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Turning Season Podcast Episode 44 with Cynthia Jurs Erin Geesaman Rabke Carl Rabke Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 44: Summoned by the Earth (with Cynthia Jurs)

December 5, 2024

I’ll be honest with you: the “great unraveling” is as real as the “great turning.” They’re happening at the same time, and have been for decades. The unraveling was already accelerating, and now (late 2024) to see a democratic election process choose a path of more, worse, faster harm to our planet and our fellow…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 43 with Erin Geesaman Rabke and Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 43: Beauty as Ballast, Grief as Guide, Body as Sacred Land (with Erin Geesaman Rabke and Leilani Navar)

October 30, 2024

I’m so happy to share this conversation with you. It’s between me and my dear friend, Erin Geesaman Rabke, about sustaining our tender hearts and our dedication to showing up for the web of life on Earth, through all the heartbreak, overwhelm, and discouragement that can happen when we care deeply about our world. We…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 42 with Paula Ramírez Diazgranados hosted by Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 42: Resilience & Mental Health in Humanitarian Response (with Paula Ramírez)

August 29, 2024

“How is it that those individuals who are in the front line, in the first response, can bring that awareness, that connection to their own selves through their own nervous system, owning again a quality of spaciousness in their body?” My wonderful guest for this episode, Paula Ramírez, supports mental health in contexts of war…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 40 with Joanna Macy and Jess Serrante hosted by Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 40: We Are the Great Turning (with Joanna Macy and Jess Serrante)

April 29, 2024

What a joy to introduce you to We Are the Great Turning, a new podcast series featuring kitchen-table conversations between Joanna Macy, in her 95th year of life, and her friend and student, activist Jess Serrante. Click Play below to hear a brief visit between me and Jess about what’s on her mind now that…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 38 with Osprey Orielle Lake hosted by Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 38: Holistic Climate Action and the Stories in Our Bones (with Osprey Orielle Lake)

February 5, 2024

“I bow to Osprey in deepest respect and gratitude for her years of inspired activism and this brilliant book.” – Joanna Macy Once again, I agree wholeheartedly with Joanna Macy, this time about Osprey Orielle Lake and her new book, The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 36 with Leilani Wong Navar and Lydia Violet Harutoonian turningseason.com

Episode 36: Personal and Collective Healing in Chinese Medicine and Deep Ecology (with Leilani Wong Navar and guest interviewer Lydia Violet Harutoonian)

August 1, 2023

Our bodies are just like the rest of the living world: coursing with healing, life-affirming intelligence and capacity; and suffering the effects of being out of balance. The body is one setting for what Joanna Macy called “the three stories of our time”: Business as Usual, the Great Unraveling, and the Great Turning. We’ve explored…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 35 with Gloire Mudekuza hosted by Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 35: Regeneration and Resilience for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda (with Gloire Mudekuza)

July 3, 2023

Ready for a dose of Active Hope? Listen to Gloire Mudekuza, a young refugee, a social entrepreneur, a climate activist and a mentor in Uganda, making an impact in the refugee community. He is passionate about regenerative agriculture, climate action, and entrepreneurship. He is the founder and director of Plethora Social Initiative, a refugee-led organization…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 32 with Radhika Bhagat hosted by Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 32: Protecting Sacred Groves in India (with Radhika Bhagat)

April 6, 2023

“Somehow, we were only touching the symptoms, whether it’s poaching, whether it’s the destruction of forests, or unsustainable development.” So said Radhika Bhagat about her 12+ years of conservation work with leading organizations in India, as she explained to me why she founded the Sacred Earth Trust. Radhika now focuses on reviving spiritual connection to…

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Turning Season Podcast Episode 31 Deep Ecology Small Actions Big Resonance with Fernanda Lenz hosted by Leilani Navar turningseason.com

Episode 31: Deep Ecology, Small Actions and Big Resonance (with Fernanda Lenz)

March 7, 2023

This Full Moon, a new deep conversation with someone rising to her own unique role in The Great Turning – the role only she can play, coming about through what she loves, what breaks her heart, her gifts, her circumstances, her stories. Today, meet Fernanda Lenz, an educator, facilitator, and visual documentarian in São Paolo,…

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Episode 26: News on Refugees and Regenerative Agriculture in Uganda, Fossil Free Research, and The Revolutionary Love Project

December 23, 2022

Click Play below for 13 minutes of Active Hope to hearten you today, in the latest news episode of Turning Season Podcast. Hear about: Join me on January 10 for a new, free workshop: Keep it Moving: Practical Wisdom from Chinese Medicine and Deep Ecology About Your Emotions, Your Health, and the State of Our…

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