Episode 42: Resilience & Mental Health in Humanitarian Response (with Paula Ramírez)
“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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Episode 40: We Are the Great Turning (with Joanna Macy and Jess Serrante)
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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Episode 38: Holistic Climate Action and the Stories in Our Bones (with Osprey Orielle Lake)
“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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Episode 36: Personal and Collective Healing in Chinese Medicine and Deep Ecology (with Leilani Wong Navar and guest interviewer Lydia Violet Harutoonian)
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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Episode 35: Regeneration and Resilience for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda (with Gloire Mudekuza)
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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Episode 32: Protecting Sacred Groves in India (with Radhika Bhagat)
“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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Episode 31: Deep Ecology, Small Actions and Big Resonance (with Fernanda Lenz)
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
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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Episode 25: Finding Your Purpose in a Time of Deep Adaptation (with Gwyneth Jones)
It can be hard enough to find your “purpose” in the best of times – and it’s a whole other level of challenging when you’re reckoning with the prospect of ecological and societal breakdown. My interviewee for this Full Moon episode, Gwyneth Jones, describes herself as a “Deep Adaptation Coach,” serving as a life coach…
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Episode 24: News on Words from Iran, Indigenous Fire Stewardship in Minnesota, and Robin Wall Kimmerer Fostering Reciprocity
Click Play below for today’s dose of Active Hope, in the latest news episode of Turning Season Podcast, covering: Turning Season Podcast is here to bring you news and deep conversations about our adventure toward a life-honoring, life-sustaining way of being human on Earth. This show is for every one of you who’s awake to…
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