That Good May Become

Conner Habib, my smarty pants little brother, offers practical (and deeply spiritual) advice on cultivating a spiritual practice and the fruits such practices bear, all the while pestering me about cleaning my house. Tune into Conner's podcast Against Everyone with Conner Habib on all podcast apps. 

With practical tips and spiritual wisdom, Liz Beaven, Ed. D. describes her surprising call to teaching, her humbling and expansive journey as an educator, and the tension between spiritual understanding and everyday life. 

Pastor Parry is the Founder of St. Valentine’s Hall, an Independent Catholic Chapel in London. In this lively episode, he talks about his recent dreams of the Virgin Mary, his writing, and his task on earth. Pastor Parry's wit and wisdom illuminate his spiritual journeys with Christianity, paganism, and anthroposophy all the way through to his priorities of inclusivity and love. Check out the...

After the birth of her third child, Ali LaVanway began to question her Mormon upbringing. Since that time, she's created her own spiritual understanding of what it means to be authentic, and how re-parenting herself is a spiritual practice full of healthy boundaries and fun. This episode includes lots of laughter, honesty, a little song, and a tiny sound issue. Find out more about Ali and her...

Jessica Crawford is a photographer, poet, and teacher whose forthcoming book Reflections invites readers into a place of contemplation and preparation. She names the three S's of stress, screens, and sorrow as factors that are affecting our children and our life forces. She talks about her morning routine, and the spiritual practice of pausing--even if just for a moment.  Follow her on Instag...

In this short solo episode, I introduce Season 4 which is all about Spiritual Practices. I talk about my spiritual journey with the Coronavirus and the insight it offered me, plus I ask for your feedback on topics and guests. Thanks for listening! Please follow and share to DISRUPT MATERIALISM with me.  Find and message me on Instagram @laura_scappaticci or laurascappaticci.com.  

Author, podcaster, and intellectual, Conner Habib, opens this episode with a story about a cancer diagnosis given to him during a trip to the emergency room. This conversation is far reaching, touching on the colonization of medicine, the AIDS public health crisis as related to public health today, and the "pandemic of certainty" occurring in our world. You can find Conner and his podcas...

Ashley Andrews, integrative nutrition & holistic health coach, yoga instructor and reiki practitioner, brings a youthful and wise perspective to healing body image issues through freedom in thinking, connecting with the physical plane, and tuning into find oneself, one's teachers, and oneness. Follow Ashley @wakeupwithashley on Instagram. 

Marlies Schade, somatic trauma healing practitioner and rhythmical massage therapist, explores how each of us can create a space inside and around ourselves to allow healing to come in. Her work with trauma guides us into an exploration of mirror neurons, the relationship of opposites in healing, nature processes and their echo in our body, personal rhythms, and creating a field of healing full of...

What if our medical system viewed the human being as having innate healing capacities? Explore this perspective and practice with author, teacher, and physician, Adam Blanning, MD. In addition to the framework around healing and illness, our topics include addiction, self-harm, ADHD and more. Go to https://vimeo.com/ondemand/restwarmthandcleanse to see Adam's recent workshop and check out www...

The darkness of this time of year is potent.  Can we tap into  it and create sacred and healing moments amidst our hectic schedules or holiday blues?  Kim Marie, creator of the Sacred Nights of Winter Journal , offers us five steps to cultivate healing and deep reflection during the holiday season despite holiday pressures. To get Kim's Sacred Nights of Winter journal go to https://KimMarieCo...

Sacred forms are everywhere. Think of spirals & Celtic knots.  But how do they connect to healing? Laura Embrey, author of eight books of healing forms and international workshop presenter, started experiencing the power of forms and their physical and emotional healing qualities over 30 years ago. We explore the origins of forms and their healing applications in today's world.  Have an a...

We all have healing stories. Mine includes an asthma attack, watercress, and self-created time-outs. This quick solo episode introduces Season 3 and invites you into a healing journey with me. Check out my new free worksheet, A Healing Connection, at laurascappaticci.com to explore your spiritual autobiography of healing.  And hey--email me your questions and thoughts about healing at connect@laur...

Conner Habib brilliantly outlines the ways in which we  are all connecting with the dead every day.  We discuss his experience of a "crisis apparition" and talk about connecting to the people we've lost and how that creates deeper and healthier relationships with the living,  We chat about the concept of reincarnation, and the cultural narrative about death that collectively we refu...

How do we transform grief into an experience of growth? Author and speaker Michele Mariscal explores her journey through loss to a spiritual understanding of the alchemical transformation that grief can create. Check out Michele's work  at www.energym.org . 

Heidi Boucher, producer, writer, & director of the documentary In The Parlor: The Final Goodbye , illuminates the beauty of home funerals, how to help children understand death, and the most important thing we can do for those who have died. Check out the movie In The Parlor here. Go to laurascappaticci.com  or contact me directly for a free worksheet on Befriending Death.  PS- The sounds gets...

In this enlightening conversation, Jolie Hanna Luba talks about the simplicity of staying connected to those who have died using intention and warmth, as well as the "death care community" she created in Atlanta, GA. Connect with Jolie and her work here! 

In this short but sweet solo episode, I introduce the topic of Season 2, Befriending Death. I share stories about my own spiritual and emotional history with death and connecting with the dead, plus the transformation of death as hidden and shameful topic to something  full of love and humor. (Trigger Warning: Death stories plus a death joke.) Transcripts of all That Good May Become episodes are c...

In the last episode of this season, Conner Habib, author, podcaster and my kid brother, shares his first spiritual experience, why looking for spiritual signs can get tricky, some tips (and non- tips) on cultivating a spiritual path, and why all stories are spiritual stories. Listen to Conner's podcast, Against Everyone with Conner Habib on all podcast apps.  Check out his website at connerha...

Chris Burke, Ph. D shares the story of a spiritual voice that once saved his life. Together we explore the power of creating a "community of listening and sharing" and why now more than ever everyday people, not just experts, are truly healers. Find out more about Chris and biography work at www.riverbendbiographical.com www.thehummingbirdprinciple.com biographysocialart.org

Claire Sicherman, author of the book Imprint: A Memoir of Trauma in the Third Generation , explores her first, haunting spiritual experiences with her ancestors affected by the holocaust and her journey through to a loving  relationship with them, herself, and her family.  Stay tuned through to the end for an exercise to connect with your ancestors and yourself as you unpack your spiritual and anc...

This podcast begins with a powerful story of a spiritual experience from Chinyelu’s childhood in Nigeria, a place where the roots of her devotion to early childhood education began. We discuss how to support children when they come to us with spiritual experiences and why that's important in today's world.  Stay tuned through to the end of the episode for a beautiful verse she gave to he...

Rev. Bonnie Rambob's spiritual story includes a connection with a spirit being, losing her religion, and finding herself again after a dark night of the soul. Her story is profound and relatable at once. Hearing stories of self-doubt & spiritual awakening help us all trust our own spiritual experiences and allow for depth, meaning, and connection in today's world. Find  Bonnie's...