Breathing Out Stars

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Leslie Coff sources bits and pieces from different spiritual practices to try to inspire during this challenging time. Sometimes you just gotta listen to someone else trying to get through the day.

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    • May 25, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    The open spaces & the river

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 6:16


    Some people are good at tennis.  I am not. I do have a special, innate skill in fire-building.  

    The medicine mix

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 10:32


    Back when I had a radio show called The Medicine Mix, I invited a rabbi, a pastor and a surgeon onto the show…so we could discuss prayer and healing.  After the show was over, we were still talking about it in the elevator down to our cars.

    The Underworld

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 10:05


    Sure I knew what to expect. I'd been there before.  The lesson for me: fate will surprise you.

    Peacocks & Resistance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 7:37


    it is said that prayer is the highest form of rebellion -- you are daring to ask for a different world.

    Molotov cocktails --and cocktails.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 9:24


    A podcast is an art form – filled with heart and dreams and intellect and color and sound editing. And reality.   Things are pretty real right now.   It's not a time I feel like being funny.   This is a time to feel things.

    Playing Whack-A-Mole in a Straight Jacket

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 10:54


    It's not enough to just get COVID.  Let's add fifty more limitations on top of that — or just feel like you have.   It's just Whack-A-Mole.

    When Life Gives You COVID, Make Lemon Cake

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 16:20


    We may or may not have multiple cases of COVID in the house -- you decide for yourself how we are doing.

    covid-19 lemon cake
    The skipper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 15:51


    With five percent visibility on the lake, they were trapped in a sudden storm.   Honestly it had come out of nowhere.    But the skipper….she prayed…

    Hope, The Fig...and a little bit of Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 10:30


    ...."Faith is not even real, you might say"...but I am here to offer that Faith is like your abs or your quads or your biceps.  For it to work, you have to exercise it...

    Notes from the Ark: Doves, Cypress & Olive Trees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 17:01


    We are back in the ark and send out doves to check on the world.   The dove brings back myrtle & olive -- to remind us to see with our hearts -- and that magic can come from nothing.

    The Tin Man & The Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 9:56


    When the Tin Man faints -- for real -- and he dares to feel.

    Blue Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 10:36


    There is a special kind of grace that we all need right now.  A beautiful magic under stars and snow — when someone climbs out of their foxhole with their arms up in the air — singing.

    The Shipwreck

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2021 12:10


    After a hiatus we are back!  Something to do with a pandemic pup -- and a new direction.  With a nod to Forrest Gump -- the only way forward is forward! 

    The Emergency Lantern

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 8:42


    I need an emergency lantern to see my way through dark times -- and batteries to help me conserve my energy for these times -- which aren't as light as I wish they could be.  

    The Hanukkah of Fire & Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 11:22


    A modern Hanukkah story for listening -- when the world was different -- and there was light -- so much light.   

    Sangria & Fireflies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 7:15


    As we have moved into the days of darkness and I am dreaming a childhood dream – of flying.  And I have made Sangria.  It's not really the day-drinking -- it's the dream of day-drinking.  Second star to the left and straight on 'til morning... 

    In Pieces

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 13:40


    These days I am just in pieces.  That's it.  But even pieces have to find a way to fit together.

    The Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 12:12


    We all have our individual traumas that have prepared us for what is ahead.  But you know, they have prepared us well.  The only way forward...is forward.

    Anything Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 12:57


    That time that we think we need a superhero to fix everything -- but the superhero you are waiting for is you...

    Fire & Bones

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 13:16


    This week I built a structure with bolts and washers and nuts – and shiny metal.  I removed the protect plastic – from the pieces – and from myself.     I built a structure to contain the fire.    I am the structure to contain the fire.

    On Swearing & Marshmallows

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2020 9:03


    Heck, burn the frick out of marshmallows.But hold onto the light.

    I Gave My Best to You & The Bridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 9:06


    What inspired me this week....between the land of the living and the land of the dead -- the bridge that joins us is love.

    The Sweet Jar

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 8:45


    Looking for sweetness when it's rare -- and following the sound of a voice that calls to you.

    Choose Joy -- Pants Optional

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 10:05


    When life goes zoom zoom zoom and all you want to do is not be the strong one anymore -- oh, and choosing joy!

    choose joy pants optional
    Sight, Change & Sardines

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 9:36


    Even if you can't see -- you can still re-view, re-vision and change.  And of course -- sardines.

    Creating Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 9:45


    When we lose someone, we can embody the qualities of theirs which we admire so much.  They become part of who we are.  Hold onto the light!

    The Matter of Toothpaste

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 7:56


    In times like these, there is so much we cannot do.  But perhaps we can do one thing -- and therefore it is one thing, indeed that we must do.    One thing I can do -- is brush my teeth.

    Strange Angels Indeed

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 7:40


    The parts of life that come rushing at you -- have you thought of welcoming them in?

    Those Red Flowers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 7:11


    All about cravings.  Is a little of what you love good for you?

    Tree Roots & Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 13:03


    New discoveries on the fate of Vincent Van Gogh based on his last painting, ”Tree Roots” — reveals to us something amazing about ourselves and our lives.

    The Machete

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 17:40


    Where I take a machete of sorts to my garden -- talk about my old radio show and declare that 'prayer is resistance'...

    The Counting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 9:57


    When we count who is around us -- and who is sick and who has died...we emphasize that they count/they matter.

    First Episode - Getting through.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 14:18


    Welcome to Breathing Out Stars.  Because this is the first episode I introduce why we have this title -- and I tell a story.

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