Podcasts about stories that make us

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: Open Up Ancient Gates by Dena Jennings from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 90: Translation and musical setting by James Block, adapted and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books (2023) pg X Closing Song: © 1997, Trisha Watts. Originally published by Willow Publishing Pty Ltd. www.willowpublishing.com.au. Available from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Cassidhe Hart Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

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Many decades ago, as a young graduate from drama school, I was presented with a stark choice – either to shape my story myself, through writing, or to feel aggrieved at the detrimental narratives circulating about people like me in Britain at that time. I chose the latter, and in this talk I will talk about how story-making is a conscious act of speaking ourselves into being - drawing on literature, theatre and the visual arts.This lecture was recorded by Bernardine Evaristo on 25th June 2024 at LSO, St Luke's Church LondonThe transcript of the lecture is available from the Gresham College website:https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/thomas-gresham-24Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/Website:  https://gresham.ac.ukTwitter:  https://twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollegeSupport the show

Eric Newman is joined by historian Nell Irvin Painter to discuss I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays, a compendium of Painter's writing about art, politics, and race across nearly four decades. The wide-ranging discussion moves from how researching Sojourner Truth inspired Painter to get her MFA in visual art, to the struggle over what can be taught and known about American history, to the ways modern information technology impacts our experience of the present and its echoes in the past, and to how we might navigate a bleak present in which fascism seems newly on the march. Also, Emily Nussbaum, author of Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV, returns to recommend Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv.

Eric Newman is joined by historian Nell Irvin Painter to discuss I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays, a compendium of Painter's writing about art, politics, and race across nearly four decades. The wide-ranging discussion moves from how researching Sojourner Truth inspired Painter to get her MFA in visual art, to the struggle over what can be taught and known about American history, to the ways modern information technology impacts our experience of the present and its echoes in the past, and to how we might navigate a bleak present in which fascism seems newly on the march. Also, Emily Nussbaum, author of Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV, returns to recommend Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv.

Language is Our Home: Stories That Make Us Who We Are This episode includes stories featuring chocolate milk and friendship, Snow machine escapades, grandparents and pets— tales filled with hurdles, fears, realizations and insights from Jayden Couper, Benji Kin, Samuel Walker, Gavn Touche, Shayauna Bukowski and Mell Sommers. This event was done in collaboration with Outer Coast, and performed live December 8, 2023 at the Del Shirley Room in the Odess Theate. Hosted by Ellen Frankenstein and with Rachel Thomson and Mitch Jurasek Theme music: Klink Tale by Podington Bear & Steven Panacek Sitka Tells Tales Website Sitka Tells Tales on Facebook @14milesalaska on Instagram KCAW.org

“I think what one of the things that's interesting to me is like when we think about what causes distress and a life that goes awry, there's so much attention to different causes, but the way that the story, or the diagnosis, or the treatment interacts with our identity, I think, is not thought about as much. Like, the way that the very intervention itself changes our sense of who we are feels like it gets neglected. There's this sense that, you know, the diagnosis is describing something that is always solid and real and less thought given to like, well, how does that diagnosis interact with a mind? And how does the mind change knowing that the mind has been characterized this way?” You might recognize Rachel Aviv's name from The New Yorker, where she's been a staff writer for a decade, covering subjects like medical ethics, psychiatry, criminal justice, and education. She's been a finalist for the National Magazine Awards twice, and in 2022 she won one for profile writing. In 2022, she also published Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us, a recipient of the Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant and named by The New York Times as one of the ten best books of the year. In It, Aviv tells the story of four people and the treatment they underwent—or not—for their mental illness. It's a gorgeously told, layered exploration of all that we don't know about the brain and the mind, and how various treatment modalities restructure our lives—including the stories we tell about who we are. Okay, let's get to our conversation. MORE FROM RACHEL AVIV: Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Read Rachel in The New Yorker Follow Rachel on X To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Ancestor Song by Te Martin from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books, 2022, (pg 60) Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Willy Taylor, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2013, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol 1. Second Reading: Hebrews 12:1 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Melinda Thomas Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Blessing to the World by Karen Drucker from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding DVD (each album has a DVD companion). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Sponsored by Accuquilt! Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter!   Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch PatreonAmazon StoreLisa WoolforkLisa Woolfork is an associate professor of English specializing in African American literature and culture. Her teaching and research explore Black women writers, Black identity, trauma theory, and American slavery. She is the founder of Black Women Stitch, the sewing group where Black lives matter. She is also the host/producer of Stitch Please, a weekly audio podcast that centers on Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing. In the summer of 2017, she actively resisted the white supremacist marches in her community, Charlottesville, Virginia. The city became a symbol of lethal resurging white supremacist violence. She remains active in a variety of university and community initiatives, including the Community Engaged Scholars program. She believes in the power of creative liberation. Bisa ButlerBisa Butler is an award winning African American textile artist known for her vibrantly stunning larger than life sized quilted portraits that captivate viewers around the world. Formally trained, Butler graduated Cum Laude from Howard University with a Bachelor's in Fine Art degree and it was during this time that she began to experiment with fabric as a medium and became interested in collage techniques. She then went on to earn a Master's in Art from Montclair State University in 2005. While in the process of obtaining her Master's degree, Butler took a Fiber Arts class where she had an artistic epiphany and she finally realized how to express her art.  “As a child, I was always watching my mother and grandmother sew, and they taught me. After that class, I made a portrait quilt for my grandmother on her deathbed, and I have been making art quilts ever since.”After working as a high school art teacher for thirteen years, Butler was awarded a Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship in 2002 and exhibited in Switzerland during Art Basel with the Jeffrey Deitch Gallery. Many institutions and museums have acquired Butler's work including the Art Institute of Chicago for a solo exhibition, The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Insights from this episode:Why it's important to uplift and encourage each other, starting with the children in our livesHow Bisa uses her art to affirm the dignity of historical figuresThe process of researching historical figures and time periods to accurately portray them through artHow different colors play into the meaning expressed in her artHow Bisa infuses her quilts with the music she's listening to as she createsWhat happens when you stop starting with ‘white' as a defaultInsights into the difference between studying art education (teaching people how to make art) vs. learning how to make art yourselfQuotes from the show:“I'm always seeking for truth and to find those essential truth elements about Black people.” – Bisa Butler, Stitch Please, Episode #200“I have had people ask me, people who don't necessarily look like us so they don't have a full understanding, ‘I notice that you make all of your subjects look regal. Why, or what's the process of that?' I would say I'm just looking at them and this is the way they appear to me. I'm not trying to make them look regal; if anything maybe it's just that you're looking at them more carefully. The dignity or that inner regality, I can't give it to them; they have it already.” – Bisa Butler, Stitch Please, Episode #200“My interest in colorism is why the features look very African American. I don't want to dilute that in any way. I'm loving our full lips, broad noses, or whatever the case may be.” – Bisa Butler, Stitch Please, Episode #200“I love that word ‘talisman' because it acknowledges that spiritual resonance and also having a mantra. We've always been very spiritual people and we've always been people who have to think hopefully and we have to think about the world beyond us or even after us. A lot of times we have to pray for our living relatives who we may not be able to protect in the way that we want to.” – Bisa Butler, Stitch Please, Episode #200“Music is such a strong form of communication; it's such a strong form of art because you don't need words, you just need to hear the sound to understand somebody's emotional output. The composer, musician, they can make you feel sad, they can make you feel happy, they can make your heartbeat go faster, they can make you go to sleep. That's a control of power that can be passed down through the ages. The music, as long as it's in a form that you can hear, you can hear how somebody felt hundreds of years before you.” – Bisa Butler, Stitch Please, Episode #200“The music to me is more than an aid; it's the explanation.” – Bisa Butler, Stitch Please, Episode #200“For Black Women Stitch and the Stitch Please podcast we center Black women, girls, and femmes in sewing to make a deliberate choice to center Blackness. Also one of the things I'm studying a lot in my own work is the question of what happens when you stop starting with white… Stop acting like color is something that is new when white supremacy operates in this country deliberately through our laws and customs.” – Lisa Woolfork, Stitch Please, Episode #200“We are the sum of all the people who came before us.” – Lisa Woolfork, Stitch Please, Episode #200“Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself. Treat yourself like you treat other people; it will help you get your stitch together. Enjoy your life. Look at beautiful things. Take classes and learn, and be patient if things don't look or seem the way you want because we are all growing in this life together and you will get there.” – Bisa Butler, Stitch Please, Episode #200Resources Mentioned:Francis and Violette, 2001The Holsinger Collection, Bill Hurley's portrait, and Bisa's interpretation: A Man's Worth, 2019This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley (“You don't give dignity, you affirm it.”)Bisa Butler: Portraits at the Art Institute of Chicago and accompanying playlistI Owe You Nothing by Seinabo Sey (song) Stay Connected:YouTube: Black Women StitchInstagram: Black Women StitchFacebook: Stitch Please PodcastLisa WoolforkInstagram: Lisa WoolforkTwitter: Lisa WoolforkBisa ButlerWebsite: Bisa ButlerInstagram: Bisa ButlerTwitter: Bisa ButlerLinkedIn: Bisa ButlerLinkTree: Bisa ButlerEmail: bisabutlerart@gmail.comSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by  Podcast Laundry.

Dr. Solomon is joined by the visionary writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley on this episode. They discuss Cole's book, "This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us," and explore topics of wonder, contemplation, disability, childhood, and much more.This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley:https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-here-flesh-spirituality-liberation-and-the-stories-that-make-us-cole-arthur-riley/17122524?ean=9780593239797Black Liturgies, a project that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body:https://www.instagram.com/blackliturgies/Get the brand new REIMAGINING LOVE WORKBOOK:https://courses.dralexandrasolomon.com/reimagining-love-workbook-0c34cba5-a457-4253-b7d7-9ca051dc0326Subscribe to Dr. Solomon's Newsletter:https://dralexandrasolomon.com/subscribe/Submit a Listener Question:https://form.jotform.com/212295995939274Take Dr. Solomon's "Relationship Superpower" Quiz:https://dralexandrasolomon.com/rsa-quiz/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we welcome New York City food critic and writer Hannah Goldfield to Lit Up! Angela and Hannah discuss what makes a restaurant experience special, how Hannah captures New York City's shifting moods through the lens of food for The New Yorker, early influences that inspired Hannah to pursue a career in food criticism, quintessential food writers, and the pleasures of reading non-fiction on topics she doesn't devote her time to thinking and writing about. Hannah's recommendations: Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles by the late Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jeffrey Steingarten's food writing in Vogue the late writer Laurie Colwin, author of Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv Genius Recipes Cookbook by Kristen Miglore via Food52 See you in two weeks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we welcome New York City food critic and writer Hannah Goldfield to Lit Up! Angela and Hannah discuss what makes a restaurant experience special, how Hannah captures New York City's shifting moods through the lens of food for The New Yorker, early influences that inspired Hannah to pursue a career in food criticism, quintessential food writers, and the pleasures of reading non-fiction on topics she doesn't devote her time to thinking and writing about. Hannah's recommendations: Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles by the late Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jeffrey Steingarten's food writing in Vogue the late writer Laurie Colwin, author of Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv Genius Recipes Cookbook by Kristen Miglore via Food52 See you in two weeks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wir erkunden diesmal, wie die Geschichten, die wir uns über psychische Erkrankungen selbst erzählen, ihren Verlauf in unserem Leben – und in unserem Wesenskern – prägen können: Die „New Yorker“-Starjournalistin Rachel Aviv schreibt in „Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us“ über Menschen, die an die Grenzen psychiatrischer Erklärungen für ihre von der neurotypischen ‚Normalität‘ abweichenden Identität gestoßen sind. Sie folgt einer als Heiligen gefeierten Inderin, die in Heilungstempeln in Kerala religiöse Erfüllung sucht; einer wegen Kindstötung inhaftierten afroamerikanischen Mutter, die um die Vergebung ihrer Familie ringt, nachdem sie sich von einer Psychose erholt hat; einem Mann inmitten der „Midlife Crisis“, der sein Leben der Rache an seinen Psychoanalytikern widmet; und einer jungen Frau aus wohlhabenden Verhältnissen, die nach einem Jahrzehnt, in dem sie sich völlig über ihre Diagnose definiert hat, beschließt, ihre Medikamente abzusetzen – weil sie ohne Pillen nicht mehr weiß, wer sie eigentlich ist. Durchdrungen von ihrem tiefen Sinn für Empathie wird Avivs Erkundung des Innenlebens durch ihren eigenen Bericht darüber bereichert, wie sie im Alter von gerade einmal sechs Jahren mit einer Magersuchtsdiagnose ins Krankenhaus kam und eine Mitpatientin traf, die ihr zur Doppelgängerin wird – bis sich ihre Lebenswege und Selbstfindungen wieder trennen, auf radikale Weise. Danach unterhalten wir uns mit Dr. Ismene Ditrich, Funktionsoberärztin und Fachärztin für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie an der Freiburger Universitätsklinik und Co-Host des Podcasts „Jung und Freudlos“, über ihre praktische Arbeit als Medizinerin sowie Vermittlerin von psychiatrischen Themen und wie sie damit umgeht, dass vieles in ihrem Feld immer in Bewegung bleibt. Shownotes: "Strangers to Ourselves - Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us" - Rachel Aviv Moderation & Redaktion: René Freudenthal Produktion & Mitarbeit: Hanna Langreder Original-Logo zum Podcast: Simon Krause Original-Musik zum Podcast: Edward Fernbach

On this episode, Larissa and Elizabeth break down the idea of "big community": not your friend group, but primarily place-based communities like your hometown, neighborhood, office, etc.Mentioned on this episode:The Part That Burns by Jeannine OuelletteI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyStay True: A Memoir by Hua HsuPleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brownThis Poison Heart by Kalynn BayronStrangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel AvivFamilies We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship by Kath WestonThe Durham HEART programMusic by ZakharValaha from Pixabay Music by ZakharValaha from PixabayFollow us on Instagram @wonderminepodcast

On this episode, Larissa and Elizabeth break down the idea of "big community": not your friend group, but primarily place-based communities like your hometown, neighborhood, office, etc.Mentioned on this episode:The Part That Burns by Jeannine OuelletteI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyStay True: A Memoir by Hua HsuPleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brownThis Poison Heart by Kalynn BayronStrangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel AvivFamilies We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship by Kath WestonThe Durham HEART programMusic by ZakharValaha from Pixabay Music by ZakharValaha from PixabayFollow us on Instagram @wonderminepodcast

In today's episode of ReWild we chat with Melanie about her journey of "awakening" so to speak. We dive into topics related to family stories, trusting your own path, learning how to be present with what is coming up for you and so much more. Meet Melanie:Instagram: @rooted.lightWebsite: https://msha.ke/rootedlightMelanie Custodio is a wisdom seeker in devotion to the inextricable relationship between humanity and divinity. In this current moment, she considers herself to be a student immersed in exploring vaster aspects of consciousness. Her role as a soul-led entrepreneur is still in its initiatory stages, and she is uncertain where it will take her, however she does know that her offering cannot be distilled to any modality, tool or system. She offers you her commitment to Self, and by extension, her commitment to universal and eternal life. Melanie also considers herself to be human first, and her human self has been awkwardly shifting roles between western healing as a physical therapist to spiritual healing as a psychic channel. She believes that some of the most profound healing is the healing that takes place when a client is mirrored back insight already contained within themselves. You can connect with Melanie's channel through virtual one-on-one or group readings.Meet Victoria: Self-Exploration Guide Hi there, I'm Victoria a self-exploration guide & coach for creatives looking to reframe anxiety and heal their inner artist.  This approach to WHOLE body healing is a game changer. It puts YOU back in the driver's seat of your life.By supporting ALL parts of your being- the physical, emotional, mental & energetic- you become a master at understanding how energy runs in your system. This is how you create space & cultivate internal safety, which is KEY to accessing your inner artistIt is a process/practice of learning how to BE in the body, explore your emotions and untangle from the energy that isn't yours so you access your true essence.You are here for magic.IG: www.instagram.com/victoriajhopkins_https://bio.site/victoriahopkinscoachingReady to explore deeper: Jump into Anchored, my FREE mini program all about nervous system regulation & embodiment.Sign up HERE

In this fifth episode of season 6 of Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community, we speak with Episcopalians committed to the Beloved Community about the texts for the Easter Vigil. The texts covered in this episode are Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 9:8-13, Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21, Ezekiel 36:24-28, 37:1-14, Canticle 8, and Matthew 28:1-10. Our guests this week are:  The Rev. Valerie Mayo, a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and director of Beloved Community Initiatives at the Seminary of the Southwest. She is an active member of the Union of Black Episcopalians and continues to share her gifts with The Episcopal Church Sacred Ground team, the Office of African Descent Ministries, and the Church Pension Group CREDO experience. She loves working to build bridges across communities and cultures. The prayerful Sister Tammy-Scholastica, a vowed member of the Order of Benedictine Canons in South Dakota. She is a devoted grandmother and enjoys biking and being active in her communities. The renowned Tamara Plummer, a cradle Episcopalian from Brooklyn, N.Y.  She serves as program officer in the U.S. Disaster Program at Episcopal Relief & Development, where she leads the Episcopal Asset Map project. Tamara also hosts the podcast Pursuing Call. Mentioned in this podcast: “This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us” by Cole Arthur Riley Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church's staff officer for Racial Reconciliation. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity.

Cole Arthur Riley grew up in a house full of loud, funny, and loving personalities, but as a kid, she kept her voice from others, barely speaking at all until she was 7 years old. Still, her dad kept finding ways to, as she described, bribe her to share her voice and nurture her creative impulse, often in writing, from poems to stories and beyond. Over time, as her expressive and creative voice took shape, her lens on spirituality also yearned for a more expansive expression, she began to bring all parts of her life together - the creative impulse, life experience, sense of identity and fairness and spiritual inclination - to write her own blended prayer-meets-poetry, modern liturgies. Then, she started sharing them on Instagram under the moniker, Black Liturgies. Almost immediately, the project took off, growing into a global phenomenon. Her work then led to Cole's debut book and New York Times bestseller, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us, which explores some of the most urgent questions of life, identity, and faith: How can spirituality not silence the body, but instead allow it to come alive? How do we honor, lament, and heal from the stories we inherit? How can we find peace in a world overtaken with dislocation, noise, and unrest? In this stunning work, Cole invites us to descend into our own stories, examine our capacity to rest, wonder, joy, rage, and repair, and find that our humanity is not an enemy to faith but evidence of it. And we talk about all of it in today's conversation. Her journey, her wisdom, the incredible response of the community, and more.You can find Cole at: Website | InstagramIf you LOVED this episode you'll also love the conversations we had with Alex Elle about how to heal.Check out our offerings & partners: My New Book SparkedMy New Podcast SPARKED: We're looking for special guest “wisdom-seekers” to share the moment you're in, then pose questions to Jonathan and the Sparked Braintrust to be answered, “on air.” To submit your “moment & question” for consideration to be on the show go to sparketype.com/submit. Visit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount Codes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we're thinking about first impressions. Plus, the Broads talk about the statistic probability we've met a murderer, ridiculous impressions we've received, and Erin's intense prep as Amy's hype woman.  Links mentioned in the episode: Song from The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: "The Impression That I Get"Amy's books coming out in 2024 _____Our picks from Broads and Books Episode 130: The Impression That I GetNovels:Amy: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin Erin: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson Other Books:Amy: And Then We Grew Up: On Creativity, Potential, and the Imperfect Art of Adulthood, Rachel Friedman (Nonfiction)Erin: Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us, Rachel Aviv (Nonfiction) Pop Culture: Amy: The Menu (HBOMax)Erin: Poker Face (Peacock) (and Natasha Lyonne on Seth Meyers)Broads and Books is the funny and feminist book podcast you need in your life! Each episode, Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, check in on our Podcats, and so much more. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week. Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram and Facebook!

This week we're very honored to welcome Zera of Compass Collective to the podcast. Zera, who affectionately goes by her longtime moniker Z, is the owner and founder of Compass Collective.  Compass Collective is an independent bookshop and community rooted in diverse, inclusive, and healing-centered engagement. The experiences in both her personal and professional life shed light on the importance of representation and the power that lies within community.  Books were the gateway into her own healing journey and now Z strives to create a safe space where books, empathy, support, and peace can coalesce and coexist together, in community.  In addition to her recent endeavor into the world of entrepreneurship, Zera is an Optometrist and a Certified Healing-Centered Engagement Practitioner. In her downtime, she relishes in the simple pleasures of life & thoroughly enjoys spending time with her children, husband, and dear friends.Join us as we discuss everything from her courage to betting on herself, to what's she's reading and listening to. You don't want to miss this conversation. Zera's Recommended "Take Good Care"  Reading List: How We Heal by Alex Elle:  https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-we-heal-uncover-your-power-and-set-yourself-free-alexandra-elle/18265479?ean=9781797216263The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace-Self Healing, and Enjoy Sweet Things in Life by Yasmine Cheyenne : https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sugar-jar-create-boundaries-embrace-self-healing-and-enjoy-the-sweet-things-in-life-yasmine-cheyenne/18396399?ean=9780063162365This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley : https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-here-flesh-spirituality-liberation-and-the-stories-that-make-us-cole-arthur-riley/17122524?ean=9780593239773Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey: https://bookshop.org/p/books/rest-is-resistance-a-manifesto-tricia-hersey/18255493?ean=9780316365215Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan: https://bookshop.org/p/books/before-i-let-go-kennedy-ryan/18370129?ean=9781538706794Compass Collective website: https://bookshop.org/shop/compass__collectiveCompass Collective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/compass__collective/CC's Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/compass__collectiveHealing-inspired Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/compass-collective/[Promo code: COZY10 for 10% off]The Well Done Life Podcast Information: Please reach out and share your feedback on this week's episode or topics that you would like covered :-)Previous Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/851650/12113967-intention-and-vitality.mp3?download=trueTwitter: https://twitter.com/iampamelaldavisInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pamelaldavis/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewelldonelifepodcast/Email: thewelldonelife@gmail.com

The way we narrate our past shapes our present and our future, but sometimes our memories are reduced by the generality of the stories we tell- stories shaped by our fears and our wounds and not faithful to the embodied particularity of our lived experience. Too often our spirituality has been dismissive of the body and our religion has conformed to dominant narratives of power that whitewash pain and injustice, leading away from life and freedom. We experience and remember the particularity of both pain and joy in our bodies, however, making a spirituality at home in the body vital if we are to recall the sacred dignity of our humanity and open ourselves to the Spirit's slow work of healing and liberation. Cole Arthur Riley, creator of Black Liturgies and author of This Here Flesh: Spirituality, liberation and the stories that make us, joins Dom and Sue to talk about the power of an embodied spirituality and the dignity of the stories that make us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Strangers to Ourselves, Stay True, I'm Glad My Mom Died, and more of their favorite nonfiction books of 2022. Give the gift of Tailored Book Recommendations! And follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity by Justin Gregg Huda F Are You? by Hufa Fahmy Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu The Forever Witness: How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer 100 Animals That Can F*cking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir by Erika L. Sanchez Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime by Candace Fleming How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur  WHAT WE'RE READING: We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Queen of Myth and Monsters (Adrian X Isolde) by Scarlett St. Clair  Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers by Erica Hannickel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is no shortage of self-help books in the world positing that the human mind can be explained, that there is a tidy order to things and a discernible reason why everything happens. These are books that claim to have answers. Rachel Aviv's new book, Strangers to Ourselves, goes in the opposite direction. Through a series of profiles, she presents people and their behavior that defy easy explanations and who produce more questions than answers. Does Ray represent the triumph of medication over talk therapy or is his story more complex? Is Bapu experiencing religious ecstasy or schizophrenia? Ultimately, Rachel Aviv shows how any understanding of a person with a mental disorder shouldn't begin and end with a one-word diagnosis because there are so many stories to be told.Get your copy of Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us wherever books are sold. Follow Rachel on Twitter @RachelAviv.Read Rachel's most recent pieces for The New Yorker by going to: https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/rachel-avivThank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun.Check out our I'm Glad You're Here and Depresh Mode merchandise at the brand new merch website MaxFunStore.com!Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org.Help is available right away.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALKCrisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741.International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlinesThe Depresh Mode newsletter is available twice a week. Subscribe for free and stay up to date on the show and mental health issues. https://johnmoe.substack.com/John's acclaimed memoir, The Hilarious World of Depression, is now available in paperback. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250209566/thehilariousworldofdepressionFind the show on Twitter @depreshpod and Instagram @depreshpod.John is on Twitter @johnmoe.

In 2022, over 800 inches of whitetail falls to the TAI team, and we couldn't be more proud. On this episode we discuss the laughs, the tears, and the memories mounted as we descend on the Land of Lincoln. Illinois has been home to us for a while, and we brought the smoke this year. Join us in a celebration and a butt kicking of some as we discuss this years trip!

Today Anna talks to Jesse about Rachel Aviv's Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us.

Rachel Aviv is a staff writer for The New Yorker. Her new book is Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us. “I used to feel that if I knew everything, that was a good sign. And I've become more aware that if you know everything you want to argue, that's not such a good sign…. Do I have a genuine question? Is there something I'm trying to figure out? Then the story is worth telling. But if I don't really have a question or if my question is already answered, then maybe that should give you pause.” Show notes: @rachelaviv Aviv on Longform Aviv on Longform Podcast Aviv's New Yorker archive 05:00 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us (Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2022) 03:00 "How An Ivy League School Turned Against A Student" (New Yorker • Mar 2022) 11:00 "Anorexia, The Impossible Subject" (Alice Gregory • New Yorker • Dec 2013) 12:00 "The Trauma of Facing Deportation" (New Yorker • Mar 2017) 28:00 The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson • Vintage • 2011) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly one in five adults in America lives with a mental illness. And we have plenty of evidence — from suicide rates to the percentage of Americans on psychopharmaceuticals — that our collective mental health is getting worse. But beyond mental health diagnoses lies a whole, complicated landscape of difficult, often painful, mental states that all of us experience at some point in our lives.Rachel Aviv is a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the new book “Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us.” Aviv has done some of the best reporting toward answering questions like: How do people cope with their changing — and sometimes truly disturbing — mental states? What can diagnosis capture, and what does it leave out? Why do treatments succeed or fail for different people? And how do all of us tell stories about ourselves — and our minds — that can either trap us in excruciating thought patterns or liberate us?We discuss why children seeking asylum in Sweden suddenly dropped out mentally and physically from their lives, how mental states like depression and anxiety can be socially contagious, how mental illnesses differ from physical ailments like diabetes and high blood pressure, what Aviv's own experience with childhood anorexia taught her about psychology and diagnosis, how having too much “insight” into our mental states can sometimes hurt us, how social forces like racism and classism can activate psychological distress, the complicated decisions people make around taking medication or refusing it, how hallucinations can be confused with — or might even count as — a form of spiritual connection, what “depressive realism” says about the state of our society, how we can care for one another both within and beyond the medical establishment, and more.This episode contains a brief mention of suicidal ideation. If you are having thoughts of suicide, text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. A list of additional resources is available at SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources.Mentioned:“It's Not Just You,” a series on mental health in America from New York Times Opinion“The Trauma of Facing Deportation” by Rachel AvivRuth Ozeki on The Ezra Klein Show: “What We Gain by Enchanting the Objects in Our Lives”Thomas Insel on The Ezra Klein Show: “A Top Mental Health Expert on Where America Went Wrong”Judson Brewer on The Ezra Klein Show: “That Anxiety You're Feeling? It's a Habit You Can Unlearn.”Book Recommendations:Madness and Modernism by Louis SassOf Two Minds T.M. Luhrmann“Wants” by Grace PaleyThoughts? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. (And if you're reaching out to recommend a guest, please write  “Guest Suggestion" in the subject line.)You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin and Rogé Karma. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, Mary Marge Locker and Kate Sinclair. Original music by Isaac Jones. Mixing by Sonia Herrero, Isaac Jones and Carole Sabouraud. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Special thanks to Kristin Lin and Kristina Samulewski.

Kate Wolf speaks with celebrated author Yiyun Li about her latest novel, The Book of Goose. A tale of a passionate friendship between two adolescent girls, set in a rural village in postwar France, The Book of Goose is told from the perspective of its narrator, Agnès. Now living in America many years later, she recounts the devotion and creativity she shared with her best friend, Fabienne, when they were young. Together the two girls composed a book of stories, but at Fabienne's urging, Agnès posed as the sole author when the book was eventually published, setting the course of their lives in two very separate directions. An examination of friendship, poverty, feminine ambivalence, and death, Li's novel is most concerned with the nature of stories themselves: where they come from, how they function, and who they belong to. Also, Rachel Aviv, author of Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us, returns to recommend Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought by Louis Sass.

Kate Wolf speaks with celebrated author Yiyun Li about her latest novel, The Book of Goose. A tale of a passionate friendship between two adolescent girls, set in a rural village in postwar France, The Book of Goose is told from the perspective of its narrator, Agnès. Now living in America many years later, she recounts the devotion and creativity she shared with her best friend, Fabienne, when they were young. Together the two girls composed a book of stories, but at Fabienne's urging, Agnès posed as the sole author when the book was eventually published, setting the course of their lives in two very separate directions. An examination of friendship, poverty, feminine ambivalence, and death, Li's novel is most concerned with the nature of stories themselves: where they come from, how they function, and who they belong to. Also, Rachel Aviv, author of Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us, returns to recommend Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought by Louis Sass

Why do some people with mental illnesses recover while others with the same diagnosis don't? According to New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv, the answer in part lies in the gap between people's actual experiences and the language of contemporary psychiatry that names and defines their conditions. In her new book “Strangers to Ourselves” Aviv writes about people who she says “have come up against the limits of psychiatric ways of understanding themselves” -- a woman who stopped taking her meds because she didn't know who she was without them, a man subject to years of failed psychoanalysis, and Aviv herself, who at age six was hospitalized for refusing to eat. We'll talk to Aviv about her discoveries. Guests: Rachel Aviv, writer of "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us"

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv to discuss her first book, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us. The book collects the stories of people whose mental health crises subvert our usual understanding of diagnosis, treatment, and healing. It begins with Aviv herself, who was hospitalized at the age of six for anorexia, before she even knew the term for her illness. Each chapter is then dedicated to a different person: Bapu, an Indian Brahmin woman, who shortly after giving birth dedicates herself to religious asceticism and mysticism; Naomi, a Black woman, who in her psychosis, despairs of the very real racism and generational oppression that surrounds her; and Ray Osheroff and Laura Delano whose chapters both show the ways in which psychiatry is still grappling with medication and biology. Aviv explores how mental illness can defy psychiatric explanation, requiring a broader view of the economic, social and lived realities of the people who experience it. Also, Raquel Gutierrez, author of Brown Neon, returns to recommend Dog Flowers by Danielle Geller.

Today on the show we finish our discussion on the impact of stories with a very rare, part II episode. Now is a great time to give a 5 star review on iTunes and share this show with a friend!

Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv to discuss her first book, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us. The book collects the stories of people whose mental health crises subvert our usual understanding of diagnosis, treatment, and healing. It begins with Aviv herself, who was hospitalized at the age of six for anorexia, before she even knew the term for her illness. Each chapter is then dedicated to a different person: Bapu, an Indian Brahmin woman, who shortly after giving birth dedicates herself to religious asceticism and mysticism; Naomi, a Black woman, who in her psychosis, despairs of the very real racism and generational oppression that surrounds her; and Ray Osheroff and Laura Delano whose chapters both show the ways in which psychiatry is still grappling with medication and biology. Aviv explores how mental illness can defy psychiatric explanation, requiring a broader view of the economic, social and lived realities of the people who experience it. Also, Raquel Gutierrez, author of Brown Neon, returns to recommend Dog Flowers by Danielle Geller.

In part I of this week, Brad, Greg, and Bryan talk about the story of their lives ( so far). They share their own personal stories as they discuss the reality that our story is never truly our own.

In this episode, we share our smooch, marry, and kills of September. We discuss what you should give a shot (smooch), what you should make a commitment to (marry), and what you should just pass on by (kill) this fall. Join us as we consider the new books, shows, and movies heading our way this month. Plus a surprise appearance of Erin of Grievances and Knox's random red lights. MENTIONSCTA: High-five yourself because you showed up and celebrated our ninth birthday with us all month with us!Lyrics: Wake Me Up When September EndsOUA: Listen to Knox talk about losing money during football seasonWhat happened 9 months ago?: Why September is the most popular month for birthdays Refresher: What is Smooch, Marry, Kill? | Instagram: #PopcastSMKFall fashion: Lug sole loafers, clogs, corset tops, oversized button down, maxi skirts, trucker hats (under 40 only), Birks Smooch mentions: LOTR Rings of Power (“Hesi-Hey”) | The 12 most expensive tv shows ever made | The Woman King | Blonde | Don't Worry Darling | Harry Styles' accent in DWD | Hocus Pocus 2 (original, Girls Just Want To Have Fun) | Most Americans Stop Listening To New Music at Age 33 | Britney Spears / Elton John's Hold Me Closer | Santigold's Spirituals | Marcus Munford's Self-Titled | Little Big Town's Mr. Sun | The Front Bottoms' Theresa | American Gigolo NSFL: Body Like A Backhoe | SFW: Body Like a BackroadMarry mentions: Reboot | S2 Abbot Elementary | books: Fairy Tale by Stephen King, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Avid, Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Adkinson, The Unfolding by A.M. Holmes, Bliss Montage by Ling Ma, Eliot Ness and The Mad Butcher by Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz | S4 Atlanta | Andor (see also: Rouge One)Kill mentions: Pinocchio | Joseph Gordon-Levitt IMDb | The Greatest Beer Run Ever | ErinHMoon on IG fall pledgeJoin us Thursday on Patreon for this week's TMYK for Oliva Wilde and Shia Labeouf discussionRed light mentions: VMAs | Yung Gravy | hologram Johnny Depp at the VMAs | Oliva Wilde | House of The Dragon theme song | PeeWee Herman birthday | DJ Khaled's new album (exception) | Nebraska | mass surrender cobra | Ugh- this Texas pastor THE BACHELORETTE EPISODE RECAPSWe recap each episode of The Bachelorette for our Friends of the Show at Patreon. Support at either Friend level gets you our weekly recaps dropped into your podcast app every Tuesday. Go to knoxandjamie.com/patreon to support the show. And thank you! BONUS SEGMENTOur Patreon supporters can get full access to this week's The More You Know news segment. Become a partner. This week we discussed:Olivia Wilde (and Shia LaBeouf) The Brad Pitt / Angelina Jolie reportGREEN LIGHTSJamie: series - Mo (Netflix) | book - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins ReidKnox: Ashley's shop - The Bluest Willow | The Measure by Nikki Erlick SHOW SPONSORSRothy's: Get $20 off your first purchase at Rothys.com/pop.Stamps.com: Get a 4-week trial at Stamps.com with code POPCAST.ZipRecruiter: Try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/popcastHoney: install Honey so you never miss a promo code again at JoinHoney.com/popcastSubscribe to Episodes: iTunes | Android Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter: knoxandjamie.com/newsletterShop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/thepopcast | this week's featured itemFollow Us: Instagram | Twitter | FacebookSupport Us: Monthly Donation | One-Time Donation | SwagSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology In this episode Mason chats with Cole Arthur Riley about her new book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. They chat about why embodiment is essential to spirituality and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Cole Arthur Riley is the creator of Black Liturgies. She is also the recent author of This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Find Cole here: colearthurriley.com Instagram: blackliturgies Twitter: @blackliturgist Facebook: facebook.com/blackliturgist Special music by Trey Pearson: Spotify: Trey Pearson Instagram: treypearson Get connected to Mason: masonmennenga.com Patreon: patreon.com/masonmennenga Twitter: @masonmennenga Facebook: facebook.com/mason.mennenga Instagram: masonmennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I am interested in reclaiming a contemplation that is not exclusive to whiteness, intellectualism, ableism, or mere hobby. And as a Black woman, I am disinterested in any call to spirituality that divorces my mind from my body, voice, or people.”– An excerpt from This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley In Episode 002 of Become A Good Ancestor, Layla Saad interviews writer, liturgist, and speaker, Cole Arthur Riley.Cole's NYT bestselling book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us is our May 2022 book selection in the Become A Good Ancestor Book Club. To find out more about the book and to join us in the book club click here. In her stunning debut, Cole weaves stories from three generations of her family with contemplative reflections to discover the necessary rituals that connect us with our belonging, dignity, and liberation.Cole's writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Guernica, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post. She is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator. Cole currently serves as the spiritual teacher in residence with Cornell University's Office of Spirituality and Meaning Making.In this interview, Layla and Cole explore:How Cole was inspired to write This Here FleshCole's experience with chronic illness and how it shaped her view of owning her body.The experiences of Cole's ancestors and how they not only shaped who she is today, but inspired a book that embodies multiple generational experiencesWhat it means to become disembodied and how this can affect the way we not only see ourselves, but how others see us.“This is the spirituality that if I'm going to do this, I want to communicate this kind of contemplation, this kind of spirituality when it's intergenerational, when that's embodied, when that's emotional.”— Cole Author Riley, Author of This Here Flesh, Episode 002 of Become A Good Ancestor Podcast Learn more and follow Cole Arthur Riley:Website: https://colearthurriley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackliturgies/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackliturgist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackliturgist/ Join the Become A Good Ancestor Community:Website https://www.becomeagoodancestor.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/become_a_good_ancestor/ Book Club https://www.becomeagoodancestor.com/book-club Patreon  www.patreon.com/becomeagoodancestor BookShopU.S.: https://bookshop.org/shop/goodancestorbookclub-usUK: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/goodancestorbookclub-uk 

This episode of "Henri Nouwen, Now & Then" introduces listeners to Cole Arthur Riley, an extraordinary writer and truth teller and the author of the New York Times bestseller and movingly eloquent "This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us" – a book that leaves you with questions, in the best possible way! * EPISODE PAGE: https://henrinouwen.org/listen/cole-arthur-riley/ * PURCHASE "This Here Flesh" by Cole Arthur Riley AMAZON USA: https://amzn.to/3J0pF64 AMAZON Canada: https://amzn.to/3tCuVq0 ____________ * TO WATCH FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY "Journey of the Heart: The Life of Henri Nouwen": www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U8M1gx5Rk4&t=1808s * LISTEN on iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/henrinouwensociety/id1468489942 * LISTEN on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Cxu6BwtNHlzFT7RzlixWJ * WATCH the PODCAST on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iObxkzRYDCA&list=PLq385qyR7NY55D9LhJK5NW-5ERuN2XAH0 * TO SIGN-UP FOR FREE DAILY E-MEDITATIONS: https://henrinouwen.org/meditation/ * FOR HENRI NOUWEN SOCIETY CAREGIVING RESOURCES: https://henrinouwen.org/caregiving/ * MORE FREE RESOURCES: www.henrinouwen.org * READ HENRI NOUWEN BOOKS: https://henrinouwen.org/read/

Cole Arthur Riley grew up in a house full of personalities that she describes as loud and funny, but as a kid, as loved as she felt, she kept her voice from others. In fact, Cole barely spoke until she was 7. Still, her dad kept finding ways to, as she described, bribe her to share her voice and nurture her creative impulse, often in writing, from poems to stories and beyond. As she grew into herself, she developed a dual passion for contemplative spirituality, and also the work of writers, like Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou. Over time, her lens on spirituality yearned for a more expansive expression, one that embodied more of her lived experience as a Black, queer woman, who'd also find herself living with an autoimmune disease that manifested in illness, pain, and uncertainty.Cole was drawn to liturgy and began to write her own blended prayer-meets-poetry, informed by her, unique experience of life, faith, love, creativity, harm, inequity, and justice. She began sharing these modern liturgies on Instagram under the moniker, Black Liturgies, which she describes as a space for Black spiritual words of liberation, lament, rage, and rest. The project quickly grew into a global phenomenon, with deep resonance far beyond her original intended audience, and led to her debut book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us, which explores some of the most urgent questions of life, identity, and faith: How can spirituality not silence the body, but instead allow it to come alive? How do we honor, lament, and heal from the stories we inherit? How can we find peace in a world overtaken with dislocation, noise, and unrest? In this stunning work, Cole invites us to descend into our own stories, examine our capacity to rest, wonder, joy, rage, and repair, and find that our humanity is not an enemy to faith but evidence of it.You can find Cole at: Website | InstagramIf you LOVED this episode:You'll also love the earlier conversation we had with Ashley C. Ford about her sense of identity, creativity, and expression.My new book is available!Order Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive today!Check out our offerings & partners: KiwiCo: KiwiCo delivers science and art projects for kids of all ages. Redefine learning with play— explore hands-on projects that build creative confidence and problem-solving skills with KiwiCo! Get 50% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code GOODLIFE at kiwico.com.Squarespace: Squarespace is the all-in-one solution for anyone looking to create a beautiful website. Check Out Squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you are ready to launch go to squarespace.com/GLP and use offer code: GLP to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Mari Talkin and her guests, children's book author Jess Rinker and illustrator Meg Hunt, discuss the story behind their collaborative project, a picture book biography called SEND A GIRL about a woman who made history by becoming FDNY's first female firefighter and in so doing inspires all of us to find our inner strength.

Welcome back to the Cured Collective Podcast! In this solo episode, your host Joseph Sheehey shares his thoughts on the stories that are responsible to change us as humans throughout our lifespan. Childhood experiences and the models we have as kids shape us in a way that we sometimes are not capable of comprehending. But it's important that we do. By understanding the stories that make us, we can continue to make stories of our own.    “The places that we come from, our childhood experiences, and the experiences within our homes and our families, and the way that our parents raise us shapes everything. Shapes our world view, shapes our understanding of ourselves, our understanding of who we can be and what we can be in this world.” – Joseph Sheehey   Joseph also explains the mission that Cured Nutrition has been incorporating over the years and how it correlates with this topic. To share our most vulnerable experiences, our deepest hurts and our whole truth is the first step to actually change our life. It's the first step to actually connect, create community, and build meaningful relationships. And that's exactly what Cured Nutrition wants its message to be.   Key Highlights In which way childhood stories influence our personality; Joseph's personal experience on living a destructive life; How to stop painting a person that we actually don't want to be; The importance of sharing your truth, to start to change your life.   “To get there, to be the person that I'm stepping into every single day, this version of myself has required change, has required understanding the truths, and truths of the mistakes that we make and the decisions that are destructive and that's why Cured Nutrition exists.” – Joseph Sheehey   Connect with us! IG: @josephsheehey IG: @curednutrition   Episode Resources Learn more about any of Cured's all-natural products at our website and save 15% with checkout code "COLLECTIVE" What does true health mean to you? Connect with us on Instagram (@curednutrition) and share your journey on our most recent post! For any questions regarding Cured Nutrition products or our movement please email us directly at support@curednutrition.com.

Host Mari Talkin and her sister Janae Scott discuss the power of stories to build empathy and create bonds. Along the way, they also tell some family stories that are both cringy and hilarious. RESOURCE LINKS:

This episode is filled with stories of cringe, pain, laughter, and memories that we will hold forever. There are parts of this episode we cannot control our laughter! Listen and in guarantee you will find yourself belly laughing too! Also, BRYCE IS A DAD!.... a puppy dad. 

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Today's guest is my dear friend Meagan, who is a Leo sun, Virgo rising and Sagittarius moon. We discuss bands we can't stand, our favorite garbage foods and two stories that we feel are proof of past lives (we are believers!) Nicole Burron is on Instagram @nicoleburron. She is an intuitive medium who does oracle readings that focus on connecting with your spirit guides and incorporating your unique natal chart to deliver you clear messages from the spirit realm and cosmic support from the stars. A New York Times article on OMM SETY. 15 Chilling Stories about Children Remembering their Past Lives. The Woo-Woo Report is on Instagram @thewoowooreportpodcast Become a Patreon to receive an extra bonus episode every month and moon ritual PDF download! Follow us on Facebook for your fix of daily woo-woo news! Facebook Have a mystical question you want answered? Drop an e-mail at: hello@thewoowooreport.com

A discussion of the types of ideas that make us go really nuts if we start to believe that they are true. (For example, your mother really doesn't love you.)