Welcome to our podcast featuring voices calling for compassion, love and justice in these times; who in their creative ventures as healers, artists, teachers, are sharing their gifts with the world, so that we may shift our collective suffering to collective liberation and flourishing by being able to learn how to better hold ourselves in the recognition of our deep worth, seeing others in their deep worth and dignity as well.

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Creating Art and Spaces of Belonging for LGBTQ Youth with Chelsea Farrar and Russ Toomey

Chelsea Farrar, Curator of Community Engagement at UAMuseum of Art, and Russ Toomey, Professor of Family Studies and Human Development at the University of Arizona, join us to talk about creating safe and welcoming places for LGBTQ youth through art-making, while also guiding youth to develop language, tools and voice to overcome societal discrimination and stigma.

 


 

Transforming Guns to Garden Tools with Mike Martin 

Co-founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization RAW Tools joins us share their mission to help heal communities from gun violence and deepen non-violent conflict resolution skills


Creating Beloved Community Through Yoga in Palestine with Maha El-Sheikh

Maha El-Sheikh join us to share the vision and journey of the creation of Palestine's first entirely volunteer-led community non-profit yoga center


A Conversation on Compassion with Charles Raison

Our founding Director returns to share his latest research on psilocybin as a possible treatment for depression and its potential as a tool for compassion


A Conversation on Compassion with EastForest

Contemporary Musician on introducing a new generation to the teachings of Ram Dass through the EastForest X RamDass Project



Omid Safi on the Radical Love of Sufi Mysticism

Professor of Islamic Studies and author of 'Radical Love, Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition'



A Conversation on Compassion
with Tiffany Cruikshank

Internationally recognized yoga teacher/therapist, author, acupuncturist, on bridging yoga and healthcare, and the power of practice





A Conversation on Compassion With Al Kaszniak

Meditation Researcher, Psychologist, Zen Sensei on the early days of meditation research and the current directions of the field


A Conversation on Compassion
With Sharon Salzberg

Meditation teacher, and author of NY Times best selling books 'Real Happiness', Real Happiness at Work', 'Lovingkindness', and 'Real Love'


Helping Our Way to Happiness With Al Kaszniak

Al Kaszniak, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, and Sensei of Upaya Zen Sangha of Tucson shares this teaching on the pursuit of happiness.