LIGHT WORK : A podcast with Desire Map author, Danielle LaPorte artwork

LIGHT WORK : A podcast with Desire Map author, Danielle LaPorte

9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 455 ratings

Girlfriend-style sermons on saving the world while staying sane, cosmic connectedness over tech addiction, self compassion and more fulfilling friendships — from Danielle LaPorte, a member of of Oprah’s Super Soul 100 and author of The Desire Map. How can you feel more lit up, closer to what matters without losing your edge? Tune in for Danielle’s poetic and often hilarious straight-talk on self-realization.

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New podcast! All love. Here’s a preview…

August 25, 2019 12:00 - 4 minutes - 5.99 MB

Thank you for the listens and encouragement for LIGHT WORK. You fueled me to keep making more—and so I did! NEW podcast. “With Love, Danielle.” For you. I hope it leaves you feeling a little less alone, full of possibility, and very clearly part of the solution.  It launches today, August 25, 2019. Tune in for Sunday sermons and Thursday’s Q&A—send your Qs to me (anything goes!) and please subscribe at daniellelaporte.com/withlove.

Two special announcements(!) for LIGHT WORK listeners…

May 17, 2019 10:00 - 2 minutes - 3.92 MB

Friends, First: gratitude. Thank you for hanging out and listening to LIGHT WORK. The response continues to be... surprisingly amazing. I’m going to make so much more for you — and that’s the first announcement: New podcast!! For you. All the love. This summer. In the meantime, there’s this for you... announcement #2: I’ve got a new conversation out that I had with one of my dearest friends, Jeff Krasno (co-founder of Wanderlust and Commune). This is the first time I've publicly spo...

[LIGHT WORK] Ep 6: Hopefully Devoted

May 29, 2018 17:44 - 1 hour - 84.1 MB

Friends, this is the last episode of the podcast. And, of course, it’s devoted to one of my favourites: Devotion. We’re shining light on our prayers, our beliefs, our teachers… and whether they’re actually getting us closer to what we really want—liberation. We’re talking about the real work of light work.   There are some doozer questions to chew on in this ep:   Do your beliefs liberate you? Because if we don’t feel free… what’s the point? What are the “devotion flags” that you fl...

[LIGHT WORK] Ep 5: How to be a revolutionary for just love

May 29, 2018 17:43 - 1 hour - 87.5 MB

Revolutionaries,   This episode is about our personal activism. I’m talking about how we can get justice, without incurring too much karma. About how to fight corruption without the anger burning us out. About the importance of being inclusive—to even the bad guys. I’m talking about how to be a revolutionary for just love.   Here’s the trip:   Where do we even start? (When the world is so messed up, and we’re feeling messed up because of it.) Why we have to resist going numb. Nu...

[LIGHT WORK] Ep 4: Beliefs, Movies & Man Crushes

April 29, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 114 MB

If God is in the details, then the Soul is in a good Q&A. And that’s the substance of Podcast #4: Beliefs, Movies & Man Crushes.   Your questions make it so easy for me to rant and offer some (hopefully) useful how-to’s and tricks of the trade. The “trade” being discernment and devotion. It’s deep, it’s lite, I hope it’s all right:   Have I ever Feng Shui’ed my house? The short answer: yes. The cliffhanger: no, not anymore. What brings back my energy when I’m in my darkest hour? (I ...

[LIGHT WORK] Ep 3: The service of joy, especially in these times

April 22, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB

I've talked to rabbis, priests, monks, and people who I consider to be high esoteric practitioners. I’ve figured out a few things about joy… and woven them into this week’s episode. Listen in for: Should you leave your soul-dulling job and follow your joy to France? (Maybe.) I’ve got some ideas on HOW to buck fear and obligation. The difference between happiness and joy, and a story from my divorce about the first time that I really understood the truth about joy. Are you addicted to lo...

[LIGHT WORK] Ep 2: The upside of suffering… sort of

April 15, 2018 03:00 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MB

No tip-toeing in this episode: I deep dive into the unfathomable, beautiful lessons we may learn from pain… without falling for the New Age speak that would have us gloss over real suffering.   Also in this EP: The 3 types of suffering (knowing what you’re experiencing is key to liberation) Everyday suffering—the slog, the general malaise, the greyness. Interconnected suffering—the feeling a lot of us have because of the agony in the world. Brutal tragedy-type suffering—seemingly...

[LIGHT WORK] Ep 1: Friends, Lovers, and Therapy

April 06, 2018 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80 MB

We're connection starved, we know this. Let me give you a peek into my own circle of friendship. In this first episode of LIGHT WORK, I use my own crew as how-to examples for creating radical support and sweetness in your life. Also in this episode: Compelling reasons for resisting the perfectly normal urge to play the therapist with your lover-person (don't do it) A script for starting your own Goddess Group Relationship research that will make you go whoa A gather ‘round the fire ta...

Announcing LIGHT WORK : Self-Realization, Straight Up

March 15, 2018 21:19 - 3 minutes - 4.24 MB

Light Makers, I finally did it. Made a podcast. This was creatively edgy for me. Because it’s... just me... sitting in my podcast closet (it really is a closet), waxing philosophical for about an hour. There was a distinctly different feel about this creative venture like feeling EXPOSED. But, deep breath and a great back beat, thanks to my friends DJ Drez + Marti Nikko, and here we go!   The LIGHT WORK series will unfold over six episodes. These are girlfriend-style sermons on serving t...