Byte Sized Blessings

My guest this week is just the BEST-and the best is named Daniel Wargo! Not only does he have a job I drool over...(and yes, the pun is intentional), he's funny, he's unstoppable, AND, he has a very sweet dog named Sherman, who becomes oh-so-important during our conversation!Daniel is all over my Insta feed, and that's because he is everywhere, all at once, tasting and testing and yumming over delectable food items all over the U.S. From Orange County to New York, Daniel's the man when it comes to getting out there and telling us what to eat, how to eat it, and where the best of the best is! To check out his Insta, forkingaround.tv, click here! And to check out Daniel's TikTok, click here!As Daniel says, "This is a food party!", so join him, as he dives into the food scene!I need to thank him for his generosity and kindness for appearing on the show! (and we will be sending in the evidence to get Sherman in process for becoming a Saint!) ;-)THANKS TO ALL WHO LISTEN AND ALSO-PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW! MMMM, thanks!Your bit of beauty is this: this collection of bloopers, courtesy of Daniel and forkingaround.tv! Enjoy them and remember that life is delicious!

You know how you just meet someone and you think, "oh. my. gosh! This human is totally RAD? (an homage to our Gen-X peeps out there), well, that's what happened when I got onto Zoom with Elizabeth, and it was such a bummer that our online convo had to end! (but we've all got lives don't we? Well, at least you do!)Elizabeth is SPLENDID! She's an Author, an Integrative Medicine Practitioner, THE Fermentation Maven, as well as an Acupuncturist and finally, Urban Homesteader! Whew! She tells the entire story on the pod, of how she sort of stumbled and then more intentionally, created a life in her small garden, and is feeding herself and fermenting delicious veggies, and in general, trying to help us all eat better and be better!To check out her website click here!To check out her fab book, The Homesteader Mindset, click here!YOU KNOW WE LOVE RATINGS AND REVIEWS SO BE A DEAR AND DO ONE OR THE OTHER, OR BETTER YET, DO BOTH PLEASE AND THANK YOU!Your bit of beauty is on tap here, a TEDtalk called "Let Your Garden Grow Wild" by Rebecca McMackin, who urges us all to let our gardens get all wild and woolly. Because guess what? It's good for every little think that calls our gardens home!

You know how you just meet someone and you think, "oh. my. gosh! This human is totally RAD? (an homage to our Gen-X peeps out there), well, that's what happened when I got onto Zoom with Elizabeth, and it was such a bummer that our online convo had to end! (but we've all got lives don't we? Well, at least you do!)Elizabeth is SPLENDID! She's an Author, an Integrative Medicine Practitioner, THE Fermentation Maven, as well as an Acupuncturist and finally, Urban Homesteader! Whew! She tells the entire story on the pod, of how she sort of stumbled and then more intentionally, created a life in her small garden, and is feeding herself and fermenting delicious veggies, and in general, trying to help us all eat better and be better!To check out her website click here!To check out her fab book, The Homesteader Mindset, click here!YOU KNOW WE LOVE RATINGS AND REVIEWS SO BE A DEAR AND DO ONE OR THE OTHER, OR BETTER YET, DO BOTH PLEASE AND THANK YOU!Your bit of beauty is on tap here, a TEDtalk called "Let Your Garden Grow Wild" by Rebecca McMackin, who urges us all to let our gardens get all wild and woolly. Because guess what? It's good for every little think that calls our gardens home!

Hey there friends!I'm introducing you to Hollis Peirce this time, and to be honest, I was a little nervous before the conversation! We had tried to get together for a few months, but something always got in the way, and THEN, the timing was right, (finally) and I got to confab with this fierce and funny disability rights activist!Besides for being an advocate for those who don't have a voice, Hollis also is a public speaker as well as podcaster, with his very own pod, Twenty-first Century Disability, which you can find here! He's also a motivational speaker and all around generous-of-spirit human, and never lets the dust settle, because he's also redefining what it means to be "disabled" and changing the rules of, well, pretty much everything! He never takes "no" for an answer, and is working, one day at a time, to make this world a more just and equitable place, for everyone! To check out his website, click here!THANKS TO ALL WHO LISTEN, AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW!Your bit of beauty is this: this video from the 2024 Paralympic Games. Check it out when you get a chance!

Hey there friends!I'm introducing you to Hollis Peirce this time, and to be honest, I was a little nervous before the conversation! We had tried to get together for a few months, but something always got in the way, and THEN, the timing was right, (finally) and I got to confab with this fierce and funny disability rights activist! Besides for being an advocate for those who don't have a voice, Hollis also is a public speaker as well as podcaster, with his very own pod, Twenty-first Century Disability, which you can find here! He's also a motivational speaker and all around generous-of-spirit human, and never lets the dust settle, because he's also redefining what it means to be "disabled" and changing the rules of, well, pretty much everything! He never takes "no" for an answer, and is working, one day at a time, to make this world a more just and equitable place, for everyone! To check out his website, click here!THANKS TO ALL WHO LISTEN, AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW!Your bit of beauty is this: this video from the 2024 Paralympic Games. Check it out when you get a chance!

Holly shares her story this episode - and it was all I could do to let Holly just talk! I had so many questions, but I knew if I ruined the flow, I might not hear all that she has to share. And every single miracle emerged out of her being in a coma, in the hospital, for 70 days while having COVID. During that time when she was intubated and in another realm, she had experience after experience of deceased relatives visiting her, two NDE's (!!) and multiple other Divine interventions letting Holly know that her work was not done on this plane. Suffice it to say that she received a Divine mandate during those days and is now in the world making it come alive, and believe me when I say Holly is here to help all of us, and remind us all that life is full of mystery and miracles!To read up on Holly and her powerful work click here!To check out her books, click here!THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND IF YOU PLEASE, A RATING OR A REVIEW WOULD MAKE ME DANCE IN THE STREETS!Your bit of beauty is this, monsoon season is winding down here in New Mexico and we are seeing rainbows aplenty here in the high desert...so I found a gorgeous image of a double rainbow at this website! So be sure to check it out!

Holly shares her story this episode - and it was all I could do to let Holly just talk! I had so many questions, but I knew if I ruined the flow, I might not hear all that she has to share. And every single miracle emerged out of her being in a coma, in the hospital, for 70 days while having COVID. During that time when she was intubated and in another realm, she had experience after experience of deceased relatives visiting her, two NDE's (!!) and multiple other Divine interventions letting Holly know that her work was not done on this plane. Suffice it to say that she received a Divine mandate during those days and is now in the world making it come alive, and believe me when I say Holly is here to help all of us, and remind us all that life is full of mystery and miracles!To read up on Holly and her powerful work click here!To check out her books, click here!THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND IF YOU PLEASE, A RATING OR A REVIEW WOULD MAKE ME DANCE IN THE STREETS!Your bit of beauty is this, monsoon season is winding down here in New Mexico and we are seeing rainbows aplenty here in the high desert...so I found a gorgeous image of a double rainbow at this website! So be sure to check it out!

Thomas is a prodigy, at least that's what they told him when he was a kid! But what does a prodigy do when the rug is pulled out from under them, when they don't receive the support and understanding they need? Well, they suffer and retreat and try to understand a world that doesn't seem to have room for them to thrive. (or seem interested in even doing so...) BUT, and you knew there was a big BUT in there...Thomas has survived, and come to a deeper understanding of just who he is, and his place in the world. And it comes with the idea of working with those who are classified as neurodiverse and INCLUDING them in everything! He's funny, he's self-effacing, and he is committed to making this world incredibly beautiful for those society seems intent on excluding!To read up on Thomas and his wonderful work, click here!PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW...IT MEANS EVER SO MUCH!Your bit of beauty is this: a clip from "60 Minutes" all about Jake, a young man who is so proud to be as special and spectacular as he is!

Thomas is a prodigy, at least that's what they told him when he was a kid! But what does a prodigy do when the rug is pulled out from under them, when they don't receive the support and understanding they need? Well, they suffer and retreat and try to understand a world that doesn't seem to have room for them to thrive. (or seem interested in even doing so...) BUT, and you knew there was a big BUT in there...Thomas has survived, and come to a deeper understanding of just who he is, and his place in the world. And it comes with the idea of working with those who are classified as neurodiverse and INCLUDING them in everything! He's funny, he's self-effacing, and he is committed to making this world incredibly beautiful for those society seems intent on excluding!To read up on Thomas and his wonderful work, click here!PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW...IT MEANS EVER SO MUCH!Your bit of beauty is this: a clip from "60 Minutes" all about Jake, a young man who is so proud to be as special and spectacular as he is!

Dr. Catherine tells a charming tale of what happened at the chiropractor's office- you know how you go to a doc for one thing and then something unexpected happens? Whelp, Catherine was not expecting to hear from an ancestor who had already passed on, and the fact it involved her very funny cat is the cherry on top!The chiropractor had no idea that he was about to change Catherine's life, and her understanding of just how this world works (and guess what? we still have no idea! But we are learning, slowly but surely, that we will truly never understand anything! Ha!) Needless to say, she is living into the mystery, because mystery is what makes this life worth living.And guess what? Dr. Catherine has her very own pod, Myth Matters, which you should DEF check out! And then to do a little excavation on just who Dr. Catherine is, you can travel to her website, here, and check her grooviness out! And then, her Insta, which is chock full of juicy little mythic tidbits!DON'T FORGET TO SHARE THIS POD WITH THE WORLD. WE ARE AIMING FOR NOTHING LESS THAT TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION WITH HOPE & JOY!Your bit of beauty is this: another person's examination of the tale of "The Three Little Pigs." Strange and evocative, it's sure to make you re-examine this classic tale!

Dr. Catherine tells a charming tale of what happened at the chiropractor's office- you know how you go to a doc for one thing and then something unexpected happens? Whelp, Catherine was not expecting to hear from an ancestor who had already passed on, and the fact it involved her very funny cat is the cherry on top! The chiropractor had no idea that he was about to change Catherine's life, and her understanding of just how this world works (and guess what? we still have no idea! But we are learning, slowly but surely, that we will truly never understand anything! Ha!) Needless to say, she is living into the mystery, because mystery is what makes this life worth living.And guess what? Dr. Catherine has her very own pod, Myth Matters, which you should DEF check out! And then to do a little excavation on just who Dr. Catherine is, you can travel to her website, here, and check her grooviness out! And then, her Insta, which is chock full of juicy little mythic tidbits!DON'T FORGET TO SHARE THIS POD WITH THE WORLD. WE ARE AIMING FOR NOTHING LESS THAT TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION WITH HOPE & JOY!Your bit of beauty is this: another person's examination of the tale of "The Three Little Pigs." Strange and evocative, it's sure to make you re-examine this classic tale!

Hey babes,here you go, another excellent human delivered right to your earbuds, for all your listening pleasure! Rohini Walker is, quite simply, someone who will dive into the darkness, the silence, with each and every one of us, and then RE-MEMBER us into our bones, our bodies, our SELVES! In that way she is a maker of souls, a healer of humans, an excavator and reclaimer of US, of what we are and what we can BECOME! She absolutely does not shy away from the deep, dark, because she knows, that all too often, that is where the treasure lies! And her miracle moment, well, that she shares is one from her childhood, one that keeps her going and reminds her that the separation we think we feel and we sense from birth, is all, in the end, an ILLUSION!To read up on this treasure finder, here is her website!To check out her Substack, click here!And guess what? She has her own podcast, Root + Rise, so stop everything you are doing and listen here!And BTW, here is the link to her Publication, "Lux Arcana", which is so dreamy and delicious it might just make you dance in the streets!Your bit of beauty is this gorgeous article about Rohini and Chandra, and their love for eachother. I myself believe that Stories Make This World, unlike Trickster, but bring them both together and you're practically unstoppable. (thanks Lewis Hyde for Trickster Makes This World, but I prefer stories!)PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW...it makes my heart happy! xoxo

Hey babes,here you go, another excellent human delivered right to your earbuds, for all your listening pleasure! Rohini Walker is, quite simply, someone who will dive into the darkness, the silence, with each and every one of us, and then RE-MEMBER us into our bones, our bodies, our SELVES! In that way she is a maker of souls, a healer of humans, an excavator and reclaimer of US, of what we are and what we can BECOME! She absolutely does not shy away from the deep, dark, because she knows, that all too often, that is where the treasure lies! And her miracle moment, well, that she shares is one from her childhood, one that keeps her going and reminds her that the separation we think we feel and we sense from birth, is all, in the end, an ILLUSION!To read up on this treasure finder, here is her website!To check out her Substack, click here!And guess what? She has her own podcast, Root + Rise, so stop everything you are doing and listen here!And BTW, here is the link to her Publication, "Lux Arcana", which is so dreamy and delicious it might just make you dance in the streets!Your bit of beauty is this gorgeous article about Rohini and Chandra, and their love for eachother. I myself believe that Stories Make This World, unlike Trickster, but bring them both together and you're practically unstoppable. (thanks Lewis Hyde for Trickster Makes This World, but I prefer stories!)PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW...it makes my heart happy! xoxo

Hello friends!This week we are talking all about keeping promises...and how sometimes keeping those promises saves lives! Whether my guest, Lyubim, was keeping his promise to his friend on 9/11 (and that saved his life!) to taking friends out for dinner (he was so very tired, but guess what? He went and that changed someone else's life!) his stories should remind all of us that the simple act of keeping our word can change worlds...and save lives, did I neglect to mention that? He has multiple stories of magic, of miracles, to tell this episode, and honestly, I just sat there and reveled in it. Lyubim is enchanted, a powerful force in this world, and really, someone we should model ourselves after!To read up on his life and work, here's his website!As well, here is a link to that first ever launch off the cliff on their Insta!This week I'm gonna say, BE LIKE LYUBIM! See what needs changing and then go change it dammit!PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW - THOSE RATINGS AND REVIEWS HELP OTHER PEOPLE FIND THE POD! (Did you hear me in the back? I can come over and scream at you again if need be!) ;-)Here is your bit of beauty: Lyubim's lovely tribute to Mother Cabrini, another human who saw a need and then went after how to fix it! Whatever shape and size, whatever color or creed, we need people who will lift others up! Because seriously, we need eachother...whether we like it or not! And let's face it, life is so much more fun when we all get along!

Hello friends!This week we are talking all about keeping promises...and how sometimes keeping those promises saves lives! Whether my guest, Lyubim, was keeping his promise to his friend on 9/11 (and that saved his life!) to taking friends out for dinner (he was so very tired, but guess what? He went and that changed someone else's life!) his stories should remind all of us that the simple act of keeping our word can change worlds...and save lives, did I neglect to mention that? He has multiple stories of magic, of miracles, to tell this episode, and honestly, I just sat there and reveled in it. Lyubim is enchanted, a powerful force in this world, and really, someone we should model ourselves after!To read up on his life and work, here's his website!As well, here is a link to that first ever launch off the cliff on their Insta!This week I'm gonna say, BE LIKE LYUBIM! See what needs changing and then go change it dammit!PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW - THOSE RATINGS AND REVIEWS HELP OTHER PEOPLE FIND THE POD! (Did you hear me in the back? I can come over and scream at you again if need be!) ;-)Here is your bit of beauty: Lyubim's lovely tribute to Mother Cabrini, another human who saw a need and then went after how to fix it! Whatever shape and size, whatever color or creed, we need people who will lift others up! Because seriously, we need eachother...whether we like it or not! And let's face it, life is so much more fun when we all get along!

Lillian shares a vulnerable story this week-one in which she is the one who rises, but then, as will all hero's, she brings the treasure she has won to everyone else!Her story is a difficult one, and might hurt your hearts, so be sure to take care of yourselves, as you listen. BUT, I think it's a public service to share stories like this because they remind all of us that we have the capacity to survive anything, and emerge on the other side stronger, wiser, and with gifts to share. And Lillian is doing just that, with her work at Arukah Ranch in Florida. She is showing up, every day, for those who need to hear her story and witness her as GRACE IN ACTION! For the ranch's website and the work that she and her husband are doing, click here!THANK YOU TO ALL WHO LISTEN, AND PLEASE, IT WOULD MEAN EVER SO MUCH IF YOU LEFT A RATING OR A REVIEW. xoYour bit of beauty is this: Stories of Recovery from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, reminding us that wholeness and love for oneself is always there waiting for us!

Lillian shares a vulnerable story this week-one in which she is the one who rises, but then, as will all hero's, she brings the treasure she has won to everyone else!Her story is a difficult one, and might hurt your hearts, so be sure to take care of yourselves, as you listen. BUT, I think it's a public service to share stories like this because they remind all of us that we have the capacity to survive anything, and emerge on the other side stronger, wiser, and with gifts to share. And Lillian is doing just that, with her work at Arukah Ranch in Florida. She is showing up, every day, for those who need to hear her story and witness her as GRACE IN ACTION! For the ranch's website and the work that she and her husband are doing, click here!THANK YOU TO ALL WHO LISTEN, AND PLEASE, IT WOULD MEAN EVER SO MUCH IF YOU LEFT A RATING OR A REVIEW. xoYour bit of beauty is this: Stories of Recovery from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, reminding us that wholeness and love for oneself is always there waiting for us!

Holy cow what a guest I have for you this episode! Seriously, when I got a glance at just what Inna has been up to, and how she has been changing the convo around healing, inner knowing and believing in oneself, I said to myself, "RUN, DON'T WALK, to get her on the pod!Inna is open, vulnerable, and shares some incredible family stories this week-all about strength, survival and how clairvoyance and other psychic abilities run in her family. They saved her grandmother, and in turn, saved Inna, and NOW? They are saving the rest of us!Inna had serious health issues, some, she suspects, from Chernobyl, and some, from ancestral traumas handed down to her. Whelp, with the help of her astonishing book, you too can begin the path to healing, thank goodness, and we have Inna to thank for that! To read up on Inna, here is her website! And to check out her groundbreaking book, "The Secret Language of Your Body", click <<<<!THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO LISTENS, IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!Please consider giving me a rating or a review, I would be so very grateful!Your bit of beauty is this: this video on YouTube called "Wildlife Takeover: How Animals Reclaimed Chernobyl" which is all about how the land around this former nuclear wasteland has become wild...and is re-creating itself. It's all about how we know nothing of how resilient and powerful Nature is, and how She will ALWAYS, ALWAYS come back!

Holy cow what a guest I have for you this episode! Seriously, when I got a glance at just what Inna has been up to, and how she has been changing the convo around healing, inner knowing and believing in oneself, I said to myself, "RUN, DON'T WALK, to get her on the pod!Inna is open, vulnerable, and shares some incredible family stories this week-all about strength, survival and how clairvoyance and other psychic abilities run in her family. They saved her grandmother, and in turn, saved Inna, and NOW? They are saving the rest of us! Inna had serious health issues, some, she suspects, from Chernobyl, and some, from ancestral traumas handed down to her. Whelp, with the help of her astonishing book, you too can begin the path to healing, thank goodness, and we have Inna to thank for that! To read up on Inna, here is her website! And to check out her groundbreaking book, "The Secret Language of Your Body", click <<<<!THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO LISTENS, IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!Please consider giving me a rating or a review, I would be so very grateful!Your bit of beauty is this: this video on YouTube called "Wildlife Takeover: How Animals Reclaimed Chernobyl" which is all about how the land around this former nuclear wasteland has become wild...and is re-creating itself. It's all about how we know nothing of how resilient and powerful Nature is, and how She will ALWAYS, ALWAYS come back!

This episode is important to hear, and not only because it discusses mental illness-but because it brings to light a voice, of one who has lived with this stigma since the age of 20, and thus, there is no byte-sized offering on tap this week-I think this episode should be heard in it's entirety. Dale is open and vulnerable this week sharing his story of mental illness and how he has suffered with schizophrenia since he was in his early 20's. He discusses how he has lived the last 20 years, the many hospitalizations, and the family and friends he has had who have looked after him and kept him safe. He is a poet and a writer, a funny man and a man who really wants to know himself. After the delusions of the last 50 years it appears he is going to be able to do just that.And please listen to the Easter Egg after the Outro because we do a bit of a deeper dive into the stigma of mental illness. For Dale's website, click here. For his Insta, click here.Please consider leaving a rating or a review, we would be so very grateful.Your bit of beauty is this: a playlist of Parisian Jazz...a light, bubbly and happy compilation of beauty...for your heart and your soul! xo

My gorgeous guest this time is a self-described "QUIET STORM" AKA Queen D Michele, a human being who is committed to ensuring a more just, more beautiful and more welcoming future for all of us! She is someone who moves in places and spaces that most of us cannot access, but what she learns in those places, she shares with the rest of us. (thank goodness!) A self-described New Earth Representative, Queen D is here to change the world, and shape the world so that all can live together in harmony. (crossing fingers that all this happens)...Her miracle story gobsmacked me this week-it's all about ancestors, survival, about strength and NEVER GIVING UP, despite incredible hardship and brutality. To check out her website click here! To check out that video she references, about being welcomed back to the village where her ancestor was captured and enslaved, click here! And to check out her books, click here!PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE POD, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!!Your bit of beauty this time is this video of a Traditional Guinea-Bissau dance. As they say in the caption, "In an effort to protect traditions Guinea-Bissau is setting up its own dance library. It's needed to preserve Kaboro, a dance style where women call the shots." A DANCE LIBRARY YOU SAY? TELL ME MORE! Yet another example of how humans are saving their arts, their creations, their stories and their cultures, in ways we are only beginning to imagine into existence!

My gorgeous guest this time is a self-described "QUIET STORM" AKA Queen D Michele, a human being who is committed to ensuring a more just, more beautiful and more welcoming future for all of us! She is someone who moves in places and spaces that most of us cannot access, but what she learns in those places, she shares with the rest of us. (thank goodness!) A self-described New Earth Representative, Queen D is here to change the world, and shape the world so that all can live together in harmony. (crossing fingers that all this happens)...Her miracle story gobsmacked me this week-it's all about ancestors, survival, about strength and NEVER GIVING UP, despite incredible hardship and brutality. To check out her website click here! To check out that video she references, about being welcomed back to the village where her ancestor was captured and enslaved, click here! And to check out her books, click here!PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE POD, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!! Your bit of beauty this time is this video of a Traditional Guinea-Bissau dance. As they say in the caption, "In an effort to protect traditions Guinea-Bissau is setting up its own dance library. It's needed to preserve Kaboro, a dance style where women call the shots." A DANCE LIBRARY YOU SAY? TELL ME MORE! Yet another example of how humans are saving their arts, their creations, their stories and their cultures, in ways we are only beginning to imagine into existence!

What a guest I have for you this weekend, and what an extraordinary human being! And her miracle moments that she shares...well, they're POWERFUL! From a moment in childhood that had her rethinking the reality around her, to September 11th, where she understood something life changing, Miriam is all about understanding what she witnesses, integrating it, and then stepping off that cliff! (more on THAT cliff in the intro! and outro, and everything in between...)She's also funny, intelligent and wise AND willing to share that wisdom, her life learnings and her talent in art to support and lift up others who might be struggling. Her podcast, THE INSPIRATION PLACE POD is successful and has struck a chord with everyone, it seems, across the planet. But you know, I think it's because listeners resonate with her heart, which is open, joyful and ready to jump into FUN at a moment's notice.To connect with her podcast, click here!To check Miriam out on her website click here!Yet again, I'm introducing you to someone who makes this world a SHINIER place...so go forth and check her out!PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE POD...THOSE RATINGS AND REVIEWS HELP SO MUCH!Your bit of beauty is this: Miram's art, in all it's incredible glory!

What a guest I have for you this weekend, and what an extraordinary human being! And her miracle moments that she shares...well, they're POWERFUL! From a moment in childhood that had her rethinking the reality around her, to September 11th, where she understood something life changing, Miriam is all about understanding what she witnesses, integrating it, and then stepping off that cliff! (more on THAT cliff in the intro! and outro, and everything in between...)She's also funny, intelligent and wise AND willing to share that wisdom, her life learnings and her talent in art to support and lift up others who might be struggling. Her podcast, THE INSPIRATION PLACE POD is successful and has struck a chord with everyone, it seems, across the planet. But you know, I think it's because listeners resonate with her heart, which is open, joyful and ready to jump into FUN at a moment's notice. To connect with her podcast, click here!To check Miriam out on her website click here!Yet again, I'm introducing you to someone who makes this world a SHINIER place...so go forth and check her out!PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE POD...THOSE RATINGS AND REVIEWS HELP SO MUCH!Your bit of beauty is this: Miram's art, in all it's incredible glory!

Hello all! Sorry about the late posting of this episode but I am currently somewhere where the internet is going in and out, and generally not working! Yes, yes, I know it sounds like the proverbial "dog ate my homework" excuse, but really, I did try!But who cares? Because I am introducing you to one of the most sparkling and talented people I've met in awhile, Angela Petrilli! You will hear how she and I got along (hint: it was FUN!) but also, how Angela has navigated life after the loss of her best friend and band-mate, Jenny Pagliaro. We talk muses, the creation of art and how sometimes, genius and creativity run in families! But most importantly, we talk about how sometimes, those who are no longer here, can show up and light our way forward!To read up on Angela and her grooviness, here's her website!To read up on Angela's great great uncle, click here!And to check out that YouTube where Angela visits one of his sculptures, click here!PSA: If you like what you hear, please rate and review...it helps other people find this podcast of mine!Your bit of beauty is this: this music video for the song "Ghost Inside a Frame" which is haunting, beautiful and reminds us that love is forever.

Hello all! Sorry about the late posting of this episode but I am currently somewhere where the internet is going in and out, and generally not working! Yes, yes, I know it sounds like the proverbial "dog ate my homework" excuse, but really, I did try!But who cares? Because I am introducing you to one of the most sparkling and talented people I've met in awhile, Angela Petrilli! You will hear how she and I got along (hint: it was FUN!) but also, how Angela has navigated life after the loss of her best friend and band-mate, Jenny Pagliaro. We talk muses, the creation of art and how sometimes, genius and creativity run in families! But most importantly, we talk about how sometimes, those who are no longer here, can show up and light our way forward! To read up on Angela and her grooviness, here's her website!To read up on Angela's great great uncle, click here!And to check out that YouTube where Angela visits one of his sculptures, click here!PSA: If you like what you hear, please rate and review...it helps other people find this podcast of mine!Your bit of beauty is this: this music video for the song "Ghost Inside a Frame" which is haunting, beautiful and reminds us that love is forever.

Byron was a gem from start to finish, but really, isn't everyone who is on this show really spectacular? (You don't have to answer that, just nod your head and smile!) But Byron really is beyond fabulous...not only did he overcome a life-long stutter that had him hiding in office jobs, he is also hard at work trying to parse out the meaning of life-through all that he does, in his philosophical work, his hypnotherapy, his writing...pretty much everywhere Byron goes, he is trying to figure out JUST WHY EVERYTHING EXISTS! And we do talk a little bit about that, but truly, it is his miracle story that is particularly enchanting...HINT: It's all about CHOICES, or is it MISTAKES, or is it STUBBORNNESS, (you're just gonna have to listen!)To read up about Byron on his website click here!To check out Byron on his other pod, BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour click here! (they discuss "H" for Heaven in this one!)PLEASE CONSIDER WRITING A REVIEW OR LEAVING A RATING...it would make my heart SO HAPPY!Your bit of beauty after this very devastating week (the news has all been grim) is something simple, this opening scene from the movie "Love Actually" where we see strangers greeting their loved ones at the airport. The amount of care, of feeling and of just insane LOVE in this clip heals my soul each and every time. It helps however, to get on the right plane, though, so you can actually get to the right airport, so that you can, indeed, give great big hugs when you arrive!

Byron was a gem from start to finish, but really, isn't everyone who is on this show really spectacular? (You don't have to answer that, just nod your head and smile!) But Byron really is beyond fabulous...not only did he overcome a life-long stutter that had him hiding in office jobs, he is also hard at work trying to parse out the meaning of life-through all that he does, in his philosophical work, his hypnotherapy, his writing...pretty much everywhere Byron goes, he is trying to figure out JUST WHY EVERYTHING EXISTS! And we do talk a little bit about that, but truly, it is his miracle story that is particularly enchanting...HINT: It's all about CHOICES, or is it MISTAKES, or is it STUBBORNNESS, (you're just gonna have to listen!) To read up about Byron on his website click here!To check out Byron on his other pod, BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour click here! (they discuss "H" for Heaven in this one!)PLEASE CONSIDER WRITING A REVIEW OR LEAVING A RATING...it would make my heart SO HAPPY!Your bit of beauty after this very devastating week (the news has all been grim) is something simple, this opening scene from the movie "Love Actually" where we see strangers greeting their loved ones at the airport. The amount of care, of feeling and of just insane LOVE in this clip heals my soul each and every time. It helps however, to get on the right plane, though, so you can actually get to the right airport, so that you can, indeed, give great big hugs when you arrive!

Amara Palmer is here everyone, and she has a story to tell! It's about Beauty, it's about Bravery, it's about being confronted by something you have no plan for, and what you do with all that afterwards. It's about being human and trying to integrate, and trying to understand something so huge it defies description! It's about so much, but you'll just have to listen, dear ones, to kind of "get" what I'm saying!Whew!It's not often I have a guest come on who tries to define the sublime, the ephemeral, that for which words have absolutely no meaning...I mean, we try, we try so very hard to describe these things, but we always, always fail!You know who doesn't fail? Amara! Because she is the ultimate badass, who is, everyday, going into the trenches to help us understand ourselves, the world and those mysterious glimpses some of us have had, behind the mystery that is this Universe. To check out more of what this incredible human is up to, click here!and as always, here is me, in lower case letters, asking for ratings and reviews...each one helps so much, you have no idea. Or, as Oliver Twist says, with his little bowl and his hands out, "I'd like another rating please." ;-)And speaking of Beauty, your bit of beauty is this: this little tease about a future guest and who she's related to... this magical bit of what humans can create! check it out!

Amara Palmer is here everyone, and she has a story to tell! It's about Beauty, it's about Bravery, it's about being confronted by something you have no plan for, and what you do with all that afterwards. It's about being human and trying to integrate, and trying to understand something so huge it defies description! It's about so much, but you'll just have to listen, dear ones, to kind of "get" what I'm saying!Whew!It's not often I have a guest come on who tries to define the sublime, the ephemeral, that for which words have absolutely no meaning...I mean, we try, we try so very hard to describe these things, but we always, always fail!You know who doesn't fail? Amara! Because she is the ultimate badass, who is, everyday, going into the trenches to help us understand ourselves, the world and those mysterious glimpses some of us have had, behind the mystery that is this Universe. To check out more of what this incredible human is up to, click here!and as always, here is me, in lower case letters, asking for ratings and reviews...each one helps so much, you have no idea. Or, as Oliver Twist says, with his little bowl and his hands out, "I'd like another rating please." ;-)And speaking of Beauty, your bit of beauty is this: this little tease about a future guest and who she's related to... this magical bit of what humans can create! check it out!

Ronika is a powerhouse, everyone, and not only because she is doing ground breaking work in Ireland, changing people's lives, but also because she never quits! We met through another podcaster and the first time we hung out over Zoom she was in her car...and I come to find out that she, like me, at the time, was house-less and on the road, going from one place to another. Well, needless to say, that did a whole lot to cement our bond, and helped me to understand her resilience. (but more on resilience and Ronika's thoughts on that trait in the episode!) But the more we hung out, the more we got to know one another, I began to understand just what a GEM she is, how driven she is, and how committed she is to making all of her dreams come true! And her miracle? Let's just say it happened when she most needed it...and thank goodness for that!To read more about Ronika and her coolness, here's her website!To check out her books, click here!NEVER FORGET THERE ARE SO MANY MORE EXCELLENT HUMANS THAN ROTTEN APPLES! (this is your PSA for the day!) Chin up, buttercup!Here is your bit of beauty...this short video quickly trying to show how gorgeous Ireland is, but really, do a deeper dive and check it out on your own. The stories and myths are legendary, and so are the people!

Ronika is a powerhouse, everyone, and not only because she is doing ground breaking work in Ireland, changing people's lives, but also because she never quits! We met through another podcaster and the first time we hung out over Zoom she was in her car...and I come to find out that she, like me, at the time, was house-less and on the road, going from one place to another. Well, needless to say, that did a whole lot to cement our bond, and helped me to understand her resilience. (but more on resilience and Ronika's thoughts on that trait in the episode!) But the more we hung out, the more we got to know one another, I began to understand just what a GEM she is, how driven she is, and how committed she is to making all of her dreams come true! And her miracle? Let's just say it happened when she most needed it...and thank goodness for that!To read more about Ronika and her coolness, here's her website!To check out her books, click here!NEVER FORGET THERE ARE SO MANY MORE EXCELLENT HUMANS THAN ROTTEN APPLES! (this is your PSA for the day!) Chin up, buttercup!Here is your bit of beauty...this short video quickly trying to show how gorgeous Ireland is, but really, do a deeper dive and check it out on your own. The stories and myths are legendary, and so are the people!

There is no byte-sized episode this week because I really feel like all of you must listen to this one in it's entirety. xoxoThe work that Reverend Jaime is doing is so needed and so essential right now, because it not only speaks to those animals and insects that she advocates for, it also can apply to the land that we walk upon. With the government attempting to sell our public lands to the highest bidder, it is about time that we begin to look around and realize that everything around us has spirit, is sacred, and needs us to advocate for it's existence! And that is what my friend Rev. Jaime is doing through her work as the "Creature Preacher" with her voice, with her books, with her words...she is urging us all to do better, but ALSO, to SEE that all life, that everything around us, deserves respect, honor and a listening ear. Because that life is endlessly trying to engage with us, to enter into conversation with us, and brings us along, as partners, to this magical and mysterious dance that is unfolding around us!To read more about Pastor Jaime and what she is doing in the world click here!To buy her books, click here!Your bit of Beauty is this: a reminder that even water is sacred. Please watch or listen to Water Teaching with Edna Manitowabi -it'll remind your heart just how gorgeously connected we are to everything!!

Friends, just in case you would like to spend a little more time with Rudy, here is the meditation portion of our interview for you to come back to time and again. Dive on in and enjoy Rudy's powerful modality and celebrate the fact that we, as humans, are discovering more ways each and every day to find balance, healing and comfort.To read more about Rudy and his work hit up his website here!Lots of love to all of you out there...and I'm already celebrating the healing you are going to achieve! xoxo

Rudy Hunter is the coolest guest I've had on in a long time! Not only did he used to be a professional magician, but he also has had an interesting (and somewhat unexpected) journey to where he is today, working on helping both humans, and animals HEAL!Before you can say "Abracadabra" Rudy had me laughing, playing along, and in general, having the time of my life. There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy is enchanted...and sprinkling a bit of his glorious healing fairy dust on all the rest of us! (if we are lucky enough to encounter him, and I do encourage you, reach out to him, you won't be sorry!) He's yet another human who is a serious gift to the world, so thank goodness he's here!To check out Rudy's YouTube, click here! His website, click here!And of course, remember that magic abounds and that hope is everywhere, sometimes just around the corner!Please do rate and review...it helps so much, and seriously makes my day!Your bit of beauty this time is an older video of Rudy as a magician! It's so fun and so cool, and really glorious to witness Rudy being a badass. Check it out here!

Rudy Hunter is the coolest guest I've had on in a long time! Not only did he used to be a professional magician, but he also has had an interesting (and somewhat unexpected) journey to where he is today, working on helping both humans, and animals HEAL!Before you can say "Abracadabra" Rudy had me laughing, playing along, and in general, having the time of my life. There is no doubt in my mind that Rudy is enchanted...and sprinkling a bit of his glorious healing fairy dust on all the rest of us! (if we are lucky enough to encounter him, and I do encourage you, reach out to him, you won't be sorry!) He's yet another human who is a serious gift to the world, so thank goodness he's here!To check out Rudy's YouTube, click here! His website, click here!And of course, remember that magic abounds and that hope is everywhere, sometimes just around the corner!Please do rate and review...it helps so much, and seriously makes my day!Your bit of beauty this time is an older video of Rudy as a magician! It's so fun and so cool, and really glorious to witness Rudy being a badass. Check it out here!

Hello friends!This time I am introducing you to Peter Gunn, who tells a magical miracle story from his childhood. To say that it changed everything would be the understatement of the century...but there we are! But in the here and now, Peter is doing some seriously groovy work re-imagining the epics (think Beowulf, The Iliad, The Odyssey et al) into poems that put forth female protagonists and female change-makers. It's all so delightful, I could NOT wait to talk to him!To read more about Peter and his endless well of creativity, visit his website here!To check out The Amazons, click here!I need to thank Peter for being such a gracious guest, and good laugher! We had a great time recording the interview!Please do remember to rate and review and share the podcast...it's good for what ails all of us!Your bit of beauty are a few images from one of my favorite comics, Mouse Guard! Written and illustrated by David Petersen it'll be sure to convince you to leave the mouse traps alone...and remember that each and every one of us (human and animal alike) are just trying to get through this world in one piece! xo

Hello friends!This time I am introducing you to Peter Gunn, who tells a magical miracle story from his childhood. To say that it changed everything would be the understatement of the century...but there we are! But in the here and now, Peter is doing some seriously groovy work re-imagining the epics (think Beowulf, The Iliad, The Odyssey et al) into poems that put forth female protagonists and female change-makers. It's all so delightful, I could NOT wait to talk to him!To read more about Peter and his endless well of creativity, visit his website here!To check out The Amazons, click here!I need to thank Peter for being such a gracious guest, and good laugher! We had a great time recording the interview!Please do remember to rate and review and share the podcast...it's good for what ails all of us!Your bit of beauty are a few images from one of my favorite comics, Mouse Guard! Written and illustrated by David Petersen it'll be sure to convince you to leave the mouse traps alone...and remember that each and every one of us (human and animal alike) are just trying to get through this world in one piece! xo

Hey babes and welcome back to the podcast that just doesn't quit! This time I'm introducing you to Dr. Kate who is all about curiosity, play, having fun, inviting others to the table to build relationships and who had, when she was on a retreat, an experience that changed her life! (is that surprising? I mean, everyone who comes on this pod has an experience like that!) But back to Dr. Kate...she's so many things, and occupies so many fabulous places, I'm gonna let her website do the talking for me...so be sure to check it out!Dr. Kate Raynes-GoldieTo say that we got along, would be an understatement. She's FUN, she's FABULOUS, and she is here to change the world! I think part of the beauty of this podcast is that you are meeting so many people who are creating beauty, and enriching the world, and that, in itself, is it's own kind of miracle!REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW MY FRIENDS, IT HELPS OTHER PEOPLE FIND THE PODCAST! (and guess what? I will love you forever!)Your bit of beauty is this...Dr. Kate's delightful TedEx talk...all about Games and Play and how these practices can change your mind and your life!

Hey babes and welcome back to the podcast that just doesn't quit! This time I'm introducing you to Dr. Kate who is all about curiosity, play, having fun, inviting others to the table to build relationships and who had, when she was on a retreat, an experience that changed her life! (is that surprising? I mean, everyone who comes on this pod has an experience like that!) But back to Dr. Kate...she's so many things, and occupies so many fabulous places, I'm gonna let her website do the talking for me...so be sure to check it out!Dr. Kate Raynes-GoldieTo say that we got along, would be an understatement. She's FUN, she's FABULOUS, and she is here to change the world! I think part of the beauty of this podcast is that you are meeting so many people who are creating beauty, and enriching the world, and that, in itself, is it's own kind of miracle!REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW MY FRIENDS, IT HELPS OTHER PEOPLE FIND THE PODCAST! (and guess what? I will love you forever!)Your bit of beauty is this...Dr. Kate's delightful TedEx talk...all about Games and Play and how these practices can change your mind and your life!

Isa Gucciardi tells a mind-blowing tale this week, and one, frankly, that the minute our interview was over, I COULD NOT WAIT TO PRODUCE AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT! It's just another reminder that time and space are not what they seem, that we can, in fact, heal the past, and that grief is always waiting to be transformed.Isa is an amazing human, who speaks multiple languages, who has traveled and studied all over the world, and who has created and teaches a healing modality, Depth Hypnosis, that is bound to upend conventional talk therapy and hopefully spread all over the world! (I'm hoping total world domination here because we need healing, all of us!)To check out Isa, go to her website, here.For Sacred Stream, her organization, click here.For Isa's Instagram, click here!For Sacred Stream's Insta, click here!As well, Sacred Stream is offering their Depth Hypnosis Foundation Course in July, check it out by clicking here!PLEASE DO SHARE THIS POD, IT IS A TRUE LABOR OF LOVE AND MAKES HEARTS HAPPY! (at least this is what the hearts tell me!)Your bit of beauty is this: a talk from the School of Advanced Research here in Santa Fe, NM. The title is "Wayward Shamans: The Prehistory of an Idea," by Silvia Tomášková. Check it out when you have the time...and when you're ready to understand this world is so much more beautiful than you could have ever imagined!

Isa Gucciardi tells a mind-blowing tale this week, and one, frankly, that the minute our interview was over, I COULD NOT WAIT TO PRODUCE AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT! It's just another reminder that time and space are not what they seem, that we can, in fact, heal the past, and that grief is always waiting to be transformed.Isa is an amazing human, who speaks multiple languages, who has traveled and studied all over the world, and who has created and teaches a healing modality, Depth Hypnosis, that is bound to upend conventional talk therapy and hopefully spread all over the world! (I'm hoping total world domination here because we need healing, all of us!)To check out Isa, go to her website, here.For Sacred Stream, her organization, click here.For Isa's Instagram, click here!For Sacred Stream's Insta, click here!As well, Sacred Stream is offering their Depth Hypnosis Foundation Course in July, check it out by clicking here!PLEASE DO SHARE THIS POD, IT IS A TRUE LABOR OF LOVE AND MAKES HEARTS HAPPY! (at least this is what the hearts tell me!)Your bit of beauty is this: a talk from the School of Advanced Research here in Santa Fe, NM. The title is "Wayward Shamans: The Prehistory of an Idea," by Silvia Tomášková. Check it out when you have the time...and when you're ready to understand this world is so much more beautiful than you could have ever imagined!

Greetings all and welcome to your mid-week miracle episode! Today I am introducing you to Mitch Carson, who is a bad-ass and such a change-maker that I couldn't wait to get him on the show.Make no mistake, Mitch is a plain talker-and he doesn't fuss about, especially with the important stuff. He tells it like it is, and that's a good thing! I think that we sometimes need that dose of reality to shake us out of our stuckness...and Mitch brings that in spades! The story that Mitch shares this week is all about loss, endurance and keeping going, even when all looks so very bleak!To read up on Mitch and his work, click here!REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW BABIES...those mean so much to me and help the podcast reach the rest of the world!Your bit of joy is here-during PRIDE MONTH, and the message is emphasized again, at the beginning of this video-that we can choose our families, our communities, those places we feel we belong. What more do we need than to be understood, brought into feeling like we matter and that we can contribute, and bring joy and beauty into the world!

Greetings all and welcome to your mid-week miracle episode! Today I am introducing you to Mitch Carson, who is a bad-ass and such a change-maker that I couldn't wait to get him on the show.Make no mistake, Mitch is a plain talker-and he doesn't fuss about, especially with the important stuff. He tells it like it is, and that's a good thing! I think that we sometimes need that dose of reality to shake us out of our stuckness...and Mitch brings that in spades! The story that Mitch shares this week is all about loss, endurance and keeping going, even when all looks so very bleak!To read up on Mitch and his work, click here!REMEMBER TO RATE AND REVIEW BABIES...those mean so much to me and help the podcast reach the rest of the world!Your bit of joy is here-during PRIDE MONTH, and the message is emphasized again, at the beginning of this video-that we can choose our families, our communities, those places we feel we belong. What more do we need than to be understood, brought into feeling like we matter and that we can contribute, and bring joy and beauty into the world!

Holy Cannoli everyone, I could NOT WAIT to release this interview and this conversation I had with the ridiculously talented and funny Gretchen Menn!Some of what you will learn this episode:*Why Gretchen is a badass*How the word "mundane" means very different things to different people*Three examples of magic/miraculous events*How we should all avoid joining cultsAND, finally, WHY GRETCHEN IS A BADASS! (Did I mention that already, oh yeah, but it bears repeating!)Gretchen is a guitarist for the group Zepparella, (as well as a solo artist!) and is so exquisitely adept on the guitar (but it's not her only instrument) that my jaw dropped watching her play. Please check out these below to see just what I'm talking about! There is no doubt in my mind that Gretchen is changing the world for the better by showing up and kicking ass just in general.Fading by Gretchen Menn, featuring Kirsten Menn, soprano, and Emily Palen, violinValentino's Victory Lap by Gretchen Menn, Directed by Eric W. ShamliGretchen's website- please, do yourself a favor and do a deeper dive on this creative and intelligent human!Gretchen's WikiI was so grateful to Gretchen for her time and her laughter. She's an impeccable storyteller and our conversation was electric!! (because, puns!)Please share this podcast with those you love, as well as those you only slightly tolerate! ;-)And consider leaving a rating or a review, they help others find the pod!Finally, here is your bit of beauty...yes, another gorgeous video of Gretchen doing what she does best, rocking out and making it look easy! I myself think it is such a good thing to witness other humans in their elements, shaping and changing the world for the better, with the magic they create! Deep Purple "Highway Star" solo by Gretchen MennPhoto by Renee Jahnke

Holy Cannoli everyone, I could NOT WAIT to release this interview and this conversation I had with the ridiculously talented and funny Gretchen Menn!Some of what you will learn this episode:*Why Gretchen is a badass*How the word "mundane" means very different things to different people*Three examples of magic/miraculous events*How we should all avoid joining cultsAND, finally, WHY GRETCHEN IS A BADASS! (Did I mention that already, oh yeah, but it bears repeating!)Gretchen is a guitarist for the group Zepparella, (as well as a solo artist!) and is so exquisitely adept on the guitar (but it's not her only instrument) that my jaw dropped watching her play. Please check out these below to see just what I'm talking about! There is no doubt in my mind that Gretchen is changing the world for the better by showing up and kicking ass just in general. Fading by Gretchen Menn, featuring Kirsten Menn, soprano, and Emily Palen, violinValentino's Victory Lap by Gretchen Menn, Directed by Eric W. ShamliGretchen's website- please, do yourself a favor and do a deeper dive on this creative and intelligent human!Gretchen's WikiI was so grateful to Gretchen for her time and her laughter. She's an impeccable storyteller and our conversation was electric!! (because, puns!)Please share this podcast with those you love, as well as those you only slightly tolerate! ;-)And consider leaving a rating or a review, they help others find the pod!Finally, here is your bit of beauty...yes, another gorgeous video of Gretchen doing what she does best, rocking out and making it look easy! I myself think it is such a good thing to witness other humans in their elements, shaping and changing the world for the better, with the magic they create! Deep Purple "Highway Star" solo by Gretchen MennPhoto by Renee Jahnke

Hello all! This time I'm introducing you to Arlene Miller, who tells a story we might be familiar with-one where we don't fit, where we have the sense that we might be in the wrong family, and something, we don't know what, is missing! (I know I felt like I JUST HAD TO BE ADOPTED when I was a kid!) Arlene goes on to tell us a story, and one that *also* might be familiar...where we find our tribe, our belonging, in the most unexpected of places! And that life, or the Universe, or Spirit, has a plan for us all along, and sometimes we just have to be patient (without ever losing that FAITH that all will be well!)To check out Arlene and her grooviness click here!To share the podcast, just open your mouth in a crowded area and shout "I KNOW THE COOLEST PODCAST EVER AND YOU ALL HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT!" HAHA! but seriously, sharing is caring!Your bit of joy? This video from Nat Geo that talks about happiness...which is a good place to start on your way to Joy. Because while Joy can sometimes sneak up on you unawares, it can also be something you nurture and cultivate. So do it, take the time to watch this video...and begin your own path to UNSTOPPABLE JOY!

Hello all! This time I'm introducing you to Arlene Miller, who tells a story we might be familiar with-one where we don't fit, where we have the sense that we might be in the wrong family, and something, we don't know what, is missing! (I know I felt like I JUST HAD TO BE ADOPTED when I was a kid!) Arlene goes on to tell us a story, and one that *also* might be familiar...where we find our tribe, our belonging, in the most unexpected of places! And that life, or the Universe, or Spirit, has a plan for us all along, and sometimes we just have to be patient (without ever losing that FAITH that all will be well!)To check out Arlene and her grooviness click here!To share the podcast, just open your mouth in a crowded area and shout "I KNOW THE COOLEST PODCAST EVER AND YOU ALL HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT!" HAHA! but seriously, sharing is caring!Your bit of joy? This video from Nat Geo that talks about happiness...which is a good place to start on your way to Joy. Because while Joy can sometimes sneak up on you unawares, it can also be something you nurture and cultivate. So do it, take the time to watch this video...and begin your own path to UNSTOPPABLE JOY!

Hello fellow humans!Thank you for your patience this last week as I finished up my work with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, but guess what? I now have oodles of time to create beauty! (and podcasts). *You lucky ducks!*This time I get to introduce you to Ash Perrow, who has quite a story to tell! After suffering an NDE, Ash tells of what happened after, and the promise that he made in that diffuse and dark place, one which earned him the right to return to the land of the living! And as Robert Frost said, in his poem "The Road Not Taken," Ash's choice has made all the difference. It has meant that he is able to show up for those who need help, show up for all of us when he models what a true life looks like, and show up for my show, to inspire all of us who listen!To read a bit more about Ash and his work, click here!Your bit of beauty is this poem, by Robert Frost, one that urges all of us to live a life full of our uniqueness, and our unique choices...choices that will make all the difference.The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Love you babes...have a beautiful week! xo

Hello fellow humans!Thank you for your patience this last week as I finished up my work with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, but guess what? I now have oodles of time to create beauty! (and podcasts). *You lucky ducks!*This time I get to introduce you to Ash Perrow, who has quite a story to tell! After suffering an NDE, Ash tells of what happened after, and the promise that he made in that diffuse and dark place, one which earned him the right to return to the land of the living! And as Robert Frost said, in his poem "The Road Not Taken," Ash's choice has made all the difference. It has meant that he is able to show up for those who need help, show up for all of us when he models what a true life looks like, and show up for my show, to inspire all of us who listen! To read a bit more about Ash and his work, click here!Your bit of beauty is this poem, by Robert Frost, one that urges all of us to live a life full of our uniqueness, and our unique choices...choices that will make all the difference.The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Love you babes...have a beautiful week! xo