What it is to be Human
Robert Wolff is a social psychologist and is the author of Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing, also A Book of Dreams and What It Is to Be Human: Hope Lies in Our Ability to Bring...
View ArticleComing to our senses
William Smythe, M.A., is a pioneer in the fields of Somatic Psychology and Rolfing®. A Certified Advanced Rolfer, he has practiced over 30 years. An early collaborator with Dr. Peter Levine, the...
View ArticleSpeaking The Truth About Power
Derrick Jensen is an American author and environmental activist. Jensen has published several books questioning and critiquing modern civilization and its values, including A Language Older Than...
View ArticleConsciousness All the Way Down
Christian de Quincey PhD is Professor of Philosophy and Consciousness Studies at John F. Kennedy University; Dean of Consciousness Studies at the University of Philosophical Research; adjunct faculty...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Dreams
Marc Bregman founded Archetypal Dreamwork in 1973, is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of North of Eden and The Center for Archetypal Dreamwork and is on the North of Eden Executive Committee. Marc is a...
View ArticleThe Spiritual Gift of Madness
Dr. Seth Farber is a writer, social critic, dissident psychologist (he received his doctorate in 1984),visionary, activist (in the human rights, Green and anti-war movements — and a supporter of animal...
View ArticleAwakening in the Dream
A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul Levy is a healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He is the author of the upcoming...
View ArticleBelonging Here
Judith Blackstone is an innovative, experienced teacher in the contemporary spiritual and psychotherapy fields. She developed the Realization Process, a method of realizing fundamental (non-dual)...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Consciousness
Alfred W. Kaszniak, Ph.D. is currently Director of the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium Education Core, and a professor in the departments of psychology, neurology, and psychiatry at The University of...
View ArticleInnate Kindness
This is a new episode in our monthly podcast series, Upaya Conversations, a collaboration with Upaya Zen Center. Richard J. Davidson received his Ph.D. in Personality, Psychopathology, and...
View ArticleA Scream for Unconditional Love
This is a candid and intimate interview with Dr. Gabor Maté. A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including...
View ArticleSupported By A Loving Wisdom
Gary Sherman has been a psychotherapist and teacher of meditation and self-awareness for over thirty-five years. Currently, Gary is an educator and teacher, who is committed to exploring our deepest...
View ArticleInvisible Nature
An independent scholar living in Berkeley, Kenneth Worthy is research associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Environmental Studies and teaches at UC Santa Cruz, St. Mary’s...
View ArticleThe Harvard Years
In this week’s episode, James Penner speaks with Joanna about: rediscovering Tim Leary’s early writings; Leary, an interdisciplinary and provocative thinker; creativity and psychedelics; “learn to...
View ArticleThe Doorway to Deep Connection
In this week’s episode Carolyn Baker speaks with Joanna about the planetary rite of passage we are in; how we can hold the tension of opposites and being love in action; grief, the doorway to deep...
View ArticleThe Power to Love the World
In this week’s episode, Tim Ward speaks with Joanna about the book he has co-authored with Shai Tubali, “Indestructible You”: dissolving the myth of the broken self; “we are a manifestation of that...
View ArticleRestoring the Soul After War
In this week’s episode, Ed Tick speaks with Joanna about his newest book, “Warrior’s Return”: meaningful rites of passage in our society; main factors for joining th military; one of the main reasons...
View ArticleBetter Stories To Live By
In this week’s episode Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy speak with Joanna about: the indigenous way of transmitting knowledge and wisdom through stories; making better stories to live by; true...
View ArticleLiving in a Sacred Planet
In this week’s episode Anne Baring speaks with Joanna about: person, Universe, and the alchemical vessel; the oppression of women under the patriarchal psyche; an ongoing collective consciousness...
View ArticleThe Depth of Psychological Activism
In this week’s episode David Bedrick speaks with Joanna: psychological activism; the social aspect of shame and shaming; bearing witness to the cultural psychic wound in the individual; the...
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