all that we are
Welcome to all that we are with amisha tala oak // a sanctuary of presence, vision, and deep remembering. On this podcast, we explore the rich intersection of sacred activism, regenerative futures, intuitive leadership, and creative possibility. These are the spaces where our inner and outer worlds dance - where ancestral wisdom meets future vision, where personal practice meets collective transformation. From trauma healing to nature connection, from mythic imagination to political courage, we journey beyond silos, reclaiming what it means to be fully human in these times of unraveling and renewal. Each episode invites real, embodied conversations that nourish your nervous system, awaken your sovereignty, and spark your soul’s remembrance. Together, we are re-weaving a world where care, courage, beauty and responsibility co-exist and where we each rise into all that we are, all we are becoming, and all that is possible. www.allthatweare.org
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TIMELESS // ‘How to Heal What We’ve Forgotten’ with SleepyEye - E245
09/11/2025
TIMELESS // ‘How to Heal What We’ve Forgotten’ with SleepyEye - E245
This timeless episode is a call back to what we’ve forgotten. SleepyEye, a Dakota and Seneca wisdom keeper, shares what prayer, ceremony, and elemental wisdom can mean in our lives today. He shows us how to become vessels for balance, healing, and hope. In this short piece, we are reminded of the power of prayer, the need to hold both light and dark, and the possibility of weaving the sacred back into the fabric of our daily lives. Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together. For links and more, visit
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Cultures of Healing and Resistance // Simple Rituals for Shared Strength with Zena Rouse Winterbottom, Jude جودْ, Jessica Epperson-Lusty, Jimena Paratcha and Nikita Llerena- E244
09/04/2025
Cultures of Healing and Resistance // Simple Rituals for Shared Strength with Zena Rouse Winterbottom, Jude جودْ, Jessica Epperson-Lusty, Jimena Paratcha and Nikita Llerena- E244
How do we really engage and create cultures of healing and resistance? This episode, recorded at Lovejam, explores exactly that. Through song, poetry and shared wisdom, this circle brings together five incredible women from diverse backgrounds: Zena Rouse Winterbottom, Jude جودْ, Jessica Epperson-Lusty, Jimena Paratcha and Nikita Llerena. Together they reflect on ways to respond to violence and societal collapse through community, art, joy and reverence. Even in the most difficult circumstances, people continue to celebrate life - singing, dancing, and gathering together. Acts of resistance that become powerful forms of resilience, helping us hold grief and hope at the same time and reminding us what it means to stay human amid struggle. We hope that you are inspired and activated by the wisdom and courage of these incredible women and reminded of the power we have when we gather. Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together. For links and more, visit
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TIMELESS // ‘How to Stop Measuring Your Worth’ with Sonya Renee Taylor - E242
08/28/2025
TIMELESS // ‘How to Stop Measuring Your Worth’ with Sonya Renee Taylor - E242
In this timeless, we explore the “ladder” - the system of hierarchies that tells us which bodies are worthy and which are not. From racism, ableism and capitalism to beauty standards and perfectionism, the ladder keeps us climbing for external validation and always leaves us feeling not enough. Radical self-love offers another way. It asks us to step off the ladder, to revisit the stories that placed us on it and to begin divesting from the messages that keep us trapped. It calls us back to our inherent worth, our divinity and our wholeness. Sonya Renee Taylor Sonya lays out her radical self-love vision. She is a New York Times best-selling author, world-renowned activist and thought leader on racial justice, body liberation and transformational change, international award winning artist, and founder of The Body Is Not an Apology (TBINAA), a global digital media and education company exploring the intersections of identity, healing, and social justice through the framework of radical self-love. This is not easy work, but it is possible through honesty, community, grace and a willingness to embrace our own complexity. And as we do it, we create the conditions not only to free ourselves, but to dismantle the ladder for everyone. We hope this short piece roots softly in your body. Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together. For links and more, visit
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Briony Greenhill on Community, Repair and Belonging // Re-Villaging the Future - E242
08/21/2025
Briony Greenhill on Community, Repair and Belonging // Re-Villaging the Future - E242
How do we mend the fractures of modern life and find our way back to each other? In this conversation, Bryony Greenhill shares a vision for repairing our communities - through land, song and the everyday acts that weave us back together. We explore why so many of us feel disconnected, what’s been lost in our modern way of living, and how we can start to rebuild trust, care, and shared purpose in our neighbourhoods and daily lives. Bryony shares stories and ideas for bringing the ‘village’ back as a living, breathing way of being together that can meet the challenges of our time. Briony is a teaching artist, a vocal improviser, performer, pianist, composer, and teacher of collaborative vocal improvisation. She's one of the main people who brought this art-form to the UK from West Coast USA where she lived for 10 years. She cares passionately about the transition to regenerative culture, shifting from modernity / coloniality to indigeneity, and particularly in this moment, about peace, justice and decolonisation, and as such is the co-founder of Regenerate UK. We hope this conversation reminds you that you are not alone, and that together we can imagine and build the future we know we belong to. Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together. For links and more, visit
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TIMELESS // “How to Walk Through the World Without Fear” with Satish Kumar - E241
08/14/2025
TIMELESS // “How to Walk Through the World Without Fear” with Satish Kumar - E241
In this timeless, we explore the art of weaving the many threads of our lives into a unified whole. Drawing on the discipline of a monk, and the humility of a lifelong pilgrim, we are invited to see ecology, spirituality, social justice, and human connection as one interwoven journey. Satish Kumar is a former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, he has been quietly setting the Global Agenda for change for over 50 years. He shares how walking without fear, living with less, and dropping expectations can open us to the sacredness of all life - from a butterfly’s flight to a stranger’s kindness. He invites us to live simply yet fully, to choose time over money, and to bring reverence and celebration to each moment, whatever it holds. This timeless is about cultivating a pilgrim’s mindset in a world that often pushes us into the rush of commuting, consuming, and competing. It is a gentle yet powerful call to slow down, walk lightly, and recognise that the whole Earth is sacred, and so is every step we take upon it. Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together. For links and more, visit
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Born For These Times // A Tribute to Joanna Macy - E240
08/07/2025
Born For These Times // A Tribute to Joanna Macy - E240
“The most radical thing any of us can do right now is to be fully present to what is.” Joanna Macy In this deeply special episode, we honour the extraordinary life and legacy of Joanna Macy PHD, visionary teacher, spiritual elder, systems thinker, and sacred activist, whose work has profoundly shaped the heart of All That We Are. Known for The Great Turning, The Work That Reconnects, and Active Hope, Joanna gave us language and permission to meet this moment fully. To face the grief, uncertainty, and unraveling of our world not with numbness, but with courage, community, and fierce devotional love. Joanna left her body on Saturday 19th July 2025, in her ninety-sixth year. Her spirit, teachings, and the deep soulprint of her work continue to move through so many of us and the guests, listeners, and circles that shape this podcast. This tribute brings Joanna’s own tender and galvanising voice as she shares The Five Gifts of Uncertainty and we gather a constellation of stories and reflections from a few of the many who’ve been deeply touched by her work. You will hear from Will Scott, Nina Simons, Tibet Sprague, Louis Weinstock, Jewels Wingfield and Phoebe Tickell. As well as Holly Ebony, with her song Born For These Times. Together, we weave a tapestry of respect, love, and courage. An invitation to revisit or begin to explore the teachings that Joanna has to offer. For links and more, visit Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together.
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TIMELESS // “How to Make the Impossible Possible” with Nasreen Sheikh - E239
07/31/2025
TIMELESS // “How to Make the Impossible Possible” with Nasreen Sheikh - E239
In this deeply moving and courageous episode, we hear from a woman whose life has been shaped by unimaginable hardship and who has transformed that pain into powerful service. Nasreen Sheikh is a survivor of modern-day slavery, a social entrepreneur, human rights advocate and international speaker. Born in a small rural village on the border of India and Nepal, she risked everything to escape forced marriage, child labour, and extreme poverty in search of freedom. Her lived experience now fuels her mission. Nasreen has founded several social enterprises working to end modern-day slavery and uplift the voices of those who are too often silenced. Through her work, she advocates for basic human rights as a foundation for global justice. From collecting firewood as a child in a village without electricity, to surviving abuse, bonded labour and severe poverty, this conversation brings to light the hidden realities of modern-day slavery and the strength it takes to break free from systems that are designed to keep people silent. But what emerges through her words is not despair, but an unwavering vision, a belief in the human spirit and in the belief that even the smallest act of kindness can ripple into profound change. Nasreen shares how her healing journey led her to create change, and how we can all be part of building a world where dignity, safety, and freedom are a given, not a privilege. Each of us has a role to play in shaping a more just, beautiful, and liberated world. We hope this timeless episode empowers you. Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together. Links from this episode and more at
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Breaking Convention // Psychedelics and The Rise of The Future Human with Rose Cartwright, Moudou Baqui, Iyad El-Baghdadi, Shannon Dames, Dr Simon Ruffel and Akua Ofosuhene - E238
07/23/2025
Breaking Convention // Psychedelics and The Rise of The Future Human with Rose Cartwright, Moudou Baqui, Iyad El-Baghdadi, Shannon Dames, Dr Simon Ruffel and Akua Ofosuhene - E238
Can altered states shift our collective future? In this week’s episode, we share a powerful moment recorded at Breaking Convention, where Amisha brings together Rose Cartwright, Moudou Baqui, Iyad El-Baghdadi, Shannon Dames, Dr Simon Ruffel and Akua Ofosuhene. Each bringing their own lived experience, they explore what becomes possible when psychedelic experiences meet social change and the deep remembering of older, wiser ways of being. There is a profound bravery and deep vulnerability in this conversation that lingers long after the listening ends. Speaking of grief and revelation, darkness and rebirth, community and disconnection, they reflect on what it means to be a host for new realities, to clear the landing pad for the future and to walk with integrity as stewards of both ancient and emerging ways of knowing. We explore: :: What becomes possible when psychedelic experiences meet social change and ancestral remembering :: How extraordinary gifts are returning to people :: What it means to host new realities and prepare the landing pad for beneficial energies :: How Indigenous and Western sciences can learn from one another through mutual listening and respect :: Why we may be at the end of many paradigms and the beginning of something entirely new :: How remembering the body can be a gateway to reconciling with each other and the earth :: What happens when people stop holding back and speak from the depth of lived experience :: How the healing of community lives deep in our bones :: Why you can be hopeful even when you're pessimistic :: How psychedelics can loosen the rigidity we carry and reconnect us to what is real We hope that this episode invites you to understand differently your own healing journey and the role that psychedelics can play for all of us. Join us for : live meditation sessions twice a week with our community - no recordings to catch up on, just show up and breathe together. Visit for links to everything and more.
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TIMELESS// "How to Trust The Whisper of Intuition" with Richard Rudd - E237
07/17/2025
TIMELESS// "How to Trust The Whisper of Intuition" with Richard Rudd - E237
In this episode, Amisha speaks with Richard Rudd, international spiritual teacher, writer, award-winning poet and creator of the Gene Keys, who shares the story of how the teachings came to him through a path of inner listening, travel, and deep surrender. They explore how to live off the map, trust the body’s wisdom, and meet life as a living mystery. A gentle yet transformative conversation for those seeking clarity, connection, and the courage to walk their own path. Links from this episode and more at
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E236 - What Winter Knows // Tending to Endings with the Wilder Kin
07/10/2025
E236 - What Winter Knows // Tending to Endings with the Wilder Kin
What does it mean to winter - deeply, wisely, and together? In this episode, we explore the idea of wintering in community - how we might not only survive the cold seasons of our lives, but move through them together. The Wilder Kin are a collective of five women holding space for seasonal, regenerative ways of being together in nature. Together they created Wintering - a deep invitation to slow down, reflect, and reweave community through the wisdom of the dark months. There’s something powerful that happens when we slow down, not in isolation, but in connection. When we make room for rest, reflection, and the kind of honest tending that can only happen in darker times. We talk about: :: How important it is to support ourselves and each other - not just when things are easy, but when everything feels uncertain or chaotic :: Personal winter stories and reflections about the warmth that can still be found in winter through shared meals, songs by candlelight, the quiet noticing of tiny shifts :: What becomes possible when we winter together :: How we can build our capacity to be with the endings - personal, collective, systemic :: What it means to compost the old, to let things fall, and to trust in what’s becoming This is an invitation to be with the seasons and to remember that even in winter, you are not alone. Links from this episode and more at
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E235 - TIMELESS // 'How To Build a Post-capitalist Prayer?' with Alnoor Ladha
06/26/2025
E235 - TIMELESS // 'How To Build a Post-capitalist Prayer?' with Alnoor Ladha
How are we shaped by the world around us and what is our role in shaping it? Amisha is honored to walk with Alnoor Ladha in this transformative episode that blends the personal and political, the spiritual and systemic. Alnoor has spent years at the intersection of activism, mysticism, and storytelling - working to reimagine how we relate to power, care, and community. In this episode we get into all kinds of things: taking real responsibility (like, the kind that doesn’t burn you out), how our inner healing connects to outer systems, grounded spiritual practice as a form of resistance, what post-capitalism could actually feel like in the body, and how deprogramming scarcity can open us up to deeper connection and joy. We talk about: :: Power, entitlement, and victimhood - not as buzzwords, but as energies we carry and can transform :: Why separating the spiritual from the political just doesn’t make sense anymore :: Living your values without needing to be perfect :: How systems like capitalism got made - and why we can unmake them :: What becomes possible when we choose compassion over competition, and care over control This one’s for anyone who feels the overwhelm of the world and still believes something else is possible. Alnoor offers a grounded, tender invitation to look at what’s happening globally as a mirror of what’s going on in our relationships, our bodies, and our everyday choices. We hope this conversation lands in your chest, loosens some old stories, and opens up space for something more generous, more collective, and way more alive.
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A New Rhythm // Singing Steady in A World on Fire - E234
06/25/2025
A New Rhythm // Singing Steady in A World on Fire - E234
What if nervous system regulation has become a new form of spiritual bypass? In these intense times, are we calming ourselves to cope or to avoid? In this episode, Amisha Tala Oak returns with a deeply honest and timely solo reflection, asking what presence, care, and connection really mean in an era of collapse, disinformation, and genocide. Through story, poetry, spiritual insight, and AI, she explores how the language of “boundaries,” “regulation,” and “manifestation” can unintentionally isolate us, cutting us off from grief, from each other, and from the living world. This episode is a call to move beyond hyper-individualism and bypass culture, to reclaim a slow, grounded rhythm that expands our capacity to feel, to stay, to co-regulate, and to be of service. In this episode, Amisha speaks to: :: The deep grief and quiet beauty of this moment in history :: How “boundaries,” “regulation,” and “positivity” can sometimes cut us off from real connection :: Why nervous systems, activism, and joy must be woven together :: Dismantling the myths of New Age individualism :: Remembering our capacity to care, co-regulate, and be part of a living world :: And the power of a slow, unwavering rhythm, one that holds us through the long dark Links from this episode and more on This episode also shares the launch of The Rhythm: a new weekly space of presence, practice and steadiness through these times. Find out more and join: “Our presence is rebellion in a world vying for our attention and wanting us to numb out.” Amisha Tala Oak #allthatweare #thenewspirituality #nervoussystem #spiritualbypass #regulation #rhythm #activism #joy #grief #collapse #slowness #tendingthehearth
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E233 - TIMELESS // ‘How To Dismantle Toxic Power Through True Respect for Women’ with Pat McCabe
01/30/2025
E233 - TIMELESS // ‘How To Dismantle Toxic Power Through True Respect for Women’ with Pat McCabe
This TIMELESS has actually never been shared on the podcast before. Our guest is Woman Stands Shining also known as Pat McCabe - one of the Diné Nation, and was adopted into the Lakota Spiritual Way of Life. Pat lives in rural New Mexico, but travels internationally to speak, pray, and share her journey with others. Descended from elders taken into residential boarding schools intended to strip her people of their culture, she is continually in the process of remembering and listening for the way Home, back to the true nature of being Human Being. This little piece explores the sacred role of women in indigenous traditions and their deep connection to Mother Earth. With wisdom from the Lakota, Kogi, and other cultures, Pat describes how women are the backbone of families and communities. She shares with us the power of moon time, the importance of reintroducing Grandmother’s Lodges and the need to restore balance between the masculine and feminine. This is a call for women to reclaim their spiritual authority—not through dominance, but by aligning with the natural laws and rythms of life. In this TIMELESS we go beyond the billionaire’s boys club and explore How To Dismantle Toxic Power Through True Respect for Women. We hope it moves you deeply. Links from this episode and more at
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Voices of Resilience: Embracing Uncertainty Together - E232
01/23/2025
Voices of Resilience: Embracing Uncertainty Together - E232
How do we find our way in the long dark? In this episode, Amisha, Mary, and Lies engage in a heartfelt conversation about personal journeys, dreams, and the importance of resilience in the face of uncertainty. One of the themes that come up in this episode is about sharing your voice, allowing your truth to ripple out and inspire others. Together they reflect on past podcast episodes, highlighting the wisdom shared by our amazing guests, and conclude with insights on intuition and personal practices for reconnecting with oneself. In this conversation, the All That We Are team explores the themes of creativity, intuition, and compassion. They discuss how cooking reflects emotional states, the evolving nature of intuition, and the importance of navigating life's gray areas with openness and flexibility. The conversation emphasizes the need for compassion in personal growth and the significance of creating with love, while also encouraging you to embrace silence and breathe amidst the chaos of these times. We explore: :: How to keep our visions alive in a constantly evolving world :: How honouring all that we are encourages embracing the wisdom of diverse voices :: How embracing death and rebirth cycles helps us expand and meet the moment fully :: What happens when we learn to fully accept and be with what is :: How it’s not about what’s interesting to say but about saying what truly matters :: How releasing judgement and fear creates space for authenticity and connection :: Why fierceness allows us to embody our truth without fear We hope that this conversation gives you space to contemplate, integrate and embody what you hear. Links from this episode and more at
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TIMELESS // ‘How one year of heart-led living can transform lives‘ with Lucile Yaney - E231
01/16/2025
TIMELESS // ‘How one year of heart-led living can transform lives‘ with Lucile Yaney - E231
What if you followed your heart for one whole year? How would your life look in 2026? This week’s episode shows us what is possible. Our guest in this timeless episode is Lucile Yaney, a psychotherapist by training, high vibrational food and lifestyle specialist, and the visionary restaurateur behind the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga, California. Lucile shares her own journey, unfolding her path step by step, and reveals how it led her to a vision for a restaurant unlike anything; the Seventh Ray. Lucile recounts the origins of the Inn, a story that began more than 40 years ago with a chance encounter with what was once called the “last eyesore in Topanga.” Guided by her heart’s wisdom and a year-long commitment to trust its whispers, she found herself on a path filled with surprising twists and profound discoveries. From an unexpected lesson in the healing power of food with Hazel Parcell in Arizona to crossing paths with a lifelong spiritual guide, Lucile’s journey reflects the transformative power of saying yes to the unknown. This week’s timeless is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 18 with Lucile Yaney – Food, Healing and Consciousness // Raising Vibrations and Starting Conversations With Food. You are so welcome to go and find this episode in the archives and listen in full. We hope this timeless episode brings a moment to give thanks to the earth and everything and everyone surrounding us. Our hearts are with her and everyone affected by the fires in LA and beyond. Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org
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Ripples Collective on Sacred Activism, Liberation and Peace // Embodying Another Possibility - E230
12/19/2024
Ripples Collective on Sacred Activism, Liberation and Peace // Embodying Another Possibility - E230
Bringing diverse voices for peace, this episode is a special gem exploring the question ‘How can collective prayer create ripples that transform the world?’ In this final, heartfelt episode of the year, Ripples Collective shares their voices in a truly unique and tender way. Together they weave a moment of beauty and reflection gently infused with music, care and love. Ripples Collective is a group of Palestinian and Israeli non-violent activists, artists, and heart-led humans working together in connection, strength and love to embody another possibility. Together we explore: :: How music and ritual hold the power to transform our lives and communities :: What personal journeys have shaped the voices of Ripples Collective :: How activism and spirituality come together to forge a new path forward :: What stories emerge from Gaza and the West Bank and how they reveal an alternative reality :: What the significance of song and collective prayer is in creating unity and hope :: How we can navigate divisiveness to find common ground :: How the power of collective dreams can envision a better future :: How to honour the old while imagining and creating the new :: How the notion of home is rooted in a sense of belonging We hope that this piece called ‘Embodying Another Possibility‘ brings forth a feeling of hope and a collective prayer for Freedom, Dignity, Equality, Safety, Justice, Compassion, Solidarity and Peace rippling out far and beyond. Links from this episode and more at
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TIMELESS // 'How to Reconnect in a Disconnected World' with Johann Hari - E229
12/12/2024
TIMELESS // 'How to Reconnect in a Disconnected World' with Johann Hari - E229
'How to Reconnect in a Disconnected World?' we ask ourselves in this new timeless episode. Our guest is Johann Hari, the author of the New York Times bestseller: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention, executive producer and Tedtalk speaker. His books have been translated into 40 languages, and been praised by a broad range of people including Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein. I don't think it's a coincidence that grief and depression have the same symptoms. I think what depression is, in part is grief for your own needs not being met. - Johann Hari Hari invites us to reconsider what it truly means to find ourselves, not as isolated beings, but as interconnected individuals whose happiness and healing emerge from shared experiences and mutual support. This week’s timeless is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 47 – Johann Hari on Depression, Addiction and Connection entitled Lost Connections: Finding Others Instead of Ourselves. You are so welcome to go and find this episode in the archives and listen in full. We hope that this timeless offers you a new way of looking at your life and how you spend your time. Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org
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Amanda anandita Simon on Astrology, Sensitivity and Collective Shifts // Beckoned by the Stars - E228
12/05/2024
Amanda anandita Simon on Astrology, Sensitivity and Collective Shifts // Beckoned by the Stars - E228
How can understanding astrology support us in riding these times? This episode brings forth a powerful way of hearing, feeling and seeing the art that astrology is. A deeply misunderstood sacred practice that Amanda is enormously passionate about. As a consulting astrologer, acutonics practitioner and artist, currently studying an MA in Art and Ecology at Goldsmiths University, Amanda anandita Simon brings the poetics of this practice out of the astrological arena into spaces where it can offer and be recognised for its contribution to join other acts of resistance. “To re-member a living relation with an ensouled cosmos, to restore and restore our dreaming heart and cultivate sensibility to subtlety - the intricacy and specificity present in each thread of our lived life.” Amanda shares. Together we explore: :: How to cultivate a bodily awareness that allows us to deeply touch and be touched by the world around us :: What it means to return to the city after countryside life and how to prevent being overwhelmed by its intensity :: What Pluto's recent transition from the Earth-based Capricorn to the Air-focused Aquarius signifies for us :: How to understand astrology as an art and sacred practice We hope that you enjoy this episode and that something here really lands for you. Links from this episode and more at
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TIMELESS // ‘How to Become a good Elder and Ancestor’ with Vanessa Andreotti - E227
11/27/2024
TIMELESS // ‘How to Become a good Elder and Ancestor’ with Vanessa Andreotti - E227
Drawing on her work as an educator, indigenous and land rights advocate and her mixed family history, Vanessa invites us to reflect on what it means to die well. How to become good elders and ancestors? “It cannot be just about us. It has to be about our responsibility to the time when we are no longer here. And it cannot be a choice either. It has to be something visceral.” Vanessa Andreotti This timeless wisdom teaches us about the ways in which we can be in service of the greater good. The times we are living in often make it difficult for elders to play their role and teach the younger generation about the mistakes and successes they have experienced. Vanessa sparks ideas around the multiple layers of time, aging and pain and opens up opportunities to interact differently with our elders and ancestors so we can let their stories be medicine for generations to come. This is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 156 with Vanessa Andreotti on Radical Tenderness, Eldership and Decolonisation // Embracing Our Pain. We hope that hearing this small piece will allow you to find new insights, embrace them and continue this practice of becoming a good elder and ancestor. Links from this episode and more at allthatweare.org
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Jaiya John on Rest, Intimacy and Liberation // A Balm for the Tender Soul - E226
11/21/2024
Jaiya John on Rest, Intimacy and Liberation // A Balm for the Tender Soul - E226
What is the true cost of our numbness, and how can we alchemize it into deep, loving intimacy? This conversation with Dr. Jaiya John is a balm, for tender times, tender hearts - a remembrance of how to touch tenderly, inwardly and outwardly. Dr. Jaiya John, born as an orphan on the sacred lands of the Ancient Puebloans in New Mexico's high desert, walks the world as a freedom worker, poet, author, teacher, and speaker, revered across continents. In this tender episode, Amisha and Dr. Jaiya weave a story of human connection—layered with vulnerability, healing, and the soft light of hope. Together, they lean into our collective longing for liberation from oppression, the raw courage needed to meet grief and emotional pain, and a soul-deep inquiry into how technology shapes intimacy in a world that often feels so far apart. We hope this episode invites you into deeper layers of tenderness and presence. Links from this episode and more at
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TIMELESS //'How to Reimagine Power and Presence in Search of the Sacred' with Sophie Strand and Bayo Akomolafe
11/14/2024
TIMELESS //'How to Reimagine Power and Presence in Search of the Sacred' with Sophie Strand and Bayo Akomolafe
In this TIMELESS episode we hear from Sophie Strand and Bayo Akomolafe. Together, we explore how the sacred is less about certainty and mastery and more about dwelling in the unknown, the disruptive, and the in-between. As we open ourselves to this journey, we consider how unlearning and openness might guide us toward a deeper, more grounded sense of the sacred—one that emerges in moments of humility, fragility, and genuine encounter. “And I was thinking that, at least in my own situated experience, my approach to the sacred would be to flip the paradigm and to ask, what if the sacred researches you?” Sophie Strand As a writer, Sophie focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. She believes strongly that all thinking happens interstitially between beings, ideas, differences, and mythical gradients. Bayo is a poet, philosopher, psychologist, professor, and chief-curator of the Emergence Network. He curates this earth-wide project for the re-calibration of our ability to respond to civilisational crisis. We hope this TIMELESS episode invites you to pause and reflect on the sacred in new and unexpected ways. Links from this episode and more at
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Manda Scott on Thrutopia, Vision and Human Power // Writing A New Story - E224
11/07/2024
Manda Scott on Thrutopia, Vision and Human Power // Writing A New Story - E224
How do we emerge into a new future from here? In this week’s conversation with award-winning novelist, smallholder, contemporary shamanic trainer and host of the international chart-topping Accidental Gods podcast Manda Scott, we explore the edges of shaping the future of our wildest dreams. ‘The not knowing is what allows the space for the web of life to send the knowing in.’ and it is this not knowing that gives us room to dream, rise and change this system. ‘It's not predictable. If we can predict it, then it's not the new system, but we can take ourselves to the emergent edge of inter becoming, from which emergence into that new system is hopefully more likely than the chaos and extinction.’ We explore: :: Why the emergence into a new system can feel unpredictable but wonderful :: How to move from a trauma culture to an initiation culture :: How to dream without constraints :: What it looks like when 8.5 billion people feel belonging, connection, agency and live a life filled with meaning :: How we as humans have the power to change and shape a new future :: Why visions come at unexpected times :: What happens when continually asking of the web of life, what do you want of me? :: How to move away from the head mind and settle into the heart mind :: How temporary shamanic practices help connect to the wonder and glory of the world :: How habits done consciously become rituals :: What the transformative journey of writing a book looks like :: How the process of death can be a potential window into a new system :: How to make governance into something that is generative and collaborative again We hope this episode encourages you to explore deeper what invitations the web of life is making to you. Links from this episode and more at
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TIMELESS // 'How to Move Beyond Propaganda and Embrace True Transformation' with Patrisse Cullors
10/31/2024
TIMELESS // 'How to Move Beyond Propaganda and Embrace True Transformation' with Patrisse Cullors
In this week’s TIMELESS episode, Patrisse Cullors highlights the urgent call for a softer, more connected world where care is the base of everything we do. As an Artist and Abolitionist, born and raised in Los Angeles and being on the frontline of abolitionist organising for 22 years, Patrisse offers us a powerful vision for how we can cultivate healing through active, compassionate engagement in our communities and how we can move beyond propaganda and embrace true transformation. “Our work is to show up and reshape this place.” Patrisse Cullors This is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 201 with Patrisse Cullors on Abolition, Art Activism and Courageous Resourcing // Cultures Of Care. We hope that this little piece called ‘How to Move Beyond Propaganda and Embrace True Transformation’ will give you what you need in these important times in our evolution as humanity. Links from this episode and more at
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Tending to the hearth in a world ablaze // the language of ritual, energy and intuition with Amisha Tala Oak - E222
10/24/2024
Tending to the hearth in a world ablaze // the language of ritual, energy and intuition with Amisha Tala Oak - E222
This episode is a very special one. A pure and raw sharing by the fire behind ‘All that we are’, Amisha Tala Oak. A sacred ritual, a ceremony where she lets her heart speak and where words come from a very deep place inside of her. This episode called ‘Tending to the hearth in a world ablaze // the language of ritual, ceremony and intuition’ takes us on a journey. It’s a remembrance to listen to our heart and inner fire while not losing courage and hope amidst the chaos. "We must create beauty in the mess." Amisha Tala Oak Links from this episode and more at
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TIMELESS // 'How Listening To The Earth Leads to Inner and Outer Peace' with Tiokasin Ghosthorse - E221
10/17/2024
TIMELESS // 'How Listening To The Earth Leads to Inner and Outer Peace' with Tiokasin Ghosthorse - E221
In this TIMELESS episode, we hear from Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Nobel Prize nominated international speaker on Peace, Indigenous and Mother Earth perspective. He is member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota, with a long history in Indigenous activism as well as a master musician. He shares a lifechanging perspective on how we can understand the language of the earth and how she speaks and listens to us. We discover how learning to listen to earth leads us to true inner and outer peace. "The earth is listening to us first and if we do not understand how the earth listens to us, then we will have a difficulty listening to the earth." Tiokasin Ghosthorse This week’s timeless is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in . We hope that hearing just this small part will give you space to contemplate, integrate and embody what you hear. Links from this episode and more at
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Darren Le Baron on Psychedelics, Community and Gardening // Mushroom and Mycelium: Nature’s Network - E220
10/10/2024
Darren Le Baron on Psychedelics, Community and Gardening // Mushroom and Mycelium: Nature’s Network - E220
What if we are mushrooms having a human experience? In this conversation called ‘Mushrooms and Mycelium: Nature's Network’, Amisha Tala Oak meets Darren le Baron, an educator specialising in mycology and psychedelic research based in the UK and the Caribbean. Known around the world for his Shroomshop Master classes and mushroom educational programs, he is a keen cultivator and teacher who is passionate about sharing his research and findings on ethnomycology, ancient African plant medicines and their various applications. Together we explore: :: How understanding yourself can help you build deeper, more meaningful connections. :: The challenges young people face in finding their purpose—and how to guide them. :: What mushrooms and mycelium can teach you about connection and renewal. :: How you are a mushroom having a human experience. :: How you, as a gardener or nature-lover, play a vital role in our planet's future. :: How money really does grow on trees. :: Why plant wisdom is essential for your survival and living in harmony with the Earth. (Please note despite much research and clinical trials of the benefits, one of the mushrooms we discuss in this conversation are illegal in some countries) Links from this episode and more at
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TIMELESS // ‘How grieving and healing opens up life’s pleasures ’ with adrienne maree brown - E219
10/02/2024
TIMELESS // ‘How grieving and healing opens up life’s pleasures ’ with adrienne maree brown - E219
Welcome to our new fortnightly offering - TIMELESS. Drawing on her wellspring of experiences as a writer, activist, and Black feminist, adrienne maree brown shares some timeless wisdom that teaches us about rituals of grief and spiritual healing that can bring us closer to our free and pleasurable futures. She sparks ideas around the construct of linear and layered time, opening up possibilities for spiritual shifts and healing across timeless. “Grief is a way that we ritualise and honour what we love and stay in a relationship with it.” adrienne maree brown This is from our archives, part of a beautiful and powerful conversation we had in episode 146 with adrienne maree brown on Future Visioning, Layered Time and Grief // entitled Microcosms of Liberation, Justice and Pleasure. We hope that hearing just this small part of timeless wisdom will give you space to contemplate, integrate and embody what you hear. Links from this episode and more at
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Where Generosity Meets Imagination with Amisha Tala Oak and Annegret Affolderbach - E218
09/26/2024
Where Generosity Meets Imagination with Amisha Tala Oak and Annegret Affolderbach - E218
Is intuition the key to flourishing a better culture? In this special episode Amisha Tala Oak and Annegret Affolderbach celebrate the end of a chapter of co-creation of this podcast as Annegret is leaving to pursue new creative paths and 'all that we are' takes fresh directions. They share how they have witnessed each others creative growth for the past 15 years and how they have shaped lives, nurtured new cultures and communities guided by their visions and intuition. We explore :: creative and artistic practices attuned with visions, intuition and generosity :: transformative cultural change :: daydreaming :: podcasting :: the positive power of technology :: tending to our nervous system :: all that we are’s new pathways including the re-imagining of Presence Collective Links from this episode and more at
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We Are Change with Ebyän Zanini, Jimena Paratcha, Darren Le Baron and Nathaniel Dunn - E217
07/25/2024
We Are Change with Ebyän Zanini, Jimena Paratcha, Darren Le Baron and Nathaniel Dunn - E217
How can we become catalysts for change? In this special episode entitled ‘The Butterfly Effect’ Amisha gathers with Ebyän Zanini, Jimena Paratcha, Darren Le Baron and Nathaniel Dunn during Noisily Festival to share insights and ideas around the theme ‘We Are Change’. We explore :: duality as a form of balance for change :: interconnectedness and unity with each other and the more-than-human-world :: rites of passages :: plant allies and the power of psychedelics :: forming intentions for change Links from this episode and more at
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Dr Andy Letcher on Rights Of Passage, Folk Music and Animism - E216
07/18/2024
Dr Andy Letcher on Rights Of Passage, Folk Music and Animism - E216
How do we honour diverse ways of life and all that we are? In this episode entitled ‘Mysterious Riddles', Amisha Ghadiali talks with Dr Andy Letcher, Senior Lecturer at both Schumacher College, Devon UK, where he is Programme Lead for the MA Engaged Ecology, and at the University of Exeter, where he teaches on the PGCert Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture. He is the author of “Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom”, and numerous papers on psychedelics, ecology, animism and paganism. Andy researches the contemporary use of psychedelics with a particular focus on the role psychedelics might play in our cultivating an ecological self. He is currently researching ritual and animistic usage of psychedelics by contemporary British Druids, and the contemporary use of the Fly Agaric mushroom. A folk musician, he plays English bagpipes, low whistle, and Dark Age lyre. We explore :: folk music and birdsong :: deep listening and living in seasonal interconnectedness with nature :: psychedelics and plant ceremonies :: Animism and Druidry :: pilgrimages and Rights of Passages Links from this episode and more at
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