By Carlota Guedes
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As someone interested in both personal healing and social change, I often notice a divide between these two transformational movements. On one hand, spiritual seekers can become overly focused on their inner journeys, moving from retreat to retreat without reflecting much on the planetary events unfolding in the world and their relationship to them.
On the other hand, changemakers and activists can become so obsessed about bringing forth their desired futures that they not infrequently neglect self-care, presence and even kindness and compassion towards self and others.
One of the projects bridging this divide is Advaya. They are a transformational learning platform that offers courses on ecology, spirituality, mysticism, embodiment and culture facilitated by visionaries like Vandava Shiva, Alnoor Ladha, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and our former guest Chiara Baldini.
In this interview, I talked with Ruby Reed, co-founder of Advaya to learn more about what led her to start this platform with her sister Crystabel Reed back in 2015.
In 2019, Ruby and Christabel also started the EcoResolution campaign, encouraging people to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle in partnerships with several celebrities. This initiative eventually led them to the creation of Earthed, a non-profit that offers courses on nature restoration, covering topics from climate adaptation to permaculture and urban gardening.
In this episode, we listen to Ruby’s personal history as an introverted girl with a fascination for all things magical. We explore her experience of starting Advaya and Earthed, as well as some of the challenges and lessons along the way. We also discuss Ruby’s views on social media as a network builder, and how she feels about our collective future, with all its challenges and possibilities. I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Credits
* Music Audio Producer & Editor: Carlos Sierra
* Creator, Writer & Host: Carlota Guedes
What does it mean to live from our intuition, beyond the expectations of our communities of origin? This is the question that accompanies this episode.
Chiara Baldini, the first woman in her family to attend university, was born in rural Florence, in Italy. Throughout her twenties, she took on various jobs – waitress, translator, tour guide – anything that allowed her the freedom to travel and open herself to life.
After attending Boom, one of the largest transformative festivals in Europe, Chiara knew she wanted to get involved. By 2010, she had become the program curator of Liminal Village, the cultural area of the festival, which sheds light on topics ranging from psychedelic science to regeneration and social justice.
It was at Boom too, following a transcendental experience at the dance temple, that Chiara felt called to initiate her independent research on the evolution of ecstatic practices in the West, weaving the threads from primitive culture to present-day electronic music events.
In 2019, Chiara co-edited the ‘Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine’, an anthology on the intersection between the feminine principle and altered states of consciousness.
Currently, Chiara is a PhD candidate at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She lives in Costa Vicentina in Portugal, where she often plays as DJ Clandestina.
Together we talk about Chiara’s early life, growing up as a good catholic girl, and her initiation into alternative culture and transformative festivals. We listen to some of the challenges and learnings of her decade-long career as a curator, including her efforts to re-integrate social justice into new-age culture. And lastly, we explore what it takes to live a wholehearted life, even when it means embracing the inevitable tragedy present in love.
Credits:
- Creator, Writer & Host: Carlota Guedes;- Music Audio Producer & Editor: Carlos Sierra.
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A conversation with Cristina Bernardo Kullberg about how we might navigate the limiting beliefs that so often get in the way of where we want to go and who we want to be, as women, as humans, for ourselves and our communities.
Together we delve into Cristina's personal history as a Cuban American with nine siblings. We explore some of the challenges and learnings throughout her career as a business and non-profit leader, and political appointee for the Obama administration. We also talk about work-life balance as a parent. And how the loss of Cristina's baby daughter Aviva, deepened her commitment to living intentionally and uplifting women across the world.
Guest Bio: Cristina Bernardo is the co-founder of Open Dreams, a non-profit that assists high-achieving, low-income youth from Cameroon apply for and receive international scholarships to some of the best universities across the world.
She also served as the business developer and executive director of EmzingoU, a firm that designs and facilitates leadership development experiences for university students.
In 2016, Cristina served as a political appointee for the Obama administration to support the growth of small businesses, renewable energy, and community economic development throughout the most impoverished rural and tribal areas of the US.
Currently, in addition to running her non-profit, Cristina is a certified integral coach, supporting women through her She Shines Worldwide initiative.
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- Creator, Writer & Host: Carlota Guedes
- Music Audio Producer & Editor: Carlos Sierra
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A conversation with Cristina Bernardo Kullberg about how we might navigate the limiting beliefs that so often get in the way of where we want to go and who we want to be, as women, as humans, for ourselves and our communities.
Together we delve into Cristina's personal history as a Cuban American with nine siblings. We explore some of the challenges and learnings throughout her career as a business and non-profit leader, and political appointee for the Obama administration. We also talk about work-life balance as a parent. And how the loss of Cristina's baby daughter Aviva, deepened her commitment to living intentionally and uplifting women across the world.
Guest Bio:
Cristina Bernardo is the co-founder of Open Dreams, a non-profit that assists high achieving, low-income youth from Cameroon apply for and receive international scholarships to some of the best universities across the world.
She also served as the business developer and executive director of EmzingoU, a firm that designs and facilitates leadership development experiences for university students.
In 2016, Cristina served as a political appointee for the Obama administration to support the growth of small businesses, renewable energy, and community economic development throughout the most impoverished rural and tribal areas of the US.
Currently, in addition to running her non-profit, Cristina is a certified integral coach, supporting women through her She Shines Worldwide initiative.
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A conversation with the regenerative farmer and entrepreneur Fausto Araújo.
Alongside his partner Maria Pussig, Fausto has spent the last five years transforming his family’s estate, Quinta do Pinheiro, in Guimarães, Portugal, into a pioneering lab of what it looks like to produce food more wisely.
Together we explore Fausto’s story of becoming. What is syntropic farming and how it differs from mainstream agriculture. Some of the challenges and learnings of managing a farm. And, among much more, how Fausto feels about our collective future.
To learn more about, visit or volunteer at the farm PinusSintropico click here.
To book accommodation at the Quinta do Pinheiro click here.
To learn more about the syntropic farming method developed by Ernst Götsch click here.
Credits:- Creator, Writer & Host: Carlota Guedes.- Music Audio Producer & Editor: Carlos Sierra.
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A conversation with Tatjana von Steiger about how she become a diplomat and mediator.
Together we explore Tatjana’s early life, including how her unlikely studies in Russian Literature shaped the way she approaches her work. We listen to some of the challenges Tatjana encountered as a rather shy woman learning to play the diplomacy game. We talk about her experience navigating the high-stakes negotiations of the SDGs as one of the representatives of Switzerland. And, despite the sobering reality that only 15% of the UN-defined goals are on track, we listen to what gives Tatjana hope.
Guest Bio: Tatjana von Steiger is the Head of Global Policy Outreach at Wyss Academy for Nature. Throughout her twenty year career in diplomacy, she has served for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, representing Switzerland in the executive boards of the main UN development agencies and the World Bank, where she developed partnerships and solutions to global challenges ranging from climate change, water, and food security to health and migration.
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What is the role of stories in shaping our understanding of reality? What is failing in our current media landscape and what might alternative models look and feel like? Who are the people experimenting with them and what do they value? These are some of the questions we explore with our guest Maria Almeida.
Together we talk about Maria’s early life and her dreams of becoming first, a football player, then a storyteller, one of them which she rescued as a journalist at Fumaça, an award-winning media organization she co-founded in 2016 during her twenties.
We listen to Maria’s professional challenges of being taken seriously as a rather short woman in height with a tendency to people please. And the difficulty of making ends meet within a precarious financial reality in Portugal.
We discuss the state of the media, and Fumaça’s organizational style. And lastly, we listen to the advice Maria would give her younger self, namely to care less about what people think of her, and more about what brings her to life.
Guest Bio: Maria Almeida is the co-founder and journalist at Fumaça, an independent media based in Lisbon with a focus on thoughtful investigative audio journalism. Learn more about her work here.
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While the connection between football and social impact might not be an immediate one, in this episode we listen to the story of becoming of Alexia García, a football lover and activist, who will show us their joint potential.
Guest Bio: Alexia García is a player, coach, director of business development and project manager at Dragones de Lavapiés. Located in the Madrid's most diverse neighborhood, Dragones de Lavapiés is a grassroots football club on a mission to promote social integration, equality and respect through sports.
Alexia is also a freelance tech and travel writer, and an occasional DJ.
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Ashanti Kunene, our guest, defines 'calling' as that which keeps coming back to you, whether you like it or not.
In this episode, she tells us how she came into acceptance of hers as a social justice activist helping, mostly white, people walk their talk as leaders, and become more aware of and accountable to systemic discrimination, racism and inequality.
What is the role of intuition in our lives? How can we discover what is our vocation? How might we cultivate the courage to align our thoughts, feelings and actions? Is the use of psychedelics inherently alienating or can it support our individuation? How might an intimate experience with death open us to the beauty of life? These are some of the questions we contemplate.
Guest Bio: Ashanti Kunene is a social justice activist, a decolonial dialogue facilitator, a poet, the founder of Learning 2 Unlearn, the director of pedagogy at Culture Hack Labs, and an occasional painter. You can check out Ashanti's art on her Instagram.
Learn more about the Boom festival here.
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In this episode, we listen deeply to the story of becoming of Pablo Esteves, a professional golfer turned social entrepreneur.
Are you torn between following your professional bliss and opting for a path of more security? Are you curious about entrepreneurship and business? Are you interested in making the world a better place? If you've ever found yourself pondering some of these questions, this interview might keep you some company.
Together we explore the thought processes guiding Pablo life’s big decisions, the most significant challenges and learnings as a managing partner of Emzingo, why Pablo cherishes his privacy in a social media landscape often obsessed with self-promotion, and what he would like to tell his younger self where he in his twenties today.
Guest Bio: Pablo Esteves is a managing partner and executive director at Emzingo, a learning design firm he joined in 2011 after finishing his MBA at IE Business School. His experience includes designing, managing, and facilitating over 70 innovation and leadership development projects and learning experiences in South Africa, Peru, Spain, the United States and beyond.
Pablo is also a professor in Leadership, Innovation, and Creativity at IE University, a visiting professor for Trinity College Dublin and Universidad de Valladolid, and an Aspen Institute Fellow in Spain.
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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.