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AlightRoot Cause Healing with Gonzalo Corts (73)Send a textAfter a health diagnosis prompted him to transition from working as a personal trainer and dietician to serving as a life coach and Conscious BioExistence Practitioner, Gonzalo Corts became an expert in decoding the body’s messages. As a coach and healer he specializes in helping clients discover the subconscious programs and ancestral root causes that limit their health, relationships, and finances. Hear him discuss: The bio-logical side of things: why symptoms make sense and how they’re guiding us. German New Medicine—how it developed and has influenced his work...
2026-02-1544 minAlightYou Are a Tuning Fork: Sound Healing with Paula Scatoloni (72)Send us a textTherapist, sound healer, and somatics expert Paula Scatoloni merges her conventional and holistic expertise to help students in her programs find integration and wholeness. She uses science-based sound protocols, along with shamanic, embodiment, and energy healing approaches, to support her students’ soul alignment and purposeful contributions to the world. Hear Paula share why: You want to learn somatics (body-centered awareness) if you’re facing any big decisions or transitions: “your embodied wisdom is really where the answers are.” “You are a tuning fork--you’re emanating a frequency and it’s time for us to beco...
2026-02-0149 minAlightChanneling the Light: Rachel Pfotenhauer (71)Send us a textFrom working in corporate to photographing child factory labor in Asia before beginning a longtime career as a psychotherapist, then becoming a channel of Earth and Sun through her company Vast Earth, Rachel Pfotenhauer now develops channeled herbal facial products and perfumes through her new company, Sun Raya. Hear Rachel discuss these aspects of her path of soulful authenticity thus far: A major recent identity shift involving collapse of ego and ancestral patterning, nervous system renewal, and stepping into deep present-moment awareness. How this major shift is changing her nervous sys...
2026-01-1850 minAlightCollaborating with Spirit & Nature: Anne and David Darling (70)Send us a textHow did a fashion designer trained in Italy and a lacrosse coach/urban composting activist become married farmers stewarding a historic farm in collaboration with land, sheep, and plants? Tune in to hear Anne and David Darling’s extraordinary story of: Serendipity, guidance, collaborations with nature and spirit, and life-changing decision points. The amazing process of David being partially gifted a large historic farm, then meeting Anne in a surprising way. Their journey of land restoration in partnership with Spirit and “gathering celestial light.” How even a dream come true can start w...
2025-12-2957 minAlightCreating Your Own Medicine with Rabia Jones (69)Send us a textHear clinical herbalist Rabia Jones discuss her understanding of why “people really want to be able to heal themselves, more than ever,” and how this connects to self-empowerment and sovereignty. Rabia shares about her training with Dr. Tieraona Low Dog and:· How growing and preparing your own herbal medicine can be easier and more empowering than people realize.· Why working with the plants that grow around you is your birthright.· Her clear knowing as a teen that training as an herbalist was all she wanted to do, and how that ea...
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Transformative Harmonics®Authenticity, Sovereignty, and Personal Healing with Chara Armon, PhDHow can we reconnect with our inner knowing while navigating complex layers of physical healing, emotional transformation, and spiritual growth?Welcome to episode 17 of Transformative Harmonics. In this episode, Paula is joined by Chara Armon, PhD, who works as a researcher, healer, and mentor in spirituality. They discuss personal struggles with well-being, growth in inner awareness, along with meaningful ties to the natural world - each shaping paths toward deeper self-understanding and autonomy. Chara also talks about her current focus: guiding others through spiritual evolution and exploration of the Akashic Records.
2025-12-0455 minAlightSaying Yes to a New Chapter: Shan Massucco (68)Send us a textAre you feeling guided to make a transition of some kind? Hear Shan Massucco discuss how.After two MBA degrees, a successful career in the beauty industry, a stroke in her 30s, and an eventual transition to working as a healer and shaman, Shan affirms: “Every human being has these abilities; it’s just, how much are you paying attention?”What happened when she said ‘yes’ to a new chapter in her life, using all her gifts? “It was terrifying…I jumped off a big ledge, but it’s a funny thing when you start li...
2025-11-3048 minAlightA physician's perspective on energy medicine: Dr. Dalia Elimam (67)Send us a textHear Dr. Dalia Elimam, an Egyptian pediatrician turned energy medicine expert, speak about the wholeness she feels as she practices both conventional medicine and energy medicine. Listen to Dr. Dalia describe:Her path of high-level conventional medicine trainingThe surprising circumstance that led her to explore energy medicineEnergy medicine from a physician's perspectiveSimple techniques you can use to calm your nervous systemFind Dr. Elimam's work at https://www.blissenergymedicinellc.com/ Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show, and SUBSCRIBE to receive quick acc...
2025-11-1648 minAlightTransform your work & health: Janet Doerr (66)Send us a text How can your intuition transform your work & life? Janet Doerr is a Medical Intuitive, Master Energy Healer, and Ascension Guide who uses her multidimensional gifts of perception, connection with the Company of Heaven, and range of healing techniques to provide transformative results for her clients. Hear Janet describe: Her transition from a corporate career to her work as a medical intuitive and energy healer. How her own self-healing experiences were a catalyst for her new type of work. Ways to listen to your intuition as you shape your life. ...
2025-10-2951 minAlightLight Up Our World! (65)Send a textWelcome to the launch of the Alight Podcast! Our episodes bolster your optimism and clarity, offer you practical skills for soulful self-care and conscious creativity, and encourage you to know and be your authentic, soulful self. We’re living in a time of great shift for people and Earth, so many of us feel the urge to contribute something distinctive, bright, and beautiful. **New interview series launching in October 2025** Learn how to: Contribute to the world from your wholeness: expand your well-being so you offer your s...
2025-10-2510 minAlightUpdate on the Podcast and a New Offering (64)Send a textHear an update on the podcast, why the podcast has been on pause, and what my new offering is.Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show, and SUBSCRIBE to receive quick access to new episodes.Follow The Alight Institute on Instagram at @alight.institute https://www.instagram.com/alight.institute/ We're happy to hear your thoughts at support@alightinstitute.com
2025-03-0115 minAlightGrounding to Earth for Transformation with Rachael Te Wano (63)Send a textWhether Rachael Te Wano is in sessions with clients or leading travel to sacred lands, she shares tools of embodiment and self-activation. She helps her clients align with their highest potential, unravel the threads of their destiny, heal at the origin, and activate the inherent wisdom within their DNA. She loves to say, “a grounded women will change the world.” Find her work at www.rachaeltewano.com Rachael is a deeply grounded, peaceful, and empowered healer, teacher, and guide. In our conversation, she shares: Why grounding to your own...
2024-07-2756 minAlightManifest a Healed World: Abiola Abrams (62)Send a textCan we create our reality? Hear renowned coach Abiola Abrams and Chara discuss: Why it matters for us to take full responsibility for our lives and manifest consciously, not unconsciously.Why it’s important to realize that the mindset and manifestation approaches taught in recent decades actually are age-old and global and connect to neuroscience.The new discovery that some of the past century’s prominent mindset teachings originated from a black Ethiopian rabbi who taught in New York in the 1920s.3 simple tools for being a conscious co-creator and a...
2024-07-121h 00Alight61 Miracles & Losses with Our Animal CompanionsSend a textHear about the miracles, acts of kindness, and learning I've experienced recently with the passing of my dog...and about the wild animal babies showing me life's renewal.Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show, and SUBSCRIBE to receive quick access to new episodes.Follow The Alight Institute on Instagram at @alight.institute https://www.instagram.com/alight.institute/ We're happy to hear your thoughts at support@alightinstitute.com
2024-06-2225 minAlight60 Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos: Leah RampySend a textAfter giving presentations on the dangers of climate change, Leah Rampy became convinced that something was missing from the conversations. With experience as a teacher, professor, corporate and nonprofit executive, and leadership consultant, she began a decades-long journey to understand what lies beneath our unwillingness to change our interactions with the natural world. Her growing commitment to re-weaving soul and Earth has been informed by leading pilgrimages and retreats, extensive reading and research, her contemplative practice, and the wisdom of the living world. She is the author of the new book, Earth and Soul: R...
2024-04-2750 minAlight59 Remaking a World in Crisis: Osprey Orielle LakeSend a textOsprey Orielle Lake is the founder and executive director of the Women's Earth and Climate ActionNetwork (WECAN). She works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralized, democratized clean-energy future. She sits on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and on the steering committee for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. She is the author of the award-winning book Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature, and her new book, The Story...
2024-03-231h 03Alight58 Animals as our teachers: Kate NeliganSend a textKate Neligan is an equine-partnered life and business coach, healer, and animal communicator who is devoted to the human-animal bond. Kate pairs her intuitive gifts with those of horses and goats to help people access their own inner power and life purpose. She works with both high-performing women and companies in developing mindful cultures through team-building and leadership retreats. Kate has a Master’s in Spiritual Psychology and is certified in equine experiential education. She is the creator of Awakening With Equines, a first-if-its kind certification program for equine-partnered facilitators, and an Awakening With Eq...
2024-02-1257 minAlight57 We're Called to TransformSend a textDo you ever think about how all cultures have important myths and stories about transformation? Tune in to hear:Why transformation is core to who we are as humansSigns of transformation already occurring in our worldWhy transformation is something we have to chooseWhy individual transformation leads the way for collective transformationHow to craft your own transformative story about what humans and nature accomplish together in the 21st centuryHear the story of Sedna and why it's important for you to design your own transformative story that will help guide us forward as...
2023-12-2025 minAlight56 You're Part of the Democracy of FrequencySend a textWhat does it mean to be part of the democracy of frequency?We all get to choose, in any moment, what frequency we are holding: rage or despair, joy or peace; fear or irritation, love or inspiration, discontent or gratitude. As we can learn from wise voices such as recent Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nargess Mohammadi, or others such as Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel, and Immaculee Ilibagiza, even when we are imprisoned in dire circumstances, we have a choice about what our internal energetic and emotional state is, and what we are...
2023-11-2524 minAlight55 How to Stand Tall Instead of Wilting in These TimesSend a textWhether you believe our world is healing or floundering toward disaster depends on which evidence you notice. In this episode, hear me discuss the views of the climate experts I recently heard advocating for perspectives of hopelessness.This episode helps you consider whether you want to wilt or stand tall in the face of all that’s occurring in our world. Tune in to hear the two options, then explore suggestions of how you can make the choice you feel is wisest and most helpful.You'll then hear why...
2023-09-2325 minAlight54 Courage is ContagiousSend a textIn this episode, hear inspiring 'good news' stories from around the world and how courage is contagious in the best way.Hear whose courage has lit my path.Then join me in reflecting on whose courage influences you, and how you want your acts of courage and regeneration to spread beneficially to others as we care for one another and our planet.Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show, and SUBSCRIBE to receive quick access to new episodes.Follow The Alight...
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Woman Who Rubs the MountainRegenerative Partnering with Nature: A Conversation with Chara Armon about Moving Beyond Eco-Anxiety [Episode 27]Perhaps our human worry is the last thing the earth needs at these trickster crossroads. This is the core inquiry of Chara Armon, PhD., founder of The School for Humans and Earth: how can we actively move from eco-anxiety to eco-inspiration? Because how we view life on this planet and our place within it as human beings, directly determines how we choose to contribute or not. With a dash of neuroscience, a sprinkling of informed optimism, and a wallop of animist celebration, our conversation is an exploration into how humans might still be good medicine for this planet.
2023-07-071h 02Alight53 Being an Advocate for Plants: Paul MossSend a textPaul Moss is co-founder and executive director of The Plant Initiative https://plantinitiative.org a nonprofit organization started in 2020 that works collaboratively with others to advance respectful treatment of plants. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota in the department of Geography, Environment and Society, where he is focusing on the relationship between people and plants. He has an undergraduate degree in biology, and masters' degrees in agronomy and marketing.Paul speaks about: His life-long connection with plants and respect for their sophistication.Plants as intelligent, responsive, an...
2023-05-2753 minAlight52 Regenerative Collaboration: Principles & ActionsSend a textIn this sequel to Episode 44, Regenerative Collaboration in Science & Spirituality, I talk about how we can see the story of Regenerative Collaboration gaining strength in today’s world. Tune in to:Consider 4 Principles of Regenerative Collaboration.Learn 3 ways to participate: there are many things you can do if you want to help humanity move more into Regenerative Collaboration.Hear how you can help others see that living in collaboration with other people and with the natural world brings flourishing, not loss.Kindly lea...
2023-04-1434 minAlight51 Do You Feel Blocked from Contributing?Send a textWhat does it mean to you to contribute to regeneration for people and planet?Are you contributing in the ways you want to?And are you thriving at the level you desire?How can you translate what our podcast speakers say into your own life so that you and Earth both benefit? In this episode, I talk about the importance of letting go of the blocks that prevent us from making the contributions we desire to make in the world. I share some of what I’ve learned about how resolving trauma and...
2023-03-3129 minAlight50 Let Informed Optimism Light Your WaySend a textDo you feel discouraged about our future on Earth but want to feel optimistic?Listen to hear good news about people around the world who are supporting one another and restoring Earth. Experience how your outlook changes when you're informed about signs of well-being and regeneration.Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show, and SUBSCRIBE to receive quick access to new episodes.Follow The Alight Institute on Instagram at @alight.institute https://www.instagram.com/alight.institute/ We're happy to...
2023-03-0334 minAlight49 Architects of a New Humanity: Rhetta MorganSend a textReverend Rhetta Morgan is an interfaith minister, facilitator, artist and healer. Her work encompasses the intersections of spirituality, creativity and activism, all rooted in an intention to work and live in a more just world. She currently facilitates Anti-Bias work for the Anti-Defamation League, leads The Ecclesia Fortify Circle, a group that supports activists to develop spiritual practices, and recently returned from South Africa working as facilitator and healer with Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity. Find her at www.reverendrhetta.com If you want to be in service to lov...
2023-02-1057 minAlight48 The Restorative Power of Endarkenment: Deborah Eden TullSend a textDeborah Eden Tull is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She spent seven years training as a Buddhist monk and has been living in sustainable communities for over 25 years. She teaches engaged awareness practice, which emphasizes the connection between personal awakening and global engagement. Eden draws upon teachings from the natural world and an embodied understanding of animism. She is the author of Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown and other books. Eden offers retreats, online courses, and consultations internationally. To learn more, go to D...
2023-01-2744 minAlight47: Shifting to a 'We' Culture: Nina SimonsSend a textNina Simons is the co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Bioneers and leads its Everywoman’s Leadership program. Bioneers is a nonprofit that uses media, convening, and connecting to lift up visionary and practical solutions for many of our most pressing social and ecological challenges, revealing a regenerative and equitable future that’s within our reach today. Nina is a social entrepreneur who is passionate about reinventing leadership, restoring the feminine, and co-creating a healthy, peaceful, and equitable world for all. Throughout her career spanning the nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, corporate, and philanthropic sectors, Nina has wo...
2023-01-1342 minAlight46 Humanity's Journey with Earth: David NicolSend a textHear David Nicol, Ph.D. eloquently describe the big picture of humanity's long journey of relationship with Earth and how we're now ready to create dynamic transformation to benefit all life.David discusses how those of us alive today are undergoing the personal and collective initiation of releasing outmoded patterns of hierarchy and stepping into co-creating new ways of collaborating with one another and our planet. The inner soulful journey many are experiencing is mirrored by the social, political, and environmental transformations we are endeavoring to co-create.He notes how...
2022-12-281h 04Alight45 How to Connect to Earth for Mutual BenefitSend a textListen to Rachel Pfotenhauer discuss how you can directly connect to Earth to strengthen your well-being and hers.This interview originally aired on the New Earth One Network in February of 2022 and is now available here on the Humans and Earth podcast.Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show, and SUBSCRIBE to receive quick access to new episodes.Follow The Alight Institute on Instagram at @alight.institute https://www.instagram.com/alight.institute/ We're happy to hear your thoughts at...
2022-12-171h 05Alight44 Regenerative Collaboration in Science and SpiritualitySend a textWe’re experiencing a revolution in our understandings about how life on planet Earth really works. Hear why collaboration is actually how things are meant to function on Earth, and why that’s good news for anyone who cares about healing our planet and human well-being. I talk about what this means for your sense of hope, your own thriving, and your experience of connection to the people, plants, and animals with whom you co-exist on this lovely planet we call Earth.In this episode I cover:New scientific findings that are...
2022-11-1234 minAlight43 Choose Green Brain Over Red BrainSend a textLife on Earth is complex right now! Whether you are alert to refugee crises, signs of environmental damage and climate change, severe storms, health effects from air and water pollution, or social and political turmoil, you could make a list of a lot of things that worry you or even lead you to feel despair.But are the anxiety and eco-anxiety that have become normal our best response to the crises we face? Neuroscience and the history of activism suggest an alternative approach that’s more beneficial for us as individuals, and fa...
2022-10-2123 minAlight42 Blissipline for Thriving on Earth with Karen LorreSend a textKaren Lorre helps people release unconscious blocks so they can have priceless results. She is the best-selling author of three books, Chronic Pleasure, Effortless Enchantment, and Chronic Pleasure in Relationships. Karen’s work has been endorsed by Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton, and Gay Hendricks. She has had a lifelong interest in epigenetics, neuroscience, health, and spirituality. Karen is also an actress who has done over a thousand hours of TV, films and commercials. Earlier in her life, Karen went through intense emotional and physical challenges that doctors could not seem to heal. This led he...
2022-10-0758 minAlight41 Experiencing Plant EssencesSend a textDo you know what plant essences are, how they differ from essential oils, and how to use them? And are you aware that energy or frequency medicine of this type is increasingly being documented by scientific research? Tune in to hear: Definitions of what plant essences are and how we can understand their medicine.How plant essences are helpful, and how they often come into our lives serendipitously. 3 stories about my recent experiences with plant essences.Suggestions about how you can benefit from plant essences and how to buy or...
2022-09-1628 minAlight40 Nature Communication as Cultural Repair with Saskia von DiestSend a textDr. Saskia von Diest has been communicating with various forms of nature for the last ten years, much of which she spent researching how intuitive interspecies communication can be used in agriculture. She holds a PhD in plant pathology from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and her research has investigated subtle agricultural techniques and technologies that use sound, electromagnetics, catalytic substances and human intuitive abilities in decision making on farms. In 2021, she founded Ecofluency to consult, teach, and facilitate nature communication. As a South African of Caucasian and Indian descent, she is committed to h...
2022-09-0258 minAlight39 When You Can't Save the TurtleSend a textThis is a story about a way to respond when you feel helpless to assist the natural world but want to feel more empowered. It’s about an endeavor to save a small turtle trapped in traffic, and how to proceed when your efforts to help don’t go as planned. Listen to hear how to respond to the world with your intention and frequency as well as your actions.You can feel empowered knowing that you’re placing your energy and time in the service of your love for Earth.This...
2022-08-1914 minAlight38 Transform Your World with Nervous System Regulation: Dr. Cathleen KingSend a textThis interview is for anyone who is a change-maker, anyone who wonders why conflict resolution in our world seems stuck, anyone who has experienced trauma, or anyone who feels held back in your own process of inner shift.Dr. Cathleen King is an expert on trauma recovery, inner healing, and how consciousness shifts create personal and collective transformation. She has the rare combination of in-depth doctoral-level education and training, over 20 years coaching others in the health field, and having gone through her own heroine’s journey of spending two decades of her li...
2022-08-0449 minAlight37 Earth Care & the Language of the Heart: John LockleySend a textJohn Lockley is a shaman trained in the Xhosa tradition of South African shamanic culture. He is one of the first white men in recent history to become a fully initiated sangoma in the Xhosa lineage. He is the author of the book Leopard Warrior. Find him at johnlockley.com Hear John discuss:How he experienced the invitation to shamanism, why the path opens through invitation, not choice, and why his training was essential for the recovery of his health after years of illness. “Part of taking your power back is rea...
2022-07-0847 minAlight36 Don't Let What's 'Practical' Limit What You CreateSend a textDo you ever have the experience of suggesting a restorative, healing, or otherwise helpful idea and hearing someone tell you it sounds good but isn’t practical?We don’t need to let our sense of what’s practical limit our creation of solutions to the problems people and planet are facing.We are in a position right now on planet Earth where solutions are badly needed.If you care about bringing solutions into being, it’s important to not let yourself feel shut down when others meet your ideas wit...
2022-05-3018 minAlight35: Retreat and Vision with EarthSend a textHear why and how to go on retreat with Earth. Whether you have half a day or a week available, you can retreat with Earth in your back yard, a city park, or a more distant location. Use your retreat with Earth to:Vision the regeneration you desire to see on our planetInquire how you can contributeFind calm in this time of rapid changeIf you would like to access the Co-create New Earth online conference from February, the talks remain available here: https://newearthone.com/c...
2022-04-2224 minAlight34 Renew Yourself & Our Planet: Free online conferenceSend a textI've created a new online conference: “Co-create New Earth to Renew Yourself & Our Planet” You can learn about it in this episode of Humans and Earth.The conference offers insights and tools for creating flourishing for yourself, humanity, and all beings in the natural world. Our speakers range from spiritual teachers and plant and animal communication specialists to experts in soil regeneration, community revitalization, mentoring youth, and connecting directly with Earth’s consciousness. We are entering a new age of flourishing for all life. We’re all here fo...
2022-02-1515 minAlight33 How to Access Earth's StabilitySend a textAs we emerge from the recent climate talks, enter the holiday season, continue to deal with the pandemic, and observe our world continually shifting, you can turn to Earth as a source of stability. In this episode I discuss:Why historians will view our current times as extraordinary.How even beneficial change can feel unstable.A technique for accessing Earth as a source of stability as the world shifts.I also share that the podcast is going on hiatus for 2-3 months while I produce an online conference that...
2021-11-1925 minAlight32 Consciousness Shifts for RegenerationSend a textYou’re likely already contributing to the current consciousness shifts that are creating regenerative solutions for people and planet. This episode talks about the old types of consciousness we are outgrowing and the new types of consciousness that favor regeneration and well-being for all life. Hear about three key aspects of consciousness shift and specific things you can do to participate: We are growing beyond beliefs in hierarchy to embrace the Unity and equality of all life The well-being of individual people and humanity as a whole is intricately intertwined with the we...
2021-10-2922 minAlight31 How to Be Present to Earth and YourselfSend a textAre you living according to your heart's and soul’s priorities or are you caught in the busyness buzz? It happens to most of us. It’s a cultural problem of workaholism that strains our minds and bodies and causes us to ignore the needs of Earth, our life support system. In this episode, I share insights on: Why it’s worth pausing to re-assess whether you’re living in alignment with your soul and EarthHow being overly busy and out of alignment can harm both you and the natural worldGlob...
2021-10-1530 minAlight30 Rooted to Earth with Sam PfotenhauerSend a textSam Pfotenhauer is a Human Design reader and intuitive guide. Through her business Wild River, she facilitates spaces for inner inquiry and connecting to earth, body, and intuition. Sam is also an environmental lawyer. After graduating from Tulane Law School in 2017, she practiced as a securities litigator in New York City, but left that role in August 2020 to pursue her environmental and spiritual interests. Sam currently works on a range of environmental issues, both in the private sector and in public service, but focuses on water-related issues and urban farming. She currently li...
2021-10-0150 minAlight29 How to Fall in Love with EarthSend a textAs I enjoy the late summer and early fall abundance of fruit in my garden, I’m reflecting that those of us who are not directly experiencing crisis right now need to hold a space of peace, love, and gratitude to uphold all who are experiencing crisis. Like most of us, I've had my share of crisis and tumult, but currently there is peace in my life.As challenging weather and other national and global emergencies occur, it’s important to not stay endlessly in a space of upset. The biochemistry of anxie...
2021-09-1722 minAlight28 Earth Tending with Amy DempsterSend a textAmy Dempster teaches about the healing power of the earth. Her blog, Following Hawks, is a resource for learning how to communicate with nature and share healing gifts with the earth. Together with the Spirits of the Land in the mountains of northwest Montana, she tends seven portals on the land where she lives, along with any grid keeping work she is assigned. She also leads the Earth Tenders Academy, an immersive online journey to help others re-establish their connection with their ancient ancestors, learn to communicate with seen and unseen forces in their...
2021-09-0345 minAlight27 Why I'm Going Back to Using My Real Name in This WorkSend a textYou may know me through the Humans and Earth podcast as Helen Claire Harmon. It's a pseudonym I adopted when I launched the podcast in August of 2020 to differentiate my work in The School for Humans and Earth from my work in higher education. This brief episode explains why I've decided to return to using my real name, Chara Armon, in this work, and how that's related to bringing together 'conventional' and 'holistic' conversations. I also tell you what's coming up from The School for Humans and Earth.Kindly leave us a...
2021-08-2815 minAlight26 Finding Your Resilience with Flower Essences: Ameya CohenSend a textAmeya is the Founder of the Woman Rising Mystery School, an international school for women to re-member earth wisdom, ancient mysteries, and walk the Path of the Rose. Through Ameya's extensive training and embodiment, she expertly guides women to activate their Soul essence and awaken the Grail codes within. She is also the founder of Gaia’s Wisdom, a line of plant essences. She first fell in love with plant medicine as an environmental studies major in Vermont. After writing a thesis on plant spirit medicine, she continued to follow the calling of the pla...
2021-08-0656 minAlight25 Connecting with Nature SpiritsSend a textIn this episode, Helen Claire Harmon discusses:Who nature spirits are.Why discussing them is an edgy or even forbidden topic due to the Scientific Revolution’s split of spirituality and science.How it's possible to acknowledge the reality of things both 'proven' and 'unproven' by science.What the nature spirits want us to know about their role on Earth and what we have in common with them.Why we are meant to be in communication with them as our neighbors, friends, and co-creators. 3 ways you can acknowledge, experience, and communicate with nature spi...
2021-07-2337 minAlight24 Regenerative Agriculture Heals the Planet: Doniga MarkegardSend a textDoniga Markegard is a mother, rancher, author, and naturalist. She has a background in nature and permaculture. In her youth she was mentored by leading wildlife trackers, naturalists and Native spiritual elders. She spent years alone and with a small group of passionate youth in the Western Washington Wilderness learning the ways of the ancestors, immersing in nature, bird language, survival skills and wildlife tracking. Along with her husband and four children, Doniga owns and operates Markegard Family Grass-Fed, raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork, chicken and dairy and supplying the Bay...
2021-07-0945 minAlight23 Dr. Ray James: the Moringa ‘Miracle Tree’Send a textRay Anthony James, Ph.D. is an Organic Chemist, Nutritional Supplement Product Developer, researcher, educator, author, and speaker, with over 28 years in the pharmaceutical industry and at the FDA. He has over 30 patents and peer-reviewed scientific publications combined. As a Lead Investigator at Pharmacopeia and Ligand Pharmaceuticals and Principal Scientist at Intrexon Corporation from 1998 until 2015, he was involved in designing drugs for cancer and inflammation. He quit all the farce in 2016 to pursue his lifelong dream of BEING on EARTH and serving the soil and humanity. Today, Ray is a partner / founder of The...
2021-06-1756 minAlight22 Your Compassion is ValidSend a textHave you had the experience of expressing compassion and being told you are being unrealistic or irrational? Have you expressed care for a plant or animal and been called a ‘tree hugger’ or ‘bleeding heart’? Our culture over-values intellectual judgement and under-values the compassion of our hearts, but we can shift this together. Letting our compassion be valid is crucial for healing ourselves and our planet.In this episode, Helen Claire Harmon discusses how: You may need to practice re-opening your compassion if it’s often been shut down b...
2021-06-0426 minAlight21 You're Here to Co-Create New EarthSend a textThe most exciting thing occurring in our world right now is that we are learning how to change from being harmful to harmless beings. We are choosing to repair the world’s ills by creating new structures of reality. We are a creative species who can make life on planet Earth more joyful, inclusive, just and flourishing for all people and all species. You get to participate, and that is literally the privilege of many lifetimes. What is the concept of ‘New Earth,’ and how do you want to contribute? In this...
2021-05-1429 minAlight20 Re-localization and Relationship: Kalani SouzaSend a textKalani Souza is founding director of the Olohana Foundation. Olohana focuses on building community capacity, cohesiveness, resilience, and emergency preparedness around food, energy, water, and knowledge systems. Kalani is a storyteller, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, philosopher, priest, political satirist, and peacemaker. A Hawaiian practitioner and cross-cultural facilitator, he has experience in promoting social justice through conflict resolution. Kalani’s native roots allow him a unique perspective of the collision of two worlds: one steeped in traditional culture and the other a juggernaut of new morality and changing economic and political persuasion. He is a mess...
2021-04-3059 minAlight19 Collaborating with Animals: Kate SolistiSend a textKate Solisti, President of Kinship Enterprises, has been dedicated to nurturing animal-human understanding and wellness since 1992. Her purpose is to give “voice to all members of the animal kingdom so they can participate with human beings in improving their own health and well-being as well as that of all species and the planet.” As a facilitator of interspecies communication, Kate works with both wild animals and companion animals. She is a recognized expert in dog and cat care, behavioral counseling, nutrition, Flower Essence therapy, and energy healing. She is the author of six books and h...
2021-04-161h 02Alight18 You Need Wise Focus If You Want to Help Earth HealSend a textIs it possible that your thoughts about regenerating our planet and human well-being matter more than your actions?Tune in to this episode to hear how: Neuroscience, psychology, and spirituality are showing that we create what we focus on. Discouragement and despair do not foster creative solutions. Guided by the science of neuroplasticity, we can choose where we focus and how our focus leads us to feel and act.If we want to repair and regenerate the natural world, we need to begin with how we are thinking and w...
2021-03-2627 minAlight17 Earth Needs Your Authenticity: Leonie DawsonSend a text**Due to an audio track flaw, the full episode is available on video at www.humansandearth.com/podcast Leonie Dawson is an internationally best-selling author of the Goal Getter workbooks & planners which have been used by over 400,000 people worldwide. A multi-passionate entrepreneur, Leonie has generated over $10 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. Leonie has been recognized for her business acumen by winning Ausmumpreneur’s People’s Choice Business Coach, Global Brand & Businesses Making A Difference Awards. She is also a philanthropist, blogger, and podcast host, describes herself as a ‘...
2021-03-1207 minAlight16 Soul Initiation for Becoming Whole and Wild: Dr. Bill PlotkinSend a textHow do you become a whole and wild human being? Listen to this episode of Humans and Earth to find out.Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., is a depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and agent of cultural evolution. As founder of western Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute in 1981, he has guided thousands of seekers through nature-based initiatory passages, including a contemporary, Western adaptation of the pan-cultural vision quest. He has been a research psychologist, professor of psychology, psychotherapist, rock musician, and whitewater river guide. Bill is the author of Soulcraft: Cr...
2021-02-261h 00Alight15: Finding Support through Connecting with Plants: Fay JohnstoneSend a textFay Johnstone is a ‘plant whisperer’ and shamanic herbalist. Fay combines 20 years of reiki practice with herbal and shamanic training to connect us with nature for personal transformation. Following an awakening to the spirit of plants while running a flower farm in Nova Scotia, Fay wrote her first book, Plants that Speak Souls that Sing, and now offers training on reiki, plant spirit connection and shamanism online and from her home in Scotland. Fay is also the founder of Plant Spirit Reiki, a therapy which connects Reiki healing to the power of plants, as deta...
2021-02-1250 minAlight14: Dr. Anita Sanchez: Being Good Medicine for the WorldSend a textDr. Anita Sanchez, Aztecan Tribe and Mexican-American, is a board member of the Pachamama Alliance and Bioneers. Anita inspires people to discover and trust their gifts so that they become a life-giving connection to people and to the earth. She has trained thousands of leaders in global corporations and non-profits. Using indigenous wisdom and modern science, Anita guides leaders in creating caring and inclusive workplaces and communities. TedX presenter of Humanity’s Hope, Anita is an author of four books, including The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times. Learn more at www.Fo...
2021-02-0349 minAlight13 Kerri Lake: Co-creating with the Living WorldSend a textKerri Lake supports others in recognizing themselves as the clarity of love. Whether working with individuals or facilitating groups, she assists people to generate a way of being that honors their heart and brightens their world. Kerri has a degree in Animal Science and also collaborates with animals. Her podcast is Animals of a New Earth. Find her at www.kerrilake.com With her soothing voice and calm presence, Kerri shares with us: · Extraordinary stories of how she created healing outcomes with two dangerous horses: “I was really...
2021-01-151h 03Alight12 How to Thrive While You Heal the Planet: Aaron PerrySend a textAaron William Perry is a writer, public speaker, impact entrepreneur, consultant, and father. The author of Y on Earth: Get Smarter, Feel Better, Heal the Planet, Aaron works with the Y on Earth Community team and Impact Ambassadors to inform and inspire diverse communities through unique thriving and sustainability messages of hope, empowerment and action. He has launched and owned companies in the recycling, renewable energy, and local/organic food industries and consults to dozens of innovative organizations, companies and entrepreneurs. An experienced business and literary writer, Aaron holds an MA from the University...
2020-12-0552 minAlight11 Why Healing Our Trauma Leads to Caring for Earth: Joy BakerSend a textJoy Baker specializes in helping her clients release trapped emotions that can result from trauma. Because most of us are not taught strong skills for processing trauma, its effects become stored in our bodies and can influence our actions, experiences, emotions, and physical health. Joy has herself been on a lengthy journey of choosing the courage to resolve trauma. She has developed a level of understanding and acceptance that allows her clients to feel supported and empowered to break through their self-imposed limitations and recognize their value. Find Joy’s work at ww...
2020-11-2055 minAlight10 Calm During the Unwinding and Reverence for Life: Dr. Riue Melvina BrownSend a textRiue Melvina Brown holds an MBA in business and a doctoral degree in educational leadership. She is an Angelic Shaman, Karuna Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master, Quantum Healer, Sound Healer, Spiritual Advisor, Permaculture Designer/Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, beekeeper, and herbalist. Her heritage is African-American and Cherokee Indian and she has studied under Native American Medicine People. She is the owner of InnerSource Wellness Center and Lemu Sacred Regenerative Urban Farm. She is as connected to the celestial realms as to the earth, and feels it is our time to express reverence for all b...
2020-11-0754 minAlight9 Aligning with Solutions with Lana ShlaferSend a textMindset coach and spiritual alignment expert Lana Shlafer discusses in this episode how her connection to the natural world supports her, why aligning with solutions is more empowering and effective than focusing on problems, and why ‘realism’ isn’t a good standard. Tune in to hear Lana’s vibrant thoughts on:Why we need to create a feeling of safety within ourselves in order to feel safe being optimistic about the human future on planet Earth.Why she recommends asking, “what about the future pains you? Now use that as...
2020-10-2445 minAlight8 Empowered Purpose with Kevan RyonSend a textKevan Ryon is a healer who connects with a 12th dimensional Lemurian collective to facilitate the healing of others. His Cerebral Palsy and his focused spiritual path have been driving forces that have allowed him to overcome many challenges and limitations. Through the connection with his spirit guides and masters, Kevan discovered that his purpose is to help people integrate and hold a 5th dimensional consciousness by teaching them that they are their own self-healer. Kevan offers group and private healing sessions that allow others to raise their level of awareness and step into a...
2020-10-1057 minAlight7 Dr. Bayo Akomolafe on Unlearning MasterySend a textBayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.) is Chief Curator and Executive Director of The Emergence Network. Author, lecturer, speaker, father, and rogue planet saved by the gravitational pull of his wife Ej, Bayo hopes to inspire a diffractive network of sharing within an ethos of new responsivity – a slowing down, an ethics of entanglement, an activism of inquiry, a ‘politics of surprise’. Born into a Yoruba family, Bayo graduated summa cum laude in psychology in 2006 at Covenant University (Nigeria). Bayo conducted doctoral research into Yoruba indigenous healing systems as part of his inner struggle to regain a sens...
2020-09-261h 02Alight6 We are in collaboration with Earth: Jeilene TraceySend a textHealer and channel Jeilene Tracey is a Vibrational Geneticist who channels Earth beings, sound, and energy to balance the emotional, mental, and physical bodies. She developed the modality Vibrational Genetics with guidance from the inner-Earth Mantis Collective and drawing on her training in molecular biology, Reiki, BodyTalk, ThetaHealing, and Shamanism. Combining the guidance of her Mantis guide, Maree, with aspects of each of these methods, Jeilene offers a healing experience focused on the human experience of being embodied on planet Earth. Learn more at www.lightvibesnetwork.com In this conversation, Jeilene and Hel...
2020-09-1253 minAlight5 “We can’t keep waiting:” Dr. Akilah Martin on Community Empowerment, Freedom, and Earth ConnectionSend a textAkilah Martin, Ph.D., is first and foremost in partnership with soil and water. Akilah earned her BS degree in Soil Science from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University and her Doctorate from Purdue University in Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Her professional interests include enhancing relationships of individuals and communities to natural resources. Her teaching and scholarly/research interests are centered in soil and water quality in urban communities. Current projects involve food sovereignty, Chicago Grows Food, Advocates for Urban Ag, life expectancy and health inequalities, installing rain gardens to create a "sponge town", and...
2020-08-2954 minAlight3 For the Benefit of All Beings: Dr. Stephan Harding on Gaia, Science, and IntuitionSend a textStephan Harding Ph.D., is the Resident Ecologist at Schumacher College and the author of Animate Earth: Science, Intuition, and Gaia and the app, Deep Time Walk. Stephan understands Earth, or Gaia, as an organism whose systems and inter-relationships we can know both scientifically and intuitively. We need a loving relationship with Gaia in order to restore her and ourselves, and we need to switch from control to awe, he explains. He advocates that we view ourselves as participants “in a cosmos suffused with intelligence, beauty, intrinsic value and profound meaning.” His concept of holis...
2020-08-1557 minAlight4 Animal Communication, Science, & Intuition: Dr. Cara GubbinsSend a textDr. Cara Gubbins is a scientist, intuitive, and global thought leader for a new way for people and animals to live together in harmony. She is the best-selling and award-winning author of 5 books about the natural history of animals, animal wisdom, and personal growth. For nearly a decade she has been a successful animal communicator, connecting people more deeply to the animals that they love most.She is also the creator of how to Talk to Your Pet, the proven 4-step system that teaches anyone and everyone how to communicate intuitively with...
2020-08-1552 minAlight1 Introducing the Humans & Earth PodcastSend a textThis podcast is for you if you believe in, or want to believe in, regenerative transformation for humans & Earth.In this opening episode, Helen Claire Harmon discusses why now is the time for sacred co-creation between humans and Earth. Hear how this podcast supports your desire to contribute to a new era of thriving for people and planet. Humans & Earth episodes allow you to:Find your contribution to well-being for people & EarthHear from experts in ecological regeneration & teachers of Earth-based spiritualityReceive insights & practices to implementExperience guests' visions of how wonderful life...
2020-06-1913 minAlight2 Connecting to Earth with Rachel PfotenhauerSend a textRachel Pfotenhauer holds an M.A. in Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, as well as a channel of Earth. She channels Earth’s healing energy to assist clients with health problems such as anxiety, PTSD, and chronic infections. She offers classes and retreats that mentor participants in connecting to Earth energy and consciousness. Her website is www.vast-earth.com In this episode, Rachel and Helen Claire Harmon discuss:How you can easily connect directly to Earth Why we’re meant to live in partnership with EarthWhy connecting to Earth improves...
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Wild GooseEverything is Connected -- Stories, Most Weird, Many TrueClick here to keep up with the latest Goose News: http://wildgoosefestival.org/signup/ Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Drawing on his bizarre personal experiences of conversion therapy along with references to history, literature, science, and the Bible, Peterson takes his audience on an off-beat mental mind trip. A shapeshifter, he transforms right before your eyes into a whole cast of comic characters who explore the serious worlds of gender, sexuality, privilege, religion, and environmental justice. Of Peterson’s work, Chara Armon, Ph.D at Villanova University said, “His m...
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