Things That Will Help

This episode starts with a story about two coffee-drinking’ sisters and traverses the intellectual and emotional landscape in search of the meaning of “home.” How will home help? Listen in for tips on how to access your own inner sense of belonging.

The poem Buffy reads at the end is called “Please Come Home” by Jane Hooper.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

Ghost stories ask us to remember.

Today's episode serves as the second part of the week before last’s Ghost Stories episode. Tune in for tales of a haunted house, what the haunting catalyzed, and how to listen to what's being communicated.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

Today's episode is dedicated to the five lives lost suddenly and tragically in a mass shooting in Denver last week. CW: gun violence & death.

Many people listening to this podcast have been and are currently being impacted by immediate tragedies, both global and local. Buffy talks about some ways we can navigate a fraught time and the painful reminders of the fragility and life.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com). Final song by Brent Woods, It Takes A Tide.

Hear us out: ghost stories help us get out of our own way. The ghost stories Buffy tells in this episode will have you considering the times in your own life when spirit was close enough to touch, taste, and see. How do you interact with the supernatural world and other-than-human forms? We invite you to consider the complete magic of supernatural communications, experiences, and messages.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

Today's episode is about the beauty that is found in the margins - the kind of beauty that doesn't set out to be beautiful, but is anyway. Tune in for stories of a post office stranger, golden retriever companions, and borrowed books.

There is a lot that is being asked of us individually and collectively right now. Don't forget to glance at the edges of your life this week to soak up the beauty that collects in the corners.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

“Being a steward of something is when we choose to be bigger than our own little galaxy.”

In this episode, Buffy talks about the different ingredients that make up a recipe of authentic, generous stewardship. She tells stories of a tinkering grandaddy, a heroic funeral director, and a garbage collector, all in service to the idea that stewardship is a beautiful mix of patience, presence, and a desire to leave things better than we find them.

Listen to the Daily episode about Martin Zamora here.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

Welcome to Season 6 of Things That Will Help. In the kick-off episode, Buffy talks about the crooked way: all of the ways our paths wind that perhaps isn't so straightforward. What do we miss when we spend our precious energy wishing our life path were different? She tells stories of a single-handed sailor, the Brady Bunch, and a book of mistakes, all in service to an invitation to co-create with life.

Follow @thesinglehandedsailor (Dustin Reynolds) here.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

Today's topic is a tender and much-requested and one: forgiveness. When is it time to forgive someone? What is anger's incubation period? Who is forgiveness for? Buffy dives headfirst into this topic - and, you'll be unsurprised to know that most of the answers lies within you. She tells stories about family forgiveness, forgiving your own self, and the deep inner work it takes to arrive at completion.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

How do we balance discipline and rituals with spontaneity and play? How do we arrive to a life where there is true balance? What is it that anchors you, to you?

In this episode, Buffy shares stories of three wise women, daily rituals, all in service to illuminating ways to best support you AND deepen your sense of play? This episode is for everyone - whether you’re chained to a rigid schedule OR have no daily practice to speak of.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).

Today, we’re talking about joy - the deep, cellular kind. Buffy defines it, talks about ways to access it (spoiler alert: it does not require your external conditions to be a certain way), and describes the essential place it has in our lives.

Learn more about Tarana Burke and the Me Too Movement.

Watch Amber Hikes’ Ted Talk.

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).