Banyen Books ~ Branches of Wisdom
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Intimate interviews with the world's most influential authors, wisdom teachers, wellness experts, psychologists, philosophers, creatives, cultural innovators, and activists. Banyen Books is Canada's leading bookstore in spirituality and healing for 50 years. www.banyen.com
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Victor Chan & Stephen Post ~ Science and the 7 Paths to Inner Peace
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May 14, 2026 |
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David A. Robertson ~ How I Learned to Live with Anxiety
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May 01, 2026 |
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Elena Brower and Carrie-Anne Moss ~ Hold Nothing
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Judith Orloff, MD ~ Nurturing Young Empaths
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Andrew Feldmár ~ Psychedelic Psychotherapy
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Rosemary Gladstar ~ The Generosity of Plants
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Paul Hawken ~ Carbon: The Book of Life
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Michael Meade ~ Mythic Imagination in a Troubled World
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Elaine Pagels ~ Miracles and Wonder
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Tami Simon & Julie Kramer ~ Becoming a Spiritual Healer
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Mark Nepo ~ Creativity in the Second Half of Life
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Stephen Jenkinson ~ Matrimony: Ritual, Culture, and the Heart's Work
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Carol Off ~ At a Loss for Words: Conversations in an Age of Rage
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Fritjof Capra ~ The Tao of Physics
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Dr. Steven Farmer ~ Healing Ancestral Family Patterns
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Valarie Kaur ~ Sage Warrior
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Julia Cameron ~ The Artist's Way Toolkit
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Dr. Samra Zafar ~ UNCONDITIONAL: Break Through Past Limits to Transform Your Future
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Susan Gillis Chapman ~ Finding Heart in the Hardest of Times
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Cyndi Dale ~ Transforming the Legacy: The Subtle Body Approach to Honor and Heal Your Inherited Lineage
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Nick Bantock & Jackie Morris ~ The Lost Words & The River
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Karla McLaren ~ The Language of Emotions
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Ron Pevny - Choosing a Conscious Elderhood
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Richard Rudd ~ THE GENE KEYS
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Mirabai Starr ~ Ordinary Mysticism
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Qigong Master Lee Holden - Tthe Power of Slow
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Deb Dana ~ Polyvagal Pathways to Ease Anxiety and Come Home to Yourself
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Richard Freeman & Mary Taylor ~ The Yoga of Body, Heart & Mind
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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The Rise of Coercive Psychiatry ~ Investigative Journalist Rob Wipond
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Toko-pa Turner ~ The Dreaming Way
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Amy Tan ~ The Backyard Bird Chronicles
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Episode 186: CBC's Bob McDonald - Just Say Yes
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Episode 185: Secrets of Romani Fortune-Telling
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Episode 184: Martín Prechtel - The Canyon Wren (Interview 4/4)
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Episode 183: Red Hawk - Book of Lamentations
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Episode 182: Nedra Glover Tawwab - Consider This
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 181: Gary Gach & Ari Honarvar - Hafiz's Book of Life
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 180: Kristin Neff & Christopher Germer - Mindful Self-Compassion for Burnout
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 179: Anne Michaels - Held
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 178: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau - Closer Together
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Episode 177: Tapping - Donna Eden & David Feinstein
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 176: David Roche - Standing at the Back Door of Happiness
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 175: Naomi Klein & V (formerly Eve Ensler) - Reckoning
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 174: Sandra Ingerman - Walking through Darkness
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 173: Reclaiming Tantra: Decolonizing Yoga & Spiritual Practices
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 172: Matthew Remski - Surviving Modern Yoga, Cult Dynamics & Charismatic Leaders
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Episode 171: Twice Colonized - Honouring Indigenous Roots
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Episode 170: Peter A. Levine, PhD - An Autobiography of Trauma
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Episode 169: Thais Gibson - Learning Love
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 168: Judith Orloff, MD - The Genius of Empathy
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 167: Gwynne Dyer - Intervention Earth
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 166: Sah D’Simone - Spiritually, We
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 165: Dr. Jen Gunter - Blood
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 164: Daniel Goleman - Optimal
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 163: John Holland - Psychic Navigator
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Sharon Salzberg - Love Your Enemies
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 161: James Hollis - A Life of Meaning
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 160: Tara MacLean - Song of the Sparrow
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Episode 143: Bill Arnott - Gone Viking
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 140: Richard Rosen - Yoga by the Numbers
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 159: Neale Donald Walsch - The God Solution
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 158: Nourished - Connection, Food, and Caring for our Kids (and everyone else we love)
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 157: David Hinton & Norman Fischer - The Way of Ch'an
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 156: Satish Kumar - Radical Love
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 155: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo ~ Reflections on a Mountain Lake
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 154: Angela Sterritt - Unbroken
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 153: Mark Nepo - Falling Down and Getting Up
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 144: Radhule Weininger & Michael Kearney - Heart Medicine
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 152: David Richo, PhD - To Thine Own Self Be True
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 151: Joan Halifax - In a Moment, in a Breath
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 150: Jeff Brown - Humanifestations
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 149: Amit Goswami & Valentina Onisor - Quantum Integrative Medicine
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 148: Thomas Moore ~ The Eloquence of Silence
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Lon Milo DuQuette - The Magick of Aleister Crowley
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode 146: Kahlil Gibran - with Paul-Gordon Chandler
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode 145: Kabir Helminski - Rumi's Mysterion
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode 142: Neil Douglas-Klotz ~ Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 141: A. H. Almaas - Nondual Love
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 139: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - On Repentance and Repair
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Episode 138: Gabor Maté, MD - The Myth of Normal
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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Episode 137: Kendra Allen - Heal Your Heartbreak
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 136: Rick Hanson, PhD ~ Making Great Relationships
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 135: Pico Iyer ~ The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 134: Karen Casey - Each Day a New Beginning (40th Anniversary)
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Julia Cameron - Write for Life
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Episode 132: Melody Beattie - Codependent No More
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 131: Danielle Blackwood - A Lantern in The Dark
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 130: Iran & the Women's Movement ~ Mahnaz Afkhami & Samira Mohyeddin
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 129: Dr. Valerie Mason-John - Afrikan Wisdom
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Episode 127: Earth Magic: Elements of Witchcraft - Dodie Graham McKay
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Episode 126: Dr. Sue Johnson - Hold Me Tight
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Episode 125: How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Episode 124: Carmen Spagnola - The Spirited Kitchen
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Episode 123: David Fenton & Judy Gumbo - Progressive Media Activism
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Episode 122: Brian Swimme, PhD - Cosmogenesis
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Episode 121: The Art of Money with Bari Tessler
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 120: Dr. Jerry Lynch - The Competitive Buddha: Sports, Leadership & Human Potential
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 119: Michelle Cassandra Johnson - Finding Refuge: Healing Collective Grief
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Episode 118: Jennifer Freed ~ Map to Your Soul: Astrology of Fire, Earth, Air, & Water
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 117: Adriana Barton ~ Wired for Music
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 116: David Roche Interview with Banyen Books
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 115: "I Want This to Work" Couples Therapist Elizabeth Earnshaw
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 114: The Status Game | Will Storr
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 113: Julia Cameron ~ Seeking Wisdom
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Episode 112: Martín Prechtel ~ The Wild Rose (Interview 3/4)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Episode 111: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo ~ The Heroic Heart
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Episode 110: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche ~ The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream & Sleep
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Episode 109: Joan Chittister ~ The Monastic Heart
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Episode 108: Naomi Shihab Nye - An Evening of Poetry & Conversation
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Episode 107: Sharon Blackie - Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Episode 106: Phil Cousineau ~ The Art of Pilgrimage
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Episode 105: Norman Fischer ~ When You Greet Me I Bow
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Episode 104: Facing Death ~ Conversation with Alan Clements and Reverend Bodhi Be
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode 103: Debbie Frank ~ What’s Your Soul Sign
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode 102: Sandor Katz ~ Fermentation Journeys
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode 101: Robert Mack ~ Love from the Inside Out
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Episode 100: Peter Coyote ~ Masks, Meditation & Improvised Play
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Matt Kahn ~ All for Love: The Transformative Power of Holding Space
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Stephen Jenkinson & Kimberly Ann Johnson ~ Honest Reckoning in Troubled Times
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Judith Hanson Lasater ~ Teaching Yoga With Intention
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 96: Joan Borysenko ~ Pocketful of Miracles
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 95: Sumbul Ali-Karamali ~ Demystifying Shariah and Why It's Not Taking Over
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Episode 94: Seth Klein: Mobilizing for Climate Emergency
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Robert Thurman ~ Wisdom Is Bliss
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Karen Casey ~ Each Day A Renewed Beginning
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Maude Barlow ~ Still Hopeful: Lessons From a Lifetime of Activism
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Episode 90: Brad Warner ~ The Other Side of Nothing
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Episode 89: Maria Tatar ~ Heroine with 1,001 Faces
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Episode 87: Marianne Williamson ~ Evolve Together
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Episode 86: Yogacharini Maitreyi & Robert Yelton ~ Art, Earth & Spirit
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Episode 85: Dean Ornish ~ UnDo It! Reverse Chronic Diseases
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Episode 84: David Richo ~ Ready: When to Go and When to Stay
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Episode 83: Maria Sagi & Ervin Laszlo ~ Remote Healing
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Zenju Earthlyn Manuel ~ The Shamanic Bones of Zen
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 81: Byron Katie ~ Loving What Is
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Najwa Zebian ~ Welcome Home
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Richard C. Schwartz ~ No Bad Parts
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Episode 78: Stephen Batchelor ~ The Art of Solitude
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Episode 77: SARK ~ Succulent Wild Woman
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Episode 76: Michael Ignatieff ~ On Consolation
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Episode 75: Dan Millman ~ Peaceful Heart, Warrior Spirit
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Episode 74: Chief Clarence Louie ~ Rez Rules
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Episode 73: Seane Corn ~ Revolution of the Soul
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Episode 72: Psyche Unbound: Stanislav Grof, Brigitte Grof, Rick Tarnas & Sean Kelly
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Episode 71: Martín Prechtel ~ The Mare and the Mouse (Interview 2/4)
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May 03, 2022 |
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Episode 70: Mark Epstein, M.D. ~ The Zen of Therapy
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Episode 69: Stephen Cope ~ The Dharma in Difficult Times
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Episode 68: Diet for a Small Planet (50th Anniversary) ~ Frances Moore Lappé & Anna Lappé
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 67: Judith Orloff, MD ~ Empath's Empowerment
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Episode 66: Jane Hirshfield ~ Poetry & Conversation
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Stephen Mitchell ~ The First Christmas, Zen, and Byron Katie
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Episode 64: Stephen Jenkinson ~ Generation’s Worth: Spirit work while the crisis reigns
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Episode 63: Apela Colorado ~ Ancestral & Indigenous Wisdom: Woman Between the Worlds
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Episode 62: Martha Beck, Ph.D. ~ The Way of Integrity
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode 61: Martin Shaw ~ Mythteller: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Episode 60: Jesse Thistle ~ From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 59: Martín Prechtel ~ Rescuing the Light (Interview 1/4)
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 58: Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD ~ Whole Brain Living
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 57: Thomas Moore ~ Soul Therapy
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 56: Suzanne Simard ~ Finding the Mother Tree: Wisdom of the Forest
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 55: Tara Brach ~ Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Episode 54: Dr. Shefali ~ A Radical Awakening
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 53: Gary Zukav ~ Universal Human
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Episode 52: Gregg Braden ~ The Wisdom Codes
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Episode 51: Russ Hudson ~ The Enneagram
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May 24, 2021 |
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Episode 50: Anita Moorjani ~ Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 49: Elizabeth Lesser ~ Cassandra Speaks
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May 04, 2021 |
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Episode 48: Bright Green Lies ~ Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, Max Wilbert
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 47: Bill Plotkin ~ Journey of Soul Initiation
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Julia Cameron ~ The Listening Path
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Dzigar Kongtrul ~ Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Episode 44: Red Hawk ~ The Law of the Land: Honouring the Sacred Voice of Mother Earth
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories ~ Michael Posner
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Episode 42: Thomas Hübl ~ Healing Collective Trauma
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Episode 41: Wade Davis ~ Magdalena: River of Dreams
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 40: Lorie Dechar ~ Alchemical Acupuncture
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Episode 39: Merlin Sheldrake ~ Fungi Makes Our World
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Episode 38: Dr. Robert Svoboda ~ Ayurveda, Tantra, & Jyotish
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Episode 37: Julie Daniluk ~ Hot Detox: Healing Inflammation & Cleansing
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Episode 36: James Hollis, Ph.D. - Inner Resilience in Times of Change
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Lalitha: Cultivating Spiritual Maturity
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Doña María Apaza, Andean Alto Misayoc Priestess
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Lama Tsultrim Allione ~ Wisdom Rising
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May 05, 2020 |
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Matt Kahn ~ The World Always Has a Plan
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May 05, 2020 |
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Don Jose Ruiz - 'The Fifth Agreement' author on Love, Fear, & Transformation
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Dr. Martin Shaw - Pandemic & Mythic Meanings of this Cultural Moment
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Jamal Rahman - Sufi Wisdom & humour
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Caroline Myss - Prayer, Guidance & Grace
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Loch Kelly - Effortless Meditation
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Aug 31, 2019 |
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Carina Stone & Erin Robinsong - The World Comes to You
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Mingyur Rinpoche - In Love with the World
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Swami Lalitananda - Divine Light & the Temple of Light
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May 08, 2019 |
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Powers of the Imagination: Creating a New World with Norman Fischer
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May 04, 2019 |
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Sacred Chant: Portal to Divine Light with Deva Premal & Miten
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Mirabai Starr - Invoking Women Mystics
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Mar 23, 2019 |
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Gangaji - Inner Freedom
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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Orit Sen-Gupta - Touching the Sacred
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Steven Halpern - Sound Healing
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Wasteland to Pureland: Doug Duncan Sensei & Catherine Pawasarat
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Sep 08, 2018 |
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John Lockley - Way of the Leopard: African Teachings of Ancestry, Instinct & Dreams
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Sep 08, 2018 |
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Mark Nepo - The Power & Spirit of Community
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Aug 11, 2018 |
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Vasant D. Lad - Ayurveda: The Science of Longevity
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May 18, 2018 |
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Bruce Lipton, PhD - Consciousness, Evolution, and the Sixth Mass Extinction
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May 18, 2018 |
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Deva Pemal - A Life of Mantra
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May 03, 2018 |
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Dr. Shefali - Conscious Parenting
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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Lynne McTaggart - The Power of Altruistic Intention
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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Pico Iyer - The Art of Stillness
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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Rev. Angel Kyodo - Radical Dharma
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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Dan Siegel - The Science of Pure Awareness
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Elder Malidoma Somé - Ancestral Wisdom
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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Caroline Myss - The Power of Words
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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Dr. Gabor Maté - Compassionate Inquiry
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Johann Hari - Rethinking Addiction & the War on Drugs
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Oct 29, 2017 |
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Stephen Jenkinson - Die Wise Manifesto for Sanity & Soul
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Oct 29, 2017 |
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Simrit Kaur - The Power of Voice & Sound
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Sep 10, 2017 |