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- 🇨🇦CA · Spirituality#1665K to 30K
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"Bone: Dying Into Life," by Marion Woodman
May 14, 2026
21m 37s
A Conversation with Brittany Pressley
Mar 24, 2026
1h 06m 26s
"Astral Weeks," by Van Morrison
Feb 19, 2026
20m 20s
A Stoic's Guide to Group (Zoom Lecture)
Feb 10, 2026
56m 20s
Group as Spiritual Practice (Zoom Lecture)
Jan 23, 2026
49m 51s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/14/26 |  "Bone: Dying Into Life," by Marion Woodman | Send us Fan Mail In this episode (the first of its kind that I've made in almost a year!), I explore some of the ideas presented in Marion Woodman's "Bone: Dying Into Life," which is a collection of journal entries that chronicle her experience with uterine cancer from 1993–1995. I mostly muse on a smattering of quotes that Woodman wrote in the margins of her journal, from the likes of Carl Jung, Emily Dickinson, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Topics include the fast pace of our society and the impo... | 21m 37s | ||||||
| 3/24/26 |  A Conversation with Brittany Pressley | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share a conversation I recently had with award-winning audiobook narrator and voice actor Brittany Pressley, who has also been a friend of mine since high school. Alongside my BFF Courtney Wait as co-interviewer, I ask Brittany all (or at least some) of the questions I've been wanting to ask her since I started listening to her books (e.g. Katharine Smyth's "All the Lives We Ever Lived," Piper Weiss's "You All Grow Up and Leave Me," Lori Gottlieb's "Maybe Y... | 1h 06m 26s | ||||||
| 2/19/26 |  "Astral Weeks," by Van Morrison | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share an edited version of a radio show I did back in October of 2022, about Van Morrison's 1968 sophomore album, "Astral Weeks," released when he was just 23 years old. I provide some history on the record's creation and then focus on three songs: the title track, "Cyprus Avenue," and "Madame George." Music critic Lester Bangs called "Astral Weeks" a "mystical document" and said it was "a record about people stunned by life, completely overwhelmed, stalled ... | 20m 20s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 |  A Stoic's Guide to Group (Zoom Lecture) | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share an edited version of a Zoom lecture I gave in December of 2025 about applying the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius to the practice of group psychotherapy, and to interpersonal process groups in particular. I focus on the Stoic disciplines of perception, action, and will (or "divine acquiescence") and provide examples of how we can thrive—as group members and leaders—by bringing more awareness to these disciplines as we sit in the group circle. | 56m 20s | ||||||
| 1/23/26 |  Group as Spiritual Practice (Zoom Lecture) | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share an edited version of a Zoom lecture I gave in the spring of 2025 called "Group as Spiritual Practice." A collection and synthesis of some of my favorite spiritual teachings, this lecture explores how interpersonal process groups are a way of "getting beyond conditioning," of learning how to be alive, of cultivating courage, of becoming more of oneself and accepting life on life's terms—all definitions of spirituality that I love (among others). The ide... | 49m 51s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 |  End-of-Year 2025 (New Office!) | Send us Fan Mail In this short episode I recap the past month, which has been busier and more stressful than your average December because I signed a lease on a new therapy office and have been scrambling to set up the place in every spare moment! | 19m 31s | ||||||
| 11/7/25 |  More Than Blue: The Genius of Joni Mitchell's "For the Roses" | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I revamp an Asheville FM radio broadcast from November of 2022, in honor of Joni Mitchell's 82nd birthday (November 7th). One track at a time, I explore her 1972 album, "For the Roses," providing biographical and thematic context to illuminate each song's depth and richness. I draw from music reviews written at the time of the album's release, from filmed interviews with Joni, from David Yaffe's biography of her ("Reckless Daughter"), from the fabulous documen... | 1h 09m 05s | ||||||
| 9/11/25 |  My Therapist Died: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Axelbank | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share parts of a conversation I recently had with psychotherapist and organizational consultant Dr. Jeffrey Axelbank. In July of 2025, Jeff was featured in a New York Times article by Ellen Berry titled "The Ghost in the Therapy Room," about therapists who die unexpectedly—or at least their patients don't expect it. These patients are deprived of saying goodbye and otherwise preparing themselves for a profound loss that tends to go unrecognized by soci... | 52m 28s | ||||||
| 8/18/25 |  Honoring the Discomfort: A Conversation with Jacob Winkler | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share parts of a conversation I recently had with Jacob Winkler, founder and facilitator of the Masters of Group Therapy Club, of which I've been a member since August of 2024. I hope you enjoy this tiny sliver of the giant pie that is Jacob's knowledge and wisdom around the human psyche and how to work with it in the context of process groups. He talks about honoring what people are coming in with instead of pushing it to the side in order to stay on ... | 25m 33s | ||||||
| 7/22/25 |  "Modern Man in Search of a Soul," by Carl Jung | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I explore some of the ideas that Carl Jung expounds upon in his 1933 book, "Modern Man in Search of a Soul." There's the notion that we cannot fully accept others unless we've fully accepted (i.e., loved) ourselves; that the parts of ourselves we deem unacceptable will be banished to the unconscious and wreak havoc in ways we can't control, while we WOULD have more control if we accepted them; that "certainties can arise only through doubt"; and that problems... | 25m 00s | ||||||
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| 7/7/25 |  A Conversation with Sara Schreiber | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share parts of a conversation I recently had with psychotherapist, process group leader, and group therapy consultant Sara Schreiber. I first met her in August of 2024 in the Masters of Group Therapy Club. Together we explore her approach to facilitating groups, what challenges her most about being a group leader and member, and how her spiritual practice informs her therapy work and everything else in her life. An observer of Orthodox Judaism, Sara answers ... | 55m 04s | ||||||
| 6/16/25 |  Time & Other Thieves: The Group | Send us Fan Mail In this promotional-type bonus episode, I describe the new group I'm starting in late July, which I hope you'll consider joining! There will be two separate cohorts of Time & Other Thieves: A Discussion, Meditation, and Interpersonal Process Group. One group will meet on the last Tuesday of the month from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, and the other on the last Wednesday of the month from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. In each Zoom meeting we'll explore a different book and its... | 8m 37s | ||||||
| 6/5/25 |  "Not Always So," by Shunryu Suzuki | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I explore some of my favorite ideas from the book "Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen," by Shunryu Suzuki (edited by Edward Espe Brown). What does it mean to be oneself? How does being oneself relate to the Buddhist notion of emptiness? What is the ultimate goal or purpose of spiritual practice? I'll address these questions and more while also reflecting (yet again) on how these ideas apply to interpersonal process groups. | 27m 29s | ||||||
| 3/14/25 |  "Jesus and the Disinherited," by Howard Thurman | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I explore some of the ideas presented in Howard Thurman's 1949 book, "Jesus and the Disinherited." Bo Aganaba (host of the GoodBeing Podcast) first told me about Thurman and this book (a huge inspiration for MLK Jr.) when I interviewed him back in December. The Baptist minister's thoughts on fear, deception, hate, and love are just as relevant today as they were when he wrote them. I apply some of Thurman's ideas to what's happening in the political realm rig... | 32m 31s | ||||||
| 2/5/25 |  "I and Thou," by Martin Buber | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I explore some of the ideas in Martin Buber's "I and Thou," which presents the dialogical philosophy for which he's most well known. Given my continued passion for leading and participating in interpersonal process groups, I discuss these ideas through that lens, focusing on how group provides an opportunity to inhabit the You-world instead of the It-world, to encounter and actualize others instead of merely experience or use them. And through that encounter, ... | 25m 11s | ||||||
| 1/15/25 |  Saying the Unsaid: A Conversation with Sarah Taylor and Vanessa Caruso | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I get to explore one of my most favorite topics—group psychotherapy—with two women who are as passionate about the subject as I am: psychologist Sarah Taylor and spiritual director Vanessa Caruso. I met Sarah and Vanessa last summer in the Masters of Group Therapy Club, which continues to meet three times a week via Zoom. In this lively discussion, they talk about their 30-plus years of friendship and how they decided to start facilitating interpersonal proce... | 1h 09m 02s | ||||||
| 1/7/25 |  A Conversation with Bo Aganaba | Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of the new year, I share parts of a conversation I recently had with Bo Aganaba, host of the GoodBeing Podcast and founder and principal at GoodBeing Co. He had me on his podcast a few months back, so now the tables have turned! Bo and I talk about climate change, Christianity, Alan Watts, yoga, time (is it really a thief?), and the importance of play. With musical interludes by Violet Ultraviolet. | 1h 03m 12s | ||||||
| 11/15/24 |  Election Reflections | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I explore my thoughts on the 2024 presidential election results, on humanity in general, and how I want to proceed with living my life—with a little help from Chuang Tzu, the ancient Taoist sage. | 11m 24s | ||||||
| 10/25/24 |  A Conversation with MJ Lenderman | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share parts of a conversation I recently had with the musician MJ Lenderman, who happens to be a pal of mine. Jake talks about his nervousness around being interviewed, his desire for more solitude, and his perspective on what he calls "micro fame." He also shares some thoughts on the touring lifestyle and how it was made even more challenging when he and his Wednesday bandmate broke up several months ago. Along with fielding my questions, Jake asked me a c... | 54m 35s | ||||||
| 10/21/24 |  Reflections on Helene | Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share what my experience of Tropical Storm Helene was like as a resident of Western North Carolina. I explore my thoughts and feelings around the different ways that people cope/respond when disaster strikes their community, and I ponder impermanence as a characteristic of existence. (This cloud photo was taken the morning after the storm.) | 35m 03s | ||||||
| 9/7/24 |  Music as Divine Consolation | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share a personal essay that I recently performed at the Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville, as part of an anniversary celebration for Harvest Records. I provide some background on my being included in the event—Found in Sound: Tales from the Record Store Universe—and the very gratifying process of writing (with the help of an excellent developmental editor) "Music as Divine Consolation." It's basically about how profoundly comforting music can be fo... | 19m 31s | ||||||
| 7/1/24 |  "The Group Therapy Experience," by Louis Ormont | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I explore my fascination with interpersonal process groups and why I'm so stoked to start one of my own! Using Louis Ormont's book "The Group Therapy Experience" as my focus, I discuss what makes process groups so effective and describe some techniques used by group therapists to deepen connections between members and help them practice new behaviors. | 42m 29s | ||||||
| 4/17/24 |  Feng Shui | Send us Fan Mail In this spur-of-the-moment (ish) episode, I talk about the Chinese art of placement: feng shui! It literally means "wind" and "water." Merriam-Webster defines "feng shui" as "a Chinese geomantic practice in which a structure or site is chosen or configured so as to harmonize with the spiritual forces that inhabit it." And of course it applies to home interiors, which is what I'll focus on here. It is so very fascinating and fun! And it'll drive you to the point of distraction... | 21m 16s | ||||||
| 4/1/24 |  April 2024 | Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk about my decision to stop making these episodes on a monthly basis. Instead, I will do them when the mood strikes! I briefly discuss Thomas Aquinas, who said just a few months before his death in 1274 that his writing labors had ended: "Such things have been revealed to me that all I have written seems as straw." I love that. I also talk a little bit about the political situation in the US and what I think we need to do if DJT gets elected. And I rant a... | 15m 27s | ||||||
| 3/6/24 |  March 2024 | Send us Fan Mail In this episode—the shortest one yet!—I talk a little bit about my recent experience of realizing (as a writer) how important and helpful editors are. I also discuss the sewing meditation retreat I did in February. But I didn't feel like going on and on about it or anything else, so I kept things brief. Just a little check-in! Maybe in April I'll have more to say. :) | 12m 18s | ||||||
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6 placements across 5 markets.
Chart Positions
6 placements across 5 markets.