Reflections on Living Well

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Ginger (Kamalesh) Hooven. As director of Mount Madonna Institute’s Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy program and chair of the organization’s School of Yoga, Ginger has been integrating the sister sciences for decades. She began her yoga journey in Guatemala where she opened the first yoga studio in La Antigua Guatemala in 2000. She spent most of her ti...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Premdās Rohan. Premdās is a retired educator and teaches as a substitute teacher in the public schools. He has taught all ages of students from 2 years to the elderly. He combined his love of science and mathematics in the classroom with his love of yoga practice, teaching students mindfulness, breath awareness, precepts for living a virtu...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Petra Hanson. Petra is the founder of Aerapy and a radical believer in aerial movement as medicine. A former pop singer-in-Japan from New York City, Petra's obsession with aerial, came after decades of dancing and singing on stages with her band. She wanted to dangle in the fabric, not to perform in a circus, but to heal chronic stre...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Rabbi Rami Shapiro. Rabbi Rami is an award-winning author of over thirty-six books on religion and spirituality. Rami received rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and holds a Ph. D. from Union Graduate School. Rabbi Rami co–directs One River Foundation ( oneriverfoundation.org ), writes the founda...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Isa Gucciardi, PhD. Isa has spent over 30 years studying spiritual, therapeutic, and meditative techniques from around the world. She is the creator of Depth Hypnosis , a groundbreaking therapeutic model that has won rave reviews from psychotherapeutic and spiritual counselors alike. She has published numerous articles, has been featured...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Dr. Keith Witt. Keith is a Licensed Psychologist, teacher, and author who has lived and worked in Santa Barbara since 1973. He has conducted over 75,000 therapy sessions and published eight books, including Loving Completely, Shadow Light, and Integral Mindfulness. In presentations and classes around the U.S. and internationally, Keith h...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Brett Hill. Brett, known as "The Mindful Coach®", is a seasoned coach, speaker, and trainer with expertise in mindfulness-based somatic practices, career coaching, and technology. As the founder of the Mindful Coach Association and host of The Mindful Coach Podcast, Brett leverages his background as an ICF-certified mindfulness and wellness...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with Sky Bergman. Sky is Professor Emeritus of Photography and Video at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is in her third act after a 30-year teaching career. Her artwork is in prestigious museum collections, and her commercial work has appeared in renowned magazines like the Smithsonian. Sky’s passion is creating films and projects that inspire interge...

In this week's episode Broderick is in conversation with David Heppard. As the Director of Vision and Values for The Black Rose Collective, which he co-founded, David continues to champion community empowerment and systemic change. He believes that love is the most potent tool for dismantling barriers and fostering healing. David aspires to support individuals to confront their traumas and reclaim...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Rae Johnson PhD, RSW, RSMT, BCC (they/them). Rae is a board-certified coach, somatic movement therapist, and scholar/activist working at the intersections of embodiment and social justice. Rae is a professor of somatic psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and played a key role in developing the first Embodied Social Jus...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Barry Johnson. Barry created the first Polarity Map® and set of principles in 1975. Since then he has been learning And applying Polarity Thinking® with people and organizations all over the world. He continues to explore and promote supplementing Or-thinking with And-thinking to enhance our quality of life on our planet.  With humility And...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Dr. Lorea Martínez Pérez. Lorea is the award-winning founder of HEART in Mind, a company dedicated to helping schools and organizations integrate Social Emotional Learning in their practices, products, and learning communities. She has worked with schools, districts, and organizations to guide SEL implementation efforts, including training t...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Gregg Levoy. Gregg is the author of Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion (Penguin), and the bestseller Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life (Random House)----rated among the "Top 20 Career Publications" by the Workforce Information Group. He is also the former "behavioral specialist" at USA Today an...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Rob Lieblein. Rob is a certified holistic life coach who specializes in helping clients recover from chronic pain and other symptoms not due to disease, injury, or infection. He brings over two decades of experience as a yoga teacher and mindfulness teacher to this role, along with a parallel career in outdoor and experiential education, in...

In this episode Broderick is in conversation with Sidian Morning Star Jones. Sidian is an award winning author and personal mythologist, someone who works with belief, meaning, and story to enrich, inspire, and help others pursue meaningful direction in their lives. Jones has spoken to audiences around the world and starred on a hit TLC TV show. His work has been featured on The Joe Rogan Experien...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Tom Shelby. Tom is an expert dog trainer with a specialty in search and rescue dogs and nearly four decades of experience and over 800 training appointments a year. He was a dog handler at the Westminster Dog Show, trained a dog for an off-Broadway play, and worked with well over 100 rich and famous clients. Because of his dog Michelle's suc...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Victor Kazanjian. Victor is a mentor, coach and consultant helping individuals and organizations to achieve their goals and actualize their aspirations through a holistic approach to leadership, life and learning. He teaches that integrated and effective leaders serve as midwives, enabling others to birth their creative potential.  Recently...

In this week's episode Broderick is interviewed by his dear friend Andrew Murphy-Rouse. In this conversation Broderick reveals some of his life story and philosophy, his reason for hosting the podcast and what his objectives are moving forward with the podcast. Get full access to Broderick Rodell at broderickrodell.substack.com/subscribe

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Kevin Carroll. A native of San Francisco, Kevin has lived in the Santa Clara Valley since 1972. He completed his undergraduate studies at Santa Clara University and earned his Master’s degree at the University of San Francisco. Kevin devoted more than forty years of his life to teaching, primarily at the high school level, and pastoral minis...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Martin Kachuck (Sampad). Sampad is a recently retired Middle School Teacher, Stage Director, Actor in and around the South Bay area, Writer, and residential community member of Mt. Madonna Center. Sampad and his wife, Kalpana, moved to Mt Madonna Center in 1980 and have been here since. One of the Center’s group of founders, Sampad had the g...

In this week’s episode Broderick is in conversation with Louisa Peck. Raised a staunch atheist, Louisa Peck rejected her 1982 Near-Death Experience (NDE) as a hallucination in order to continue her alcoholic, ego-driven lifestyle – until the same voice that had been present in her NDE broke into her consciousness twelve years later to redirect her life's course. Louisa’s parents had urged her to e...

In this episode I speak with Laura Uplinger. Laura is a student and educator in the field of conscious conception, pregnancy, labor and breastfeeding. Since the late 1970s, she has been a proponent of the powerful influence a mother’s inner life has on the formation of her baby during pregnancy and the breastfeeding months. From 1988 to 1999, she served on the Association for Prenatal & Perina...

In this episode I speak with Charles Holmes. Charles is a skilled facilitator and educator whose 30 years of experience has honed a passion for creating meaningful dialogue among groups whose diverse opinions would otherwise work against a common understanding of desired outcomes. Charles has facilitated projects with clients from health care to forestry and mining, software and pharmaceutical com...

In this episode I speak with Sharon Robinson. Sharon is originally from the US where she lived mostly in the Southeast. She was a physical therapist living in Georgia when she had her 2 birth children with midwives in South Carolina. A few years after they were born, she felt called to study midwifery herself. After graduating with a Masters Degree in Midwifery from SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, she...

In this episode I speak with Wendy Baron. Wendy is a teacher, author, coach, researcher, and leader in the field of social, emotional, and academic development. She co-founded the Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project and New Teacher Center—a national non-profit dedicated to improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders. Wendy served as Chief A...