Wonder And Awe

LaPorte is a best selling author who has inspired millions of people around the world, naming her as one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100 Leaders for ""uniquely connecting the world together with a spiritual energy that matters."" Her newest book, How to Be Loving, is a nuanced perspective on the life changing power of Self Compassion, shadow work, and being more receptive to Higher Guidance. Thi...

Sara Luria is the founder of Beloved, a home-based experiment in Jewish life in Brooklyn. In her family's home, she hosts Shabbat meals, creative rituals based on the Jewish calendar, meditation circles, learning for families with young children, and more. Prior to Beloved, Luria's experiences as a community organizer, birth doula, and hospital chaplain inspired her to found ImmerseNYC, a pluralis...

Lynne Twist has been a recognized global visionary committed to alleviating poverty, ending world hunger, and supporting social justice and sustainability for more than forty years. She is also the cofounder of the Pachamama Alliance and founder of the Soul of Money Institute. Twist has worked with over 100,000 people in fifty countries in workshops, keynote presentations, and one-on-one coaching...

Rita D. Sherma is founding Director and Associate Professor at the Center for Dharma Studies; Core Doctoral Faculty; Department Chair of Theology & Ethics; and Co-Chair of Sustainability 360 Initiative at GTU, Berkeley, CA. Formerly, she was the Swami Vivekananda Visiting Professor in Hindu Studies at USC, Los Angeles. She holds an MA in Women's Studies in Religion, and a PhD in Theology & Ethics...

Anna Sun, an Associate Professor at Duke University, holds a Princeton PhD in Sociology and is a prominent scholar in the field of religion and culture. Her research focuses on Confucianism as a world religion, gender and Global Confucianism, comparative studies of prayer and ritual, and methodological issues in studying East Asian religions. Throughout her career, Professor Sun has been a fellow...

Adah Parris is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, polymath, anti-disciplinary artist, tech futurist, and activist who is dedicated to inspiring individuals and organizations to embrace new ways of thinking and doing. She has a unique blend of expertise in multiple fields, including living systems, technologies (digital and ecological) and systems design. Her perspective on innovation, transfor...

Louie Schwartzberg, Howard and Michele Hall have a longterm beautiful friendship, the core of which is based in capturing and celebrating nature's wonders. While Louie explores the earth and air, Howard and Michele have magnificently captured the splendors of what lies within beneath our waters. Howard and Michele Hall are perhaps best known for their underwater IMAX films. In 1994 Howard directed...

Uvinie Lubecki brings compassionate leadership to organizations and is passionate about the role of mindfulness and compassion in leadership and building cultures of connection. In this episode, Louie and Uvinie discuss the the positive impact wonder and awe can have on large organizations who are willing to risk vulnerability and change.

Brenda Salgado is the author of Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time. She is a mindfulness teacher, motivational and public speaker, a facilitator and consultant, a health and wellness expert, a traditional medicine woman, and a Toltec energy healer. The founder of Nepantla Consulting, Brenda has two decades of experience in leadership development, nonpr...

"Michelle ""Lani"" Shiota is an associate professor of social psychology at Arizona State University. Her studies of positive emotions, emotion regulation, and emotional mechanisms of close relationships use multiple methods including perpheral psychophysiology measures, behavioral coding, cognitive tasks, and narrative analysis as well as self-reports. Shiota's research has been funded by Nationa...

"Professor Mark Unno's interests lie in Medieval Japanese Buddhism, specifically in the relation between intellectual history and social practices. He also researches and has published in the areas of modern Japanese religious thought, comparative religion, and Buddhism and psychotherpay. He is the author of Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, an study and translation of the medieva...

The Reverend Alicia Roxanne Forde serves with the Unitarian Universalist Association as the Director of the International Office. She is a graduate of The Iliff School of Theology and currently lives in Longmont, Colorado. Alicia was born and spent her formative years in Trinidad and Tobago. She identifies as an African descent queer, cis-gender female with deep roots in Tobago. She considers hers...

Andrew Weil, M.D., is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine, a healing-oriented approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit. Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, Dr. Weil is the founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he...

Deepa Gulrukh Patel is a Sufi teacher in the Inayati Order, which she also serves in her capacity as International Coordinator and Executive Director for the Zenith Institute, a four-week Sufi meditation camp in the Swiss Alps, where she guides retreats for young adults. She is also the Chair of Tamasha Theatre Company and the Loss Foundation, a bereavement support service for people who have lost...

Brother David Steindl-Rast — 96 year-old author, scholar, and Benedictine monk — is beloved the world over for his enduring message about gratefulness as the true source of lasting happiness. Known to many as the "grandfather of gratitude," Br. David has been a source of inspiration and spiritual friendship to countless leaders and luminaries around the world including Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama...

Koya Webb is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, celebrity holistic health coach, author, speaker, and vegan activist whose core mission is to promote daily self-care, oneness and eco friendly living to combat some of the world's biggest challenges including mental health, social injustices and global warming. Inspiring millions of lives, Koya is the founder of Get Loved Up, an internation...

Singer Snow Raven grew up in a remote tribe in Arctic Siberia. She has performed for SXSW and has appeared on America's Got Talent, enchanting audiences with her extraordinary talents from her ancestors. Snow Raven hopes to heal people through her music-- combining traditional songs, shamanistic rituals from her tribe, and animal noises.  In this episode, Louie discusses the role of wonder and awe...

Louie Schwartzberg hosts Cosmo Sheldrake multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, and producer to discuss creativity, connection, bio music, and the power of sounds in nature.

Louie and Anna Bjurstam embark on a conversation about personal health, growth, wellness, and healing. Bjurstam is a wellness pioneer and Founding Board Member of the Global Wellness Summit. Bjurstam has a Masters in Finance and a passion for quantum physics and science. She has been leading the wellness industry for the last 25 years as a shaman, independent consultant, and Vice President of Six...

Join Wonder & Awe as Louie Schwartzberg sits down for a chat with Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, songwriter, and dancer. Schwartzberg and Stirling have worked together on projects before. The two will delve into topics like grief, pain, healing, energy, artistry, and creative flow.

Louie Schwartzberg hosts Giuliana Furci, Founder of the Fungi Foundation and Nathalie Kelley, Actress, Activist, and Board Member of the Fungi Foundation to discuss the miraculous possibilities of fungi and the importance of discovery and conservation of fungal species.  

Join Louie and Lisbeth Scott for a live musical performance and a discussion about how music has the ability to give us a sense of connection to something bigger. Scott is a singer and composer whose work has been discovered in Louie's own projects and is widely known across television and films including AVATAR, Iron Man 2, Concussion, The Chronicles of Narnia, Spiderman, HBO's True Blood, and mu...

Louie is joined by filmmakers Kelly Noonan Gores and Adam Schomer from Netflix's HEAL Documentary, discussing inner strength, confronting fear, finding hope, and the power of choice.

Join us for an engaging conversation with Emmy-nominated TV personality, filmmaker and futurist, Jason Silva. Louie and Jason talk about being present, biomimicry, energy, connection, optimism, finding your truth, and healing.

Louie Schwartzberg explores the legalization and decriminalization of psilocybin. It is the launch of a real movement that has been driven by David Bronner of Dr Bronner's, and the architects of Oregon's Psilocybin Therapy legalization initiative, Tom & Sheri Eckert.