Books that Make the World Better

In this episode of Books That Make the World Better, host Jennifer Browdy talks with author and jeweler Linda Kaye-Moses about her new novel, The Argentera and the Takes of the Six Arabesques, a mystery that spans centuries, cultures, geographies as it weaves together the stories of generations of creative people from ancient India to Europe of the Middle Ages, to 20th century Venice and a cozy co...

Green Fire Press publisher Jennifer Browdy, the host of Books That Make the World Better, talks with positive psychologist Maria Sirois about her award-winning book The Generous Exchange, a collection of essays about the individual and collective benefits of the appreciation of beauty, goodness and excellence in the world around us. More about the book: https://greenfirepress.com/books/the-generou...

In this episode of Books That Make the World Better, Green Fire Press publisher Jennifer Browdy talks with poet Anne Yeomans, who has been a psychotherapist for over 50 years. She has facilitated dialogue groups and sacred women’s circles for decades in both the US and Russia. Anne is the co-founder of The Women's Well, an organization devoted to the healing and empowerment of women and girls and...

In this episode of Books That Make the World Better, podcast host Jennifer Browdy PhD talks with Nina Simons, co-founder of Bioneers and the Everywomans Leadership Program, and the author of Nature, Culture & the Sacred, a Woman Listens for Leadership, a beautiful book about the wisdom and power of full-spectrum leadership. More about Nina Simons: https://ninasimons.com More about Bioneers: ht...

In this inspiring conversation, Green Fire Press publisher Jennifer Browdy talks with Hilary Giovale, author of Becoming A Good Relative: Calling White Settlers Toward Truth, Healing and Repair. Going deep and ranging widely, Hilary talks with Jennifer about her identity as a ninth-generation American settler whose ancestors benefitted from grants of stolen land, the stolen lives and labor of ensl...

Host Jennifer Browdy engages in deep conversation with author Leah Rampy about her book Earth and Soul: Reconnecting Amid Climate Chaos. The book invites us to relax into the space of not knowing, where we can reconnect with our soul purpose for being on the Earth today, in such trying times. As Leah writes: " We are on the threshold. We cannot return to the past. The future is not yet clear. Our...

Host Jennifer Browdy talks with leadership development coach and horse whisperer Kelly Wendorf, founder of the EQUUS Experience program, which she runs at her ranch in Sante Fe, New Mexico, and the author of Flying Lead Change: 56 Million Years of Wisdom for Leading and Living. Since we live in rapidly changing times, our lives and our organizations need to be highly adaptive in order to thrive. C...

Another inspiring author conversation hosted by Green Fire Press Publisher Jennifer Browdy, PhD. “Get to China before it changes too much,” Mary was advised. It was 1982, and China was beginning to transform itself after years of isolation. When Mary, a seasoned Delta flight attendant, arrived in Hangzhou a year later, her life also began a major transformation. China became her passion—at times h...

Green Fire Press publisher Jennifer Browdy in conversation with Ojibwe Great Grandmother Mary Lyons, bearing witness to the events of early 2026 in her homelands of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Great Grandmother Mary Lyons is an Ojibwe Elder who holds space with the United Nations Indigenous Knowledge Holders and Wisdom-keepers of the seven regions of the world. The author of Wisdom Lessons: Spirited G...

Green Fire Press publisher Jennifer Browdy in conversation with Adrian Dubow and Laura Koffsky, authors of a memoir of the Covid years: Good Work, Grit and Gratitude: The Bittersweet Lessons of the Lemonade Generation. Even in the sourest of times, there is still good to be found. This is one of the lessons of the pandemic and the ethos of the Lemonade Generation. In this co-authored memoir, two v...

Listen in on a soul-stirring event: Jennifer Browdy in conversation with Penny Gill, author of the new book Radiant Heart of the Cosmos, in which a great teacher and her Teachers share wisdom and compassion that we desperately need now. More about Penny Gill: https://www.pennygillwisdomteachings.org More about Jennifer Browdy: https://www.jenniferbrowdy.com More about The Radiant Heart of the Cosm...

Host Jennifer Browdy talks with author Kathryn Girard about her new channeled book It Is Time: The Evolution of Earth and Humanity. In It is Time , a group of spiritual and extraplanetary Teachers explain the transition to a higher plane of consciousness and existence currently underway on Earth, and how human beings who yearn for connection, kindness and love can continue to grow and find peace d...

A deep dive into the practice and rewards of contemplative memoir, with Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, author of the memoir Ley Lines of Love: Adventures Along the Spiritual Path (Green Fire Press, 2024), as well as Ten Thousand Joys, Ten Thousand Sorrows and Aging with Wisdom. Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle: https://www.oliviahoblitzelle.com Jennifer Browdy: https://www.jenniferbrowdy.com Green Fire Press: ht...