Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire

By Dr. Deborah Adamy, PhD., LMSW, LMT

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Dr. Deborah Adamy has conversations with everyday people who inspire, uplift and who are living their lives with vitality and joy. She admires people who can weather adversity and hardship without becoming cynical and bitter; who actually choose to learn, grow and find meaning and purpose in what they have experienced. There are countless ordinary people living pretty extraordinary lives and Deborah wants to shine light on them! Enlighten: Uplift and Inspire includes conversations with a wide variety of people: activists, musicians, shiatsu therapists, circus arts performers, playwrights, directors, psychotherapists, dancers, film makers, yoga teachers, educators, actors and photographers, just to name a few. May you feel inspired and uplifted listening to this podcast. Visit www.enlighten.nyc for more. Enjoy!!

Episode Date
Episode 409 Andrew Kravatz
Jun 08, 2026
Episode 408 Peonies For Alma
Jun 01, 2026
Episode 407 Jean Wine
May 25, 2026
Episode 406 Graduation Hugs
May 18, 2026
Episode 405 Jay Nachowitz
May 11, 2026
Episode 404 What Love Does
May 04, 2026
Episode 403 Be Present
Apr 27, 2026
Episode 402 Lynda Baldauf, Three Bluebirds
Apr 20, 2026
Episode 401 Kindness Matters
Apr 13, 2026
Episode 400!!
Apr 06, 2026
Episode 399 Sheri Reuveni-Ulrich
Mar 30, 2026
Episode 398 3.5%
Mar 23, 2026
Episode 397 Tenderness
Mar 16, 2026
Episode 396 Love, As If It Matters
Mar 09, 2026
Episode 395 Holding Onto Turquoise
Mar 02, 2026
Episode 394 Arianna Injeian
Feb 23, 2026
Episode 393 LoraKim Joyner
Feb 16, 2026
Episode 392 Pascale Jean-Gilles
Feb 09, 2026
Episode 391 Mea Culpa
Feb 02, 2026
Episode 390 Beth Adubato
Jan 26, 2026
Episode 389 MLK Day
Jan 19, 2026
Episode 388 Justice
Jan 12, 2026
Episode 387 Reflections of 2025
Jan 05, 2026
Episode 386 Humbled
Dec 22, 2025
Episode 385 Fullness of December
Dec 15, 2025
Episode 384 If You Give a Mouse A Cookie
Dec 08, 2025
Episode 383 Embracing Change
Dec 01, 2025
Episode 382 The Gratitude Theory
Nov 24, 2025
Episode 381 Honoring Jude
Nov 17, 2025
Episode 380 Hope Ignited
Nov 10, 2025
Episode 379 Thinner Veil
Nov 03, 2025
Episode 378 Tell It Like It Is
Oct 27, 2025
Episode 377 No Kings 2
Oct 20, 2025
Episode 376 Lifted and Lifting
Oct 13, 2025
Episode 375 Honoring Jane Goodall
Oct 06, 2025
Episode 374 Birthday Blessings
Sep 29, 2025
Episode 373 Fall Equinox
Sep 22, 2025
Episode 372 Release, Align, Rise
Sep 15, 2025
Episode 371 Remembering Mom
Sep 08, 2025
Episode 370 Happy Labor Day
Sep 01, 2025
Episode 369 Light As A Feather
Aug 25, 2025
Episode 368 Remember and Reignite
Aug 18, 2025
Episode 367 A Glimpse Of Heaven
Aug 11, 2025
Episode 366 Humility Revisited
Aug 04, 2025
Episode 365 Honoring Joanna Macy
Jul 28, 2025
Episode 364 May Kindness Prevail
Jul 21, 2025
Episode 363 For Presence
Jul 07, 2025
Episode 362 For The Senses
Jun 30, 2025
Episode 361 For The Traveler
Jun 23, 2025
Episode 358 Nandini Austin
Jun 02, 2025
Episode 357 Hold Our Ground
May 26, 2025
Episode 356 Birthday Blessings
May 19, 2025
Episode 355 Beltane
May 12, 2025
Episode 354 Childer of Wonder
May 05, 2025
Episode 353 I Am Because We Are
Apr 28, 2025
Episode 352 Bless The Earth
Apr 21, 2025
Episode 351 Slow and Steady
Apr 14, 2025
Episode 350 Hands Off!
Apr 07, 2025
Episode 349 Wisdom from the Planets
Mar 31, 2025
Episode 348 A Start To The Day
Mar 24, 2025
Episode 347 All Is Not Well
Mar 17, 2025
Episode 346 We Need To Village
Mar 10, 2025
Episode 345 Wouldn't It Be Nice If......
Mar 03, 2025
Episode 344 Black History to $ Black Out
Feb 24, 2025
Episode 343 Moment of Resistance
Feb 17, 2025
Episode 342 Listen and Learn
Feb 10, 2025
Episode 341 Humility Seeping In
Feb 03, 2025
Episode 340 Humility
Jan 27, 2025
Episode 339 King & Carter
Jan 20, 2025
Episode 338 Feed Both
Jan 13, 2025
Episode 337 Reflections of 2024
Jan 06, 2025
Episode 336 NYE Ritual
Dec 30, 2024
Episode 334 Honoring Nikki Giovanni, poet & activist
Dec 16, 2024
Episode 333 Spark of Light
Dec 09, 2024
Episode 331 Hilary Carr Jones, In Memoriam
Nov 25, 2024
Episode 330 Clyde Lawrence and Gracie Lawrence
Nov 18, 2024
Episode 329 Hold Onto Love
Nov 11, 2024
Episode 328 Vote as a Prayer
Nov 04, 2024
Episode 327 Heart Aligned Action
Oct 28, 2024
Episode 326 Honoring Indigenous People 2024
Oct 21, 2024
Episode 325 Flip The Vote volunteer Diana Bianco
Oct 14, 2024
Episode 324 Lila Carr, Skidmore College student
Oct 07, 2024
Episode 323 Hope Is A Discipline
Sep 30, 2024
Episode 322 Birthday Flip The Vote
Sep 23, 2024
Episode 321 Grassroots
Sep 16, 2024
Episode 320 Do Something
Sep 09, 2024
Episode 319 Nancy Brenner, ALS Care Services
Aug 28, 2024
Episode 318 Honest Conflict
Aug 19, 2024
Episode 317 Pick Up Your Trash
Aug 12, 2024
Episode 316 TNH Guided Meditations
Aug 05, 2024
Episode 315 How To Sit - Part 3
Jul 29, 2024
Episode 314 How To Sit - Part 2
Jul 22, 2024
Episode 313 How To Sit - Part 1
Jul 15, 2024
Episode 312 Inner Peace
Jul 08, 2024
Episode 311 Sweetness of Water
Jul 01, 2024
Episode 310 Blessed To Be Human
Jun 24, 2024
Episode 309 Father's Day
Jun 17, 2024
Episode 308 Centering
Jun 10, 2024
Episode 307 Brian Cockerham, musician
Jun 03, 2024
Episode 306 The Possibility of Peace
May 27, 2024
Episode 305 Rituals: Celebrating Life!
May 20, 2024
Episode 304 Sensitivity with Mother's Day
May 13, 2024
Episode 303 Anne Carpenter, singer and photographer
May 06, 2024
Episode 302 Cherry Blossoms
Apr 29, 2024
Episode 301 The People of Bali
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 300 Celebrating 300!
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 299 Bali Bound
Apr 01, 2024
Episode 298 More Women
Mar 25, 2024
Episode 297 The Women
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 296 Geraldine Anello, Author and Musician
Mar 11, 2024
Episode 295 Winter Cleaning
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 294 Black Futures
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 293 Rustin
Feb 19, 2024
Episode 292 The Greensboro Four
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 291 Origins of Black History Month
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 290 Aliya Sorgen, Transformational Coach and Yoga Instructor
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 289 Awaken To Awareness
Jan 22, 2024
Episode 288 Open House, Open Hearts
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 287 Reflections of 2023
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 286 Change It Up!
Dec 18, 2023
Episode 285 Sparkly Synchronicity
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 284 Light Comes
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 283 Indigenous Peoples Circle
Nov 27, 2023
Episode 282 Senses of Gratitude
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 281 The Meditation Lady
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 280 Dani Mfaya, dancer and model
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 279 Letter From Love
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 278 Our Humanity
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 277 Andrea Frade, Transformational Coach
Oct 16, 2023
Episode 276 Indigenous Peoples Day
Oct 09, 2023
Episode 275 Jesse AlFord, Circus Coach and Lighting Designer
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 274 Forgiveness Is Key
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 273 Peeling Layers
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 272 Labor Of Love
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 271 Honoring Bert Hughes
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 270 Lynn Sinclair
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 269 Rays Of Light
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 268 Gems From Jim
Aug 07, 2023
Episode 267 Proud Mama
Jul 31, 2023
Episode 266 Human Enthusiast
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 265 Communing with Nature
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 261 ALS Awareness
Jul 15, 2023
Episode 264 Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, dancers
Jul 11, 2023
Episode 263 Teach Your Children
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 262 The Fullness Of June
Jun 19, 2023
Episode 260 Brandon McNulty, Personal Coach & Meditation Teacher
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 259 Called To Dance
May 29, 2023
Episode 258 It's The Little Things
May 22, 2023
Episode 257 Time To Reflect
May 15, 2023
Episode 256 An Irish Blessing
May 08, 2023
Episode 255 Poetry In Motion
May 01, 2023
Episode 254 Converse With Nature
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 253 Pete Dominick, podcast host, comedian
Apr 17, 2023
Episode 252 Justins For Justice
Apr 10, 2023
Episode 251 Time To Play
Apr 03, 2023
Episode 250 Geese In Flight
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 249 Mother Nature
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 248 Julie Sherry, physical therapist, author
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 247 Seeing Clearly
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 246 Black Joy
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 245 Look Pain In The Eye
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 244 Resistance
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 243 BHM: Past, Present, Future
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 242 Nugget
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 241 Slow Down
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 240 MLK: A Day On, Not a Day Off
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 239 Heart Yearning
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 238 Reflections of 2022
Jan 02, 2023
Episode 237 Graced
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 236 Owl Wisdom
Dec 12, 2022
Episode 235 Myles Aronowitz, photographer & filmmaker
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 234 Gratitude with Patrick Heffernan
Nov 28, 2022
Episode 233 Lydia Ignacio, Holistic Therapist and Coach
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 232 Hope In Humanity
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 231 Ride The Waves
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 230 Patty Murray, musician, songwriter and mental health advocate
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 229 "Timing"
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 228 Perry Gartner, consultant, writer, musician
Oct 17, 2022
Episode 227 At-One-Ment
Oct 10, 2022
Episode 226 Earth Blessing
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 225 Birthday Love
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 224 Dancing, Breathing, Present
Sep 19, 2022
Episode 223 Unemployed Angels
Sep 12, 2022
Episode 222 Asking For Signs
Sep 05, 2022
Episode 221 Continue Soaring
Aug 29, 2022
Episode 220 Soaring
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 219 Big Fish
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 218 Kindness of Strangers
Aug 08, 2022
Episode 217 Body, Mind & Spirit
Jul 18, 2022
Episode 216 Humbled in Africa
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 215 Anna Msowoya Keys, Maloto Founder
Jun 27, 2022
Episode 214 Margaret Dulaney, author & podcast host
Jun 20, 2022
Episode 213 Cynthia Bardwell, Educator & Wise Woman
Jun 13, 2022
Episode 212 David Holcenberg, musical director, arranger, orchestrator
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 211 Andy Krikun, musician & educator
May 23, 2022
Episode 210 Origins of Mothers' Day
May 16, 2022
Episode 209 Mama Bear
May 09, 2022
Episode 208 Jim Buehler
May 02, 2022
Episode 207 Earth Wonder
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 206 Thing In The Spring
Apr 18, 2022
Episode 205 Anne Macksoud, educator & filmmaker
Apr 11, 2022
Episode 204 Crocus Minded
Apr 04, 2022
Episode 203 Phowa Meditation
Mar 28, 2022
Episode 202 Bob Levy, entrepreneur and consultant
Mar 21, 2022
Episode 201 Thawing
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 200 "Celebrating 200!"
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 199 Cluttered Drawers
Feb 28, 2022
Episode 198 Yin Wisdom
Feb 14, 2022
Episode 197 Black Futures Month
Feb 07, 2022
Episode 196 Honoring Thich Nhat Hanh
Jan 31, 2022
Episode 195 Sidney & Martin
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 194 Ripple Effect
Jan 17, 2022
Episode 193 Reflections of 2021
Jan 10, 2022
Episode 192 Covid: Up Close and Personal
Jan 03, 2022
Episode 191 Alison Heller, author
Dec 13, 2021
Episode 190 Stop The Noise
Dec 06, 2021
Episode 189 Giving Thanks
Nov 29, 2021
Episode 188 Debra Beal, Woman of the Ramapough Lenape Nation
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 187 Liz Moyer Benferhat, Change-Maker, Facilitator and Coach
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 186 Tony Falco, In Memoriam
Nov 08, 2021
Episode 185, Reda Rackley, Diviner, Storyteller, Mythologist
Nov 01, 2021
Episode 184 Healing Energy
Oct 25, 2021
Episode 183 Lisa Levart, photographer
Oct 18, 2021
Episode 182, Honoring The Lenape
Oct 11, 2021
Episode 180 Lauren Mahana, Birth Doula, Intuitive Healer
Sep 20, 2021
Episode 179, "A Prayer For B"
Sep 13, 2021
Episode 178 Small Miracles
Aug 30, 2021
Episode 177 Serendipities and Synchronicities
Aug 23, 2021
Episode 176 Dawn Adrienne-Saliba, Performance Scholar, Theater Artist, Eco-Activist
Aug 16, 2021
Episode 175 Called To Dance
Aug 02, 2021
Episode 174 Summer Rain
Jul 26, 2021
Episode 173, Known By Name
Jul 19, 2021
Episode 172 Shelby Willeitner, canyoneer and adventure guide
Jul 12, 2021
Episode 171 Mary McCourt, adventure guide
Jun 28, 2021
Episode 170 The Things We Carry
Jun 21, 2021
Episode 169 Marla McPherson, conservationist, river runner
Jun 14, 2021
Episode 168 Reminder From A Snail
Jun 07, 2021
Episode 167 Peter Fish, A Remembrance
May 31, 2021
Episode 166 A Whole New World
May 24, 2021
Episode 165 Joel Cross, musician, poet, change-maker
May 17, 2021
Episode 164 The Full Catastrophe
May 10, 2021
Episode 163 Garbage Collector
May 03, 2021
Episode 162 The Presence of Angels
Apr 26, 2021
Episode 161 Hilary Carr Jones, social worker, writer
Apr 19, 2021
Episode 160 Patrick Heffernan, yoga teacher, actor, dancer
Apr 12, 2021
Episode 159 Robert "Zulu" Whitaker
Apr 05, 2021
Episode 158 Take A Break
Mar 29, 2021
Episode 157 Kate Holby, co-founder of Ajiri Tea
Mar 15, 2021
Episode 156 Cheryl Seeley, educator, doula
Mar 08, 2021
Episode 155 Patty Forbes, psychotherapist
Mar 01, 2021
Episode 154 Equipped With Crampons
Feb 22, 2021
Episode 153 What Am I Doing About It?
Feb 15, 2021
Episode 152 Snowy Path
Feb 08, 2021
Episode 151 Me and White Supremacy
Feb 01, 2021
Episode 150 Afterglow
Jan 25, 2021
Episode 149 Thana Alexa, vocalist, composer, producer
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 148 Truth and Hope
Jan 11, 2021
Episode 147 Reflections of 2020
Jan 04, 2021
Episode 146 Louis Cato, musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer
Dec 21, 2020
Episode 145 Gail Hovey, author
Dec 14, 2020
Episode 144 Alvin Ailey's Revelations at 60!
Dec 07, 2020
Episode 143 Say It With Six
Nov 30, 2020
Episode 142 Within Reach
Nov 23, 2020
Episode 141 Shawna Emerick, Yoga Teacher, Thai Bodywork Therapist, Life Coach
Nov 16, 2020
Episode 140 Spread The Love
Nov 09, 2020
Episode 139 Love Is In The Air
Nov 02, 2020
Episode 138 Kristin Richardson Jordan, teacher, poet, social justice activist
Oct 26, 2020
Episode 137 Compassion Beads
Oct 19, 2020
Episode 136 S.O.S. and Poetry Plum
Oct 12, 2020
Episode 135 Heart Centered Guided Meditation
Oct 05, 2020
Episode 134 Swan Delight
Sep 28, 2020
Episode 133 What Sustains Your Soul?
Sep 21, 2020
Episode 132 Sharon Charde, poet, teacher, author
Sep 14, 2020
Episode 131 Douglass DeCandia, agricultural abolitionist, poet
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 130 Vonetta Taylor, mystic, spiritual guide
Aug 24, 2020
Episode 129, A Revolutionary Response
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 128 Stormy White Guilt
Aug 10, 2020
Episode 127 Guided Meditation
Aug 03, 2020
Episode 126 Kitty Hatcher, astrologer
Jul 27, 2020
Episode 125 Honoring John Lewis
Jul 20, 2020
Episode 124 Horace Turnbull, Community Builder & Residential Treatment Center COO
Jul 13, 2020
Episode 123 Frances Pratt, President NAACP Nyack
Jul 06, 2020
Episode 122 Julia Adamy Pederson, musician/equal justice advocate
Jun 29, 2020
Episode 121 Kimberly Jones, author, filmmaker, activist
Jun 22, 2020
Episode 120, Siri Carr and Kirsti Carr, Discussion On White Privilege
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 119 Jamie Surya, yoga studio owner and teacher
Jun 08, 2020
Episode 118 Dr. Deborah Adamy Talks About Raw Emotions
Jun 01, 2020
Episode 117 Suzanne, TV Producer, Videographer, and Film Director
May 18, 2020
Episode 116 Jason Tomlinson, career skills advocate, community builder
May 11, 2020
Episode 115 Puzzling Through The Pandemic
May 04, 2020
Episode 114 Dr. Lauren Dulberg, Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Acupuncturist
Apr 27, 2020
Episode 113 Elizabeth Van Meter, Filmmaker and Humanitarian
Apr 20, 2020
Episode 112 Silence & Stillness, Meditations For Peace
Apr 13, 2020
Episode 111 Dr. Deborah Adamy, Cultivating An Inner Refuge
Apr 06, 2020
Episode 110 The Reverend Mother Suzanne Toro, Episcopal Priest
Mar 30, 2020
Episode 109 Spiritual Wisdom For These Difficult Times
Mar 24, 2020
Episode 108 Maria Lugo, life coach, educator
Mar 16, 2020
Episode 107 Lisa Green, writer, innovative realtor
Mar 09, 2020
Episode 106 Rick Velleu, scenic artist, filmmaker, design creator
Mar 02, 2020
Episode 105 Gail Blache-Gill, singer, conductor, pianist
Feb 24, 2020