We will hear a talk that Gwen gave at A Spiritual Center on Sunday November 21st on courage and self compassion.

Gwen revisits some of the best conversations she had in 2021, all the best points made throughout the year.

Gwen speaks with music educator Lisa Dancing-Light, who is also an environmental activist, gardener, composer, recording artist and recently author of the children’s environmental storybook, Magic Mountain – based on her relationship with Mt. Sopris. Lisa and Gwen share insights from their deep spiritual and civic journeys.

Gwen speaks with author and songwriter Larry Gottlieb about his newest book, “Hoodwinked - Uncovering our Fundamental Superstitions” which addresses how our consciousness is evolving and how our understanding of life itself is profoundly changing. It’s good news, and it might just blow your mind.

Gwen talks with longtime Carbondale local, Elizabeth Cammack, about why she helped create the Demeter Community Garden, and its many benefits to personal and community resilience. Elizabeth shares some of the lessons she has learned about grassroots community efforts, and about how gardens can build community connection and collaboration to face the increasing pressures from climate impacts.

Gwen talks about the beauty of the world amd how following and creating beauty inspires us to follow our True North and work on what we care about most.

This month, Gwen speaks with Kate Eckman: an athlete, leadership coach, and meditation teacher. Eckman recently published a book, "The Full Spirit Workout: A Ten-Step System to Shed Your Self-Doubt, Strengthen Your Spiritual Core, and Create a Fun and Fulfilling Life."

This month on The Inner Game, hear from Barbe Chambliss, a psychotherapist and mediator who aims to wake up the conscious peacemaker in others. She wrote “Women Peacemakers,” directed the Center for Conflict Resolution in Aspen, and she facilitates Restorative Justice Circles in her community.

Gwen talks with Bill Plotkin, a wilderness guide and eco-depth psychologist. As the founder of Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute, he's guided thousands of people on the journey of “soul initiation.” Thus, his new book, The Journey of Soul Initiation – A Field Guide for Visionaries, Evolutionaries and Revolutionaries.

This time on The Inner Game, Nikki Beinstein and April Crow-Spaulding join host Gwen Garcelon to explore how community members can respond to injustices in our communtiy in a way that allows for compassion, connection, understanding, and solutions.