On Mycelium, Compost and Animate Sensibilities: A Conversation with Sophie Strand

Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a neo-troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories.  She believes strongly that all thinking happens interstitially – between…

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Tipping the Scales Toward Love and Goodness: A Conversation With Mark Nepo

Tipping The Scales Toward Love & Goodness In this beautiful conversation with poet, writer, and teacher Mark Nepo, we begin exploring Mark’s beautiful take on what it means to be embodied. Throughout the conversation, we were blessed with Mark’s soulful readings of several of our favorites of his poems. We discuss how care can erase…

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Embodying Prayer and Soul Activism: A Conversation With Nan Seymour

Embodying Prayer and Soul Activism In this beautiful conversation, I speak to poet, facilitator, and soul activist Nan Seymour, who also happens to be one of my dearest friends. We take as a springboard for our conversation Nan’s recently published book of poems called prayers not meant for heaven. Nan weaves several of her poems…

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Embodying Creativity: A Conversation With Liam Bowler

Liam Bowler is a teacher, writer, father, bodyworker and hosts the Body Awake Podcast. He is the author of A Creator’s Companion, a beautiful book that explores the many elements of the process of creativity. In our conversation, we speak about embodiment, and embodiment as relationship, and how each of our understandings of embodiment has…

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