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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.
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Sounds True: Insights at the EdgeChip Conley: Midlife: From Crisis to Chrysalis
Midlife has a bad reputation, often paired with the word "crisis" or seen as the "over the hill" phase of our journey. As the founder of the Modern Elder…
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Mark Matousek: Living Like a Stoic
When things are at their worst, says celebrated author and writing mentor Mark Matousek, Stoicism is at its best. Considered the most practical of all…
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Tsultrim Allione: Turning Towards What’s Difficult
What if instead of trying to avoid or attack the people or situations in life that we don't like, we chose to "invite them all to dinner”? In Tibetan Buddhism…
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Parker Palmer: Welcome to the Human Race
Why is depression so hard for us to bring out into the open? Why does it stir up so much shame and fear? How can we shift our view of depression from a problem…
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Jacqueline Suskin: Being an Artist for the Earth
In our modern world, many of us live predominantly out of sync with the rhythms and cycles of nature and the Earth. In her new book, A Year in Practice…
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Anne Lamott and Neal Allen: Taming Your Inner Critic
Many people have written and taught about the inner critic. But few have illuminated the subject with an approach as refreshing, innovative, and accessible as…
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Gabor Maté: Healing Principles to Embody in a Traumatized World
Why do we suppress our authenticity? How do we reconcile the need to accept things as they are with a desire to change them? What is the pathway to healing in…
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Clay Routledge: The Surprising Powers of Nostalgia
Can relishing the past help us create a better future? If we want to move ahead, how does going back support us? Could it be that thinking about the past is…
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gina Breedlove: The Vibration of Grace
We all carry grief in one form or another. Whether it's unhealed wounds from our past or a heart that's breaking over the suffering in our world, so many of us…
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Stephen Aizenstat: Increasing Your Imaginal Intelligence
When we’re children, we’re encouraged to use our imagination. Yet over time, we tend to leave the imagination behind and emphasize logic and rational thinking…
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Moshe Gersht: Standing in Certainty During an Uncertain Time
Responding to an undeniable inner impulse for deeper understanding and purpose, Moshe Gersht left behind a successful career as a musician to study the Torah…
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Lama Rod Owens: The Path of the New Saint
To be a New Saint is to move into a direct relationship with suffering—our own and that of the world—and make a commitment to disrupt that suffering in any way…
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Justin Michael Williams, Shelly Tygielski, and Mario Van Peebles: How We Ended Racism
The end of racism—really? When your eyes stop rolling, tune in to this podcast to hear why it's actually possible—in our lifetimes—to free our society from…
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Nataly Kogan: Living in a Friendly and Joy-Filled Universe
What brings you your greatest joy? How do you access your inner "awesome"? Nataly Kogan has made it her life's work to help people overcome burnout and break…
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Mpho Andrea Tutu van Furth: I’m Here For Love
"If we as a world ever got even a hint of the incredible love with which God loves us, we would be living in such a different world than we do now." These are…
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Andrea Gibson: Facing Mortality and Being Adored and Cherished by the Universe
Great poets expand our view—of ourselves, of each other, and of the entire universe. Andrea Gibson was named Colorado's 2023–25 Poet Laureate for their…
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Stefani Goerlich: Understanding Kink and Advocating for Its Cultural Redemption
You're kinky but your partner is vanilla. Or maybe it's the other way around. Perhaps you've always known; perhaps you just found out. So how do you talk about…
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Katie Horwitch: Reimagining Being Positive and Fearless
Shifting out of negative self-talk isn't easy. Sugar-coating, "sending love and light," faking-it-till-we-make-it, and other forms of false positivity can do…
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Thomas Hübl: Alchemizing Individual, Ancestral, and Collective Trauma
Visionary teacher Thomas Hübl is leading the way toward a new era of trauma healing on the individual, ancestral, and collective levels. In this podcast, Tami…
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Jamie Della: Crafting a Wise and Magickal Life
Mystery and misunderstanding surround the practice of magick and witchcraft. In the decades since she chose to publicly "come out of the broom closet," author…
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Spring Washam: Partnering with Ancestors for Support and Liberation
Our collective human family faces unprecedented challenges—but we need not face them alone. We can call on the living spirit of our ancestors to collaborate on…
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Megan Devine: Acknowledging Our Grief and Carrying What Can’t Be Fixed
When we suffer a serious loss, we come face-to-face with the fragile nature of this world. Yet in today's culture, we often try to avoid or deny the deep…
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Matt Gutman: Conquering a Lifetime of Panic Attacks
28% of Americans will experience a panic attack in their lifetime. Some researchers say that number is closer to 50%. Renowned ABC News correspondent, Matt…
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Gladys McGarey: Activating Our Life Force with Love
At the ripe young age of 102, physician, author, and great-great-grandmother Dr. Gladys McGarey maintains an active consulting practice and in 2023 published…
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David Spiegel: Self-Hypnosis for Well-Being
The practice of hypnosis is considered by many people within and outside of the medical profession to be useless, dangerous, or both. Yet studies are showing…
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Tami Simon: Being a Spiritual Entrepreneur
A magazine article about Sounds True founder Tami Simon referred to her as a “spiritual entrepreneur.” At first, Tami wasn’t sure about the label. Yet over…
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Jeremy Hunter: Untaught Essentials for Business Humans
How do you transform your mind, and how do you do it in real time amidst the challenges of work and life? How do you remain openhearted and generous in a…
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Maggie Smith: Writing in a Way That Is Brave, Real, and True
Bestselling poet Maggie Smith has a gift for embracing the complexity of our human experience—and for writing about it with piercing intensity, clarity, and…
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Light Watkins: Putting Your Heart-Voice into Action
What is spiritual minimalism? How do we “declutter” ourselves so we can hear and take action on the voice of our hearts? In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks…
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A.H. Almaas: Love in Its Boundless Dimension
We come into this world with a basic trust in the goodness of life. And our trials, tribulations, and traumas cover up that trust, or shatter it completely. In…
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Andrew Holecek: Reverse Meditation
Your mindfulness practice worked! You calmed your mind and felt the deep, inner bliss that meditation brings. But, asks Andrew Holecek, what do you do with…
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Chris Bache: Diamonds from Heaven: Exploring the Mind of the Universe
What is the meaning of life? Can we really understand the nature of time and space or the structure of the universe? Is reincarnation real? Get ready for an…
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Shamini Jain: Healing Ourselves at This Time — The Benevolent Challenge
What is the future of health and healing? In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Dr. Shamini Jain about her vision of the medicine of tomorrow, where not only…
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Friedemann Schaub: Becoming the Empowered Leader of Your Subconscious Mind
The subconscious mind has a critical role in our lives—a role that it’s always busy fulfilling. But it also has a problem, explains Dr. Friedemann Schaub: “It…
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Three Black Men
We know that we're living in a critical time in human history. We know that we can no longer say, "It's not my responsibility." What is it that this time begs…
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Sherianna Boyle: Energy in Action
“Focus on your thoughts.” That’s the first instruction most of us receive when we begin to explore the practice of manifestation. Sherianna Boyle has a…
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Tony Schwartz and Kimberly Manns: The Reckoning: Seeing More and Feeling More
Who could you become if you fully allowed yourself to accept what you really want and go for it without reservation? What’s standing in your way? With their…
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Melissa Bernstein: Finding Meaning and Creating from Light
Through the wonderful, timeless toys she has created with her husband and their company, Melissa & Doug, Melissa Bernstein has sparked a brilliant imaginative…
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Stan Tatkin: In Each Other’s Care
Dr. Stan Tatkin is uniquely talented at helping couples shift from being in each other's faces to being in each other's care. In this podcast, Tami Simon…
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Rainn Wilson: Standing for a Spiritual Revolution
How do we reimagine society and build it anew upon a foundation of love, unity, and compassion? This is the central question Rainn Wilson explores in his new…
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Mark Nepo: The Half-Life of Angels
How do we know our own authenticity? How can we return to our hearts when we find we’ve left them? As we evolve and change along our journey, how do we relate…
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Jon Kabat-Zinn: Befriending Pain
Current statistics tell us that 20% of the US population has some form of chronic pain, defined as severe discomfort that has continued for six months or more…
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Lorna Byrne: Knowing Yourself as a Spiritual Being
There is a material world we can touch with our hands and see with our eyes. And as Lorna Byrne assures us, there is also a spiritual world that is just as…
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Ruby Warrington: Women Without Kids
Whether or not to become a parent is a central question in life. There are many factors that influence the decision, some of which are out of our control. Yet…
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Elissa Epel: The Stress Prescription
How can we live without the sense that our value is measured by achievements and productivity? What kind of attitude and skills are needed today to deal with…
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Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: Opening to Darkness
Darkness is an inseparable part of life. Yet instead of resisting it or trying to eradicate it, as society would often have us do, how can we use darkness as…
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Andrea Owen: Speaking with a Damn Good Coach
Andrea Owen is an author, global keynote speaker, and professional certified life coach who helps high-achieving women master their confidence and resilience…
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Mara Glatzel: What Do You Need?
We all have needs. Yet why is it so difficult to honor them? In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Mara Glatzel about her book, Needy: How to Advocate for…
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Rachel Macy Stafford: The Soul Shift to What Really Matters
In her new book, Soul Shift, Rachel Macy Stafford offers a practical approach to navigating a culture of distraction and depletion to find your way back to…
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MaryCatherine McDonald: The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong
For centuries, we’ve been taught that being traumatized means we are somehow broken—and that trauma only happens to people who are too fragile or flawed to…
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Iain S. Thomas & Jasmine Wang: Can AI Answer Life’s Biggest Questions?
Mention to someone the words “artificial intelligence,” and chances are you’ll get a very emotional response. For some, the thought of AI triggers fear, anger…
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Paulina Porizkova: Aging Beautifully
We're all beautiful in different ways. To see this beauty in everyone around you only takes a little kindness and patience. This is just one of the many deep…
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Sará King: Liberatory Technology from the Future
We live in an age of astounding technological wonders. Yet there is great fear and uncertainty around where it’s taking us all. The multitalented Dr. Sará King…
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Daniel J. Siegel: IntraConnected: Discovering MWe (Me + We)
We may have a mental understanding that all of life is one inseparable whole, yet how do we actually feel into this reality? And how do we relate to others and…
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Emilia Elisabet Lahti: Sisu: Embodying Gentle Power
How do we find the strength to keep going when it feels like there’s nothing left inside of us? The Finnish philosophy of sisu shows us a new way to look at…
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Sarah Blondin: Heart Minded
Is your heart asking you for a more meaningful conversation? Are you longing to engage a different kind of awareness than the thinking mind? Sarah Blondin is…
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Valerie Gangas: In Deep Shift
When our lives are unexpectedly overturned, how do we regain our footing and make something new and better of ourselves? In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks…
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Connor Beaton: Men’s Work
What does it look like to connect to our own masculinity, our own masculine core, in a healthy way? How as men do we welcome the parts of ourselves we dislike…
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Melody T. McCloud: Black Women’s Wellness
Dr. Melody T. McCloud has written a first-of-its-kind, truly groundbreaking book that serves as an indispensable guide to help Black women lead healthier…
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Bruce Tift: Already Free
Have you ever wondered how to hold the following two seemingly contradictory experiences? On the one hand, you feel in touch with the vast expanse of being…