Byte Sized Blessings

Gloria shares a tale from her childhood this week-one where she was given a death sentence and sent to the hospital...and not expected to live! It was in the middle of the night, after the surgery, that she received her healing...and a glimpse of the majesty at the heart of the Universe. She's an author, a psychologist and a human who really desires to help all of us attain our best selves, but she especially works with men, helping them to discover their emotional depth.

To read a bit more about Gloria and her work, click...

Gloria shares a tale from her childhood this week-one where she was given a death sentence and sent to the hospital...and not expected to live! It was in the middle of the night, after the surgery, that she received her healing...and a glimpse of the majesty at the heart of the Universe. She's an author, a psychologist and a human who really desires to help all of us attain our best selves, but she especially works with men, helping them to discover their emotional depth.

To read a bit more about Gloria and her work, click...

Join us as we revisit, (and I re-produce) some of our earlier guest's episodes about hauntings and ghostly visits in the middle of the night! It's been fun going back over earlier episodes and polishing them for the season, as well as jumping into Fall, and October, and all things that go bump in the night!

So please, enjoy this second offering in my Halloween extravaganza! (and don't forget to check under the bed and in the closet before you go to sleep at night!)

BOO!

Welcome to this week's episode and my convo with Rob Bach! (and I really struggled to name this episode this week because I could have also used:

*High Fidelity Then And Always!
*The 80's Were Something Else!
*Can You Believe We Included Flock of Seagulls & Falco in One Episode? Anyone remember that oldie but goodie "Rock Me Amadeus?" Sheesh I love that song!)

BUT, really, it's all about Rob, and his story this week- that of a powerful ancestry that reminded Rob again and again, that he could survive anything! From gunshot wounds to...

Welcome to this week's episode and my convo with Rob Bach! (and I really struggled to name this episode this week because I could have also used:

*High Fidelity Then And Always!
*The 80's Were Something Else!
*Can You Believe We Included Flock of Seagulls & Falco in One Episode? Anyone remember that oldie but goodie "Rock Me Amadeus?" Sheesh I love that song!)

BUT, really, it's all about Rob, and his story this week- that of a powerful ancestry that reminded Rob again and again, that he could survive anything! From gunshot wounds to...

Welcome to October dear ones!

I've decided to release a few updated bonus episodes, and revist some of the ghost and ghoulie stories that have been shared over the years! This first story comes courtesy of Norman B, guest of Ep. 140, oh so long ago! And if you remember, he shares his story of meeting a ghost called Alice!

Here's his wiki in case you want to check Norman out! 

Happy Ghost Hunting everyone!

Because of some weird tech issues, the last part of Salaam's incredible interview got cut off when uploading! But that's OK, because it is allowing me to showcase her poem in it's entirety here in it's own separate little episode. It is breathtakingly beautiful and incredibly masterful. And as well, it is an incredible gift, to all of us!

To buy her book "The Other Revival, Poems & Reckonings," click here!

Hello all!

Welcome to the SIGNS & WONDERS HOTLINE...

I had so many people sharing their sweet stories of encounter and mystery and I thought, why not create a place where they can share if they want to? So...drumroll please, this sweet hotline for you to share your story, with your name or anonymously, for me to share with the world. It's another way we can all support one another in this time of stress and division...we all need reminders of the goodness in the world, the magic in the world, and so when you...

OK...I still have to pinch myself...because my guest this week was so much medicine for my heart, for my soul, and words escape me as to how to introduce her and her loveliness. Which is ironic, because Salaam Green is absolutely full of words as Birmingham, Alabama's Inaugural Poet Laureate. She is creating beauty every step she takes, reconciling the land and the soul so that each can speak to the other; and giving voice to those long forgotten. Salaam Green is, quite simply, a world-builder, and she's bringing us along for the ride! (thank goodness).

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OK...I still have to pinch myself...because my guest this week was so much medicine for my heart, for my soul, and words escape me as to how to introduce her and her loveliness. Which is ironic, because Salaam Green is absolutely full of words as Birmingham, Alabama's Inaugural Poet Laureate. She is creating beauty every step she takes, reconciling the land and the soul so that each can speak to the other; and giving voice to those long forgotten. Salaam Green is, quite simply, a world-builder, and she's bringing us along for the ride! (thank goodness).

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Catarina's life has been one of adventure! Not one to shy away from difficult and forbidding places, she has definitely chosen the road less traveled! Encounters with snakes, with strangers, and with the mystery that is life, have all been part and parcel of her story. She never turns away from encounter...and that has made all the difference. She's a dreamer, an author, a dragon whisperer and someone quite comfortable in liminal places...and she mines those places for us, to bring pieces of treasure, back into the world. (and why does she do this you may ask? well...

Catarina's life has been one of adventure! Not one to shy away from difficult and forbidding places, she has definitely chosen the road less traveled! Encounters with snakes, with strangers, and with the mystery that is life, have all been part and parcel of her story. She never turns away from encounter...and that has made all the difference. She's a dreamer, an author, a dragon whisperer and someone quite comfortable in liminal places...and she mines those places for us, to bring pieces of treasure, back into the world. (and why does she do this you may ask? well...

My guest this week is just the BEST-and the best is named Daniel Wargo! Not only does he have a job I drool over...(and yes, the pun is intentional), he's funny, he's unstoppable, AND, he has a very sweet dog named Sherman, who becomes oh-so-important during our conversation!

Daniel is all over my Insta feed, and that's because he is everywhere, all at once, tasting and testing and yumming over delectable food items all over the U.S. From Orange County to New York, Daniel's the man when it comes to getting out there and telling us...

My guest this week is just the BEST-and the best is named Daniel Wargo! Not only does he have a job I drool over...(and yes, the pun is intentional), he's funny, he's unstoppable, AND, he has a very sweet dog named Sherman, who becomes oh-so-important during our conversation!

Daniel is all over my Insta feed, and that's because he is everywhere, all at once, tasting and testing and yumming over delectable food items all over the U.S. From Orange County to New York, Daniel's the man when it comes to getting out there and telling us...

Hello babes and welcome to my conversation with Tantri Wija, Reporter At Large at "The Seattle Times," bon-vivant as well as dear friend o'mine! We had this convo in person, IN PERSON, in Santa Fe last March and just finally am I able to get it up and out into the world....because...I wanted to wait until we launched our first few episodes of our new podcast, Tantri and mine's, "The Beast Beneath the Bed!" It's a very different flavor than this one, irreverant, a bit outré, and all about folk tales, fairytales, and everything in between. (it's really j...

Hello babes and welcome to my conversation with Tantri Wija, Reporter At Large at "The Seattle Times," bon-vivant as well as dear friend o'mine! We had this convo in person, IN PERSON, in Santa Fe last March and just finally am I able to get it up and out into the world....because...I wanted to wait until we launched our first few episodes of our new podcast, Tantri and mine's, "The Beast Beneath the Bed!" It's a very different flavor than this one, irreverant, a bit outré, and all about folk tales, fairytales, and everything in between. (it's really j...

You know how you just meet someone and you think, "oh. my. gosh! This human is totally RAD? (an homage to our Gen-X peeps out there), well, that's what happened when I got onto Zoom with Elizabeth, and it was such a bummer that our online convo had to end! (but we've all got lives don't we? Well, at least you do!)

Elizabeth is SPLENDID! She's an Author, an Integrative Medicine Practitioner, THE Fermentation Maven, as well as an Acupuncturist and finally, Urban Homesteader! Whew! She tells the entire story on the pod, of how she sort of...

You know how you just meet someone and you think, "oh. my. gosh! This human is totally RAD? (an homage to our Gen-X peeps out there), well, that's what happened when I got onto Zoom with Elizabeth, and it was such a bummer that our online convo had to end! (but we've all got lives don't we? Well, at least you do!)

Elizabeth is SPLENDID! She's an Author, an Integrative Medicine Practitioner, THE Fermentation Maven, as well as an Acupuncturist and finally, Urban Homesteader! Whew! She tells the entire story on the pod, of how she sort of...

Hey there friends!

I'm introducing you to Hollis Peirce this time, and to be honest, I was a little nervous before the conversation! We had tried to get together for a few months, but something always got in the way, and THEN, the timing was right, (finally) and I got to confab with this fierce and funny disability rights activist!

Besides for being an advocate for those who don't have a voice, Hollis also is a public speaker as well as podcaster, with his very own pod, Twenty-first Century Disability, which you can find here! He's...

Hey there friends!

I'm introducing you to Hollis Peirce this time, and to be honest, I was a little nervous before the conversation! We had tried to get together for a few months, but something always got in the way, and THEN, the timing was right, (finally) and I got to confab with this fierce and funny disability rights activist!

Besides for being an advocate for those who don't have a voice, Hollis also is a public speaker as well as podcaster, with his very own pod, Twenty-first Century Disability, which you can find here! He's...

Holly shares her story this episode - and it was all I could do to let Holly just talk! I had so many questions, but I knew if I ruined the flow, I might not hear all that she has to share. And every single miracle emerged out of her being in a coma, in the hospital, for 70 days while having COVID. During that time when she was intubated and in another realm, she had experience after experience of deceased relatives visiting her, two NDE's (!!) and multiple other Divine interventions letting Holly know that her work was not done on...

Holly shares her story this episode - and it was all I could do to let Holly just talk! I had so many questions, but I knew if I ruined the flow, I might not hear all that she has to share. And every single miracle emerged out of her being in a coma, in the hospital, for 70 days while having COVID. During that time when she was intubated and in another realm, she had experience after experience of deceased relatives visiting her, two NDE's (!!) and multiple other Divine interventions letting Holly know that her work was not done on...

Thomas is a prodigy, at least that's what they told him when he was a kid! But what does a prodigy do when the rug is pulled out from under them, when they don't receive the support and understanding they need? Well, they suffer and retreat and try to understand a world that doesn't seem to have room for them to thrive. (or seem interested in even doing so...) BUT, and you knew there was a big BUT in there...Thomas has survived, and come to a deeper understanding of just who he is, and his place in the world...

Thomas is a prodigy, at least that's what they told him when he was a kid! But what does a prodigy do when the rug is pulled out from under them, when they don't receive the support and understanding they need? Well, they suffer and retreat and try to understand a world that doesn't seem to have room for them to thrive. (or seem interested in even doing so...) BUT, and you knew there was a big BUT in there...Thomas has survived, and come to a deeper understanding of just who he is, and his place in the world...

Dr. Catherine tells a charming tale of what happened at the chiropractor's office- you know how you go to a doc for one thing and then something unexpected happens? Whelp, Catherine was not expecting to hear from an ancestor who had already passed on, and the fact it involved her very funny cat is the cherry on top!

The chiropractor had no idea that he was about to change Catherine's life, and her understanding of just how this world works (and guess what? we still have no idea! But we are learning, slowly but surely, that we will...

Dr. Catherine tells a charming tale of what happened at the chiropractor's office- you know how you go to a doc for one thing and then something unexpected happens? Whelp, Catherine was not expecting to hear from an ancestor who had already passed on, and the fact it involved her very funny cat is the cherry on top!

The chiropractor had no idea that he was about to change Catherine's life, and her understanding of just how this world works (and guess what? we still have no idea! But we are learning, slowly but surely, that we will...

Hey babes,
here you go, another excellent human delivered right to your earbuds, for all your listening pleasure! Rohini Walker is, quite simply, someone who will dive into the darkness, the silence, with each and every one of us, and then RE-MEMBER us into our bones, our bodies, our SELVES! In that way she is a maker of souls, a healer of humans, an excavator and reclaimer of US, of what we are and what we can BECOME! She absolutely does not shy away from the deep, dark, because she knows, that all too often, that is where the...

Hey babes,
here you go, another excellent human delivered right to your earbuds, for all your listening pleasure! Rohini Walker is, quite simply, someone who will dive into the darkness, the silence, with each and every one of us, and then RE-MEMBER us into our bones, our bodies, our SELVES! In that way she is a maker of souls, a healer of humans, an excavator and reclaimer of US, of what we are and what we can BECOME! She absolutely does not shy away from the deep, dark, because she knows, that all too often, that is where the...

Hello friends!

This week we are talking all about keeping promises...and how sometimes keeping those promises saves lives! Whether my guest, Lyubim, was keeping his promise to his friend on 9/11 (and that saved his life!) to taking friends out for dinner (he was so very tired, but guess what? He went and that changed someone else's life!) his stories should remind all of us that the simple act of keeping our word can change worlds...and save lives, did I neglect to mention that? He has multiple stories of magic, of miracles, to tell this episode, and...

Hello friends!

This week we are talking all about keeping promises...and how sometimes keeping those promises saves lives! Whether my guest, Lyubim, was keeping his promise to his friend on 9/11 (and that saved his life!) to taking friends out for dinner (he was so very tired, but guess what? He went and that changed someone else's life!) his stories should remind all of us that the simple act of keeping our word can change worlds...and save lives, did I neglect to mention that? He has multiple stories of magic, of miracles, to tell this episode, and...

Lillian shares a vulnerable story this week-one in which she is the one who rises, but then, as will all hero's, she brings the treasure she has won to everyone else!

Her story is a difficult one, and might hurt your hearts, so be sure to take care of yourselves, as you listen. BUT, I think it's a public service to share stories like this because they remind all of us that we have the capacity to survive anything, and emerge on the other side stronger, wiser, and with gifts to share. And Lillian is doing just that...

Lillian shares a vulnerable story this week-one in which she is the one who rises, but then, as will all hero's, she brings the treasure she has won to everyone else!

Her story is a difficult one, and might hurt your hearts, so be sure to take care of yourselves, as you listen. BUT, I think it's a public service to share stories like this because they remind all of us that we have the capacity to survive anything, and emerge on the other side stronger, wiser, and with gifts to share. And Lillian is doing just that...

Holy cow what a guest I have for you this episode! Seriously, when I got a glance at just what Inna has been up to, and how she has been changing the convo around healing, inner knowing and believing in oneself, I said to myself, "RUN, DON'T WALK, to get her on the pod!

Inna is open, vulnerable, and shares some incredible family stories this week-all about strength, survival and how clairvoyance and other psychic abilities run in her family. They saved her grandmother, and in turn, saved Inna, and NOW? They are saving the rest of us!<...

Holy cow what a guest I have for you this episode! Seriously, when I got a glance at just what Inna has been up to, and how she has been changing the convo around healing, inner knowing and believing in oneself, I said to myself, "RUN, DON'T WALK, to get her on the pod!

Inna is open, vulnerable, and shares some incredible family stories this week-all about strength, survival and how clairvoyance and other psychic abilities run in her family. They saved her grandmother, and in turn, saved Inna, and NOW? They are saving the rest of us! <...

This episode is important to hear, and not only because it discusses mental illness-but because it brings to light a voice, of one who has lived with this stigma since the age of 20, and thus, there is no byte-sized offering on tap this week-I think this episode should be heard in it's entirety.

Dale is open and vulnerable this week sharing his story of mental illness and how he has suffered with schizophrenia since he was in his early 20's. He discusses how he has lived the last 20 years, the many hospitalizations, and the family and friends he...

My gorgeous guest this time is a self-described "QUIET STORM" AKA Queen D Michele, a human being who is committed to ensuring a more just, more beautiful and more welcoming future for all of us! She is someone who moves in places and spaces that most of us cannot access, but what she learns in those places, she shares with the rest of us. (thank goodness!) A self-described New Earth Representative, Queen D is here to change the world, and shape the world so that all can live together in harmony. (crossing fingers that all this happens)...

Her...

My gorgeous guest this time is a self-described "QUIET STORM" AKA Queen D Michele, a human being who is committed to ensuring a more just, more beautiful and more welcoming future for all of us! She is someone who moves in places and spaces that most of us cannot access, but what she learns in those places, she shares with the rest of us. (thank goodness!) A self-described New Earth Representative, Queen D is here to change the world, and shape the world so that all can live together in harmony. (crossing fingers that all this happens)...

Her...

What a guest I have for you this weekend, and what an extraordinary human being! And her miracle moments that she shares...well, they're POWERFUL! From a moment in childhood that had her rethinking the reality around her, to September 11th, where she understood something life changing, Miriam is all about understanding what she witnesses, integrating it, and then stepping off that cliff! (more on THAT cliff in the intro! and outro, and everything in between...)

She's also funny, intelligent and wise AND willing to share that wisdom, her life learnings and her talent in art to support...

What a guest I have for you this weekend, and what an extraordinary human being! And her miracle moments that she shares...well, they're POWERFUL! From a moment in childhood that had her rethinking the reality around her, to September 11th, where she understood something life changing, Miriam is all about understanding what she witnesses, integrating it, and then stepping off that cliff! (more on THAT cliff in the intro! and outro, and everything in between...)

She's also funny, intelligent and wise AND willing to share that wisdom, her life learnings and her talent in art to support...

Hello all! Sorry about the late posting of this episode but I am currently somewhere where the internet is going in and out, and generally not working! Yes, yes, I know it sounds like the proverbial "dog ate my homework" excuse, but really, I did try!

But who cares? Because I am introducing you to one of the most sparkling and talented people I've met in awhile, Angela Petrilli! You will hear how she and I got along (hint: it was FUN!) but also, how Angela has navigated life after the loss of her best friend and band-mate...