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Root + RiseEpisode 13: The Somatics of Holding the Tension of Opposites – And Why Our Evolution Depends On ItHolding the tension of opposites and calling forth the transcendent function, as coined by C G Jung, are core principles of healing and integration. Drawing on the somatics of this traditionally psychological process, this conversation moves beyond concepts into the direct, somatic experience of holding polarity – conscious and unconscious, good and bad, ego and Self. In these times of extreme polarization, this episode invites a radical reorientation: away from projection and pathology, and towards inner responsibility, shadow integration, and the emergence of a third way. Includes a short, guided Somatic Experiencing practice (timestamp 26:28) to experientially explore holding opp...
2026-02-0840 minRoot + RiseEpisode 12: 2026 – The Year of Embodied ImaginationAs we arrive at the end of 2025, this episode of Root + Rise is an invitation to take stock of all that this year has asked of us – personally, collectively.I reflect on 2025 – the year of the Wood Snake in the Chinese calendar – as a year of profound shedding, completion and a time when old systems, identities, and ways of being have been chiselled away to reveal something more essential beneath.Moving from personal reflection into the wider collective field, this episode explores what it means to stand at the threshold of a new cycle. I speak...
2025-12-2938 minRoot + RiseEpisode 11: Decolonize Your Manifesation PracticeThis episode is an exploration of manifestation through a decolonial, Nature-aligned, trauma-informed lens. Moving beyond the hyper-individualistic, transactional narrative, this is a call towards a more relational understanding of co-creation – one rooted in ecosomatics, nervous system capacity, embodiment, and interdependence with the more-than-human world.I talk about why we don’t create from thoughts alone, how unprocessed trauma and stress can influence what we’re able to call in, and how bypassing, toxic positivity, and formulaic manifestation practices can reinforce a culture of pathology. This is about manifestation as a crucible for integration, evolution, and becoming – not performi...
2025-12-2129 minRoot + RiseEpisode 10: The Curious Paradox of What We Really AreIn this 10th episode of Root + Rise, we wander through some of my favorite terriain: the dance of opposites, the numinous space of both/and, and the wildly generative consciousness that lives at the Zero Point Field ~ the realm of The Fool, Beginner’s Mind, and radically creative evolution.Join me as we explore:The archetype of The Fool and the number 0 ~ the cosmic reset, the soul’s new cycle, and the curiosity that unfurls new worlds.The Zero Point Field in physics and mysticism ~ the alive, luminous space of infinite potential that’s also...
2025-11-3049 minRoot + RiseEpisode 9: Reclaim Your Superpower of NeuroceptionJoin Rohini for this exploration of neuroception — the nervous system's instinctive, pre-verbal sense of safety and truth that lives beneath conscious awareness.This conversation invites you into deeper attunement with your nervous system's wild, holistic intelligence, which is also the physiological root of intuition. We dive into how trauma, including the traumas of our dominant culture, debilitate this spidey sense superpower of neuroception.Through vignettes from Rohini's home in the Mojave high desert, reflections on rewilding and decolonizing our sensory awareness, and an invitation to embody and live from your system's deeper knowing, Rohini guides you...
2025-11-0831 minRoot + RiseEpisode 8: Non-Linear Causality: The Wiggly Way of Ecosystems, Nature & InterdependenceJoin Rohini for this exploration of one of the most humbling truths of the living world: that life does not move in straight lines.Non-linear causality is the way of Nature, of ecosystems, of healing and relationship. It’s the spiral rhythm through which life self-organizes, regenerates, and evolves — not through control or prediction, but through interdependence and emergence.Rohini unpacks the contrast between linear causality, the worldview of Newtonian physics and scientific materialism — where every cause has a single, measurable effect — and non-linear causality, the realm of quantum mechanics, ecology, and Mystery, where everything is entan...
2025-10-1046 minRoot + RiseEpisode 7: Your Desires Are Not Your DesiresTune into this exploration of the deeper nature of desire — not the fleeting and distracting cravings that we're bombarded with in our culture, but the soul-aligned, values-rooted desires that stir something deeper in us.Drawing on the body’s wisdom, the poetry of Kahlil Gibran, Vedic philosophy, and nervous system resilience, Rohini re-frames desire as Nature’s evolutionary intelligence moving through us — a current to be stewarded, not owned or controlled. She invites us to start noticing the difference between compulsive wants and the authentic impulses that connect us to Life’s unfolding.This episode touches on...
2025-09-0821 minRoot + RiseEpisode 6: Trauma + Autoimmunity — The Deeper CallIn this deeply personal episode, Rohini shares her transformative journey of resolving childhood trauma and related autoimmune conditions through following inner guidance rather than conventional medical approaches. Rohini explores the crucial distinction between disassociation and dis-identification, emphasizing that we are not our wounds but rather the compassionate witnessing presence that tends to them. She shares how physical symptoms became messengers calling her back to her body, ultimately leading to profound healing through trauma-informed somatic work, Ayurveda, and reconnecting with ancestral wisdom.This episode illuminates the powerful connection between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and autoimmune c...
2025-08-1632 minRoot + RiseEpisode 5: How Collective Amnesia feeds ColonialismDive into an exploration of collective memory, and the ways in which its erasure feeds the roots of colonialism. What does it mean to forget as a collective? And what might it mean to remember, not just with the mind, but through the body, the land, and ancestry?You’re invited to trace the lineage of collective amnesia, from the systemic silencing of Earth-honoring cosmologies to the colonization of time itself. Through presence and deep listening, it’s possible to connect ancestral grief, embodied memory, and the unprocessed trauma perpetrated by the psychologies of empire and colonialism. ...
2025-07-2825 minRoot + RiseEpisode 4: Sacred Attention as ReciprocityJoin host Rohini Walker into an exploration of sacred attention as a valuable resource and life-affirming offering. In a world consumed by distraction and speed, our attention has become commodified, fragmented, and pulled in countless directions. What happens when we reclaim it? When we slow down enough to offer our presence as an act of devotion, of relationship, of reciprocity?Rohini explores the idea that attention is not only a sacred resource but also a portal - into connection, aliveness, and the animist understanding that we are in relationship with all things. She unpacks the somatic effects...
2025-07-1223 minRoot + RiseEpisode 2: We Are Living in an Animate WorldIn this episode of Root + Rise, we explore animism — not as an abstract concept, but as a living, embodied worldview rooted in relationship. Animism teaches that all life, all phenomena, are ensouled and conscious — from planets and plants to our organs, emotions, and symptoms.Rohini Walker shares how this ancient, earth-honoring perspective is not only central to Indigenous and ancestral traditions across the globe, but also offers a powerful antidote to the disconnection, fragmentation, and spiritual wounding of modern life. We look at how symptoms can become messengers, how the wisdom of the body speaks in sensation, and...
2025-06-1920 minRoot + RiseEpisode 3: Your Values Are A PortalIn this episode of Root + Rise, host Rohini Walker explores the liberating power of aligning with your authentic, soul-rooted values — the kind that often ask you to step beyond cultural conditioning, familial expectations, and the comfort of approval.Our true values, like everything in Nature, are alive and evolving. When we choose to live in alignment with them, we’re not just “being true to ourselves” — we’re participating in a larger, sacred act of soul reclamation. We begin to heal the deep rupture of self-alienation that the dominant culture depends on.Rohini shares how our values c...
2025-06-1915 minRoot + RiseEpisode 1: The Radical PauseWelcome to the very first episode of Root + Rise — a space to slow down, root into your inner knowing, and rise into soulful alignment with life. In this opening episode, host Rohini Walker invites you into a sacred pause: an intentional return to the body, to breath, and to the deeper voice of your inner or True Self.We explore what it means to reclaim stillness in a culture of overstimulation, and how this radical act of turning inward becomes the foundation for self-trust, creativity, nervous system healing, and soul-body sovereignty. Rohini shares some guiding principles, and si...
2025-06-1931 min
The Sound and the HealingWho are these women?Send us a textExploring the profound connection between sound and healing, Claire and Rohini invite listeners to delve into their personal journeys and experiences. They discuss the ways sound can transform emotional states while fostering self-discovery and healing through various sound modalities.• Claire shares her musical background and its grounding effects • Rohini explores the intersection of sound and healing in medicine • Discussion on the unseen energies and vibrations of sound • Emphasis on the emotional and psychological impacts of sound • Invitation to listeners to engage and reflect on their own experiences Support...
2025-01-0121 min
Believe in Yourself with RohiniEPI 001 - Welcome to Believe in yourself with RohiniWelcome to Believe in yourself with Rohini.
"Belief is the bottomline for everything we do in life".
what we believe about ourselves matters, what we believe about ourselves has an impact on everything we do in life, what we believe about ourselves decides what we do and become in life. How can we change? how can we believe in ourselves unconditionally? how can we make ourselves and our lives better?
In this podcast we are going to discuss all this and much more where you can figure out how you can find your tru...
2023-01-1101 min
ABCDEIEP39 Apologies, apathy and how to stay committed to the equity journeyWe’re back with a two-parter in which Susan Diaz and Rohini Mukherji, our hosts, touch on the state of the world as it relates to equity halfway through 2022. A State of the Union on where people are in the DEI journey as it stands at this moment in history. And while some things have changed, some things really haven’t changed at all. Susan and Rohini dive deep into: 📝 the Pope's apology for the actions of the Catholic Church towards the children of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and what lessons brands can take away from a...
2022-08-0413 minABCDEIEP36 - What does the inclusive ‘return to office' look like?ABCDEI is back after a short spring break! This season, we want to really feed into some of what we’ve built through great discussions and feedback. And focus on “conversation in progress”. And this year, no conversations have been more active than the ones around the return to the office! People back in offices in some part, and we're starting to see conversations around everything from whether the dress code changed now that we've seen everybody in pyjamas! Ie: Is the suit over? But more seriously… We spotlight an inclusion perspective on the subject...
2022-04-2910 minABCDEIEP35 How marginalized communities can take up more spaceToday Susan and Rohini are getting personal. What can we do to TAKE UP MORE SPACE? 💫💫💫 Here we are with the second of a two part-episode (Refer episode 33 if you missed part 1), in which we're talking about how to build the inclusion muscle and what are the things that go into the making of an inclusion habit. In the first part, we looked at it from the perspective of privileged, or the person who wants to be an ally. And today, we want to look at it from the perspective of the marginalized - whether b...
2022-02-2513 minABCDEIEP31 “I want to own your pain” - with Shari Foos“It's a profound thing to offer an apology. An apology is not dependent on forgiveness and has no excuses. An apology is me humbly coming to you and saying, “Oh, I see that I've hurt you; that I was inappropriate in some way.” And by the way, I may not have intended to hurt you. I may not even agree that it was something for which you should feel hurt. But that's not the concern of the apology. The apology is merely recognizing that you feel hurt based on something I did or said. I want to own own your p...
2022-01-0730 min
Awaken to LoveEP54 Vulnerability as a Turning Point in RelationshipsAfter 54 episodes filled with heartfelt and thought-provoking conversations, the Rewilding Love podcast reaches its first season final episode. Rohini and Angus share their lessons learned from the journey and their guests. This is what makes Rewilding Love a genuine and life-changing relationship podcast.Taking a journey of vulnerability with your partner opens your eyes to them. So you gain a better grasp of how they think and how they process things. This allows you to be more sensitive to their needs and provide support when necessary.Seeing the value of honest, open, authentic communication helps...
2021-12-2052 min
Awaken to LoveEP53 Stop Trying To Create a “Perfect” Relationship with Chana and Shaul RosenblattChana and Shaul Rosenblatt speak to the universal struggles that couples come up against in relationships and share with us the insights that have helped them in their relationship and that they share with the couples they work with. Shaul points out the importance of understanding the role that moods play in how we perceive our partner and Chana shares her journey of respecting the feeling of aliveness and not wasting time being spent caught up in upset feelings. This interview provides a light-hearted exploration of married life where Chana and Shaul share about their humanness...
2021-12-131h 21
Awaken to LoveEP52 Pleasing Versus Self-Honoring in Relationships with Angus and Rohini RossWhile it’s normal to want to please partners in relationships, overextension of efforts often leads to conflict. In this episode, Rohini and Angus share their take on how to break the pattern of pleasing our partners without honoring our limitations, while valuing the importance of diversity in relationships. They also talk about how to surpass any feelings of resentment that may arise when the receiver misses out on celebrating the giver’s generosity.It’s important to know our boundaries and articulate our limits to our partners. This is important for “pleasers” in a marriage who have a ten...
2021-12-0649 min
Awaken to LoveEP51 Doubting Your Doubts with Melissa Palazzo HartThis episode is an insightful conversation with entrepreneur, coach, and Rewilder Guide Melissa Palazzo Hart about doubting our doubts and ultimately letting go. We also get to hear Melissa’s powerful poem which perfectly encapsulates the feeling of finally accepting ourselves as we are in the here and now.Melissa shares her experiences with self-doubt and self-esteem issues, despite all the success and happiness in her life. One milestone and success point after another, she continued to look for the perfect pieces for her life to fall all in line.Melissa’s emotions can be felt...
2021-11-2959 min
Awaken to LoveEP50 Our Stories of Neurodiversity with Angus and Rohini RossEvery relationship includes two people often with different neurological orientations living in their separate realities. In this episode, Rohini and Angus share how they navigate neurodiversity in their relationship. Their brains work very differently, and they have different strengths and weaknesses. You will get to hear some of their hilarious escapades.Here are some teasers, Rohini lacks coordination when it comes to physical activities, while Angus is a gifted athlete and loves sports. Rohini loves to talk, while Angus needs time to organize his thoughts and says much less. During their conversations, Angus sometimes has to connect...
2021-11-2242 min
Awaken to LoveEP49 Following My Deeper Wisdom with Alvin DawkinsThis is a beautiful conversation with recording artist and Rewilding Guide, Alvin Dawkins, about the unshakable truth of who we are at our core despite our circumstances. We also get a special sneak preview reading from Alvin's forthcoming memoir, From Prison to Purpose, which chronicles Alvin's birth in prison to his being adopted and growing up in Alabama during the harrowing Jim Crow era, to his discovery of music and his true spiritual essence. Alvin reminds us that no matter what we've been through, the wisdom behind life -- this creative energy force that infuses us all, re...
2021-11-151h 09
Awaken to LoveEP48 Do We Have Freewill? with Angus and Rohini RossInspired by remarks Tanner Zagarino made in our previous episode, we wanted to explore the themes of personal responsibility and free will.When talking about how we generate our experience of life from the inside out, this may sound like we are saying that we have control over what we experience, since it's dependent on our internal perceptions. But while it is true that our experience is created from the thinking we identify with in the moment, it's not true that we are in control of what we experience, any more than we're in control of what...
2021-11-0846 min
Awaken to LoveEP47 Freedom to Be Me with Tanner ZagarinoWe had a great time speaking with one of Angus's long-term clients, and actor, Tanner Zagarino about the impact this understanding has had on his career, relationships, and wellbeing.In his early days working with Angus, Tanner experienced a significant shift in understanding after Angus helped him to see that the flow state emerges naturally from being present. In that moment Tanner reflected on how all the times he feels most at ease, and happiest is when he is fully present with not much on his mind. Seeing the common denominator in this allowed him to leverage...
2021-11-011h 19
Awaken to LoveEP46 Having Room for Humanness in Relationships with Angus & Rohini RossMaking room for our partner's humanness is important for the health of relationships. It is helpful to understand the inner workings of the nervous system that are at play when we and our partners are caught up so we can see their psychological innocence. Realizing that our fight, flight, or freeze responses are involuntary can help us take our partner's behavior (or lack thereof) less personally. Ultimately the fight, flight, and freeze responses are meant to keep us safe. Our nervous system is triggered inside of us when we perceive we are in danger -- we have n...
2021-10-2547 min
Awaken to LoveEP45 Dawn Wesolek: A Fresh Perspective on ProblemsWe talk with Dawn Wesolek, Business and Career Coach, Rewilding Guide, and student of the Three Principles, about how her relationship to problems in her life has completely transformed. Dawn now sees how when she doesn't get caught up in her analytical machinery she is much better able to navigate life's challenges. She sees challenges as opportunities for learning and growth rather than as problems.Since seeing her relationship with her own wisdom as her primary relationship, all the other important relationships in her life have improved. For example, she used to think her child needed to b...
2021-10-1855 min
Awaken to LoveEP44 Angus Ross & Rohini Ross: Embodying Our Full ExperienceAngus and Rohini talk about the healing power of embodying the full human experience, or put another way, the full breadth of human emotions. They each reflect on how they used to turn to coping mechanisms to avoid their more painful emotions, but these strategies just made the experience more difficult and had a negative impact on their relationship. Their coping mechanisms tended to push the other away. It's in resisting our emotional experience that we suffer. As Sydney Banks, the man whose teachings inspired ours, said: "if the only thing people learned was not to be...
2021-10-1154 min
Awaken to LoveEP43 Becs Steele: The Freedom of Releasing ExpectationsWe spoke with Rewilding Guide and Registered Nutritional Therapist, Becs Steele, about her tumultuous experiences with pregnancy, due to a rare genetic disease, and how looking back she can see now that her expectations about what her life was supposed to be like were adding to her anxiety. This exacerbated her health issues. During the years of trying for a second child, Becs suffered from several health conditions including autoimmune thyroid, endometriosis, rosacea, and anxiety. She now pinpoints them as symptoms of the stress she was going through. Upon learning about the understanding behind the Rewilding metaphor, B...
2021-10-041h 14
Awaken to LoveEP42 Angus Ross & Rohini Ross: Cultivating DesireRohini and Angus talk about the journey they've been on with desire and intimacy in their marriage and their reflections on, and insights around, how they overcame the challenges they experienced in the past.At the beginning of their relationship, sexual desire was spontaneous and Rohini had no issue matching Angus' libido. But as time went on, and as intimacy and comfort ramped up, she found her sexual desire waning. This made her feel self-conscious and wonder if there was something wrong with her. When she became aware of this understanding, found herself feeling more relaxed and...
2021-09-2744 min
Awaken to LoveEP41 Jacquie Moses: Holding Space for HealingWe spoke with the incredible Jacquie Moses, who supports others with seeing their true potential and innate resilience.When Jacquie learned about the understanding that the Rewilding metaphor is based on, she completely shifted the way she works with clients. Instead of trying to "fix" them, she saw the importance of seeing that her clients are completely whole and well just as they are. This creates a transformative healing space for the people she works with, and for herself as well, as she found that she didn't need fixing either.For several years she delivered...
2021-09-201h 33
Awaken to LoveEP40 Angus Ross & Rohini Ross: Navigating Low MoodsJust back from vacation, we wanted to share how to more easily navigate low moods and how seeing them as transient and impersonal can make relationships so much easier and more graceful.Angus has a perfect example of this from our vacation in Hawaii when he was feeling very caught up and upset with our daughters, he stepped outside, and by looking up at the night sky and seeing the moon, he was distracted just enough from his low mood that his mind settled naturally. Once his mind settled, he was able to re-approach the situation with...
2021-09-1359 min
Awaken to LoveEP39 Angus Ross & Rohini Ross: Rewilding Love Season RecapWe thought we would offer you a recap of season one of Rewilding Love before taking a summer break and take the opportunity to respond to a reviewer who requested we speak more tangibly about the understanding that informs our work. Angus provides a beautiful and comprehensive description of the "Three Principles", one of the names given to the non-dual spiritual teaching revealed to Sydney Banks. Our rewilding metaphor is informed by Syd's teachings, and we have been mentored by many of his original students. Rohini speaks to how this understanding helps relationships and why our...
2021-08-021h 05
Awaken to LoveEP38 Nessi Gomes and Lino Hermesh: Healing and Truth Through the VoiceNessi Gomes and Lino Hermesh, romantic and business partners, created Vocal Odyssey, a workshop designed to help people meet the spirit of their voice. After recently participating in their workshop, Rohini shares with listeners about her experience and invites Nessi and Lino to talk about the healing power of their work.From a young age, Nessi discovered the ability to heal and navigate her emotions by exploring sound. She now shares the therapeutic value of sonic expression along with her professional performances. Initially, Lino sought to manage Nessi's musical career, but following some skepticism, he joined her...
2021-07-261h 16
Awaken to LoveEP37 Claire Shutes: Disability Can Be a Pathway for Healing and GrowthClaire Shutes talks with us about what she has learned living with cerebral palsy (CP). Claire was born with CP, a muscular disorder that stems from a lack of oxygen to the brain at birth. She considers herself lucky that only her walking is impacted. Others with the disorder can face further complications. Navigating CP has by no means been easy, but early on Claire came to view her physical limitation as a wonderful gift that's here to teach her life lessons.Claire shares with us some of the struggles she faced while dating in the past. S...
2021-07-191h 00
Awaken to LoveEP36 Jennifer Miller-Allgeier: Including and Affirming All IdentitiesJennifer Miller-Allgeier beautifully ties together the importance of affirming identities across all gender and sexual spectrums with her own rewilding journey and how it has impacted her marriage and her work. She guides parents on how to speak to their children who have come out or are questioning their assigned gender or sexuality.In her work as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Jenn works predominantly with LGBTQ youth and she helps us understand some of the best ways to affirm and support members of the LGBTQ community, and how to use more inclusive language in our work. She a...
2021-07-121h 08
Awaken to LoveEP35 Ami Chen Mills-Naim: Rewilding ActivismAmi Chen Mills-Naim talks with us about how she got into activism, particularly around politics and the climate crisis. She reminds us that spirituality and anger, and/or opposition, are not mutually exclusive, and protesting is often necessary to get the attention necessary for creating any kind of meaningful change. She shows us that we can show up, be human, and learn about - and fight against - grave injustices, without losing touch with our essential nature and oneness.Her grounding and humility have allowed her to learn about her own biases without taking them personally, while...
2021-07-051h 18
Awaken to LoveEP34 Aaron Turner: Clarity of Mind and RelationshipsAaron Turner, Ph.D., reminds us with humor and wisdom that we're only ever up against our thinking and that we're always living in the experience of thought. It's powerful to understand how this is universal so as to not try to "beat the system". While we can't escape the way the mind works, we understand how it works so we can open to our deeper knowing and see beyond our conditioned thinking. Aaron learned this understanding from his uncle and aunt, George and Linda Pransky, and while he was skeptical of its truth and impact at f...
2021-06-281h 07
Awaken to LoveEP33 Dicken Bettinger: Being Rewilded By InsightWe can't help but relax when we speak with Dicken Bettinger. His way of being is so calming and the way he points to our innate health and wisdom is so clear and grounded. Dicken learned about the understanding we work from directly from Sydney Banks. His life was transformed both personally and professionally after listening to Syd just one time, and he was able to enjoy many more opportunities to be mentored by Syd. Prior to meeting Sydney Banks, Dicken was heavily involved in self-development. After meeting him, Dicken pivoted and dropped self-help and shi...
2021-06-211h 16
Awaken to LoveEP32 Yael Abramson: Rewilding Mental Health**Warning: This episode contains a discussion of sexual violence and suicidal ideation. Please use discretion if you are sensitive to these topics.**Yael Abramson was so generous with us in sharing her life experience and mental health journey. Yael demonstrates our innate resilience and ability as human beings to find freedom from the suffering brought about by hardships and traumas that so many of us are unfortunately confronted with in our lives.For many years, Yael felt at the mercy of manic episodes and periods of deep depression that included persistent suicidal ideation. While she...
2021-06-142h 07
Awaken to LoveEP31 Lila Turner: Rewilding DatingLila Turner is uproariously funny and wise as she speaks with us about her incredible work helping singles who have given up hope on finding love.Equipped with the knowledge of the one thing that holds people back - their own state of mind - she is able to help her clients flip their perspective and see it is not the people they're dating that are keeping them from finding a lasting relationship, but rather it's how they are approaching dating.Lila helps her clients to become more aware of their feelings and state of...
2021-06-071h 22
Awaken to LoveEP30 Mavis Karn: Listening Is the Foundation for ConnectionMavis is a masterful therapist and coach who has been teaching the Three Principles and working with clients for over 40 years. Being in the presence of Mavis Karn feels like sitting in the ultimate seat of wellbeing, but just as Mavis points out, this feeling is simply a byproduct of us slowing down in the moment and releasing anything from our mind.She teaches us about the importance of listening and how it comes first before anything else when looking to connect with others. Next, it is important to recognize our state of mind, as well as...
2021-05-311h 11
Awaken to LoveEP29 Azul Leguizamon: Freedom from TraumaAzul Leguizamon, valued member of The Rewilders team and life coach, graciously shares with us about her life, including traumatic experiences she went through in her own home while growing up. Her message for anyone who has dealt with trauma in their life is that it is possible to not suffer with it forever.Azul's story is so inspiring. She shares with us about the different levels of insight she has had about her mom throughout her life, and how what she has come to see most recently has been the most liberating. Although her mother's behavior...
2021-05-241h 07
Awaken to LoveEP28 Chip & Jan Chipman: The Power of PresenceThis is a powerful and peaceful conversation with Chip and Jan Chipman, who have been teaching this understanding for over 40 years worldwide. We zero in on a couple of themes that emerge naturally throughout the episode: when we're seeking spiritual enlightenment, it actually takes us in the opposite direction and how presence is the key ingredient for having an enjoyable, healthy relationship.Jan and Chip each moved us when describing their initial life-changing insights. In one fell swoop, Jan was able to see her innate beauty, and later Chip saw how surrendering to the peace of the...
2021-05-171h 19
Awaken to LoveEP27 Steve Adair: Leading With LoveIt's easy to feel an instant heart and soul connection with Steve Adair, life coach and psychotherapist, who we spoke with about his passions in life, including his love for helping others, his appreciation for immersion in nature, and his soul-expanding relationship with his partner Tony.Steve seamlessly lasers through clients' circumstances to their innate wellbeing and love, instantly creating common ground, unconditional acceptance, and spiritual connection with the people he works with. By showing up open-hearted and in touch with his own innate wisdom, he transcends his clients' experiences, bringing them closer to their own hearts.
2021-05-101h 07
Awaken to LoveEP26: Lainie Barrett: Rewilding GenderLainie Barrett (they/them) shares with us how this understanding has impacted both their mental health, through expanded consciousness, and their gender journey, by rewilding to their true nature.Lainie recently came out as trans/non-binary and shares with us about the dissonance they have always felt between how they feel inside and the female gender they were assigned at birth. Historically, they've repressed or ignored this feeling, deciding that they should expand what it means to be a woman, but have recently begun to answer the call of the feeling and dis-identify with their assigned gender...
2021-05-031h 26
Awaken to LoveEP25 Scott Kelly: Rewilding HealthWe spoke with Scott Kelly, a wellbeing expert, and good friend, about what it means to rewild our physical health.Scott talks about the importance of moving beyond our cultural obsession with symptomology, and no longer viewing symptoms as purely inconveniences but rather invitations from the body to see something different. And while it can be helpful to have a label for something, we tend to hold labels as static information about ourselves rather than seeing our condition as constantly evolving and changing.In our fast-paced society, we rarely slow down enough to expand in...
2021-04-261h 05
Awaken to LoveEP 24: Greg Ellis: Off the ClicktrackWorld-renowned musician, Greg Ellis discusses the symbiosis between organic music and rewilding. Rewilding anything means we're allowing its natural process to take over. And this is what Greg has done with his music, creating pure instrumental tonics in a sea of synthetic, mechanized sounds.In the music studio, musicians are bound to a click track (digital metronome), which actively measures the time/tempo of the track. This device stifles the drummer's natural rhythmic sensibilities and requires they focus on synthetic time vs. playing in harmony with the other instruments. Greg works off the click track, developing musical...
2021-04-191h 08
Awaken to LoveEP23: Derrick Mason: Finding Freedom in PrisonWe were deeply touched by our conversation with Derrick Mason. Derrick shares with us his journey from learning the understanding shared by Sydney Banks while in prison, to his role as Director of Beyond Recovery today. Derrick's initial insight involved seeing the psychological innocence of his mother, and the impact of believing the misunderstanding that everything in his life was her fault. During the Beyond Recovery program, he attended in prison, at first just like so many of us he was taking in the understanding from a purely intellectual place. But eventually, after several weeks of still s...
2021-04-121h 05
Awaken to LoveEP22: Michael Neill: The Soundtrack of LoveMichael Neill takes us on an epic, eye-opening journey through his awakening to this understanding to his heart-warming relationship with his wife. Learning, rather ironically, that subjectivity is the only objective fact of life, was a paradigm shift that changed his life forever.Michael reminds us of the beauty of keeping it simple -- letting your original feeling of love and attraction to your partner be the basis for your relationship. And allowing the ultimate purpose of your relationship to be to enjoy each other's company. Our conditioning tells us to remain hyperfocused on what could go...
2021-04-0553 min
Interesting Lives of Ordinary PeopleRohini Rathour - Being Me: My StoryIn a change to the usual format of this podcast, Rohini shares a poem that she wrote in a rare moment of creative, poetic inspiration back in May 2020. She also reads a chapter relating to her life story as presented in her book Leading Ladies published in 2016. It provides glimpses of her childhood in India, how she became an accidental immigrant to the UK, her early years of career wilderness until she found the job she once thought would be for life, how she met her husband whom she describes as "like no man I'd ever met before", and m...
2021-03-3132 min
Awaken to LoveEP21: Christine Heath & Judy Sedgeman: The RenegadesChristine Heath and Judy Sedgeman discuss why they believe psychology has it backward. Psychology looks at things through a "causal lens" whereas Christine and Judy help their clients understand the role of thought in creating their experience. Psychological analysis can be intellectually stimulating, but it doesn't necessarily result in sustainable transformation. Judy and Christine reflect on their fresh look at the fundamental causes of stress and distress, instead of the traditional model of analysis and desensitization. They share how this not only creates a more graceful experience for their clients, but also for themselves. Providing therapy and c...
2021-03-291h 02
Awaken to LoveEP20: George & Linda Pransky: A United FrontRohini and Angus interview their mentors, George & Linda Pransky. The Pranksys share about how their relationship has evolved over time, and most notably how it changed after they met Syd Banks, the man who first conceptualized the understanding we speak about on this podcast.Linda describes their first year together as volatile and painful. After talking with Syd, they started getting over conflicts in their relationship quicker -- neither of them were taking things as personally anymore. Seeing that they were moving in the right direction together, they could ease up on trying to work to make...
2021-03-2247 min