We spent a few days off the grid in rural Virginia — no cell service, no internet, just real food, real people, and real peace. This episode is a reflection on the slow, intentional moments we shared: a Mother's Day brunch prepared by a Mennonite community, kids bottle-feeding lambs, conversations about food, purpose, and presence. We talk about what it means to reconnect — with land, with each other, and with ourselves — when the noise of modern life is stripped away.

In our second conversation with Aneela Idnani, founder of Habitaware, we dive deeper into what motivated her to build Habitaware, a company dedicated to helping those with Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors to overcome this disabling condition.

Connect with Aneela at [email protected] and learn more about her empowering, inspiring campaign.

Taking on social media is not for the faint of heart. Good thing Andrew Laubacher is fearless. Since 2018, when he put down his smartphone and walked away, Laubacher has been shouting from the wilderness about the hazards of letting social media take over one's life, and he touts the immense benefits of a smartphone-free existence on his website Humanality.org. Yes, you too can live without being constantly plugged in. Listen in and learn how Andrew does it, and how it might be a good move for you as well!

You can find Andrew's work on www.humanality.org, as well as ample resources if you are curious about a digital-media-free life. His program on the Hallow app, which Dr. Hidaji recently experienced first-hand, is called Digital Detox, check it out, and let him know we sent you!

The Reverend Sandra Leatherwood Clay and Dr. Hidaji discuss solutions for feeling overwhelmed and helpless in today's world - a discussion targeted to Millenials and Gen Z's who are making difficult life choices.

Aneela Idnani is the inventor of Habitaware, a winner of the Time Magazine Best Inventions Award. The Habitaware Keen is a wrist-worn device that helps those who struggle with BFRBs (body-focused repetitive behaviors). In this episode, we learn about Aneela's personal trials with the BFRB called Trichotillomania, a disorder which is often covered up by the sufferer due to shame and low self-esteem. The Keen device helped her and tens of thousands of others leave behind such compulsive behaviors for good. The discussion also delved into how nurturing awareness and living in the present can enrich our lives and empower us.

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It's not every day at Aramesh Retreat that one runs across a camper that is doing cutting-edge research. Dr. Theodora Stewart comes from a high powered pedigree including a MSc in Biogeochemistry and PhD in Environmental Science from ETHZ in Zurich Switzerland. She is the lead scientist at the London Metallomics of King's College. What is "Metallomics," you ask? Well, I had no idea 24 hours ago. Now, I am convinced that it is an integral part of the future of medicine. Come along for the journey as we learn about this field together, as well as get Dr. Stewart's take on many other topics ranging from the state of the environment to keeping curiosity and intuition alive in work and life.

Releasing attachment is a recurring theme in Buddhism. In this episode, Dr. Hidaji, Jill Hidaji, and Pastor Sandra Leatherwood Clay explore Biblical passages that relate to this same idea - namely, balancing the worldly pursuits with settling into the stillness that deep faith in God offers.

There's a lot of hype about electric vehicles. What to believe? Dr. Hidaji set out to learn the truth by experiencing EV's for himself. You'll be surprised to see how it went.

United Methodist Pastor Sandra Clay is our guest in this episode, where we delve deep into the meanings imbedded in Christian communion and Baptism. Sandra has a way with words that invites love, warmth, and acceptance into these rituals.

Dr. Hidaji learns a deep truth from an unlikely source: that the more you think about yourself, the more miserable you become.