The Thinnest Veil

Today I am joined by Symone Fairchild, survivor of domestic violence, actress, screenwriter,  producer, and budding director. In this episode we talking about courag and alignment with the divine, standing up to institutions with conviction, and why people are afraid to listen to their divine destiny. I am so grateful that I got to spend this time with Symone. To learn more about her work and to s...

Today I am joined by Jay Benke from the Sex Trade Survivor Caucus. In this emotional and compelling episode, we talk about what human trafficking is, systemic vulnerabilities, and what could move the policy needle to help survivors. By the end of this episode, I was full of tears. For more information about how you can support the Caucus visit  https://www.sextradesurvivorcaucus.org/

Today I am joined by Steven Parker. He is an advocate for incarcerated adults in Oregon. As a formerly incarcerated person himself, Steven is a force for change especially in regards to the abysmal health care conditions for those in our prison system. In this conversation we talk about dehumaization and isolation, what could be done to reform the system, and how rehabilitative measures such as ed...

In this wonderful conversation, my guest Sarah Curnoles and I discuss grieving relationship loss, what partnership looks like moving forward, heart breaks and soul aches, and how consumption keeps us from integration. Plus, Sarah has an amazing lightbulb moment about feeling alive. You are gonna love this conversation. AND Sarah has a special offer for our listeners! Book your free breakthrough ca...

In today's episode, I am joined by Meredith Yinger, founder of She TV Media. Meredith has a vision of telling untold stories and started with patient advocacy. With the philosophy that you can complain or you can do something about it, she has founded She TV Media. Her dream is to be an incubator for creatives and the broader independent film community.   In her story, she reminds us that creative...

This week I am joined by Anat Peri, Inner Child expert, mentor to coaches and healers, and founder of Training Camp for the Soul. In this lovely conversation we discuss moving through emotions, expressing energy and why discernment is critical to living open hearted. Anat takes us through her steps for moving through emotions and how to identify what is familiar in our systems. I loved this conver...

Prepare to be EXTRA inspired! Today I am joined by Every Day Action (EDA) founders Hillary Cohen and Samantha Luu, two Directors Guild of America Assistant Directors hoping to change the way Hollywood sees food waste. Both women continually asked why the leftover gourmet food from catering was being put into a dumpster instead of being donated. They are SO INSPIRING! And they repeated my 2 favorit...

I cannot say enough about this conversation with author Shannon Ivey, whose new memoir about her journey with colorectal cancer, "Welcome to the Sh*t Show" is now available for pre-order! In this glorious conversation we talk about how the body knows before you do, that life is not done until we leave this physical plane, and the compliment to being loved well is knowing when to put it down and mo...

In this wonderful conversation with birth worker and activist Chriset Palenshus, we talk about why we try to talk ourselves out of our calling, how not listening to our intuition is violence, and why building mini villages is revolutionary. You can learn more about the amazing work the Chriset does on her Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/herbnhood . Note : Bear with us! There's a very smal...

In this lively and rich discussion, Melissa and Essence discuss anger as an honest spiritual experience, the audacity and power of love, and how nature teaches us that some years just aren't our years. This conversation was full of so many breathtaking moments. One of the main take aways? When we live into the consistency of something that gives to people instead of taking from people, we fall...

There are moments when we break. In this incredible interview with Cesar Cardona we talk about the thread that connects us all, whatever we are feeling is right, and the metaphor beyond the message. There were moments when Cesar brought tears to my eyes as we talked about our spiritual journeys, the connection with Beethoven and Hendrix, and how what other people think doesn't have to take awa...

Let's talk about women's leadership. With Amy and Nancy, we dig into how conditioning defines leadership, why owning leadership is powerful and scary, and why we are being called to embrace our own brand of leadership. Emotional sensitivity is a power and we change the world by owning it. Amy and Nancy hope that people will listen to themselves and tell their own authentic, unfiltered stor...

In this beautiful episode I talk with superstar sisters Amy and Nancy Harrington about their experience building their intentional community, The Passionistas Project Sisterhood. It is an online community built on the foundation of social impact and finding humanity in one another. In this conversation, we talk about how being vulnerable is leadership, leading with a different energy through softe...

There is no right way to be spiritual. In this episode Safrianna Lughna and I discuss spiritual bypassing and how people can use spiritual excuses to avoid looking at difficult things in their own lives. We get right down to the nitty gritty about how we can make space to return to experiences to heal, how intention is the ingredient that changes everything, and how Protestant religion is what bro...

Are you ready for this episode? My dear friend Safrianna and I explore how we are impacted by being disconnected from nature, there is no quick fix, and how doing healing work lasts a lifetime. Safrianna and I get a little bit spicy here and don't worry about pulling all the punches. Listen, your authentic expression is for YOU first! We talk about showing up as you really are, how trauma spins us...

My friend Michelle Hawk and I dig into the myths and truths about shamanism. Michelle and I discuss how fundamentally wounded this cohort of humanity is, what it means to have no embodied relationship with the planet, and how the spiritual industry is plagued with hyper individualism. By acknowledging the reality that there is a dangerous capitalistic orientation to healing work and plant medicine...

In this episode, Dāli and I wrap up our conversation about immigration. We talk about debunking stereotypes about immigrants being a financial drain on the economy, why we should all care about politics, and why it is so important to pay attention to who we are getting information from. We recorded this conversation on July 1, 2025, the very day that the US Senate passed a budget bill that could s...

In this episode, Dali Rivera and I continue our conversation about immigration in the United States. During our spicy and revelatory conversation we discuss how immigrants have to leave who they are behind, how to keep their culture and bring in new rituals and practices, and how immigrants often (if not always) feel othered when moving in different spaces. Dali and I dig into how immigrants have...

This time we are joined by Dāli Rivera to dive into immigration. Through the power of her own story of immigrating to the United States from Nicaragua, Dali takes us on a path of revelation about why changes need to be made to our immigration system. From serving in the military to supporting other immigrants, Dali and I raise the level of awareness about what we can do to support our community an...

In this final episode of the series, Cat Barnard and I talk about the weight of grief, how the experience of living includes music and how it sometimes reminds us of grief. We also expand on loving to our full capacity. Over and over throughout our lives we go through moments of death. Where what we thought we knew and understood dies so that we can be born again in another cycle of the spiral. Th...

This week, we're diving into the illusion that we can control our lives to the extend we think we should. With Cat we discuss how the most powerful thing we can do at this time is to try to understand the water we are swimming in. How to be more gentle with ourselves? How to go beyond the ordinary to trust our vision, inhibit our potential, and navigate the chaos and cut the clutter around us?...

We continue our conversation with Cat as we go over how to be grateful for what we have and who we are while staying grounded. We're inviting you to be more compassionate for yourself, to bring more grace to yourself in order to stop resisting what angers you. What little thing can you do at your level in order to shift all the big things happening? Let's talk about how Capitalism cannot c...

We're back with Cat talking about how to find ways to give yourself love and compassion in the current society. In a World that keeps spiralling in Chaos and with Social Media constantly driving this Chaos, how do we focus on what's really important? How do we resist all the distractions and fear? We go through our concern about how fear, hate and disgust sells, and how our intuition compe...

In this episode, we talk wit Cat about Christmases, difficult family dynamics, and the nostalgia of a more simple time. When the price of raw ingredients is more than the one of ultra processed food, how do you keep up with your mineral intake and your health? With the constant pressure on consuming more and more, how do you feel fulfilled with less? How can you bring back the spirit of Christmas...

Are you ready for this new series? We're back with Cat Barnard. Cat is a partner and co-founder at Working the Future, a boutique consultancy helping business leaders prepare for and adapt to the future of work. With a previous career in workforce planning spanning three decades, Cat has has seen time and again just how foundational human connection and relationship are in accelerating team pe...