Episodes

Friday Jan 13, 2023
My Heartsongs Podcast 199 Bring It On Part Three
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
I conclude the three part series on finding and expressing joy with some additional explorations, including Neuro linguistic Programming, a practice called earthing, regularly singing to myself, and responding to the common query of “how are you?”

Saturday Jan 07, 2023
My Heartsongs Podcast 198 Bring It On Part Two
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Check out the NYT Happiness Challenge:
https://www.nytimes.com/explain/2023/01/01/well/happiness-challenge
And the 8 1/2 minute 6 move Joy Workout:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/well/move/joy-workout-exercises-happiness.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20221227&instance_id=81211&nl=the-morning®i_id=79688672&segment_id=120919&te=1&user_id=611cdc010836519fc8775e1f2c13993e
Connect, wonder about, move and feel the joy!

Sunday Jan 01, 2023
My Heartsongs Podcast 197 Bring It On, Serve It Up, Dish It Out!
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
Sunday Jan 01, 2023
What brings you joy? How I love reading, especially science and science fiction and where the two begin to merge in my own lifetime. In the five days after the release of Chat GPT by Open AI, more than a million people signed up to test it. You can do so for free by going to https://chat.openai.com/auth/login.

Saturday Dec 24, 2022
My Heartsongs Podcast 196 Into The Quiet Zone
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
What is clear to me is that given the onslaught of information we are all exposed to, and the overwhelming amount of it negatively affecting our psyche, our own mental health requires that we pay attention to some basic best practices.

Saturday Dec 17, 2022
My Heartsongs Podcast 195 A Holiday Fable
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
I present a holiday tale that came to me in a dream. Ashe! Hanta Yo! Ameen! Make it so! Achya! Ben Fatto!

Saturday Dec 03, 2022
My Heartsongs Podcast 194 My Secret Republican Side
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Although I normally avoid political issues in these audio musings, I openly share some thoughts about fiscal responsibility, guns and the death penalty, all in contrast to my normal liberal leanings.

Saturday Nov 26, 2022
My Heartsongs Podcast 193 Thanksgiving Rolls Around Again
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Even in darkness and sadness, it is possible to allow, even just this much, the blessings that are always falling down to penetrate my isolating turning inward walls. The sun on my face, the taste of blueberries, the soft curves of a dog or cat warming itself by the woodstove, the enchantment of falling snow, the wizardry of shooting stars.

Friday Nov 18, 2022
My Heartsongs Podcast 192 No More Lessons Please
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
If life is indeed about learning lessons and a lesson tends to be repeated until learned, what is the universe inviting me to “get” right now? Might be fun to journal about what life lessons I have really absorbed. What would be the top three for your list?

Saturday Nov 12, 2022
My Heartsongs Podcast 191 Italia Beckons Part Two Florence and Pisa
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
I share some tales from our recent trip to Tuscany, a taste of the magnificence of Florence and Pisa.

Sunday Nov 06, 2022
My Heartsongs Podcast 190
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Thank you for letting me share some vignettes from my ancestral homeland—my good fortune to still be able to revel in travel adventures. I hope you might have some of your own soon. There is a unique freedom in dropping the list of daily have to’s, spending minimal screen time, and walking walking walking about in new cultural environs.