Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)

Send us Fan Mail In this riveting episode, Jim Harold, who since 2005, has had guests discuss all manner of unexplained phenomena in his Paranormal Podcast.  He shares  anecdotes, insights and experiences of things known and unknown.  At the heart of his inquisitive explorations is his comment:  “We don't know we know something until we discover it.” Jim Harold’s podcasts have over 60 million...

Send us Fan Mail FTC in-btwns are quick (under 5 min) insights at the intersection of art and life! Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WQMa63zSyM&t=13s Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcaster. Follow me on Instagram!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discover how veterans and beekeeping is a win-win combination! 3 Bee Veterans Program instructors, Ben, Jessica and Joshua talk about all things bees; from hive life, foraging, transpersonal beekeeping to Colony Collapse Disorder. For veterans who miss a sense of community and shared purpose of military life,  the Bee Veterans Program offers beekeeping training,...

Send us Fan Mail FTC in-btwns are quick (under 5 min) insights at the intersection of art and life! Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRBxI9a4_64&t=19s  Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcaster. Follow me on Instagram!

Send us Fan Mail In this revealing and insightful episode, Damon Maloney takes us behind the scenes in his work as a broadcast journalist. Damon discusses the personal impact of the Flint Water Crisis and how that tragedy affected so many. He’ll also discuss how being a reporter, news anchor and producer has strengthened his belief in the power of journalism to touch lives and affect change. At th...

Send us Fan Mail FTC in-btwns are quick (under 5 min) insights at the intersection of art and life! Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFy1jMmTV10 Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcaster. Follow me on Instagram!

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode, Angelo Paparelli, takes us inside the US immigration system of changing laws, history, quotas, political parties, and bureaucratic turf wars. In his many years of practicing immigration law, he understands the delicate balance of working within multiple agencies, navigating laws and amendments while never losing sight of the human toll of each decision. A...

Send us Fan Mail Doubt and creativity are never far apart, here's why! To watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLxtiUiqmcs Art works referenced in the podcast: "Falling Water Skylight" for the Minnesota Judicial Center,  14’ x 30’ x 6,’ seven-ton, glass and steel skylight sculpture for the Grand Stair Hall of the Minnesota Judicial Center on State Capitol Grounds, St. P...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Michelle Kolling, candidly shares her story about losing her husband, months after his diagnosis and her grief journey in search of the person she would become. With wit, humor, and grace she  found her calling as an end-of-life doula. Her firsthand, intimate connection to loss, grief and transformation gave her clarity in that she could help patients and their lo...

Send us Fan Mail Another OH SO QUICK art/life insight about the  creative process! To watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEGEdRp6_hg    Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcaster. Follow me on Instagram!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Richard Whittaker, founder of works & conversations magazine, who has interviewed over 200 artists, candidly shares his and other’s experiences and insights about the struggle, mystery, and ecstatic joy of living a creative life. The stories, quirks, twists and turns of being creative are viewed in a larger context of what it means to be authentic and present...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Lori Arent reveals the heart of  the The Raptor Center where staff, doctors and volunteers focus their passion for raptors with ground- breaking research, rescue and rehab that affects thousands of birds! Listen to her harrowing story of battling the Avian Flu with creative quarantine methods. This is a story of dedicated innovation that impacts bird, human and en...

Send us Fan Mail Fill To Capacity (FTC) “in-btwns” are quick insights at the intersection of art & life! Under 3 minutes, they put the zippity in the doo dah, and appear in between regular podcasts! Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcaster. Follow me on Instagram!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Paul Gavrilyuk, president of REBUILD UKRAINE tells how the constant bombardment of Ukraine's cities, and civilian infrastructure does not stop their network of volunteers, businesses, and social media to get medical supplies, protective gear and humanitarian aid into war-torn Ukraine. With touch points in Lithuania, their quick response, front-line work is sa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Scott Taylor, Ed. D talks about his own shared death experience, and the powerful,  life-changing aftereffects from this event.  He explains the difference and similarities  between near-death (NDE) and shared death experiences(SDE). Through years of research, working with NDE and SDE experiencers, he highlights stories of transformation, changed behaviors, an...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Diana and Todd Burns talk about their labor of love to rescue and rehabilitate animals in need.  They jump in to save horses and donkeys from a terrible fate and an unknowing public. This is truly a love story with an ornery mini pig, noisy prairie dogs, romping alpacas, and meandering tortoises- truly a cast of creature characters! At the heart of this story is D...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Carina Ghionzoli shares her terrifying story of being handcuffed with leg irons by ICE agents for overstaying her visa. From caged van to 8 ½ months in a California detention center where only Spanish, a language she did not know, was spoken. Carina endured self-recrimination, confusion and worry from day to day and a cancer diagnosis. This is a journey from paral...

Send us Fan Mail In a time of pandemic, older adults were hit hard and yet rose to the occasion.  In this episode, Lynda-Monick-Isenberg  takes us on a journey into the world of “Creative Aging.”  What is “Creative Aging?” Why is it a global movement? How is creativity linked to longevity? In Lynda’s Zoom class, older adults explored the art of collage, personal themes and visual storytelling.  “I...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Helen Salfi Gorday candidly shares her often frustrating and sometimes scary journey medically advocating and caring, for her mother and then her husband. This is a remarkable story of back-to-back catastrophic events and Helen’s indomitable spirit to come through with her joyful heart intact. Helen and her husband Jim Gorday and 2 daughters lived in St. Catharine...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Anoo Kulkarni shares how one decision morphed into a transition of possibilities. What some might call midlife crisis, for Anoo it was midlife clarity. When she realized that it wasn't that she didn't like her job, it was that she didn't like it enough, she began her journey to become a masterful woodworker, creating beautiful, hand-crafted lamps. Sh...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Alex O’Keefe talks about what the “self made mind” means to not be defined by labels and be open to new possibilities. His passion to tell stories of people “who came from nothing and created a great life” are what drives his need to “taxi this information to other people’s brains...” Alex O’Keefe lives in Halifax, England, runs a business, is a footballer, proud d...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Shivali candidly talks about navigating our way through uncertainty by creating emotional space that is responsive and not reactive. How we celebrate the full spectrum of our identity; from simple joys, foibles to sitting with discomfort is “where we can find the pull, the momentum to take us forward in life.” Shivali Beakta is a management consultant, life coach a...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode, Chris Shaw talks about navigating the mental health care system, teen suicide statistics, reluctant legislators, post COVID spike in stressors, survivor trauma to strategies and changing attitudes about mental illness. Chris speaks about mental health challenges from the inside out, as one who has struggled with depression and substance abuse to creating...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Bella  shares her passion for the scientific method as a powerful tool for creative problem-solving and product innovation.  She candidly talks about the post-COVID workplace with changing employee attitudes and how to use “lean thinking”  to create people-driven innovation, even now. Bella Englebach,  a trained scientist, is an Associate Partner at New & Impro...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Sue and Jody talk about the COVID impact on teen mental health, highlighting stressors, behaviors, delayed development, and how schools and organizations responded in the unfolding situation of local/global uncertainty. Listen as they share about health care professionals, counselors, schools, and outreach venues scrambling to problem solve day-to-day challenges fa...