Best Sherri Mitchell Podcasts (2025)

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How to Dream a Better World | Sherri Mitchell 1:02:54

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This week on the Pod, we’re joined by the luminous Sherri Mitchell: Indigenous rights attorney, activist, ceremonial leader, and the author of Sacred Instructions. We dive into the birth canal of this moment — a world in transition, contracting and expanding as it labors to bring something new into being. Sherri doesn’t shy away from the pain, conf…

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Writing as Presence | Sarah Selecky 1:02:57

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This week on the pod, we’re joined by writer and teacher Sarah Selecky for a beautiful, funny, and surprisingly deep exploration of writing as a contemplative practice. Sarah teaches writing as presence. As a way of being and noticing. She helps writers get out of their own way so that something real and alive can come through the page (or the goog…

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Silent Illumination: How to Meditate Without a Method | Rebecca Li 43:03

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This week on the pod, we’re joined by Chan teacher and sociologist Rebecca Li for a luminous practice session in Silent Illumination, a deceptively simple, deeply transformative form of open awareness meditation. Rebecca guides us through a full-body relaxation and easefully invites us into the “method of no method,” offering a living glimpse into …

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Remembering Our Interdependence to Shape the World We Want with Sherri Mitchell-Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset 53:40

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In this episode, Sherri Mitchell-Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset discusses remembering our kinship to one another and to all living beings as a path to reconnecting and interdependence. She offers the wisdom of rooting in our values and shaping the emergence of the world we want to create. Full of hope, discerning insight, and applied practice, Sherri sheds l…

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Being (y)our Authentic Selves: Countering Anti-Trans Attacks & Supporting Trans Communities with Teo Drake & Alex Kapitan 59:33

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Trans communities are being targeted in deeply inhumane ways in this cultural moment. How did we get here and what can we do to support trans communities? In this powerful and timely episode, Teo Drake and Alex Kapitan offer insightful context for how, when, and why the current attack on Transgender communities arose. They trouble the disinformatio…

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Focusing: A Practice of Presence & Listening | Serge Prengel 54:43

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This week, we’re in conversation with therapist and longtime Focusing teacher Serge Prengel about the transformative power of slowing down and listening from the body. Serge is one of those rare people who seem to live from a deeper layer of presence. His work blends Focusing, Somatic Experiencing, Core Energetics, and Polyvagal Theory to support r…

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Becoming Agents of Spiritual Possibility: Living Yoga Practice with Susanna Barkataki 48:07

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In this episode, Susanna shares about her new book, Ignite Your Yoga: How to Live, Practice, and Teach as an Authentic Yoga Steward. We discuss her journey in writing this book and her first one, Embrace Yoga's Roots. Yoga is a practice for self, community, and for a better world. We talk about how yoga philosophy, traditions, and practice can shap…

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Releasing Trauma with EFT Tapping | Mirjam Paninski 54:19

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This week on the Mind Bod Adventure Pod, we get our somatic groove on with tapping wizard and trauma therapist Mirjam Paninski. Miriam guides us into the world of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)—a deceptively simple practice where tapping acupressure points while speaking truth can open up big shifts in the body, mind, and heart. It’s part therap…

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Companions in Process: Interdependence in Climate and Disability Justice with Naomi Ortiz 50:06

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In this heartful episode, Naomi Ortiz explores their art as a spiritual process of listening to the land, grief work, and the difference between interdependence and mutual aid. As we discuss their new book, Rituals for Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice, we explore what disability justice offers the climate justice movement and what roo…

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Beyond “Normal”: Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy | Joel Schwartz 53:47

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This week on the Mind Bod Adventure Pod, we sit down with Dr. Joel Schwartz, a psychologist and one of the early architects of the Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy movement. Joel is known for speaking truth to systems that pathologize difference — and for offering a way of working with our minds that’s healing, joyful, and radically humane. In this…

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Polyvagal Theory and Intergenerational Trauma of Historically Marginalized Communities with Niloufer Merchant and Devika Dibya Choudhuri 57:13

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We discuss the deep value of Polyvagal Theory for showing us how social connection impacts mental health and overall wellbeing. We explore how to apply Polyvagal theory to intergenerational trauma of historically marginalized groups. Our guests discuss what ancient wisdom and collectivist cultures have long known about community support and regulat…

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Fierce Vulnerability, Healing Trauma, and Collective Liberation with Kazu Haga 46:56

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In this episode, Kazu Haga shares how fierce vulnerability can guide social justice work as it supports the healing of both individual and collective traumas. Injustice, he notes, is a manifestation of trauma, which cannot be fully healed on individual levels. Instead, we need to work with the collective trauma of families, groups, cultures, and so…

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Learning to Relate with James-Olivia Chu Hillman 1:02:45

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This week, we sit down with relational facilitator James-Olivia Chu Hillman, whose teachings on radical responsibility, integrity, and unconditional positive regard are already shifting how Jeff shows up in relationship… and how Tasha tries not to ghost people who annoy her. 😅 Together, we explore: * The four core skills of relating well * why bein…

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The Science of Happiness with Axel Bouchon 43:36

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What if happiness wasn’t just a feeling but something you could train and reinforce? This week on MindBod AdventurePod, we sit down with Dr. Axel Bouchon, a neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur who spent 20 years searching for a cure for depression—only to realize he’d been asking the wrong question. Instead of curing sadness, he discovered the …

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Becoming Dragons: Contemplative Practices for Transforming Toward Wholeness with Ericka Echavarria and Maria Hamilton Abegunde 55:10

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In this episode, we talk conjuring, contemplative emergence, and embodying justice. We explore the challenges of higher education and how contemplative practices can support us in remaining aligned with who we are and move us toward wholeness. This spacious episode also includes a practice, alongside laughter and inspiring reflections. Ericka Echav…

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The Heart of Patience & Courage with Oren Jay Sofer 51:15

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What if the secret sauce to navigating the world isn’t hustling harder, fixing yourself, or achieving inner peace like it’s an item on your to-do list—but something way simpler and right under your nose? This week on the Mind Bod Pod, we sit down with Oren Jay Sofer, a meditation teacher, communication wizard, and all-around wise human, to talk abo…

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Coming Home to Our Wholeness: Practices for Justice in Higher Education with Michelle C. Chatman, David W. Robinson-Morris, and LeeRay Costa 58:06

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This deliciously spacious conversation with three Contemplative and Activist beings/scholars/practitioners explores how we can embody wholeness even in the troubled systems of higher education. Restore your spirit connecting with Michelle C. Chatman, David W. Robinson-Morris, and LeeRay Costa as they talk about their new anthology. Share stories of…

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Core Energetics & Human Design with Angela Ai 55:40

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In this episode, we remix therapy and healing with Angela Ai, a syncretic teacher practitioner of Core Energetics, Radical Aliveness, and Human Design. What the heck are these modalities? Good question! In a nutshell: they’re different ways to get insight into — and intuitive contact with— the human experience. Into our internal patterns, our relat…

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Radical Imagination & Practices for Collective Liberation with Hala Khouri and Tessa Hicks Peterson 38:20

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Hala Khouri and Tessa Hicks Peterson talk about the anthology they edited, Practicing Liberation: Transformative Strategies for Collective Healing and Liberation, Reflections on Burnout, Trauma, and Building Communities of Care in Social Justice work. We explore radical imagination, healing from trauma, and collective care in the work of individual…

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Ayahuasca & Spiritual Care with Celina De Leon 52:00

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This week, we go deep into the spiritual heart of psychedelics with Celina de Leon, founder of the Circle of Sacred Nature Church, and adjunct faculty at the Graduate Theological Union. Celina has spent 20 years working with ayahuasca – or yagé, as it’s known in the Kamentsa indigenous community of Colombia, her root lineage. We talk about the cont…

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No Enemies with Cara Lai 57:02

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Cara Lai is awesome. That’s the first thing to say. She is humble and real and willing to explore a heated topic without having any easy prepared answers. Backtrack! Cara is a dharma teacher, artist, Mom and former therapist. These days she mostly teaches meditation retreats and a fun online drop-in class called “Meditate Your Face Off!” (Jeff: Be …

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Realizing Freedom Together with Caverly Morgan 52:27

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In this episode we welcome Caverly Morgan, former Zen monk and author of The Heart of Who We Are. Caverly is also the founder of Peace in Schools, a teen-centered mindfulness curriculum for teens. We jump right into it with a discussion of how teens very naturally want to challenge many of the culture’s bogus assumptions – in her words, teens “are …

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The Ten Fetters with Kevin Schanilec 53:48

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Well, this one is cool. It may change your meditation practice and – if you stay with the inquiry – your life. You’d hardly know how ambitious it is though, from our guest Kevin Schanilec’s humble, deadpan delivery. Kevin is a long-time Buddhist practitioner from Seattle who has formalized a process for seeing through what Buddhists call “The Ten F…

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Diary of a Young Psychic with Neon Dreamer 1:06:01

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Today we head off the rails and into the spiritual undergrowth, where the wild things are. Our guest is Diana Piruzevska, aka Neon Dreamer – psychic, medium, healer. Yup – all that! Not her choice - at least not at first… Skeptics might scoff at these intuitions, experiences, and capacities, but that doesn’t change the fact that they kept happening…

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Mindfulness for Neurodivergent Teens with Tim Hwang 40:52

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Welcome Tim Hwang, an occupational therapist in New York City's public school system. Tim’s specialty is teaching mindfulness to young people with “disabilities classifications” - Autism, ADHD, and so on. Some of these teens are into the practice, some are bored by it, and some are highly resistant to it. And that’s what we get into! Tim, Tasha, an…

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Deepening our Bond with Nature with Steven Martyn 1:02:33

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This episode is a transmission, no doubt about. Our guest wandered out of the Ontario forest and is here to challenge how we think about ourselves and meditation and nature and agriculture and the old crafts and a lot more. Welcome, Steven Martyn, founder of The Sacred Gardener School. While living alone in the bush - mediating, surviving - Steven …

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The Autoimmune Feedback Loop with Eileen Laird 47:44

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Welcome Eileen Laird, author of Healing Mindset. This episode, we target autoimmune disease and the role that the mind-body connection can play in reducing pain, increasing resilience, and living a more vital life. There are over a hundred different autoimmune conditions — from rheumatoid arthritis to lupus to Grave’s disease to multiple sclerosis …

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The Creativity of Practice with Toby Sola 56:39

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Toby Sola is founder of the Brightmind Meditation app and an old friend of Jeff’s. In this episode, we chew on some tasty mini-meditation snacks – yum yum! We get all Jedi-mind and try splitting our attention between chatting and meditating. Finally, we explore an inventive and beautiful practice of nurturing our own sense of trustworthiness. All o…

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Finding Home in Our Skin with Kaira Jewel Lingo 47:39

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Welcome Kaira Jewel Lingo, author of We Were Made for These Times and coauthor of Healing Our Way Home. Kyra shares her journey from a communal upbringing and monastic life with Thich Nhat Hanh, her work in nurturing community, and her exploration of racial identity in spiritual practice. Her gentle guided practice is beautiful and completely origi…

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Contemplative CrossFit with Frank Yang 57:56

12M ago57:56

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Welcome, Frank Yang – we love you! Frank is an “Infinite Brah” – a true bodybuilder of consciousness who shares his “journey, insights and practices for accessing the highest states of consciousness, awakening and beyond” to quote his fresh and wildly kinetic YouTube channel. So, there’s lots of talk about the experience (and health benefits!) of n…

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Three Precious Pills with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche 39:26

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This week, we welcome Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, world-renowned meditation teacher, author, and lineage holder in the Bön tradition of Tibet, one of the oldest spiritual traditions on the planet. Today, we take three protective imaginary “pills” – a white pill, a red pill, and a blue pill. “Because in the West everybody loves to eat pills!” Each pill…

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Zentangle! with Martha Huggins and Molly Hollibaugh 52:06

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OK friends, enough with the talky talky. Grab some paper and a pencil: in this episode, we’re waking up our inner artists and making Zentangle magic! Martha Huggins and Molly Hollinbough are our sister guides. Many years ago, their romantic parents – Maria and Rick – figured out the Zentangle method together. Ever since, they’ve been teaching it to…

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Story Unbound with Pádraig Ó Tuama 48:39

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Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and the host of The On Being Project's Poetry Unbound podcast. He is interested in story and storytelling, in the practice of reading ourselves into stories, and sometimes in reading our lives as stories. All of which can shake us us up in surprising ways. **If you like these adventures in consciousness, consi…

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Self-Compassion (& Hip Hop) for Young People with Ofosu Jones-Quartey 52:29

1y ago52:29

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This week, we welcome the multi-talented Ofosu Jones-Quartey, a meditation teacher, author, and hip-hop artist. This discussion is so fun! It starts with how to share meditation and mindfulness with young people – how to stay real and relatable. Then gets into the role of the artist, creativity, and what it means to connect to your actual voice. We…

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Yuria Celidwen's Vision for Indigenous Ethics and Planetary Belonging 28:59

1y ago28:59

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In this heart-opening episode of ChangeMaking Connections, we immerse ourselves in the profound tapestry of indigenous wisdom with the remarkable Yuria Celidwen.By Beth Berila

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How to Communicate with Mudita Nisker and Dan Clurman 45:52

1y ago45:52

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Welcome Mudita Nisker and Dan Clurman, authors of Let's Talk, An Essential Guide to Skillful Communication. Mudita and Dan have been teaching people how to communicate effectively for over 40 years, so there is serious wisdom in this episode. As Mudita points out, changing how you communicate can change your entire way of perceiving and relating to…

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Using Music to Shift Emotions with Jamie Pabst 33:01

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We’re joined by Jamie Pabst, founder and CEO of Spiritune, a music therapy app that supports people’s mental health. Spiritune makes explicit what most of us know implicitly: music can shift our emotional and cognitive state. What does “clinical-grade music” sound like? We listen to two 3-minute tracks, the first designed to move us from anxious to…

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Rheanna Robinson on Reframing Disability Through Indigenous Perspectives 40:57

1y ago40:57

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With us is Rheanna Robinson, an associate professor in the Department of First Nation Studies and a relentless advocate for disabled members in the Indigenous community—a community that doesn't even distinguish "disability" in their language.By Beth Berila

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A Playful Approach to Psychedelics with Cardea 44:16

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Last summer, we interviewed Ross Ellenhorn and Dimitri Mugianis, founders of Cardea, a psychedelic-assisted care organization based in NYC. This week, we’re finally posting that conversation! Made up of therapists, space holders, artists, and musicians, Cardea focuses on cultivating what they call “aliveness”: the sense that you are vital, fully en…