Celebrating Differences

Send us Fan Mail Episode 63: Our guest today is Jill Dabbs, Executive Director of Downtown Springdale Alliance in Springdale Arkansas. We met when she came to Austin on a study tour of communities that are creating better places.  We talked for a while after the tour and I knew that she would be a great guest for Podcast Celebrating Differences. So join us as Ani and I jump into a conversation wit...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 62: Ani and Truda finalize their in-depth review on Ani's Book Self Love as Spiritual Practice, Nine Keys to Loving Yourself.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Episode 61: Ani and Ty had the opportunity to talk with Holly Macve, a startlingly good singer/songwriter about her life and work. At 26, she has done more musically than most of us ever get to. Listen as Holly talks about making music. This is the first of our podcasts that was also recorded on video. If you want to watch Holly talk as well as listen here is a link. Holly Macve S...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 60 - Ani and Truda talk about the ninth and final key in the book Ani authored. This key is titled "Feel and Heal the Planet" and takes on some big questions. There will be one more podcast in this series. The two of them will talk about the epilogue in the book and what Ani learned in the process of putting the book together.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Episode 59: Ani and Truda complete another episode of the Colt and Stansky Show where they dig deeply into the 8th Key to loving yourself in the book Self Love as Spiritual Practice, Nine Keys to Loving Yourself by Ani Colt. They are really amazing together and enjoy the chance to toss out ideas and yes, even to disagree sometimes. Worth listening to. #SelfLove #spiritual #choices...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 58: Colt and Stransky dig deep into the Seventh Key to loving yourself: Receive Yourself. Ani Colt, author of Self Love as Spiritual Practice and Truda Stransky,  a Jungian psychoanalyst, are having a great time digging into the Self Love book. As friends they relate and their friendship shows through in these conversations. Truda mentioned the author Shakti Gawain and her...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 57: Running for Austin City Council: Ben Leffler Welcome to On Politics! A series of podcasts that give us a chance to get know our elected officials better by asking things questions about the things that are important to them. Of course we will also ask about those subjects that are important to us and our neighbors.  We are right in the middle of the 2022 primary season...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 56: Ani and Truda jump into a lively discussion of Self Love as they step us through the lessons of Ani’s book Self Love as Spiritual Practice — Nine Keys to Loving Yourself. Here is a link if you would like to buy the book. Self Love It appears that the book is only available in paperback at the present time.  In this episode Ani mentions a book she loves, Power vs. Force...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 55: After knowing Peter for 25 years, it was great to finally meet Tracy and get to know her. They talked about their history and how they decided it would be a great idea to ride a tandem bicycle from the Pacific to the Atlantic. We also had a chance to get to know each other better as they talked about what it took to get their book published and what they learned from b...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 54: As Ani says, January is a time to settle in and gather strength for the coming year. So Ani and Ty took stock of where we are and what’s next. We throw around a lot of ideas about a possible new venture and all of it is pure speculation… The possibility of creating a live stream “News Hour” for the neighborhood and all the headaches and detail work that would entail. ...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 53: Ty and Jean Marie have worked and played together off and on for over 20 years. This was a good chance to get together and find out what Jean Marie was doing with her new life as Associate Professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. We talked about her new job, our times together with bicycles. She admits to be approaching 3,000 geocache finds.  Pleas...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 52: The team of Colt and Stransky investigate the meaning of the fifth key in the book Ani Colt authored: Self Love as Spiritual Practice, 9 Keys to Loving Yourself.  At about 26 minutes in, Ani talks about “Spiritual v Religious”. There is a recent article printed in VOX about a poll to try and get a handle on this issue. https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/10/16630178...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 51: Ani Colt and Preston "Ty" Tyree look to the future of our dreams and this podcast. We cover a lot of ground in this episode and ask for your response. Email at ani.colt@waaoinc.org, or Email at ty.tyree@gmail.com. Here is the link for the video about ONEderment Central Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Episode 50: The team of Colt and Stransky take on the fourth key in the book Self Love as Spiritual Practice. Accept Yourself and Your Feeling. Listen to the Author talk with a trained psychoanalyst about this important topic. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Episode 49: We met Joe and his family at a local restaurant sitting outside looking at the expanse of grass and trees at our local public golf course. We took an immediate liking to Joe. We learned that his father lives in one of the two 55+ apartment buildings in our neighborhood, and that his father is suffering with dementia. If you have comments please let us have them at ty.t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 48: Financial Planner Murs Tariq talks about his work and how he can help you at any age. Here is a link to his website Murs Tariq .  If you have comments please let us have them at ty.tyree@waaoinc.org . If you enjoy our podcasts and would like to help support our efforts you can become a subscriber: https://anchor.fm/growing-older/subscribe Born in Pakistan, Murs came to...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 47: Ani Colt and Truda Stransky dig deep into the Second and Third Keys to Self Love: Intend to Love Yourself and Love Your Whole Self. A great discussion around intention and how we all live in the world.  If you have comments please let us have them at ty.tyree@waaoinc.org . If you enjoy our podcasts and would like to help support our efforts you can become a subscriber:...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 46: Because we had done a little research, Ani and I sat down to talk with Brittany prepared to meet an interesting person. What we encountered in this interview was a woman who describes herself as Small But Mighty and that is an understatement.  If you have comments please let us have them at ty.tyree@waaoinc.org .  If you enjoy our podcasts and would like to help suppor...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 45: Colt and Stransky dive into the First Key for Loving Yourself: Know the All-Loving Good. In this the third episode in the series, the team of Colt and Stransky take on the first key, in the book Self Love as Spiritual Practice, which was authored by Ani. It is a joy to listen to them work together as they dig deep into the vision of God or the source or the creator, wh...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 44: Ty interviews Gary Stroup who has worked on many things and continues to work and stay busy as he ages in Coos Bay, OR. He grew up working in a blacksmith shop and doing whatever needed doing. He's done lots of things and now works in a salmon hatchery making things work better. Listen to Gary talk about the details that keep American business running. Someone has...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 41: Jim Sayer just finished the last leg of his dream to ride around the perimeter of the US. If you have comments please let us have them at ty.tyree@waaoinc.org . If you enjoy our podcasts and would like to help support our efforts you can become a subscriber: https://anchor.fm/growing-older/subscribe  Ty talked with him about his trip and his history running the largest...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 39: Colt and Stransky talk about some of the reasons we have trouble loving ourselves.  If you have comments please let us have them at ty.tyree@waaoinc.org . If you enjoy our podcasts and would like to help support our efforts you can become a subscriber: https://anchor.fm/growing-older/subscribe They jump into the things that happen when we are children. These two make a...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 41: A wonderful conversation with a Scots Woman transplanted to Austin, TX. Hazel has been working for the environment for many years and even after some pretty terrible health issues is still going strong. Ani and Ty interviewed Hazel who lives and works to combat deforestation in the rain forests of South America. Her organization, Rain Forest Partnership, is a non-profi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 40: Koreena Malone is an exciting person and is making a difference in our community. In this episode we talk about Radical Self Care, that it is a gift to get older and menopause. We also talked about a book: How to Be Less Stupid About Race, on racism, white supremacy, and the racial divide by CRYSTAL MARIE FLEMING. I've read it, will read it again and recommend it...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 38: Ani talks with Joan Quenan, a mid 70s independent woman who spends much of her life helping others. Joan and Ani met when they were both residents in the same apartment complex. Ani married Ty and moved out and Joan moved out into a van and took off to travel the national parks of the American West for 5 months. The apartment complex is designed for Active Adults who a...