Earth and Spirit Podcast

Inward Bound Mindfulness: Bringing Mindfulness to Youth and Those Who Support Them

Inward Bound Mindfulness is a nonprofit organization offering intensive mindfulness retreats to youth across the country. In this episode, Inward Bound Executive Director

Carving Deep Time: Artist and Stonecarver Matt Weir on Creativity and Contemplation

Matt Weir is a Louisville-based sculptor and stonecarver who has been commissioned to create an outdoor sculpture for the Earth & Spirit Center. In this episode, Matt ref

Something Greater Than Ourselves: Spirituality and Secular Education at Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville Collegiate School is an independent school committed to whole-child education. In this episode, Head of School Rob Macrae and Assistant Head of School Jim McGu

Re-Wilding Spirituality: Will Hunter on Modern-Day Monasticism and Contemplative Practice

Will Hunter is a former monk, hermit, and wilderness therapy guide, who currently serves as the retreat director for the Earth & Spirit Center in Louisville, KY. In this

Shelly Sowell on Navigating the Post-Election World

Shelly Sowell is a therapist and well-being coach who integrates mindfulness and self-compassion into her work with individuals and organizations. In this episode, we ref

Earth & Spirit Podcast Update – 9-30-2024

In this brief episode, Earth & Spirit Podcast host and producer Kyle Kramer gives some background on why the podcast feed has been dark for a bit, and what the future hol

Peace on Earth By 2030: David Gershon’s Grand Vision (and Practice) of Peacemaking and Social Change

David Gershon is the co-founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute, author of a dozen books, and is one of the foremost social change experts in the world. In this conversa

Brayton Bowen on Compassion at Work

Brayton Bowen is an organizational consultant, author, educator, and speaker, who served as a senior human resources officer for Fortune 500 companies. He’s also a fierce

All the Earth Shall Sing: John Gage on Music as a Force for Good

John Gage is a Louisville-based folk singer-songwriter and a former public radio host. For over six decades, his music has engaged deeply with spirituality, social justic

The Divine in All Things: Mat McDermott on Yoga, Hinduism, and an Ethic of Care

Mat McDermott is Senior Director of Communications for the Hindu American Foundation, a non-profit advocacy organization for the Hindu American community, and an author a

Children at Play: Claude Stephens on Nurturing Free Play in Nature

In honor of the Earth & Spirit Center’s upcoming summer camps, we’re replaying an episode from the archives, about the importance of nature-based free play. Claude Stephe

The Art of Spiritual Companioning with Rev. Seifu Anil Singh-Molares

Reverend Seifu Anil Singh-Molares is a priest in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist tradition and serves as the executive director of Spiritual Directors International, an interfait

Join or Die: Rebecca and Pete Davis on Healthy Democracy and the Joy of Belonging

Rebecca and Pete Davis are a sister-and-brother filmmaking team who have created “Join or Die,” a documentary film about the decline of civic life in America and the impo

The Story is in Our Bones: Osprey Orielle Lake on New (and Ancient) Worldviews for Health in the Human-Earth Relationship

Osprey Orielle Lake is the founder executive director of WECAN, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, and the author of The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews

Big Love: Attorney Tom Williams on Contemplative Practice, Compassionate Justice, and the Lawyer as a Healer

Tom Williams is a Louisville-based labor relations attorney with a deep commitment to the contemplative path, with the wild idea that a lawyer’s vocation may ultimately b

Sabbath Economics with Dr. Susan Taylor

Dr. Susan Taylor is a PhD economist who has given her life to weaving together commitments of religious faith and commitments to a more just economy. In this episode, we

Michael Hollifield M.D. on Bringing Mindfulness and Healing to Victims of War

Dr. Michael Hollifield is a psychiatrist and general practitioner who serves as the Founder, President, and CEO of the War Survivors Institute, a nonprofit organization d

Writing as Spiritual Practice: Denise Davis on Creating an “Isle of Peace”

Denise Davis taught writing for decades and is deeply committed to the spiritual journey and to journaling as a particular avenue of spiritual practice. In this conversat

Everyone is Unshakably Good: Stephanie Barnett on Compassion, Belonging, and Belovedness

Stephanie Barnett is a healthcare consultant, spiritual director, and nonprofit leader who understands her work as accompanying those on the margins, including young moth

Matthew Fox on Creation Spirituality and Original Blessing – From the Archive

Matthew Fox is an author, theologian, and activist Episcopal priest whose radical interfaith work attempts to reawaken us to the sacredness of the created world. In this