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Troubadours of Divine Bliss
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A podcast...a Variety Show for the Soul by Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Aim Me Smiley & Renee Ananda, a touring folk music duo, inspirational speakers, retreat leaders, and advocates for this planet and its people. On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations with remarkably inspiring people around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating melange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth. Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community."Come, come, whoever you are. This is not a caravan of despair." Rumi Hitch a ride...Subscribe Now within your favorite podcast app! Love is Spoken Here @caravanoftheheart
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May 17, 2023
Victoria Bennett, Wild Woman, Poet and Author of All My Wild Mothers
In this episode, we are simply delighted to be with our beloved bliss sister and dear friend, Victoria Bennett (Vik) who is a poet, author, creative activist, and Wild Woman.
When not juggling writing, full-time care, and genetic illness, she can be found where the wild weeds grow…within ALL MY WILD MOTHERS: her debut memoir of motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden.
* Hear the mystic tale of a poet in northern England awakened by Troubadours in the middle of the night.
* We dance on tables... and answer the call to free the wild woman in us.
* We find when we are our authentic selves in the world, we can create anything and that’s when the magic starts!
* Find the small thing worth the gift of your hope. And what is courage but hope mixed with love.
* We plant a herb garden and get more than blooms. We are given myths, healing and wise companions on our journey.
* We see what can grow in the broken ground of grief and find that life grows not in spite of the broken places, but because of them.
* Some seeds require disturbance in order to grow. If we try to cut out the things that hurt and that are difficult, then we also cut out all the joy.
* When we garden wild, we are celebrating a connection, a companionship, an honoring of our place in a vital biodiverse environment.
* We blow the dandelion with its seeds of wishes out into the world!
* LIFE arrives, reaching for the light, bathing in tears, reckless and determined to grow wild and lush over what was once barren stone.
Her writing spans non-fiction, memoir, poetry and games-based storytelling. It was long listed for the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize (2019), and the Penguin WriteNow (2020) programme, and was a winner of a Northern Debut Award (2020) for non-fiction from New Writing North, and an early extract won the Mother’s Milk Writing Award 2017.
Vik founded Wild Women Press in 1999 to support rural women writers in her community and curates the global Wild Woman Web project, an inclusive online space focusing on nature, connection, and creativity.
Vik shares, “…stone by stone, seed by seed, life grows not in spite of the broken places, but because of them…”
Join us as we look forward to a story of radical hope, to reclaiming our wild spaces and letting the light into those broken places as we transform the rubble into a garden with her!
*Personal Website*
https://victoriabennett.me
*Social Media link*
@VikBeeWyld. (twitter)
*Social Media link*
@BeeWyld. (instagram)
*Social Media link*
https://linktr.ee/beewyld
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May 2, 2023
Bill Philipps, Intuitive Inner Wisdom Guide, Psychic Medium and Author of Soul Searching
In this episode, we are honored to be in the radiant presence of Internationally Renowned Psychic Medium and author of SOUL SEARCHING, Bill Philipps.
Bill is the author of Expect the Unexpected, Signs from the Other Side, and most recently *Soul Searching : Tune In to Spirit and Awaken Your Inner Wisdom**.*
His life’s mission is to help people deal with the grief of losing loved ones by bringing through validations, evidential information, and beautiful messages from Spirit, which heal and bring a sense of peace.
* Explore with us as we find how being committed to the light and to service becomes a saving grace
* Discover that our inner child is the essence of who we are...it has access to our higher self...to our intuitive self
* Our child self is the threshold that connects us to everything else in the universe
* When we find forgiveness we are unshackling ourselves from suffering
* PRAY it Forward- we can be of service to others by being an answer to their prayer
* It's part of our DNA to be grateful...when we live in a state of gratitude we are aligned with spirit
* We go on a spiritual scavenger hunt decoding signs and symbols from our loved ones as they are connecting to us from beyond
* Recall that we are all connected to a spiritual web around us of influence, inspiration and connectivity
* We're all here to understand what unconditional love feels like for ourselves
* Welcome to the era of deeply empathic people
Bill conducts individual and small- and large-group readings and has appeared on high-profile television programs like Dr. Phil and Access Hollywood.
Bill says, “connecting with our higher self helps us navigate and flourish in a world that is becoming increasingly complex. Such a connection takes significant work and a lot of soul searching, but we have the power to make it through conscious choice. It is up to us.”
*Personal Website*
http://www.billphilipps.com
*Social Media link*
https://www.facebook.com/psychicmediumbill/
*Social Media link*
https://www.instagram.com/billphilipps/
*Social Media link*
https://twitter.com/MediumBillPhili
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Apr 18, 2023
Asia Suler, Author of Mirrors in the Earth, Teacher, Earth Intuitive and Healing Herbalist
In this episode, we feel fortunate to be in the presence and companionship of Asia Suler, Author of Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World.
She a healing herbalist and is the founder of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown company. She is an Earth-intuitive who helps people remember their gifts through educational experiences in herbalism, animism, ancestral healing and earth-centered personal growth.
* Join us as we find revelation in reflection!
* What is the burr in your fur? As invasive as they feel - they are here to help us heal.
* Sensitivity is a Super Power! Acceptance leads to gratitude and gratitude leads to grace.
* You are so much more brilliant than you realize… You were born into original beauty - you can choose to live there.
* The Earth a benevolent parent mirror that will never forsake us and can help us see ourselves clearly again.
* We ask the Earth for forgiveness and learn the one thing we need to survive.
* “…the overwhelming emotion that we feel when we witness all the ecological loss in our world today is a measure of how deeply we love this planet, and, how profoundly the earth loves us in return. We think we are too fragile for these times but we are not…’
* The message we need will not ever stop trying to be delivered and that's just a sign of how much the world loves you!
As a teacher, Asia has guided over 20,000 students in 70+ countries through her immersive online programs. With her writings and teachings, Her heart is to help people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world.
With her book, Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World; through her work, Asia helps people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world.
Asia says, “No matter what we do, or where we go, we are unconditionally loved and held by this planet. No matter how far we stray from the perceived path, the Earth is there, dreaming up honey to sweeten our existence, flowers in the spring, and a soft bed of moss to lay in and refreshing air to breathe. Realizing how deeply we are already loved is powerful. It’s real, it’s humbling, and it is a miracle”
*Social Media link*
https://www.instagram.com/asiasuler/
*Social Media link*
https://www.facebook.com/asiasuler/
*Social Media link*
https://www.youtube.com/c/asiasuler
*Book:*
https://onewillowapothecaries.com/mirrors-in-the-earth/
*Song: *“Oh Mother, Oh Earth”, by Sylvia Linsteadt
https://vimeo.com/251394791
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Apr 6, 2023
Nicole Sartini, Authentic Empowerment Guide and Psychotherapist
In this episode, we are thrilled to be in the company of and in conversation with
Psychotherapist and Authentic Empowerment Guide, Nicole Sartini.
* We are asked if we ready to flip the light on and see what is stored in our metaphorical closet?
* We build the courage to be able to see ourselves in our fullness
* Learn that a feeling is not a fact - we came here to learn and evolve through our challenges
* Find that when we hit those spots that are so painful and it feels like everything has crumbled - that is the birthplace of creation
* We consider that we can hold both the pain and beauty at once. Can things be both?
* Some of the hardest moments end up being the most fertile of our evolution
* We are here to evolve through a certain set of challenges...we should take the curriculum
* Love and acceptance is high frequency and brings us peace
* Step inside to find the unique spark within YOUR Sanctuary of Self
Nicole started in the mental health field 23 years ago at the age of 19 and has
practiced as a professional psychotherapist since 2010.
She is the co-owner and founder of Bridge Counseling and Wellness, an
integrative mental health counseling center with 5 locations in Louisville, KY, and
The Academy of Integrative Mental Health, a continuing education platform for
mental health professionals across the country and beyond.
She carries a unique window into the world by having had the honor of being an
intimate part of thousands of people’s healing journeys and through her own
personal work as a trauma survivor who has found resiliency and peace.
Nicole says, “When it really comes down to what actually brings about true
contentment and makes a meaningful difference in both our personal and shared
world, the only real power a person has is the power to bring clarity, insight and
healing to their inner world. By doing so, they bring about a sense of peace with
what is within themselves and are able to allow the love they find themselves to
be at their core, to overflow and help shape the outer world. That is the kind of
power that allows us to know and connect with ourselves so deeply that we can
then find a way to use our unique makeup and gifts to honor ourselves and the
collective. It’s a power that not only enhances our personal sense of well being,
but allows us to leave this planet a little bit more kind, evolved, loving, peaceful
or beautiful than it was before our time here.”
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**Personal Website*
www.bridgemindbody.com
*Social Media link*
www.facebook.com/bridgemindbody
*Social Media link*
www.instagram.com/edensidesanctuary/
*Authentic Empowerment Workshop, April 12th
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Mar 16, 2023
Rebecca Wildbear, Earth Love Warrior, Author of Wild Yoga and Soul Guide of Creative Service
In this episode, our wild hearts get activated and our souls get invited to intiation by Rebecca Wildbear, author of “Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth.”
Rebecca is also the creator of a yoga practice called Wild Yoga, which empowers individuals to tune in to the mysteries that live within the earth community, dreams, and their own wild nature so they may live a life of creative service.
* Join us as we learn how a soul becomes initiated
* Discover who Rebecca calls "masters of love"
* Find out how movements become a prayer to the universe
* Listen to the mystery in the body...as a doorway to the sacred
* Open to the wild, holy presence in Nature and in our Nature
* Learn that when we are in tune with the living world and tap into our deep imagination, mysterious things arise and surprise and we are given essential instructions for our life
* Find out how following what we love opens us to a romance with the world
* Ask "Where is my love right now in this moment flowing”?
* We call up Love Warriors for the Earth and call in ferocity for the wellbeing of the planet
* Remember the wild world needs our embodied love prayers and we need the wild world
Rebecca says, “May these teachings, stories and practices offer a path to open your heart to what is most sacred. May they ground you in love and strength. May they restore your relationship with the Earth so that you and your dreams, mystery and muse may live in co-creative reciprocity with life on the planet.”
*Personal Website*
https://www.rebeccawildbear.com/
*Social Media link*
https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.wildbear/
*Social Media link*
https://www.instagram.com/wildbearyoga
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Mar 2, 2023
Humanity’s Epic Awakening A Mystical Odyssey Beyond Belief with Mary Reed
In this episode, our hearts are rejoicing and reverent to be in the enlightening and awakening presence of mystic wisdom teacher and guide, Mary Reed, who is ushering in the Way of Love, the Truth of Love, and the Luminous Light of Love.
We welcome her back to Caravan of the Heart to celebrate and cherish the release of her new book and big, beautiful, inspiring love letter, *Humanity’s Epic Awakening A Mystical Odyssey Beyond Belief.*
* We become fully aware of the light of the divine here through us and as us.
* We make our Love visible. No scripture or sermon is necessary to live according to love...every heart knows the way.
* We ask, If love is all we need - then why hasn't there ever been enough love to make our suffering go away? We find out the answer.
* Expand to hold the wisdom that the origin of our pain is our belief that we are separate from everything, separate from love.
* See how when we reject what we label “bad” we are stuck in a cycle of pain- what we resist...persists.
* Invite whatever comes into my awareness...I will love unconditionally as an equal part of all that I am.
* "There is a great love coming....like a great tidal wave...like the force of a thousand winds...it is unstoppable... and you should welcome it when it comes!"
* We look forward to Mary helping us remember that how we are in each moment IS our contribution to the collective. She offers to us… “You see how powerful you are? Throughout the cosmos you are being celebrated!” We celebrate HER and all of her contributions in service to Divine Love!
Mary was a staunchly agnostic healthcare executive living in Washington, DC when she began venturing uncontrollably into mystical experiences in the company of Jesus, Buddha and angels.
She finally surrendered her “normal” life and spent several years in a tiny nunnery in the Himalayas coming to terms with her unexpected abilities. Her profound experiences are both a road map and an invitation into the Divine wisdom we all hold within.
Mary’s work is a palpable transmission of Divine Love as evidenced in her three books — Unwitting Mystic Evolution of the Message of Love, Divine New Being A Sublime Guided Passage to the End of Hell, and Humanity’s Epic Awakening A Mystical Odyssey Beyond Belief.
Mary says, “However we are reacting to others is our contribution to others. However we are reacting to the world is our contribution to the world. What is it YOU want to contribute?”
*Personal Website: *
*https://www.lovemaryreed.com/**
ENJOY Mary's 1st episode on Caravan of the Heart here: **https://www.caravanoftheheart.com/podcast-episodes/episode/4e04eec0/mary-reed-mystic-wisdom-guideteacher*
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Feb 15, 2023
It's Impossible There's Anything but Love with Renee Ananda
*(Our laptop completely failed. We offer to you an inspirational talk by Renee given at a Unity service a few years ago. We are in the process of getting things replaced and should have a new guest episode next week. In the meantime, here’s an invitation to love…)*
In this episode, you are invited to consider that it is impossible that there is anything but love! Why not explore this? We encourage you to activate your spiritual GPS to find out where you are (love) and where you are destined (love)…all paths meet at the crossroads of love.
Marianne Williamson says, “Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.”
*”There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.” ...find out what "this" is... *
* If we don’t choose love – what are we choosing instead?
* We cannot be in the world of connection and the world of estrangement at the same time…when we are feeling joy, we cannot feel fear; when we are feeling tranquil we cannot feel resentful; when we are feeling love we cannot feel critical…
* We can choose our destination but we need to know exactly where we are and where we wish to go.
* Love is the only way and when it feels like it is not love it is only just a lack of love.
* The perfect you is accessed through the love within you. Choose love over fear and find your shine!
* Free your heart from hatred.
* Free your mind from worries.
* Live Simply.
* Give More.
* Expect Goodness.
* DECIDE to love it! That’s the way of love!
Remember, YOU are love and YOU are loved!
*Let's Connect! Schedule your personal or couples retreat and let us nurture you and your love!
**https://www.wayoftheheartwoods.org/soul-guidance-sessions**
Podcast Website: **caravanoftheheart.com*
*Music Website:* *troubadoursofdivinebliss.com**
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*Social Media Link:
**https://www.facebook.com/Troubadours-of-Divine-Bliss-70820080497/**
Social Media Link:
**https://www.youtube.com/divinebliss**
Social Media Link:
**https://www.instagram.com/troubadoursofdivinebliss/**
*Dr Martin Luther King Jr once said, "We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world, for love is the only way."
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Feb 1, 2023
Fia, Spiritual Singer-Songwriter, EnCHANTress, Amplifying the Sacred
In this episode, we travel through the countryside north of Stockholm deep into the heart and soul and high vibration of Fia Forsström (known mononymously as Fia) .
Fia is a spiritual singer-songwriter who with her inspirational lyrics and catchy melodies has a unique way of weaving music that empowers the listener to drop deeper into themselves and find their own medicine.
* Find out how this songbird finds an opening and gets freed from her cage.
* Fall into Worship as we recognize ourselves as part of the whole - as coming home.
* We see worship as swimming out and broadening our perspective to connect with the lifeforce saying, “I love you and you love me....thank you for being with me on this journey”.
* We ask what if we didn't run away from the demons in our heads and instead we chose to love them?
* Step into the knowledge that by actively choosing love we feel empowered.
* Discover the key turned in the lock that opened up the love of self and the knowing of our worth.
* You are invited to, please, be yourself...it is the most beautiful thing you can do!
* We trust that who we are is enough.
* We are with the Divine Feminine as she invites us to slow down...Her Love is tender...it is fierce...it is deep listening...it is clear communication...it is intuitive dreaming...it is powerful prayer...it is everything!
Since the release of her debut album “Made of Stars” (2016), Fia has been touring worldwide and continues to touch hearts wherever she goes. She has fast become one of the leading voices on the spiritual music scene after the release of her two albums ”Legacy of Light” (2017) and ”Waterfall of Wisdom”(2019). Since then, several EPs, singles and various collaborations have taken place, and winter 22/23 she enters the studio to create her fourth album with spirit inspired music.
It i said that she has a “unique way of weaving music that empowers the listener to drop deeper into themselves and find their own medicine…" Expect to be healed!
Fia says,
“The life that I live
I feel honored to give
In humble service to the Divine
I am grateful for every single breath that I may breathe
For the expansion
For the gift of being me
I’ve got another page in my book
And I will use it well, I will use it well
Cause when I go
I want to know
That I left it all on the table
That I gave it all I’ve got
I wanna be remembered as Love
Leaving behind
A legacy of Light
Of Light”
*Personal Website*
https://fiasmusicofficial.com/
*Social Media link*
https://www.instagram.com/thisisfiamusic/
*Social Media link*
https://www.facebook.com/thisisfiamusic
*Social Media link*
https://www.youtube.com/c/FiaMusic
*Social Media link*
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MqfYdygGLnHjhmXc9yDeH?si=aUtu3V2hQ9mJt
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Jan 18, 2023
Meredith Heller, Powerful Poetic Voice, Author of Write a Poem, Save Your Life, Writing By Heart Workshops
In this episode, it is our immense privilege to have as our guest a powerful poetic voice, author, singer/songwriter, avid nature-woman, and educator, Meredith Heller.
A California Poet in the Schools, Meredith leads Writing By Heart workshops at public & private schools, women’s prisons, The Institute for Poetic Medicine, The Kennedy Center for the Arts, wellness retreats, and online for adults and teens.
* We ask the question…Do you write the poem or does the poem write you?
* What does it mean to Be 1000% percent present and get 1000% out of the way so the creative muse can come through?
* When we really show up and learn something new about ourselves...this is what is alive!
* We befriend ourselves...hold ourselves with the deepest love and respect and listen for the whisper in our ears.
* Discover how to find your own natural, creative voice.
* Offer the monster of your inner critic tea and dark chocolate with almonds.
* Realize that we need both the darkness and the light to grow.
* Melt the armor, put the sword down and learn to trust.
* Stay with it until you break open...then you will break through.
* Realize that you can write yourself back to life and give a voice to your pain.
* Turn your tears into temples.
* Midwife and reweave the world.
* Learn to feel wildly alive.
* We allow ourselves to make some wonderful new mistakes.
* We trust that there is a benevolent energy that wants the best FOR us and wants the best FROM us.
Her passion is empowering people to believe in themselves, trust their creative instincts, tap their wild wisdom, express their truth, and ignite their hearts.
She is the author of Write a Poem, Save Your Life, and three poetry collections, Songlines, Yuba Witch, & River Spells. Meredith was selected as a teaching-artist for an online education program through The Kennedy Center for the Arts. She was made a Poetry Partner by the Institute of Poetic Medicine, and she receives a grant from them each year to teach in the women's prisons.
Meredith says, “If writing has claimed you as its own, as it has me, you will know that writing is how we breathe, how we bloom from darkness into love. Dig deep into the caverns of your memories, thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Dig up all the bright delicious juicy ones, the bubbling lava angry ones, the lonely soggy miserable ones, the broken self-hating demeaning ones, the dark monstrous secretive ones; dig in, because this is where your poetry lives.”
*Personal Website*
www.meredithheller.com
*Social Media link*
https://www.facebook.com/meredith.heller.5
*Social Media link*
Writing by Heart Workshops: https://www.meredithheller.com/women
*Poetry Books:
*https://www.finishinglinepress.com/?s=meredith+heller&post_type=product
*Write a Poem, Save Your Life:*
https://www.newworldlibrary.com/Writing-and-Literature/WRITE-A-POEM-SAVE-YOUR-LIFE
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Jan 4, 2023
Julia Butterfly Hill, Revolutionary Champion for the Planet, Tree Translator, Legacy of Love in Action
In this episode, we are in the presence of a Champion…Our Shero…a revolutionary advocate for this planet and its people, Julia Butterfly Hill!
For 738 days Julia Butterfly Hill lived in the canopy of an ancient redwood tree, called Luna, to help make the world aware of the plight of ancient forests. Her courageous act of civil disobedience gained international attention for the redwoods as well as other environmental and social justice issues, which is chronicled in her bestselling book The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods.
* Our souls are transformed by a Super-Shero of Resilience!
* Bear it all...push at edges even when it's uncomfortable because that's where growth happens.
* We find a conscious "No" to one thing is a conscious "Yes" to something else!
* We don't have to hold it all... just allow it to flow through.
* Discover a pufferfish transform into a butterfly!
* With waste, there is no "away". Indigenous cultures don't even have a word for "trash".
* We don't need more stuff, we need to find more courage, more love. more connectivity!
* We dispel the idea of "We the People" and expand to "We the Planet"!
* Today we strive to do our best to live love in action in every moment.
* Today we ask "what kind of world do I want to leave behind with the life that I have led?"
Julia, with the great help of steelworkers and environmentalists, successfully negotiated to permanently protect the 1,000 year-old tree and a nearly three – acre buffer zone.
On December 18, 1999 Julia Butterfly Hill, then 26, came down to a world that recognized her as a heroine and powerful voice for the environment.
Her courage, commitment and profound clarity in articulating a message of hope, empowerment, and love & respect for all life, has inspired millions of people worldwide. After she returned to the ground, Julia toured the world speaking about her experience, and about the many lessons she learned, to the media and audiences large and small.
The recipient of numerous prestigious awards and distinctive honors, Julia Butterfly Hill is one of the most internationally recognizable figures in environmental activism.
Julia founded the non-profit organization, Circle of Life and was the visionary of We The Planet, setting the standards for green festivals, events, and tours in the US. She co-founded the Engage Network and is the inspiration behind What’s Your Tree.
She has addressed the United Nations, lobbied congress, and has continued to stand on the front lines of environmental and social justice issues all over the world.
JULIA SAYS, “When I entered the majestic cathedral of the redwood forest for the first time, my spirit knew it had found what it was searching for. I dropped to my knees and began to cry because I was so overwhelmed by the wisdom, energy and spirituality housed in this holiest of temples”
Julia Butterfly Hill is most known for living in a tree, but she has had a wild and full life before and after. She “cusses like a sailor and prays to trees.”
*Personal Website*
www.juliabutterfly.com
*Social Media link*
https://www.facebook.com/JuliaButterflyHillOfficial
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Dec 27, 2022
Devorah Brous, Sacred Steward, Regenerative Urban Homesteader, Creator of FromSoil2Soul, Bridge Builder
In this episode, get ready to root and rise up with frontline Community Organizer, Ritualist and Herbalist, Devorah Brous!
Devorah is the creator of fromsoil2soul. She consults, writes, formulates herbal remedies, and gardens with individuals and institutions, designing regenerative practices for soul care, community care, and earth care.
With a focus on ancient and emergent practices, she is deeply rooted at the nexus of burnout and renewal. Dev offers groups and individuals online Sabbaticals to unearth regenerative practices for gardening our inner and outer landscapes.
She has rooted in the garden for over 25 years, growing community food sovereignty, environmental justice, and land rights.
* We meet in a 3rd space where the alchemy happens in our ecosystem.
* We allow ourselves to fall into the rich cauldron of fallowing.
* Find that magic takes place when we surrender and allow the spaciousness all while dreaming audaciously.
* Remember that regeneration is coming whe…
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Dec 12, 2022
Mary H. Reaman, Heart-Centered Creator, Author, Artist and Visionary
In this episode, we are ecstatic to be with and in the sublime and divine presence of Creator, Artist, Author and Podcaster, our bliss sister and dear friend, Mary H. Reaman.
Following the call of her longing, Mary has pursued unchartered territories and taken on a variety of roles over the years including pastor, founder, public speaker, teacher, preacher, creator of ceremonies, author, artist, and podcaster.
* We invite the gift that prayer is a friendly talk with God
* We are reminded that the greatest love we can give each other is in seeing and calling forth our goodness.
* Be baptized in the knowledge that we are ALL already whole.
* Remember that playing is praying with creative vitality. It is crucial to keep play incorporated in our lives...its where wonder is, where awe lives and imagination resides!
* Learn how Holy Bubbles, Cosmic Acorns, the Brush of Sacred Dreams, the pen summoning your spirit myth...lets the Divine create through you.
* We allow our unconsc…
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Nov 23, 2022
Perdita Finn, Compelling Writer, Ancestral Healer and Guide on the Radical Path of the Divine Feminine
In this episode, we are grateful to be in the presence of the compelling writer, time traveler and friend, Perdita Finn.
She is the co-author of The Reluctant Psychic and, with her husband Clark Strand, The Way of The Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary and Take Back the Magic: Getting to Know the Dead.
* We are encouraged to not rush for the answers and to step into the mystery.
* Explore how womb and tomb are so closely attuned.
* Find out how Bourbon, Dark Chocolate and a furry white cat saved her Mom's life.
* Be present at the moment of two hearts' cataclysmic convergence in the portal of a Hungarian pastry shop.
* We are asked, “What is the one story you would leave behind for people to know about you?”
* We are living in a river of prayer that flows to us and through us…pull on a thread and wait for the tug on a heartstring.
* What if we could truly feel the souls of our family in the living things around us?
* What i…
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Nov 10, 2022
The Healing Power of Meaningful Connection with Troubadours of Divine Bliss
*In this episode, we feel the all embracing, healing power of meaningful connection...*
* We find our truest lifeline, our purpose and greatest fulfillment is meaningful connection in this life.
* We see how being in loving presence with others leads us back to wholeness within ourselves.
* We call out to hear "there are other worlds to sing in".
* We pray to become vessels where Love pours through.
* We invite you to share what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
* We become pencils in the hand of God writing love letters to everyone we encounter.
* We awaken to love for ourselves, each other and the whole world.
Accept and extend the invitation for meaningful connection in every moment with everyone and this Earth. Embrace connection and be embraced. We embrace you!
You are loved! You are love!
*Let's Connect! Schedule your personal or couples retreat and let us nurture you and your love!
**https://www.wayoftheheartwoods.org/soul-guidance-sessions*…
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Oct 26, 2022
Pouria Montazeri, Beloved Founder of In the Footprints of Rumi, Filmmaker, Sacred Poetry Portal Awakener & Transformer
In this episode, we are greatly honored to have our hearts nourished by Pouria Montazeri, the founder of "In The Footprints of Rumi."
Pouria shares the riches of his familiarity with Rumi's language, culture, and religious/spiritual background to support individuals in understanding what Rumi said and taught, which has been ignored, erased, or misinterpreted through translations and renditions in the West. His fluency in Persian enables him to translate Rumi and other Muslim Sufi mystics and poets in a way that brings together East and West.
* Join us as we marinate in magic, get permeated by presence and saturated in the sweetness of unity.
* Feel with us as we join in the beautiful dance of intimacy between joy and sadness and find where they meet.
* Understand with us that the purpose of the core of pain is to bring us back home and how it is a blessing when we see it that way.
* Remember that the heart is a threshold...once you get a little glimpse of that glance and a t…
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Oct 12, 2022
Jenny Shanks, Intuitive Love Warrior, Spiritual Medium and Mentor
In this episode, we spiritedly enjoy an uplifting and affirming exchange and encounter with psychic, spiritual medium, mentor, and lightworker, Jenny Shanks.
Jenny’s first love and passion is connecting with our past loved ones… providing peace and clarity for ALL those she connects with…in the spirit world and here on earth.
* Hear the message, "Stop denying your gifts" because they are very much needed in this world
* We learn that tapping into your own inner knowing opens the door to gratitude
* We lean forward in the frequency of love and remember that when we stay in the frequency of gratitude and spirit, we find that it always gets us back into alignment and ascends us forward
* We are encouraged to ask, "What respect are you offering yourself?", and to “smile at everyone you encounter because you could be the best part of their worst day”
* Feel how all around us Ancestors are acting as Guardian Angels
* Root into Earth...Rise into your Intuition
* Reme…
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Sep 26, 2022
Maia Toll, Seeker of Magic and Award-Winning Wild Wisdom Series Author
In this episode, we are enchanted to engage with Maia Toll, a seeker of magic and award-winning author of the bestselling Wild Wisdom Series which has inspired readers worldwide to explore their human nature through the magical lens of the natural world.
* We discover a bookshelf in a willow tree
* We enter a world where land is sentient, and the stones have stories
* We learn that you can set magic in motion and magic... is everywhere
* Through the Lookingglass, we see that we are in control of how we perceive our surroundings
* Once we recognize that everything is alive, we start moving through the world differently
* We realize…why not choose to believe in magic? It is so much more fun & interesting
* We begin to believe that we are a thread in a much larger tapestry and ask ourselves,” what is the purpose of my thread in this weaving?”
* We surrender into Connection and find a doorway into Communion
* We shift the focus of knowing from our head to our heart…
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Sep 12, 2022
Talamieka Brice, Illuminating, Award-winning Artist, Filmmaker & Visual Storyteller
In this episode, our spirits are deeply moved and inspired as we speak with Award-winning Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer, Poet & Visual Storyteller, Talamieka Brice.
* We get a glimpse of what we it means to be a Mother, an Artist, a Filmmaker and Activist while reclaiming our Identity
* We discover what happens when you add spice, a bit of voodoo & magic to what is given
* We find that with Honor comes great responsibility and that Warriors flow through Love’s veins
* Don't play small. Tell your truth and stand tall
* Look fear in the face and know that it does not define you - it refines you
* See that Your journey is more than your shadows and that the light is how we find each other in the dark
* Explore how you have to trace the family line into dark alleys to find exits for new generations…
* Don’t lose sight that you are worthy, you are Divine
She is inspired by her hometown of Kilmichael, Mississippi, and by artists Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Maya An…
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Aug 26, 2022
Richard Brendan, Heart Intuitive Host of JourneysFire Podcast, Speaker, Mentor and Hospice Chaplain
In this episode, we share a beautifully moving conversation with Speaker, Hospice chaplain, Mentor, and Radio Host, Richard Brendan.
In his teaching and by his presence, Richard helps us see the beauty and joy of the world anew as if we were children again.
* In this intimate exchange, we are invited to see with Love.
* We find the greatest gift you can give is presence by being fully present with another.
* We become Midwives to the Mystery.
* We realize that in the end, "All that matters is to love, laugh and shine our light brightly!"
* We turn on to Lamplight Activism...Allowing people to come out of the dark and into the light, out of the cold and into the warmth just by loving them.
* We recognize that when someone is vulnerable, only love is safe enough to come out to.
* We see the beautiful thread of love that is woven through life and death, and we learn awareness of death is the secret of life.
* We ride with the Lone Ranger of Love! "Hi-ho, Surrender away!…
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Aug 4, 2022
John Blair, Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Environmental Health Activist
In this episode, we are beyond grateful to have in our presence a living legend, a forty-five year, environmental health activist, John Blair…a commercial mortgage banker turned Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist. See the photo: https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/677914/85339150.jpg
He founded and still serves as president of Valley Watch, Inc. whose purpose is "to protect the [public health and environment of the lower Ohio River Valley. He also published, for three years a monthly newspaper called the Ohio Valley Environment during a really activist surge in the early 1980s.
A believer in active civil disobedience, he gained notoriety when he stole the groundbreaking shovels at a Union Carbide hazardous waste facility in Henderson, KY in 1985. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_V-BvOlXoNY
In 1997, John, had an epiphany regarding the need to eliminate coal as an energy source.
During the early 2000s, he was instrumental in stopping a number of new coal plants as…
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Jul 21, 2022
Kendall Rosenberg, Mystic Poetess, Lighthouse of Luminous Courage
In this episode, we wholeheartedly and excitedly embrace Mystic Poetess, Kendall Rosenburg, author of All The Candles I Light For Myself; I Light For You.
Kendall throws her heart beyond the boundary of words like a luminous sunrise over the deepest valleys of womanhood... of human hood.
This mystic poet asks of her readers that they face their own divine curiosity and wholehearted longings. She reminds them that their deepest desires and the most secret state of their heart is the purest.
She holds the hands of her readers as they walk through the shadow and then shepherds them back to the singular luminosity of the great return.
Kendall is a spiritual counselor. A helper of people. And a recovering addict celebrating 8 years
* We learn that you just show up long enough and a miracle happens
* We dance in the darkness and name it holy
* We get ushered out of the midnight caves and into the daybreak of our own hearts
* We see that lights get turned on when we turn ours on…
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Jul 6, 2022
Victoria Loorz, Wonderful Wild Pastor, Eco-Spiritual Director, Founder of Wild Church Network
In this episode, it is our hearts delight to be in the presence of Wild Pastor, Author and Guide, Victoria Loorz. Her book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred, is an invitation to deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church.
It was in 2015 that Victoria launched the first Church of the Wild, in Ojai CA and began to meet others with the same sense of call to leave building / and expand the Beloved Community beyond our own species. She then co-founded the ecumenical Wild Church Network.
Victoria is co-founder and director of Seminary of the Wild, which is focused on a deep-dive yearlong eco-ministry certificate program for all those who feel called by Earth and Spirit to "restore the great conversation."
* We put the Howl in Howlelujah!
* We get invited to a Church where the Mountains are the steeples, the pews are old logs and the choir is a host of birds, crickets and frogs.
* Learn how it's survival of th…
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Jun 23, 2022
John Roedel, Soul-Provoking, Poignant Poet of the Heart
In this episode, we share an open-hearted and heart-opening conversation with the soul- provoking, poignant Poet of the Heart, John Roedel.
John Roedel is a comic who unexpectedly became an Amazon Best Selling Poet/Writer when he began to turn his faith crisis, depression, and struggles into poems that have been read all over the world.
Over the past several years John has published four books, “Hey God. Hey John.”, “Any Given Someday”, Untied”, “Remedy” and his newest release “Upon Departure.”
John’s work has been shared millions of times across social media and his fearless writing has attracted readers from all over the world. He loves sharing the story of how he learned to turn his broken heart into a wind chime.
Meet our new/old friend and find friendship for your heart in someone who knows, who understands, and shares his truth tenderly, transparently, preciously, and potently.
* Discover how to find yourself in a wonderful kind of lost
* Learn how gr…
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Jun 8, 2022
Myshkin Warbler, Musical Spellcaster & Jenny Q, Healing Herbalist / Trust Together: A True Story of Love's Victory
In this episode, we are thrilled to have with us our friend and fervent, masterful muse, the brilliant Musician, Songwriter, and Artist, Myshkin Warbler, and the radiant, resilient, author, beloved herbalist, cellist, and awe-inspiring muse, Jenny Qaqundah. Together they are a dynamic duo whose persevering love and devotion have stirred the hearts and spirits of all who have encountered and embraced their remarkably miraculous story.
In our heart-stirring, soul-inspiring exchange, we experience through Myshkin’s music and Jenny’s memoir the “powerful story of a mother’s love for her daughter. The family love story between a child and two women, holding onto each other for dear life. The story of how Jenny's Arab birth family and eclectic Joshua Tree family held her and discovered themselves. The story of the fierce determination of a lover who stayed close by the side of her true friend.
* We meet a Warbler and an Alchemist who fell in love, grew, and flew through an extrao…
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Jun 2, 2022
Joan Tollifson, Writer, Teacher, Explorer in Nondual Spirituality
In this episode, we share an expansive and awakening conversation with writer, teacher, and explorer in nondual spirituality, Joan Tollifson.
Joan has held public and private meetings as well as occasional workshops and retreats since 1996. She encourages people to question the stories, beliefs, and misunderstandings that create so much of our human suffering, especially our tendency to mistake conceptual maps for the living actuality. Her bare-bones approach is open, direct, down-to-earth, and rooted in the ever-fresh aliveness of presence-awareness.
* We find the Holy Reality…it's always right here
* We bask in the understanding that we are all parts of a whole that is continually happening
* We enjoy both the utter simplicity and the infinite complexity and diversity of exactly what is…
* We embrace the idea that everyone is doing exactly all they know to do
* We learn that we may need to trust the grit to create the pearl
* We find perfection in imperfection and e…
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May 18, 2022
Rick Archer, Beloved Creator/Host of the Renowned Buddha at the Gas Pump (BATGAP) Spiritual Interview Show
In this episode, we have an inspiring and heart-opening exchange with Rick Archer, the extraordinarily spiritually awakened Creator / Host of the spiritual interview show, Buddha at the Gas Pump. Since the Fall of 2009, he has interviewed over 640 “spiritually awakening” people, from the well-known to the unknown, from a variety of backgrounds and traditions. In this fascinating and engaging exchange, we travel the spectrum from an authentic deep dive into devotion into a highly heartfelt embrace of enlightenment.
* We go from American gothic to mystic topics
* We find our destinies are very much guided by unseen forces…
* We learn how to abide in a space of seeing the world through God's eyes
* We are reminded that Every day is life and to not pass over the present for some glorious future
* We learn the blessing of being supported and the blessing of being thwarted
* Rick shares that a true warrior has time only for their impeccability
* He expresses that it is b…
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May 3, 2022
"What we are dwelling on we are dwelling in" with Troubadours of Divine Bliss
In this episode, we circle up around the Caravan campfire for a heart session to ask, "Where y'at?...in your heart, mind, and spirit...
* We visit the places we inhabit and look at what we are in the habit of thinking, feeling, saying & doing.
* We realize that what we are dwelling on – we are dwelling in.
* We explore the "unwept teach" that comes to call.
* We tap you on the shoulder to find out where you are
* Catch yourself before you wreck yourself
* It used to be a world half-there. Heavens 2nd rate hand me down. Now I'm walking with a reverent air because everything is Holy Now
* Discover the moment the oldest woman in the world was most happy
* Today you get the greatest present ever...
If you focus on the truth, you will speak more truth.
If you look at noble things, nobility will mark your life. If you seek out lovely things, your life will be lovely to others and lovely for yourself.
If you dwell on that which is pure, that which is impure will have no at…
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Apr 21, 2022
Andy Mahler, Dedicated Forest Activist, Defender and Community Organizer protecting the places we love
In this episode, our hearts are filled with joy and gratitude to speak to our hero and our friend, our beloved Andy Mahler. Andy is a forest activist, defender, and community organizer with Protect our Woods and Heartwood. Andy organized the forest protection network Heartwood, “people helping people protect the places they love.”
* We learn the most effective ways to protect your local woods from a seasoned forest defender
* We feel the vitality and wholeness of finding our place and purpose
* We experience the transformation of someone growing from loving the trees to someone who has become a powerful protector of the forest
* We discover the obstacle is the path
* We learn how vital it is to save all old-growth forests to help save the planet and all beings
* We get sage advice on how to avoid burnout as an activist
* We discover the importance of not only working to stop destruction but also putting your energy into creating more life and greater vision for commu…
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Apr 12, 2022
Alfred K. LaMotte, Fred, Uplifting and Awakening Poet, and Interfaith Chaplain
In this episode, we share a beautiful heart-centered and heart-awakening conversation with an Interfaith chaplain and college instructor in world religions, Alfred K. LaMotte, familiar to us as Fred.
* We get invited to walk barefoot and un-name the stars
* We learn that when you have no agenda life can be so original and simple
* We admit that we have wings that are vast and crystal
* We P-R-A-Y together and P-R-E-Y together until a flame of healing arises and we purr
* We give ourselves permission to eat whatever is delicious
* Hear how an aspiring general has alchemized into a warrior of the spirit
* We honor inhalation like a royal guest and make a spacious tent of our flesh
* We learn that the one who whirled the stars into life has come into our body as this breath and unless we become hollow….we won’t be filled with music
* We remember that when we are aware of our own flesh under our feet we save the earth by savoring the earth
Fred has published five bo…
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Apr 5, 2022
Improv Therapy Group, Transformative Therapy with Believers in the Healing Power of Laughter
In this episode, we share an immensely inspiring and intriguing conversation with CEO, Angela Nino, Chief Improv Officer, Lisa Bany, and Reverend Marcy Bain, Improv Instructor with Improv Therapy Group.
* We find magic words and get a Bland Aid for your life
* We discover the transformational power of "Yes...And"
* We learn that when we commit to having each other's back, it's infinitely easier to trust and surrender.
* We discover 5 things a Rainbow might say
* We find that Play is not just for kids anymore
* When you dance on nothing and have a ball your intuition grows strong, your confidence stands tall
* Come with us to a wondrous place where imperfections are embraced,
* Laughter's the best medicine and the gifts are mistakes
* We bow to the wow of now!
*Improv Therapy Group Mission: Empower through improv*
Improv Therapy Group engages the principles of improv to teach individuals, helping professionals, groups, and organizations improve communication, practi…
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Mar 29, 2022
Dawne Gee, Radiant and Resilient News Anchor, Reporter & Host “Persevering with Purpose”
In this episode, we learn how to overcome the most difficult obstacles life throws at us and keep hope strong! You will not believe how much she has endured...she has made beauty from ashes!
* When we get knocked down, we find out what we get 5 minutes to do and what comes next…
* We discover why a little girl wouldn't be cast as a ghost in the school play and what role she created for herself when she demanded to be defined by her destiny
* We are broken open when we hear about the horrifying thing a little Kentucky boy had to do when his stomach cried out in hunger
* We see what happens when we stay focused on doing the good work and get astounded by the remarkable rewards
* We meet the Angels who helped Dawne remember her wings after she had a stroke "Live on Air" during a broadcast
* We bask in the radiance of a cherished community celebrity, news anchor, and our beloved friend, Dawne Gee
Y’all Dawne Gee is like the love child of Michelle Obama, Betty White, Oprah…
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Mar 23, 2022
Don't Leave Me Raw: Cook Me in the Fire of Divine Love with Renee Ananda
In this episode, we are reminded that in our best moments, when we are trusting the divine process, we want not just salvation but purification. The goal is to actually be on fire! That way, anything that comes into our orbit in our being can move from being raw to being "cooked". There is such a fire, the fire of Divine love. We explore this "cooking" process as a spiritual metaphor delivered via the mystical wisdom of Grandma Opal.
We are reminded that many times when we need to stay right here, present with what is, to be patient with the preparation of our being, trusting of the process we try to escape the "cooking". What we feel as discomfort, pain, grief, anger, anxiety, fear and all manner of emotions incases us in a shell that needs this cooking to be softened into comfort, peace, trust, and love.
When we allow the "cooking" process to enrich and flavor our lives we can expect more of all the words we have to describe good “taste” to begin describing our lives...your lif…
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Mar 16, 2022
Sophie Strand, Author, Writer, Neo-troubadour Animist, and Compost Heap
In this episode, we are deeply honored to speak with the illuminating and illustrious Sophie Strand. She is an Author, Poet, Neo-Troubadour Animist, and Compost Heap "with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories. Give her a salamander and a stone and she’ll write you a love story."
*Content/Trigger Warning: *In this episode, Sophie shares openly that she experienced trauma and sexual abuse as a child. Please be in touch with your feelings and take care of your heart while listening. Know who you can reach out to if you become upset.
* We discover that our bodies and nervous systems are doorways... openings...portals for stories...
* We honor how Rot- Compost- is the womb of life. We find how we can generate life from a mess
* We look through kaleidoscopes to see something differently and strengthen our empathy muscle
* We are challenged to become the vehicle, to don the costumes of other stories
* We get over ourselves, find out it's not all abo…
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Mar 9, 2022
Doug Van Houten, Nature-based Soul Guide & Mentor for Personal and Cultural Regeneration
In this episode, we find out how personal healing is connected to healing the Earth
* We become willing to risk a radical re-imaging of life’s purpose and unearth our soul's hidden treasures
* We discover The “Great Work” and recover our sense of wonder and sense of the sacred in intimacy with Nature
* We accept the invitation to become fully human, courageous, and wildly alive so that we may pollinate the world with our unique gifts
* Into the shadows, we go so that into the light we may grow
* We participate in the dream of the earth when we discover the Earth is dreaming through us
* We learn that we can become the Midwife –the doula for our Soul's re-emergence
* We go on a "Praise Wander." That sounds fun! What IS a "Praise Wander?"
* Well, put your hands up, and let's go on this quest to make this discovery and more!
In this work, Doug draws on the wisdom of the natural world, depth-psychology, eco-psychology, dreams, somatic knowing, poetry, and many pan…
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Mar 1, 2022
Teneia Sanders, Outstanding Soulful Singer-Songwriter, Ambassador of Art and Activism
In this episode, we sit a the feet of a true Black Empress and bask in the glow of her enchanting soul song.
* We get some Grandma Enola wisdom "Be Yourself, you can't be anybody else."
* We hear what it sounds like when you write a Love Song... to yourself
* We color outside the lines and refuse to be put in a box
* We try on different styles of expression and flex our creative muscles
* We feel Sunrise with Aretha and Sunset with Luther
* We are inspired to make Art that matters, have the tough conversations on racism, and refuse to check out.
* We follow our own inner compass on the journey to ourselves and then beyond borders as an American Voice Abroad
* We find Freedom when we are "Proud to Be Me"
Teneia is an internationally touring musician and songwriter and has seven albums to her credit.
Teneia has won multiple awards, she has had her work featured in television and film, AND has shared the stage with various critically acclaimed artists.
Her work has bee…
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Feb 21, 2022
Angela Shelton, Healer & Radical Voice for Survivors of Abuse, Award-winning Filmmaker, Writer, and Actress
In this episode, we renew faith and belief in the human spirit with the radically honest voice for those who are forced to be silent because of abuse and violence, Angela Shelton.
Angela makes movies and music and teaches adults and children escape routes out of pain and suffering. She says, "Every single thing I do has the underlying mission of inspiring survivors to heal and live happily ever after no matter what happened to them."
*Content/Trigger Warning: I*n this episode, as we talk with Angela about her empowering and healing work she does for and with survivors, we are discussing sensitive topics. Please be aware that the topics of child sexual abuse, sex trafficking, incest, and suicide are discussed. Please be in touch with your feelings and take care of your heart while listening. Know who you can reach out to if you become upset.
Here is some of what unfolds in this revealing and healing conversation...
She says her sense of humor has literally saved her life as a surviv…
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Feb 14, 2022
Love is Friendship Caught Fire, an intimate conversation with Troubadours of Divine Bliss, your Hosts
In this Valentine’s Day episode, we share an intimate conversation with you… “Love is Friendship Caught Fire!”
It's probably no secret how much we love each other, but we want to share the secrets of how we nurture our love and share the story of how our friendship caught fire ignites this bonfire of bliss!
We are cherishing our First Love, the Divine, and our love…we have been best friends for 40 years and sweethearts for 26!
* Secrets of the Sweethearts are unveiled!
* We find out how being a supporter of stamp collecting can keep your union civil.
* We play, we pray, we create and renew, renew, renew!
* We learn how to keep the rock in your rocking chair.
* We discover what is one of the most dangerous threats to a relationship.
* We explore how relationship is a catalyst for growth.
* We find that you CAN Find your first Love!
* We fan flames, we polish mirrors, we give bouquets!
* We share the greatest question you can ask your beloved.
* We put th…
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Feb 8, 2022
Jenn Grinels, Compelling Singer-Songwriter, Dynamic Performer
In this episode, we speak with a jaw-dropping, dynamo Singer-Songwriter and soul sister, Jenn Grinels!
"Her innate ability to connect with listeners activates their deepest emotions pertaining to love, resilience, and hope."
We learn 3 principles of making art and that getting 2 out of 3 ain’t bad!
Hear how Barbie and the boom box were all the rage on the open stage...
Find out what Bitches in Heat and Fever Crotch have to do with Jenn Grinels!
Read the letters sent by a woman who dressed as a man and fought in the Civil War, and get a special preview to listen to the award-winning folk-rock musical that tells this story and is creating a buzz in the Broadway world!
Discover that with resilience and resolution you can pack up and hit the road and the red carpet will start to unroll to free your dream!
*Personal Website | **www.jenngrinels.com**
Social Media link | **www.facebook.com/jenngrinelsmusic**
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Jan 31, 2022
Twila Cassadore, Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Apache Forager, and Harvester
In this episode, it is with the deepest honor and respect that we welcome Traditional Knowledge Keeper, Twila Cassadore.
We learn how you can go from living in a Food Desert to finding the Desert is full of Food.
We discover how a dusty book opened a whole new world between a little girl and her grandmother.
We explore the crossroads of a sense of place, forgiveness, and ancestors
and the healing that grows wild there.
We learn about the 5 ways knowledge is being lost.
We hear about the hidden story of the 40 Acres of Hell.
W are taught that the first thing you do- and don't do- when harvesting plants.
We experience the alchemy and soul transformation that happens when connecting with the plant world.
We discover what the plants are telling us about Climate Change.
She shares that when we learn to love ourselves, we let go so we can grow.
*Social Media link
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Jan 25, 2022
Ron Whitehead, Outlaw Poet, US National Beat Poet Laureate
In this episode, we unfold our own myth and unleash wild creativity with Outlaw Poet, Ron Whitehead.
We are witness to how reciting one poem can forever alter the course of a little boy's life.
Find out how a Bookmobile became a chariot of time travel to let the mind unravel.
Follow a small-town Kentucky boy who grows up to write a poem blessed by the Dalai Lama
Learn 14 ways to free your dream as an aspiring poet & writer.
Discover what it's like to collaborate with everyone from Allen Ginsberg to Hunter S. Thompson to the real Santa Claus to Johnny Depp.
Find out who- among all the people he's known- gave Ron Whitehead the world.
Experience the LoveChild of psychics, poets, holy rollin' preachers, bare-knuckle boxers, beatniks, gospel singers, rebels, coal miners, storytellers, faith healers, Vikings, sinners,
saints and shamans.
Vow to "Never Give Up"!
*Website*
tappingmyownphone.com
*Social Media link
*https://trancemission-press.square.site/
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Jan 13, 2022
Jen Kober, Comedian, Storyteller, Hollywood Actress, and our Inspiring Friend
In this episode, we color outside the lines with our remarkably inspiring and funny friend, Jen Kober As this Wonder Woman commands the stage of our hearts
We journey with her from the Bayou to Malibu
We "Tagalong" with her on her award-winning tall tale, Girl Scout Cookie Caper, and she leave us begging for "Samoa"! ;-)
We find that catharsis cultivates creativity when you STAND UP for yourself and make your mess your message.
She shares with us that being personal and revealing in storytelling is liberating and we are brought to OUR feet.
We find out that even on the dance floor her muse is cutting in and cutting up!
Her continuous need for more drives her to evolve and when she sinks her teeth into the next creation we all say, “delicious”!
This show holds Comedy & Tragedy, Big Crowds & Intimate Conversations. Laugh your tail off about Girl Scout Cookies, Skydiving & Nanas.
Feel the heartbreak of being hurt by those closest to us and then feel the healing that is possibl…
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Dec 29, 2021
Jim Poyser, Playwright, Producer, Author, and Environmental Activist
In this episode, we are saved by a superhero, Jim Poyser.
We are reminded that there’s no time to waste so we cut to the chase. We are inspired to make art to confront the greatest existential threat that humanity has faced in recorded history by bringing honesty, humor, and compassion to all our interactions.
We embrace that conflict is at the heart of creativity and that we need to get our hands dirty to connect, make discoveries, and make an impact. There’s no way to have an authentic conversation about the climate crisis without getting outside our comfort zone.
We are inspired when we are in the thick of it whether it’s a challenging rehearsal, a personal life struggle, or an overwhelming sense of despair in the face of the climate crisis, we remember that the only way out is through. We take a deep breath, hop off the Hope-and-Despair Wheel, and do the work, connect with our communities, and adapt to our circumstances in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
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Dec 27, 2021
Cathryn Beeks, Show Host, Artist, Photographer, Music Maker, Queen of the Music Scene
In this episode, we sit at the feet of the Queen of Freeing your Dreams.
We discover that when you want to fly, first you must jump into the unknown.
We find out what you should do if Don Henley's pilot wants to fly you to a ranch.
We learn how Flagstaff, Arizona. is a boomerang.
We see if someone can move to a major city and in just two years be voted Best Local Promoter while building an empire of artists.
We discover how to juggle many talents to experience the fullest expression as a thriving artist!
We learn the great lesson of learning how to do something (by learning) from someone who learned how to do it.
We find that if you want to create you should go to a Creator.
We stand in the place between the telescopic and the microscopic.
We realize that when you have this much Love to give, you need acres of “Hart” (heart).
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Dec 12, 2021
Susan Cottrell, Christian Mama Bear of the LGBTQ+ community
In this episode, we commune with Susan Cottrell.
She is considered the Mama Bear of the LGBTQ+ community.
She is a powerful and profound voice reminding us to always choose love and inclusion.
She shared with us that the height of spiritual abuse is to take God away.
She taught us how to decolonize God!
Susan explains how we are called to be radically included and- yep- that means radically inclusive of others. We discover that Jesus does NOT want to you throw out your child because of who they love!
Find out if your convicted or conditioned. If you are confused, ask God to show you how you are loved.
A freed heart won't take it if it feels like fear but, most of all...if it feels like love it's God!
Personal Website
www.FreedHearts.org
Social Media link
https://www.facebook.com/FreedHearts/
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Dec 12, 2021
Meet us. Who are Troubadours of Divine Bliss, your hosts? The only journey is the one within, so we begin.
In this episode, we introduce you to ourselves, Aim Me Smiley, and Renee Ananda, Troubadours of Divine Bliss. We invite you into our hearts and we discover...
That troubadours fall in love in Evangelical churches
That love is friendship caught fire
That everyone has a quest to fulfill their purpose
That if follow your heart and free your dream you will discover your bliss
That when you’re brave enough to sing you can live like a queen on a street corner
That more energy in standing up with what you are for rather than against
That amplifying the good works of others creates a mighty kindness
That being with nature and our inner nature leads us to the Way of Heart which is love
And if follow that path you’ll find yourself on a Caravan of the Heart
*Let's Connect! Schedule your personal or couples retreat and let us nurture you and your love!
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Dec 12, 2021
Chelan Harkin, Ecstatic Poet
In this episode, we invite into our hearts, ecstatic poet, Chelan Harkin.
This is our very first encounter with Chelan but it feels like a reunion. We fall in awe, sweet kinship, and radical tenderness. We find out how heartbreak lets the Light pour in and poetry pour through.
We laugh a lot. We do! We summon the Muse. We talk about everything from Hypnotherapy to how being left in a prison cell set her free.
Get a taste of what all of the beautiful buzz is about and why this poem went wildly viral..."The worst thing we ever did is pretend God isn't the easiest thing in the Universe, available to every soul, in every breath."
Personal Website
www.chelanharkin.com
Social Media link
https://www.facebook.com/chani.harkin/
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Dec 12, 2021
Representative Attica Scott, Champion for the People and Candidate for Congress
In this episode, we speak with one of our heroines, Kentucky Representative Attica Scott. We are inspired by a woman, named after a prison rebellion, who has lived up to her name, living her life determined to set folks free!
We learn how a woman can be a tree, rooted deep by a river, connected and caring for a community that she watches over, and what the Trinity of Family, Faith, and Furtherance can create.
Because of Attica Scott, we found the South will rise - or raise- the minimum wage, that Voting, Choice, Healthcare are human rights and how the Green New Deal will help everyone...yes- especially you!
Today, We get to know one of the rarest of phenomenons...a person of humble integrity, intelligence, and love who truly longs to serve the needs and hopes of people in her community.
She is creating a circle that includes all people because Freedom is Attica's namesake.
Personal Website
https://atticaforcongress.com/
Social Media link
https://www.facebook.com/AtticaforKY/
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Dec 12, 2021
Zach Freidhof, Troubadour of Peace, singer-songwriter, photographer, community activist
In this episode, we are delighted to dance with singer-songwriter/photographer/community activist Zach Friedhof!
We discover how Weird Al is a guru and how a devastating illness turned a basketball player into a songwriter.
We ask the question- "Are 14 harmonies really enough?"
We learn how mountains CAN be moved when they live inside of you.
We find how a little boy found a way to grow up and do his favorite thing for a living- turn on lights.
We feel how we can keep our parents alive by loving deeper in tiny beautiful ways
We explore place-making and what that means.
Meet us at the intersection of life-changing soul-folk, the way of a peaceful warrior, capturing the healing magic of Nature, food forests, community murals, deep listening, living, and loving in a new way of being together.
Personal Website
zachmusic.net
Social Media link
facebook.com/zachmusic
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Dec 12, 2021
Mary Reed, Mystic Wisdom Guide/Teacher
In this episode, we are fed by the Love wisdom channeled through an unwitting mystic, Mary Reed.
We find out what happens when someone answers the call coming from inside the house, "You are supposed to do something very important."
We learn that resurrection is real and that unity is a verb.. We are reminded that love gonna Love....every time!
We are invited to Open and Anchor in order to build a foundation for the new to emerge. You've heard of the "Field of Dreams"? Well, this is the Field of Love!
We remember that if you build it, they will come.
Mary explains how to enter into the understanding, that we can hold fear/pain/anger in an embrace of love without judgment, rejection, or separation.
Y'all, today, you are invited to the Celebration of the End of Hell!
Personal Website
lovemaryreed.com
Social Media link
www.facebook.com/maryaileenreed
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Oct 13, 2021
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A podcast...a blisscast by Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Aim Me Smiley & Renee Ananda, a touring folk music duo, inspirational speakers, retreat leaders, and advocates for this planet and its people.
On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating melange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.
Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community.
"Come, come, whoever you are. This is not a caravan of despair." Rumi
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