Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis

Lyme Disease is terrifying & what to do! Waylon talks with Kayla Nelson, a holistic life and Lyme coach who has gone through Lyme Disease and come through the other side. She now guides others through their wellness journey, spreads awareness, and acts as an advocate. "Lyme disease itself is an invisible epidemic that is happening across the globe…and no one is talking about it." ~ Kayla Nelson Re...

Mindful Mondays, with Waylon Lewis. This week Waylon discusses emotions—anger, exasperation, grieving,  you-name-it —and how they can be incredibly humbling. "We can't 'other' our emotions and kick 'em out and say it's not okay to be upset. It's not okay to be angry. We have to bring anger in; we have to bring exasperation in; we have to bring being shocked in; we have to bring these difficult con...

In our latest, greatest Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis , Waylon talks with Alexandria Crow, an internationally-respected yoga instructor who leads trainings and workshops globally. She encourages each student to respect their own uniqueness, instead of conforming. We talk about yoga and perfectionism, modeling and body image, spiritual materialism , losing heart , integrity, and humor along...

Mindful Mondays, with Waylon Lewis. When drama happens, the first thing most of us do is to try to get away from that discomfort. We defend ourselves, or attack, or…retreat, to feel safe in our  cocoons . When really, all we have to do is reply, be straightforward…and then rest with that  icky yucky feeling, and breathe into and through it. Dare to feel, instead of merely reacting, and creating mo...

"I wanted to offer a little Earth Day manifesto, of sorts. A lot of environmentalists talk about hope and how important hope is. I'm having a hard time feeling that. I'm positive about life. I'm forward-looking. But the way things are going, it's not hopeful. They're going in the wrong, wrong direction in so many ways." ~ Waylon Lewis Thanks for listening. Hope you're getting a lot out of it. More...

In our latest, greatest  Walk the Talk Show   with Waylon Lewis , Waylon returns for a part two conversation with Andrea Rose, whom he calls "pure eco inspiration" and who is the co-founder of the Planet-Based Living Festival in Boulder, Colorado. Her mission is to heal, inspire, and transform the lives of people, animals and the planet through the education of "PLANET-Based Living." "Do you know...

Waylon talks with Zen Buddhist teacher Koshin Paley Ellison about Buddhism's eightfold path—what is it, and how does it apply to our everyday life?  Koshin, author of "Untangled; Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion." is the co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. "What's so beautiful is that inside of the eightfold path, it's not linear. Some of us...

Waylon talks with Chemi Lhamo, a Tibetan Community Activist, in this latest greatest episode of Walk the Talk Show about the recent Dalai Lama controversy. Read the accompanying article on Elephant Journal for more context.  Thanks for listening. Hope you're getting a lot out of it. The full conversation is on our indie platform that supports & continues our work: elephantjournal.com/videos You ca...

In our latest, greatest Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, Waylon talks with Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action—the largest grassroots movement in the United States—on commonsense gun reform and what you can and must do about it: text READY to 644-33 to join a Moms Demand Action chapter in your town. "When there are these national shooting tragedies, people do want to get involved...

Mindful Mondays, with Waylon Lewis. This week Waylon sat down with Elephant's own  Nicole Cameron : writer extraordinaire and managing editor at Elephant Journal. They talked about her average workday, dogs, and the "challenges" of the last year in indie media. This should be a good watch for any writer or reader at Elephant curious about some of the inner workings. New videos and podcasts are rel...

In our latest, greatest  Walk the Talk Show   with Waylon Lewis , Waylon talks with Andrea Rose, a veritable fount of knowledge of all things "planet-based living" and the co-founder of the Planet-Based Living Festival in Boulder, Colorado. Her mission is to heal, inspire, and transform the lives of people, animals and the planet through the education of "PLANET-Based Living." "I have such a carin...

Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis  presents: Mindful Mondays, with Waylon Lewis. I had a lot of loss last year and a lot of grief, and I think some depression and some giving up. And in my recent, first  Ayahuasca ceremony , after those hours of crying and crying and love and crying and crying, I was left with a question that wasn't hopeful—but it was real. And that question was,  why love agai...

A new Walk the Talk Show conversation with Waylon Lewis: Waylon and speaks with the founder of The Vegan Stay , Faik Bouhrik. The Vegan Stay is basically a vegan Airbnb with locations all over the world—and our staying at one directly benefits animal sanctuaries. Read the article on Elephant Journal and support Indie Media. 

Waylon and bestselling author David Richo discuss the 5 A's in relationship with parenting, our lover, and our sweet self. "I wrote this book based on my realization that the only models I had for what a relationship could look like were my parents, and movies. I wondered if there was an actual skill that one could learn, so that a relationship could work better." ~ David Richo

St. Patrick's Day may have come and gone, but this video merely uses it as an example for a larger conversation: "Some traditions are beautiful. Some are awful. Most are both. Some change is needed. Some should be fought. Discernment is key. Know our history." ~ Waylon Lewis  Read the article Waylon quotes inside this video,  " Tradition alone is not enough reason to continue something that has un...

This week, instead of his usual weekly three mindful tips…Waylon is sharing three mindful things he's working through in his own life—right now: How to give helpful advice. How to get good advice. And how to make big, hard decisions. "The first step in taking good advice is to insist that the person dispensing good advice listens, first, because if they don't listen, they don't know all the factor...

Waylon talks with Francesca Perotti. They discuss how to get through really, really tough time times and feeling comfortable with our loneliness when it comes up. "It's easy to get lost in the darkness, and get lost in victimhood...to not taking responsibility. If you're moving through darkness, if you're moving through something really hard, then hopefully you are surrounded by people who can hel...

This week, instead of his usual weekly three mindful tips…Waylon is sharing three things he's noticed (during his trip to Halifax to visit his Mama) that he has learned and been taught by his mom over the years. "There's all these weird things that I do in my life and…sometimes I feel [self-conscious] about them. Like, why do I do these [weird] things? And then I see my mom do that thing…and there...

Waylon talks with Ailey Jolie, who describes herself as a human first, and a psychotherapist second. We discuss  maitri , dating culture, communication, and masculinity. "Most ruptures and harm happens in intimate connection. And so if we are to repair that or restore a sense of resiliency, it's our relationships that are going to have to change for our life to change, as well." ~ Ailey Jolie 

This week on Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday": Sidewalk & Road Salt, Fruit Labels, & Mom's tip about Mail. "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Way...

Waylon talks with Glyphosate Girl Kelly Ryerson. We discuss the dangers of glyphosate, alternative healthy organic pesticides, and Monsanto. "When when glyphosate first came out, in those early days before it was an herbicide, it was actually used to clean  boilers—metal boilers and metal pipes because it could chelate minerals, bind them together. And then you could clean 'em out really easily. S...

This week on Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday":  "I've been awfully lonely, lately, on the inside."  "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Lew...

Waylon talks with publisher, author, activist (and gardener!) Maria Rodale. We'll discuss her humorous and surprising conversations with the spirits of plants and animals via shamanic journeys, as discussed in her new book:  Love, Nature, Magic . "I had been doing shamanic journeying on my own for about 10 years and I was out gardening one day and really annoyed. Totally annoyed by this one weed,...

This week on Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday": "It's Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life." "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Le...

Inside a new Walk the Talk Show  conversation with Waylon Lewis: he and longtime Elephriend and author, Danielle LaPorte, discuss love, reverence, making friends with ourselves, and metta meditation. Waylon :  "With your new book, you decided to tackle a little subject…." Danielle :  "Yeah."  Waylon :  "Not a big, big deal. Just a little thing. A little thing called 'Love.'"