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Ann Todhunter Brode has been a respected bodywork therapist, consultant and writer in the healthcare field for over 40 years. Over decades she has observed time and again how our minds and bodies interact and has published her findings in A Guide to Body Wisdom: What Your Mind Needs to Know About Your Body. In this interview Ann cites just a few of hundreds of examples which will likely have you nodding in agreement and perhaps generate an “aha” moment or two. A well resourced addition to literature about how mindfulness may help to offer a fresh perspective on our health. Published by Llewelyn.com bodywisdomforlife.com anntodhunterbrode.com
This week’s interview honors the life and legacy of fine artist Sarah Zoutewelle-Morris, who’s last wish was to see her almost completed book, A Generous Spirit, brought to publication. Kathy, herself an artist and gifted photographer, compiled Sarah’s book and Judy was the final editor and publishing support. Illustrated in full color, A Generous Spirit brings Sarah’s values, beauty, fearless skill and soaring imagination to all. Her blog artcalling.wordpress.com has been recently updated to offer insights, wisdom and Sarah’s gift for capturing nature and form in glorious detail. A Generous Spirit: Exploring New Directions for The Arts published by Kaminn Media.
Hersch Wilson is a 30-year veteran volunteer firefighter and EMT with Santa Fe County’s Hondo Fire Department. Firefighter Zen: A Field Guide to Thriving in Tough Times brings the reader into the front lines with Hersch and his teams and offers succinct field notes for those of us on the somewhat less dramatic sidelines. How do firefighters keep calm in the midst of chaos ? How do they process the grief and sometimes anger they feel with passion ? How do they summon grit and courage in the face of monstrous tragedy ? Be brave, be kind, fight fires.
Interviewing Hersch was enormous fun despite the subject matter, and these 23 minutes are dedicated to all the brave and dedicated firefighters in our County and in our country.
Discover “The Wonder-Full World of The Home” with Timothy Hass. Timothy’s compact book is filled with examples and simple exercises to help us bring our homes to vibrant life in “collaboration” with unseen beings that cohabit with us, just like faeries and nature spirits may help our gardens ! Open your mind to the possibilities of techno-elementals, underbuddies and even electro-elementals who might just help to fix our devices and gadgets. Timothy, also works with the Wild Foundation and tells a remarkable true story of how “underbuddies” saved the day in a potentially volatile situation at a Wild Congress in Mexico City. Published by Lorian Press. thass7@icloud.com or wild.org for more info about the Wild Foundation.
Santa Fe’s beloved award-winning writer Miriam Sagan is the author of over 30 books of poetry, fiction and memoir and the founder of SFCC’s creative writing program. In this delightful interview Miriam reads from her new collection, Star Gazing: Poems of Astronomy, bringing her inner world and far away outer world to sparkling life. New Mexico is blessed with extraordinary night skies. Look up !
When psychotherapist Malcolm Stern’s daughter Melissa committed suicide in 2014 his grief forced him to face every aspect of his work and life. What emerged is his new book, Slay Your Dragons With Compassion, which is not a grief journal, rather a beautiful story of resilience filled with wisdom, humanity and grace for all of life’s challenges. This intimate interview brings Malcolm’s journey to life. malcolmstern.com
Award-winning author, playwright and theater professor Nancy King, was determined to learn the truth of her painful childhood and the heartbreaking effect it had on her adult life, uncovers the secrets, sees through the lies and breaks the silence.
Her powerful memoir, Breaking The Silence is written in short storytelling form to allow readers an intimate and compassionate insight into her healing journey. Listeners can join Nancy in a Zoom conversation next Thursday, October 15 at 7:00 pm at TerraNovaBooks.com or contact her at nancykingstories.com anytime.
Bestselling British novelist, Wendy Holden, brings to vibrant life a little-known story of the childhood of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret. Beautifully crafted, The Royal Governess is written through the eyes of their beloved Governess, Marion Crawford, who made one innocent mistake and almost immediately became “persona non grata” after 17 years of dedicated service to the Royal Family. WendyHolden.net
Husband and wife poets and award-winning writers Anne Valley-Fox and Tom Ireland read essays from their grounding, insightful and honest collection The Household Muse. Written as emails to one another from their living room to their kitchen table, from studio to garden chair over a span of almost two decades The Household Muse is a reflection of relationship we can all relate to and profoundly enjoy.
Writer, philosopher and technologist Gary F. Bengier takes us on an Unfettered Journey to a richly envisioned world 140 years in Earth’s future. Protagonist, Joe, seeks to create Artificial Intelligence consciousness and discovers the resilience of the human spirit ... and much more. garyfbengier.com and unfetteredjourney.com
Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast joins us with his startling new book How Trump Stole 2020. Does he have a crystal ball ? What is hard fact and what is propaganda fiction ? Find out, listen and share this link to help protect your voting rights, take action, and make your vote count. gregpalast.com
One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us is the title of a brilliantly conceived anthology by writer and memoirist Erica Heller. She is joined in this delicious interview by author Allegra Huston who reads a portion of her poignant piece of her reimagined “last” lunch with her beautiful, ballerina mother.
The authors describe what happens when 50 deceased celebrities of every walk of fame and infamy were invited to lunch by their grown children, siblings or close friends, where they lunched, what they ate, what wines they chose, what they spoke about the afterlife, or didn’t. We meet and eat with David Bowie to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, with Julia Child to Jimi Hendrix and dare you to have a conversation with Steve Jobs and the Catch 22 that happened when book compiler Erica Heller lunched twice with her famous father Joseph Heller.
David Gilbreath Barton is an award-winning journalist, associate professor of humanities at Northern New Mexico College and author of Havel: Unfinished Revolution.
His recent biography of Václav Havel, the former Czech dissident, intellectual and playwright and first President of the Czech Republic elicits perceptive discussion for this extraordinary and uncertain time here in the United States. Professor Barton brings his unique insights to this not-to-be-missed interview.
Joan Sotkin, author of Build Your Money Muscles offers real solutions to the fear generated by the financial challenges of Covid-19. What can we all do right now even if we believe we’ve hit rock bottom ? Joan charts her personal journey from the fear of homelessness to the success she now enjoys. www.prosperityplace.com
Dr. Kasket is a pioneer in the privacy industry, helping to demystify online privacy and make wise decisions about “oversharing” on social media platforms. A counseling psychologist, she is an Honorary Professor in Cyberpsychology and author and contributor to the news media in the US and the UK.
Dr. Kasket discusses her latest book, All the Ghosts in The Machine: The Digital Afterlife of Your Personal Data. Who owns and controls your information now, and after you or your loved ones die ?
Rosalie Deer Heart is an international workshop leader and retreat facilitator. She is the author of ten books on the human condition ranging from Healing Grief: A Mother’s Story written after the death of her 14 year old son, to newly published Joy Re-Awakened. In this interview Rosalie shares how experiencing joy is a daily choice and how harvesting from decades of personal journal entries has brought her to a place of exquisite joy to share with others.
Carl Woestwin “presses juice from every moment” in his poetry collection Lucky Bastard. Carl was inspired to begin writing by his high school English teacher, Sister Contardo and received his degree in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. While in college his poems were published locally. A 45-year hiatus included travel, marriages, his son Sam, groundskeeping, a degree in Horticulture, a landscaping business, men’s groups, work at Seattle Tilth Association and the City of Seattle. In 2013 he retired a very lucky bastard !
Science journalist and New York Times best-selling author, Wendy Williams, takes listeners down a most delightful “rabbit hole” with the world’s favorite insect as she discusses her new book, The Language of Butterflies wendywilliamsauthor.com
Marcia Rutan is a Seattle poet of perceptive depth and range, and trained as a peer facilitator with the Institute for Poetic Medicine to lead circles for people to experience healing and wellness through poetry. She is currently compiling her first collection and can be found on her public Facebook page, Marcia Rutan, or contact through thelastword@ksfr.org
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Debra Rosenman is the award-winning author of The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind The Bars. Debra shares her decade-long journey collecting stories about the mistreatment and exploitation of chimpanzees from those who have dedicated their lives to rescue these beloved sentient beings from biomedical research, illicit trading and even Hollywood movie sets. www.debrarosenman.com
Judith discusses travel in the time of global pandemic and how we can make the very best of staying home. She delightfully self-describes “off-the-wall” ideas and approaches to traveling now and in the future. Judie is a travel journalist, contributor to many periodicals including Psychology Today magazine, and author of travel-inspired books, Life Is A Trip, The Spoon from Minkowitz, and How to Communicate with The Dead. Catch her travel journal, grounded awareness and tips at www.globaladventure.us
Ginger Gaffney is a top-ranked, nationally acclaimed horse trainer and author of Half Broke her intimate, enchanting and gritty memoir working with “untrainable” horses and sometimes “broken” residents on a Northern New Mexico prison ranch.
https://gingergaffney.com/
Sarah’s poetry compilation ‘Rainbows’ was published last year. Her sensitivity and awareness have won praise from fellow poets on California’s Central Coast. Sarah is the twin sister of Last Word producer Carly Newfeld and listeners may catch a sweet glimpse of the life of twins in this intimate interview.