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In this episode Leaf Seligman speaks about the alchemy of trauma, storytelling and healing. “Being able to tell the story can be redemptive. "And...all of us experience harm and redemption doesn't come from the idea of escaping harm. It comes from the realization that we can heal it.”

Leaf Seligman is a storytelling changemaker, author, minister, Tedx speaker, educator, and restorative justice practitioner who seeks connection + meaning in the deeper truths of our need to be listened to and belong. 

Highlight Quotes:

"And I just want to say for anyone listening, when I say the word redemption, what that means to me is the definition you can find in a dictionary, which is freedom from detriment, which is to say freedom from harm. That's what I mean by redemption is freedom from harm. And not that we will be freed from ever experiencing it, but that we will be that we can heal from it, that we will not be possessed by the harm."

"So when we meet … people who don't have enough light, we can curse the darkness, or we can choose to cast some light their way. And then if I remember that it's only in an uncondemned state that anyone can change. I can invite others into a state or a process rather of accountability by not condemning them..” 

Books by Leaf Seligman:

• From The Midway: Unfolding Stories of Redemption and Belonging
• Opening The Window: Sabbath Meditations
• A Pocket Book of Prompts

About Leaf Seligman:

• https://leafseligman.com/about-leaf-seligman/
• Leaf Seligman Tedx Talk: How Stories help us choose connection

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In this episode our post pandemic view is re-created by Rembrandt. Pat Benincasa compares Rembrandt’s self-portraits to our way of coping with a post-Covid world.

Selected Quotes:

“There is an unflinching, poignant directness in his portraits a looking that goes way beyond seeing.“

“Vincent van Gogh said: 'Rembrandt goes so deep into the mysterious that he says things for which there are no words in any language...'”

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In this episode Lisa takes us behind stage and sets, with candid insights, stories and new ways of being during the pandemic year. We get a glimpse of what an actor’s life is like!

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In this episode Natalie Zett talks about her search beyond records, newspaper clippings and old photos and in to the inexplicable mystery of unseen connections. Natalie is an award-winning journalist and genealogy researcher with a passion for finding family stories and making lost relatives come to life. 

Resources for learning more about Family History and Genealogy:

Sampling of family history/genealogy podcasts:

• Genealogy Gems  - host, Lisa Louise Cooke
• Extreme Genes - host Scott Fisher
• Genealogy Guys  - hosts George G. Morgan and Drew Smith

Sampling of a family history/genealogy books:

• My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege
• The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty
• The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland
• Story of My Life: A Workbook for Preserving Your Legacy by Sunny Morton

Natalie's Family History Playground

I created both my blog and video with for my family members who were interested in genealogy but thought my family tree of 2,000 plus people was a bit overwhelming!

• Zett Family Blog
• Andy Zett from Olsavica to Johnstown

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Ellen Pavitt survived a paralyzing plane crash to face a daunting, new mind-body reality and a powerful spiritual quest.

 What should have been a routine flight for a small Cessna 172M for Ellen Pavitt instead became a point of no return to anything that resembled life as usual. Ellen survived a paralyzing plane crash to face a daunting, new mind-body reality and a powerful spiritual quest. Today, Ellen and her husband Corey live in Alaska, where they run a fitness center. 

Today's episode is brought to you by the Joan of Arc Scroll Medal, a beautiful brass alloy medal, designed by award-winning artist, Pat Benincasa. This uniquely shaped medal is ideal for holiday or as a special occasion gift!    Visit www.patbenincasa-art.com

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In this episode I talk about this remarkable woman, Sue Cochrane. From an early life in turmoil to years-long battle with cancer she was lawyer, judicial referee, teacher, family law innovator and tireless advocate for unconditional love.

For more information about Sue:

http://www.suecochrane.com/

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/24/753962611/my-signature-song-jesus-dropped-the-charges

https://www.awakin.org/calls/449/sue-cochrane/

https://www.karunavirus.org/view.php?op=dg&sid=2464

https://www.mixcloud.com/servicespaceforestcall/sue-cochrane-embracing-imperfections-healing-and-compassion-through-the-courts/

https://www.startribune.com/judicial-referee-susan-cochrane-who-channeled-her-difficulties-into-life-s-work-of-compassion-dies-a/600028356/

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Curious about the nomad life? This is a deep-dive conversation with veteran nomad Chris Carrington, a woman whose 12 years on the road have given her stories, insights and a unique capacity to challenge the status quo!

An inside look at Nomad life with Chris Carrington, who spent 12 years on the road crisscrossing the country. She shares stories about the people and places she encountered that forever changed her life.

From this, Chris says: "It's reaffirmed my faith in humanity because you get out and you meet all kinds of people. People are 99.9% honest, good ...people. And we don't see that on the news. Everybody is scared cuz of what they see on the news. All they see is the bad stuff bad people do."

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Transition, transcendence or treading water, what did you do this past year?

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COVID is the situational context that defines our everyday life. In this episode we examine our altered daily routines, work life, parenting and choice making through a lens of common purpose: what it means to be alive. With humor, grace and wit, we fasten our seatbelts to adjust and adapt!

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