Podcasts about third space

Shayla has a conversation with a member of the Canopy Church community, Katie, on the experience of practicing sabbath. They touch on their journey to practicing sabbath, the challenges that have emerged, and the things they are learning along the way from God! 

Donatella Caggiano was living in a Best Western while her flooded apartment got fixed when she watched a SWAT team raid a neighbouring house to catch a fugitive. She caught herself rooting for the person running and then realised she was the person running. Donatella accepted the hint her body and the universe were giving then drove to her office that morning and quit.The job she walked away from was a corporate role she had stayed in through a merger and acquisition that kept her and her team in the dark, and left everyone working in an unfinished office surrounded by moving boxes for months. The message was clear long before the layoffs: stop investing. Stop expecting. Just wait.The hotel window was Donatella's accidental third space — the room outside both home and work where she could finally see herself. She now designs that room intentionally, for teams. She helps organisations have conversations the office wasn't built for, to rebuild belonging in places where gratitude is demanded and silence is rewarded.We talked about why grief gets skipped when organisations change, what happens to a team when a leader hands back agency instead of holding the line, and what four haircuts taught her about leading through change.Links to learn more about Donatella Caggiano:WebsiteLinkedInNewsletterSubstackPodcastAny thoughts? Share them with us!Support the show✨✨✨If you miss the "workshops work" podcast, join us on Substack, where Myriam builds a Podcast Club with monthly gatherings around old episodes: https://myriamhadnes.substack.com/

Check out our corporate subscription plan: https://the-ken.com/corporate-teams/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=corporate-subscriptionsPart 1 of Rohin Dharmakumar's conversation with Riyaaz Amlani is the origin story: why a returning UCLA grad decided Bombay was missing "places to be," how Mocha became Social, and what it actually takes to keep a restaurant group alive for 25 years in the highest-mortality business there is. The shisha ban, the private-equity money that never arrived, COVID, the marble hustle at age six, and the real engine underneath it all: people.CHAPTERS00:00  Intro: 95% fail by year two — and the man who didn't01:46  Why Mocha in 2001: a city missing "places to be"03:23  Bombay the "coolest cousin"; South Bombay snobbery moves to Bandra05:05  The MTV / Gen X generation and a West-facing India07:47  UCLA, entertainment management, and learning to live culture11:29  What "Handmade" and "Impresario" mean14:13  The business today: 80 restaurants, 900 cr, 5,500 people15:29  Why restaurants die; learning from the community18:02  People vs processes — and why he keeps returning to people19:32  Social: the millennial third space and the shisha ban25:41  The Gen Z puzzle; Saltwater to Bandra Bourn; evolution vs revolution30:46  Real estate: location vs locality and India's "80 pockets"32:32  The metric that matters: AOV x covers x table turnaround35:33  COVID and surviving "mass-extinction events"39:17  The town hall: the team takes 40% pay to save the company40:51  What losing a restaurant feels like; the discipline to quit42:44  Mental model: 4-5 engines to ride economic cycles46:42  The marble business and hustling from age 1251:20  Bowling alleys & Phoenix Mills: people buy time together53:44  Self-rating: 7.5 as a parent, 5 as a CEO55:15  Building a restaurant vs building an organization56:15  The HR crisis: severe attrition, talent going abroad58:44  The one thing he can't delegate: layouts and property selection1:00:49 Becoming a "boardroom warrior" against his will KEY COMPANIES & BRANDSImpresario Handmade Restaurants; Mocha; Social; Saltwater Cafe/Grill; Bandra Born; Cafe Coffee Day; Phoenix Mills "Bowling Company"; Amoeba; UCLA. KEY CONCEPTSThird spaces; "handmade" at scale; West-aspirational MTV-generation culture; people vs processes; AOV x covers x table turnaround; frequency as a metric; location vs locality / "80 pockets"; evolution vs revolution; mass-extinction events & resilience; working-capital-negative business; building a restaurant vs building an organization; restaurant-industry attrition; the layouts/property selection he won't delegate.

How much of each us gets excluded when we constantly compare ourselves to one another, and to the expectations we're handed by our culture.  And how much we exclude the gifts of others by the very same process. Is there a way we could give up inappropriate comparison and in so doing learn to include so much more everyone's talents and gifts, and the supportive ground of life itself?In this conversation we talk about different kinds of learning, mischief, the attitudes we take that portray us as 'better than' or 'worse than' others, and what it is to deeply and gladly welcome the many kinds of difference and intelligence that are available in the world.This week's Turning Towards Life is from May 2023, remixed and represented as we are in the midst of teaching the final session of this year's Professional Coaching Course. It's hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.This is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:People ask mewhy I am happy.What can I say ?I stopped trying to bethe sharpest toolin the shed.Once I gave that up,I could rest in all this love.Relaxed, I opened the door,stepped out and discoveredthe whole bliss gardenI'd been missing.Ingrid Goff-Maidoffingridgoffmaidoff.comPhoto by Lucio Patone on Unsplash   ---Join Us Live in 2026Foundations of Integral Development Coaching, led by Lizzie and JustinSept 7-8 2026, OnlineOur two-day immersive introduction to integral development coaching, led by Lizzie and Justin from Turning Towards Life. An opportunity to begin to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about our coaching programmes her here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingYou can read more 'Foundations' here:www.wearethirdspace.org/foundations-of-coachingAnd our year-long Professional Coaching Course here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

Some people have the patience to sit with the right problem instead of fixing the wrong one. They ask the question that actually needs asking, don't accept our stories at face value, and get to the real thing waiting to be said. They see what we're actually struggling with, not the account we offer. They are quiet, patient, kind, curious, and deep enough for us to speak about what matters. They know when to wait and when to act. This capacity lives between and within us. It can grow and be practiced. And the world needs it now.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.This is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:The real AITo quote the great Steve Wozniak, “Actual Intelligence.” The kind we're born with and can develop if we choose. It's worth more now than ever before. Alas, it's rarely taught in school.The difficult work of making choices.The act of curation.The responsibility of putting your name on it.The judgment to ask the right questions and skip the other ones.The imperative to ship useful work.The pursuit of good taste.The patience to sit with the right problem rather than solving the wrong one.The generosity to create for someone specific.Seeking justice.Offering dignity.Knowing when to stop.Investing in deep empathy, not a shallow substitute.Taking initiative and doing the reading.Being patient, or impatient, depending on what's needed.Ignoring the noise.Making something that matters.Caring.Seth Godinseths.blogPhoto by Clay Banks on Unsplash‍       ‍---Join Us Live in 2026Foundations of Integral Development Coaching, led by Lizzie and JustinSept 7-8 2026, OnlineOur two-day immersive introduction to integral development coaching, led by Lizzie and Justin from Turning Towards Life. An opportunity to begin to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about our coaching programmes her here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingYou can read more 'Foundations' here:www.wearethirdspace.org/foundations-of-coachingAnd our year-long Professional Coaching Course here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

Às 19h00 de uma sexta-feira em Londres, o saguão do Third Space, no Soho, parece mais um clube de sócios do que uma academia. Há um bar de smoothies, jovens na casa dos 20 e 30 anos em roupas coloridas de ginástica e um fluxo constante de pessoas que chegam para as aulas de Pilates.

Inspired by William Martin's poem ‘Journey's End', we wonder together about what it would be to each receive the one, precious, unique life that we are rather than trying all the time to be something or someone else. What happens when we let ourselves soften into receiving everything that has, since the beginning of time, led directly to each of us, seeing ourselves and one another as the sacred presences that we are? And what might the words of someone towards the end of their life offer us to help us do that? This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.This is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:Journey's EndI've reached the end of my journey.Not at all a giving up on life,simply no more striving,seeking, searching, trying,maintaining, growing, gaining.No more reading to improve myself.No more spiritual practices seeking God.No more interest in insights.I'm at the Still Point of the journey's endseeing for the first time that it is whereI've always been. Deep breath, happy sigh,quail strutting on the wall.William Martinwilliammartin.orgPhoto by Paulo Pescada on Unsplash ---Join Us Live in 2026Foundations of Integral Development Coaching, led by Lizzie and JustinSept 7-8 2026, OnlineOur two-day immersive introduction to integral development coaching, led by Lizzie and Justin from Turning Towards Life. An opportunity to begin to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about our coaching programmes her here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingYou can read more 'Foundations' here:www.wearethirdspace.org/foundations-of-coachingAnd our year-long Professional Coaching Course here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

Over the past few years, I have become obsessed with the idea of what an artistic space is. Where is art truly free? Why is it so often surrounded by rules, prices and social conventions? When we visit a museum or a gallery, we are not really making art, we are consuming it: paying for a ticket and observing strict rules about our behaviour. These spaces do not encourage people to make art themselves, and they are not a sufficient alternative to a shopping mall, because they follow the same logic. So should we bring art outside the museum?A concept I found particularly useful in answering this question is Edward Soja's notion of “Thirdspace”. For Soja, space is not simply a physical container, but it is also shaped by the meanings, stories and power relations we project onto it. A factory and a museum can occupy the same building, but they are entirely different spaces, because what defines them is not their walls but what happens inside them, and who gets to decide that. In Choosing the Margin as a Space of Radical Openness, a text often cited by Soja, bell hooks takes this idea further, arguing that spaces can be interrupted, appropriated and transformed through artistic and literary practice. From this perspective, space is never neutral: it is always a political choice.Nowadays, the idea of repurposing spaces that previously served another function into something entirely different is widely popular. We see this frequently in the arts: exhibitions are now located in former factories, churches and various abandoned buildings. Not just public art, but curated shows in spaces far removed from official museums and galleries. What changes is what happens inside. However, many repurposed spaces are, in the end, simply expressions of gentrification. I am sure that everyone can think of a space in their city that has been gentrified: where the supposedly artistic venues are just upmarket places where a cocktail costs an unreasonable amount of money, and art is not even freely accessible, because, as in every museum, you pay to enter or to consume. I think, for instance, of NoLo, a neighbourhood in Milan that used to be home mostly to people on lower incomes, with accessible housing prices. Nowadays the area has become more expensive, with upmarket bars and restaurants moving in. The repurposing was never intended for the people already living there, nobody asked them what facilities they needed. It was designed to make the neighbourhood attractive to wealthier residents, creating more spaces to spend money in.Yet there are spaces that genuinely aim to be free and creative, and I went looking for them and for what makes them special. The first is Ruigoord, located just outside the centre of Amsterdam, close to the port. Ruigoord existed for centuries as a farming village before being squatted by an artistic community in the 1960s; although living there is no longer possible, some artists still maintain their ateliers. Ruigoord also hosts festivals and is always open to the public. I believe it is what philosopher Hannah Arendt would call a “space of appearance”: a space defined by the act of collective creation, and one of the few places where art is truly free to exist. I was guided through Ruigoord by Roman, who grew up there, and he showed me the space and all the contradictions that come with it: in our conversation, he spoke about local politics, with different factions and differing opinions on how to manage the space, and about the extraordinary freedom given to children growing up there.The second is OostWest, situated in Amersfoort's industrial area. Like Ruigoord, OostWest houses creative studios for artists, but also hosts DJ sets, workshops and courses, a space that is always open for people to come in, which is precisely what I did when I visited. I had the chance to speak with Rob, one of its founders, and while he showed me around, both he and an artist working there explained the main strength of OostWest: that artists do not create in isolation, but can inspire one another and engage with the people who walk in. OostWest is not defined by its original purpose as a container for industry, but by what happens inside it. This brings us back to the concept of Thirdspace: its ontological meaning defines the role of OostWest far more than its material appearance.The main value of both Ruigoord and OostWest is, without doubt, their sense of community. There, art is not isolated, displayed behind glass on white walls. Art lives through contact between people, not through consumerism and rules. Making art free, accessible and open to everyone is also a way of making the world more creative, encouraging people to make art themselves, as a tool of expression and freedom. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nieuwsbrief.cultuurpers.nl/subscribe

If you’ve ever felt stuck in a loop (work, home, repeat), this conversation is for you. Julia Romanova brings an unusually human-centred lens to how we navigate change. In this episode, Julia introduces two powerful frameworks that reframe how we relate to ourselves, our colleagues, and the world around us. Radical Connectedness is the idea that we each exist across three interconnected dimensions (personal, group, and societal). When you recognise them, you stop taking things personally, you build more resilient teams, and you start acting with greater awareness. The Third Space is something we’ve quietly lost in modern working life. It’s not work. It’s not home. It’s the place where you reconnect with who you actually are, and without it we struggle to recover our energy and feel increasingly trapped.A sharp, practical conversation for anyone navigating modern work. Our Guest: Julia Romanova Julia Romanova is a Berlin-based communication strategist, trainer, and change facilitator with over 15 years of experience at the intersection of politics, business, and society. Currently working in corporate communications and change management, she specialises in transformation communication, helping organisations not just navigate change, but make it land with the people it affects most. With a background spanning German Association for SMEs, StartUps, and her own practice as a Rational Games Trainer for organisations like Microsoft, the German Foreign Office, and ESMT, Julia brings a rare blend of strategic thinking, creativity and human-centred communication. Her academic background in linguistics, a diploma in acting and certifications in Change Management (IHK) and Leadership gives her a uniquely embodied understanding of how people connect, resist, and transform. References: Julia Romanova LinkedIn profile Listen to the next Episode All Podcast Episodes

We're unable to record a new episode this week so we have remixed the sound and video on one of our favourites, from 2022, about a topic that we're thinking about a lot right now - time. So often our lives are ruled by 'clock time' - we're counting off how long there is to get something done, or we're aiming for a time-bound goal, or we're measuring time wasted or time used productively. But although this is the dominant way of understanding time for many of us, it is only one way of relating to the flow of things. What if, instead of filling time with work or play, we turned things around and allowed time to flow into our activity? And what if instead of trying to secure ourselves against an unpredictable future, we took up a playfulness with the unfolding of time itself? A conversation about living into our lives as an infinite unfolding, rather than a finite game.  This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.This is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:What Is Time?There are two kinds of games. One could be called finite, the other infinite. A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play…For an infinite player there is no such thing as an hour of time. There can be an hour of love, or a day of grieving, or a season of learning, or a period of labour.An infinite player does not begin working for the purpose of filling up a period of time with work, but for the purpose of filling work with time. Work is not a way of passing time but engendering possibility. Work is not a way of arriving at a desired present and securing it against an unpredictable future but of moving towards a future that itself has a future.[So] infinite players cannot say how much they have completed in their work or love or quarrelling, but only that much remains incomplete in it. They are not concerned to determine when it is over, but only what comes from it…A finite player puts play into time.An infinite player puts time into play.James Carse, from ‘Finite and Infinite Games'Photo by Joe Pregadio on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

Drawing on Dr Adam Fraser's concept of The Third Space, we're joined by Rachel Wilson, a school teacher and single mum, who shares her own experiences and how she puts The Third Space into practice in her everyday life.Rachel brings a really honest and practical perspective, showing how The Third Space is not just about switching off after work, but something you can use to move between all parts of your day. This conversation is a grounded reminder that how we move between the different parts of our day really matters. Rachel shares how this simple practice has made a real difference, helping her show up better at home, feel more present at work, and look after her own wellbeing along the way.We would like to take this opportunity to thank the NSW Primary Principals' Association, our learning partner in this Podcast.

This week, the Canopy staff have a dialogue around the practice of simplicity. They touch on how simplicity confronts our desire to control and our patterns of worry. The invitation of Jesus reminds us to slow down and to become available and attentive to His presence.

What might become possible if, even for a moment, we let ourselves feel cherished… allowing ourselves to feel the care of others as a living presence in our bodies? And what happens to our way of being in the world when we use this as a doorway, returning us to connection, to belonging, to the quiet rhythm of being human together?In this episode, we turn toward a luminous poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, and into a conversation about imagination as a way to recover our capacities as we respond to the world. We explore what it means to remember we are held, how that remembrance changes the way we meet one another, and why it may be more foolish not to imagine a world that can be shaped by our care. Along the way, we find ourselves asking: if even one of us begins to live as though we are cherished, what kind of ripple might that set in motion?This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction and Community Engagement03:33 The Power of Imagination10:08 Cherishment and Connection17:12 The Ripple Effect of Cherishment22:14 Choosing Connection Over Isolation30:20 Creating Community SpacesThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:A Great Shininginspired by Maya Stein's 10-line poem formWhat if, in this moment, every person on earth thinks of someone who makes us feel cherished,known, safe? What if we let ourselves linger in this moment of connection? What might happen insideeach body? What might happen in the world as in unison our breaths begin to even and slow? Wouldthe pulsing of our hearts begin to synch, the way heart cells in a petri dish come to keep time witheach other? What is earth if not a great experiment in which we are all both observer and observed?How long could it last, this rhythmic communion between jailor and prisoner, oppressor andoppressed, between fighter and fighter, maker and destroyer, parent and child, liar and believer, all ofus thinking of love? Foolish, perhaps, to imagine such impossible moments. But more foolish not toimagine such things. Even now, I'm thinking of someone. It feels like the moon is inside me.Rosemerry Wahtola TrommerRosemerry's Website wordwoman.comRosemerry's Poetry ahundredfallingveils.com---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

This week, we lean into the practice of silence together! Join us for a guided 10 minutes of stillness.

On today's show, we recorded live on location at the Mississippi Museum of Art during Third Space JXN's Soulfood Sunday event this April with our guest, Third Space founder Aisha Carson. We find out what it actually takes to build intentional community in a city that deserves to see itself celebrated. Her belief is rooted simply in this: that narrative change is where all other change begins, and that when people start experiencing their city differently, they start talking about it differently, too. TRANSCRIPT: https://www.visitjackson.com/blog/soul-sessions-aisha-carson

Identity, integrity, and how we come to understand ourselves through attention, discernment, reflection and relationship. Drawing on Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach, Justin and Lizzie talk about the life-giving values of curiosity, seeing one another, and the possibilities that arise when we create opportunities for us all to express and inquire into our inner lives together with honesty, courage, wonder and care.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Turning Towards Life02:20 The Aliveness of Conversation04:48 Exploring Identity and Integrity10:28 Circles of Congruence16:22 The Importance of Community22:19 Curiosity and Connection27:08 Cultural Context and Personal Responsibility32:33 The Power of Seeing One AnotherThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:Identity and Integrity   By identity I mean an evolving nexus where all the forces that constitute my life converge in the mystery of self: my genetic make up, the nature of the man and woman who gave me life, the culture in which I was raised, people who have sustained me and people who have done me harm, the good and ill I have done to others and to myself, the experience of love and suffering - and much, much more. In the midst of that complex field, identity is a moving intersection of the inner and outer forces that make me who I am, converging in the irreducible mystery of being human. By integrity I mean whatever wholeness I am able to find with than nexus as its vectors form and re-form the pattern of my life.  Integrity requires that I discern what is integral to my selfhood, what fits and what does not - and that I choose life giving ways of relating to the forces that converge within me: Do I welcome them or fear them, embrace them or reject them, move with them or against them? By choosing integrity, I become more whole, but wholeness does not mean perfection. It means becoming more real by acknowledging the whole of who I am. Identity and integrity are not the granite from which fictional heroes are hewn. They are subtle dimensions of the complex, demanding, and lifelong process of self-discovery.  Identity lies in the intersection of the diverse forces that make up my life, and integrity lies in relating to those forces in ways that bring me wholeness and life rather than fragmentation and death.Parker Palmer, from ‘The Courage to Teach'Photo by Dalelan Anderson on Unsplash   ‍---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

Stronger Together: How Baby Booty Is Redefining Parenthood Fitness In this episode of the Boulos Beat, guest host Sasha Phillips sits down with Molly DeLong Brubaker to discuss how she transformed her background in startup marketing and her experience as a new mom into Baby Booty—a fitness and community platform designed for parents. What began during COVID as virtual workouts quickly evolved into in-person classes, built around a simple idea: parents need a space where they can work out, connect, and show up as they are—without leaving their babies behind. Baby Booty blends functional fitness with real-life parenting, offering classes where children are welcome and community is central. Each session combines a workout with dedicated time for connection, creating a supportive “third space” for parents to rebuild strength and identity. The business has grown largely through word-of-mouth, with many instructors coming from within the community, reinforcing its authentic and deeply personal culture. A key part of their conversation also highlights the real estate journey behind the brand's growth. Molly shares how moving from pop-up classes to a permanent studio required finding a space with easy access, ample parking, and a welcoming layout suited for parents with young children. With her first location in Portland and a second in Massachusetts, she reflects on navigating different markets, negotiating leases, and adapting spaces to fit her vision. As she explores expansion in southern Maine and considers franchising, real estate strategy remains central to scaling Baby Booty's unique community-driven model.

Shai Lavi joins the Restaurant Unstoppable Network for a live Q+A on May 25th, 2026 at 11AM EST. To join us and engage with all our guests and events, go to restaurantunstoppable.com/live -OR- to just catch today's guest, head over to restaurantunstoppable.com/cwe and we will get you a link to join that specific event for FREE! Shai Lavi is an Atlanta-based chef and restaurateur known for bringing bold, deeply personal Mediterranean flavors to the city's dining scene. Born and raised in Israel and shaped by his Turkish and Libyan family roots, he has built a career around fresh ingredients, soulful cooking, and warm hospitality. After honing his craft in professional kitchens and catering, Lavi launched ventures including Let's Eat! Catering, Rozina Bakehouse & Coffee, Nur Kitchen, and now The Third Space, where he creates intimate dining experiences centered on community, seasonality, and food that tells a story. Join RULibrary: www.restaurantunstoppable.com/RULibrary Join RULive: www.restaurantunstoppable.com/live Set Up your RUEvolve 1:1: www.restaurantunstoppable.com/evolve Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/restaurantunstoppable Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://www.restaurantunstoppable.com/ Today's sponsors: - Workstream is the #1 payroll, hiring, & HR platform built for restaurants. 46 of the top 50 restaurant brands trust Workstream to hire faster, stay compliant, and run payroll accurately across every location. Visit http://workstream.us/unstoppable for 3 months of FREE payroll. - Restaurant Technologies — the leader in automated cooking oil management. Their Total Oil Management solution is an end-to-end closed loop automated system that delivers, monitors, filters, collects, and recycles your cooking oil eliminating one of the dirtiest jobs in the kitchen.. Automate your oil and elevate your kitchen by visiting rti-inc.com or call 888-779-5314 to get started! - US Foods®. Running a restaurant takes MORE than great food—it takes reliable deliveries, quality products, and smart tools. US Foods® helps you make it. Ready to level up? Visit: usfoods.com/expectmore. - Guest contact info:  Website: https://www.thethirdspaceatlanta.com/ Thanks for listening! Rate the podcast, subscribe, and share! 

How do we learn to be honest about our lives… to look closely, to say truthfully what we see, and to turn with reverence and respect to all that has been and the path that unfolds before us? Said another way, what does it take to say ‘yes' to our lives, in spite of everything?This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Reverence and Connection05:27 Exploring Rilke's Poetic Insights11:22 The Journey of Self-Reflection21:10 Embracing Spaciousness in Life26:11 Confronting Mortality and VastnessThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:I Am Much Too Alone in This World    I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enoughto truly consecrate the hour.I am much too small in this world, yet not small enoughto be to you just object and thing,dark and smart.I want my free will and want it accompanyingthe path which leads to action;and want during times that beg questions,where something is up,to be among those in the know,or else be alone.I want to mirror your image to its fullest perfection,never be blind or too oldto uphold your weighty wavering reflection.I want to unfold.Nowhere I wish to stay crooked, bent;for there I would be dishonest, untrue.I want my conscience to betrue before you;want to describe myself like a picture I observedfor a long time, one close up,like a new word I learned and embraced,like the everyday jug,like my mother's face,like a ship that carried me alongthrough the deadliest storm.Rainer Maria RilkeEnglish translation by Annemarie S. Kidder.Photo by Vida Huang on Unsplash‍     ---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

Cultivating both joy and sorrow within us. Seeing what they are made of, so that we can approach them with reverence rather than trying to control them or banish them. And finding out that that the more we go on in lives, the more we can know and the more we can have faith that we can meet what life brings us.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction and Context03:05 The Inner Child and Magic in All Creatures06:10 Delighting in Life and Connection09:12 The Role of Time in Our Experiences11:46 Reverence Towards Sorrow and Joy14:44 The Complexity of Joy and Sorrow17:50 Intention and Commitment to Experience20:49 Community and Shared Language23:56 Conclusion and GratitudeThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:Blessed is the personwho delights in seeingthe inner child in every oneand the magic in all creatureswho does not shun difficultyand can turn with equal reverencetoward sorrow and joywho can trust fear asthe balsam of courageand pain as an instrumentfor opening the heartwho can pause to noticethe delicate lustre of a lichenand the undulations of the lightwho dares to make hopean axiom of beingand is strong enoughto be changed by love.Maria Popova, from The Almanac of BirdsPhoto by Ramona Edwards on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

“The circumstances of our lives don't have to be perfect in order for us to feel like we're alive. The world and the people and things in it are calling for our participation - our granting everything significance and feeling and knowing our own significance too.” A conversation about our choices as we relate with who and what is around us, and how we might live our way into the sacredness of everything, including ourselves.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Turning Towards Life01:20 Exploring Healthy Power04:52 The Significance of Encounters10:42 The Invitation to Relationship17:39 The Power of Significance22:06 Covenant and Responsibility28:02 Living in Relationship29:57 Finding Fulfillment in Ordinary MomentsThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:The Baal-Shem teaches that no encounter with a being or a thing in the course of our life lacks a hidden significance. The people we live with or meet with, the animals that help us with our farm work, the soil we till, the materials we shape, the tools we use, they all contain a mysterious spiritual substance which depends on us for helping it towards its pure form, its perfection. If we neglect this spiritual substance sent across our path, if we think only in terms of momentary purposes, without developing a genuine relationship to the beings and things in whose life we ought to take part, as they in ours, then we shall ourselves be debarred from true, fulfilled existence.It is my conviction that this doctrine is essentially true. The highest culture of the soul remains basically arid and barren unless, day by day, waters of life pour forth into the soul from those little encounters to which we give their due; the most formidable power is intrinsically powerless unless it maintains a secret covenant with these contacts, both humble and helpful, with strange, and yet near, being.Martin BuberPhoto by Linh Pham on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

“If I don't want to be that person who uses power for the sake of power just because I can, and because I can frighten people, and because people do what I say because they're scared… then what power am I using? How do I find creative alternatives to power struggles - to use my power as a person to enable something to happen, but not because of fear?”An exploration of how we can use the great powers that come with being human with intention, responsibility, care, and creativity, so that we can help shape a world we actually want to live in.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Turning Towards Life01:22 Exploring Power Dynamics06:11 Healthy Power vs. Coercive Power11:40 Intention and Responsibility in Power17:28 Seeing Systems of Power20:54 Conclusion and Future ConversationsThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Our source for this week:Both men and women suffer when power is exercised for its own sake by rule- and authority-bound women and men. Powermongers usually win their own games; they are operating on home territory. To go beyond power and the structures that support it usually involves quietly stepping aside. We do not step aside to disengage but to evolve creative alternatives to power struggles.We may not be able to do as much as we would like about the way things turn out on sociopolitical battle-grounds, that often require well-coordinated strategies involving many people. However, we can certainly begin with ourselves. We do not have to react in kind. We can learn to choose how we want to respond.Who are your inner powermongers? What do they say? How do they keep the rules? Marion Woodman, from ‘Coming Home to Ourselves'Photo by Eddie Kopp on Unsplash‍       ‍   ---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

The Nashville Comedy Festival takes over town starting tonight, so we're checking in with the folks behind local independent improv venue Third Coast Comedy Club to learn about their scene and why they're kicking off their next act in East Nashville. Host Marie Cecile Anderson sits down with co-founders Luke Wilson and Scott Field to hear about their new space, where Nashville ranks on the list of great comedy cities, and why they think all of us should say yes to an improv class. Learn more about the sponsors of this April 9th episode:United Way of Greater Nashville Taskrabbit Centennial Park Conservancy Get more from City Cast Nashville when you become a City Cast Nashville Neighbor. You'll enjoy perks like ad-free listening, invitations to members only events and more. Join now at membership.citycast.fm/nashville Want some more City Cast Nashville news? Then make sure to sign up for our City Cast Nashville newsletter.  Follow us @citycastnashville You can also text us or leave a voicemail at: 615-200-6392 Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.

How can we love - people, life, the world - in a way that allows us to genuinely contribute? And how is that different from the kind of love that is really a strategy to have ourselves feel ok?  That second kind of love might be better understood as a way that we try to control life or other people - we'll love just as long as we get back exactly what we hoped for.  The first kind of love is wilder and more surprising and, as author Maria Popova says, the great wonder is ‘how it continues to hold as it continues to change'. This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Turning Towards Life Podcast04:23 Exploring the Source: Maria Popova's Poem06:17 The Nature of Love and Neediness12:45 Distinguishing Love from Control19:41 Loving Kindness as a Disposition27:47 The Essence of Lovingness31:31 Reflections on Love in Today's WorldThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.You can find our source for this week, as well as the video of this conversation, on our website here: www.turningtowards.life/home/love-is-always-wilder-than-you-supposePhoto by Bob Brewer on Unsplash‍    ---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

What if one of the most powerful things you could do for your health had nothing to do with what's on your plate—and everything to do with where you spend your time? Not more time at home. Not more time at the office. We're talking about that in-between space. The one where conversations happen easily, no one expects anything from you, and you can simply exist alongside other people. It's called the Third Space. And lately, Brierley and I have been a little obsessed with the concept. So in today's episode, we're breaking down what a third space actually is, how to find one, and—maybe most importantly—why it could be one of the most impactful things you can do for your mental and physical health.   Information on the Loneliness Epidemic Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf   Thank you for listening to The Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursdays for new episodes! For even more Happy Eating, head to our website!  https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com Learn More About Our Hosts:  Carolyn Williams PhD, RD: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/ Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/ Brierley Horton, MS, RD Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/ Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message!  happyeatingpodcast@gmail.com Produced by Lester Nuby OE Productions

This week in Third Space, we reflect on the tension that arises during Holy Week. The tension the disciples and people of Israel felt, and the tension we feel even now. Jesus has come -the Messiah is here- but his way of saving us is often not what we expect. 

When we think of ourselves only as isolated, separate individuals, we lose sight of the vast life that came before us, which gave us birth, and the vast life which will come after us. Even though we will all, without exception, eventually be forgotten, there is no knowing how the gifts we bring flow on into the life we leave behind us. And there, perhaps, there is both solace and also inspiration - that what we do, and whose lives we touch, matter far beyond anything we can see or tell. This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction and Context03:06 Exploring Parker Palmer's Wisdom11:56 The Nature of Existence and Relationships21:00 Essence and Contribution in Life26:47 Embracing the Mystery TogetherThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:The Great Weave of Nature and HumanitySooner or later, everything falls away.You, the work you've done, your successes,large and small, your failures, too. Thosemoments when you were light, alongsidethe times you became one with the night.The friends, the people you lovedwho loved you, those who might have wishedyou ill, none of this is forever. All of it issoon to go, or going, or long gone.Everything falls away, except the threadyou've followed, unknowing, all along.The thread that strings together all you'vebeen and done, the thread you didn't knowyou were tracking until, toward the end,you see that the thread is what staysas everything else falls away.Follow that thread as far as you can andyou'll find that it does not end, but weavesinto the unimaginable vastness of life. Yourlife never was the solo turn it seemed to be.It was always part of the great weave ofnature and humanity, an immensity wecome to know only as we follow our ownsmall threads to the place where theymerge with the boundless whole.Each of our threads runs its course, thenjoins in life together. This magnificent tapestry –this masterpiece in which we live forever.Parker PalmerPhoto by Bernd

This week, in our Third Space episode, Michelle leads a reflection on what it means to renew our minds. She shares personally about how the Lord has slowly transformed her thought patterns of fear and anxiety and then leads us in a breath prayer to ground us in the reality of who God is.To pick up at the breath prayer you can start at 

Deep within the body lies a group of muscles we rarely think about, yet they hold so much of our daily lives—our continence, our stability, our pleasure, and sometimes our pain. The pelvic floor is both an anatomical and emotional terrain, where physiology meets intimacy and where silence has long replaced education. Yet despite its importance, pelvic health remains surrounded by silence and stigma, even though pelvic floor disorders affect nearly one in three women and millions of men worldwide. Why do so many people live with pelvic pain, incontinence, or painful intimacy without ever seeking help? How much of sexual pleasure and dysfunction is rooted in the body—and how much in the mind? And what might change if we finally started talking openly about pelvic health, intimacy, and the muscles that quietly support them both?In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Willy Quach, DPT, PT (known online as Dr. Q / Pelvic Floor Galore), a California-based Doctor of Physical Therapy and a pelvic health specialist, particularly in rehabilitation for men and the queer and underserved communities. Dr. Quach received his BS in Kinesiology and Exercise Science and DPT from California State University, Northridge.We are also joined by Kimmy Wu, MHC, MA (known online as the Asian Sex Therapist), a New York-based relational and sex psychotherapist, seeking to tear down the taboos surrounding the topics of sex and pleasure. Kimmy received her MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Northwestern University. Currently, she is the founder of Thirdspace, a startup that helps create authentic connections in a disconnected world, and the mental health writer behind 'Between Living & Dreaming,' a Substack that explores the tensions of being human & cultural critiques of modern society. Previously, Kimmy was the Director of the WAVES program of Asian Mental Health Collective, a community-driven initiative focused on reducing stigma and promoting mental wellness within the Asian diaspora.Follow Friends of Franz Podcast: Website, Instagram, FacebookFollow Christian Franz (Host): Instagram, YouTube

Crossing thresholds in life - birth, death, loss, love, discovery, confusion - is inevitable. How can we do this in a way that recognises the mystery of each of life's great transitions, and which honours how each changes us? And how can we be ones who are wise, compassionate and courageous as we witness and accompany others through those inevitable transitions, without turning away? We recorded this conversation in front of a live audience of Thirdspace alumni, at our March 2026 Retreat. It's our first live recording and the audio is a little scratchy... we've learned a lot to help us get great sound next time.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Celebrating Togetherness and Community04:15 Exploring Thresholds: A Journey of Change08:33 Navigating Life's Unforeseen Transitions12:36 The Power of Connection in Times of Change16:33 Navigating Life's Thresholds19:07 The Importance of Rituals22:10 Community and Connection in Transition25:09 Grounding in Everyday Rituals27:55 Witnessing Each Other's Journeys31:02 Embracing Vulnerability and Seeking Help34:14 The Spirituality of Everyday LifeThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:Thresholds [Part 1]A threshold is not a simple boundary;    it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms and atmospheres.Indeed, it is a lovely testimony to the fullness and integrity of an experience    or a stage of life that it intensifies towards the end into a real frontier    that cannot be crossed without the heart being passionately engaged and woken up.At this threshold a great complexity of emotion comes alive:    confusion, fear, excitement, sadness, hope.This is one reason why such vital crossings were always clothed in ritual.It is wise in your own life to be able to recognize and acknowledge the key thresholds:    to take your time, to feel all the varieties of presence that accrue there,    to listen inwards with complete attention    until you hear the inner voice calling you forward.The time has come to cross.To acknowledge and cross a new threshold is always a challenge.It demands courage and also a sense of trust in whatever is emerging.This becomes essential when a threshold opens suddenly in front of you,    one for which you had no preparation.This could be illness, suffering or loss.Because we are so engaged with the world,    we usually forget how fragile life can be and how vulnerable we always are.It takes only a couple of seconds for a life to change irreversibly.Suddenly you stand on completely strange ground    and a new course of life has to be embraced. Especially at such times we desperately need blessing and protection.John O'DonohuePhoto by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

The Baked Lab is the newest addition to a growing cohort of dessert connoisseurs in the Schenk-Atwood neighborhood. Owner Shawn Buldoc started the business in 2020 during the pandemic, but didn't have a space to call his own until this year. Today, host Bianca Martin talks to Shawn about what to expect from this new shop and how he took his passion for baking and turned it into a beloved business.

This week, we reflect on the ways discipleships in our ordinary lives can often come through consent and constraint.

Our 440th episode considers what it is for each of us to dare to bring our unique form of expression to the world. How we might take the ways we've learned to belong in our lives - which may have supported us and constrained us - and give enough space around them that we can be our own voice, rather than an echo; what ways of supporting one another are called for, so we can help one another do this; the kind of openness, curiosity, sensitivity, welcome and daring it can take to encourage others to be a voice of their own; and how welcoming in this way might be a way to learn and at the same time an act of deep service to life.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction and Listener Engagement02:54 Exploring the Poem 'The Artist' by Bobby Morrow06:00 The Process of Letting Go and Transformation09:04 Art as a Reflection of Truth and Identity11:46 The Role of Belonging in Personal Growth14:42 Radical Amazement and Curiosity in Relationships17:47 Creating Safe Spaces for Expression20:57 The Necessity of Community and Connection23:37 Conclusion and Reflections on the JourneyThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:The ArtistBreathing life into the artist Is a deadly mission.It will cost you this version of yourself,perfect and all knowing.As you die, tell mewhat's it to cry with curiosity?To write with your frightening tears?To feel fully?This is what it is to breathe life into your words.Becoming the artist is a deadly mission.To roll the stone away and be alive in your truth takes an everydayness.We practice and build,We fall and find our feet,We create masterpieces,We wash them away.I know you worked so hardon this sense making,Those sensible makings have carried you.But still I ask.What is this world without your art?How do you love without your truth?Bobby MorrowPhoto by Simi Iluyomade on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

This week Canopy Staff - Bryan, Shayla, and Michelle-- sit down to have a conversation on Bills teaching on Shame, Hiding and the False Self. They reflect on what it means to name emotions, embrace vulnerability, and return to remembering what God has done.

Phần đông chúng ta không biết rằng mình thực sự cần "Không gian thứ 3" (the third space). Tập này Trí dành để nói về lịch sử, vai trò và tính chất của nó, và vì sao chúng ta lại cần.Tập này Trí đồng hành cùng NordVPN. Nhận ưu đãi độc quyền + tặng kèm 4 tháng sử dụng và cam kết hoàn tiền trong 30 ngày tại: https://nordvpn.com/triway – Mã ưu đãi: triway #NordVPNCác nội dung chính:(00:00) Intro + updates (sách đầu tay + seminar)(06:03) Không gian thứ ba là gì?(09:30) "Cái chết" của Không gian thứ ba(11:30) Agora, Quán cà phê & Dấu ấn lịch sử(15:20) Từ "Đình làng" Việt Nam đến Bách Gia Chư Tử(19:43) Đặc tính #1: Tự do tư tưởng(23:30) Đặc tính #2: "Thụ phấn chéo" tri thức(31:37) Đặc tính #3: Thử nghiệm những bản ngã mới(35:45) Đánh thức vùng não ngủ quên qua những "vùng đất lạ(38:30) Tự kiến tạo Không gian thứ ba cho riêng mình(40:59) Kết: Phá vỡ sự cô lập để tìm về kết nối chân thật

Send a textDo you know where your Jummah donation actually goes? The answer might surprise you.In this episode of the MotivateMe313 Podcast, we go behind the scenes of the American Moslem Society to uncover the real costs of keeping a masjid open in 2026. From the shocking monthly overhead bills to the misconceptions about fundraising, we are breaking down the business side of running a spiritual center.We also dive into the challenges of modern mosque leadership: balancing security threats with being a welcoming space, the pressure on Imams to act as "unofficial therapists," and the debate over whether the masjid should be a "third space" for coffee and remote work.Our guests are AMS board members Yousaf Mohamed, Ahmed Alizzi and Mahdi Ali.If you've ever wondered why the masjid is always fundraising or what happens behind closed doors at board meetings, this episode is for you. IN THIS EPISODE:0:00 - Intro: The Reality of Running a Masjid 02:15 - History & Mission: The American Moslem Society 08:30 - Busting Myths: Misinformation About Masjids 14:45 - The Truth About Donations & Fundraising 21:00 - Shocking Overhead Costs: Keeping the Lights On 27:30 - Security vs. Open Doors: A Modern Dilemma 34:15 - The "Third Space" Debate: Coffee Shop or Prayer Hall? 40:00 - Managing Diversity: When Congregants Disagree 45:30 - Imams as Therapists: Mental Health Crisis52:00 - Future Projects & Community Goals 58:00 - Final Word to the Community SUBSCRIBE TO OZ MEDIA: Support independent media in the 313! Click subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a MotivateMe313 update. CONNECT WITH US: Website:Ozmedia313.comFollow us on social media:- Instagram: @motivateme313 or @ozmedia313- Website: ozmedia313.com- Facebook: ozmedia313-TikTok: @ozmedia313-Apple Podcast: ozmedia-Spotify Podcast: ozmediaThis show was sponsored by:-The Family Doc https://thefamilydocmi.com/-Juice Box Juiceboxblend.com-Holy Bowly http://www.myholybowly.com-Wingfellas thewingfellas.com-Hanley International Academy https://www.hanleyacademy.com-Malek Al-Kabob malekalkabob.com-Bayt Al Mocha https://baytalmocha.com/-Chill Box https://www.chillboxstore.com/-Royal Kabob https://www.royalkabob.com/-GEE Preparatory Academy https://www.gee-edu.com/schools/geepreparatory/index  #AmericanMoslemSociety #MosqueLife #DetroitMuslims #MotivateMe313 #OZMedia #IslamicCenter #CommunityLeadership  

A conversation about the qualities that seem absent in us, that we long for so greatly, and the way they are already present in us because that is what humans are. How we  find our courage, or integrity, or creativity or love not so much by trying to fill the absence from outside but by walking our way, patiently, into them in our everyday way of moving through life. All inspired by a wonderful poem 'Keeping Things Whole' by Mark StrandThis week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Celebrating Community and Connection06:05 Exploring the Poem: Keeping Things Whole11:56 Understanding Presence and Absence18:07 Longing and Movement in Life23:53 Cultivating Inner Qualities29:52 Finding Wholeness in Everyday LifeThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:Keeping Things WholeIn a fieldI am the absenceof field.This isalways the case.Wherever I amI am what is missing.When I walkI part the airand alwaysthe air moves into fill the spaceswhere my body's been.We all have reasonsfor moving.I moveto keep things whole.Mark StrandPhoto by Klara Kulikova on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 3, from September 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

A call to our imaginative capacities when we are caught in conflict with one another... our capacity to uncover new stories and new ways of understanding that bring us into a different kind of relationship with ourselves, with each other, and with the something we seem to be in conflict about. Imagination as a path to choice, invention, discovery and as a counter to our familiar ways of keeping ourselves safe, habitual and automatic. All inspired by a luminous poem by Joy Harjo.In our conversation we talk specifically about Turning Towards Life - Live - Season 2, which begins in March 2026.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Turning Towards Life04:01 Exploring Joy Harjo's Work08:28 Navigating Conflict and Self-Discovery13:59 The Nature of Conflict and Imagination25:09 The Sacredness of Everyday Experiences30:34 Redefining Forgiveness in ContextThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings Part 4REDUCE DEFENSIVENESS AND BREAK THE DEFENSIVENESS CHAIN:I could hear the light beings as they entered every cell. Every cell is a house of the god of light, they said. I could hear the spirits who love us stomp dancing. They were dancing as if they were here, and then another level of here, and then another, until the whole earth and sky was dancing.We are here dancing, they said. There was no there.There was no  "I"  or "you."There was us; there was "we."There we were as if we were the music.You cannot legislate music to lockstep nor can you legislate the spirit of the music to stop at political boundaries——Or poetry, or art, or anything that is of value or matters in this world, and the next worlds.This is about getting to know each other.We will wind up back at the blues standing on the edge of the flatted fifth about to jump into a fierce understanding together.Part 6AND, USE WHAT YOU LEARN TO RESOLVE YOUR OWN CONFLICTS AND TO MEDIATE OTHERS' CONFLICTS:When we made it back home, back over those curved roadsthat wind through the city of peace, we stopped at thedoorway of dusk as it opened to our homelands.We gave thanks for the story, for all parts of the storybecause it was by the light of those challenges we knewourselves—We asked for forgiveness.We laid down our burdens next to each other.Joy HarjoPhoto by Alexey Demidov on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 2, from 4 March 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

Watch The LiminalStream: Video Premieres 2/26 at 6:30pm Pacific Time. Recorded in January 2026, join Revelator Rosz as he weathers the concrete jungle amidst a horrible work trip right before the New York freeze and chats with long-time digital haunt, now made manifest for an impromptu in-camera PRAGMAGICK LIMINALSTREAM: C.W. CHANTER Topics include Artificial Intelligence, Nick Land, Tucker Carlson, The future of Art for artists, William S. Burroughs, The Third Mind and the Third Space. ∴∴∴ Listen and support the new hauntomancy audiomancy talismanik record, the second in the ALGOL series by REVELATOR ROSZ: ALGOL II ∴ ECO in unique ways that give the power back to the creator: ‘ECO ASPEKTRE‘ version: hosted fully in a special, LORE SCORE edition with alternate songs and mixes, hosted fully and only at (full player available in show notes via wethehallowed.org): https://wethehallowed.org/eco-aspektre or via BANDCAMP where the main, wide-released edition is hosted: https://revelrosz.bandcamp.com ALGOL II ∴ ECO by REVELATOR∴ ROSZ Learn more about HAUNTOMANCY via: https://hauntomancy.univer.se and subscribe to HAUNT MANUAL via substack: https://keatsross.substack.com/ C.W. Chanter‘s Links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzEDwsA6ooejNKnEfi0Vqrg Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cwchanter Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/C_W_Chanter Twitter: https://twitter.com/c_chanter Clip Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHNBEb-UnXGLJlmF9wSx4JQ ∴∴∴ Support PRAGMAGICK: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pragmagick Paypal: http://www.paypal.me/keatsross Keats Ross: http://keatsross.com All Pragmagick Links: http://pragmagick.com Dakota Slim Audiomancy: http://www.dakotaslim.net WE THE HALLOWED collective: http://www.wethehallowed.org ∴HAUNT ON 2026∴

Pastor Bryan goes deeper in The Apprentice Loop, a practical pattern to invite discipleship to Jesus in our ordinary life -- our frustrations, reactions, numbness, etc. The Apprentice LoopNotice. Name. Consent. Align. Abide.

When we make mistakes or take a wrong turn, it's understandable that our first move might be to blame others, or try to defend ourselves, or do all we can to avoid the feelings of shame or disappointment that come our way. What those responses do, though, is close us off to our human capacity to learn and to be creative in the midst of our difficulties. So what does it take to turn towards the 'holes we fall into' with a kinder, more expansive spirit, and to grow ourselves a little bit bigger so we can respond? And, perhaps most importantly, what does it take to do this not on our own, but together with others?In our conversation we talk specifically about Turning Towards Life - Live - Season 2, which begins in March 2026.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Turning Towards Life03:01 On Reflection and Learning05:46 Exploring Portia Nelson's Poem09:11 Personal Reflections on Mistakes and Relationships11:58 The Importance of Responsibility and Kindness15:07 Navigating Relational Patterns and Habits17:56 The Power of Choice and Agency20:53 Understanding the Dynamics of Relationships23:50 Finding Purpose in Conversations26:46 The Role of Community in Growth29:54 Conclusion and Invitation to Join the JourneyThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:Autobiography In Five ChaptersII walk down the street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalkI fall in.I am lost … I am helpless.It isn't my fault.It takes me forever to find a way out.III walk down the same street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I pretend I don't see it.I fall in again.I can't believe I am in the same placebut, it isn't my fault.It still takes a long time to get out.IIII walk down the same street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I see it is there.I still fall in … it's a habit.my eyes are openI know where I am.It is my fault.I get out immediately.IVI walk down the same street.There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.I walk around it.VI walk down another street.by Portia Nelson---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 2, from 4 March 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

A conversation which begins with a beautiful and stirring song from MaMuse [a link to the song is in the show-notes]. How might we imagine light inside darkness, and call to the light in ourselves and in one another, even as we feel grief and worry and sadness? And how might we bring our imaginative capacities to invite one another into relationships of mutual care, for each other and for the world, especially in a time which often wants to teach us to fear one another instead?In our conversation we talk specifically about Turning Towards Life - Live - Season 2, which begins in March 2026.This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction to Intentional Practice02:56 Exploring the Source: 'I Am Home in the Holy'05:52 The Power of Mutual Care09:05 The Invitation of Community11:46 Navigating Grief and Tenderness14:51 The Role of Language in Connection18:02 Cultivating Joy and Playfulness20:55 The Ground Holding Us23:46 The Importance of Togetherness27:08 Closing Reflections and InvitationsThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:Home in the HolyI am home in the holyI'm stepping in fullyTo the shiftTo the changeTo the groundThat's holding me. I'm alive to the midnight, Wide eyed in the twilightGiving upGiving inGiving over to the mysteryMay my life be an offeringTo serve our mutual flourishingWe are in the care of one anotherI keep my inner fires burningFuel the passion and the yearningTo give these giftsTo keep on learningWithout endMaMuseMusicVideo of the full song is herePhoto by zenad nabil on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 2, from 4 March 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife

How do we counter the stories in ourselves that render our lives flat, meaningless and mechanical? And how might we find sources of life inside ourselves and around us that support our participation, relationship and contribution, especially when we are feeling afraid or disoriented? A conversation about the everyday, about a radical appreciation of the sacredness of everything, and about breathing ourselves bigger to meet the one life that is offered to us.In our conversation we talk specifically about Turning Towards Life - Live - Season 2, which begins in March 2026. This week's Turning Towards Life is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.Episode Overview00:00 Introduction and Connection02:12 Exploring Creative Processes and Literature03:21 Introduction and Overview of Turning Towards Life06:26 Exploring the Improbable Nature of Existence09:50 The Illusion of Control and the Power of Wonder14:12 Finding Sacredness in the Ordinary19:44 Engaging with Life's Complexity and Meaning24:27 The Invitation to Expand Beyond Habitual Responses28:26 Reflections on Time and Choices in Life31:45 Closing Thoughts and Future ConversationsThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places.Here's our source for this week:On the Calculation of VolumeIt seems so odd to me now, how one can be so unsettled by the improbable. When we know that our entire existence is founded on freak occurrences and improbable coincidences. That we wouldn't be here at all if it weren't for these curious twists of fate. That there are human beings on what we call our planet, that we can move around on a rotating sphere in a vast universe full of inconceivably large bodies comprised of elements so small that the mind simply cannot comprehend how small and how many they are. That in this unfathom-able vastness, these infinitesimal elements are still able to hold themselves together. That we manage to stay afloat. That we exist at all. That each of us has come into being as only one of untold possibilities. The unthinkable is something we carry with us always. It has already happened: we are improbable, we have emerged from a cloud of unbelievable coincidences.Anyone would think that this knowledge would equip us in some small way to face the improbable. But the opposite appears to be the case. We have grown accustomed to living with that knowledge without feeling dizzy every morning, and instead of moving around warily and tentatively, in constant amazement, we behave as if nothing has happened, take the strangeness of it all for granted and get dizzy if life shows itself as it truly is: improbable, unpredictable, remarkable.Solvej Balle, from ‘On the Calculation of Volume', Vol 1Photo by Mario Losereit on Unsplash---Join Us Live in 2026Professional Coaching Course, begins July 2-5 2026, OnlineOur year long programme, an opportunity to learn to support others in deep, life giving discovery and development.You can hear us talk about the programme here:www.turningtowards.life/coachingAnd you can read more about it here:www.wearethirdspace.org/professional-coaching-courseTurning Towards Life Live Season 2, from March 2026Our Turning Towards Life live programme of community, learning and reflection runs in six month seasons, in person on Zoom once a month. We're very excited about it. A chance to expand beyond the bounds of a podcast into forming a community of learning and practice.You can find out more and join us here: www.turningtowards.life/live----About Turning Towards LifeTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Amazon Music and Spotify.Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribeSupport Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife