On a holiday in Italy, host verysheri reveals a personal challenge and how just when she needed to hear it, one of her spiritual guides shared a post on social media that contained the exact wisdom that was needed for this moment.

As a tribute to this mentor, Heather Fantin, who is grieving the loss of a beloved member of a cherished family, whose 19 year old life was cut short at the hands of domestic violence. A fund has been set up in support of this family. As promised at the end of the show, here is the link to contribute:

https://gofund.me/e91c305b

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast August 1, 2021.

This experienced healer has worked on THOUSANDS of bodies and told me pain is a language. If we listen to a body in pain and watch for patterns we can "turn deafness into listening and then you can have your epiphanies". Trish answers my questions about Chinese Meridian Theory and how emotions are connected to our internal organs which I found fascinating. If we want to evolve the mind, she said, it requires body evolution as well. Consider what you put ON your body, not just IN it. The skin is our largest organ and it consumes what we feed it. As we talk about the body, we pause on the heart and discuss ways to keep our hearts more open. Trish is on her soul mission to heal one body at a time through physical touch, energetic connection, and spiritual intuition... and her story about working with horses that comes at about minute 30 left my jaw on the floor!

You can work with Trish virtually. To connect, her email is:

and if you are in the DC area, here's the venue she recommends (I have tickets at 7:30 tonight!)

https://www.artechouse.com/

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast July 25, 2021.

My guest today is a Social Wellness Advocate. He's committed to helping all of us find meaningful connection to self, other and community. In this conversation, he shares wise words about slowing down to connect to self, to better connect with another. The antidote to loneliness is belonging. Belonging takes courage, to show up as yourself. Aaron shares from the heart after decades of being in his head, focused on productivity as a path to success. His map of what success means has shifted as he considers his own humanity and re-prioritizes personal and social wellness. Building communities for like-minded humans to gather, to be witnessed in their triumphs and in their sorrows, this is what matters to Aaron. If you follow your wounds, you will likely find your calling he says, your way to make a unique difference in the world. This rings true for me, and many I know.

His 4 top tips of how more men can get out of their heads and into their hearts (ps: it works for women and other folx too)

1. take more space for you

2. ask deeper questions of your life (like what’s not working? what do you value?)

3. take stock of your relationships where you trust the container

4. notice your consumption: how do you spend time?

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast July 18, 2021.

SHOW NOTES & LINKS

Find Aaron on Refuge, a safe space to meaningfully connect, heal and grow as humans:

https://beyond-me.mn.co/

Evryman = https://evryman.com/

stories by Aaron = https://socialwellnesscollective.org/author/aaron/

"What I feel most passionate about is supporting leaders, managers, and teams to bring their best and whole self to the new world of work that is in service of a mission prioritizing people and planet. " says guest Carley Hauck as she describes why it all begins with psychological safety. From there we dive into conversations about race and white privilege, how and where we learn about it, including the impact of remaining uninformed, and how I grew up thinking racism wasn't an issue, simply because I didn't know any better. I share how this is no longer acceptable for me to remain in the dark. Carley then leads us into her heartbeat topic of climate change, and how the responsibility to maintain planet health is on each and every one of us, just like the responsibility to maintain our own personal health. She helps me to see how these two actions are not separate. We are not separate... each other... from the planet... from all living things.

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast July 11, 2021.

SHOW NOTES:

So many resources to reference from this conversation. First up, links to contact Carley directly : www.carleyhauck.com

Her book "shine" : https://carleyhauck.com/shinebook

Her panel of conscious climate change activists that I watched :

https://carleyhauck.com/podcast/how-to-be-a-courageous-leader-amidst-climate-change

Lynne Twist : soul of money https://soulofmoney.org/

book : beyond allies

https://www.amazon.ca/Beyond-Ally-Pursuit-Racial-Justice/dp/1951591380

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs : https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

The documentary that educated me about what happened to native american (and canadian) Indian tribes, at the hands of white people (thanks to my guide, Chris Savory!) : https://upstanderproject.org/dawnland

Airing on June 27th, the date of this guest's Birthday and Day 1 of a cross country bike race that is 3500 miles from Portland, OR to Washington, DC. Host Sheri Hauser talks to her beloved partner about his fortitude and resilience to endure a mixed terrain ride, with ambitions to average 150+ miles/day for 24 days straight through 12 states. Kevin reveals where his passion for riding first began and what drives him to pursue this mode of transportation.

This isn't the first time he set out with these lofty goals, in 2018 he met that pace on the TransAm, cycling 4200 miles from Portland to Virginia in 27 days!

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast June 27, 2021.

SHOW NOTES:

Public Facebook Group (where the dot watchers gather)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1271501496332952

Here's where you watch the dots and get stats on rider's progress

https://bikenonstop.com/

Essence is a key word for Esther Loopstra, who talks about the importance of connecting to your values and beliefs. By connecting, you learn more about your authentic self and can make decisions guided from that place. She talks about our primal need to be seen and how we can LEARN to tap into our own intuition. Esther is a teacher, an artist, and a creative coach whose work is an extension of her perpetual curiosity.

Her art has been shown in galleries, used for print ads, editorials, books, stationery products, textiles, and more. Esther holds degrees in Counseling and Illustration and has taught at Kent State University and Cornish College of the Arts. She obsessively studies neuroscience, the creative process, intuition, mindfulness, and the psychology of FLOW. Esther offers one on one sessions and specialized workshops that allow individuals to connect to their intuition and authentic selves so that they can create AMAZING things in this world. 

She talks to host Sheri Hauser about states of flow, creativity, intuition, resilience and so much more!

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast June 20, 2021.

https://www.flowintoauthenticity.com/

Her free class https://flowintoauthenticity.teachable.com/p/finding-your-creative-purpose1

“Living an authentic life, requires that we be willing to be changed by our relationships and circumstances.“ says my guest, Jason Digges in this rich dialog about how we show up in connection with another, and how that is the place where we can truly know ourselves and grow. From the moment he was told "what you feel matters", his eyes were open to a new way of being that has directed his life ever since.

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast June 6, 2021.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.authrev.org/

https://www.amazon.com/Conflict-Energy-Transformative-Practice-Authentic/dp/1735076007

Jason references books on community building like these:

https://www.amazon.com/Belong-People-Create-Community-Connected/dp/1523502053

https://www.amazon.com/Tribes-We-Need-You-Lead/dp/1491514736

and the Authentic Relating company that Jason co-founded that I am a mentor, facilitator and practitioner of:

https://authenticrelating.co/

Coming in hot, to talk about life transitions, and the biggest one of all that follows birth and life... death. Max shares big questions to clear our unfinished business that can hold us back when it's time. We begin with a story of how he showed up as an energetically aware person to remove the resistance that prevented a dear friend from passing peacefully. As we move into the conversation a little further, we get into managing grief, trusting our intuition, and how kind, caring, sensitive people are here to change the world. He shines a light on the plot that keeps us isolated so we believe we aren't capable of showing up as bold as we already are! Stick around, that lands at about the :50 minute mark.

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast May 30, 2021.

SHOW NOTES:

Here's the place to learn more about Max and the programs he offers:

https://www.maxriggs.com/classes/

Links to contact and follow him and his work can be found there too.

Tune out and drop in. That's what we're talking about today. Not with drugs, but with sensory deprivation salt water float tanks. My guest shares how this practice taught him to manage his crippling anxiety, and I share how I receive downloads from source and creative inspiration, which just goes to illustrate that concept that everyone gets what they need most to heal inside these space pod portals. Dean quotes from Ram Dass, when he shares that working on yourself IS the work... and that "by working on yourself, resolving your own stuff, making yourself a better human, you DO The work to enlighten humanity as a whole" - I hope that's inspiration enough to give this episode a listen.

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast May 16, 2021.

SHOW NOTES:

Here's a link to Dean's float studio in Seattle, where I've been a member since 2015: https://www.floatseattle.com/

At the opening of this episode I expressed a heartfelt invite to join me on a 6 week authentic relating journey, 3 hours a week, on Tuesday nights. Learn more about the ART of Being Human here:

https://authenticrelating.co/courses/level-1/

(you can register there for the course I'm co-leading on May 25th, if financial resources are a hardship, reach out)

On the topic of water, don't miss this TED radio hour segment on NPR with Kelsey Leonard. It's a stunning and profound talk on how we've abandoned our precious resources and a lesson on how water should have its own rights too.

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/899823095/kelsey-leonard-how-did-we-lose-our-connection-to-water

and the artist on instagram that Dean mentioned has a site here: https://seedingsovereignty.org/

Learn how this OCD recovering neat freak and ex-university professor learned how to embrace the mess to honor her child's creative process. Robin Konie realized it was her responsibility, in service of having future leaders who'd be equipped to innovate and problem solve, to keep kids creative, and it started with her and her daughter. It's a perfect Mother's Day story, as this episode airs in North America on May 9.

Did you know, a long-term NASA study found that 98% of 5-year olds tested at "creative genius" levels. But less than 2% retained that creativity into adulthood. Her business, Munga Punga, offers tools to make sure that number increases! We talk about HOW. Here's her top 10 tips that we cover in the last 20 minutes of this episode:

1. morning meditations

2. breakfast brainstorms

3. daily dancing

4. dinner debates

5. reading rituals

6. friday free time

7. magic moments

8. ready resources

9. familiarize failure

10. pursue passions

Produced for Cafe Racer Radio, original broadcast May 9, 2021.

SHOW NOTES:

Robin’s work

https://www.mungapunga.com/welcome

https://www.instagram.com/robinkonie/

TedTalk https://youtu.be/Jv0oEjs68I4

dance movement references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laban_movement_analysis

https://labaninstitute.org/about/laban-movement-analysis/

https://labaninstitute.org/about/irmgard-bartenieff/

other references

creative studio in North Hollywood, California: https://cr8space.com/

Spark Healing Summit: Conference details and registration, email [email protected] why you want to attend by May 16 to be entered to win a FREE ticket. https://www.sparkhealingsummit.com/

Authentic Relating Training, next course, co-led by host Sheri Hauser begins May 25: https://authenticrelating.co/courses/level-1/