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THESE THREE THIGNS WITH CLAUDIA GOETZELMANN

This week I host for a THESE THREE THINGS SEGMENT discussion, renowned Los Angeles based photographer and art director, she is an End of Life Doula and Spiritual Life Coach, and founder of Permission to Bloom Coaching and returning Season 1 Joy is Now Guest, the multi talented, CLAUDIA GOETZELMANN!  We talk death, big and small, how love is at the heart of loss, and why right now is the best practice for living an abundant life. Listen here.  Death is not optional Death is also about love and aliveness – yes. When we talk about Death it also shows us how we Loved. We experience death big and small, many times over, so let's get good at it.   CLAUDIA...

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THESE THREE THINGS WITH PAM DAGHLIAN

I am excited to host for a THESE THREE THINGS discussion, celebrated San Francisco certified Life Coach and fellow psych enthusiast, PAM DAGHLIAN.We talk the life changing power of talking to strangers, getting naked at Esalen, and how to be astonished. It's a good one! Listen here.  The life changing power of talking to strangers - and other super seemingly simple things. This Mary Oliver quote, "Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it". And maybe talk about giving ourselves the gift of slowness and space to do so and maybe the power of stories falls in here. Curiosity as a superpower.  EPISODE LINKS:PAM DAGHLIANINSTAGRAMROSS GAY BOOK OF DELIGHTSTHESE THREE THINGS

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WHY ICE - T WINS

WHY ICE - T WINS  LAW and ORDER: PSYCHOLOGY + THE FACT CHECK There is something I cannot stop thinking about.  On Episode 27 of this podcast, my guest J’Amy Tarr tells a story about her dad and airports. The story, and her dad’s anxiety around travel and being on time became a piece of J’Amy’s character narrative. Like many of us, this behavioral response that didn't originate within her stuck around for years until her husband was like, why are you so freaked out about the airport?  Good question.  What I have been thinking about since this episode is that as J’Amy recounts her Dad’s airport anxiety, she notes that to her family, the anxiety came off as anger...

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PET LOSS

I have always grown up with dogs, and as heart wrenching as it is to lose a pet, I never fully understood the loss until I held my dog Stella Blue during her last breaths. That loss, still hurts. Even nearly 11 years later. Stella Blue was my first baby girl and no doubt her spirit lives on strong in the daughter I birthed a year after Stellie’s death. Friends speak of the silence immediately following the death of a pet. Like the quiet of the house becomes deafening. No barking, howling, meows. It’s quiet. It’s strange. And it hurts.  Scientists now know that grief associated with pet loss is specific. It can be as intense as losing a loved...

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THESE THREE THINGS WITH LISA SOLOMON

This week I host for a THESE THREE THINGS discussion, renowned Bay Area artist, fine arts professor, author of A Field Guide to Color, and fellow psych enthusiast, LISA SOLOMON. Lisa brings the concept of documentation to the table and highlights three aspects of this essential part of the artistic process. It's a good one! Listen here.  When to/when not to document - how to stay in the moment and how documenting can pull you out of it. Know what when.  Different kinds of expression and documentation. Sketchbook vs. photo.  Practice. How documentation triggers new ideas/memories as part of a larger practice of understanding the world. EPISODE LINKS:LISA SOLOMONINSTAGRAM

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