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“A new order will emerge from within the chaos” - Sara Avant Stover Being human means experiencing loss. If we let it, these moments can propel us towards a deeper, richer inner journey. In this episode of the Depth Work podcast, Sarah Avant Stover shares her profound experiences through many circumstances of grief and heartbreak, detailing the events that led her to write her latest book. She discusses the unique nature of betrayal trauma, the transformative power of grief, and the significance of ritual and communal support in healing. Her exploration into Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and its impact on her is also highlighted. In fact, she was generous enough to demonstrate an IFS session in real time with yours truly 00:06 Sara's story 02:13 Betrayal Trauma and Its Unique Challenges 04:14 The Transformative Power of Grief 12:16 Navigating the Early + Later Stages of Grief 14:51 Collective Grief and Community Healing 19:48 The Role of Rituals in Healing 25:20 Exploring Internal Family Systems (IFS) 32:29 Demonstrating a session - Jazmine's parts 48:35 Understanding Inner Child Dynamics Bio Sara Avant Stover is an author, Certified Internal Family Systems practitioner, and teacher and mentor of women's spirituality and entrepreneurship. Her work—integrating Buddhism, embodiment, and psychology—has uplifted the lives of countless women worldwide. She has taught at Kripalu, 1440 Multiversity, and Shambhala Mountain Center and has been featured in Yoga Journal, HuffPost, Newsweek, Natural Health, and more. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. For more, visit saraavantstover.com. Links Handbook for the Heartbroken: A Woman's Path from Devastation to Rebirth By Sara Avant Stover https://www.soundstrue.com/products/handbook-for-the-heartbroken?variant=43436021809351 Website https://saraavantstover.com/about Programs: https://saraavantstover.com/offerings Podcast: https://saraavantstover.com/podcast/ Resources Mentioned Jody Day https://gateway-women.com/ Sobonfu Some https://www.sobonfu.com/ Daniel Foor https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio/ Get bonus episodes now on substack! ⁠https://depthwork.substack.com/ Sessions & Information about the host: ⁠⁠JazmineRussell.com⁠⁠ Disclaimer: The DEPTH Work Podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Any information on this podcast in no way to be construed or substituted as psychological counseling, psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or any other type of therapy or medical advice.

Isss a beautiful day babes, So happy to be with you today, sharing another episode in our “Sex as Medicine” series! Today we are continuing the conversation of being open with your sexuality and what you do with that freedom, We believe that you can speak up, say it with your breast(s) if you will and we believe that Mullein can be your plant ally to do so. We shout out our Auntie Dr. Kim Tall-Bear and her giving us an indigenous framework and language for the kinship and relationship building we already do... in Karina and Asia's relationship... and other ways we operate in our community. So pour up a glass or mug of spiced hibiscus (sorrel) and enjoy this amazing episode! As always, we want to thank you for all of your support, in all the ways! we're trying to build up this patreon, so that we can sustainably fund the work we already do with the podcast. so if you're not yet a patreon, join today @ ⁠patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠. Sources and what's In the episode: (herb) Oatstraw and Oatmeal (Avena Sativa) (herb) Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) (podcast episode) Dr. KIM TALLBEAR on Reviving Kinship and Sexual Abundance Polyamory, non-monogamy Suriname, South America Afro-Surinamese Women “mati work” - women's sexual, spiritual, and emotional bonds with other women, as well as to the mutual responsibility and obligation that characterize their intimate relationships with each other. - Jacqueline Brown N. (book) Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (teacher and writer) Sobonfu Some - a teacher who looks at relationships and intimacy through the lens of African spirituality and teachings (herb) Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) (herb) Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata) Herbalism of Spices Course at Be Nice Have Fun ________________________ Follow us on social: ⁠@pettyherbalist⁠ ⁠@bonesbugsandbotany⁠ Join the Patreon Community to fund this amazing POD: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/pettyherbalist⁠ Join the bonesbugsandbotany Patreon Community to fund support all of Asia's work: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/bonesbugsandbotany⁠⁠ Rate us to show your support! Thank You! #StayReady #BePetty ***if you read this far, send me a dm @pettyherbalist for a shoutout!*** --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pettyherbalist/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pettyherbalist/support

Michelle is back with a solo episode all about non-binary concepts in traditional Ghanaian religions! She discusses how they manifest within the Ga, Dagomba, Ewe, Akan and Dagaara traditional belief systems. Michelle chats about the various Creators within the different ethnic groups, in particular  Ataa Naa Nyongmo, Naawuni, Mawu, Onyankopong/Nyame/Asaase Yaa and Dagaara Gatekeepers. She also talks about LGBTQIA+ rights in Ghana, the proposed bill that's been drafted to criminalize queer rights and advocacy in Ghana, and #KilltheBill.   #QueerGhanaianLivesMatter   Join in on the conversation! Use the hashtag #AsaseBaPod.   SUPPORT E-transfer or via PayPal to asasebapod@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your support.   SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter https://twitter.com/AsaseBaPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/asasebapod/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@asasebapod   RELEVANT NOTES What's Going on in Ghana https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/23/ghana-anti-gay-bill-proposing-10-year-prison-sentences-sparks-outrage   Queer Organizations LGBT+ Rights Ghana https://www.lgbtrightsgh.org/ Drama Queens https://www.instagram.com/dramaqueensgh/ Silent Majority Ghana https://www.silentmajorityghana.com/   Queer Activism in Ghana: An Ongoing Struggle (3 Part Series) https://medium.com/blmp/queer-activism-in-ghana-an-ongoing-struggle-e4663ef8f152 https://medium.com/blmp/queer-activism-in-ghana-an-ongoing-struggle-part-ii-15a6c1962e40 https://medium.com/@blacklooks/queer-activism-in-ghana-an-ongoing-struggle-part-iii-6006d1975697   Topic References and Info - Non-Binary Concepts in Ghanaian Traditional Religions Ga - Ataa Naa Nyongmo thegadangme.com/kpele https://kpakpatseweroyalfamily.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/religion-of-the-ga-people-of-ghana/    Dagomba - Naawuni Thank you Aunty Priscilla!   Ewe/Eʋeawo -  Mawu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx3Pe5wHJdE&ab_channel=TheEweHeritage https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/09/26/on-category-mistakes-and-androgynous-divinities/ https://voncujovi-s.medium.com/working-ones-destiny-se-in-ewe-vodu-practice-31cf09011c16   Akan - Onyankopong/Nyame/Asaase Yaa Book: Cloth as a Metaphor:” (Re)Reading the Adinkra Cloth by Kojo Arthur Book: The Quest For Spiritual Transformation. Introduction to Traditional Akan Religion, Rituals, and Practices by Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opokuwaa   Dagaara Gatekeepers Book: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships by Sobonfu Some   Season 1 Transcripts https://bit.ly/3eGiiDH   EMAIL asasebapod@gmail.com    HOST This podcast is produced, edited and hosted by Ghanaian Canadian Michelle (pronouns: she/her). She is also the creator of the theme music.   #ghanaian #ghana #podcast #african #africa #culture #ghanaianpodcast #africanpodcast #oraltradition  #oralhistory #canadian #queerghanaianlivesmatter #killthebill  

The love talk continues! Following their read of All About Love by bell hooks, Skye & Amanda read Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships by Sobonfu Some, a book detailing the author's West African village and the impact that their beliefs and traditions have on the relationship dynamics of its people. The two discuss Some's definition of both spirit and intimacy and their connection to one another.Listen in to hear the ladies' thoughts on the importance of community in regards to their relationships - romantic, family and friendship and where they each draw the line on letting others get involved. Amanda admits how private she is about her relationships, why she doesn't often ask for advice and her desire for more couple friends.  Skye shares why it's so important for her to know her partner's friends and what community support means to her when it comes to building a future family of her own.In hopes of incorporating more spirituality into their relationships, they also discuss rituals and how open they are to adding it to their romantic connections.Books mentioned in this week's episode are linked to our Bookshop.org shop* The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships by Sobonfu SomeThis week's ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Ericka Hart & Ebony DonnelyCheck out their “Black People Tell Black History” series on Instagram at: @iharterickaWatch the Hidden Treasure of Black American Sign Language on Youtube.Check out this playlist of some of Amanda's favorite love songs.Word of the Week: GelidSupport Long Story Short and Local Bookstores: Libro.FM- get two audiobooks for the price of one when you use the code LSSPODCAST when signing up for your first month of membership. Long Story Short Audience Survey: To make Long Story Short the best podcast it can be, we would love to learn more about you, our loyal listeners. Please help us by taking this brief survey.Follow us online:Instagram: @LongStoryShortPodTwitter: @LSSpodcastFacebook: @LongStoryShortPodEmail: info.longstoryshortpod@gmail.com*Purchasing books through Bookshop.org earns Long Story Short a small commission. 

Infinitely Abundant 2021. We are still on break from the Trauma Series. We will get back to it on the next episode. This episode I will read chapter 4 Ritual: The Call to Spirit and chapter 5 Born to a Purpose. As I will always say Africans live by rhythm, the rhythm of life and purpose. Ironically, I'm reading The Healing Wisdom of Africa by Maliodoma Some, who is Sobonfu Some's husband, she is deceased. The portion we job just finished discussed the 5 elements and ritual as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uahc/message

Join me as we dive into betrayal in partnership, love, and romantic relationships. In, this episode, I share with you all my own journey and the gifts that can be harvested from romantic betrayals. First comes the breaking, then the healing, and then the rising. Book recommended in this episode is the Spirit of Intimacy by Sobonfu Some.

This episode is with Sophy Banks. Her eclectic background has included being a therapist, family constellator, radical footballer, environmental activist, engineer, computer trainer, and more. She was on the ground with Transition Town Totnes, the birth place of the global Transition Movement. Sophy’s keen interest and commitment to creating healthy human culture at all scaleshas underpinned all her work and what we explore here in this episode. Sophy Banks: https://grieftending.org/ https://www.astemperaturesrise.com/ https://www.patreon.com/m/astemperaturesrise Music is “Vibrancy" by Ketsa Show notes: * orienting question: why do humans create systems that create so much suffering and nobody does anything about it? * not responding to the signals of pain and suffering * power inequality and inequality in suffering * the Transition Movement * endemic nature of burnout = burning the planet * what is it that organizes healthy culture to be life sustaining? * grief tending and how do we re-create a form of circle where we can hold one another in our grief * grief gives us insight into what’s wrong in our world * conflict between inner transition vs. outer transition * archetypes of doing and being * balance of opposites: health is when these are in balance = * yin and yang = Chinese medicine * fire and water = Sobonfu Some * love and will = Psychosynthesis * sympathetic and parasympathetic systems = organizing systems * what if a healthy culture is one supports a healthy flow between action and rest, between outward and inward movement? * the medicine wheel = cycles of nature * ground state of rituals and practices that support a healthy balance between action and rest * Stephen Porges Polyvagul theory * the return pathway + social technology for helping us come back to relaxed flow * when that return pathway is not there * double injury of the difficult experience + not having the support around to help us come back in a good way * a whole people can go through mass trauma and these pathways are wiped out * the inner world of a culture that’s been organized by trauma * we lose a trust in life * what do we do with pain in our culture? * systems of oppression: * those more identified with fight-flight tend to run things in our world because they have the energy to do so * there the part of the system being run by trauma and part being run by health * “The line between good and evil runs through every human heart.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn * George Lakoff on frames and metaphors * Riane Eisler on partnership vs. dominator cultures * Starhawk on good reality vs. bad reality * What we put at the center matters and why our efforts at systems change fail * Molly Scott Cato - our purpose should be to provide meaningful and dignified lives for everyone in the community * No time for grief = it’s not normal to take time * privilege gives us the illusion/possibility of avoiding the pain through comfort * the false construct of privilege * "those who most need to do the work are the ones least resourced and equipped to do it and have the most possibility to go on avoiding it" * we are wired to support each other = the possibility for reconnection is always inside us * attachment theory getting backed by neuroscience * "primarily we are our attachments" * Maslow’s view to put the needs as a hierarchy is a traumatized view * the landscape of inequality * the need to titrate, to be resourced = wisdom of touch it and come back * when it’s wise to not go to the trauma and grief * putting the relationship at the center * letting the pain of the truth transform us so we won’t let it happen again * Bert Hellinger - guilt is not an absolute moral compass but it depends on the moral compass of the group to which we belong * even in perfect society there will still be loss, there would still be grief but we manufacture suffering * the problem is not a technical problem * Martin Prechtel on grief and praise

Links mentioned in this episodewww.patreon.com/connectionmatterspodcasthttps://www.souland.org/ Our website is www.livewild.org.uk/connectionmatterspodcastConnect with us on instagram https://www.instagram.com/livewilduk/My personal instagram is  https://www.instagram.com/leona.connection.matters/The music for this podcast is -Hermosa Dia by Ray Johnson https://soundcloud.com/visionrayBiographyWHO AM I? Partly mycelium, partly raven, partly bee and partly river...​I am called Azul Valerie Thome (Her- She) ~ a weaver of chrysalis and an active visionary for: SOULand: Making the World of our Longing. SOULand offers ensouling courses, mentoring, rituals, ceremonies and apprenticeship to engage and support the Passaging, the maturing and the homecoming back to Earth for our species.I am a designer of soulful rituals, an eARTh artist, a sacred activist and a mentor devoted to restoring humanity back to a deep and honourable relationship with the visible, the invisible and with our living Earth. I share wisdom teachings centered around maturing as humans, grief ritual, women’s rites of passage, Earth-informed art, and life cairn dedications for honouring extinct species. I am a TreeSister who lives in a little wooden cabin on the edge of the wood in Devon, England, part of my response to my full engagement with Earth Wisdom Tenders, Extinction Rebellion, Deep Adaptation and the Work that Reconnects. In deep love and wild grief with Life Influenced by my primary guides and mentors (Joanna Macy, Francis Weller and Sobonfu Some) as well as my own deep listening to darkness, mycelium,  the Earth and the Waters.In the past I have cultivated Earth-connected leadership and youth programs, reverently showcased folk art at my Dartmouth shop, and coordinated a diverse community coalition to reforest the oak groves surrounding the River Dart in 2002.I hold a master’s degree in Ecological Design from Schumacher College: “the eARTh of Collective Grief as if Life and Death really Matters”.I am the mother of a strong, devoted and dedicated young man, Roman, who lives in America. My father lives in Lebanon, my sister and brother in Paris. My full basket of wisdom teachings: eARTh, Grief Composting Circles, WomBelt, Black Tent Council , One on One mentoring , Returning to Earth What was Stolen , Life Cairn, Earth Wisdom Tenders while following the message  from the Water. ~~~~~~~~~I was born in the 1960’s in Beirut to a French Mother and a Lebanese Father. Always with a finger or ten into the beautiful and sacred animist ways which are based on the knowledge that all natural things on our Earth have an interconnected ecological Soul.From participation in the start of the Transition Movement to the London urban food growing scene, seed banks and reforestation projects, whatever vision I activate and initiate is sourced in our animate world, deep ecology, soul imagination and deep transformation.Past ventures include:FOOD from the SKYLondon Freedom Seed BankEmbercombe 

This week on #TheFriendZone, we discuss Sobonfu Some’s, “The Spirit of Intimacy”. What role does spirit (if any), your life’s purpose and community of friends play in the partner’s you decide to be with? No worries if you haven’t read the book - everything will be explained. Black Business of the Week - Devine Plantery https://www.devineplantery.com Thank you to our Sponsors: Discover Card Cash Back - Sometimes, food is more than just food – it’s part of our community. So this year, Discover is giving $5 million to support Black-owned restaurants. To places like Back in the Day Bakery. Post Office Pies. And hundreds more! Learn how you can show your support at https://www.discover.com Guru - This episode of The Friend Zone is brought to you by the new crime mini-series from Wondery called “GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment." Be sure to subscribe on Apple podcasts. Ben & Jerry’s - The Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Gurus have taken a big leap this time. Their new Non-dairy flavors are the perfect sweet treats for vegans, vegetarians and everyone in between! Check out the Ben & Jerry’s sunflower butter lineup, and the whole Non-Dairy family at https://www.benjerry.com Native - Native has ingredients you’ve actually heard of like coconut oil, shea butter, and tapioca starch. It’s also vegan, and never tested on animals. Switching to an aluminum-free deodorant doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice on odor protection. Native will keep you smelling and feeling fresh all day long. With over ten scents, including rotating seasonals: Coconut and Vanilla, Lavender and Rose, Cucumber and Mint, and Citrus and Herbal — to name a few. Native is risk-free to try – every product comes with free shipping within the US. Plus, free 30 day returns and exchanges. Switch to Native today by going to https://www.nativecos.com/friendzone, or use promo code FRIENDZONE at checkout, and get twenty percent off your first order. Follow us online: Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/friendzonepod Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thefriendzonepodcast Have a GREAT day!

Marianne Williamson, Neil Donald Walsch, Sobonfu Some, James Redfield, Dan Millman, Abby Posner and many, many more join Greg on Inner Journey to share their wisdom, their perspectives and their gifts with our listeners, TRULY ENLIGHTENING!!!!

We have had the privilege to speak with some of the greatest thought leaders on Inner Journey. Every single one has brought insight and illumination into our lives. In choosing a best of program it was easy to recognize with gratitude the embarrassment of riches in spirit, philosophy, wisdom and generosity that the guests have provided over the years. This program singles a few of those great minds out to share with you in one program. We present, James Redfield, Sobonfu Some, Don Miguel Ruiz, Neale Donald Walsch, Dan Millman and Marianne Williamson. Enjoy!!!

Isabel Knauf Isabel Knauf liebt Weidenkätzchen. Und Drachen. Was hat das mit Naturheilverfahren und Übergangsbegleitung zu tun? Die Weide ist ein unfassbar lebenswilliger Baum. Man braucht nur einen Zweig in die Erde stecken und sie treibt aus. Man kann Körbe aus ihr flechten, in denen man Kräuter sammeln kann oder andere Nützliche Dinge hineintun. Und sie ist ein schmerzstillender Baum, in dessen Rinde eine Vorstufe der Salicylsäure zu finden ist. Der botanische Name der Weide ist Salix – was in dem lateinischen Wort Salus = Gesundheit wurzelt. Zudem gibt es die Trauerweiden und wer weiß, wie man Trauer verarbeitet, der trägt zu seiner eigenen seelischen Gesundheit bei. All diese Gründe haben Isabel dazu inspiriert ihre Naturheilpraxis „WildeWeide“ zu nennen. Wild, weil sie neben ihrer Ausbildung zur Heilpraktikerin mit dem Schwerpunkt Phytotherapie auch Wildnispädagogin gelernt hat. Das führt uns nun auch zu den Drachen. Der grüne Drache steht für die Natur. Drachen vereinen alle Elemente in sich, sie können fliegen, speien Feuer, haben Schuppen und behüten einen Schatz in einer unterirdischen Höhle. Luft, Feuer, Wasser und Erde in einem fantastischen Tier vereint. Wenn wir Menschen uns in Phasen von Übergängen befinden, dann kann es sich wie eine Krise anfühlen. Das Alte löst sich auf und das Neue nimmt erst langsam Form an. Es sind Zeiten der Unsicherheit, des Forschens und Suchens nach Antworten. Krise bedeutet immer Auflösung und Chance. Und manchmal macht es Angst oder sogar Panik. So ein Gefühl, was man bekommt, wenn man sich furchtbar verlaufen hat. In diesen Zeiten ist es gut  und heilsam, wenn man sich Unterstützung einlädt. Unterstützung in der Natur, Unterstützung in der Gemeinschaft, Unterstützung bei den Ahnen und Unterstützung bei seiner eigenen Intuition, den eigenen Gefühlen, den eigenen Selbstheilungskräften, der eigenen inneren Natur. Dafür braucht es Zeit und Raum und dafür ist Isabel Knauf da. Sie öffnet Räume in der Natur, in denen Frauen und Mädchen ihre Lebensübergänge bewußt gestalten können und dabei unterstützt werden in Kontakt zu kommen. In Kontakt mit sich selbst und den eigenen Gaben, in Kontakt mit der Gemeinschaft, in Kontakt mit der Natur und in Kontakt mit dem großen Geheimnis, dem Magischen und Zauberhaften der Welt. Inspiriert wurde sie für ihre Arbeit maßgeblich von Sobonfu Some, die uraltes traditionelles Ritualwissens der Dagara  (Burkina Faso) mit der westlichen Welt geteilt hat und bei der sie eine dreijährige Ausbildung in naturverbundener Ritualarbeit absolviert hat. „So wichtig wie das Essen für unsere Körper ist so wichtig sind Rituale für unsere Seele (Sobonfu Some)“.   Elevator-Pitch: Eine kurze Begegnung, in der du 10 Sekunden Zeit hast zu beschreiben was Du machst (in Bezug auf die Natur und Deine Arbeit). „Den Zustand einer Gesellschaft kannst Du daran ablesen, wie es den Frauen geht.“ Dieses Sprichwort hat mich tief berührt als ich es hörte. Und mein Lebensweg mit all meinen Ausbildungen hat mich dahin geführt, dass ich Frauen und Mädchen stärke. Ich helfe ihnen dabei, sich selber zu erkennen, in ihrer Einzigartigkeit, Schönheit, in ihrem Wert und mit ihren ganz besonderen Aufgaben. Die Mittel, die Wege und Werkzeuge, die ich dabei nutze sind Naturheilmittel, Körperarbeit, Naturverbindung und Rituale.   Was ist Deine ganz persönliche Verbindung mit dem Wald/der Natur? Die Natur sind wir selbst und wir vergessen das oft in unserem Alltag. Wenn ich in der Natur bin dann fällt alles andere von mir ab und ich lande wieder in meinem Herzen und in den Sinnen. Das ist heilsam. Die Natur wertet nicht und gibt auch keine Ratschläge. Das tut unheimlich gut! Und sie ist so voller Zauber und Magie. Da gibt es so viel zu entdecken, so viele Muster, so viele Geräusche und so viele Farben, Düfte, Tiere, Pflanzen. Alles ist so lebendig und immer in Bewegung. Die Natur versorgt uns mit allem was wir brauchen um zu leben. Seit ich das wieder lerne, findet innerlich in mir eine große Entspannung statt und eine immense Ausweitung der Komfortzone. Ich webe nun seit Jahren meine Verbindungsseile zur Natur und es ist wie ein Netz, in dem ich mich immer mehr zu Hause und gut aufgehoben, ja zugehörig fühle.  Und dabei fühle ich mich immer noch wie in Kinderschuhen! Ich weiß gefühlt eigentlich nichts wirklich über die Natur. Aber ich entdecke immer Neues und da gibt es diese Sehnsucht nach noch mehr Naturverbindung, ja, nach einem Alltag in der Natur.   Wo siehst Du für unsere Hörer eine Möglichkeit ihre Gesundheit im Zusammenhang mit der Natur/dem Wald zu stärken? Die Natur ist unsere lebendige Mitwelt. Sie nimmt uns an, wie wir sind und beschenkt uns mit allem was wir brauchen: mit Energie, mit Schönheit, mit Material, mit Gesang, mit frischer Luft, mit Holz, mit Heilpflanzen, mit Fellen etc. etc. Wenn ich in die Natur gehe und sie kennen und lieben lerne, dann merke ich , dass ich von ihr versorgt werde und das gibt echten Halt. Und auch Selbstbestimmtheit. Ich kann mich selber versorgen und für mich ist gesorgt! Ist das nicht wunderbar? Geh raus in die Natur und entdecke Deine Natur! So wirst Du lebendig.   Was hat Dich dazu bewegt, die Natur/den Wald mit in Dein berufliches Tun einfliessen zu lassen? Naturverbindung hat mich selber glücklich gemacht und mir Selbstbewußtsein geschnkt. Und das möchte ich anderen genauso ermöglichen.   Welche Personen möchtest Du mit Deinem Angebot ansprechen? Meine Angebote von Kräuter- und Naturheilkunde, Massagen und Übergangsritualen richtet sich vor allem an Frauen und Mädchen, da sich mein Wissen in diesem Zusammenhang aus eigenen Erfahrungswelten speist. Die Frauen und Mädchen, die zu mir kommen haben bereits eine Sehnsucht nach Naturverbindung, nach selbstbestimmten Ritualen und nach der Entdeckung der eigenen Gaben. Oftmals sind sie auch offen für das uralte wissen indigener Naturvölker und Kulturen, die z.T. vom Aussterben bedroht sind. Ich flechte das alte Wissen, das ich von besonderen Lehrern lernen durfte in meine Arbeit mit ein.   Was möchtest Du den Personen, die Dich auf Deinen Natur- und Waldgängen begleiten mitgeben, beziehungsweise worin möchtest Du sie unterstützen? Durch die Naturverbindung, die ich anhand von Wildniscamps und Übergansgritualen in der Natur ermögliche entdecken die Frauen und Mädchen ihre eigene Natur wieder. Sie werden lebendig. Emotionen kommen hoch und werden bewegt, Fragen tauchen auf und Tränen wollen rollen. Lachen bricht sich bahnen und Wundersames berührt die Seele. Ich staune selber immer wieder, wie kraftvoll die Magie der Kreiskultur in der Natur wirkt. So schön können die Frauen und Mädchen strahlen, dass es einem tief warm wird ums Herz! Und es macht Hoffnung.

Sobonfu Somé is the special return guest joining Life Coach Ade for "Dagara Wisdom for Modern Times." Sobonfu Some is the Keeper of Rituals and serves as a teacher connecting people to their natural state. Sobonfu Somé once said: "What food is to our body, ritual is to our soul. A ritual keeps us connected to our spirit, our soul and our purpose." Elders who remember the old ways help us stay in harmony during tumultuous times. Call in 347 426 3346 orpost your questions on "Ask Life Coach Ade Radio Show" fan  (LIKE) page on Facebook. Also, don't miss Celestial Moment with Celeste Morgan. She offers the energy of the day!   Sobonfu Somé is a respected lecturer, activist and author. She is the founder of Wisdom Spring, Inc. an organization dedicated to the preservation, the sharing of indigenous wisdom and fundraises for wells, schools and health project in Africa. She is one of the foremost voices of African spirituality to come to the West, bringing insights and healing gifts from her west-African culture to this one. Sobonfu often tours the United States and Europe teaching workshops. Her books includes: The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient teachings in the ways of relationships, Welcoming Spirit Home: Ancient teachings to celebrate children, community and "Falling out of Grace: meditations on loss, healing and wisdom". For more information, about Sobonfu’s projects and teachings schedule visit:  http://www.sobonfu.com 

You are invited to join us as we review the autobiography of  Dr.Malidoma Some. Educated in the West,Dr.Some holds three masters and two Ph.Ds.and is the author of four books,including his autobiography:"Of Water and The Spirit".and"The Healing Wisdom of Africa".Dr.Some'an initiated Elder and shaman or high priest-will expound on the significance of"Initiating Change" As a house quest of BabaWesley Gray and his wife SpiritChange,Dr.Malidoma Some',introduced the Grays to the African Yam and othervegetables along with the diet and health customs of his community,the Dagara people ofBurkiina Faso,West Africa."There is no doubt that,at this time in history,Western civilization is suffering from a great sickness of the soul.The West'sprogressive turning away from functioning spiritual values;its total disregard for the environment and the protection of natural resources;the violence of inner cities with their problems of poverty,drugs,andcrime;spiraling unemployment and economic disarray;and growing intolerance toward people of color and the values of other cultures all of these trends,if unchecked,will eventually bring about a terrible self-destruction.In the face of all this global chaos,the only possible hope is self-transformation.Unless we find new ways that can touch and transform the heart and soul deeply,both indigenous cultures and those in the West will continue to fade away,dismayed that all the wonders of technology,all the many philosophical'isms'and all the planning of the global corporations will be helpless to reverse this trend."Dr.Malidoma Patrice Some  Be sure to visit sites:- www.drumsofchangedotcom  and www.worldwidehealthandwealthmovement.com

The Divas of Culture: Michelle Materre and Aisha Karefa-Smart This Week's Guest:   Jojopah Maria Nsoroma (formerly Maria Matthews) is an accomplished human and organizational development specialist with over 30 years of experience serving economically and socially challenged children, youth, families, communities, and organizations.  She has worked on the front-line of grass roots efforts as well as administered national program interventions.  Jojopah is also a spiritual healing practitioner who blends West African and Native American shamanic healing arts.  As a wisdom keeper of ancient indigenous teachings from the Dagara Tribe of Burkina Faso, West Africa (which she learned from both Malidoma and Sobonfu Some) she utilizes the Dagara medicine wheel as the framework for her teaching of self-mastery and higher consciousness learning. Jojopahmaria is the owner of Higher Expectations Consulting, which provides innovative and non-traditional approaches to organizational learning and healing.  She provides a shamanic trauma resolution program, The Wisdom Walk to Self-Mastery, for men charged with domestic violence at the Alma Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She also provides the Wisdom Walk to Self-Mastery for Human Services Professionals -- a 9-month program that enables professionals to address their vicarious trauma which results from working directly with persons affected by post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Episode Description: “For human evolution to continue, the conversation must deepen.” – Margaret Mead This is the seventh and last in a seven-part series of “Pilgrimage Dialogues” forming part of and leading up to a Conference Gathering in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 29-30, 2009, entitled “2012 NOW – Empowering the Transformation”, for which I am serving as the Master of Ceremonies and opening presenter. Past Living Dialogues in this series have included dialogues with myself and Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Stanislav Grof, Richard Tarnas (parts 1 and 2), and with Sobonfu Some’. Details and registration information available at www.unveiling2012.org. Duncan Campbell: 2012 Now: Empowering The Transformation, a uniquely innovative, interactive and affordable gathering in this time of global uncertainty, will take place Friday night and all day Saturday May 29 and 30 at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in Fort Collins, Colorado. Beyond just information, to practical tools for change and direct experience of participating in the ongoing transformation of our times. Now is the time and the opportunity to synchronize consciousness with the evolutionary pulse of the cosmos. Join participants bringing stories from around the planet as we explore, co-create, and experience together the transformative dynamics necessary for a successful transit from now through the year 2012 and beyond. More information available on the Conference website, www.unveiling2012.org. See you there.The meaning of the Greek word “Apocalypse” is “lifting the veil” or “revelation”. These seven “pilgrimage dialogues” in advance of the Gathering – contemporary 21st century versions of the medieval Canterbury Tales – are examples of such revelatory “shared stories” on this Road of 2012 NOW.Here is a summary dialogue excerpt describing the Conference between myself and Sobonfu Some’, who will conduct the concluding ritual of celebration:Sobonfu Some’: Well I really believe that initiation is a necessity, you know, much like, you know, 2012 is saying “here is a big initiation”. It, initiation, is a necessity because we have to initiate in order to be able to move forward, to be able to tap into our essence, into our gift and so on. And, you know, in my African tradition the first initiation that we all go through is that of being born, because we are coming from being full of spirit to taking on this human tool that we call the body. And, you know, also, we’ll go through many, many initiations. And I think what we’re talking about in the Conference is that we’re going to get to the place where we are basically going to celebrate being able to give birth to our self and to whatever new vision is going to come out of this Conference Gathering -- so that we can together welcome each other and celebrate together. And I think that is the icing on the cake, you know, that is awaiting us.Duncan Campbell: I think absolutely that’s the case, and myself as Master of Ceremonies and yourself as the person who will be leading us in the concluding celebratory ritual are both involved in helping the entire gathering to activate, all of us together, a kind of transformational space -- including not only the presenters who will be articulating on the stage, but all of the participants with their deep listening who are evoking the insights that are articulated coming out of the group energy field. And this opportunity for expression will also be something we can all look forward to at the extended lunch time on Saturday, when there’s going to be a large and deliberate space for people in very small groups to share stories, deep stories, with each other and evoke and integrate their experience. This is very essential to a true initiation -- that is not just a one way transmission of information, but is actually a transformative initiation -- where together we can evoke an experience that is both intimate and personal in our sense of shift, as well as a kind of collective amplification that allows all of us to celebrate, as Barack Obama suggested in his Inaugural Address, “our common humanity”. And that experience has a great carry over effect into our everyday lives and relationships.Sobonfu Some’: Now how amazing is that, because, you know, a lot of people go into conferences and never really get to put in their voice; and, you know, in my Dagara people’s African tradition, when you go anywhere we are always trying to get our voice in, you know, to express yourself with and to others, because it’s like we are all making this huge cauldron and the stories that we bring, everything we share of our self, is part of what is going to make whatever we’re cooking really delicious. And for people to be able to have this opportunity as a gift, not only to themselves but a gift to the community, I really believe is amazing.Duncan Campbell: That’s beautifully put. I love the image that you give here of together we’re collectively creating a crucible or a great cauldron, not only a crucible for the water of life, but a great cauldron in which to cook and use the fire of life to transform our experience, because these are transformative elements, all of the elements are: Earth is nurturing, Wind is empowering, a Fire literally is transforming, and Water is liquid and fluid and moves between the solid state of ice to the evaporated state of the clouds. And so every one of the elements will be involved here. We will be having time outdoors; we will be celebrating the natural world in a beautiful natural environment in Fort Collins, Colorado. And I think that these “pilgrimage dialogues” are pointing to that transformation as they are evolving here. In my first dialogue, with Robert Sitler, he emphasized the joy and the wisdom that is accessible in everyday life that he himself has experienced in the Mayan culture and which he shares so beautifully. Next has been John Major Jenkins, whose great research into the galactic alignment and embedding it and situating it in connection to the primordial tradition, sometimes called the perennial philosophy, has shown how we can bring all of this that 2012 is pointing to into the Now; that this “2012 phenomenon” is not an event that we’re waiting for, that we’re going to have to be acted upon at some time in the future, but it is an atmosphere of opportunity that is present right here, right now…And that energy field is present right now in helping germinate and evoke from you and I what we’re saying and inviting people to; so that in a sense you and I are acting here as inviters and embodiments of the kind of dialogue and transformation that we can anticipate will be happening among us all and amplified at that particular moment on May 29 and May 30 of the Gathering. But that’s only a moment in a continuum of many moments before and after, that we’re all already uncovering and witnessing being unveiled in people all over the world.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and, you know, as you speak and you share that it makes me think about today being this energy that renews itself time and again, which gets stronger every time, as the energy is being shared every time. So as people today listen to this dialogue, and share it with other people, it is renewed and it gets stronger and so on. That’s the image that came to me.Duncan Campbell: Well, I have to say, Sobonfu, it’s been just a wonderful opportunity here for myself and our other deep listeners, and yourself for that matter, for us to have this chance and opportunity to engage in this dialogue together, and I have always so appreciated the great joy and cheerfulness that you embody and bring to any time that I’ve ever had the pleasure and privilege to encounter you. And so I’m very much looking forward to this conference, even as I’m deeply appreciating the present moment here, because the gift I think of this very dialogue is not only to inspire that more such moments can happen between us, but in one’s own life everyday, today for instance, and the moments that follow.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and I’m very grateful for you, for the gift of yourself to the world really and for having such a strong and powerful vision that you can not only share with the world, but that you can get other people be a part of the dance of that vision as well. And I think that is, that is a gift that not everybody has, and I thank you for holding that for all of us.Duncan Campbell: Well thank you very much Sobonfu, and I want to thank our co-producers Larraine Tennison and John Major Jenkins and everyone involved with this project, all the presenters that are part of this pilgrimage series that is now leading us, as it were, like milestones toward the Conference Gathering on May 29 and 30. If people are wanting further information, they can go to www.unveiling2012.org. And we really extend an extraordinarily warm and intimate invitation for your continued participation. If you cannot physically put yourself in that Fort Collins environment, you’re very much invited to participate through your deep listening to not only these dialogues, but to the continuation of Living Dialogues after that, and also to honor the fact that really it is true -- and we’re experiencing it with great gratitude for our listenership and their Website Contact emails from around the world -- that as the world becomes smaller, “yes, we can” and do experience in greater depth and greater joy our own common humanity. We invite you and look forward to seeing you at the conference on May 29 and 30, 2009 in the natural beauty of Fort Collins, Colorado, entitled “2012 NOW - Empowering the Transformation”. For further information and registration you can go to www.unveiling2012.org.“We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth…. and we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself....For the world has changed, and we must change with it…why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration…" -- Barack Obama Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009 And as we say on Living Dialogues: “Dialogue is the Language of Evolutionary Transformation”™.Contact me if you like at www.livingdialogues.com. Visit my blog at Duncan.personallifemedia.com. ”. (For more, including information on the Engaged Elder Wisdom Dialogue Series on my website www.livingdialogues.com, click on Episode Detail to the left above and go to Transcript section.) Among other heartful visionary conversations you will find of particular interest on these themes are my Dialogues on this site with Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Sobonfu Some, Stanislav Grof, Richard Tarnas, John O’Donohue, Michael Meade, Eckhart Tolle, Ted Sorensen, Frances Moore Lappe, Angeles Arrien, Matthew Fox, David Mendell, Deborah Tannen, Gangaji, Michael Dowd, Duane Elgin, and Joseph Ellis, among others [click on their name(s) in green on right hand column of the Living Dialogues Home Page on this site]. After you listen to this Dialogue, I invite you to both explore and make possible further interesting material on Living Dialogues by taking less than 5 minutes to click on and fill out the Listener Survey. My thanks and appreciation for your participation.

Episode Description:“For human evolution to continue, the conversation must deepen.” – Margaret Mead This is the sixth in a seven-part series of “Pilgrimage Dialogues” forming part of and leading up to a Conference Gathering in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 29-30, 2009, entitled “2012 NOW – Empowering the Transformation”, for which I am serving as the Master of Ceremonies and opening presenter. Past Living Dialogues in this series have included dialogues with myself and Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Stanislav Grof, Richard Tarnas, and with Sobonfu Some’. The final Living Dialogue in the series will be with Christine Page. Details and registration information available at www.unveiling2012.org. Duncan Campbell: 2012 Now: Empowering The Transformation, a uniquely innovative, interactive and affordable gathering in this time of global uncertainty, will take place Friday night and all day Saturday May 29 and 30 at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in Fort Collins, Colorado. Beyond just information, to practical tools for change and direct experience of participating in the ongoing transformation of our times. Now is the time and the opportunity to synchronize consciousness with the evolutionary pulse of the cosmos. Join participants bringing stories from around the planet as we explore, co-create, and experience together the tranformative dynamics necessary for a successful transit from now through the year 2012 and beyond. More information available on the Conference website, www.unveiling2012.org. See you there.The meaning of the Greek word “Apocalypse” is “lifting the veil” or “revelation”. These seven “pilgrimage dialogues” in advance of the Gathering – contemporary 21st century versions of the medieval Canterbury Tales – are examples of such revelatory “shared stories” on this Road of 2012 NOW.Here is a summary dialogue excerpt describing the Conference between myself and Sobonfu Some’, who will conduct the concluding ritual of celebration:Sobonfu Some’: Well I really believe that initiation is a necessity, you know, much like, you know, 2012 is saying “here is a big initiation”. It, initiation, is a necessity because we have to initiate in order to be able to move forward, to be able to tap into our essence, into our gift and so on. And, you know, in my African tradition the first initiation that we all go through is that of being born, because we are coming from being full of spirit to taking on this human tool that we call the body. And, you know, also, we’ll go through many, many initiations. And I think what we’re talking about in the Conference is that we’re going to get to the place where we are basically going to celebrate being able to give birth to our self and to whatever new vision is going to come out of this Conference Gathering -- so that we can together welcome each other and celebrate together. And I think that is the icing on the cake, you know, that is awaiting us.Duncan Campbell: I think absolutely that’s the case, and myself as Master of Ceremonies and yourself as the person who will be leading us in the concluding celebratory ritual are both involved in helping the entire gathering to activate, all of us together, a kind of transformational space -- including not only the presenters who will be articulating on the stage, but all of the participants with their deep listening who are evoking the insights that are articulated coming out of the group energy field. And this opportunity for expression will also be something we can all look forward to at the extended lunch time on Saturday, when there’s going to be a large and deliberate space for people in very small groups to share stories, deep stories, with each other and evoke and integrate their experience. This is very essential to a true initiation -- that is not just a one way transmission of information, but is actually a transformative initiation -- where together we can evoke an experience that is both intimate and personal in our sense of shift, as well as a kind of collective amplification that allows all of us to celebrate, as Barack Obama suggested in his Inaugural Address, “our common humanity”. And that experience has a great carry over effect into our everyday lives and relationships.Sobonfu Some’: Now how amazing is that, because, you know, a lot of people go into conferences and never really get to put in their voice; and, you know, in my Dagara people’s African tradition, when you go anywhere we are always trying to get our voice in, you know, to express yourself with and to others, because it’s like we are all making this huge cauldron and the stories that we bring, everything we share of our self, is part of what is going to make whatever we’re cooking really delicious. And for people to be able to have this opportunity as a gift, not only to themselves but a gift to the community, I really believe is amazing.Duncan Campbell: That’s beautifully put. I love the image that you give here of together we’re collectively creating a crucible or a great cauldron, not only a crucible for the water of life, but a great cauldron in which to cook and use the fire of life to transform our experience, because these are transformative elements, all of the elements are: Eaarth is nurturing, Wind is empowering, a Fire literally is transforming, and Water is liquid and fluid and moves between the solid state of ice to the evaporated state of the clouds. And so every one of the elements will be involved here. We will be having time outdoors; we will be celebrating the natural world in a beautiful natural environment in Fort Collins, Colorado. And I think that these “pilgrimage dialogues” are pointing to that transformation as they are evolving here. In my first dialogue, with Robert Sitler, he emphasized the joy and the wisdom that is accessible in everyday life that he himself has experienced in the Mayan culture and which he shares so beautifully. Next has been John Major Jenkins, whose great research into the galactic alignment and embedding it and situating it in connection to the primordial tradition, sometimes called the perennial philosophy, has shown how we can bring all of this that 2012 is pointing to into the Now; that this “2012 phenomenon” is not an event that we’re waiting for, that we’re going to have to be acted upon at some time in the future, but it is an atmosphere of opportunity that is present right here, right now…And that energy field is present right now in helping germinate and evoke from you and I what we’re saying and inviting people to; so that in a sense you and I are acting here as inviters and embodiments of the kind of dialogue and transformation that we can anticipate will be happening among us all and amplified at that particular moment on May 29 and May 30 of the Gathering. But that’s only a moment in a continuum of many moments before and after, that we’re all already uncovering and witnessing being unveiled in people all over the world.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and, you know, as you speak and you share that it makes me think about today being this energy that renews itself time and again, which gets stronger every time, as the energy is being shared every time. So as people today listen to this dialogue, and share it with other people, it is renewed and it gets stronger and so on. That’s the image that came to me.Duncan Campbell: Well, I have to say, Sobonfu, it’s been just a wonderful opportunity here for myself and our other deep listeners, and yourself for that matter, for us to have this chance and opportunity to engage in this dialogue together, and I have always so appreciated the great joy and cheerfulness that you embody and bring to any time that I’ve ever had the pleasure and privilege to encounter you. And so I’m very much looking forward to this conference, even as I’m deeply appreciating the present moment here, because the gift I think of this very dialogue is not only to inspire that more such moments can happen between us, but in one’s own life everyday, today for instance, and the moments that follow.Sobonfu Some’: Yes, and I’m very grateful for you, for the gift of yourself to the world really and for having such a strong and powerful vision that you can not only share with the world, but that you can get other people be a part of the dance of that vision as well. And I think that is, that is a gift that not everybody has, and I thank you for holding that for all of us.Duncan Campbell: Well thank you very much Sobonfu, and I want to thank our co-producers Larraine Tennison and John Major Jenkins and everyone involved with this project, all the presenters that are part of this pilgrimage series that is now leading us, as it were, like milestones toward the Conference Gathering on May 29 and 30. If people are wanting further information, they can go to www.unveiling2012.org. And we really extend an extraordinarily warm and intimate invitation for your continued participation. If you cannot physically put yourself in that Fort Collins environment, you’re very much invited to participate through your deep listening to not only these dialogues, but to the continuation of Living Dialogues after that, and also to honor the fact that really it is true -- and we’re experiencing it with great gratitude for our listenership and their Website Contact emails from around the world -- that as the world becomes smaller, “yes, we can” and do experience in greater depth and greater joy our own common humanity. We invite you and look forward to seeing you at the conference on May 29 and 30, 2009 in the natural beauty of Fort Collins, Colorado, entitled “2012 NOW - Empowering the Transformation”. For further information and registration you can go to www.unveiling2012.org.“We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth…. and we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself....For the world has changed, and we must change with it…why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration…" -- Barack Obama Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009 And as we say on Living Dialogues: “Dialogue is the Language of Evolutionary Transformation”™.Contact me if you like at www.livingdialogues.com. Visit my blog at Duncan.personallifemedia.com. ”. (For more, including information on the Engaged Elder Wisdom Dialogue Series on my website www.livingdialogues.com, click on Episode Detail to the left above and go to Transcript section.) Among other heartful visionary conversations you will find of particular interest on these themes are my Dialogues on this site with Robert Sitler, John Major Jenkins, Sobonfu Some, Stanislav Grof, John O’Donohue, Michael Meade, Eckhart Tolle, Ted Sorensen, Frances Moore Lappe, Angeles Arrien, Matthew Fox, David Mendell, Deborah Tannen, Gangaji, Michael Dowd, Duane Elgin, and Joseph Ellis, among others [click on their name(s) in green on right hand column of the Living Dialogues Home Page on this site]. After you listen to this Dialogue, I invite you to both explore and make possible further interesting material on Living Dialogues by taking less than 5 minutes to click on and fill out the Listener Survey. My thanks and appreciation for your participation.