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Reverend Rhetta Morgan is an interfaith minister, facilitator, artist and healer.  Her work encompasses the intersections of spirituality, creativity and activism, all rooted in an intention to work and live in a more just world. She currently facilitates Anti-Bias work for the Anti-Defamation League, leads The Ecclesia Fortify Circle, a group that supports activists to develop spiritual practices...

Deborah Eden Tull is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, author, activist, and sustainability educator. She spent seven years training as a Buddhist monk  and has been living in sustainable communities for over 25 years. She teaches engaged awareness practice, which emphasizes the connection between personal awakening and global engagement. Eden draws upon teachings from the natural world an...

Nina Simons is the co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Bioneers and leads its Everywoman’s Leadership program. Bioneers is a nonprofit that uses media, convening, and connecting to lift up visionary and practical solutions for many of our most pressing social and  ecological challenges, revealing a regenerative and equitable future that’s within our reach today.  Nina is a social entrepre...

Hear David Nicol, Ph. D. eloquently describe the big picture of humanity's long journey of relationship with Earth and how we're now ready to create dynamic transformation to benefit all life. David discusses how those of us alive today are undergoing the personal and collective initiation of releasing outmoded patterns of hierarchy and stepping into co-creating new ways of collaborating...

Listen to Rachel Pfotenhauer discuss how you can directly connect to Earth to strengthen your well-being and hers. This interview originally aired on the New Earth One Network in February of 2022 and is now available here on the Humans and Earth podcast. Kindly leave us a review so more people can discover the show, and SUBSCRIBE to receive quick access to new episodes. Follow The Alight Institute...

We’re experiencing a revolution in our understandings about how life on planet Earth really works. Hear why collaboration is actually how things are meant to function on Earth, and why that’s good news for anyone who cares about healing our planet and human well-being. I talk about what this means for your sense of hope, your own thriving, and your experience of connection to the people, plants, a...

Life on Earth is complex right now! Whether you are alert to refugee crises, signs of environmental damage and climate change, severe storms, health effects from air and water pollution, or social and political turmoil, you could make a list of a lot of things that worry you or even lead you to feel despair. But are the anxiety and eco-anxiety that have become normal our best response to the crise...

Karen Lorre helps people release unconscious blocks so they can have priceless results. She is the best-selling author of three books, Chronic Pleasure , Effortless Enchantment , and Chronic Pleasure in Relationships. Karen’s work has been endorsed by Deepak Chopra, Bruce Lipton, and Gay Hendricks. She has had a lifelong interest in epigenetics, neuroscience, health, and spirituality. Karen is als...

Do you know what plant essences are, how they differ from essential oils, and how to use them? And are you aware that energy or frequency medicine of this type is increasingly being documented by scientific research?  Tune in to hear:   Definitions of what plant essences are and how we can understand their medicine. How plant essences are helpful, and how they often come into our lives serendipito...

Dr. Saskia von Diest has been communicating with various forms of nature for the last ten years, much of which she spent researching how intuitive interspecies communication can be used in agriculture. She holds a PhD in plant pathology from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and her research has investigated  subtle agricultural techniques and technologies that use sound, electromagnetics,...

This is a story about a way to respond when you feel helpless to assist the natural world but want to feel more empowered. It’s about an endeavor to save a small turtle trapped in traffic, and how to proceed when your efforts to help don’t go as planned. Listen to hear how to respond to the world with your intention and frequency as well as your actions. You can feel empowered knowing that you’re...

This interview is for anyone who is a change-maker, anyone who wonders why conflict resolution in our world seems stuck, anyone who has experienced trauma, or anyone who feels held back in your own process of inner shift. Dr. Cathleen King is an expert on trauma recovery, inner healing, and how consciousness shifts create personal and collective transformation. She has the rare combination of in-d...

John Lockley is a shaman trained in the Xhosa tradition of South African shamanic culture. He is one of the first white men in recent history to become a fully initiated sangoma in the Xhosa lineage. He is the author of the book Leopard Warrior . Find him at johnlockley.com  Hear John discuss: How he experienced the invitation to shamanism, why the path opens through invitation, not choice, and wh...

Do you ever have the experience of suggesting a restorative, healing, or otherwise helpful idea and hearing someone tell you it sounds good but isn’t practical? We don’t need to let our sense of what’s practical limit our creation of solutions to the problems people and planet are facing. We are in a position right now on planet Earth where solutions are badly needed. If you care about bringing  s...

Hear why and how to go on retreat with Earth. Whether you have half a day or a week available, you can retreat with Earth in your back yard, a city park, or a more distant location.  Use your retreat with Earth to: Vision the regeneration you desire to see on our planet Inquire how you can contribute Find calm in this time of rapid change If you would like to access the Co-create New Earth online...

I've created a new online conference: “Co-create New Earth to Renew Yourself & Our Planet”  You can learn about it in this episode of Humans and Earth. The conference offers insights and tools for creating flourishing for yourself, humanity, and all beings in the natural world.  Our speakers range from spiritual teachers and plant and animal communication specialists to experts in soil re...

As we emerge from the recent climate talks, enter the holiday season, continue to deal with the pandemic, and observe our world continually shifting, you can turn to Earth as a source of stability. In this episode I discuss: Why historians will view our current times as extraordinary. How even beneficial change can feel unstable. A technique for accessing Earth as a source of stability as the worl...

You’re likely already contributing to the current consciousness shifts that are creating regenerative solutions for people and planet. This episode talks about the old types of consciousness we are outgrowing and the new types of consciousness that favor regeneration and well-being for all life.  Hear about three key aspects of consciousness shift and specific things you can do to participate:   W...

Are you living according to your heart's and soul’s priorities or are you caught in the busyness buzz? It happens to most of us. It’s a cultural problem of workaholism that strains our minds and bodies and causes us to ignore the needs of Earth, our life support system. In this episode, I share insights on:   Why it’s worth pausing to re-assess whether you’re living in alignment with your sou...

Sam Pfotenhauer is a Human Design reader and intuitive guide.  Through her business Wild River, she facilitates spaces for inner inquiry and connecting to earth, body, and intuition.  Sam is also an environmental lawyer. After graduating from Tulane Law School in 2017, she practiced as a securities litigator in New York City, but left that role in August 2020 to pursue her environmental and spirit...

As I enjoy the late summer and early fall abundance of fruit in my garden, I’m reflecting that those of us who are not directly experiencing crisis right now need to hold a space of peace, love, and gratitude to uphold all who are experiencing crisis. Like most of us, I've had my share of crisis and tumult, but currently there is peace in my life. As challenging weather and other national and...

Amy Dempster teaches about the healing power of the earth. Her blog, Following Hawks, is a resource for learning how to communicate with nature and share healing gifts with the earth. Together with the Spirits of the Land in the mountains of northwest Montana, she tends seven portals on the land where she lives, along with any grid keeping work she is assigned. She also leads the Earth Tenders Aca...

You may know me through the Humans and Earth podcast as Helen Claire Harmon. It's a pseudonym I adopted when I launched the podcast in August of 2020 to differentiate my work in The School for Humans and Earth from my work in higher education. This brief episode explains why I've decided to return to using my real name, Chara Armon, in this work, and how that's related to bringing t...

Ameya is the Founder of the Woman Rising Mystery School, an international school for women to re-member earth wisdom, ancient mysteries, and walk the Path of the Rose.  Through Ameya's extensive training and embodiment, she expertly guides women to activate their Soul essence and awaken the Grail codes within. She is also the founder of Gaia’s Wisdom, a line of plant essences. She first fell...

In this episode, Helen Claire Harmon discusses: Who nature spirits are. Why discussing them is an edgy or even forbidden topic due to the Scientific Revolution’s split of spirituality and science. How it's possible to acknowledge the reality of things both 'proven' and 'unproven' by science. What the nature spirits want us to know about their role on Earth and what we have...