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    Caravan of the Heart

    A podcast...a Variety Show for the Soul by Troubadours of Divine Bliss, Aim Me Smiley & Renee Ananda, a touring folk music duo, inspirational speakers, retreat leaders, and advocates for this planet and its people. On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations with remarkably inspiring people around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating melange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth. Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community."Come, come, whoever you are. This is not a caravan of despair." Rumi Hitch a ride...Subscribe Now within your favorite podcast app! Love is Spoken Here @caravanoftheheart
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    Victoria Bennett, Wild Woman, Poet and Author of All My Wild Mothers

    Victoria Bennett, Wild Woman, Poet and Author of All My Wild Mothers

    In this episode, we are simply delighted to be with our beloved bliss sister and dear friend, Victoria Bennett (Vik) who is a poet, author, creative activist, and Wild Woman. 

    When not juggling writing, full-time care, and genetic illness, she can be found where the wild weeds grow…within ALL MY WILD MOTHERS:  her debut memoir of motherhood, loss and an apothecary garden.

    • Hear the mystic tale of a poet in northern England awakened by Troubadours in the middle of the night.
    • We dance on tables... and answer the call to free the wild woman in us.
    • We find when we are our authentic selves in the world, we can create anything and that’s when the magic starts!
    • Find the small thing worth the gift of your hope. And what is courage but hope mixed with love.
    • We plant a herb garden and get more than blooms. We are given myths, healing and wise companions on our journey.
    • We see what can grow in the broken ground of grief and find that life grows not in spite of the broken places, but because of them.
    • Some seeds require disturbance in order to grow. If we try to cut out the things that hurt and that are difficult, then we also cut out all the joy.
    • When we garden wild, we are celebrating a connection, a companionship, an honoring of our place in a vital biodiverse environment.
    • We blow the dandelion with its seeds of wishes out into the world!
    • LIFE arrives, reaching for the light, bathing in tears, reckless and determined to grow wild and lush over what was once barren stone.

    Her writing spans non-fiction, memoir, poetry and games-based storytelling. It was long listed for the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize (2019), and the Penguin WriteNow (2020) programme, and was a winner of a Northern Debut Award (2020) for non-fiction from New Writing North, and an early extract won the Mother’s Milk Writing Award 2017.

    Vik founded Wild Women Press in 1999 to support rural women writers in her community and curates the global Wild Woman Web project, an inclusive online space focusing on nature, connection, and creativity. 

    Vik shares, “…stone by stone, seed by seed, life grows not in spite of the broken places, but because of them…”

    Join us as we look forward to a story of radical hope, to reclaiming our wild spaces and letting the light into those broken places as we transform the rubble into a garden with her!

    Personal Website

    https://victoriabennett.me

    Social Media link

    @VikBeeWyld. (twitter)

    Social Media link

    @BeeWyld. (instagram)

    Social Media link

    https://linktr.ee/beewyld 

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    Bill Philipps, Intuitive Inner Wisdom Guide, Psychic Medium and Author of Soul Searching

    Bill Philipps, Intuitive Inner Wisdom Guide, Psychic Medium and Author of Soul Searching

    In this episode, we are honored to be in the radiant presence of Internationally Renowned Psychic Medium and author of SOUL SEARCHING, Bill Philipps.

    Bill is the author of Expect the Unexpected, Signs from the Other Side, and most recently Soul Searching : Tune In to Spirit and Awaken Your Inner Wisdom.

    His life’s mission is to help people deal with the grief of losing loved ones by bringing through validations, evidential information, and beautiful messages from Spirit, which heal and bring a sense of peace.

    • Explore with us as we find how being committed to the light and to service becomes a saving grace
    • Discover that our inner child is the essence of who we are...it has access to our higher self...to our intuitive self 
    • Our child self is the threshold that connects us to everything else in the universe
    •  When we find forgiveness we are unshackling ourselves from suffering
    •  PRAY it Forward- we can be of service to others by being an answer to their prayer
    • It's part of our DNA to be grateful...when we live in a state of gratitude we are aligned with spirit
    • We go on a spiritual scavenger hunt decoding signs and symbols from our loved ones as they are connecting to us from beyond 
    • Recall that we are all connected to a spiritual web around us of influence, inspiration  and connectivity
    • We're all here to understand what unconditional love feels like for ourselves
    • Welcome to the era of deeply empathic people

    Bill conducts individual and small- and large-group readings and has appeared on high-profile television programs like Dr. Phil and Access Hollywood. 

    Bill says, “connecting with our higher self helps us navigate and flourish in a world that is becoming increasingly complex. Such a connection takes significant work and a lot of soul searching, but we have the power to make it through conscious choice. It is up to us.”

    Personal Website

    http://www.billphilipps.com

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/psychicmediumbill/

    Social Media link

    https://www.instagram.com/billphilipps/

    Social Media link

    https://twitter.com/MediumBillPhili




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    Asia Suler, Author of Mirrors in the Earth, Teacher, Earth Intuitive and Healing Herbalist

    Asia Suler, Author of Mirrors in the Earth, Teacher, Earth Intuitive and Healing Herbalist

    In this episode, we feel fortunate to be in the presence and companionship of Asia Suler, Author of Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World.

    She a healing herbalist and is the founder of One Willow Apothecaries, an Appalachian-grown company.   She is an Earth-intuitive who helps people remember their gifts through educational experiences in herbalism, animism, ancestral healing and earth-centered personal growth.

    • Join us as we find revelation in reflection!
    • What is the burr in your fur? As invasive as they feel - they are here to help us heal.
    • Sensitivity is a Super Power! Acceptance leads to gratitude and gratitude leads to grace.   
    • You are so much more brilliant than you realize… You were born into original beauty - you can choose to live there.
    • The Earth a benevolent parent mirror that will never forsake us and can help us see ourselves clearly again.
    •  We ask the Earth for forgiveness and learn the one thing we need to survive.
    • “…the overwhelming emotion that we feel when we witness all the ecological loss in our world today is a measure of how deeply we love this planet, and, how profoundly the earth loves us in return. We think we are too fragile for these times but we are not…’
    • The message we need will not ever stop trying to be delivered and that's just a sign of how much the world loves you!

    As a teacher, Asia has guided over 20,000 students in 70+ countries through her immersive online programs. With her writings and teachings,  Her heart is to help people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world.

    With her book, Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World; through her work, Asia helps people embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world.

    Asia says, “No matter what we do, or where we go, we are unconditionally loved and held by this planet. No matter how far we stray from the perceived path, the Earth is there, dreaming up honey to sweeten our existence, flowers in the spring, and a soft bed of moss to lay in and refreshing air to breathe. Realizing how deeply we are already loved is powerful. It’s real, it’s humbling, and it is a miracle”

    Social Media link

    https://www.instagram.com/asiasuler/

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/asiasuler/

    Social Media link

    https://www.youtube.com/c/asiasuler

    Book:

    https://onewillowapothecaries.com/mirrors-in-the-earth/

    Song: “Oh Mother, Oh Earth”, by Sylvia Linsteadt

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    Nicole Sartini, Authentic Empowerment Guide and Psychotherapist

    Nicole Sartini, Authentic Empowerment Guide and Psychotherapist

    In this episode, we are thrilled to be in the company of and in conversation with 
    Psychotherapist and Authentic Empowerment Guide, Nicole Sartini.

    • We are asked if we ready to flip the light on and see what is stored in our metaphorical closet?
    • We build the courage to be able to see ourselves in our fullness
    • Learn that a feeling is not a fact - we came here to learn and evolve through our challenges
    • Find that when we hit those spots that are so painful and it feels like everything has crumbled - that is the birthplace of creation
    • We consider that we can hold both the pain and beauty at once.  Can things be both?
    • Some of the hardest moments end up being the most fertile of our evolution
    • We are here to evolve through a certain set of challenges...we should take the curriculum
    • Love and acceptance is high frequency and brings us peace
    • Step inside to find the unique spark within YOUR Sanctuary of Self 

    Nicole started in the mental health field 23 years ago at the age of 19 and has
    practiced as a professional psychotherapist since 2010.

    She is the co-owner and founder of Bridge Counseling and Wellness, an
    integrative mental health counseling center with 5 locations in Louisville, KY, and
    The Academy of Integrative Mental Health, a continuing education platform for
    mental health professionals across the country and beyond.

    She carries a unique window into the world by having had the honor of being an
    intimate part of thousands of people’s healing journeys and through her own
    personal work as a trauma survivor who has found resiliency and peace.

    Nicole says, “When it really comes down to what actually brings about true
    contentment and makes a meaningful difference in both our personal and shared
    world, the only real power a person has is the power to bring clarity, insight and
    healing to their inner world. By doing so, they bring about a sense of peace with
    what is within themselves and are able to allow the love they find themselves to
    be at their core, to overflow and help shape the outer world. That is the kind of
    power that allows us to know and connect with ourselves so deeply that we can
    then find a way to use our unique makeup and gifts to honor ourselves and the
    collective. It’s a power that not only enhances our personal sense of well being,
    but allows us to leave this planet a little bit more kind, evolved, loving, peaceful
    or beautiful than it was before our time here.”

    Personal Website
    www.bridgemindbody.com
    Social Media link
    www.facebook.com/bridgemindbody
    Social Media link
    www.instagram.com/edensidesanctuary/

    Authentic Empowerment Workshop, April 12th
    Learn More:
    https://bridgemindbody.com/current-events/

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    Rebecca Wildbear, Earth Love Warrior, Author of Wild Yoga and Soul Guide of Creative Service

    Rebecca Wildbear, Earth Love Warrior, Author of Wild Yoga and Soul Guide of Creative Service

    In this episode, our wild hearts get activated and our souls get invited to intiation by Rebecca Wildbear, author of “Wild Yoga: A Practice of Initiation, Veneration & Advocacy for the Earth.”

    Rebecca is also the creator of a yoga practice called Wild Yoga, which empowers individuals to tune in to the mysteries that live within the earth community, dreams, and their own wild nature so they may live a life of creative service.

    • Join us as we learn how a soul becomes initiated
    • Discover who Rebecca calls "masters of love"
    • Find out how movements become a prayer to the universe
    • Listen to the mystery in the body...as a doorway to the sacred
    • Open to the wild, holy presence in Nature and in our Nature
    • Learn that when we are in tune with the living world and tap into our deep imagination, mysterious things arise and surprise and we are given essential instructions for our life
    • Find out how following what we love opens us to a romance with the world
    • Ask "Where is my love right now in this moment flowing”?
    • We call up Love Warriors for the Earth and call in ferocity for the wellbeing of the planet
    • Remember the wild world needs our embodied love prayers and we need the wild world

    Rebecca says, “May these teachings, stories and practices offer a path to open your heart to what is most sacred. May they ground you in love and strength. May they restore your relationship with the Earth so that you and your dreams, mystery and muse may live in co-creative reciprocity with life on the planet.”

    Personal Website

    https://www.rebeccawildbear.com/

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.wildbear/

    Social Media link

    https://www.instagram.com/wildbearyoga

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    Humanity’s Epic Awakening A Mystical Odyssey Beyond Belief with Mary Reed

    Humanity’s Epic Awakening A Mystical Odyssey Beyond Belief with Mary Reed

    In this episode, our hearts are rejoicing and reverent to be in the enlightening and awakening presence of mystic wisdom teacher and guide, Mary Reed, who is ushering in the Way of Love, the Truth of Love, and the Luminous Light of Love.

    We welcome her back to Caravan of the Heart to celebrate and cherish the release of her new book and big, beautiful, inspiring love letter, Humanity’s Epic Awakening A Mystical Odyssey Beyond Belief.

    • We become fully aware of the light of the divine here through us and as us. 
    • We make our Love visible. No scripture or sermon is necessary to live according to love...every heart knows the way.
    • We ask, If love is all we need - then why hasn't there ever been enough love to make our suffering go away? We find out the answer.
    • Expand to hold the wisdom that the origin of our pain is our belief that we are separate from everything, separate from love.
    • See how when we reject what we label “bad” we are stuck in a cycle of pain- what we resist...persists. 
    • Invite whatever comes into my awareness...I will love unconditionally as an equal part of all that I am. 
    • "There is a great love coming....like a great tidal wave...like the force of a thousand winds...it is unstoppable... and you should welcome it when it comes!"
    • We look forward to Mary helping us remember that how we are in each moment IS our contribution to the collective. She offers to us… “You see how powerful you are? Throughout the cosmos you are being celebrated!” We celebrate HER and all of her contributions in service to Divine Love!

    Mary was a staunchly agnostic healthcare executive living in Washington, DC when she began venturing uncontrollably into mystical experiences in the company of Jesus, Buddha and angels. 

    She finally surrendered her “normal” life and spent several years in a tiny nunnery in the Himalayas coming to terms with her unexpected abilities. Her profound experiences are both a road map and an invitation into the Divine wisdom we all hold within. 

    Mary’s work is a palpable transmission of Divine Love as evidenced in her three books — Unwitting Mystic Evolution of the Message of Love, Divine New Being A Sublime Guided Passage to the End of Hell, and Humanity’s Epic Awakening A Mystical Odyssey Beyond Belief.

    Mary says, “However we are reacting to others is our contribution to others. However we are reacting to the world is our contribution to the world. What is it YOU want to contribute?”

    Personal Website:
    https://www.lovemaryreed.com/

    ENJOY Mary's 1st episode on Caravan of the Heart here:   
    https://www.caravanoftheheart.com/podcast-episodes/episode/4e04eec0/mary-reed-mystic-wisdom-guideteacher

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    It's Impossible There's Anything but Love with Renee Ananda

    It's Impossible There's Anything but Love with Renee Ananda

    (Our laptop completely failed.  We offer to you an inspirational talk by Renee given at a Unity service a few years ago.  We are in the process of getting things replaced and should have a new guest episode next week.  In the meantime, here’s an invitation to love…)

    In this episode, you are invited to consider that it is impossible that there is anything but love!   Why not explore this?  We encourage you to activate your spiritual GPS to find out where you are (love) and where you are destined (love)…all paths meet at the crossroads of love.

    Marianne Williamson says, “Until we see love as the meaning of life, life seems to have no meaning at all. The sense of meaninglessness produces chaos, and the chaos produces fear. There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.”

    ”There is only one way out of this, and that is to see every moment and every situation as an invitation to love.” ...find out what "this" is... 

    • If we don’t choose love – what are we choosing instead?
    • We cannot be in the world of connection and the world of estrangement at the same time…when we are feeling joy, we cannot feel fear; when we are feeling tranquil we cannot feel resentful; when we are feeling love we cannot feel critical…
    • We can choose our destination but we need to know exactly where we are and where we wish to go.
    • Love is the only way and when it feels like it is not love it is only just a lack of love.
    • The perfect you is accessed through the love within you.  Choose love over fear and find your shine!
    • Free your heart from hatred.
    • Free your mind from worries.
    • Live Simply.
    • Give More.
    • Expect Goodness.
    • DECIDE to love it!  That’s the way of love!

    Remember, YOU are love and YOU are loved!

    Let's Connect!  Schedule your personal or couples retreat and let us nurture you and your love!
    https://www.wayoftheheartwoods.org/soul-guidance-sessions

    Podcast Website: 
    caravanoftheheart.com

    Music Website: troubadoursofdivinebliss.com

    Social Media Link:
    https://www.facebook.com/Troubadours-of-Divine-Bliss-70820080497/

    Social Media Link:
    https://www.youtube.com/divinebliss

    Social Media Link:
    https://www.instagram.com/troubadoursofdivinebliss/

    Dr Martin Luther King Jr once said, "We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world, for love is the only way."

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    Fia, Spiritual Singer-Songwriter, EnCHANTress, Amplifying the Sacred

    Fia, Spiritual Singer-Songwriter, EnCHANTress, Amplifying the Sacred

    In this episode, we travel through the countryside north of Stockholm deep into the heart and soul and high vibration of Fia Forsström (known mononymously as Fia) .

    Fia is a spiritual singer-songwriter who with her inspirational lyrics and catchy melodies has a unique way of weaving music that empowers the listener to drop deeper into themselves and find their own medicine. 

    • Find out how this songbird finds an opening and gets freed from her cage.
    • Fall into Worship as we recognize ourselves as part of the whole - as coming home.
    •  We see worship as swimming out and broadening our perspective to connect with the lifeforce saying, “I love you and you love me....thank you for being with me on this journey”.
    • We ask what if we didn't run away from the demons in our heads and instead we chose to love them?
    •  Step into the knowledge that by actively choosing love we feel empowered.
    •  Discover the key turned in the lock that opened up the love of self and the knowing of our worth.
    • You are invited to, please, be yourself...it is the most beautiful thing you can do!
    •  We trust that who we are is enough.
    •  We are with the Divine Feminine as she invites us to slow down...Her Love is tender...it is fierce...it is deep listening...it is clear communication...it is intuitive dreaming...it is powerful prayer...it is everything!

    Since the release of her debut album “Made of Stars” (2016), Fia has been touring worldwide and continues to touch hearts wherever she goes. She has fast become one of the leading voices on the spiritual music scene after the release of her two albums ”Legacy of Light” (2017) and ”Waterfall of Wisdom”(2019).  Since then, several EPs, singles and various collaborations have taken place, and winter 22/23 she enters the studio to create her fourth album with spirit inspired music.

     It i said  that she has a “unique way of weaving music that empowers the listener to drop deeper into themselves and find their own medicine…"  Expect to be healed!

    Fia says,

    “The life that I live

    I feel honored to give

    In humble service to the Divine

    I am grateful for every single breath that I may breathe

    For the expansion

    For the gift of being me

    I’ve got another page in my book

    And I will use it well, I will use it well

    Cause when I go

    I want to know

    That I left it all on the table

    That I gave it all I’ve got

    I wanna be remembered as Love

    Leaving behind

    A legacy of Light

    Of Light”

    Personal Website

    https://fiasmusicofficial.com/

    Social Media link

    https://www.instagram.com/thisisfiamusic/

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/thisisfiamusic

    Social Media link

    https://www.youtube.com/c/FiaMusic

    Social Media link

    https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MqfYdygGLnHjhmXc9yDeH?si=aUtu3V2hQ9mJt

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    Meredith Heller, Powerful Poetic Voice, Author of Write a Poem, Save Your Life, Writing By Heart Workshops

    Meredith Heller, Powerful Poetic Voice, Author of Write a Poem, Save Your Life, Writing By Heart Workshops

     In this episode, it is our immense privilege to have as our guest a powerful poetic voice, author, singer/songwriter, avid nature-woman, and educator, Meredith Heller.

    A California Poet in the Schools, Meredith leads Writing By Heart workshops at public & private schools, women’s prisons, The Institute for Poetic Medicine, The Kennedy Center for the Arts, wellness retreats, and online for adults and teens.

    • We ask the question…Do you write the poem or does the poem write you? 
    • What does it mean to Be 1000% percent present and get 1000% out of the way so the creative muse can come through?
    • When we really show up and learn something new about ourselves...this is what is alive!
    • We befriend ourselves...hold ourselves with the deepest love and respect and listen for the whisper in our ears.
    • Discover how to find your own natural, creative voice.
    • Offer the monster of your inner critic tea and dark chocolate with almonds.
    • Realize that we need both the darkness and the light to grow. 
    • Melt the armor, put the sword down and learn to trust.
    • Stay with it until you break open...then you will break through.
    • Realize that you can write yourself back to life and give a voice to your pain.
    • Turn your tears into temples. 
    • Midwife and reweave the world.
    • Learn to feel wildly alive.
    • We allow ourselves to make some wonderful new mistakes.
    • We trust that there is a benevolent energy that wants the best FOR us and wants the best FROM us.

    Her passion is empowering people to believe in themselves, trust their creative instincts, tap their wild wisdom, express their truth, and ignite their hearts.

    She is the author of Write a Poem, Save Your Life, and three poetry collections, Songlines, Yuba Witch, & River Spells. Meredith was selected as a teaching-artist for an online education program through The Kennedy Center for the Arts. She was made a Poetry Partner by the Institute of Poetic Medicine, and she receives a grant from them each year to teach in the women's prisons.

    Meredith says, “If writing has claimed you as its own, as it has me, you will know that writing is how we breathe, how we bloom from darkness into love. Dig deep into the caverns of your memories, thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Dig up all the bright delicious juicy ones, the bubbling lava angry ones, the lonely soggy miserable ones, the broken self-hating demeaning ones, the dark monstrous secretive ones; dig in, because this is where your poetry lives.”

    Personal Website

    www.meredithheller.com

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/meredith.heller.5

    Social Media link

    Writing by Heart Workshops:  https://www.meredithheller.com/women

    Poetry Books:
    https://www.finishinglinepress.com/?s=meredith+heller&post_type=product

    Write a Poem, Save Your Life:
    https://www.newworldlibrary.com/Writing-and-Literature/WRITE-A-POEM-SAVE-YOUR-LIFE


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    Julia Butterfly Hill, Revolutionary Champion for the Planet, Tree Translator, Legacy of Love in Action

    Julia Butterfly Hill, Revolutionary Champion for the Planet, Tree Translator, Legacy of Love in Action

    In this episode, we are in the presence of a Champion…Our Shero…a revolutionary advocate for this planet and its people, Julia Butterfly Hill!

    For 738 days Julia Butterfly Hill lived in the canopy of an ancient redwood tree, called Luna, to help make the world aware of the plight of ancient forests. Her courageous act of civil disobedience gained international attention for the redwoods as well as other environmental and social justice issues, which is chronicled in her bestselling book The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman, and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods.

    • Our souls are transformed by a Super-Shero of Resilience!
    •  Bear it all...push at edges even when it's uncomfortable because that's where growth happens.
    • We find a conscious "No" to one thing is a conscious "Yes" to something else!
    • We don't have to hold it all... just allow it to flow through.
    • Discover a pufferfish transform into a butterfly!
    • With waste, there is no "away". Indigenous cultures don't even have a word for "trash".
    • We don't need more stuff, we need to find more courage, more love. more           connectivity!
    • We dispel the idea of "We the People" and expand to "We the Planet"!
    • Today we strive to do our best to live love in action in every moment. 
    • Today we ask  "what kind of world do I want to leave behind with the life that I have led?"

    Julia, with the great help of steelworkers and environmentalists, successfully negotiated to permanently protect the 1,000 year-old tree and a nearly three – acre buffer zone.

    On December 18, 1999 Julia Butterfly Hill, then 26, came down to a world that recognized her as a heroine and powerful voice for the environment.

    Her courage, commitment and profound clarity in articulating a message of hope, empowerment, and love & respect for all life, has inspired millions of people worldwide. After she returned to the ground, Julia toured the world speaking about her experience, and about the many lessons she learned, to the media and audiences large and small.

    The recipient of numerous prestigious awards and distinctive honors, Julia Butterfly Hill is one of the most internationally recognizable figures in environmental activism.

    Julia founded the non-profit organization, Circle of Life and was the visionary of We The Planet, setting the standards for green festivals, events, and tours in the US.  She co-founded the Engage Network and is the inspiration behind What’s Your Tree. 

    She has addressed the United Nations, lobbied congress, and has continued to stand on the front lines of environmental and social justice issues all over the world. 

       JULIA SAYS, “When I entered the majestic cathedral of the redwood forest for the first time, my spirit knew it had found what it was searching for. I dropped to my knees and began to cry because I was so overwhelmed by the wisdom, energy and spirituality housed in this holiest of temples”

    Julia Butterfly Hill is most known for living in a tree, but she has had a wild and full life before and after. She “cusses like a sailor and prays to trees.”


    Personal Website

    www.juliabutterfly.com


    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/JuliaButterflyHillOfficial

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    Devorah Brous, Sacred Steward, Regenerative Urban Homesteader, Creator of FromSoil2Soul, Bridge Builder

    Devorah Brous, Sacred Steward, Regenerative Urban Homesteader, Creator of FromSoil2Soul, Bridge Builder

    In this episode, get ready to root and rise up with frontline Community Organizer, Ritualist and Herbalist, Devorah Brous!

    Devorah is the creator of fromsoil2soul.  She consults, writes, formulates herbal remedies, and gardens with individuals and institutions, designing regenerative practices for soul care, community care, and earth care.

    With a focus on ancient and emergent practices, she is deeply rooted at the nexus of burnout and renewal. Dev offers groups and individuals online Sabbaticals to unearth regenerative practices for gardening our inner and outer landscapes.

    She has rooted in the garden for over 25 years, growing community food sovereignty, environmental justice, and land rights.

    • We meet in a 3rd space where the alchemy happens in our ecosystem.
    • We allow ourselves to fall into the rich cauldron of fallowing.
    • Find that magic takes place when we surrender and allow the spaciousness all while dreaming audaciously.
    • Remember that regeneration is coming when we give back more than we take.
    • Reaffirm the oneness of life and our ability to listen and hear our sacred oneness.
    • Discover the antidote to burnout.
    • We don't focus on fighting what's wrong but instead on feeding what we believe.
    • We can we best show up as catalysts and synergists for our communities when we cross the bridge from soil to soul.
    • We root and rise!
    • We found parallels with the work of Caravan of the Heart and Devorah's work...
      • Taking care of yourself / Shabbat: Soul-Care
      • Taking care of others / Jubilee! Community-Care
      • Taking care of sacred earth / Sabbatical: Earth-Care

    Devorah says, “I guide folks in ancient ways of tending the soil of our lives growing in tandem with nature's cycles, fallowing to unearth the medicine of the land, and giving back more than we glean."   Today we look forward to growing in tandem with her and to the goodness we will glean in our time shared…”

    Devorah is a TEDx speaker. Food Champion Award, LA City Council Member David Ryu, on Food Day. Energy Globe Award, Energy Global Foundation. International Peace Prayer Day Award, 3HO Foundation.

    Personal Website

    www.fromsoil2soul.com

    Social Media link

    Instagram: dev.brous

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/devorah.brous

    Social Media link

    https://chat.whatsapp.com/DqWmmLhRvJp83sRAtKN85y

    Social Media link

    https://www.ted.com/talks/devorah_brous_an_antidote_to_burnout_the_regenerative_change_cycle

     Native Land Map:

    https://native-land.ca

    Go Fallow with Dev. She's a really deep healer. She's offering early-bird discounts for a one year program: FromSoil2Soul - Regenerative Life Design that starts in February. If YOU (or someone you love) are going through a big Change in life, and are searching for a way to mark time intentionally, Dev offers ritual, spiritual guidance, and homegrown herbal remedies. She also offers online mini-Sabbaticals to support folks to mourn and decompose in a safe space, or to pause, reflect, and celebrate as we grow. @dev.brous 


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    Mary H. Reaman, Heart-Centered Creator, Author, Artist and Visionary

    Mary H. Reaman, Heart-Centered Creator, Author, Artist and Visionary

    In this episode, we are ecstatic to be with and in the sublime and divine presence of Creator, Artist, Author and Podcaster, our bliss sister and dear friend, Mary H. Reaman.  

    Following the call of her longing, Mary has pursued unchartered territories and taken on a variety of roles over the years including pastor, founder, public speaker, teacher, preacher, creator of ceremonies, author, artist, and podcaster. 

    • We invite the gift that prayer is a friendly talk with God
    • We are reminded that the greatest love we can give each other is in seeing and calling forth our goodness.
    • Be baptized in the knowledge that we are ALL already whole.
    • Remember that playing is praying with creative vitality.  It is crucial to  keep play incorporated in our lives...its where wonder is, where awe lives and imagination resides! 
    • Learn how Holy Bubbles, Cosmic Acorns, the Brush of Sacred Dreams, the pen summoning your spirit myth...lets the Divine create through you.
    • We allow our unconscious to become conscious by opening a door in our imagination and allowing ourselves to walk through.
    • Find out what happens in a Magic Bath!
    • Explore why there is  a ticker tape parade for your anxiety.
    • Be a soul adventurer following the clues the spirit leaves.
    • Recall that it  is within the silence of our souls that we find healing, insight, compassion and peace. 
    • Go to where I AM is all that can be said...

    After 25 years of honing her skills as a pastor, teacher, and preacher, Mary has redirected her attention to the arts and healing, believing that societal and cultural change, even the possibility for world peace, as well as the desire for peace in our relationships HAS to begin with healing the wars, disease, and dissonance within ourselves.

    To that end Mary offers spiritual companioning, art as meditation opportunities, reiki and energy work, spiritual development classes and workshops, threshold ceremonies, and more to facilitate healing and restore balance to mind, body, and spirit. She also shares her insights on her podcast, Watering Whole with Mary.

     Mary says, “Realizing that life is about transformation means never resisting development at the deepest level. And that requires a profound receptivity on our part - because we can only change the world if we change ourselves, if we can love ourselves unconditionally, and more often than not, hold a stance of uncertainty and humility when it comes to understanding others and the game of Life in which we find ourselves. And in order to do that we have to develop a spirituality for the long haul.” 

    Personal Website

    https://maryhreaman.com/

    Social Media link

    https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/rt6MUSs2qtb

    Social Media link

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18znEgr8uZ7RyoF0JOzWBg

    Social Media link

    https://tlcwithin.org/

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    Perdita Finn, Compelling Writer, Ancestral Healer and Guide on the Radical Path of the Divine Feminine

    Perdita Finn, Compelling Writer, Ancestral Healer and Guide on the Radical Path of the Divine Feminine

    In this episode, we are grateful to be in the presence of the compelling writer, time traveler and friend, Perdita Finn.

    She is the co-author of The Reluctant Psychic and, with her husband Clark Strand, The Way of The Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary and Take Back the Magic: Getting to Know the Dead.

    •  We are encouraged to not rush for the answers and to step into the mystery.
    •  Explore how womb and tomb are so closely attuned.
    •  Find out how Bourbon, Dark Chocolate and a furry white cat saved her Mom's life.
    •  Be present at the moment of two hearts' cataclysmic convergence in the portal of a Hungarian pastry shop.
    • We are asked, “What is the one story you would leave behind for people to know about you?”
    •  We are living in a river of prayer that flows to us and through us…pull on a     thread and wait for the tug on a heartstring.
    •  What if we could truly feel the souls of our family in the living things around us?
    •  What if the dead were right here and just waiting to be of service?
    •  The dead most want to teach us is that we have all the time in the world        because we are all in this dance forever.

    A longtime devotee of the earth, Perdita has studied with mystics and shamans, Zen masters and naturalists, but her greatest teachers have been the dead themselves. She is the co-founder of The Way of the Rose, an international rosary fellowship dedicated to the earth and the Lady by any name you like to call Her.

    She says, “What if our souls were nothing but threads piercing the veil first one way and then another, sewn back and forth eternally? What if the veil didn’t separate the worlds but was the world—the whole fabric of existence? From this side, we see only the knots, the tangles, the threads cut short too soon. What if we could feel the long thread of our souls entangling with other threads? What if we could follow a red thread through to the other side of the tapestry as it becomes a dress, a jewel, a rose, a pair of lips, a heart? What if we could glimpse the picture of our lives from the other side? That’s what the dead do, of course—they see at last what life is really for. To touch that reality we have only to pull on a thread and wait for the tug on a heartstring.” 

    Personal Website
    https://wayoftherose.org/

    Social Media link
    https://www.facebook.com/perdita.finn/
    @perditafinn on Instagram

    Social Media link
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/wayoftherose
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    On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.

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    The Healing Power of Meaningful Connection with Troubadours of Divine Bliss

    The Healing Power of Meaningful Connection with Troubadours of Divine Bliss

    In this episode, we feel the all embracing, healing power of meaningful connection...

    • We find our truest lifeline, our purpose and greatest fulfillment is meaningful connection in this life.
    • We see how being in loving presence  with others leads us back to wholeness within ourselves.
    • We call out to hear "there are other worlds to sing in".
    • We pray to become vessels where Love pours through.
    • We invite you to share what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
    • We become pencils in the hand of God writing love letters to everyone we encounter.
    • We awaken to love for ourselves, each other and the whole world.

    Accept and extend the invitation for meaningful connection in every moment with everyone and this Earth.  Embrace connection and be embraced.  We embrace you!
    You are loved!  You are love!

    Let's Connect!  Schedule your personal or couples retreat and let us nurture you and your love!
    https://www.wayoftheheartwoods.org/soul-guidance-sessions

    Podcast Website: 
    caravanoftheheart.com

    Music Website: troubadoursofdivinebliss.com

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    On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.

    Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community.

    "Come, come, whoever you are. This is not a caravan of despair."  Rumi

    Love is Spoken Here

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    Pouria Montazeri, Beloved Founder of In the Footprints of Rumi, Filmmaker, Sacred Poetry Portal Awakener & Transformer

    Pouria Montazeri, Beloved Founder of In the Footprints of Rumi, Filmmaker, Sacred Poetry Portal Awakener & Transformer

    In this episode, we are greatly honored to have our hearts nourished by Pouria Montazeri, the founder of "In The Footprints of Rumi."

    Pouria shares the riches of his familiarity with Rumi's language, culture, and religious/spiritual background to support individuals in understanding what Rumi said and taught, which has been ignored, erased, or misinterpreted through translations and renditions in the West.  His fluency in Persian enables him to translate Rumi and other Muslim Sufi mystics and poets in a way that brings together East and West. 

    • Join us as we marinate in magic, get permeated by presence and saturated in the sweetness of unity.
    • Feel with us as we join in the beautiful dance of intimacy between joy and sadness and find where they meet.
    •  Understand with us that the purpose of the core of pain is to bring us back home and how it is a blessing when we see it that way.
    • Remember that the heart is a threshold...once you get a little glimpse of that glance and a taste of that kiss... you are done.
    •  Find out what is connecting the seen with the unseen mystery. 
    • Know that we all need a mirror, we all need a friend, we all need a confidante.
    • Honor that we are trustees, we are humble servants that were gifted this life to serve this planet, all of its species and each other.

    E-mail
    pouria110@gmail.com

    Personal Website
    http://footprintsofrumi.com/

    Social Media link
    https://www.instagram.com/footprintsofrumi

    Social Media link
    https://www.youtube.com/c/IntheFootprintsofRumi

    FILM:
    Shams & Rumi: The Fragrance of Axis Mundi   https://vimeo.com/17428099

    VIDEOS:
    "Like This"
     https://youtu.be/FJ-MKDtr0pE

    "Nothing to Lose" 
    https://youtu.be/_PrnEHdHlig

    Pouria offers online and in-person courses year-round, as well as travels to facilitate workshops and retreats to share the essence of Islam through Rumi's teachings.

    His passion is  Spiritual Direction/Coaching to assist individuals in exploring the interiority of their beings as well as making sense and meaning of the spiritual pointers for their daily lives.

    He says, “I am a very fortunate man to have been raised with Sufi/Persian poetry. My mother and I would read Rumi together (we still do), and I remember how its music to my soul would ignite my heart from a tender age.”

    Prepare your heart to join us as he ignites our hearts by stirring Rumi’s music in our souls.

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    On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.

    Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the

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    Jenny Shanks, Intuitive Love Warrior, Spiritual Medium and Mentor

    Jenny Shanks, Intuitive Love Warrior, Spiritual Medium and Mentor

    In this episode, we spiritedly enjoy an uplifting and affirming exchange and encounter with psychic, spiritual medium, mentor, and lightworker, Jenny Shanks. 

    Jenny’s first love and passion is connecting with our past loved ones… providing peace and clarity for ALL those she connects with…in the spirit world and here on earth. 

    • Hear the message, "Stop denying your gifts" because they are very much needed in this world
    • We learn that tapping into your own inner knowing opens the door to gratitude
    • We lean forward in the frequency of love and remember that when we stay in the frequency of gratitude and spirit, we find that it always gets us back into alignment and ascends us forward
    • We are encouraged to ask, "What respect are you offering yourself?", and to “smile at everyone you encounter because you could be the best part of their worst day”
    • Feel how all around us Ancestors are acting as Guardian Angels
    • Root into Earth...Rise into your Intuition
    • Remember that "Spirit will never let you down"

    Jenny’s second love is inspiring others to find their light. She’s passionate about guiding you to authentically love yourself by stepping into your own light to shine! 

    Through her methodology of infusing science, the spirit world, and energy, she teaches YOU how to connect to YOUR higher self & trust its guidance. HER is to provide light, love, and hope to all they encounter. 

    Jenny says, “We will inspire and support the human spirit, one connection, one reading, and one event at a time.”  We know she is going to inspire and support your spirit as you connect with her.

    Personal Website

    https://jennyshanks.com/

    https://saturdayswithspirit.com

    Social Media link

    https://www.instagram.com/spiritual_medium_jenny/

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/jennyshanksmedium

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    On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.

     Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community.


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    Maia Toll, Seeker of Magic and Award-Winning Wild Wisdom Series Author

    Maia Toll, Seeker of Magic and Award-Winning Wild Wisdom Series Author

    In this episode, we are enchanted to engage with Maia Toll, a seeker of magic and award-winning author of the bestselling Wild Wisdom Series which has inspired readers worldwide to explore their human nature through the magical lens of the natural world.  

    • We discover a bookshelf in a willow tree
    • We enter a world where land is sentient, and the stones have stories
    • We learn that you can set magic in motion and magic... is everywhere
    • Through the Lookingglass, we see that we are in control of how we perceive our surroundings
    • Once we recognize that everything is alive, we start moving through the world differently
    • We realize…why not choose to believe in magic? It is so much more fun & interesting
    • We begin to believe that we are a thread in a much larger tapestry and ask ourselves,” what is the purpose of my thread in this weaving?”
    • We surrender into Connection and find a doorway into Communion
    • We shift the focus of knowing from our head to our heart
    • In the natural realm, we realize there's something beyond our interpretation of all these things
    • We learn that crafting a life takes a lifetime

    Maia has created and conjured an award-winning collection which includes The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, The Illustrated Crystallary, The Wild Wisdom Companion, oracle decks, puzzles and her latest endeavor, and The Night School, which explores the edges of the universe and the depths of the self, all through the lens of philosophy, divination, and astrology.

    Maia is a 3-time Nautilus Award Winner.  She also owns an herb shop called Herbiary, with locations in Asheville, Philadelphia, and online. She lives in Asheville, NC with her partner and two ridiculously spoiled dogs.

    Maia's mantra is:
    "Magic is everywhere. 

    To see it and the effects it has on your life, change the way you perceive the world. 

    To harness it, change the way you interact with the energies around you. 

    To know it, change the way you think. 

    To live it, remember the lessons of the Night as you go about your day."


    Personal Website

    https://maiatoll.com/

    Social Media link

    https://www.instagram.com/maiatoll/

    Social Media link

    https://www.facebook.com/maiatoll

    Social Media link

    https://www.instagram.com/theherbiary/

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    On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mél

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    Talamieka Brice, Illuminating, Award-winning Artist, Filmmaker & Visual Storyteller

    Talamieka Brice, Illuminating, Award-winning Artist, Filmmaker & Visual Storyteller

    In this episode, our spirits are deeply moved and inspired as we speak with Award-winning Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer, Poet & Visual Storyteller, Talamieka Brice.

    • We get a glimpse of what we it means to be a Mother, an Artist, a Filmmaker and Activist while reclaiming our Identity
    • We discover what happens when you add spice, a bit of voodoo & magic to what is given
    • We find that with Honor comes great responsibility and that Warriors flow through Love’s veins
    • Don't play small. Tell your truth and stand tall
    • Look fear in the face and know that it does not define you - it refines you
    • See that Your journey is more than your shadows and that the  light is how we find each other in the dark
    • Explore how you have to trace the family line into dark alleys to find exits for new generations…
    • Don’t lose sight that you are worthy, you are Divine

    She is inspired by her hometown of Kilmichael, Mississippi, and by artists Michelangelo, Shakespeare and Maya Angelou. Recently a portrait of Brice, Forever Mood, taken from a series of stills from her documentary film, FIVE, a Mother’s Journey, went viral. She's also an activist and has led protests.

    She serves as CEO for Brice Media and has worked with Kim Kardashian, Cassandra Wilson as well as creating marketing campaigns for many companies including the American Heart Association and the brilliant Barack Obama Mural for Barack Obama Elementary School in Jackson, MS.

    She was a member of the Mississippi Business Journal’s 50 leading business women class of 2013 and Top 50 under 40 for 2016. She was also named one of 2013’s People to Watch by Graphic Design USA, the first and only Mississippian selected in the magazine’s 50 year history. She was also recognized as one of 25 Women Changing the World by Conversations Magazine.

    Talamieka says, “You can’t paint a good picture without shadows…the dark needs the light…Take the light and the dark and paint your truth…” 

    Personal Website

    https://www.talamieka.com/

    https://www.waterdocumentary.com/

    Social Media

    @talamieka

    Watch her film, FIVE:  A Mother's Journey
    https://vyre.tv/now/?zype_type=video_single&zype_video_id=62a79b1cfb4f940001e9fdfd&playlist_id=622ed69c9643c70001a74062

    White Nonsense Roundup | #NOWHITENONSENSE
    @whitenonsenseroundup
     

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    On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.

     Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in e

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    Richard Brendan, Heart Intuitive Host of JourneysFire Podcast, Speaker, Mentor and Hospice Chaplain

    Richard Brendan, Heart Intuitive Host of JourneysFire Podcast, Speaker, Mentor and Hospice Chaplain

    In this episode, we share a beautifully moving conversation with Speaker, Hospice chaplain, Mentor, and Radio Host, Richard Brendan.  

    In his teaching and by his presence, Richard helps us see the beauty and joy of the world anew as if we were children again.

    •  In this intimate exchange, we are invited to see with Love.
    • We find the greatest gift you can give is presence by being fully present with another.
    • We become Midwives to the Mystery. 
    • We realize that in the end, "All that matters is to love, laugh and shine our light brightly!"
    • We turn on to Lamplight Activism...Allowing people to come out of the dark and into the light, out of the cold and into the warmth just by loving them.
    • We recognize that when someone is vulnerable, only love is safe enough to come out to.
    • We see the beautiful thread of love that is woven through life and death, and we learn awareness of death is the secret of life.
    • We ride with the Lone Ranger of Love! "Hi-ho, Surrender away!"

    Through keynotes, workshops, coaching, and media, Richard is a recognized expert on human relations and an influential speaker on personal and social transformation. He is known and loved for his visionary creativity, fiery passion, and heartfelt communication skills. 

    Richard holds a Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of Illinois. He is also a certified Life Purpose and Career Coach, hospice chaplain and life member of the Dead Poets Society. He is the host of the weekly podcast, JourneysFire: Conversations on the Art of Living and Loving.

    Richard has been a successful radio host and producer for 17 years on 88.7fm, WICR in Indianapolis. In that time he has interviewed many of the top thought leaders, best-selling authors and iconic singer-songwriters.

    Richard says, "When we share a tender thought, a touch, or a tear, we connect with the deepest part of ourselves.”   We open the deepest part of ourselves to connect with him and invite you to do the same.

    Personal Website

    http://richardbrendan.com

    Social Media
    https://www.facebook.com/richard.brendan.5

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    On this podcast, we have heart-to-heart conversations around freeing our dreams and amplifying love in all things. Enjoy an exhilarating mélange of exchanges where the arts meet awareness to champion and elevate the love of yourself, others, and the Earth.

     Join this caravan of seekers sharing what they find that empowers love in every part of the journey. Summon a revolution of Love through devotion, purpose, creation, Earth care, and community.

     "Come, come, whoever you are. This is not a caravan of despair." Rumi

     Love is Spoken Here

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    John Blair, Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Environmental Health Activist

    John Blair, Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Environmental Health Activist

    In this episode, we are beyond grateful to have in our presence a living legend, a forty-five year, environmental health activist, John Blair…a commercial mortgage banker turned Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist.  See the photo:  https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/677914/85339150.jpg

    He founded and still serves as president of Valley Watch, Inc. whose purpose is "to protect the [public health and environment of the lower Ohio River Valley. He also published, for three years a monthly newspaper called the Ohio Valley Environment during a really activist surge in the early 1980s.

    A believer in active civil disobedience, he gained notoriety when he stole the groundbreaking shovels at a Union Carbide hazardous waste facility in Henderson, KY in 1985.  Watch the video:  https://youtu.be/_V-BvOlXoNY

    In 1997, John, had an epiphany regarding the need to eliminate coal as an energy source.

    During the early 2000s, he was instrumental in stopping a number of new coal plants as well as helping establish new rules for national air quality standards and helping to establish a number of small community-based organization that usually successfully fought local environmental issues.

    Since 2018, he has been working with one of those groups-SW indiana Citizens For Quality of Life in Spencer County, IN to stop a bizarre proposal to build a coal to diesel refinery.

    •  We learn the 3 "C's" of environmental activism: Confrontation, Cooperation and Civil Disobedience.
    • Find out one of the best ways to stop a polluting, poisonous behemoth is sometimes to just...steal the shovels...at the groundbreaking...right in front of them...live on the air.
    • We deepen into the powerful mantra "Think globally act locally." and how vital that is right now!
    • Learn the key is Perseverance. The only thing that wins is outlasting the other side.
    • We cheer each other on…Don't give up – Get up!  Don't get depressed - Get Determined!
    • Have the epiphany…You get fired when you speak your mind and when you stay quiet…so you might as well speak your mind.
    • Learn to discern fiction from fact.
    • Set out to change the world and fight injustice.
    • Ask the question…what can I do to help fight for a healthy, viable planet?

    John says, “Freedom is like a muscle. It atrophies if it is not exercised.”  We know our conversation with this living legend will strengthen us to fight this good fight!

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