Earth and Spirit Podcast

Jim Wayne is a psychotherapist, business owner, a novelist, and for almost three decades until 2019, an elected representative in the Kentucky House. He’s been a tireless advocate for tax reforms, concern for the poor, and mental health care concerns. He’s also a person for whom prayer, meditation, and religious belonging have played an important role in the person he is, the commitments he holds,...

Sister Kathleen Duffy is a member of a Catholic religious order, the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and she’s also had a decades-long academic career as a molecular physicist at Chestnut Hill College. In this weaving together of science and spirituality, she’s been guided by the paleontologist and mystic, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, also a person with deep commitments to both scientific inquiry and reli...

Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a UK-based psychiatrist and psychotherapist, an avid gardener, and the author of The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. In this second installment of a two-part conversation, Sue reflects on the fundamental human need to connect with the rest of the living world and how we can overcome the modern world’s alienation from nature through equitable access to g...

Dr. Sue Stuart-Smith is a UK-based psychiatrist and psychotherapist, an avid gardener, and the author of The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature. Over her long career in psychotherapy, Sue has seen the power of gardens and nature connection to heal trauma, cultivate mindfulness and spirituality, navigate anxiety, stress, and burnout, and help us become our full, embodied human selv...

Dr. Kathleen Coyne grew up among the indigenous peoples of Northern Canada, which set her on a lifelong journey as a community development expert and an advocate for equity and justice, especially with those who are on the margins. She’s also deeply committed to the spiritual path of Christian meditation. In this beautiful, heart-opening conversation, Kathleen shares how the spiritual practice of...

Martin Boroson’s experience spans the study of Western and Eastern spiritual traditions, much of that work done at Yale University, but also the world of business and management. An ordained Zen priest, Marty also earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is the founder of the One Moment Company, LLC, which provides meditation and mindset training to large healthcare institutions and Fo...

Martin Boroson studied Western philosophy at Yale, followed by private study of Eastern philosophy and the work of Carl Jung. He also earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is a leadership coach, founder of the One-Moment Company, and an ordained Zen priest in the Hollow Bones Rinzai Zen order. He’s the creator of One-Moment Meditation and the author of One-Moment Meditation: Stillne...

We’re trying something a little different for this episode. As the host of the Earth & spirit Podcast, I always get to ask the questions. But this time, we’re turning the mics around. Dan Galvin, who’s part of the Earth & Spirit Center team, agreed to be the host and to put me in the hot seat this time, to talk about some of my background and the work of the Earth & Spirit Center, including our ne...

Lois Luckett is a licensed clinical social worker who has been in private counseling practice since 1980. In this podcast conversation, Lois shares how mindfulness, body awareness, and connection to the natural world can help us feel safe, learn to trust, and become more healthy and whole. RESOURCES: Donate to support this podcast: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/donate/ Earth & Spirit Center...

Sr. Gail Worcelo co-founded the Green Mountain Monastery in 1999, encouraged and supported by her friend and mentor, the late Thomas Berry. Berry, a cultural historian and Passionist priest, was a ground-breaking thinker who contemplated the new story science has given us of 13.8 billion-year history of our evolving Universe. He considered the implications of this new story for our religion, educa...

Dr. Hannah Bland is a licensed counselor, an assistant professor of mental health counseling, and the director of the mental health counseling education program at Spalding University. She has worked extensively in prisons, the foster care system, and rape crisis centers, among other difficult circumstances. In this conversation, Hannah shares the important synergy between mindfulness and mental h...

Jimmy Springston is a former Air Force officer and chief operating officer of a multi-million-dollar commercial construction company, who now coaches other leaders. In this podcast conversation, Jimmy reflects on how to create organizational cultures that are more mindful, emotionally intelligent, effective, and sustainable. RESOURCES: Donate to support this podcast: https://www.earthandspiritcent...

Joe Grant is a Scotland-born modern-day mystic, spiritual guide, retreat leader at Holy Hills Hermitage in rural Kentucky, and the author of numerous books and articles about scripture, justice and spirituality. Joe has worked with indigenous peoples of the U.S. and in Latin America. In this conversation, originally released on February 27, 2020, Joe reflects on his spiritual journey, which has le...

Dr. Ursula Goodenough is professor emerita of biology at Washington University, the president of the Religious Naturalist Association, and the author of The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved. This conversation explores the story of how science can inspire deep reverence and care for our shared, evolving world. RESOURCES: Donate to support this podcast: https://www.earthands...

Gretchen “Bunny” Nash has worked for decades with children and adults facing emotional and behavioral challenges as well as various forms of trauma. In this conversation, Bunny shares how mindfulness practices can rewire our brains to foster stress resilience, compassion, and greater well-being for individuals and communities.

Sr. Toni Temporiti, PhD is the founder of Microfinancing Partners in Africa, an organization that provides loans to empower women who struggle with poverty. In this episode, Sr. Toni reflects on the power of listening, community, and courage for creating a more beautiful and sustainable world – one person, one community, one small loan at a time. RESOURCES: Donate to support this podcast: https://...

Dr. Tony Zipple is an expert in behavioral health and rehabilitation counseling, in both clinical and academic settings, with extensive background in executive leadership of large organizations. In this episode, we reflect on Tony’s experience with positive psychology, mindful self-awareness, and how individuals and organizations can flourish, especially amidst change. RESOURCES: Donate to support...

Phil Lloyd-Sidle is an Earth and Spirit Center instructor who sees the linkage between mindfulness and social justice, including issues of incarceration, race, gender identity and sexual orientation, and the patriarchy. In this episode, Phil shares how mindfulness can help those on the margins – and all people – to embrace their own worth and value, navigate suffering, and cultivate compassion for...

Day Schildkret uses found natural materials in outdoor settings to create Earth-based art whose beauty is utterly impermanent. He’s also the author, most recently, of Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change. In this episode, Day and I reflect on how nature, creativity, and ritual help us navigate change, make meaning, and remember our true wholeness and belonging. RES...

Dr. Broderick Sawyer is a clinical psychologist who integrates mindfulness and compassion practices into his work with organizations and individual clients. This episode explores how mindfulness can inform psychological wholeness, promote healing from racial stress and trauma, and help overcome mind-states that perpetuate division. NOTES AND RESOURCES: Donate to support this podcast: https://www.e...

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim are a husband and wife team of Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale University in the School of the Environment, the Divinity School, and the Department of Religious Studies, with specializations in East Asian religions and Indigenous religions. They co-direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and are the creators of the new Coursera series, Religion...

Deborah Eden Tull is a Buddhist teacher, activist, author, and sustainability educator. In this conversation, we dive into her latest book, Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown. We reflect on how darkness is an invitation to open-hearted, full-spectrum living, fierce compassion, relational mindfulness, and hopeful, courageous dreaming in the service of life. RES...

Jason Shulman is a spiritual teacher who straddles the worlds of Jewish Kabbalah mysticism and Zen Buddhism. In this episode, Jason shares his practical, deeply grounded, nondual vision of reality and how it plays out in conflict resolution, the integration of polarities and paradox, and above and beneath all, love. RESOURCES: Jason’s school, A Society of Souls: https://www.societyofsouls.com/, ht...

Nina Simons is an activist, author, social entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Bioneers, a nonprofit organization committed to social and environmental justice work that honors the web of life, now and into the future. In this conversation, Nina reflects on how feminine and indigenous leadership are crucial paths for cultural and ecological regeneration. RESOURCES: Earth & Spirit Center: www.earth...

Matthew Fox is an author, theologian, and activist Episcopal priest whose radical interfaith work attempts to reawaken us to the sacredness of the created world. In this conversation, Matthew reflects on how creation-centered spirituality, and the marriage of the divine feminine and sacred masculine, can help us respond with hope to the troubles of our apocalyptic times. RESOURCES: Earth & Spirit...