Sundays 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
This is a collaborative program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, awareness, and authentic and effective communication. Our intention is to provide skills, knowledge, and resources that empower listeners to effectively connect across differences so that we can all work together to create a world that works for life.
Hosted by Nancy Kahn, Timothy Regan, and Marlena Willis.
Buddhism teaches that truly seeing that everything changes can bring us happiness. Host Marlena Willis, talks with Toni Bernhard, who had her life dramatically change when she got sick and never got better. She used Buddhist practices to work with the difficulty of this and then went on to share with others about how to … Continued
Host Timothy Regan welcomes fellow Certified Trainer of Nonviolent Communication, Bay Area native, and Mediation Expert John Kinyon (mediateyourlife.com) John shares his vision, and describes a simple detailed map of how to mediate between people and between conflicted parts of our own selves. John demonstrates his work as he walks Timothy through a vulnerable and … Continued
Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, who was the founder of engaged Buddhism. Host, Marlena Willis, talks with guests, Antoinette Gonzalez and Victoria Mausisa, co founders of ARISE (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality and Equity), which is a community of mindfulness practitioners and monastics in the Plum Village tradition of Thich … Continued
Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, who was the founder of engaged Buddhism. Host, Marlena Willis, talks with guests, Antoinette Gonzalez and Victoria Mausisa, co founders of ARISE (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality and Equity), which is a community of mindfulness practitioners and monastics in the Plum Village tradition of Thich … Continued
Host Timothy Regan welcomes colleague Thom Bond, Co-Founder of the New York City Center for Nonviolent Communication and author of The Compassion Course, for some solid practice in the experience of compassion. We guide listeners through “The Exercise,” a process Thom shares to help us all access compassion here and now in our own heart. … Continued
Our planet and the life on it are in crisis. Host, Marlena Willis, talks with guest Kirsten Rudestam, one of the core faculty of an upcoming year long program, Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Training Program, on how the practice of mindfulness can sustain us and provide the skills to be spiritual caregivers of the natural world and … Continued
Our planet and the life on it are in crisis. Host, Marlena Willis, talks with guest Kirsten Rudestam, one of the core faculty of an upcoming year long program, Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Training Program, on how the practice of mindfulness can sustain us and provide the skills to be spiritual caregivers of the natural world and … Continued
Host Nancy Kahn holds a timely discussion with guest, Jim Brulé, spiritual storyteller, about the transformative process of bringing together people from different backgrounds to share their personal stories. Jim shares his vast professional experiences in leading groups of individuals and communities from different faiths and backgrounds in storytelling. He highlights the outcomes of this … Continued
Host Timothy Regan welcomes friend, colleague, and cultural catalyst Karl Steyaert to explore the moment when conflict shifts into understanding and connection. We look closely at the actual mechanics, the specific happenings, and some steps behind connection in the middle of conflict. You’ll hear stories and gain some principles to apply if you want to … Continued
Like a doctor, the Buddha approached the problem of human suffering by naming it, identifying it’s cause and sharing his insights on how to be free of suffering and the path to take to do this. Host Marlena Willis talks with retired public health physician and Buddhist teacher, Margarita Loinaz, about how her work as … Continued
