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Conversations on Healing & GrowthLiving in The Land of MasksIn this episode, Ben and Martin discuss the challenges and treasures of living a congruent life. Being in practice with being present, right now, means acknowledging and grieving a world spinning wildly on its axis.
2026-03-1032 minConversations on Healing & GrowthFlowing into a Salt CaveIn this episode, Martin, Ben, and our guest, Luna, share a lively conversation around the creation of a Salt Cave and the challenges that come with a co-creative process.
2026-02-2415 minConversations on Healing & GrowthReading and Our Well-BeingIn this episode, Martin and Ben dive into the world of reading books and its ability to help us Heal & Grow ourselves and our world.
2026-02-1052 minConversations on Healing & GrowthWhen Things Fall ApartAs national and international systems of governance disintegrate, Martin and Ben navigate a path of conscious integration in letting go of the Ascension Myth through the inspiring wisdom of Rumi and Tibetan Buddhist monk and author Pema Chodren.
2026-01-2712 minConversations on Healing & GrowthFeelingIn today's episode, Martin and Ben dive into the value of being present with our deep feelings rather than redirecting or replacing them with cognition or consumption.
2026-01-1323 minConversations on Healing & GrowthStillness
Ben and Martin wrap up 2025 by exploring what it means to embrace stillness and mystery in a soul-led life.
2025-12-3032 minConversations on Healing & GrowthRevisiting the Merry-Go-RoundBen and Martin revisit an early episode from July 2024, No Longer Riding on the Merry-Go-Round, where they provide a fresh perspective on the inner muse and creating a vibrant life in partnership with the world around us.
2025-12-1646 minConversations on Healing & GrowthA Remarkable LifeIn this episode we dramatically explore the inner voices that are expressed as we Heal & Grow. We encourage you, the listener, to find within yourself your version of how these three voices find union in your being. This union of sorts is how we access our own remarkable life.
2025-12-0212 minConversations on Healing & GrowthAn Autumn MeditationBlazing colors countered by the soft patter of falling leaves, the sounds of birds, crickets, squirrels. We feel the cool dry air enter our bodies... we let ourselves feel an entirely different pace of life... Yes, something begins to shift…
2025-11-1810 minConversations on Healing & GrowthKindness and CommunityIn a world of political and social division, driven by the culture of winning and losing, how do we expand the love we share with our communities through a conscious practice with ourselves? How do we bring kindness and simplicity into the conversation and actively create and nurture community?
2025-11-0432 minConversations on Healing & GrowthSacred GroundIn a world whirling with superficiality, Ben and Martin discuss the nature of the sacred and how we access it within ourselves and in connection with the world around us.
2025-10-2124 minConversations on Healing & GrowthThe Spectacle Does MatterIn this episode, Ben interviews Zeke Perkins, a labor organizer with an extensive history over the last 15 years in the protest movement. He shares his experience tracking, recording and interacting with Commander Bovino and his 80 U.S. Border Patrol agents as they moved through Chicago as an occupying army on Sunday, September 28th, 2025.
2025-10-0723 minConversations on Healing & GrowthIn Many WaysIn this episode, we talk about about storytelling as a healing modality, and how we can embody our biggest story with authenticity.
2025-09-2338 minConversations on Healing & GrowthHoneyDew: A Recipe for CreativityIn this episode, Ben and Martin offer a recipe for cultivating creativity in life by way of the TV show "The Bear".
2025-09-0923 minConversations on Healing & GrowthTime, After TimeIn this episode, we focus on worldwide inter-connectivity and what comes when we make conscious choices in our economic caste system.
2025-08-2620 minConversations on Healing & GrowthYour Part with Diane UmsteadIn this episode, Ben and Martin speak with Diane Umstead about her lifelong journey advocating for children and what it means to her as she transitions into a new phase of life.
2025-08-1246 minConversations on Healing & GrowthThe Rise & Fall of EmpathyIn this episode, Martin and Ben inquire into and explore a correlated journey between the rise of empathy and the technologies that have brought us to an increasingly desensitized and overwhelmed world.
2025-07-291h 02Conversations on Healing & GrowthYour Part with Romey PittmanReturning to our Your Part series, Martin speaks with visionary educator Romey Pittman on resiliency, coming to terms with the dynamics of power, and the foundational importance of connection in the classroom and beyond.
2025-07-1545 minConversations on Healing & GrowthGhosts in the MachineIn this episode Martin and Ben dynamically explore creativity in relation to materials and resources, dance into the realm of the Chakras, and within the flow, bring the tragedy of the commons into consideration within the freedom and responsibility that comes when using technologies such as AI.
2025-07-0142 minConversations on Healing & GrowthHyper-rationality in a world of unprocessed emotionIn this episode, Martin and Ben explore the threads and consequences of hyper-rationality and unprocessed emotion. In doing so, we discover an unexpected truth.
2025-06-1735 minConversations on Healing & GrowthThe Fever Dream of Generational WealthIn this episode, Martin and Ben explore the fevered aspiration of generational wealth in American culture. A notion of ascension not seeded in equity or fairness but rather in achieving immortality through material wealth and its accompanying power.
2025-06-0349 minConversations on Healing & GrowthYour Part with Virginia NewcombIn this conversation we touch upon the nature of home, what her vision for a more patient cinema feels like, and how inner practice meets life through a sense of community and shared vision. It is often the case that humans see this process through the lens of struggle rather than possibility. Our conversation explores this dichotomy through a more joyful and conscious lens.
2025-05-2041 minConversations on Healing & GrowthShadows Fill TimeIn the 25th episode, Martin and Ben explore the transformative impact that an engaged practice in presence has on shaping our sense of time.
2025-05-0622 minConversations on Healing & GrowthYour Part with Rory TurnerMartin and Ben speak with Rory Turner, Professor Emeritus in Sociology & Anthropology at Goucher College, about the nature of flow, the power of storytelling, and the concept and practice of Communitas.
2025-04-2238 minConversations on Healing & GrowthYour Part with Tom ClementIn this episode, Martin and Ben share a conversation with Tom Clement, documentary cinematographer and director, whose latest work, Projecting Protest, is the centerpiece of our discussion around Tom's creative journey as a filmmaker.
2025-04-0844 minConversations on Healing & GrowthYour Part with Luna S. PerkinsIn this episode, Martin and Ben discuss with Luna S. Perkins her experiences in bringing conscious awareness to life as a human being, an artist and a writer.
2025-03-2527 minConversations on Healing & GrowthThe UnfoldingIn this episode, Martin and Ben discuss how a conscious practice in life leads to the Unfolding.
2025-03-1120 minConversations on Healing & GrowthA Call To IntegrityIn the latest episode of the podcast, Martin and Ben wrap up their Three Treasures of Daoism series, exploring humility through personal truth and integrity.
2025-02-2523 minConversations on Healing & GrowthThe Building of Resiliency: Part 2 of the Three TreasuresIn order to deepen resiliency in a chaotic world, Ben and Martin share experiences in the practice of simplicity.
2025-02-1130 minConversations on Healing & GrowthThe Three Treasures Part 1: the Loss of a Common LanguageIn this pod Martin and Ben grieve the loss of a common language and what it means to be human.
2025-01-2837 minConversations on Healing & GrowthTrusting Ourselves in a Performative WorldIn this episode, Martin and Ben explore the nature of performance, trustworthiness in the media and a practice in trusting ourselves.
2025-01-1434 minConversations on Healing & GrowthSoul JournalingIn this episode, Ben and Martin explore the practice of soul journaling and the journey of the inner divine.
2024-12-3129 minConversations on Healing & GrowthCycles within CyclesIn this episode Ben and Martin discuss the cycles of the seasons and how reflection and slowing down at the winter solstice can in fact be brought to any moment, any time of the year.
2024-12-1727 minConversations on Healing & GrowthNice & KindIn this bonus holiday pod, Martin and Ben discuss the distinction between being nice versus being kind in our lives. The presentation of the possibility and practice of being a kind person in the world.
2024-12-1013 minConversations on Healing & GrowthOn Being EffortlessIn this episode, Martin and Ben discuss working with a sense of ease and effortlessness through presence and conscious planning. An exploration of how simplicity in life helps cultivate confidence and patience.
2024-12-0334 minConversations on Healing & GrowthFISHDI - F*#k it, Sh!t Happens, Dive InIn this episode, Martin and Ben discuss the role of presence in a challenging and changing world.
2024-11-1935 minConversations on Healing & GrowthThe Infinite Sadness of MelancholyIn this episode, Martin and Ben step into the energetic of the Autumn Season and explore the potent nature of melancholy.
2024-11-0519 minConversations on Healing & GrowthI Don't Know - A Gentle Approach to Self-BeliefIn this pod, Martin and Ben explore the importance of not knowing in learning how to believe in ourselves. We delve into the movie Perfect Days, the TV show Ted Lasso and Martin's experiences in Bali as creative pathways into the concept of I Don't Know.
2024-10-2217 minConversations on Healing & GrowthShoshin - Opening Ourselves To Our Unique PathwayIn this episode, Martin and Ben explore how a beginner's mindset opens us up to new possibiities in our lives.
2024-10-0834 minConversations on Healing & GrowthDaoyin: The Root of Healing & GrowthIn this episode, Martin and Ben discuss the myth of the Ascension Culture and the root of Healing & Growth, Daoyin.
2024-09-2428 minConversations on Healing & GrowthForging Ease From ChaosIn this episode, Ben and Martin discuss practicing deep rest in the face of the chaotic and changing world.
2024-09-1030 minConversations on Healing & GrowthConsciousness in Today's ClassroomMartin and Ben speak with educators Treasa Edwards and Nichelle Owens about mental health, the classroom and how we can model conscious awareness for the sake of our children. This is a conversation useful for educators, parents, relatives of school-age children and in truth, for anyone interested in exploring more meaningful communication with our young people.
2024-08-2740 minConversations on Healing & GrowthRed-Bellied WoodpeckerIn Episode 5 Ben and Martin explore the healing of generational wounding through a relationship with nature and as well, the Marvel TV show "Echo".
2024-08-1327 minConversations on Healing & GrowthNo Longer Riding On The Merry-Go-RoundIn Episode 4 Ben and Martin explore Manifestation and the Muse. A conversation around how we can practice life so that both the journey and its destination are at ease and aligned.
2024-07-3019 minConversations on Healing & GrowthInside Voices: Making an AudiobookIn this episode, Martin and Ben are joined by Nichelle Owens, the narrating voice of the Vignettes in Language of the Soul: A Path of Simplicity. We talk about the interplay the experience of voicing the book and the opportunities that arose to Heal & Grow in the process.
2024-07-1625 minConversations on Healing & GrowthA Morning at the Social Security AdministrationIn Episode 2, Ben and Martin talk about an extraordinary experience Martin has in visiting the Social Security Administration. About how being present to our lives allows us to bear witness to the extraordinary.
2024-07-0221 minConversations on Healing & GrowthLetting Go of the ON/OFF SwitchIn Episode 1 Ben and Martin discuss how approaching life through ease opens doors to creative life force, one’s creativity and in turn, one’s productivity in life.
2024-07-0229 minConversations on Healing & GrowthIntro to the PodBen and Martin welcome listeners into a brief conversation around the nature of living a life focused in Healing & Growth.
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