gratitude,

Aubrey Morgan Yee 

GUEST INFO

You can find / follow Julia Weigert here:

Website: www.soulwisdom.ch

IG: @soul_wisdom_by_julia

FB: @Soul Wisdom

Podcast: The Sacred Travel Podcast on Youtube, Spotify, Apple

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Monthly Gatherings: The Magdalene Dragon Mandala

Free Program: 22 Days of Mastering Your Creatrix Powers

Sacred Travel Experiences 2025:

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What does it mean to be a poet in the midst of the polycrisis?
How do we find meaning in the mess humanity has created?
In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with Sophia Rokhlin, a graceful, beautiful soul that is deeply committed to preserving Indigenous wisdom and advancing community-based conservation efforts.
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Sophia Rokhlin, MSc, is an author and aspiring animist supporting the conservation of traditional ecological knowledge through community-based solutions for land regeneration and protection. She is Community Manager with Ma Earth, and Development Coordinator at the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance (ASHA).
Sophia is a co-author of When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance (Watkins, 2019). Her research and writing has been featured in publications and podcasts including the Duncan Trussell Family Hour, The New York Times, Acne Paper Magazine, PBS, BBC, and others.
In this conversation, Sophia and I delve into themes of grief, resilience, and the beauty that emerges from collapse as we discuss what it means to be a poet in the polycrisis, the pain and poignancy of watching your beloved place (in her case Asheville NC) become the latest climate disaster zone, and how to find meaning in the mess weʻve created by finding a mess youʻre willing to devote yourself to.

Key Takeaways:

🌿 The power of grief as a gateway to action and a deeper connection to the Earth.
🌿 How traditional ecological knowledge and animist perspectives guide meaningful conservation work.
🌿 Lessons from Sophia’s work with ASHA and Ma Earth on community-led land regeneration.
🌿 How climate disasters reveal the fragility of our systems—and the strength of our communities.
🌿 The importance of choosing a “mess” to tend to in the collective work of repair and healing.
This conversation is poetic, poignant, and deeply rooted in the sacred connection we share with the Earth and each other.  Sophia offers a graceful perspective on how to confront our global challenges with courage and devotion, which I know you will love!

With Love and Gratitude,

Aubrey Morgan Yee

GUEST INFO

You can find / follow Sophia Rokhlin here:

Website:   www.sophiarokhlin.com
Instagram:  @sophiarokhlin


EPISODE RESOURCES

•When Plants Dream: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Shamanism and the Global Psychedelic Renaissance by Sophia Rokhlin & Daniel Pinchbeck


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How do we confront the destructive systems that govern our world while envisioning pathways to a sustainable, equitable future? What does it mean to transition from a death economy to a life economy? In this episode of Beloved Futures, host Aubrey Morgan Yee sits down with John Perkins, the best-selling author of Confessions of an Economic Hitmanand a lifelong advocate for global transformation
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John Perkins has been one of my heroes since I first came across his book Confessions of an Economic Hitman in the early 2000ʻs. This book felt profound and dangerous and I kept thinking it had to be fiction. It’s not. John is brave and bold and has shared with stark clarity the reality of the western, imperial, political-economic machine.

As Chief Economist at a major consulting firm, John was advisor to the World Bank, UN, IMF, Fortune 500 corporations, and government and business leaders in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Before that, heapprenticed with shamans when he lived in the Amazon rainforest from 1968 to1971 and has since studied with shamans from many different cultures. His eleven books on economics, shamanism, and transformation includetheConfessions of an Economic Hit Man trilogy,Shapeshifting, The World Is as You Dream It,andTouching the Jaguar.They have been on theNew York Timesbestseller list for more than 70 weeks, sold millions of copies, and are published in at least 38 languages. 

John has spoken at shamanic gatherings, economic forums, and universities around the world and has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, A&E, the History Channel, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Der Spiegel, and many other publications, as well as in numerous documentaries including The End of Poverty?, Zeitgeist Addendum, andApology of an Economic Hit Man.

His awards include the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace (along with Lady Gaga and Pussy Riot) and the Rainforest Action Network Challenging Business asUsual Award. He is a founder and board member of the Pachamama Alliance and Dream Change.Together, John and I delve into the systems driving inequality and environmental destruction and discuss how we can shift toward regenerative economic models that honor life and equity. This conversation is both sobering and inspiring—a call to action for those ready to imagine and build a world rooted in love, equity, and sustainability.

Key Takeaways:

• Understanding the death economy: a system rooted in exploitation, consumption, and short-term gains.
• Transitioning to a life economy: aligning economic systems with the well-being of all life.
• Lessons from Confessions of an Economic Hitmanand the courage required to confront entrenched power structures.
• Practical steps to transform systems of inequality into models of equity and sustainability.
• The role of individual and collective action in building a regenerative future.

John is filled with the life-force of a man who is on purpose. Using his gift of writing to share the truth about empire and the web of systems that are destroying our planet and our humanity. You will love this conversation... settle in with a cup of tea and an open mind.

With Love and Gratitude,

Aubrey Morgan Yee

GUEST INFO

You can find / follow John Perkins here:

Website: https://johnperkins.org/

Instagram: @johnp

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