Everyday Thin Places

We're celebrating a seven year plan coming together! Ever dreamt of seeing a solar eclipse in totality? Well, buckle up because Elizabeth and her whole family traveled to northeast Ohio and got to see a gorgeous day complete with 2024's solar eclipse.

Join us as we share our favorite things about the sun, the moon, and the stars. Imagine experiencing a 100% total solar eclipse. Elizabeth experienced it and talking about it brings tears to her eyes.  If Rachael's still in South Florida in 20 years, let's all meet up for the path of totality!

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We're so excited for another Everyday Thin Places episode after quite a while away! We chat about our energy coming back as we move from winter to spring.  We're diving deep into all things spring! The ladies discuss Elizabeth's spring plans of the Broad Street Run, throwing the windows open, spring cleaning on Leap Day, as well as Rachael's "Elderland" update, the relativity of seasons, and connecting with Mother Nature.

We're feeling a little rusty as we come out of our winter hibernation, but we are still here!

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Rachael Gallagher and Elizabeth Varaso return with guest Rob Bell to discuss Rob's new book, "Where'd You Park Your Spaceship?". Starting with a discussion about this being a departure from Rob's previous works of nonfiction, we assure you that this sci-fi fiction book is very "Rob Bell". We're pretty sure Rob just became best friends with all of his readers as he weaves a story about other planets that helps us all to better understand Rob Bell the friend. We talk about our expectations of the book vs what our thoughts were while reading and what the process was like for Rob while he was writing it. This is a good one, friends. We're glad you're here.

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It's Red October in Philadelphia, and Phillies fever is spreading.  Symptoms include yelling, cheering, and . . . kindness?  Elizabeth has been gushing to Rachael about Phillie's short stop Trea Turner for weeks now,  so it's only right that we share his story with our listeners and invite you all to jump on the bandwagon of postseason baseball and truly living.  But we're not just talking baseball - we're talking about rabbits, cholesterol, kindness, the Green House model of nursing care and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Check out the moment that Elizabeth can't recount without tearing up

Read about The Rabbit Effect

Learn more about Green House Nursing Homes

Donate to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Send a $7 gift to the V Foundation in honor of Trea Turner

Rachael Gallagher and Elizabeth Varaso interview Nicki Cowan, psychotherapist, end-of-life doula, and co-founder of the Philly Death Doula Collective. In this special episode, Nicki discusses awe, existential intensity, and the greater-than-human world.
It was very interesting for us to learn more about Nicki's perspective. In this episode we cover Nicki's apprenticeship in Botswana, her post-graduate training, how she found herself in Philadelphia, and her time in the Peruvian Amazon and the clarity that she received there.

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The Collective for Radical Death Studies
Psychedelic Liberation Coll
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Rachael and Elizabeth are back with Kay Bruner. They start the episode with some quick life updates from Kay, then begin talking about Kay's favorite aspects of life in the desert, "Agave Watch", and learning how to be okay with letting go.

Featuring:

• Sedona, AZ
• Broken Arrow Hiking Trail
• Verde River
• Bitter Creek Villa
• The Trevor Project

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Joining us in this interview is Intuitive Therapist, Kimberley Dobbs! Rachael Gallagher and Elizabeth Varaso learn what intuitive therapy is and Kimberley walks us through how her practice has evolved. Kimberley challenges us to develop our own intuition and encourages us that intuition is part of what makes us human. You don't want to miss this episode, and you'll most definitely want to share it with anyone and everyone in your life.

• Intuitive Counseling and Wellness
• Intuitive Choices Podcast (coming soon!)
• Guide Dogs For The Blind

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On this episode, our new friend Josiah Haken, CEO of City Relief in NYC shares about serving those stuggling with housing insecurity and food insecurity.  Josiah skillfully walks us through how serving people experiencing homelessness is a thin place and how each of us can offer hospitality to our neighbors regardless of our context.

Mentioned in today's episode:

• City Relief
• Neighbors With No Doors
• Give to City Relief
• Follow City Relief on Instagram
• Josiah's blog

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Rachael Gallagher and Elizabeth Varaso are joined by life partners and creative collaborators, Dan Martin and Michael Biello to discuss telling stories through art, music, and light.
Dan and Michael skillfully walk us through how they create thin places for audiences all over the world and how they're currently working with Rachael and making new songs about growing older.
They remind us that when a piece of art is right, it doesn't have to be forced.
You don't want to miss this episode, and you'll most definitely want to share it with anyone who appreciates creativity and art.

To be inspired by Dan and Michael's art, go to https://biellomartin.com/
https://michaelbiello.com/
https://amazingqueersongbook.com/
https://www.instagram.com/biello.martin.songbook/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ztPgdCXXQQ

To be generous on Dan and Michael's behalf, please find ways to contirubute to artists and their process, and to financially contribute to their friend and neighbor, Sofie, please visit https://www.teamsofie.org/

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After being coy for a while, on this episode, Elizabeth finally shares what has kept her busy most summers, and what's been keeping her busy this year.

Featuring:

• human milk oligosaccharides
• finally welcoming a baby into the world without a mask!
• https://www.facebook.com/center.nonreligious.spirituality/
• reclaiming and redefining  "bedlum" with the Philadelphia Phillies
• Better Call Saul
• Midnight Mass on Netflix
• The Woodlands Cemetery in West Philadelphia

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