Vera Lester - Meaningful Work Coach

and I had a great time on the radio this morning with Murf Reeves and Annie Farman talking about Breathwork.

I told them off-air: I’m reading for New Orleans to be an international Breathwork training location.

Join us for this Saturday!

Raising our voice matters.

I believe that singing together is hard wired. Find a way.

Maybe with me at Kirtan on Monday?

Who are your people? -

Who are your people? I have a confession: I always want to go it alone. It’s easier to navigate without having to get approval, and I never have to compromise or sacrifice.

Is it weird to listen to your own podcast when you need a boost?

The interview I did with Sierra Austin-King is so sweet, and allowed me to revisit all our work together.

Sierra asked me to do an ancestral veneration ceremony a couple years ago, and that sent me down a really important path.

First: I found the work of Malidoma Patrice Somé. His writing about spiritual practice permanently changed how I think about my work - and honestly, the nature of the world.

Next: we had an extraordinary ceremony on the batture in Algiers. We landed their “by accident,” but it’s clear that Someone wanted us there.

Only after Sierra invited me a co-author a paper with her about our work did I realize how sacred that spot was. I’ve been back a few times to visit the beings that are there. I don’t know how to explain it - but that spot where the river bends seems to capture energy.

But it also is a place with a heavy history — the first enslaved Africans were trafficked on that land in the 1720s, just a few years after New Orleans was settled.

I find this work so humbling and inspiring, and am so grateful to be in a place with deep roots and colleagues like Sierra. 😍

Find episode 33 anywhere you listen - and stay curious.

Today’s reminder? The good s**t doesn’t make the news. Don’t lose hope - go looking for other people building the world you want to live in.

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I gathered yesterday with an *extraordinary* group of creators across discipline: healers, musicians, sustainability, experts in “living systems” — and this is your reminder:

THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD STUFF HAPPENING. Most of it is going on behind the scenes, by folks who are so busy DOING it that they don’t always have time to TALK about it.

Don’t lose hope — there are so many of us working hard to build a new world. Sending you love and well wishes.