My Heart Remembers

Our guest this week is the eloquent and articulate, Gary Barwin. Dakota chats with Gary at length about how he nimbly avoids the traps of being a success at what he does, and keeps things fresh in his broad artistic endeavours. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Long ago, when hosting a local radio show about outsider music, I discovered the music of Miscellaneous S. It's a wild treat to speak with Peter Vamos, one of the Misc S crew, and a radio host currently living and working in Ireland. We talk about the history of Misc S, his connection to Pirate Radio, and the importance of doing what you love. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

We're back! And, this week Dakota interviews the talented and charming Roni Zulu. Zulu has taken two forms of art to their peaks, and before shifting his focus to symbolically charged fine art, was known as the tattoo artist to the stars. We talk in depth about artistic ritual, and finding the sacred within your work. Roni's website. Roni's Instagram.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Dakota Lanktree has officially taken over the podcast, and her first interview… Zena Hagerty. This week, we talk to Zena about her path in life, majick, and how Hamilton's Art Crawl was founded with witchcraft. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Daxy and I chat about how much we enjoy getting out for photography adventures, and how much joy there is in such explorations. Life is a beautiful adventure. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

I'm joined again by Andrieh Vitimus, for a talk about life and Majick! It's a joy to learn more of his recent explorations. Find Andrieh online. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, Dakota and I chat about how our cities became deserts functionally through the removal of Indigenous Plants and weird custom of having lawns. Then we dig into the importance of using Indigenous Plants to partially recover these spaces and their integration with the larger world. Cities needn't be blights on the earth.On Plants - a nationally shipper of Ontario Indigenous Plants, grown from seed. Kayanase - Six Nations based Indigenous Plants non-profit greenhouse and provider of ecological services in a combination of science and traditional knowledge that is designed from the ground up to heal the earth. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Another Tea Time outing with Dakota, in which we speak of hauntings, hangings, and sea monsters. And, we do it all from the Hermitage in the woods. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Last night we watched the moon rise, and talked about what it really means and how it affects us. Join us, for crickets and moonbeams. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we are joined by the inimitable Frank Lawrence for a Tea Time conversation about the lessons we learn in life, and the wonders of where our paths lead us. @pallorpublishingwww.pallorpublishing.com@vibratingtarotwww.vibratingtarot.com You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, we speak with Chris Cracknell about his role in the play 'The Night They Raided McMaster'. We talk through the history told in the play, Chris' career, and a melange of wonder. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

An escape to Newfoundland led to a Tea Time conversation about the beauty of Canada's most eastern province, it's wonderful people in the present, and the loss of the Beothuk people of it's past. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

A local school board recently removed a teacher from their classroom, rather than defend them against the transphobic remarks of a parent. We spoke with Mara Fabrizio about how systems fail to live up to their own declared equity principles. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, Dakota and I chat about the performance of gender in our society, and go in-depth about how gender impacts us individually and collectively. Also, we're joined by our brilliant friend Mara at the end of the episode to give a hint of what's coming for next week. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week I'm joined by Dakota to discuss our thoughts, connections, and feelings about Goddesses. We explore many of them, and the why and the power of their existence in our lives. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we are re-joined by author, ceremonial magician, and great friend, Gideon Jagged. We discuss how to begin in majick, along with meditation, catching up on covid, and much more. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

MHR favourite Hearty White has returned, and he's done so with hilarity and insight. It would be impossible to sum up these two hours in a sentence, but it goes to selecting fabrics for robes, to the wisdom of the Great Gazoo, and everywhere in between. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

It's always a delight to reconnect with an old friend, and this week I had the chance to have a great chat with Darren White, the founder of Toronto Thelema. We talk Magick, and talk about Magick, and make a little Magick. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we are joined by both Lyla Miklos and Dakota Lanktree, for a tea time chat about being a fan, and when being a fan goes wrong. We talk Trek, a lot, and explore our varying delightful nerdinesses. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week is a very special episode, which is a chat with Cameron Logan and Steve Genier, about the fact that there are many fake photos of UFO's and varying phenomena, and why this happens. We speculate broadly, and talk through some famous fakes. Cover photo by Cameron Logan. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we are joined by Melanie Pierce of Seven Sisters Ritual Apothecary in London, Ontario. We talk about the responsibilities involved in majick, and in operating an esoteric shop. Make sure to listen to the end to hear a beautiful song by Melanie called 'The Tower'. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

We are joined once again by the lovely Andrew McGregor of Hermit's Lamp in Toronto. We got into an in-depth conversation about gender within paganism, and explored further about the nature of operating a shop that serves esoteric needs. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Should a buttertart have raisins? Is drinking a Canadian thing? This week, Dakota and I politely discuss some things that people think are Canadian, and our relationships with those things. It's a lot of giggles. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we are joined by Dr. Hugh McLeod, an expert in improv and in making me laugh. We talk through how comedy/improv can shift out of punching down, away from racist tropes, and change for the better in broad ways. EXP The Game of Technological Chaos You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we are joined by the absolutely lovely Mike Williams. Mike is a bass player and songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario, and currently fronts the Mike Williams Band. We had a lovely chat about music, performing, and coming through loss and depression during COVID to get back to music. Join Mike on Facebook or Instagram. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

We are joined once again by the Unicorn Bomber. We discuss their work and where it's been being placed publicly, and have a great chat about life and art in general. Visit Unicorn Bomber on Insta.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

On this week's episode of My Heart Remembers we got the opportunity to chat with Tina Louise Balodi.We explored what it's taken to do the personal work to get to the point of opening her business, Prana Boost and Prana Boost Parenting. We went on to discuss respecting our intuition and how it benefits our lives. But, most importantly, She offers us practical tips to a more peaceful mind.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Our traditions feel normal because we've always done them. Join Daxy and myself for a tea time chat about the seemingly odd Christmas traditions around the world. KFC is a must-have in Japan on Christmas! Spiders save Christmas! Bing Crosby is a zombie!You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

On this week's tea time episode, Daxy and I have given in to eating only candy, forever. We dig into the history of candy, discover that it's actually medicinal, and talk about our favourites. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, we're joined by the absolutely lovely Cameron Smith. Cameron grows cannabis professionally, and is on a beautiful path through life, creating daily expressions of his curiosity and explorations. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, in a tea time discussion with Dakota, we talk about the immense power of forgiveness, and how it can set you free of carry forward anger and resentment. It might sound a bit hokey, but the effects are very real. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

It's such a pleasure to catch up with our lovely friend Diane McIntyre from Ottawa. We talk about cities, trees, and an effort to save the Central Experimental Farm parkland area from development in Ottawa, as well as how local politics impact climate change, and how slow cities have been to move forward with making positive changes.Tree SongsCBC news story

On this week's episode of My Heart Remembers we get another chance to hear from the gifted Vivek Patel. I get a chance to ask him about things that were weighing heavily on my heart and had caused anger. We discussed what we can do to manage this kind of destructive emotion, and I got some good advice for me and for you. We discuss that and so much more about health and healing and love's place in the midst of it.Vivek's Youtube Channel Vivek's website. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we chat with Brigham (Boomer) Bailly. We discussed his journey as an abduction experiencer and how he realized it over time as he pieced together episodes such as lost time and sleep paralysis with a sinister presence. Also, we discuss how regularly abductions happen to multiple members of the same family, and that Brigham is a cousin of famed abduction experiencer Travis Walton. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

A Re-Release of a classic Halloween episode, with a new ghost story from J9 Carter. Zena is joined by Producer Dakota for a set of ghastly ghost tales, and Dakota reads one of the oldest ghost stories in recorded history.

On this Tea-Time, Dakota and I talk through our tactics at not letting depression and anxiety take hold. We boil it down to four ways of taking care of ourselves, and offer our personal examples. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we are joined by the lovely Darryl Marks, a goat whisperer who creates healing and therapeutic experiences with goats at Mantra Therapy Goats. We hear from Darryl while on a break from caring for his sweet beasts on his farm in Bancroft. Visit Darryl on Facebook. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Jessica Compton and Zena forge though very tough topics on health and healing. They laugh and cry. All the while Jessica gently moves you trying out new tools for stress management. She is a great teacher in every way.Tree of Stars LinksJessica's Journaling Workshop. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, we have a tea time chat with Dakota about inspiration. We meander a bit into what inspires her in television, and talk about where it comes from.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we speak with Lisa-Marie DeLaronde, who is the co-founder of the First Nations Indigenous Warriors Inc. They take the concept of being a warrior very seriously, and it is fundamentally about respect for other humans. FNIW is a phenomenal group of people who take care of their community and step up in moments of need. Learning from Lisa-Marie is an honour. First Nation Indigenous Warriors Inc.

It's phenomenal to catch up with old friends, but all the better when they're also a phenomenal band. Aaron and Stefanie from Accolade and I discuss their music, life, their move to Seattle, and we reminisce a wee bit.Episode closing song is Surrender, by Accolade. Listen to and savour their album, Tria Prime.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

We are joined again by ceremonial magician, Andrieh Vitimus. We chatted about having moved to Canada in the middle of a pandemic, how chaos magic works, and much more.Queen City Curio Wuxi Xuan Wellness Andrieh's event at Pagan Pride Hamilton Sept 19th You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

We're rejoined by Stella Monique to learn about natural medicines. We discussed what you can find in nature to heal, and Stella's voyage of discovery, with a side trek of injury and healing.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Douglas Taylor experienced a psychic connection with extraterrestrials that changed his life, and Douglas began painting to share his visions and experience. We spoke of his connection to creativity and much more. Douglas' website. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

500 thousand years ago and long before language, humanity could sing. It's one of our most natural impulses, to raise our voice, and it's profoundly good for us. This week we have a special tea time chat with Dakota Lanktree about what the effects of singing are on the body and mind, and we explore the importance of music in our lives. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

We are rejoined by the lovely Sev Tok, and talk further about talking to aliens. We also connect about life, the complexities of existence, and her recent work with MUFON.Connect with Sev at www.planetsev.com. You Have The Right To Talk To Aliens on Amazon.  You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week we have a Tea Time conversation with Dakota Lanktree and Tom Shea, two people who study and create a plethora of brilliant works in the English language (or at least teach and speak it). We discuss the value of expanding the ability to communicate and new forms such as memes that are fast becoming a new platform for this process.I love to learn about this language I have learned via the culture I live in. But, are we all subconsciously using language for class judgement? Here we get some pointers on how to be a better communicator through understanding of the content, context, and techniques.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, we're joined by Andrew McGregor, the proprietor of The Hermit's Lamp, a Toronto shop devoted to the spiritual path. And, it's not just a store... We discuss how such places act as a nexus for communities of interconnected people.The Hermit's Lamp online.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

Heart White is back, for a great conversation exploring life and creativity and clay and trees and vegetables, and all manner of things.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, we have the delightful Dr. Samantha Henley on the show. Sam is a travelling doctor who fills in for other doctors on leave, and stars in the TV series Mobile MD. We discuss doctoring in the country, wrasslin' and much more, with a lot of fun in between.Learn more on the Mobile MD Facebook Page. You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.

This week, we are joined by the delightful Vivek Patel, who is a conscious parenting educator and caring human being who is exploring the beauty of life. Vivek's website.You can help us make more great podcasts by supporting our Patreon.