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Mindful Mavens
Wisdom seekers, humor mongers, perfectly imperfect celebrants of the human condition, Steph & Anja, two friends and long-time, wellness-oriented bodywork therapists, explore light and love, dis-ease and vibrant aliveness, and everything in between.
Episodes
Mindful Mavens179: The human side of 911, Sweet 16, and reimagining how we visit family
Podcast: “Fresh Air: Voices of 911” https://www.npr.org/2026/09/11/nx-s1-5965794/the-voices-of-sept-11-my-first-thought-was-i-cant-believe-that-i-survived…
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178: House and cat sitting, peas and hominy for the whole world
Bluetooth trackers for car and travel https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-bluetooth-tracker/?ds_c=22954849190&gclsrc=aw.ds&&utm_medium=paid_search&u…
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177: Wolf Spiders, Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem, oh my!!
Spider Medicine Card: The Spider medicine card (Card #43 from Jamie Sams and David Carson's Medicine Cards) represents creative force, weaving your own…
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176: Awe for life and function juxtaposed with flash flood devastation, alternative realities, high school musicals
Flood in Nepal/China boarder: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/nepal-flash-flood-washes-away-villages-project-sites-near-tibet-border-2026-08-26/…
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175: Dung Beetles, Nature Bathing, and the Varied Origins and Processes Involved in Writing
Dung Beetles, Nature Bathing, and the Varied Origins and Processes Involved in Writing Ali Ward - Ologies Podcast; “Salugenology - Why Humans Require Hobbies”…
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174: Laughing for Health, Victory Gardening, Burning Man Community principles
Health benefits of laughter: Physical Health: Cortisol drop Pain relief Heart boost Immune response Calorie burn Mental & Emotional Health: Dopamine release…
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173: The human element of customer service, chaos goblins, and a return to teamwork
Elitch Gardens - https://elitchgardens.com Lakeside Amusement Park Denver Film, Summer Scream Fundraising event -…
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172: The Uphill Effort and Staying in Creative Contact
Byron Katie’s 4 questions https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593234518 Suzannah Conway’s book THIS I KNOW: Notes on unraveling the…
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171: Family Health Challenges, Ceramics, Rabbit Holes, Small Worlds, and exploring “I’m fine”
Book: “Whistler” by Anne Patchett https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780063511637 Book: “Trip” by Amie Barrodale https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780374617349 Tyler…
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170 - Interview with Annalina Scalise, Expanding the capacity for empathy and the “Elation of nostalgia”
Human-ish by Justin Gregg https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780316577588 Wall-E the movie https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781427857712 Make Believe by Mac Barnette…
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169 - It takes a village to be this stubbornly hopeful; World cup choreography, experiential art, and celebrating our elders
Sounds True Podcast - Insights at the Edge https://www.soundstrue.com/a/resources/podcast/ Marisa Renee Lee, author of “Grief is Love”…
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168 - Heidi Piper Leads With Love - executive coach, book author and a Fortune 50 company c-suite innovator for 30 years
Heidi PiperLead with Love and Choose Love books Heidi’s website is PhoenixRisingco.com The concept that “everything is medicine” - meaning we can learn and…
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167 - Petrichor, Natural Medicine, and Retelling Old Legends
Do Avocado Seeds have Benefits or No? https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324714#Initial-results-are-promising Chapparal - Uses, side-effect, and more…
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166 - Interview with Somatic Healing Mediations creator Karena
https://helloinnerlight.com/somatic-healing-hub Podcast: Somatic Healing Meditations (130+ episodes) https://helloinnerlight.com/podcast The Molecules of…
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165 - Proprioception, Personal Space, and Playing to Your Strengths
“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” with Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13650700/ “Marriage Story” with Adam Driver & Scarlett…
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164 - Gathering for the Spirit of Music, Frontierism, Savants, and the right size for your village
https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780307767615 The House at Otowi Bridge by Peggy Pond Church https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780826302816 The Telepathy Tapes -…
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163 - Interview with Rachel Cole, Podcast Host and Author of "Choose Happiness"
Rachel Cole “Choose Happiness” podcast & books https://www.choose-happiness.net/ https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9798218737238…
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162 - Wonder, Awe, and Cat Faced Orb Weavers, Oh My!
Made Life Creative as a resource for creatives Rachel Cole’s podcast CHOOSE HAPPINESS Mahler Festival at University of Colorado Boulder…
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161 - HadesTown, Modern Dating, Mindfulness, and Dating
Florence Williams “Heartbreak, a Personal and Scientific Journey” https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781324050452 Florence Williams “The Nature Fix”…
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160 - Getting "Unstuck" and exploring healthy anger
https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780143115519 by James S. Gordon, MD Non violent communication movement/practice, Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD…
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159 - Choose your news & find your sexy dragons, family isn’t always blood, and sometimes in the stillness is hope
Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both…
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158 - Square dancing, evening walks, overnight oats, glucose and herbal goddess hacks
Larry McKenna https://larrymckenna.com/larrys-new-novel author of A CHURCH, A NEWSPAPER, AND A BAR Dee Sheridan and Jesse Lennox book Growing Up Aspergers…
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157 - Stop and Smell the Roses ad Get Centered in the Face of Big Changes
“Wintering: The Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times” Katherine May https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593189481 “How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to…
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156 - Lean into empowering others
Made Life Mentorship program How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims…
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155 - Saying yes to shot put, kids in the kitchen, and the most delicious improvisation
Raddish https://www.raddishkids.com/ Trader Joe’s College Cookbook - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781646042449 “Cookish” -…
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154 - Evolutionarily toddlers…and colonizing other rocks in space
1883 and 1923 Yellowstone Series Hot Mess Express https://www.hotmessexpress.co/ From Clutter to Clarity: Clean up your mindset to clear out your clutter by…
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153 - The Death of expertise, AI, hoarders, the E-car conundrum, and finding the positives
Podcast “On Point” with Megna Chakrabarti, https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026/03/23/death-of-expertise-trump-democracy Podcast “The Middle” - Is AI coming for…
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152 - Singing in choirs, sharing wisdom as only an elder can, and envisioning the possible
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary https://bestfriends.org/ Painted rocks for penguins https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVl0FS4CWK6/?igsh=MTltYzRhODJoYTd3Yw==…
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151 - A little Rock 'n Roll, and trying not to worry before there's something to worry about
NYT - “One Reporter’s Life-Altering Psychadelic Trip” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/podcasts/the-daily/ibogaine-drug-trip.html Steph Kelsey Therapy blog -…
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150 - Finding our way when we're ready, reclaiming joy, being a lighthouse
Request for favorite episodes - use our contact info to let us know The Hero’s Journey book by Joseph Campbell https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781608681891 The…
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149 - Kitten social dynamics, animal sanctuaries, fear of failure, and the olympics
Denver Kittens https://www.denverkittens.org/ Best Friends Animal Sanctuary https://bestfriends.org/sanctuary Sitting with Dogs (Rocky Kanaka)…
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148 - Let the Wildlife ROAM - our interview with author Hillary Rosner
ROAM: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World. https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781952338311 Patagonia Books…
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147 - The cost of convenience, the science of well-being, and finding our own motivation
Survival with Tom Brown: https://trackertrail.com/tombrown/1stonlinechat.html Book: “Roam: Wld Animals and Our Race to Repair Our Fractured World” by Hillary…
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146 - Interweaving; the funky estate sale, crochet connections, migrations, and the mystery of mycelium
Trident Cafe and Bookstore https://www.tridentcafe.com/ It’s Been a Minute Podcast Episode “Enough is Enough: is it time to leave America?”…
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145 - Reviving the direwolf, traveling conscientiously, the artist's process, and the evolution of language
Science Friday Podcast - 2025 Recap https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/a-look-back-at-2025-in-science-from-federal-cuts-to-space-junk…
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144 - Celebrating humans braving challenges and staying present in the balmy, windy, Colorado Front Range
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A therapist, Her therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER…
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143 - Self-Sufficiency, Circadian Rhythms, and Other Brilliant Little Things
“Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Mainteance” by Robert Persig https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780063342330 “Always trust your gut. Your brain can be fooled, your…
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142 - Botany, witchy works, aphantasia... oh my!
PLANT PEOPLE podcast: episode “extreme botany” from 5/19/2025 https://open.spotify.com/episode/34ZK0lgTXvNod5iJjjV2Fb Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Signature of All…
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141 - A Treatise on "Wicked, For Good," Imagining a better future, and what to do when the universe complies
Cynthia Arevo surprising sutdent at her high school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qit1cS0YmLo Dr Caroline Myss https://myss.com/ “Energy Anatomy”…
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140 - Human connection, dinosaurs, ancient structures, across time and space
Gottmans books: https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780553447712 https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593579657 https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780316113007by Sue…
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139 - Premature aging bias and suggestions to rewind the clock
“Quantum Healing” by Deepak Chopra https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781101884973 Dr Ellen Langer https://www.ellenlanger.me/ Mel Robbins Podcast episode: “How to…
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138 - Little Free Libraries, nostalgia for our crafty roots, and caring for the caregiver
https://littlefreelibrary.org/about/ for the Little Free Library info https://www.littlefreepantry.org/what-we-do for the Little Free Pantry info The movie…
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137 - The powerful voices that shape us (nonagenarians, Queen, Taylor, and more!)
Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour significantly boosted the U.S. economy, with estimates suggesting it generated roughly $5 billion in direct spending. Known as…
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136 - Surviving the holidays, the art of Wintering, and checking your brain at the door
“How to Winter” by Kari Leibowitz, PhD Science Friday Podcast - “The science of Thriving in Winter - by Embracing it”…
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135 - Reminders to live in season and start small; Interview with Wine Specialist and Urban Gardener, Tony Zezas
Amaranth -https://www.nativeseeds.org/collections/amaranth Tromboncino Squash - https://frustratedgardener.com/2022/07/29/all-hail-the-tromboncino/ Dine &…
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134 - Sexual Health Alliance Conference - past the giggles, there’s a whole lot more info now
Sexual Health Alliance 10th annual conference https://sexualhealthalliance.com/annual-sexological-conference-2025 The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman…
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133 - Crafting, Creating, and Mental Health; The Power of Decluttering
Glennon Doyle - We Can Do Hard Things Podcast https://wecandohardthingspodcast.com/ Marie Kondo - KonMari Method of Decluttering http://konmari.com “Spark Joy”…
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132 - Favorite books (and series) as a litmus test for perceptual evolution; Be like the willow when things get stormy
Feng Shui The Eight by Kathrine Neville https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780345366238 Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel…
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131 - Volunteer Travel Inspiration, Digital Nomads, Scope of Practice, and Emotional Intelligence vs. AI Logic
WorldWide Opportunities on Organic Farms https://wwoof.net/ Primal Intelligence by Angus Fletcher https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593715307 “Unorthodox”…
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130 - Couples Therapy and self-compassion to level up
John and Julie Gottman https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780553447712 https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593579657 Stan Tatkin…
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129 - Volunteering, finding what feeds your soul and fills your cup
MakerSpace Directory https://makerspace.com/ Cricut - https://cricut.com/en-us/ University of Colorado - Denver Lifelong Learners programs…
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128 - Wired for creative problem solving, 5 measurable types of wealth
http://HigherSightsCounseling.com is where you can find Steph and 120+ other clinical mental health therapy providers in Colorado Psychology Today also here…
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127 - Insomnia and Self-care
3-2-1 Sleep Hygiene: No food 3hrs before bed, turn off screens 2hrs before bed, turn lights down low 1hr before bed Hormone replacement…
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126 - Fall colors, falcons, food shares, frivolity; Let's Dance!
Crested Butte fall colors Falconry experience Kangaroo experience Kangaroo Ranch Make a one degree change off your current path High Point Creamery Blackberry…
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125 - Reflecting on playtime with kittens and down the rabbit hole on crafty meditations
Pet (cat) adoption resources in Denver Metro/Colorado: https://www.denverkittens.org/ https://www.rmfr-colorado.org/ https://animalshelter.adcogov.org/…
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124 - Resistance Through Artistic Expression and Agatha Christie's Perfect Poisons
Buzzy Jackson’s “To Die Beautiful” https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593187234 David Byrne “Beleza Tropical” (Brazil Classics 1)…
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123 - Possibility Posses, Curating your Social Media, and our new Affiliate Bookshop!
How to be a Better Human podcast with Chris Duffy, episode with Katherine May, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-be-a-better-human/id1544098624…
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122 - The value in a good cathartic cry, raucous laughter, and the impact of language
The Moth Radio Hour - https://themoth.org/radio-hour/live-from-new-york-give-me-five-stories-of-the-senses Pickleball stories People say the darndest things……
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121 - Adopting the best traits from inspiring people around us; we are as pliable as clay
Abraham-Hicks speaks of a “rampage of wellbeing” Neil Diamond musical Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel create a fun version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight…
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120 - Interview: Hiking the Colorado Trail with Ani King, 16 years old and blazing trails
The Colorado Trail - either ~ 500 miles or 567 miles depending on whether you go through the Collegiate Peaks or not - From Aurora to Durango The Continental…