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How do self-compassion, empathy toward others, and taking time to pause before responding to others all contribute to our mental and physical health? In this episode we talk about mindful communication, the power of silence, and how we need to get over our learned discomfort with sitting in it. 

Show Resources

InnerMBA https://innermba.soundstrue.com/

Wisdom 2.0 https://www.wisdom2summit.com/

David Brooks, “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen” https://bookshop.org/a/19443/9780593230060

About Quakers https://www.friendsacademy.org/blog/a-brief-history-of-quakerism

Dash & Lily https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dash_lily/s01, https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/dash-and-lily-netflix-review-1234823856/

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In this episode, we continue our interview with Mare Cromwell. In Part 2, Mare shares about her non-profit organization, The Great Mother Love Way, and shares how she helps others connect with Mother Gaia. We learn what she does to support the global grid and hear stories about her work with others around the world. She also shares how to stay grounded while doing this spiritual work, how connecting with Mother Gaia and nature helps us on our all of our healing journeys, and how each of us can play a role in planetary healing.

Mare's website https://www.greatmotherlove.earth/

1000 Goddesses Gathering https://www.1000goddesses.net/

The HeartMath Institute https://www.heartmath.org/

Permaculture Institute https://www.permaculture.org/

Animal Communication https://www.eomega.org/article/building-trust-across-species

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Meet Mare Cromwell, the co-creator of the 1000 Goddesses Gathering Global Grid, who turned her lymphoma diagnosis into an opportunity to connect with Mother Gaia and receive divine guidance from nature. Her spiritual journey led her to co-create a grid of ceremonies radiating healing energies across the globe, starting at the Washington Mall in 2016. Learn about Mare's spiritual journey and her profound commitment to birthing a new earth.

https://www.greatmotherlove.earth/

https://www.1000goddesses.net/

https://www.heartmath.org/

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What do the New England witch trials, stressed out cheerleaders, virtual reality snowpeople, and metaphorical zits have in common?

In this episode, we explore how societal expectations and personal trauma may contribute to physical ailments, and delve into our personal journeys with grief. We talk about how bodywork like yoga, massage, and energy healing have helped us to release "stuck" emotions. In addition, we discuss how techniques like virtual reality, meditation, and Reiki offer evidence-based pain management. We also emphasize the importance of productive grieving. Tune in, stay curious, and let's learn from each other on this journey of exploring the complex link between emotions and physical health.

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Join us as we escape into the world of our favorite feel-good streaming shows.  In this episode, we explore shows that make us laugh, think, cry, smile… and just plain FEEL GOOD about the world and humankind. We discuss how television has evolved to represent diverse perspectives and create better examples of how we should treat each other by showing collaborative story lines and characters who support each other. Modern programming offers positive, satisfying, joyful, and heartwarming viewing experiences. 

PS- Other shows we failed to mention:

• Never Have I Ever
• Dash and Lily
• Mrs. Fischer's Modern Murder Mysteries
• Parks and Recreation

Outlander Trigger Warning Doc on Reddit

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If we are put on this earth with the purpose of creating, then, what does creativity look like in everyday life? From building a garden, to teaching, to healing grief, to exploring outer space, to making art using AI, Mary and Christine explore the ways in which what we imagine can become real.

“Let your imagination have full sway. Build it up until it is filled daily and hourly with the pictures that the lessons of the past and the trials of today suggest to your consciousness. Then analyze these imaginary things, select the best, and take them into the laboratory of your creative powers. Let the divine consciousness flowing through you reconstruct them, radiate them, and bring them to pass in your life and in the lives of those around you, thus adding to the world the assets of the future and the beautiful things of human evolution."
~H. Spencer Lewis

Show Resources 

(Erratum: It's David Bohm, not Richard like I mistakenly say in this episode!)

• David Bohm, Quantum Mechanics and Enlightenment, John Horgan, Scientific American, July 23, 2018 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/david-bohm-quantum-mechanics-and-enlightenment/
• The Secret of The Secret, Mark Vernon, The Guardian, August 31, 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/aug/31/secret-byrne-positive-thinking
• Your Heart’s Desire, Sonia Choquette, https://bookshop.org/a/19443/9780609800119
• The Creative Art Of Coping In Japanese Internment, NPR, Morning Edition with Susan Stamberg, May 12, 2010, https://www.npr.org/2010/05/12/126557553/the-creative-art-of-coping-in-japanese-internment
• George Nakashima Woodworker: The Definitive Documentary, 2021 https://nakashimadocumentary.com/
• George Nakashima Woodworkers, https://nakashimawoodworkers.com/
• Sony World Photography Award 2023: Winner refuses award after revealing AI creation, BBC, April 18, 2023, https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65296763
• MoMA’s newest artist is an AI trained on 180,000 works, from Warhol to Pac-Man, Jesus Diaz, Fast Company, November 18, 2022, https://www.fastcompany.com/90811669/momas-newest-artist-is-an-ai-trained-on-180000-works-from-warhol-to-pac-man
• Unsupervised, Museum of Modern Art, https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5535

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Are there any new ideas left to discover in the world? In this episode we explore the myth of ‘the creative type’ as we ponder questions about creativity like, “What is it?”, “How does society shape how we think about it?” and and “”What about voice-activated shower recorders?”

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

Joy Paul Guilford – One of the founders of the Psychology of Creativity, Genvive, Sergey Markov June 2017

New X-Ray Images Reveal Just How Carefully Picasso Worked Over His Earliest Blue Period Paintings, TEFAF New York, Sarah Cascone, June 2018

Cey Adams, Creator of Hip-Hop’s Visual Language, Gets First-Ever Retrospective at Stone Gallery, Boston University Today, October 2022 

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What do you want to be when you grow up? The good news is that there isn’t necessarily just one right answer. In this episode, we talk about jobs vs careers vs vocations, identifying your special gifts, and listening for the voice of vocation by asking yourself “What makes you happy? Really, really happy?” 

• Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, Parker Palmer
• Elizabeth Gilbert on Distinguishing Between Hobbies, Jobs, Careers & Vocation
• What Color Is Your Parachute? : Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success, Richard N. Bolle  
• Yes, Please, Amy Poehler
• It’s Your Time Now: What Will You Do with It?, Mary Guarino, PhD
• What to Do if You Can't Find Your Passion
• Don't Chase Your Passion, and Maybe You'll Find It (Jackhammers and Hummingbirds)
• The Gathering Room, Martha Beck Podcast Ep114 Topic: reconnect with our true desires, which signal the path to the fulfillment of our destiny. (Inspired by Suzanne Eder’s new book, “What You Want Wants You.”)

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Will you be my friend? And, are business cards still a thing? In this episode, we talk about the art and science of making friends as an adult. Drawing from research and personal experience, we explore what works, and what doesn’t work when trying to expand your IRL social network. 

How to Make, and Keep, Friends in Adulthood, The New York Times, October 2022

How Do We-Make-and-Keep, Good Friends? We Can Do Hard Things podcast, January 27, 2023

How Loneliness Hurts Us and What to Do About It, Greater Good,May 2020 article about Vivek Murthy’s take on the epidemic of loneliness

Is Quality Better Than Quantity in Social Relationships? Psychology Today, November 2019

Getting beyond small talk: Study finds people enjoy deep conversations with strangers, American Psychological Association, September 2021

Loneliness and Social Isolation Linked to Serious Health Conditions,  Center for Disease Control

How to Make Friends, The Atlantic, September 2018


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The Epic Network

1928 Cocktail Club

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