224. Boulder High Schooler Anya Hoth talks w/ Waylon about how we can all be Eco.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Release Date: 03/15/2024
242. Waylon w/ his favorite Elephant Writer, Lynn Shattuck.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon meets his all-time favorite Elephant Journal writer, Lynn Shattuck, for the first time. They talk about writing, finding your voice as a writer, how to write about your life in a cathartic, genuine, way and Lynn's thread through much of her writing: the loss of a beloved sibling. "I was really fortunate. [Elephant] felt like a safe home for my writing. I felt welcomed from the beginning by the editors, and it was a cozy connection." ~ Lynn Shattuck Read Lynn's writing on Elephant Journal:
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241. How to Find your Voice—as a Writer, & as a Human.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon talks about how, as human being and as a writer, we can uncover our voices. Hint: it’s not as impossible as it feels. “Ironically, simply getting present with yourself and out of your own thoughts will enable you to find the words that are genuine and helpful to others.” ~ Waylon Lewis Learn more about Elephant Academy's Find your Voice course:
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240. What we can do for Mom, this Mother’s Day.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon shares a little (big) way we can thank mothers and all good parents everywhere: “I want to do a video in honor of Mother’s Day and of wonderful parents everywhere, including fathers. But particularly single parents, and particularly single mothers, and particularly my mom, who is a single mom. One of the gifts of society—or lack or lack of gift—can be supporting single parents..” ~ Waylon Lewis
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239. Let’s be Smart about our Political Passions.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon talks politics. "Stop covering politics," some of our dear readers cry every time we post something relephant. Look: politics are life. Equal rights, empathy, fair economy, healthcare. We can't ignore what's happening, and you shouldn't either. ~ Waylon
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238. Vulnerability is not Weakdd.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon shares with readers one simple, quick reminder about the act of being vulnerable. “Vulnerability is not weakness. It’s true strength—if it’s genuine, not mere emotionalism. ~ Waylon Lewis >> Read more about emotionalism: >> Curious about Elephant Academy and what we teach? What we offer is hard to explain in a handful of words without them turning into word soup, but it’s got a little something for everyone out there on the path of discovering their passion, finding their voice, and, yes, embracing their vulnerability.
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237. Celebrating yet another Unhappy Earth Day, every day.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon encourages us to honor Earth Day every day, not just one day a year. Giving a care for our one and only planet is not about being perfect, or being a goody-two-shoes, but about living a mindful life and ensuring future generations can as well. "Ultimately, like any kind of love, any kind of open heart, caring is ultimately our only conduit or connection to a meaningful life—even if sometimes caring means we're sad. Let's try to actually honor Earth Day and actually honor equity and actually honor and address our climate crisis in a meaningful way." ~ Waylon Lewis
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236. Sue Van Raes teaches Waylon how to Eat (Nachos).
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon talks with long-time friend about mindful eating, staying in the present moment, traveling, our personal food stories, and just eating the nachos. Her new book, “,” is out now! "We can look back at our lives, look back at our stories...and we all have our food story. But we also have many other stories that play into how we relate to food. So we can look back and investigate... ...and then just eat the nachos! Recognizing what's happening in the moment, right? Just simple recognition. What's so important to consider is that if we decide to eat...
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235. How to go into a difficult situation.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
Waylon discusses how to approach a difficult situation and gives examples from his own life, hoping that they'll connect with you and your life and that this here little podcast can be of some small benefit to your dear heart.
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234. Dain Heer on "What Masculinity *Is.*"
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
In the latest episode of Elephant's long-running, award-winning podcast and video series Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, Waylon meets Dain Heer. They speak about (toxic, unhealthy, unkind and genuine, grounded, grownup) masculinity, unrealistic expectations, parenting—about what it means to be a man in today's society.
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233. Waylon reads Chapter 10 of “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.”
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis
In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon asks our Elephant Journal community to pick a page in his book “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” A reader picked Chapter 10, and Waylon does an impromptu reading. “If you fill every moment of your day, your brain will burn out. If you allow gaps, your heart will flourish..” ~ Waylon Lewis, Chapter 10: “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” They make great eco gifts and mindful, hopefully-life-changing reads.
info_outlineWaylon features fellow Boulderite and high school senior Anya Hoth about how we can all live an “ecofolks” lifestyle. They talk over living zero waste, eco transportation, how environmentalism is related to our health, if voting matters, and how parents can inspire their children to give a care.
Waylon: “I don’t want to sound like old people everywhere, but how old are you..?”
Anya: “I’m 18! I would like to talk about the potency of changing our actions to help the climate in this dire and gloomy doomy time.”
Waylon: “Yeah. Everyone’s kind of depressed. We don’t know what to do. We kind of hope the president or the king or the emperor of the universe takes care of stuff. And a lot of us do “eco” things like you and I in our own life, but we often hear that doing things is pointless and doesn’t matter.”
Anya: “Everyone working together really needs to happen. You need to think wide-scale and say, ‘Hey, it’s not just Boulder working on this problem. It’s all the counties in Denver, all the counties outside of Denver—Broomfield, Aurora—all over the state, and all over the country. The world. We need to start using each other’s ideas.'”
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