BodhiSpeak with Jerry Walsh

Frankenstein - who is the real monster? Self-love as the basis of integration 

Venerable Lama Konchok Sonam is the Spiritual Director of the Drikung Meditation Center. Born in Lhasa, Tibet, Lama Sonam began his Buddhist training when young within the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. At the age of 18, Lama Sonam took full ordination and became a monk (Gelong). Lama Sonam then went on to complete a retreat on Ngondro (Common and Extraordinary Preliminaries) and the F...

My friend Sam and I were discussing the humanitarian crisis in Israel and Palestine, which has been heartbreaking for so many of us and shortly after we spoke, we received word that August 6th-9th there is a "Hunger Strike for Humanity", co-organized by our friends and healing allies, Stephen and Marcina at Reconsider. August 6th and 9th specifically coincides with the 80th Anniversary of the atom...

Zen Buddhist Teachings and Beyond inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh and others Descriptions are empty but I am home, I have arrived  

Our very own Mateo Bazgier joins me in-house for discussion on the coming changing times and astrological insights of the year 2025 - a profoundly unique and extra - ordinary year of change and paradigm shift galore https://thecosmoswithinus.com/about-us/ In Mateo's own words: "Originally I come from Poland. I was born into a family of astrologers, both my stepfather and my mother were full-time a...

Support the Akwesane Freedom School and Theresa Bear Fox to empower Native Youth!   Click Here For More Information!   THERESA BEAR FOX Shekon Sewakwekon, (Greetings everyone), My name is Theresa “Bear” Fox, my Mohawk name is Kenkiohkoktha, and I am of the Wolf Clan. My Mohawk name means I am at the back of a crowd of people or I am the end of a long line of people. I have five children. My oldest...

Jo Confino is a leadership coach, facilitator, journalist, sustainability expert and Zen mindfulness practitioner. Jo has worked closely for the past 16 years with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his buddhist monastic community in Plum Village. He works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change; working with several organisations including Leaders’ Quest and Future Stewards....

A podcast good for nothing...   Zen ramblings and grappling with global atrocity

Joe's epic journey from being a survivor and rescue worker as a fire fighter on 9/11 at Ground Zero, losing 26 friends and co-workers, then dealing with PTSD, addiction, cluster headaches (often termed, "suicide headaches") and eventually finding a trifecta of healing in physical pain, psychological trauma, and emotional turmoil through therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms  Joe is a retired FDN...

Interview with Michael Mithoefer  Michael Mithoefer, M.D., is a psychiatrist living in Asheville, NC, with a research office in Charleston, SC. In 2000, he began collaborating with MAPS on the first U.S. Phase 2 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. He and his wife Annie have since conducted two of the six MAPS-sponsored Phase 2 clinical trials testing MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD...

Elements of Sound explores the relationship between sound and consciousness at the intersections of science, spirituality and music theory. DiMatteo's approach draws inspiration from ancient and modern thinkers, scientists and indigenous wisdom-keepers, relating sound as both a primal mystery and a practical tool for communication, healing and transformation. Weaving together diverse perspectives,...

- Growing up in Hawaii - Childhood Trauma and Sports - 10 years in the NFL and Concussions - Fire Fighting and Dealing with Trauma - Hitting Rock Bottom and Re-birthing through Psychedelic Plant Medicine - The Future of Psychedelic Plant Medicine Work for First-Responders  

Jo Berry has founded the charity ‘Building Bridges for Peace and is an international speaker and workshops facilitator committed to bringing peace to the world. Jo is also an executive committee member of Uniting For Peace which promotes a culture of peace, non-violence and sustainable development. She is on the Board of the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace and is worki...

Marcina is a therapist and film maker who is trained in many modalities from different traditions and who appreciates the collective wisdom of cultures.  She is a License Marriage and Family therapist and also CIIS and MAPS certified in psychedelic work.  She has facilitated conversations and workshops internationally and across the US and has had the honor of co-creating with many amazing people...

Humanizing the other - challenging narratives of violence - practicing peace and forgiveness - finding commonality with our enemies - Stephen travels through the West Bank filming the stories of former militants on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides who have transformed their lives and chosen not only to walk peacefully but also to walk peacefully with other former militants from the opposing...

Nathan's initiation into Native healing work in the prison system His connection and work with Leonard Peltier His work at Standing Rock Protecting the Waters   Native Youth Alliance on Facebook   Free Leonard Peltier Now

Discussions on the subject, accusations, and relevancy of Genocide in Palestine

Recorded and originally published in 2022   James Mooney shares his life story starting with being brutally assaulted at a young age for his native ethnicity, nearly dying, and being revived in the sweat lodge and then losing a connection with his roots, leading to a severe bi-polar diagnoses. His search for a cure for his ailment then brings him full-circle to the Native healing circles of the Pe...

Recorded and originally published in 2022 James continues sharing his life story about finding real healing to his bipolar diagnoses through traditional Peyote ceremonies and Native American culture, simultaneously connecting him back to his buried Seminole ethnicity

Recorded and originally published in 2022 James shares how he was passed the peyote and authorized to bring it to the white man's culture by Native elders, leading to a political struggle that takes him to the Utah Supreme Court

- Politics and Consciousness  - Social Responsibility  - Community action against facism and populist oppression - Islamaphobia and the Burkha ban in France  *Correction and edit - Nathan Phillips, mentioned in the podcast, is of the Omaha Nation - not the Lakota Nation 

More thoughts on Israel and Gaza

Dr. Stephanie Van Hope is a registered nurse, certified nurse coach, and doctor of nursing practice with experience in oncology, hospice, and health coaching and nursing education. She served as a study guide for New York University’s Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety project, guiding cancer patients through psychedelic journeys with psilocybin, and offers a continuing education course for nurses entitled...

I sat down with my good friends and community members, Sarah Philkill and Maible Coughlin, founders of Catskills Birth Collective, to discuss the hero's journey of birth and becoming a parent, parenting in community, creating community through children, societal misconceptions around childbirth, pain and intensity as doorways to bliss, and what it means to be in a conscious relationship and family...

Recorded in late November - I had to keep editing this one to get where it needed to be   Podcast inspired by Sebastiao Salgado - Amazonian indigenous people - forgiveness - middle east conflict - and more