Things That Will Help

Buffy posits that because we have access to so much information, it's not often we encounter the feeling of longing. She tells stories of sweet treats, hot fries, baby whales, and the lily-pad nature of longing. What form does your longing take? What information can we find within the longing? That and more when you tune into this episode. 🌱 Find the accompanying playlist to this week's...

This episode is for listeners who tend to do more when they're in process, integration, or crisis. Buffy asks: what happens when we stop moving? What will be revealed when we find stillness? Buffy tells listeners how taking a seat is different than stagnancy by sharing stories of the Nutcracker, obituary writing, and limiting screen time in the age of technology. 🌱 Find the accompanying play...

Why, so often, does it take hard loss for us to relish in the presence and beauty of what's so? In this episode, Buffy encourages listeners to examine what's big and beautiful now, right now. Tune in for stories of one final message, ear infections, and an impossibly slow stair walker. The task this week is to pull yourself into the potency of the present and relish what's in front...

Buffy welcomes special guest, yoga teacher, and activist Reggie Hubbard to the podcast this week. Reggie and Buffy met through Denver Yoga, way back before the world changed. In this episode, they talk about the ways activism and yoga intersect, Reggie's exciting tenure on Capitol Hill, and where Reggie continues to find inspiration amongst challenge and difficulty. Follow Active Peace Yoga o...

We don't belong everywhere or with everyone. This is the basis of today's episode: rejection helps us get specific and clear in our lives. Buffy talks about her recent rejection practice, what we don't get to know about the times we've been rejected, and why the mainstream is overrated.   At the end of this episode, you might just believe that, when we look at it with the right...

The chakras are a tool that help us visualize and understand our body as a map. In this episode, Buffy breaks down these color-coded energetic centers as a way for you to reflect the ways life sticks on and moves through you. Whether you've related to the chakra system for many years or this is your first time hearing about it, you'll leave understanding your personal map more clearly....

Taking care of our elders - really taking care of them - is not built into our culture. This episode is an inquiry into the aging process - our own process, and the ways we tend to our loved one's aging. Buffy tells stories of sin-holding hats, the importance of asking questions, and more, all in service to the question: how do you see and uphold aging, both personally and culturally?   🌱 Fi...

You can tell when you - or someone else - have lost their center. When you're moving from a place of pain, anger, or the like, you might feel unreachable. This episode is about the experience and practice from moving from a calm, centered space deep within you, even when the world outside is crumbling. Buffy includes practical advice and stories on redeemed goddesses, concerning lumps, and Mo...

Listeners of this podcast know that we at TTWH love a ritual. But what happens when our routines block us from seeing things in a fresh and new way? When our discipline becomes stagnant? Buffy tells tales of boxing, a slow cup of coffee in Japan, and parking at the Gayfers. Buffy asks: what are you doing? What do you want to create, and what do you need more of? We hope these episodes bring you he...

Has anybody ever said something to you, while you were in a time of need, that profoundly did not help? This episode is simply a practical "how-to" guide of what not to say to a loved one when they are sharing a hurt or tender part of themselves with you. 🌱 Find the accompanying playlist to this week's episode here . 🌱 Leave a tip in Venmo: @BuffyTTWH 🌱 Become a supporter of the...

Let's talk about impact. Buffy answers a listener question about an irritating habit that's followed them along a string of partners. In response, Buffy talks about impact: how it's different than intention, requires communication, and why we must teach people how to love us well. 🌱 Find the accompanying playlist to this week's episode here . 🌱 Leave a tip in Venmo: @BuffyTTW...

This episode starts with a story about two coffee-drinking’ sisters and traverses the intellectual and emotional landscape in search of the meaning of “home.” How will home help? Listen in for tips on how to access your own inner sense of belonging. The poem Buffy reads at the end is called “Please Come Home” by Jane Hooper. 🌱 Find the accompanying playlist to this week's episode here . 🌱 L...

Ghost stories ask us to remember. Today's episode serves as the second part of the week before last’s Ghost Stories episode. Tune in for tales of a haunted house, what the haunting catalyzed, and how to listen to what's being communicated. 🌱 Find the accompanying playlist to this week's episode here . 🌱 Leave a tip in Venmo: @BuffyTTWH 🌱 Become a supporter of the podcast on Patre...

Today's episode is dedicated to the five lives lost suddenly and tragically in a mass shooting in Denver last week. CW: gun violence & death. Many people listening to this podcast have been and are currently being impacted by immediate tragedies, both global and local. Buffy talks about some ways we can navigate a fraught time and the painful reminders of the fragility and life. Donate to...

Hear us out: ghost stories help us get out of our own way. The ghost stories Buffy tells in this episode will have you considering the times in your own life when spirit was close enough to touch, taste, and see. How do you interact with the supernatural world and other-than-human forms? We invite you to consider the complete magic of supernatural communications, experiences, and messages. 🌱 Find...

Today's episode is about the beauty that is found in the margins - the kind of beauty that doesn't set out to be beautiful, but is anyway. Tune in for stories of a post office stranger, golden retriever companions, and borrowed books. There is a lot that is being asked of us individually and collectively right now. Don't forget to glance at the edges of your life this week to soak u...

“Being a steward of something is when we choose to be bigger than our own little galaxy.” In this episode, Buffy talks about the different ingredients that make up a recipe of authentic, generous stewardship. She tells stories of a tinkering grandaddy, a heroic funeral director, and a garbage collector, all in service to the idea that stewardship is a beautiful mix of patience, presence, and a des...

Welcome to Season 6 of Things That Will Help. In the kick-off episode, Buffy talks about the crooked way: all of the ways our paths wind that perhaps isn't so straightforward. What do we miss when we spend our precious energy wishing our life path were different? She tells stories of a single-handed sailor, the Brady Bunch, and a book of mistakes, all in service to an invitation to co-create...

Today's topic is a tender and much-requested and one: forgiveness. When is it time to forgive someone? What is anger's incubation period? Who is forgiveness for? Buffy dives headfirst into this topic - and, you'll be unsurprised to know that most of the answers lies within you. She tells stories about family forgiveness, forgiving your own self, and the deep inner work it takes to a...

How do we balance discipline and rituals with spontaneity and play? How do we arrive to a life where there is true balance? What is it that anchors you, to you? In this episode, Buffy shares stories of three wise women, daily rituals, all in service to illuminating ways to best support you AND deepen your sense of play? This episode is for everyone - whether you’re chained to a rigid schedule OR h...

Today, we’re talking about joy - the deep, cellular kind. Buffy defines it, talks about ways to access it (spoiler alert: it does not require your external conditions to be a certain way), and describes the essential place it has in our lives. Learn more about Tarana Burke and the Me Too Movement . Watch Amber Hikes’ Ted Talk . 🌱 Leave a tip in Venmo: @BuffyTTWH 🌱 Find the accompanying playlist...

“The true piece of art lives without the artist explaining it." This episode is dedicated entirely to the potent space we leave after we set a boundary, talking point, or decision. Buffy talks about the ways over-explanation has the potential to dilute our alignment and resolve. What if instead, we trusted ourselves and our boundaries? What if we trusted other people to be in their own perfec...

Having watched Beyonce's "Lemonade" is not a prerequisite for listening to this episode. But, we're sure if you haven't seen it yet, you'll be running to watch it after you listen. This is an episode about intergenerational restoration and healing and the ways we can use our pain to heal the pain of our ancestors. Buffy tells stories of infidelity, a working granny, a...

Writing is alchemical. It changes us, and it changes what we write about - especially if it's a piece of our story. In this episode, Buffy tells stories of dancing, love letters, mixtapes, and hand-written t-shirts as a way to support the claim that writing changes who we are and how we operate in the world.   Your homework this week: write yourself into being. (Bonus: Let us know how it goes...

Deep self-belief is the bedrock of our success. And in today's episode, Buffy talks about the two parts that come together to create self-belief: the inner part and the outer part. She tells stories of storage bags, social media, and self-belief. Expect practical tips on how to take up space and cultivate confidence in presenting what you believe to the world. 🌱 Find the accompanying playlis...