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024 - Feeding, Healing, & Loving The Soul

Release Date: 11/16/2021

033 - Letting Go, Celebrating, and Moving On

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

Welcome to the final episode of the Bowing to Elephants Podcast. It is with bittersweet feelings that I announce I'm discontinuing the podcast, just for the time being. Life is calling me to address different creative work right now. I appreciate all of you who have steadfastly listened to the show. Here today to help me reflect on the last six months and discuss my next adventure is my friend and cohort, Ben Gioia. What You Hear/Learn/Discover [1:40] Mag explains why she started the podcast in the first place. [03:08] Mag talks about her successes and disappointments with...

032 - Cultural Lens Shapeshifter

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

Jill Mott is a “cultural lens shapeshifter,” photographer, and photojournalist who brings a unique, sparkling energy to everything she does. Armed with only her camera and imagination, she once traveled the world from England to Zimbabwe… with a stop in Italy for art school! Today, Jill teaches and shares her understanding of communication and storytelling — across a myriad of forms — particularly with the camera.

031 - A Gourmet Destination on the Northern California Coast

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

Andrew and Liya Truong are stunningly talented chefs. They own and run Terrapin Creek Cafe & Restaurant in the sleepy, small town of Bodega Bay, California. Their fantastic menu garnered them a Michelin Star in 2011. And they have the love and devotion of Bodega Bay citizens and all those traveling along the coast who happen to stop by for a bite.

030 - The Writer and Her Hammock

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

An author, a poet, and phenomenal woman, Bella Mahaya Carter is a writing teacher and coach who promotes self-awareness and mindfulness. Bella believes in the power of writing to heal and transform lives. She sees publishing one’s work as an opportunity to deepen self-awareness, nourish meaningful connections, and delight in peak experiences while being of service.

029 - Becoming a Scholar

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

A creative soul and lifelong scholar, Sands Hall is a blessing to everyone who meets her. She shares her brilliant spark in many ways: as a teacher, musician, actor, and writer. And today, she joins us to talk about her moving memoir, Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology. In her memoir, Sands shares what first led her to Scientology, the darker undercurrents of Ron L. Hubbard’s leadership, and how she eventually disentangled herself from the Church.

028 - In The Shadow of Poets

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

Meet Author Gretchen Cherington, who, after many years of silence, chose to share her story of abuse. Sexually molested by her father, Richard Eberhardt, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Gretchen broke decades of silence to share what life with him was really like. Her memoir, Poetic License, is an authentic, brave piece of work.

027 - The Seasons of Life

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

Tania Casselle calls herself a book doctor, a spiritual follower, a therapist, and a teacher. This multi-talented woman emigrated from England to the United States, where she now lives in Taos, New Mexico. She’s received multiple awards for her writing.

026 - Burma & Bodhisattva Vows

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

To listen to Jack Kornfield is to be brought close to his heart and exquisite mind. Come hear him speak about his love for Burma. Listen to his thoughts on renunciation and the spiritual effects of the pandemic.

025 - The Art of Storytelling

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

Today, my honored guest is Michael Katz, a professional storyteller who performs and works with children in the Santa Barbara area and teaches mindfulness in elementary schools. Michael has worked as a storyteller since 1985 and was the host of a radio show dubbed The Katz Pajamas. He also performs at elementary schools, festivals, and illustrious events like the opening of the Disney Concert Hall.

024 - Feeding, Healing, & Loving The Soul

Bowing To Elephants Podcast

If anyone could light up a room or a person's heart, it’s Allison Post. An integrative health coach and somatic educator, Allison is a healer and a lover of all life. Over the last four decades, Allison taught courses in many massage modalities plus breath and bodywork.

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Allison has helped thousands of people deal with chronic illness, digestive discomfort, and other physical challenges. She works with people from all stages of life. She guides them through pregnancy, birth, menopause, aging, grief, and trauma from injury, surgery, or personal crisis. If I had to sum up her gifts and offerings, it’s that Allison feeds, heals, and loves the soul.

What You Hear/Learn/Discover

[3:31] Allison talks about her love affair with food and shares some of her favorite dishes.

[08:10] Mag discusses the book she’s writing about food and how it influences us.

[11:14] Learn how Western culture discourages us from feeling our emotions and sets us up to use food as a coping mechanism.

[18:13] Allison explains how she helps people truly feel and process their grief.

[24:07] Allison shares her gifts with us and discusses the lost art of listening.

[29:40] Discover why traditional Chinese medicine places such importance on the stomach and spleen.

[38:30] Mag discusses how healthy food choices help us take care of our bodies.

[40:00] Allison explains how her cats teach her about love.

[43:24] Allison shares how she transitioned from a life in theater to a life built around serving others.

Quotes

“I think one of my gifts is that I'm really curious. I don't want to know things necessarily. I want to experience. I want to understand. And I deeply, deeply want to listen. I think [listening] it's an art, and that it's a lost art. People don't listen. I notice often that people are thinking about their responses while they're listening.”

“Curries and Italian food...just have such a deep sensual sensation in the nose. And then, before you even eat them, your mouth is watering. You know how lucky you are, and how great you are, to be able to have it. And then it just kind of slides down, fills you, warms you, greets you, and makes you feel happy and blissful. That's how much I love food.”