BEYOND
114 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 117 ratingsconversations with artists and makers, activists and philosophers. people who have found it within them to go beyond: the norm, the expected, the status quo. to take what is inside of them and bring it bravely and boldly into his world.
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divine love with srimati, aka julie piatt
June 15, 2023 03:30 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBsrimati is one of my heroines and i do not use that word lightly. i look to her often as a model of how to live a courageous, honest, spirit-led life. it was a tremendous honor to have this conversation with her. srimati “has spent decades seeking the divine in all of her life experiences. living from a deep place of devotion, srimati is a living spiritual guide devoted to reminding others of their spiritual nature so that they too can experience the full presence of their existence.” srim...
the way of devotion with nina lombardo
June 01, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBnina lombardo is a woman devoted. it’s in the way she speaks and the way she moves, in what she teaches and what she lives. it’s in her body, her heart and her whole being. “nina is a yogic intimacy teacher and wisdom keeper of the sacred feminine arts. she supports women in embodying their most authentic spiritual and sexual expressions so they can experience the soul-ravishing unions they crave with life, with their lovers, and with the divine” through her online programs, her one-on-one...
creating intimacy with allana pratt
May 18, 2023 01:13 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBi first met allana pratt over 13 years ago when i interviewed her for a summit i was hosting on pleasure and sensuality. i loved her candor, kindness and deep devotion to her work. allana is an intimacy expert, the podcast host of intimate conversations, and author of six books. she has interviewed whoopi goldberg and alanis morrisette, coached leeza gibbons on dancing with the stars and been featured on huffington post, people magazine, forbes, CBS, ABC, FOX, TLC, iHeartRadio, the GoodMenP...
radical wholeness with philip shepherd
May 03, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBwhen i began reading radical wholeness by philip shepherd i cried. these words, this man. how did he put into words what was lining the insides of my soul? how did he know the answers to questions i’d held on to for years? philip teaches embodiment but “unlike the prevailing view of embodiment which involves sitting in the head and ‘listening to your body,’ philip’s approach helps you listen to the world through the body. what the body most deeply understands is that it belongs to the worl...
awakening the feminine with rachel rossitto
April 20, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBi don’t know how i found rachel rossitto but a handful of words on her website changed the way i understood myself in this world. i had to know more. rachel is a teacher, guide, mystic, and fairy of rose medicine. having devoted the last 16 years of her life to “studying temple arts, earth-based feminine wisdom, eastern spiritual philosophy and practice, plant medicine, energy healing, the way of tea, women’s holistic health and masculine and feminine healing and integration,” rachel has c...
nadia bolz-weber on grace, leadership and the messiness of being human
June 10, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 78 MBnadia is the author of three new york times bestselling memoirs, pastrix:the cranky, beautiful faith of a sinner and saint; accidental saints: finding god in all the wrong people, and more recently shameless: a sexual reformation. she is an ordained lutheran pastor and the founder of house for all sinners and saints in denver, colorado, a quirky congregation she served for over 10 years. nadia travels domestically and internationally as a speaker and has been featured on NPR’s morning edit...
daje james on essence liberation and creative courage
May 27, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBwhen i think of daje, i think of power. wide-eyed, full-bodied power. the kind of power born of tension and tightness, emergence and transcendence. power that roots in the earth and spreads, like tendrils, through their poetry, song and space holding. daje is “a storyteller, flower essence practitioner, and space-holder for wild-hearted leaders and creative entrepreneurs. she supports creatives in coming home to their true nature and self-initiating themselves into dharmic creative flow whi...
solocast: the stories that make up my song
May 20, 2022 02:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBin this episode i share my stories: the stories that make up my song. stories that defy logic, go beyond rational thinking, and yet were the exact experiences i needed to understand my place on this earth and my work in this world. this is my most personal solocast. i hope you enjoy it. you can listen to all past episodes with beautiful, amazing folks like lisa congdon, valarie kaur, david whyte, rob bell, michael franti, laura horn, and many more at daphnecohn.com
poet mandy kahn on the world-altering power of the peace mind
May 13, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBin some way i am changed by every interview but then there are the ones that uproot my knowing and shift the soil below me. this is one of those interviews. mandy is a poet, peace advocate and public speaker. her list of accolades and accomplishments is long. in brief (but hardly complete), mandy is the author of two collections of poetry, glenn gould’s chair and math, heaven, time, writer-in-residence at the philosophical research society, subject of a feature-length documentary, “peace pi...
solocast: the courage it takes to be true
May 07, 2022 00:01 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBin this episode i talk about the hardest thing when crafting your own life, singing your own song: fear. as elizabeth gilbert says, "creativity is a path for the brave, but it is not a path for the fearless. bravery means doing something scary." i talk about the fear i live with every day the truth of this journey how to let your life speak the terror, and freedom, in being vulnerable and staying close to the way we are made you can listen to previous episodes with amazing artists and...
anna lovind on telling the truth, the vulnerability backlash, and doing what's right
April 29, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBanna is an edge walker. dancing with the wild. beckoning towards the unknown. digging into the unchartered to open eyes, shift sands, and create new. she is as wise as she is brave, as honest as she is strong. anna is a writer, creativity teacher and mother. she is the author of “the creative doer” and the founder of the creative doer community and ignite. anna writes “about writing, feminism, learning to say (holy) yes and (fuck) no, sisterhood, motherhood, and her quest to re-define the ...
solocast: creating a life that is yours
April 22, 2022 02:00 - 21 minutes - 18.8 MBin this episode i explore one of the most powerful questions i know: how do you use your creativity to craft a life that is yours? i talk about moving from domesticated adult to wild animal, going beyond your personal belief system, learning the language of your body, how to use your body as a tracking system to bring you home and specific strategies for singing your own song. you can listen to previous episodes with amazing artists and makers at daphnecohn.com
carrie schmitt on devotion, destruction and liberation through art
April 15, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBi first met carrie when i interviewed her for the podcast several years ago. her story of pain, loss and rebirth captivated me. her colorful paintings of flowers and women delighted me. her success as an artist intrigued me. then we became friends and i fell in love with her passion for creativity, her devotion to the creative spirit and her wild, fierce questioning, soul. despite carrie’s heat allergy, which can drain her physically and emotionally, carrie is all light, painting beauty int...
solocast: how to ask big questions & why it matters
April 08, 2022 02:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBwelcome to my first solocast. in this episode i talk about one of my greatest loves: questions. i share about hearing a voice that changed my life, how to ask big questions, why questions matter and how they bring us freedom. you can join me and artists, writers, makers from around the world every day, monday through friday, for illumine: a free sacred creativity hour. you can learn more here. you can learn about emerge, an embodied writing series, here. or {within}: a community for artis...
emma freeman: on slow art, sobriety and spiritual awakening
April 02, 2022 19:24 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBsometimes we have to go through the darkest nights to live into the lightest days. emma was recovering from two serious health diagnoses when covid hit. within a month she was divorced, had closed her art store, and moved back in with her parents. thus began a spiritual awakening that led to her getting sober, becoming a poet, finding buddhism and making art from the earth. emma is a “queer contemplative artist, poet, teacher and facilitator connecting deeply with words, textiles, slow st...
andrea scher: wonder seeker
December 04, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBandrea is a wonder seeker. she looks for it in the easy moments – a kiss, friends gathered together, traveling to other countries. and she looks for it in the hard moments – beset by anxiety, in the midst of divorce, struggling to stay afloat. we talk about this – about turning towards the hard, making space for the all of it, in order to give wonder the breath and space to arise. wonder is a habit, a skill, just like eating well, exercising, meditation or any other tool you use to stay s...
meggan watterson: doing your soul's work
November 19, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBmeggan is a feminist theologian. she writes about mary magdalene and the divine feminine. one could listen to this conversation and think, initially, that it is about religion, christianity and what it means to be a woman in a male-dominated theology. but it isn’t. it’s about soul work and having the courage to sit still and listen for what’s true. it’s about battling the doubts and fears to put into the world the voice you came here to speak. it’s about making your thing no matter the for...
asia suler: everything is medicine
November 04, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBasia is a writer, teacher and medicine woman who runs her own online apothecary and offers courses on intuitive plant medicine, business as a spiritual journey and the pussy portal. when asia was a teenager she became ill with a chronic pain condition, vulvodinia. allopathic doctors told her there was no cure. they told her she would be in constant pain for the rest of her life unless they removed the nerve endings in her vulva. from somewhere deep inside asia heard a resounding “no.” th...
mariana mae: the story we are here to tell on earth
October 20, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBin the middle of my conversation with mariana, i broke down crying. i had to stop talking to gather myself, to find words again. it was, in part, in response to mariana’s words. but it was also in response to mariana herself. mariana mae is an artist, visionary, founder of easy to breathe, unearth, and origen raíz, an “organization in alliance with Indigenous Nations of Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala, committed to amplifying the voice of cultural education, preservation and exchange.” mariana...
jess scheer: the invisible world, dreams and becoming your own spiritual guide
September 28, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBjess scheer is a business strategist who supports “indigenous leaders and earth keepers with a powerful vision for the world to bring their message to the masses.” in this conversation, jess speak about many things. about the unshakeable stability of the inner world and our connection to all things. how she began to experience a deep peace while following what she most longed for. but more than anything i was struck by our conversation around dreams: the ones of the day from which we create...
ashley river brant: rituals to connect with earth, spirit and self
September 14, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBashley river brant is a “multi-dimensional artist, writer, teacher and bridge between worlds.” she is a “spiritual alchemist with a vision of bringing more beauty to this planet […] a mystic sharing the teachings of the otherworlds, a channel for Mother Earth.” her work is “about reconnecting you to your creative genius–the whole ecosystem of life swirling within you. guiding you home to your […] heart’s longings, burning desires, powerful intuition, and truth.” she is the author of tending...
julia cameron on the listening path
January 11, 2021 14:59 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBjulia cameron has been changing lives all over the world since the artist’s way first came out in 1992. millions of people write morning pages and take artist dates - two of julia’s most well-known tools for finding your creativity and living out your truth. since then julia has gone on to author more than forty books, plays and works of poetry. she is commonly referred to as "the godmother" or "high priestess" of creativity. the artist's way has been translated into forty languages and so...
laura horn: the most powerful way to make your art and build a business
December 21, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBthere are so many ways we are taught to make art, to create a business, to live a life. laura horn shows us that the most powerful way to do any of those things is to do them as yourself: to make art that feels good, to build a business in alignment with your strengths and to live in deep acceptance of who you are. after many years of fighting herself, laura embarked on the slow and steady path of acceptance. as trite as it sounds, it changed everything. today laura is an abstract painter...
valarie kaur: the power of revolutionary love
December 07, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBwhen I first discovered valarie kaur, I cried. I cried watching her six-minute video that went viral and garnered over 40 million views. I cried reading her book “see no stranger: a memoir & manifesto of revolutionary love,” and I cried in our conversation as she shared her wisdom, heart, passion and love. valarie is a seasoned civil rights activist and celebrated prophetic voice “at the forefront of progressive change.” she leads the revolutionary love project to “reclaim love as a force ...
elle luna: your story is your power
November 30, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBwe are born into a world heavy with shoulds, rights and wrongs. growing up in that world we forget that we have the power to change our world. we forget that just because people tell us what we should and shouldn’t do, we can imagine any way to be. and we can always choose our own way forward. elle luna is a designer, painter, writer, and author of “the crossroads of should and must” and co-author of “your story is your power” with susie herrick. she facilitates a global art movement, #The...
elle luna: living your "must" life, not your "should" life
November 30, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBwe are born into a world heavy with shoulds, rights and wrongs. growing up in that world we forget that we have the power to change our world. we forget that just because people tell us what we should and shouldn’t do, we can imagine any way to be. and we can always choose our own way forward. elle luna is a designer, painter, writer, and author of “the crossroads of should and must” and co-author of “your story is your power” with susie herrick. she facilitates a global art movem...
rob bell: on staying curious, finding your joy and the miracle of the universe
November 23, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBthere are so many ways to be human. so many ways to look at what we have been given. so many ways to respond to a life. I turn to rob bell when I want to be a human filled with possibility, to look at what we have been given with joy, and to respond to life with wonder. rob is a master creator who talks, writes, and teaches you how to say the thing you’re dying to say and do the thing you’re dying to do. he is a speaker, podcaster and author of ten books including several new york times bes...
mia birdsong on "how we show up: reclaiming family, friendship and community"
November 16, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBin a time when covid physical distances us from one another, politics emotionally separates us, and an economy driven by individual success financially divides us, it can seem almost impossible to create what we most need to truly belong: community. mia birdsong, pathfinder, activist, storyteller and author of “How We Show Up: reclaiming family, friendship and community” has devoted her life to creating and cultivating community not just because it feels good but because we need it. we need...
morgan harper nichols: how art and truth took her from paycheck-to-paycheck to influencing millions
November 09, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBmorgan harper nichols offers her art daily to her 1.6+ million instagram followers, via her podcast and her book of poetry and art, “all along you were blooming” and through her many collaborations with companies like coach, adobe, live nation, aerie and more. in this conversation, we talk about going from paycheck to paycheck to a business with employees, two books, multiple partnerships and a massive social media following, the role of intuition in her art and life, staying the course an...
david whyte: the art of being human
June 29, 2020 02:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBlistening to david whyte reminds me of something I had long ago forgotten. his words, written and spoken, feel like a homecoming. there is permission within them to lose oneself in the questions and the listening. to simply arrive at what is here, waiting for me. for us. david calls this “the empty space beneath the breath where everything real emerges.” david is a poet and a philosopher. he is the author of nine books of poetry and four books of prose, including his two most recent books,...
why bother? discover the desire for what's next with jennifer louden
June 08, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBin this conversation with self-help pioneer and author of, "why bother: discover the desire for what’s next," jennifer louden talks about claiming your agency and knowing your work matters, how to know when to stop bothering and move on to something else? what to do when you don’t know what your desires are, how to keep choosing yourself over and over again and how to be vulnerable in your work and then share it with the world.
belonging, creativity and a pathway home with toko-pa turner
May 11, 2020 13:29 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBthere are those souls that are both soft and strong, wise and wide open. toko-pa is one of those souls. when toko-pa was just 15 she ran away from a violent, destructive home life and found herself having to navigate “the system.” the next decade was a hard one as she figured out, on her own, how to become an adult in a complicated, often uncaring world. this was the beginning of her search for belonging. this search has led her down many creative, beautiful paths and today she is the foun...
the path to greatness: episode 4 of "who we might become" with jesh de rox
April 13, 2020 02:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBin this episode of the ten-part series, "who we might become," joy researcher, jesh de rox, explains what is joy, why it’s so important to creativity, and how to connect to it how to respond to sadness and pain with a creative spirit the path to greatness and how we let go of what doesn’t serve us anymore in order to make what does you can learn more about jesh and download the remaining seven episodes of this series over at daphnecohn.com you can check out "within studio": a communit...
episode 2: who we might become with jesh de rox
March 23, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBjoin joy researcher, jesh de rox, and I for part 2 of our ten-part mini-series “who we might become.” in this episode we explore how to see differently, create your own language and change the culture with your creativity. some things we talk about: the seed of all creativity the three stages of the creative process the gift of enough and not enough what it takes to become an artist who will actually produce change in the larger culture why joy matters so much and how to start breakin...
who we might become with jesh de rox: episode 1
March 16, 2020 14:40 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBjesh de rox, at heart, is an explorer. a man who has spent much of his life asking the big questions; the ones that help make sense of who we are and why we’re here. over the years, traveling the planet, immersing himself in experiences and conversations that test the boundaries of commonly accepted ideology and culture, jesh has become a very successful creative entrepreneur, thought leader, and business coach. through his journey, jesh learned to shape and grow his businesses based on pri...
on being your own "right size" and making your own true thing with marlee grace
January 27, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBmarlee grace is a writer, a dancer, an artist, and a “shape maker.” she has books on social media addiction and “how to not always be working.” she teaches and does creative advising. she has a podcast and a project called CENTER, “an experiment unfolding in space and time.” she lives in a patriarchal, cisnormative, heterosexual-driven culture as a queer female artist constantly blurring the lines of the known and the unknown. she is not afraid to be many things and she is not afraid to s...
using art to create a sustainable planet for all with elaine su-hui
December 02, 2019 03:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBwith the world falling into chaos, it always lightens my heart to find artists and women like elaine. elaine is a rebel of the highest cause: rising up against the worst parts of a capitalist economy to bring about a more sustainable, peaceful life for all. elaine’s studio, inner fields, is founded on the principles of deep ecology and buddhism. inner fields has two key wings: on one side are elaine’s prints, pigment drawings and works on paper; on the other side are her hosted listening an...
tender truth serum in human form with laurie wagner
November 18, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBlaurie wagner is an expert on telling the truth. it’s the way she writes, teaches, and lives. there was a time early on in laurie’s success when the success began taking precedence over the truth. what the market wanted became more important than what her heart wanted. so she quit. she left the public writing world behind – the world of book deals and magazine articles – to find her own words. she turned to teaching as a way of making money while writing privately to discover what really m...
how I built my entire career, and life, around one thought with brooke shaden
November 04, 2019 03:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBthis is world-renowned photographer, brooke shaden's, second time on the creativity habit podcast. in this conversation brooke shares how she built an entire career, and life, basing every decision on this one question: will this bring me, and others, maximum fulfillment? and she means EVERY decision. in this conversation we talk about: how to trust your voice above anyone else’s saying, and making, what’s important (and how it can change your ENTIRE career) how to practice bravery the ...
for female creators, activists, and magic makers with anna lovind
October 21, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBwhen things were hard for anna as a child, and they often were, she disappeared into writing and reading. she left behind what was hard for a world that was hers. a world where she had power, voice, and words. a world where she made up the rules and created what she wanted. that world was her salvation. eventually anna turned that world into her livelihood. today anna is a writer, an editor and a creative entrepreneur. she teaches writing to women who want to share their stories and live f...
real, raw, and unedited with jen pastiloff
October 07, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBwhen jen was eight her father died. the last words she said to him were “I hate you.” those words would haunt her well into adulthood as she found herself dropping out of NYU as an english major, working as a waitress for 14 years while “pursuing” acting and dead-end relationships, and falling deeper into depression. the day she began taking anti-depressants was the day she began finding her way home. she became a yoga teacher and started writing what was true. sharing all of what it means...
quitting everything for art with araki koman
September 09, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBwe all get thrown off course. sometimes it’s the teacher who told us we weren’t any good. or the school that rejected our application. or the job we didn’t get. or the launch where no one bought. it’s different for everyone but everyone has some version of this story. for araki it was when she was 16 and, after having devoted a childhood to making art, to loving art, she didn’t have the grades for art school. so she stopped. for ten years she didn’t make any art. she studied international b...
choosing love over fear in art, business, and life with lindsay king
August 26, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBpainter and writer, lindsay king, is devoted to love: self-love, unconditional love, and spreading love. it's her art, her business, and her purpose. in her own words, my “intention is to create meaningful work that carries the energy of love and healing. Asking to be a clear conduit for messages of love to move into the paint and fibers of the paper itself.” these are hard times. no matter your political beliefs, your nationality, or your place in life, we all are facing big challenges. t...
when life is hard and art is the way out with illustrator kaylani juanita
August 12, 2019 02:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBIt’s hard enough to feel worthy and good about oneself just being a human in a big, uncertain world. But for Kaylani, it was even harder. Born to a black father and a Filipino mother, Kaylani never felt like she belonged. She was bullied in school and at home. The messages she received about her worth and inherent goodness were twisted and cruel. And yet, somehow, Kaylani found her way through art and an incredible inner strength. With the help of mentors, teachers, and her mom, Kaylani is ...
from meth addict to internationally recognized photographer 32 years sober with catherine just
July 29, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBCatherine Just started using drugs and alcohol when she was 13. By 18 she was addicted to crystal meth. Then one day, in the throes of addiction, she heard a voice. It said, “There’s more to this life than what you’re living.” Something in Catherine woke up and she got sober. She "checked herself into art school" where she immersed herself in discovery through photography. Today Catherine, 32 years sober, uses photography to help others return to their essence. Using a 4x5 large format film...
when everything is wrong, start over with lisa hsieh
July 15, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBLisa Hsieh was a clothing designer before she was a mom. She made clothes that looked good on thin people, slit maxi skirts and crop tops, clothes that were crisp, clean, and sharp —conditioned by the fashion industry that she had worked in for a decade. Then she became a mama and everything changed. It was time to let go of all that had come before and leap into something she’d never done: designing and launching a sustainable clothing line for women that wasn’t about making clothes that d...
uncovering the most important piece of all you do with brooke shaden
July 01, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBBrooke Shaden has clarity. She knows why she’s making. And that why pervades everything. The why is her legacy, her message, her brand. Brooke’s why is to inspire creativity in others. When you have that kind of clarity you don’t worry about changing creative direction or trying out a new medium. You don’t concern yourself with those who rail against your making or criticize your style. Her why is bigger than her art. It’s bigger than her audience. It’s her north star. In this conversation...
how to live a joy-filled life doing what you most love with Jesh de Rox
April 08, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBJesh de Rox is, at heart, an explorer. He's spent his life asking the big questions: the ones that help make sense of who we are and why we're here. And he's built several very successful businesses in photography, thought leadership, and business coaching, around the same two things: joy and personal growth. Jesh's work has been featured in Vogue, Huffington Post, Elle, and Range Finder, to name a few, and has an international client list that includes celebrities and world-class performe...
on art, purpose, and creating what's true with Satsuki Shibuya, part 2
April 01, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBSatsuki Shibuya is a painter, poet, and spiritual guide. She is also the first repeat guest on The Creativity Habit Podcast. In this second conversation, we dive into the heart and mind of this spiritual thinker. We talk about love and purpose, flow and discipline, creativity and truth. It’s both profoundly spiritual and very practical. Some things we talk about: how to keep putting your most honest, creative self out into the world Satsuki’s four-step creative process for hatching and ...
from soap maker to multi-million dollar business owner with hall newbegin
March 18, 2019 01:53 - 51 minutes - 41.3 MBHall Newbegin is a "hippie entrepreneur" who went from making soap out of his basement to running a multi-million dollar business selling sustainably harvested products including perfume, incense, candles, and soap. Hall brought the places he loved to people who cared through products he made. Some things we talk about finding the courage to wander off the known path in order to find your own path finding your one thing, digging deep, and making it your everything starting from nothing, ...