The Love Your Life Project

Ana speaks about the spirit and power of various landscapes, weaving in related poems and stories. 

Ana describes a magical month by the sea, checking off a long held item on her bucket list.

In this episode, Ana talks about how she discovered the reason for losing her voice, and the consequences of that discovery. She also shares a delightful story and a new poem.

In this episode, Ana shares about the long journey she experienced of voicelessness, and the effects of losing her vocation, her livelihood, and long seated identities.

Ana shares selections from Andrea Gibson's inspiring poems, life, and legacy. Andrea recently passed, aged 49, from ovarian cancer.

In this episode, Ana shares some of the wisdom and heart of the underrated Irish mystic, shaman, and visionary, John Moriarty.

In this episode, Ana catches up on recent events in her life and offers a variety of poems to soothe the soul and nervous system during this time of upheaval.

Ana discusses the life and work of Edna O'Brien, a writer who caused a scandal in 1960's Ireland with her debut novel, The Country Girlls, and her pioneering exposé of women's previously hidden sexual lives.

Ana shares about how regret can shape and potentially re-shape our lives.

Ana muses on the value of friendship and shares some poems on love and friends for inspiration.

Ana shares how challenging life experiences stretched her in meaningful and ultimately helpful ways. 

Ana explores the twin poles of joy and sorrow in this world, and in her life, and the exquisite beauty that arises when these extremes are held in love.

Ana muses on endings and fresh starts, sharing a variety of poems to inspire the conversation.

Ana shares more varieties of potential teachings in life through her personal experience, while also offering related wisdom, poems and inspirations.

Ana shares about the multiplicity of teachers and teachings in daily life, if we are open to receive them.

Ana explores our primary motivations of living from either love or fear, and shares related poems as well as offering questions for you to ponder.

In this episode, Ana shares about an illness that precipitated a deep dive into physical challenges and the resultant exploration of disidentification from the human form.

Ana explores the ways we can offer compassion to ourselves and shares selected poems on the subject for inspiration.

Ana explores the meaning of compassion in our daily lives, and offers many examples as inspiration. 

Ana shares a gentle guided meditation, inviting us back to the Heart, to our true home.

In this episode, Ana offers an invitation to relish each moment, in the awareness that at any second, it could be our last moment. She suggests treating each potential last time as if it were the first, by meeting it fresh and consciously.

In this episode, Ana muses on the variety of identities we assume in a lifetime, and the eventual possibility of relinquishing those decriptors of the small self on the journey towards remembering our true nature.

In this episode, Ana shares the fruits of her journey over the past half year of healing on many levels in the wake of a serious fall last November.

On the one year anniversary of the podcast's launch, Ana offers her 50th episode as a special gift: a gentle guided meditation inviting you to come Home.

Ana muses on the uses and benefits of allowing anger to be felt, and offers some related poems and wisdom from a variety of sources.