Pictures, Poems, Pauses...this podcast has all of these. Listen to Brooke summers-Perry talk about living more compassionately through "right speech." Trained in Non-violent Communication (NVC) she walks us through how it is a strategy for getting more people's needs met most of the time.

Join us and a special guest as we talk about art as Right Action, Braiding Sweetgrass, the importance of and, plus gratitude.

We explore the notion of Right Speech on the 8 Fold Path. How to do this both compassionately and honestly, always with a mind toward love and justice.

In this episode we talk about how to be in right relationship to those with whom we disagree without watering down what it means to be compassionate humans. It’s a little like being lost in the woods, allowing ourselves to feel disoriented and unsure but finding our way nevertheless. The poem to which I refer is Called “The Second Music” by Annie Lighthart.

Holly & Bill chat with Terry Thompson about sitting in discomfort, learning to see ourselves and others as we truly are.