WAYS OF LIFE with Christa Wells

Christa talks with Shuree Danyell about what it means to envision a world restored to harmony, and how she has pursued harmony within herself through creativity and collaboration.

Shuree Danyell is an award-wining creative artist with a growing reputation as an expert and visionary thought leader in the creative marketing industry. As the Founder and CEO of 4K More Creative, a multi-cultural creative design agency based in Long Beach, Shuree is driven each day by a passion to do work in communities of color that inspires others to be their best. Through her passionate leadership, 4kMore Creative operates with a social impact purpose of identifying and developing diverse creative leaders and providing them with the emotional intelligence training needed for success in the global creative economy.

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Christa talks with Death Doula, Yoga Teacher and Kirtan Wallah, Matthew Dwyer about his compassionate work with people in grief. Matthew hosts Death Cafe with Adriana Rizzolo.

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Being Held Newsletter + More

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Christa talks with actress, singer and motivational speaker, Rachel Handler. After sharing the interesting way Christa and Rachel encountered one another, Rachel shares the joy she experiences in performance and how the loss of her leg in a car accident has invited expansion into her life and work.

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Christa speaks with Adriana Rizzolo about embodiment, expansion and the beauty and freedom that comes through embracing the full spectrum of human experience and emotion. They talked at Adriana's home in Ojai, California, several months after meeting on the island of Molokai.

Adriana is a spiritual mentor, somatic healer, sex educator for women, trans* and non binary folks, speaker, grief and aliveness doula, and more. She helps people heal trauma and patterns of helplessness, awaken their power and feel at home in their bodies to start living life in alignment with their soul.

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Body Temple Website

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Juniper Wong is a licensed social worker/therapist who approaches her work with a unique blend of comedy + insight. She shares her knowledge generously on social media, and in this interview we discuss the winding path that led her to her life's work; Internal Family Systems and other modalities for trauma healing; and what she believes is the true source of suffering.

Time Stamps:

11:11 are we selfish for wanting more?

17:24 disconnection as the root of all suffering

24:17 Internal Family Systems as a tool for integration

31:00 what patterns are showing up in mental health right now

34:49 attachment theory & having language for our emotional experiences

39:00 bodily processing of trauma + the limits of cognitive behavior therapy

44:30 eating disorders + internal family systems

45:08 creating safety within the body

49:07 Juniper’s non-negotiables for self-care

54:25 what Juniper loves about being Juniper

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Gloria Umanah is a gifted communicator, the founder and director of The Ex-Nihilo Collective and now creator of The Hope Booth, a life-affirming interactive experience involving a remodeled telephone booth. Hear how she and her team innovated this unique way to meet strangers on the street and let them feel seen and loved.

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Yan Palmer is a photographer, writer, teacher, mentor, podcaster and more. Above all she is one who seeks aliveness through looking on the world with a loving gaze.

In this episode of Ways of Life, Christa asks Yan about the lessons of her childhood and what she means when she says she works "in the love business."

Listen and be inspired!

Naomi Shihab Nye is the poet quoted by Yan towards the end of the episode. Here is a link to Naomi's poem, Kindness.

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Listen and be inspired by JennyRebecca's tremendous passion for growth, authentic living and inspiring others to express themselves. Now living with her husband in Berlin, Germany, JennyRebecca writes music, records, performs and coaches fellow artists. Be inspired by her recent work with refugees in Germany, which had her co-writing a musical...online...in a foreign language.

Thank you for listening & subscribing! If you enjoy this episode--and I know you will--please support the conversation by sharing and leaving a review. Even better, come and join my private community on Patreon!

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Alex Wong is a Nashville-based musical artist and producer with an endless amount of curiosity and a passion for collaboration. In this conversation Alex shares some of his favorite "hacks" for interacting with doubt and resistance in art and life, as well as how the new frontier of NFT art is causing him to re-think our relationship with time.

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Also, join Christa on the brand new WISDOM app for live conversations on the topics we care most about!

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Justin McRoberts is a gifted author, podcaster, musician, and coach, among other things. His most recent book, It Is What You Make Of It, is a collection of 15 stories pointing to our capacity and responsibility to use what we've been given, however humble it might feel, to create beauty and impact our world.

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