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RootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaBradley Denis McDevitt: A Story Waiting to FlourishIn this week’s episode, Ximena talks with theater artist and depth psychology scholar, Bradley Denis McDevitt about his creative consulting firm Carolina Commons Creative. We discuss the “Theater of Self” program, where he helps not just actors but businesses and individuals discover their sense of Self utilizing acting techniques as well neuroscience and depth psychology to enhance metacognition, and somatic and emotional intelligence.
Bradley is also a ICF-accredited development coach, dedicated to fostering personal and professional growth, especially for young people. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife and two daught...2023-12-0854 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaSofia Talvik: The American Archetype of Roaming the Endless HighwayIn this week’s episode, Ximena hosts singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik. We discuss her Swedish roots, her American sound, and her many journeys and experiences roaming the endless highway in her 1989 Winnebago Warrior. Her roots are deeply embedded in her relationship with her husband. Home is where her husband lives. A musical nomad, moving from place to place, slowly but steadily building her audience through her heartfelt and personal performances she got to know experience the USA in a way a few people do.
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For more in...2023-12-0254 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaRaíces: Mother Nature Gifts to YouIn this week’s episode, Ximena talks to Maribel Valadez, single mother, Entreprenuer, and native of Aguascalientes, Mexico about how her small business, Raíces: Mother Nature Gifts to You. Raíces captures and brings the true aromas and essences of her home town of Aguascalientes, Mexico through beautiful hand-crafted soaps, shampoo and conditioner bars.
Nature gifts us so many natural resources that come from the ground up. The creation of Raices comes from the natural resources that come from the roots of the earth by the Grace of God.
All the products are made with love and personally handcrafted in th...2023-09-2948 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaDr. Chalquist on Terrapsychological Inquiry: Restorying our Relationship with Nature, Place, PlanetIn this week’s episode, Ximena talks with author, professor, Dr Craig Chalquist about his research method of Terrapsychology. A method by which we can begin to restore and restory our relationship between our psyche, nature, place and planet. How can we each find our own personal myth or story? How are the stories of our culture impacted by the place we inhabit?
Craig Chalquist, PhD chairs the Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation master’s program at National University. He writes and lectures at the intersection of story, psyche, place, and lore. His most recent book is the second edition of Terra...2023-09-1535 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaRoland Palencia: UNIDAD, Gay & Lesbian Latinos UnidosIn this week’s episode, Ximena hosts professor, activist, and filmmaker Roland Palencia. We talk about Roland’s most recent documentary UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLLU), a film which chronicles the early 1980s queer Latino activism in Los Angeles. It is a conversation about the need to belong, about being uprooted from your homeland, only to find roots in a foreign land. It is a conversation of how we can find ways to share our stories that unite and glue us together and keep us together. How can future generations of gay and lesbian Latinos continue to spread their roots...2023-08-251h 01RootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaDebra Goldman:Stories of my Inner LandscapeIn this week’s episode, Ximena hosts visual artist Debra Goldman. We discuss the story of her inner landscape and how it has been shaped and informed by her relationship to nature, place, and the horizon line. Our inner landscapes continue to evolve and alter themselves by our connection to land.
Debra has been a practicing visual artist for over thirty five years. Making a home in Iowa, New York, Colorado and for the past eighteen years in Washington state, has deeply informed her relationship to ‘place’ and to the symbolic language that she used in her creative work. She raised...2023-08-1856 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaDavid Starr: Beauty & Ruin, A Meeting of Song and LiteratureIn this week’s episode, Ximena hosts singer-songwriter David Starr. We discuss his album Beauty & Ruin released February 2020, inspired by the novel Of What Was, Nothing is Left written by David’s grandfather in 1972. We discuss David’s roots growing up in the Ozark hills of Arkansas. We touch on the universal themes tragedy, family dysfunction, and denial. We talk about the collaborative project between him, John Oates, and a number of other singer-songwriters to capture the essence of his grandfather’s story.
David Starr is a Colorado-based, Americana and blues singer/s...2023-06-1651 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaCharles Morse: Soil and SoulIn this episode, Ximena hosts educator, organic farmer, and Depth Psychologist Charles Morse. We discuss the topic of Soil & Soul within the larger framework of the impact that industrial farming and agriculture has on our psyche and soul. How can we bridge agriculture with depth psychology as a means to reconnect with the soil and our land.
Charles Morse has worked as an educator, organic farmer, and depth psychologist. He is particularly interested in exploring how the advent of agriculture has shaped the human psyche and humanity's relationship with the natural...2023-06-0955 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaThings we can all do to Nourish Our Souls and the Soul of the WorldIn this solo episode, Ximena talks about some of the things we can all do to nourish our souls and nourish the soul of the world. Thank you for listening to this episode. I am so thrilled and honored to be sharing stories about the Soul of Place and what we can each do to reconnect to our roots. I would love to get your feedback and opinions. Please share this episode with anyone who may need to hear this message. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen to podcasts. My name is Ximena Dussan-Aya Pearson. Until...2023-06-0218 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaTraci Morrow: Does faith ground or root us to our place in the world?In this episode, Ximena hosts Traci Morrow. We discuss the topic of faith. How does faith ground us and reconnect us to our families, our communities, places of worship, our spouses, our children, and the soul of the world. How can we all live a great story? Traci is a mother, a wife, a coach, a leader, an author, a speaker, and a grandmother. As a lifelong follower of Jesus, Traci tries to follow his teachings by loving and serving other people. She has been married to the love of her life for over 32+ years, a mother of six...2023-05-261h 04
RootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaBrad Colerick: The Soul of South Pasadena, CaliforniaIn this episode, Ximena hosts singer-songwriter Brad Colerick to discuss the soul of South Pasadena. Brad Colerick, a native of Valentine, Nebraska has been living in South Pasadena, Ca for over 22 years. Brad is the host of the weekly Wine & Song concert series and has been the Music Director for the past 10 years of the South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival.
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Find out more about Brad at https://www.BradColerick.com
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RootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaComing up on Episode 2Stories about South Pasadena told through the lens of Brad Colerick
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ximena-pearson/message2023-05-1602 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaIntro to the objectives of the podcastExplains why I believe the soul of place is an important topic to explore.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ximena-pearson/message2023-05-1007 minRootStories of the Soul: Soulful Talks with XimenaAt the root of our root storiesWelcome to the root of RootStories of the Soul
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ximena-pearson/message2023-05-0900 min