Burning Questions: Conversations About Our Living World with Leslie Davenport

I invite you to listen to this insightful, interview with LaUra Schmidt, the founder of the Good Grief Network and the brain behind the “10-Steps to Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate” program and the FLOW Facilitation Training. She is a lifelong student, curator, and practitioner of personal and collective resilience strategies. She is the lead author in How to Live in a Chaotic Cl...

Dr. Lise Van Susteren was thinking about climate change as a mental health issue over twenty years ago, and has been forging paths for this field in clinical practice, litigation efforts, and public advocacy ever since. Lise is remarkably clear-eyed about the work. We're fortunate to have her perspectives honed from years of experience. Dr. Van Susteren is a general and forensic psychiatrist based...

You may be used to hearing Sarah Jaquette Ray as the one asking questions on her own podcast, Climate Magic. But this time we get to turn the microphone the other direction and learn about her climate journey. One of the most frequently asked questions I hear from community members is how they can effectively contribute and really make a difference. On this episode of Burning Questions, Sarah help...

I'm excited to share my conversation with Jennifer Uchendu Kalu: When the People Rise Together, Can Anything Stop Us? What does it look like when people refuse to wait for permission to act on climate? In this episode, I sits down with Jennifer Uchendu — Nigerian climate advocate, eco-anxiety researcher at Utrecht University, founder of SustyVibes, and one of BBC's 100 Most Influential Women of 20...

What are the psychological and spiritual roots of the climate crisis, and what might healing actually look like? In this episode, Leslie Davenport speaks with Adrián Villaseñor Galarza, PhD, and integral/transpersonal ecopsychologist, international facilitator, ritualist, author, and contemplative practitioner passionate about human transformation in service to the living Earth. Adrián is Associat...

Isabel Cavelier Adarve is a writer, speaker, language and poetry wanderer, lawyer, former diplomat, advocate for planetary transition & creator of eco-social initiatives for cultural transformation. She co-founded mundo común in 2023 as an initiative dedicated to seeding and nurturing a culture of care, rooted in interdependence, in response to the contemporary planetary challenges. In this ep...

What if the most powerful response to compounding crises isn't doing more , but doing things that work on multiple levels at once? Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, founder of the Multisolving Institute and co-founder of Climate Interactive, has spent her career mapping the places where climate action, health equity, and community wellbeing converge. She calls this "multisolving," and it changes not just what...

Dr. Jade Sasser shares her personal journey with climate change and how being evacuated during a wildfire powerfully deepened the direction of her work. She reminds us that resilience isn’t a single tool we reach for in crisis, but a wide, living landscape we tend over time. For her, that landscape stretches from teaching and advocacy to the simple grounding rituals of gardening and Pilates. And y...

In this episode, Dr. Renée Lertzman brings a rare blend of wisdom, depth, and grounded practicality to the conversation about climate change and human behavior. A pioneer in the psychology of climate emotions, she helps us move beyond overwhelm and polarization toward curiosity, compassion, and meaningful engagement. What I so appreciate in her work is the way she names what’s often unspoken—our d...

In this episode of Burning Questions, Steffi Bednarek offers the kind of grounded, soul-level guidance we ache for in a time of climate upheaval. She reminds us that navigating this moment isn’t just about strategies or solutions — it’s about honesty with ourselves, staying present with what’s hard, and cultivating the wisdom needed to move forward with clarity and courage. Her insights feel like...

Join this conversation with Bonita Eloise Ford, whose gentle wisdom illuminates the emotional landscape of climate engagement. She invites us into the work with heart, joy, and a renewed sense of shared belonging. Bonita Eloise Ford is an author and educator who supports people in responding to eco/climate breakdown. Her book “Embers of Hope: Embracing Life in an Age of Ecological Destruction and...

Welcome to Burning Questions with Leslie Davenport, and her guest, Dr. Laura Carter Robinson. Dr. Laura Carter Robinson is a clinical psychologist and founder of Humanity&Planet, who is known for her work on climate and ecological change. A climate psychology speaker, educator, and consultant, she is also a climate therapist and advocate. She is in the American Psychological Association’s Clim...