Expansion Lab

We’re collectively getting sicker as a society, not healthier and in order to find healing, we must start with the soil.

In this episode we talk with Jeff Tkach, about how food is medicine and how it healed his body from disease, how the way we farm affects climate change, and why knowing where your food comes from is important.  As Chief Impact Officer for the Rodale Institute (a nonprofit dedicated to growing the organic movement through rigorous research, farmer training, and consumer education), Jeff shares about regenerative organic agriculture and how the great healing of our time begins in the soil — from which all life springs.  We discuss practical steps we all can make for health, wholeness and caring for our earth. 

In this one, Phil gives a new year sermon on hope. He talks about acceptance (in the hold down), love (and how it shapes our hearts), who we are becoming (and the world it will ultimately create through this), and hope in the midst of uncertain times. 

In this episode, we talk with Tod Bolsinger (of Fuller Seminary) about leading and growing through change. With his unique lens as a seminary professor (former VP of Fuller), transformational/adaptive leadership guru, pastor of 27 years, and church consultant/executive coach working with countless congregations and organizations across the country, we discuss with Tod what he sees happening in the current Christian landscape and future spirituality of America. We talk about the need for developing resilience and an adaptive capacity to cut through resistance in order to lead in the face of the many changes we are facing today. He offers practical steps for resilience and hope as we all step into a new future.

In this Episode, Phil talks with Jen about her first marathon over the weekend. She flew in late the night before and they sat down first thing in the morning to discuss what a profound impact the entire experience had on her. They talk about the training and race experience and all of the parallels and learnings for daily life. They talk about working through panic, trusting the process, surrender, the power of words and journeying with others, how expectations can rob us of our joy, how resting can feel counterintuitive when you are pushing towards a goal and how far we have all come in the last few years. So- listen in and be inspired to focus on your next step, whatever that may be. 

In this episode, Phil and Jen talk with Trace Bell and Tina Olson about helping people connect their spirituality to all the aspects of their lives. Consciousness, Spiral Dynamics, liminal space, deconstruction, reconstruction, fostering our kids’ spiritual lives, and growth- this one hits so many topics! 

For more from Trace check out www.tracebelll.com and from Tina check out www.tinamarieolsen.com.

In this episode, Phil and Jen talk about how approaching life with more curiosity and less judgement has the power to change the world. They discuss how a curious approach to our interior lives, engaging with others, faith, and the world is an outlook that you can choose to lean into that also just so happens to be a really fun way to live.

In this episode, Phil and Jen have a conversation with speaker and coach Sonja Pemberton about dispelling the myth of the other.  

Sonja talks about how accepting others requires us to do the deep work of accepting ourselves. She discusses the importance of investigating the origins of our beliefs and behaviors in order to approach others without judgment. 

You can find what Sonja is up to at her website https://www.sonjapemberton.com and register for her Master Class on dispelling the myth of the other at https://www.sonjapemberton.com/masterclass-registration

In this one, Phil and Jen talk about the different traps we can fall into when we are trying to make changes in our lives. This episode is a part the How to Reimagine Your Life audio download. They talk about the trap of living by the “shoulds”, how perspective is key to making meaningful change in our lives and how sometimes the only thing that really needs to change is the story we're telling ourselves, how to evaluate our pace of life to create rhythm and rest, and how unforgiveness will keep us in a prison of our own making.  

Also-if you liked this podcast, be sure to check out the Self-Guided Audio Download of How to Reimagine Your Life for purchase at philandjenwood.com or go to the website and sign up for the email list for a free copy. 

In this one, Phil and Jen reflect on the paradox that life is short so we can activate and make the changes we want for our lives and for the world around us. And also, it’s long. The circumstances we are in now won’t last forever and it’s not too late to make changes- there’s hope and so much possibility and we can begin again and again.

In this episode, Phil and Jen interview New York Times best selling author, Frank Schaeffer. Frank shares personal stories and wisdom about redefining success, loving the people around you well and finding real joy. With a wealth of experience and knowledge, Frank speaks into post-pandemic life and invites us all to lean into what matters most.