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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge
Tami Simon, Founder and Publisher of Sounds True interviews spiritual teachers, visionary writers, and living luminaries about their newest work and current challenges—the growing edge of their inner inquiry and outer contribution to the world.
Episodes
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeThe Point of Insight | Enter the River
What do Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, a roadside run-in with the law, and conversations with Eckhart Tolle, Caroline Myss, Rob Bell, and Liz Gilbert have in…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeDiane Poole Heller: "The Surprising Superpowers of Insecure Attachment"
What if the parts of you that feel the most "broken" in relationships are actually superpowers in disguise? Tami Simon speaks with psychologist and attachment…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Jeffrey Rutstein: Did I Inherit My Nervous System?
Ever notice how a tiny criticism can send you into a full-blown spiral, and then you spend the rest of the day furious at yourself for spiraling? Dr. Jeffrey…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeBeatrice Chestnut: "Going Deeper with the Enneagram”
What if the type you've been typing yourself as isn't the whole story? Tami Simon sits down with Enneagram pioneer Beatrice Chestnut to mark the re-release of…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Gabor Maté: What Keeps Me from Being More Compassionate?
Why do some of the most hardened people—lifers on death row, people who've killed—turn out to be, underneath it all, remarkably sensitive? Physician and trauma…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeMichelle Cassandra Johnson: "Invocations and Spellwork for Support and Protection"
Tami Simon speaks with author, mystic, and racial equity educator Michelle Cassandra Johnson about her new book, You Are Protected. Together they explore…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Lissa Rankin: Can Healing Our Trauma Heal Our Bodies?
Physician Lissa Rankin says trauma doesn't just live in the mind, it can trigger measurable physical disease, from autoimmune conditions to chronic illness…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeLaurel Parnell: "The Evolution from EMDR to Multidimensional Integrative Healing"
Psychologist Laurel Parnell, a pioneer of EMDR and the creator of resource tapping, speaks with Tami Simon about her boldest evolution yet: multidimensional…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Adyashanti: Is It an Awakening If It Doesn't Change My Whole Life?
Is a spiritual awakening only real if it completely rearranges your life? That's the question Tami Simon puts to Adyashanti in this episode of Just One…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeKimberly Ann Johnson: "Becoming a Sexual Alchemist"
What if aging isn't the end of your erotic life, but its deepening? Tami Simon speaks with somatic sex educator Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of Erotic Seasons…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeThe Point of Insight | Our Medicine Lives in the Wound
An archetypal astrologer once named Tami Simon's deepest wound in the first thirty seconds of a live interview. In this month's Point of Insight, Tami traces…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeTracee Stanley: What We Need in These Threshold Times
We are devoted to our phones, but not to much that is real. Tami Simon speaks with yoga nidra teacher Tracee Stanley—author of the new book Living Ritual—about…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Geneen Roth: How Do I Work With My Hateful Voice?
Let’s hop in our time machine and head back to the very first episode of Insights at the Edge, with Tami Simon interviewing Geneen Roth in 2009. Geneen, who’s…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeMichelle Masters: "Rewiring Your Relationship with Money"
You've read the books, said the affirmations, made the plan—so why hasn't anything actually changed? Tami Simon speaks with Michelle Masters, a coach's coach…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Matt Gutman: Could Psychedelics Cure My Panic Disorder?
Journalist Matt Gutman hid his panic attacks for twenty years—until one hit him live on air. Tami asks him which of the psychedelics he tried actually changed…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeThomas Moore: "Curing Our Cultural Lostness"
What if what ails us isn't a problem to be solved, but a dimension we've forgotten? Tami Simon speaks with Thomas Moore—bestselling author of Care of the Soul…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Pānquetzani: How Do We Honor Our Ancestors By Thriving?
Pānquetzani's ancestors survived colonization. Her response is to make her life an altar to them—slowing down, dancing, feeling pleasure, doing the healing…
Sounds True: Insights at the Edge[ENCORE EPISODE] Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: "In Love with the World"
At 36, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche walked out of his monastery in the middle of the night with a few thousand rupees and no plan. Weeks later, he was dying of food…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeThe Point of Insight | "Half Human, Half Mystery"
What if you're only half human? In this Point of Insight, Tami Simon traces a thread from decades of her own practice and the discovery of the central channel…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeRaj Sisodia: "Business Leaders, You Have a Sacred Obligation"
Heart attacks spike 20% on Monday mornings. That might just be a business problem, according to Raj Sisodia. Tami Simon speaks with the conscious capitalism…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Shamini Jain: How Can You Heal From the Placebo Effect?
Most of us hear placebo and assume we're being fooled. Tami thought so too. Then Shamini Jain — clinical psychologist, biofield scientist, and author of…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeRob Bell: "The Risk of Not Becoming More You"
We usually frame it as risk versus safety. Rob Bell doesn't buy it—in his experience, it's risk both ways. Tami Simon speaks with the New York Times…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | James Hollis: Why Am I Here?
James Hollis was in the hospital, unsure whether he'd live, and what he felt wasn't despair — it was curiosity. In this episode the Jungian analyst flips the…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeLaurie Nealon: “Energy Healing with Help From the Other Side”
A client arrived with a brain tumor and thirty days to live. Fifteen years later, she's still here. Tami Simon speaks with intuitive energy healer, medium, and…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Rev angel Kyodo williams: How Do We Find Joy In the Heart of Our Suffering?
Reverend angel Kyodo williams says that if you go all the way into your suffering, right to the center of it, that's where you'll find your joy. Tami's…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeMichelle Wadleigh: "I Demand to Be Me"
How badly do you want to be free? Tami Simon speaks with Reverend Dr. Michelle Wadleigh, minister, retreat facilitator, and author of Dance Like Nobody's…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeThe Point of Insight | All We Are Given
In the first episode of The Point of Insight, a new monthly reflection from Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon shares the transmission she received while…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeD. W. Pasulka: Could We Become Ultra-Human? UFOs, A.I. & Our Evolution
A century ago, a Jesuit priest predicted that humanity would evolve into something he called the "ultra-human." Tami Simon speaks with religious studies…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgePhenomena | Season 1, Finale: Not a Machine but a Flame [Takeover]
What is the "energy" in energy healing? Healers channel it. Patients reach for it. Ancient healing traditions built entire systems around it, and modern…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: How Can We Accept Darkness?
Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, Zen priest and author of Opening to Darkness, shares the night she nearly died from anaphylactic shock, and survived not by…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeMichael A. Singer: The Pain That Ends All Pain
Few teachers have shaped modern spirituality like Michael A. Singer, author of the beloved classic The Untethered Soul. In this rare, intimate conversation…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Connie Zweig: What Does It Mean to Romance the Shadow?
You know that the object of your addiction is bad for you, but how do you stop? According to Dr. Connie Zweig, retired Jungian therapist and author of…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeCaroline Myss: Breaking Through Fear—Welcome to Spiritual Home Base
In this special episode, Tami Simon shares an excerpt from medical intuitive and New York Times bestselling author Caroline Myss's opening presentation for…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Craig Foster: Why am I Afraid of Nature?
Ever feel like you're built for the wild, but terrified the moment you actually step into it? Filmmaker and My Octopus Teacher naturalist Craig Foster joins…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeMarisa Renee Lee: Making A Stubborn Commitment to Hope
What does it take to keep hoping when hope keeps breaking your heart? Tami Simon speaks with Marisa Renée Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Grief Is…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Martha Beck: What Do I Do At Three In the Morning?
We've all been there, wide awake at three in the morning, brain running the instant we wake up and no chance of getting back to sleep. This week we hear from…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeIlia Delio: A Cyborg Christian on the God Revolution We Need Now
What if the God you've been taught to believe in is the very thing that’s keeping you from finding God? Tami Simon speaks with Sister Ilia Delio—Franciscan…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Rainn Wilson: Why Are You NOT an Atheist?
In this clip from Insights at the Edge, Tami asks Rainn Wilson, Emmy-nominated actor, author of Soul Boom, and devoted Bahá'í, why he never became an atheist…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeTara Brach: Choosing to Love in Perilous Times
What does it mean to keep your heart open when the world feels most dangerous? Tami Simon speaks with beloved meditation teacher Tara Brach, author of Radical…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJust One Question | Thích Nhất Hạnh: What Is the Root Cause of Our Social Problems?
In this clip from Insights at the Edge, Tami asks Thích Nhất Hạnh—revered Zen master, founder of Plum Village, and father of modern mindfulness—what lies…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeLodro Rinzler: Basic Goodness in a World on Fire
How do you hold true to your convictions to be good in a world that’s on fire? Tami Simon speaks with Buddhist meditation teacher and author Lodro Rinzler…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeDavid Deida: The Way of Zero
What happens when a man runs out of purpose—and doesn't collapse? Tami Simon speaks with wisdom teacher and bestselling author David Deida about his new book…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeJasper Young Bear: Prophecies for This Time: When Mother Earth Shakes
What if the greatest preparation for the changes ahead isn't physical, but spiritual? Tami Simon speaks with Jasper Young Bear, wisdom keeper and member of the…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeAndrew Holecek: Stop, Drop, and Be Held in the Dark
What if the most transformative practice available to us requires nothing but complete darkness? Tami Simon speaks with interdisciplinary scholar and Tibetan…
Sounds True: Insights at the Edgenico and devon hase: Buddhist Volcanoes In Love
What does a lasting spiritual partnership actually look like—behind closed doors? Tami Simon speaks with nico and devon hase—married Buddhist teachers and…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgePhenomena: The Science & Stories of Energy Healing [Takeover]
What happens when a cancer research institution invites energy healers into the laboratory? In this special feed takeover, Insights at the Edge presents the…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeGeneen Roth: It’s Not About Your Mother—Finding Love, Finally
After decades of therapy, retreats, and every healing modality available, Geneen Roth discovered that her fraught relationship with her 97-year-old mother…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeZabie Yamasaki: What the Nervous System Often Needs Is LESS
Your body has been sending the signals. You've just been too busy to listen. Tami Simon speaks with Zabie Yamasaki—founder of Transcending Trauma through Yoga…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeMichael Singer, Tony Robbins, Sage Robbins: Wisdom Untethered
What if the answer to every question life throws at you comes down to a single practice? Tami Simon speaks with Michael Singer—beloved author of The Untethered…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeRichard Davidson & Cortland Dahl: “Flourishing Is Contagious, and It’s Easier Than You Think”
What if flourishing isn't something you have to achieve, but something you were born to do? Tami Simon speaks with neuroscientist Richard Davidson and…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeRichard Schwartz and Tamala Floyd: Healing Across Generations: IFS + Ancestral Wisdom
What if the pain you've carried your whole life didn't begin with you? Tami Simon speaks with Richard Schwartz—founder of Internal Family Systems—and…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeBanafsheh Sayyad: Being 100 Percent Present and 100 Percent Fully Gone
What does it mean to be fully here and fully surrendered at the same time? Tami Simon speaks with Banafsheh Sayyad—master Iranian sacred dancer, choreographer…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeTian Dayton: If You Grew Up with Addicts, Healing Is a Discipline
Are the patterns you formed surviving a chaotic childhood still running your life today? Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Tian Dayton—trauma expert, psychodramatist…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgePeter Russell: Meeting Exponential Change with a Quiet Mind
The world is accelerating faster than the human mind was built to handle. So what do we do with that? Tami Simon speaks with Peter Russell—physicist…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeCody Cook-Parrott: Attention is a Creative Act
What happens to your creativity when your attention is fractured—and what becomes possible when you reclaim it? Tami Simon speaks with writer, artist, and…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeRobin Wall Kimmerer: What Does the Earth Ask of You Today?
What if the natural world isn’t a warehouse of resources—but a landscape of gifts? Tami Simon speaks with Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist, author of Braiding…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeAnne Lamott & Neil Allen: Write Toward the Really Real
What if the secret to better writing isn’t more technique—but more truth? Tami Simon speaks with beloved author Anne Lamott and her husband Neal Allen—writer…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeShi Heng Yi: The Shaolin Shift: This Is It
What does it take to truly master yourself—not just your body, but your mind, your roles, and your relationship to suffering? Tami Simon speaks with Shi Heng…
Sounds True: Insights at the Edge[ENCORE EPISODE] Coleman Barks: Rumi, Grace, and Human Friendship
An encore presentation in honor of Coleman Barks, who passed away on February 23, 2026. Tami Simon speaks with Coleman, a leading scholar and translator of the…
Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeDarnell Lamont Walker: Listen to a Death Doula: This Is What Love Looks Like
“Let people love you.” Death doula Darnell Lamont Walker finds himself saying this phrase again and again at bedsides —to those afraid of being “seen” in their…