When the world around us is on overdrive and we are working to make positive change, we can end up in overdrive - and overwhelm. This episode explores how we can find strength and balance through connection with healers, meditation, and the spiritual path. My guest is Greta Bro, a psycho-spiritual guide who I worked with; she coached me to mimic nature’s cycles with times of action and growth and times of rest and stillness. Part of why we get over-busy is to avoid feeling. Working with a  healer or therapist can allow us to be with the feelings. We also explore the power of mindfulness meditation and the incredible experiences and realizations that unfolded when I did a 7-day silent retreat. Greta is a singer-songwriter so this one also includes some of her music.

Resources and links: 

Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.

Greta Bro’s web site - Learn about Greta’s work as a singer/songwriter, psycho-spiritual healer and guide, poet, and activist blending in the arts.

Love’s Song - Listen to Greta’s album

Gaia's Breath poem that Greta read

Voces Arts and Healing - Greta is part of this organization, which brings together expressive arts therapists dedicated to addressing the growing humanitarian crisis with immigrant and refugee children and families.

Wild Geese - poem by Mary Oliver

Insight Meditation Society - This is the place Beth did the seven-day silent retreat.

Transcript: At the Kinship web site

Audio editing by: Podcasting for Creatives