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Jamie Bristow – The Work That Reconnects
Apr 24, 2026
1h 08m 34s
Jamie Bristow – Exploring Systems Change
Apr 17, 2026
42m 26s
Wendy Hasenkamp – Widening the Aperture
Feb 27, 2026
1h 14m 40s
Jon Kabat-Zinn – The Heart of Mindfulness [From the Archive]
Dec 23, 2025
1h 42m 18s
Roshi Joan Halifax – Enactive Compassion [From the Archive]
Dec 12, 2025
1h 01m 20s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/24/26 |  Jamie Bristow – The Work That Reconnects✨ | ecological crisissocial crisis+4 | Shayontoni GhoshChris Johnstone+2 | Work That Reconnects NetworkUniversity of Vermont+2 | — | ecological crisissocial crisis+5 | — | 1h 08m 34s | |
| 4/17/26 | Jamie Bristow – Exploring Systems Change✨ | systems changecontemplative practices+4 | Jamie Bristow | Mind & Life Institute | — | systems changecontemplative+5 | — | 42m 26s | |
| 2/27/26 | Wendy Hasenkamp – Widening the Aperture✨ | contemplative scienceBuddhism and science+4 | Wendy Hasenkamp | Mind & Life Institute | — | contemplative scienceBuddhism+5 | — | 1h 14m 40s | |
| 12/23/25 | Jon Kabat-Zinn – The Heart of Mindfulness [From the Archive]✨ | mindfulnessmeditation+4 | Jon Kabat-Zinn | Mindfulness-Based Stress ReductionMind & Life Institute | — | mindfulnessmeditation+5 | — | 1h 42m 18s | |
| 12/12/25 | Roshi Joan Halifax – Enactive Compassion [From the Archive]✨ | end-of-life careBuddhism and science+4 | Roshi Joan Halifax | Mind & Life Institute | — | compassionBuddhism+5 | — | 1h 01m 20s | |
| 12/5/25 | Matthieu Ricard – Compassion and Care [From the Archive]✨ | compassionBuddhism+5 | Matthieu Ricard | Mind & Life Institute | — | compassionaltruism+8 | — | 1h 04m 08s | |
| 8/14/25 | Liz Monson – Reclaiming the Magic✨ | Buddhismnature-based practices+5 | Liz Monson | Mind & Life Institute | — | Buddhist teachingsnature connection+8 | — | 1h 13m 01s | |
| 7/17/25 | Christy Wilson-Mendenhall – Emotions in the World✨ | emotionswell-being+5 | Christy Wilson-Mendenhall | Mind & Life InstituteBuddhist philosophy | — | emotional granularityeco-grief+7 | — | 1h 00m 36s | |
| 6/19/25 | Karen O'Brien – Why We Matter✨ | climate changeenvironmental studies+5 | Karen O’Brien | Mind & Life Institute | — | climate changeworldview+5 | — | 50m 35s | |
| 5/15/25 | Tania Singer – The Power of Two✨ | empathycompassion+5 | Tania Singer | Mind & Life InstituteBuddhism | — | empathycompassion+8 | — | 1h 17m 23s | |
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| 4/17/25 | Melissa Rosenkranz – Mind, Body, World | In this episode, Wendy speaks with contemplative scientist Melissa Rosenkranz. Melissa's work examines the mind-body connection with a focus on how inflammation interacts with our brains and emotions, and how meditation might help. This conversation covers many topics, including: her interest in the mind-body connection; pros and cons of inflammation in the body; bidirectional links between inflammation in the body and our emotions; how inflammation can lead to hypersensitivity in the brain; inflammation and dementia; misperceptions around stress causing asthma; meditation's effect on inflammation and our immune response; meditation in asthma management (emotional and physical); studying whether mindfulness can protect against inflammatory damage to the brain; integrating meditation with medication; polarization in society and the power of building weak ties; increasing the safety signal to our bodies; seeing the fuller humanity of the people in our world; lovingkindness practice in action; links between inflammation in society and in our bodies; and a reminder that there's always a place to start when making change. Full show notes and resources | 50m 58s | ||||||
| 3/13/25 | Otto Scharmer – Changing Systems | In this episode, Wendy speaks with action researcher, changemaker, and thought leader Otto Scharmer. Otto is a world leader in systems change, and his work across disciplines highlights how awareness and the quality of our relationships are critical for the change we need today. This conversation covers many topics, including: regenerative farming, social change movements, and the "social soil"; inspiration from Francisco Varela; presencing and the role of awareness in systems change; three divides that contribute to our current crises; the untold story of regeneration and renewal; action learning and action research; trends towards goodwill and lack of agency; institutions vs. individuals; the blind spot of the mindfulness movement; speaking and listening across ideologies; non-doing, action vs. reaction; the need for holding spaces and building trust; leading by letting go and letting come; releasing old ways of thinking (ego) and shifting to more integrated mindsets (eco); sensing and engaging with future possibilities; fourth-person awareness; the influence of Mind & Life on his career trajectory; and resources for learning consciousness-based transformation. Full show notes and resources | 1h 12m 54s | ||||||
| 2/20/25 | Neil Theise – Everything is Connected | In this episode, Wendy speaks with pathologist, scientist, author, and Zen Buddhist, Neil Theise. Neil's pioneering work in human anatomy has revolutionized our understanding of interconnectedness at the level of the body and beyond. This conversation covers many topics, including: his interest in medicine & Buddhism; pathology as contemplative practice; how a mystery from the wall of the bile duct led to a new understanding of our bodies; overview of the interstitium; how the interstitium may relate to fascia, energy systems, chakras, meridians, and other traditional systems of healing; connecting healing traditions through a cultural interstitium; a meditation to visualize the interstitium; studying living vs. dead tissue; cell doctrine and reductionism; complexity theory and interconnectedness at all scales; Buddhist ideas of emptiness, interdependence, impermanence; randomness in a complex system and adaptability; and the power of an interconnected view. Full show notes and resources | 1h 22m 57s | ||||||
| 1/16/25 | Molly Crockett – Changing the World is a Group Project | In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychologist and cognitive scientist Molly Crockett. Molly is a leader in studying moral cognition, with an emphasis on ethics, knowledge, and power in the digital age. This conversation covers many topics, including: the limits of quantitative (scientific) ways of knowing; the importance of narrative in shaping ideas and behavior; moral outrage on social media; who benefits from a culture of outrage; the role of scientists in our narratives about human nature; how artificial intelligence influences what we consider as human; using artificial intelligence for compassion; a Dalai Lama chatbot vs. the real Dalai Lama; the importance of embodiment in human communication; studying transformative experiences at Burning Man; technology and "Paleolithic" emotions; epistemic injustice; and the critical importance of valuing multiple ways of knowing. Full show notes and resources | 1h 02m 40s | ||||||
| 12/12/24 | Jim Coan – Our Social Baseline | In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychologist and affective neuroscientist Jim Coan. Jim is a leading researcher on how social connection impacts our minds, brains, and bodies, and he's also pushing the boundaries of impactful science communication. This conversation covers many topics, including: studying relationships and emotions in the brain; how a confusing research finding changed his career; how holding hands impacts our bodies and minds; understanding energy regulation and prediction; social baseline theory; the prefrontal cortex and self-regulation; implications for the default mode network; social support as energetic resources for the body; effects of hand holding on pain processing; introversion and social support; the two things all his students must memorize; the costs and benefits of social interactions; implications for loss of relationship; sense of self, belonging, and the importance of supporting others; communicating science through comics; and surviving—even flourishing—through climate change. Full show notes and resources | 1h 05m 35s | ||||||
| 11/14/24 | Chuck Raison – Ancient Practices & Conscious Experience | In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychiatrist and mental health researcher Chuck Raison. Chuck’s work centers on understanding how ancient practices can change our conscious experience. He’s a leader in studying the links between inflammation, stress, and depression, and how meditation and other practices can influence those dynamics. This conversation covers many topics, including: ancient practices and conscious experience; Tibetan tummo practice; the role of inflammation in depression; sickness behavior; links between stress and inflammation; the placebo response; psychedelics as a novel treatment for depression; investigating the role of memory in transcendent experiences; body temperature and emotions; and the precious gift of awareness. Full show notes and resources | 1h 02m 12s | ||||||
| 10/17/24 | Quinn Conklin – Mind-Body Connection | In this episode, Wendy speaks with contemplative researcher Quinn Conklin. Quinn's research examines the interconnection of mind and body, and the effects of stress and meditation training on biomarkers of health and well-being. This conversation covers many topics, including: her interest in mind-body connection and how that led her into meditation research; understanding meditation retreats; advantages and challenges of studying meditation in a retreat context; how personality can influence the effects of meditation; telomeres and cell aging, and impacts of stress and meditation; creating safety and support for practice (on retreat); oxytocin and various theories of its function in social connection; effects of meditation retreat on oxytocin; allostasis and prediction; studying community responses to COVID and how meditation provides support; increasing diversity in contemplative science; and making research findings accessible. Full show notes and resources | 1h 07m 25s | ||||||
| 9/19/24 | Zev Schuman-Olivier – Mindfulness, Behavior Change, and Health | In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychiatrist and contemplative researcher Zev Schuman-Olivier. Zev has been working for more than a decade to integrate mindfulness and compassion into health care, with a focus on addiction, depression, and chronic illness. This conversation covers many topics, including: weaving mindfulness and compassion into clinical settings; lessons from his own experience of chronic illness; the key role of behavior change in health; balancing individual responsibility for health with systemic factors; mindfulness and addiction; making interventions trauma-informed, inclusive, and broadly accessible; how signals from the body help motivate action and emotion; how mindfulness enhances trust in the body and changes the brain in depression; Internal Family Systems and the critical role of acceptance; and next steps for integrating mindfulness and compassion into complex healthcare systems. Full show notes and resources | 1h 08m 44s | ||||||
| 6/13/24 | Eve Ekman – Building Emotion Awareness | In this episode, Wendy speaks with social scientist and meditation teacher Eve Ekman. Eve's work integrates contemplative practice and modern psychology to help people learn about and work with their emotions. This conversation covers many topics, including: her early exposure to Tibetan culture and Buddhism; emotion regulation vs. awareness; reappraisal and self-compassion; labeling feelings & being seen; handshake meditation practice; mapping an emotion: trigger, experience, and response; the complexity of what shapes each moment; becoming more sensitive through meditation; constructive vs. destructive emotions, and the complexities of anger; understanding equanimity; leveraging technology to help awareness and tracking of emotions; helping Apple incorporate well-being practices into its platforms; teaching meditation through the Cultivating Emotional Balance program; the Atlas of Emotion (free online resource); and life lessons from surfing. Full show notes and resources | 1h 11m 36s | ||||||
| 6/3/24 | Dave Vago – Meditation, Neuroscience, and Self | In this episode, Wendy speaks with contemplative neuroscientist Dave Vago. Dave has been studying the brain, meditation, and the self for over two decades, and has developed several models of how mindfulness might work from cognitive and neurobiological perspectives. This conversation covers many topics, including: his intertwined interests in brain, mind, self, philosophy, and religion; the temporal nature of memory; mindfulness for fibromyalgia and chronic pain; unconscious attentional bias; sticky thoughts and how they change with meditation; the role of the self in contemplative practice (S-ART model); meta-awareness and decentering; the centrality of inhibitory control in contemplative practice; dissolving the self/other divide; integrating wisdom to create meaning; how meditation can shift attentional bias at very early levels of processing; the deeply interconnected nature of brain function; self-pattern theory and (in)flexibility in the mind; mindfulness and the glymphatic system, and implications for sleep and neurodegenerative disorders; and the new academic society for contemplative research (ISCR). Full show notes and resources | 57m 51s | ||||||
| 5/16/24 | Tawni Tidwell – Between Life and Death | In this episode, Wendy speaks with biocultural anthropologist and Tibetan medical doctor Tawni Tidwell. Tawni's research focuses on living—and dying—with greater awareness and well-being, and integrates multiple biological and cultural perspectives on mind-body systems. This conversation covers many topics, including: merging interests in biology, culture, ecology, nature, and medicine; how our minds shape our bodies; the holistic approach of Tibetan medicine; understanding constitutions and individual proclivities; the subtle body and consciousness; studying monastics who are able to extend the death process (Tukdam project); implications for life, death, and the nature of consciousness; individual differences and determining which practices might be best for someone; studying Tibetan medicine's approach to treating COVID; and coming back to our bodies, our communities, and our environments. Full show notes and resources | 1h 07m 14s | ||||||
| 5/2/24 | Brian Dias – Epigenetics and Intergenerational Trauma | In this episode, Wendy speaks with neuroscientist and trauma researcher Brian Dias. Brian is one of the pioneers in understanding how trauma can be transferred between generations. Research in this space has helped fuel a major revolution in biology, because itmeans that not just our genes, but some aspects of our experiences can be inherited. This conversation covers many topics, including: his path into studying trauma; how trauma can pass through generations; links with the Buddhist concept of karma; understanding epigenetics & the interplay between genes and environment; implications for inheritance and evolution; whether such intergenerational transmission is helpful or harmful; epigenetic clocks in our cells; how trauma affects brain development; sociocultural, developmental, and biological pathways for transmission of experiences; creating legacies of flourishing; lessons learned from collaborating with Tibetan monastics; providing resources to parents to try to halt legacies of trauma; impacts of stress on our mitochondria and microbiome; and scientists as humans first. Full show notes and resources | 58m 51s | ||||||
| 4/18/24 | Jyoti Mishra – Mindfulness and Climate Trauma | In this episode, Wendy speaks with neuroscientist and mental health researcher Jyoti Mishra. Jyoti has been investigating how mindfulness and attention training affect our brains, and can help in the context of mental health challenges related to climate disasters and other trauma. This conversation covers many topics, including: her intertwined interests in neuroscience, meditation, and mental health; understanding climate trauma and its unique impacts on mental health; community resilience and action in the face of disaster; the rise of mental health issues worldwide; studying the mental health and brain function impacts of the deadliest fire in CA history; healing broken relationships with nature through mindfulness and ecotherapy; social justice issues around climate vulnerability; how childhood adversity affects brain circuitry for emotional awareness; developing contemplative tech interventions for disadvantaged youth, and impacts on brain and daily life functioning; nature and the sense of self; regulating the stress response through mindfulness and social connection; and empowering youth through the Climate Change & Mental Health Initiative. Full show notes and resources | 1h 02m 02s | ||||||
| 4/4/24 | Simon Goldberg – The Shape of Healing | In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychologist and contemplative researcher Simon Goldberg. Simon uses tools drawn from psychotherapy research to better understand the therapeutic processes and outcomes of mindfulness and meditation-based interventions. This conversation covers many topics, including: coming to practice through one's own suffering; what we know from science about whether and how meditation "works;" the nuts and bolts of meditation research, and the importance of control groups; the file drawer effect and publishing negative findings; common factors in healing interventions; working with the self in psychotherapy vs. Buddhism; the critical role of acceptance; some challenges when measuring effects of meditation; individualizing contemplative practice to suit the person; delivering and studying meditation interventions through apps; and the possibilities of AI to help support meditation practice. Full show notes and resources | 47m 32s | ||||||
| 3/21/24 | Diana Chapman Walsh – Contemplative Leadership | In this episode, Wendy speaks with educational leader, writer, and climate activist Diana Chapman Walsh. Diana had a long and successful career in public health at Boston and Harvard University, and then became the president of Wellesley College, a position she held for 14 years. Diana has become an icon in educational leadership, and advocates that education can be both an intellectual and a spiritual journey. This conversation covers many topics, including: her path into contemplative practice and leadership; the importance of knowing and questioning oneself; vulnerability and responsibility in leadership; how the qualities of a leader influence the system they are leading; hierarchical vs. inclusive systems; the five principles of trustworthy leadership; interconnectedness as an underlying truth; building community amidst the climate crisis; how feedback loops can accelerate harm or spur change; and encouragement to tell our stories. Full show notes and resources | 1h 04m 06s | ||||||
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