The Spacious Unknown

By Kat Bucciantini

In The Spacious Unknown, we wander into the wide landscape of unconventional spirituality, listening to stories of belief, wonder, and practice from those who walk their own sacred paths. Published ev... more

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June 24, 2026 Notes from The Host
Hello friends! KAT BUCCIANTINI here, host of The Spacious Unknown. Life is moving fast right now (quite literally, I’m currently surrounded by packing boxes!), so I wanted to share a few quick, important updates about the podcast and how we can stay connected this summer.
📦 1. PODCAST HIATUS & NEW SEASON (August 26th)
Because I am in the middle of a major move, the podcast is going on a 2-month hiatus so I can catch my breath.
Mark your calendars for August 26th! We will kick off our brand-new season with a gorgeous new theme song and an interview featuring the brilliant composer herself, Jocelyn Furbush.
🎙️ 2. CALL FOR GUESTS: SHARE YOUR STORY
We want you on the show! While we’ve interviewed spiritual professionals in the past, that isn’t the sole focus of The Spacious Unknown. I truly believe everyone has a spiritual story to tell. Whether you are an artist, a parent, a teacher, or an analyst, we need your voice.
Apply to be a guest here!
🌿 3. MONTHLY RETREAT: “Meeting Yourself in Every Season”
While the podcast is on break, we can still connect in real-time. Starting this July, I am hosting a monthly series of two-hour guided explorations in partnership with The Prairie Retreat.
Running from July through December, “Meeting Yourself in Every Season” is a gentle space to align with the rhythms of nature, ground yourself through life transitions, and step away from the daily hustle. You can join us for a single session or the entire six-month arc.
Learn more and register here:
July
August
September
October
November
December
Thank you all for your warmth and grace during this transition. Take care of yourselves, pay attention to the seasons around you, and I’ll see you back here on August 26th!
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and the host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Kat has openings! Book a Session.

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June 10, 2026 Spiritual Wisdom from the Volcano
MADISON L. AKRIDGE is a licensed therapist, writer, educator, and real estate agent living in coastal Georgia with her partner, Gavin, and their fur babies. When she’s not working, she can usually be found behind a camera, in the garden, tending a smoker, or translating life’s beautiful weirdness into haiku and reflections for her InTune Musings Substack. Her work explores spirituality, intuition, creativity, and the ongoing search for meaning and authentic depth.
CONTACT: [email protected]
FOLLOW MADISON AT THESE LINKS:
Instagram
Threads
Facebook
Haiku and Coffee
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and the host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Kat has openings! Book a Session.
MEETING YOURSELF IN EVERY SEASON
Meeting Yourself in Every Season is a monthly two-hour guided exploration of the emotional and spiritual wisdom carried within the natural seasons.
Summer offers fullness and ripening.Autumn offers harvest, fire, and release.Late fall offers grief and transformation.Winter offers stillness and gestation.
In each gathering, we will gently ask:What is this season teaching?How is it reflected in my own life?What invitation is unfolding here?
Through guided reflection, contemplative and embodied practices, facilitated conversation, and creative integration, participants will deepen their capacity for spiritual discernment and learn to live more closely aligned with cyclical rhythm.
You may attend one session or many. Each gathering stands on its own while contributing to a wider arc of seasonal listening.
Learn more and register here:
July
August
September
October
November
December
CONNECT WITH THE SPACIOUS UNKNOWN
For the full experience, subscribe to this podcast on Substack.
Interested in sharing your story? apply here!
What is Spiritual Companioning?
CREDITS
Photo Credit: cover and guest images by Madison Akridge
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music by Diamond Tunes
Intro bell by Freesound Community
This episode was recorded April 2026

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May 27, 2026 Spiritual Wisdom of the Ancestral Lineage
MICHELLE JOHNSON is a spiritual teacher, anti-racism activist, and spiritual director who centers her work on the intersection of healing and justice. Dedicated to sacred activism, her interspiritual practice draws from ancient yoga technology, shamanic work, and the wisdom of the more-than-human world, including her role as a beekeeper in Winston Salem, NC. She is the author of several books, including those mentioned in the podcast:
SKILL IN ACTION Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World
THE WISDOM OF THE HIVE What Honeybees Can Teach us about Collective Wellbeing (co-authored with her best friend)
YOU ARE PROTECTED Invoking Spiritual Support to Sustain Your Energy (forthcoming in September). This book offers spiritual practices to help sustain energy for collective care and personal transformation. It is designed to help anyone engaging in change work to build up their reserves and resources, drawing on elemental energy, archetypes, saints, deities, animal energies, and natural curios.
WEBSITE: http://michellecjohnson.com/
INSTAGRAM: @skillinaction
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and the host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Kat has openings! Book a Session
MEETING YOURSELF IN EVERY SEASON
Meeting Yourself in Every Season is a monthly two-hour guided exploration of the emotional and spiritual wisdom carried within the natural seasons.
Summer offers fullness and ripening.Autumn offers harvest, fire, and release.Late fall offers grief and transformation.Winter offers stillness and gestation.
In each gathering, we will gently ask:What is this season teaching?How is it reflected in my own life?What invitation is unfolding here?
Through guided reflection, contemplative and embodied practices, facilitated conversation, and creative integration, participants will deepen their capacity for spiritual discernment and learn to live more closely aligned with cyclical rhythm.
You may attend one session or many. Each gathering stands on its own while contributing to a wider arc of seasonal listening.
Learn more and register here:
July
August
September
October
November
December
CONNECT WITH THE SPACIOUS UNKNOWN
For the full experience, subscribe to this podcast on Substack.
Interested in sharing your story? apply here! I’m always looking for new voices!
What is Spiritual Companioning?
CREDITS
Photo Credit: cover photos provided by Michelle Johnson
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music by Diamond Tunes
Intro bell by Freesound Community
This episode was recorded March 2026

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1h 15min
May 13, 2026 Spiritual Wisdom from the Body
BRIANNA KOČKA is a spiritual director, end of life doula, musician and writer who grounds her spiritual life in an embodied practice, seeking to honor the sacredness she perceives in herself and the world around her. While living in Minnesota as a wife and dog mom, she engages in social justice advocacy, including song leading for a singing resistance movement, and continues her journey as an agnostic exploring old beliefs with new wisdom.
WEBSITE: www.tairsi.com
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tairsi_rituaL
BANDCAMP: https://briannakocka.bandcamp.com/
SUBSTACK: https://briannakocka.substack.com/
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Work with Kat
MEETING YOURSELF IN EVERY SEASON
Meeting Yourself in Every Season is a monthly, two-hour guided exploration of the emotional and spiritual wisdom carried within the natural seasons.
Summer offers fullness and ripening.Autumn offers harvest, fire, and release.Late fall offers grief and transformation.Winter offers stillness and gestation.
In each gathering, we will gently ask:What is this season teaching?How is it reflected in my own life?What invitation is unfolding here?
Through guided reflection, contemplative and embodied practices, facilitated conversation, and creative integration, participants will deepen their capacity for spiritual discernment and learn to live more closely aligned with cyclical rhythm.
You may attend one session or many. Each gathering stands on its own while contributing to a wider arc of seasonal listening.
Register for each month here:
July
August
September
October
November
December
CONNECT WITH THE SPACIOUS UNKNOWN
For the full experience, subscribe to this podcast on Substack.
Interested in sharing your story? apply here!
What is Spiritual Companioning?
CREDITS
Photo Credit:
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music by Diamond Tunes
Intro bell by Freesound Community
This episode was recorded March 2026

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1h 6min
April 29, 2026 Spiritual Wisdom from a Seeker
RONNA SHAREGAN is a spiritual seeker sharing her life with her three boys and her darling partner Kelly, living in Yellowknife, northern Canada, where she is deeply influenced by the indigenous population and the rhythm of the earth. Driven by a "wild and curious soul," she transitioned from an evangelical background to an independent spiritual path, embracing the nonduality of the sacred and the experience of the numinous. Ronna focuses on grounded practices like connecting with nature, finding community through groups like "church that's not church," and valuing joy as a foundation for navigating the world's complexities.
WEBSITE: https://www.imreadynow.ca/
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Work with Kat
CONNECT WITH THE SPACIOUS UNKNOWN
For the full experience, subscribe to this podcast on Substack.
Interested in sharing your story? apply here!
What is Spiritual Companioning?
CREDITS
Photo Credit:
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music by Diamond Tunes
Intro bell by Freesound Community
This episode was recorded in March 2026.

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53min
April 15, 2026 Spiritual Wisdom from the Spirit Helpers
KATRINA LEATHERS is a shamanic counselor, interfaith minister, and spiritual director whose work weaves together expressive arts therapy, Core Shamanism, and deep listening in the space between the psychological and the spiritual. A cancer survivor, mother, and lifelong seeker shaped by a Baháʼí upbringing and alternative communities, she brings a grounded, mystical presence to her work, creating spaces where people can connect with spirit, transformation, and the power of shared humanity. She co-authored “Soul Journeys: Christian Spirituality and Shamanism as Pathways for Wholeness and Understanding” with Daniel Prechtel and John Mabry.
CONTACT: [email protected]
WEBSITE: https://katrinaleathers.com
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ktrix13leathers/?hl=en
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Work with Kat
CONNECT WITH THE SPACIOUS UNKNOWN
For the full experience, subscribe to this podcast on Substack.
Interested in sharing your story? apply here!
What is Spiritual Companioning?
CREDITS
Photo Credit:
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music by Diamond Tunes
Intro bell by Freesound Community
This episode was recorded February 10, 2026

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1h 10min
April 01, 2026 Spiritual Wisdom from Being with Yourself
EMILY CONWAY is a writer of the Substack newsletter A Thin Space, a spiritual companion, and a facilitator of contemplative groups and retreats based in Omaha, Nebraska. Her work and life explore what it means to live with curiosity and tenderness at the edges of certainty, learning to accompany herself and others through questions, transformation, and the spacious unknown.
WEBSITE: www.emilyconway.org
SUBSTACK: econway.substack.com/
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Work with Kat
CONNECT WITH THE SPACIOUS UNKNOWN
For the full experience, subscribe to this podcast on Substack.
Interested in sharing your story? apply here!
What is Spiritual Companioning?
CREDITS
Photo Credit:
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music by Diamond Tunes
Intro bell by Freesound Community
This episode was recorded February 2026

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53min
March 18, 2026 Spiritual Wisdom from the Apple Tree
SHEENA(she/her) is a small business owner living in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Bryan, and their beloved dog. On the cusp of becoming a mother for the first time, she is reflecting on the rhythms of life, nature, and community as she prepares to welcome a new chapter.
KAT BUCCIANTINI is a writer, creative, inter-spiritual director, and host of this podcast. As the founder of Embodied Conversations, she provides somatic-centered spiritual companioning, beautifully blending a deep reverence for bodily wisdom with her background as a former hospice nurse practitioner and an M.A. in Pastoral Studies. In her work, Kat acts as a compassionate companion who walks alongside individuals, creating a grounded space to help them listen deeply to their bodies and honor their own innate inner knowing.
Work with Kat
CONNECT WITH THE SPACIOUS UNKNOWN
For the full experience, subscribe to this podcast on Substack.
Interested in sharing your story? apply here!
What is Spiritual Companioning?
CREDITS
Photo Credit: Apple Blossoms – guest
Music Credit: Intro/Outro music by Diamond Tunes
Intro bell by Freesound Community
This episode was recorded January 2026

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55min
March 11, 2026 TRAILER: Spiritual Wisdom from the Apple Tree
First Episode released next week!

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January 16, 2026 Welcome to the Spacious Unknown
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FAQs about The Spacious Unknown:

How many episodes does The Spacious Unknown have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.