On the reality of food insecurity, the stellar efforts of the folks in our midst who are making an actual difference, and how you can help.
Episode 107: Sam Lamott
On the real, daily work of falling in love with reality as it is.
Episode 106: LaRayia Gaston
On the kindness that changes everything, artful apologies, forgiveness, and the micro-gestures that heal it all.
Episode 105: Owen Headley
On the smallest kindnesses, the biggest teachings, and the life that happens in between.
Episode 104: Roshi Joan Halifax
On the edge states of altruism, empathy, integrity, respect and engagement; the key elements of compassion, and the confluence of activism and stillness.
Episode 103: Dr. Gabor Maté
On the wisdom of trauma, the difference between healthy and unhealthy anger, our issues as our finest teachers, and the coping child within each of us.
Episode 102: Brian Francis (White Bear)
On generations of chronic injustice; the conversation that needs to be had regarding the First Nations people of Canada, and the healing needed in our time.
Episode 101: Amanda de Cadenet
On creating connections of tangible service, giving voice to marginalized humans, loss and legacies of healing.
Episode 100: Ask Elena
Answering your questions on topics from scheduling to sobriety, parenting to prioritizing steadiness, Elena and her collaborator Michelle Martello of Minima Designs celebrate the 100th episode of Practice You.
Episode 99: Melissa Wood
On the merits of imperfection, bringing joy back to fitness, disrupting an industry and sculpting an online home for wellness.
Episode 98: Emily Fletcher
On saturating your brain and body with bliss through your practice of meditation; meditation for kids; practice for extraordinary performance.
Episode 97: David Romanelli
On healing as a participatory experience, the wisdom of the elders and the challenging gifts of childhood illness.
Episode 96: Gunny Sodhi
On the efficacy and legacy of Ayurveda in calibrating body, mind and mood; how tragedy can lead to true service.
Episode 95: Kallie Schut
On building relationships across points of difference, acknowledging the patterns of trauma we’ve inherited to reshape those relations, and remembering the practice as a way to honour those who’ve come before.
Episode 94: Amisha Ghadiali
On locating and refining your intuition, with practices, prompts and new ways of seeing.
Episode 93: SuChin Pak
On vocalizing the pain of generations, standing up to ensure safe spaces, and crafting the conversations that need to be heard.
Episode 92: Yung Pueblo
On managing reactions, creating structural compassion and walking the middle path.
Episode 91: Hiro Boga
On the ecology of your business; creating a world of your work that feels like a sanctuary for yourself and others.
Episode 90: Shannon Algeo
On releasing rage, growing up, and the steady vibration of truth.
Episode 89: Miki Agrawal
On being an architect of community, social entrepreneurship and creating businesses straight from your heart.
Episode 88: Dr. Edith Eger
On resolving victimhood, transforming fear, freedom from resentment, curiosity as hope, and delivering deep love to yourself, no matter what.
Episode 87: Sah D’Simone
On recalibrating your nervous system, dancing with fear, and the smallest acts of forgiveness.
Episode 86: Tracee Stanley
On prioritizing our inner world through the practice of Yoga Nidra; the clear benefits of Radiant Rest.
Episode 85: Kathleen St. Ours
On resilience through harrowing childhood assault, sharing pain as a service to others and the medicine of the story.
Episode 84: Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor
On trust, faith as not-knowing and these times of change that mandate letting go.
Episode 83: Erin Clabough
On using neuroscience to raise caring, compassionate, creative humans.
Episode 82: Marnie Nir
On evolving and resolving generational patterns and misunderstandings. On loving ourselves enough to be a safe space for others; on great communication.
Episode 81: Claire Ragozzino
On Ayurveda as a practice of deep listening, strengthening our ability to be resilient, present and respectful of the rhythms of Nature.
Episode 80: Quddus
On true allyship, the names we need to keep repeating, the necessary healings and breaking through.
Episode 79: Katie Hess
On the subtlety and majesty of the flowers, and their capacity to bring our human bodies back to Nature.
Episode 78: Dr. Anthony Lyon
On the harrowing reality from the hospital floor, two actions we can take to stop the spread, and the stories we craft to help us cope.
Episode 77: Kerri Kelly
On a new definition of politics, and caring for ourselves through this.