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Happy New Year friends! Today on the show I finish up the chapter that I began reading from last week and then we shift into New Year awareness with a little exercise designed perfectly for the slow wintery introspective time that we are in. It's called the Wheel of Life and it takes us through an inventory of our life so that we can pause and reflect and live life more consciously. This exercise...

Today in honor of Christmas and "Jesus's Birthday," I read from the book, Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Ancient Christians by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy. I love this book and wanted to share some of its goodness.  Our show music is from  Shana Falana! Feel free to email me, say hello:  she@iwantwhatshehas.org ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever...

Today on the show, I welcome Nava Atlas, the author of many vegetarian and vegan cookbooks, with hundreds of thousands of books sold over the years. Her books went vegan at the same time she did — the early 2000s. Some include … Vegetariana  (revised and updated) Plant-Powered Protein 5-Ingredient Vegan Plant Power Wild About Greens Vegan Holiday Kitchen Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for all Season...

Wanting to end the year on a high note, we talk about what the end of the year means and one or two ideas on how to step into the new year. Marielena walks us through what the Tarot reveals to her in the moment as we contemplate the beginning of 2023. Inspired by my weekly chat with Warren and Manuel we revisit the subject of confidence vs. questioning. A favorite quote to sum up that part of the...

Adrianne Theetge moved to the Hudson Valley from Georgia after doing disaster relief in NYC for 9/11 in the AmeriCorps NCCC program. After several years working and serving our elections and our political system, she just recently went back to graduate school to fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher. She loves her new career as an ENL teacher serving students who are learning the English languag...

Today on the show we're talking divorce. In the first half of the show I talk about my "divorce" and then share a bit of my experience as a divorce attorney and some general thoughts on divorce and separation. Did you know that 40-50% of all marriages end in divorce? Then in the second half of the show I am joined by Nanci A. Smith, Esq., an attorney licensed to practice in Vermont and New York. S...

Today, my pal Tara Sanders returns to the show to talk Mental Health and Gratitude. An Ulster County native, Tara is a trauma-informed yoga teacher and educator. She presents for a number of county-wide agencies, schools, and nonprofit organizations. She was most recently the Director of Community Outreach and PR at YWCA Ulster County, and is working with HUDSY TV on their event series, Beyond the...

Today we begin by sharing and discussing Nikki Fogerty's weekly Tarot report . Then we're off to the races talking about racism, what it means, why it happens and what we think about how to resolve our country's racist problems. Marielena talks about what motivates people and how this affects their overall behavior including stereotyping and controlling others. This conversation was prompted by th...

Kevin Ann Jordan @tailoredstylist has been helping women get dressed since age three, starting with her younger sister. Growing up in a remote mountain town in California, she didn't have a lot of exposure to the fashion world but she loved the bi-annual school clothing shopping trips and reading fashion magazines. Kevin has always wanted to help people, and after a corporate career in the healthc...

In honor of the season, I wanted to remind us all of the history of the "witch" and her persecution by reading from Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch . And here's a little Tarot reading for the week. The playlist we enjoyed throughout the show can be found here . Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radio Kingston. Our show music is from  Shana Falana! Feel free to email me, say hell...

PAU  Quintanajornet  doesn‘t paint pictures. Pau creates worlds – open invitations to a journey into the beauty of Latin American influences and into the spheres of an artist, who with brushes, paint, ink, paper and wood, playfully turns her world inside out. The cleavage between cultures loosens up. From the friction between her Chilean roots and her German home she draws her own symbolism in bri...

For nearly 20 years, Lauree Ostrofsky has served as a speaker , author, coach, and communications consultant with clients including IBM, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Fodors Travel, Liz Claiborne's domestic violence awareness program Women's Work, and the Girl Scouts of the USA. I'm also founder of Hudson Valley Women in Business in upstate New York, and the #HugTour Movement . S...

It's another conversation inspired by Spirituality and Politics with Marielena Ferrer. Today we are joined by Shauna Kanter for the beginning of the show to talk about her upcoming play " Art " which is running Oct. 13th-23rd in Bethany Hall at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, NY. We discussed themes of the play which launched us into a lively conversation in the remainder of the show around conf...

Kissey Asplund of Generation Watts works as a creative consultant specializing in the process of generation and creative subatomic energy. Her creativity expresses itself as a music producer, generator, multi-disciplinary artist, and meditator based in New York City. Amongst other things, today we talk deeply about her unique background, how her creativity is enhanced through meditation, and we ge...

First off, I wanted to shout out two special happenings from past guests. First up is Romany Rose and Kat Hunt offering a night of pleasure in which they will explore the potential of healing through Medicinal Desserts and the Akashic Records. Happening Friday, September 30th, 7-9pm at Say Boo Studio in Kingston, NY. $55, includes all desserts and herbal beverages as well as Q&A with the Records....

Joining me today are two highly talented women, Maryline Damour and Jennifer Salvemini. Maryline is a seasoned interior designer, entrepreneur, and home expert based in the Hudson Valley. She founded the design/construction firm Damour Drake  with partner Fred Drake, and then developed  Kingston Design Connection  and the annual  Kingston Design Showhouse  to help connect designers, makers, artist...

Today, Marielena and I are joined by two women from the Waterfall Unity Alliance to talk about the land buy back project for the Kanien’kehá:ka people . Kawenniiosta Jock, Kanien’kehá:ka Wolf Clan, is an activist, land protector, master seamstress and artist. Kawenniiosta has helped develop traditional support, cultural teachings and language preservation within the tribe and is a traditional full...

Today's episode is a collage of sorts, checking in on the New Moon vibes, this week's astrology and the wisdom of Ora Nadrich, a pioneering Mindfulness expert, international keynote speaker and coach, and the founder and president of the  Institute for Transformational Thinking . A sought-after expert in the fields of Mindfulness, transformational thinking and self-discovery, she is the author of ...

I'm still in newborn land so playing an oldie but goodie in honor of Olivia Newton John and this weekend's Summer Hoot with Olivia super fan and musician Gail Ann Dorsey and Hoot founder and musician Ruth Ungar Merenda . These interviews originally aired in January 2018 when Shana and I were hosting together. It was our second episode! I could listen to these women speak for days... P.S. Gail says...

Today, Marielena steers the ship and is joined by artist and art historian/historian Mya Bailey for this month's installment of Politics and Spirituality. Theresa and baby Aiden do make a guest appearance. Today's conversation approaches reproductive freedom from the perspective of justice and equity and where it's lacking in the health care system. Mya has focused much of her art on the idea of r...

Karen Ranney taught Early Grade Science, Kindergarten, and Pre-K for more than 20 years. She now maintains a little woods in the Hudson Valley. She gardens, photographs and writes for children every day. She thanks all the young children who observe nature, show curiosity, ask questions, and inspire everyone in their world. She's written All About Leaves and My Hear Your Heart under her pen name L...

It's the return of Therese Shechter, Founder of Trixie Films , Author, Speaker and Director of the compelling documentary film, My So-Called Selfish Life, and she's brought with her LeNora Faye, a childfree lifestyle advocate, speaker, and moderator who creates global platforms, both public and private, for people who are choosing not to have, birth, or raise children. She is a co-host of the inte...

Shauna Kanter has taught CNN announcers, as well as speakers and singers of all backgrounds for over thirty years; from teachers, lawyers, Broadway actors, and Royal Shakespeare Company members, to folks who just cringe at the sound of their own voice. She has served as a New York Foundation for the Arts mentor for immigrant artists and is the Artistic Director of Voice Theatre in NYC and Kingston...

It's the second Mo(o)nday of the Month and that means the return of Marielena to talk Spirituality and Politics. Marielena Ferrer is a socially engaged visual artist who serves as the chair of the Kingston City Arts  Commission. She also chairs the Alianza Cultural de Kingston, an advisory board for the promotion,  connection and celebration of the arts and cultures of the diverse Hispanic communi...

It's the 4th of July which means it's my old roomie and pal Mary's Birthday. Now that's worth celebrating!!! Today I teach Con Law 101. Okay, not really, but I wanted to deepen my understanding of the 14th Amendment which I haven't thought about in detail since law school. While the language, "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of th...