Category: Podcast

Deana Dennard of Sonoma Enlivened on The Positive Fantastic

Sonoma Enlivened

I’m absolutely in love with fermentation and I hope by the end of the episode about Sonoma Enlivened, you will be too. As someone who grew up familiar with the S.A.D. “Standard American Diet,” I fully embraced fermentation when I came of age and started to marvel at all the delicious, nutritious, and traditional cultures…
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Josh Khankhanian at Moongazer for The Positive Fantastic

Regeneration with Hugels

“Regeneration with Hugels” is a subject near and dear to my heart. In this special Fall Equinox edition of “The Positive Fantastic” podcast, I interview integrated cannabis and vegetable farmer Josh Khankhanian about using hugelkultur in regenerative agriculture. Josh has that twinkle in his eye when he talks about his farm and gardens. In all…
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Tirza Dawn yoga teacher on The Positive Fantastic

This is Yoga

I teamed up with my yoga teacher, Tirza Dawn, to share about the more esoteric practices of yoga in “This Is Yoga,” episode 21 of “The Positive Fantastic” podcast. I came to yoga as a teenager, but was always very shy about practicing because I am more intellectually intelligent than kinesthetically able-bodied.  As a fully…
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Dorothy Mandel and Heart Synchrony on The Positive Fantastic

Heart Synchrony

Episode 20 of “The Positive Fantastic” is all about Heart Synchrony! Dorothy Mandel conducted her PhD research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Her dissertation explored how we are connected through our hearts. In this episode Dorothy shares with me what she discovered on her academic journey and the implications for how we can all…
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Blair Phillips on The Positive Fantastic

Earth Stewardship

We’re cruising into episode 19 of “The Positive Fantastic” podcast with Earth Stewardship on our hearts and minds. I arrived at Abuela Gardens and marveled that this conscious community and educational center is actually a very short distance from my own home as the crow flies. Enjoying the connection of being backyard neighbors, I walked the…
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The Ceres Community Project on The Positive Fantastic

The Ceres Community Project

The Ceres Community Project exists at the intersection of food rights and youth empowerment. This 18th episode of “The Positive Fantastic” podcast explores how this amazing non-profit org has been structured to create a sustainable model in support of healthy community.  Through volunteering activism, nourishing meals, and education about nutrition and gardening, episode 18 hits…
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Keoma McCaffrey drinking tea for The Positive Fantastic

Herbal Connections, Yo

In the 17th episode, “Herbal Connections, Yo” of the Positive Fantastic podcast I interviewed my dear friend and amazing herbalist Keoma McCaffrey. Keoma and I met in herb school, and immediately became close friends. Every time we went to herb school, she blew my mind with what she had created. She wasn’t just an amazing…
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Jessy Jane on The Positive Fantastic

Nature is Our Living Classroom

The 16th episode “Nature is Our Living Classroom” of The Positive Fantastic podcast features the subject of outdoor education.  As Covid closed schools throughout much of California and in other parts of the country, a desire for outdoor classrooms has been sparked like never before in our collective imagination. I really believe that nothing could…
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Elizabeth Raybee Mosaic Guru Goddess Queen The Positive Fantastic

Mosaic Guru Goddess Queen

Elizabeth Raybee, the “Mosaic Guru Goddess Queen” was and I quote “raised in a junkyard.” That was where her first love of mosaics was born —in the place where all the broken things come to roost, waiting to be put back together, reborn as art.  Since then, Raybee has become Mendocino County’s consummate mosaic artist.…
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Navigating Kundalini The Positive Fantastic

Navigating Kundalini Energy Part 1

In the 14th episode of the Positive Fantastic podcast I interviewed my dear friend Gwen Jensen about “Navigating Kundalini Energy” (part 1). And she shared about how others on a similar journey can navigate their own kundalini experiences. There’s so much to say about this subject and so much information to convey that we have…
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