Wild Heart Podcast

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, I’m joined by married Buddhist teachers nico + devon hase who help couples face—and blossom in—the truth about long-term romance. nico lived in a monastery for six years before earning a PhD in counselin...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, I’m joined by Omid Safi, beloved teacher and scholar of Islamic spirituality. Together, we explore feminine wisdom at the heart of Islam, embodied spirituality and the role of sexuality, and the way love...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. I am so excited to welcome grief coach and poet Naila Francis to explore honoring loss as a pathway to living with more depth, authenticity and daring. In our conversation, Naila shares about her personal grief journey a...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, trauma specialist, art therapist and soul medicine guide Monika Denise Burkholder explores themes of belonging, the intersection of grief and trauma, and ways to expand our capacity to be with big human...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, the inspiring artist, poet, performer and translator of Rumi’s poetry,  Haleh Liza Gafori explores love, ecstasy, and grief found in Rumi's work, as well as the transformative relationship between Ru...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode,  the groundbreaking Muslim rapper, poet and activist Mona’s music is revolutionary and if you haven’t already heard it, I encourage you to listen and watch her jaw dropping music videos. Some of my favor...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, visionary civil rights activist and faith leader Valarie Kaur shares about grief, Revolutionary Love, and community engagement in the face of personal and collective loss. We discuss the importance of em...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, expressive artist Adriana Rizzolo shares about the wisdom of the body, ancestral and spiritual Tantric lineage, grieving the father, intimacy, relationships and embracing mistakes.  Adriana Rizzolo is th...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, luminous author A. Helwa shares about divine love in daily life , her experience of learning from other traditions, expanding love for the divine and the mystical practice of trust and surrender . Her be...

Welcome back to the Wild Heart Podcast with Willow Brook where we explore divinity in daily life with themes of love, mysticism, grief as a spiritual path, and sensual embodiment. In this episode, Wild Heart co-founder Mirabai Starr shares about her latest book ⁠ Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground ⁠ and explores the mysticism of sensuality, relationships, grief and loss and how to unve...