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Roots of Impact Podcast

38 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings

Welcome to Roots of Impact where we interview inspiring leaders, teachers and healers, and learn about their journeys. This podcast is for anyone intent on taking action in their lives to make this world more beautiful. Our mission is to spread seeds of inspiration so that you too may flower as a change maker, and start tapping in to your full potential as a conscious human being.

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E.36 - Conocimiento, agroforestería syntropica y salud para todes

June 07, 2023 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

En este episodio Allan y Susana hablaron sobre sus experiencias con la agroforestería, destacando cómo esta transformó su perspectiva sobre la producción de alimentos y su relación con la naturaleza. Susana compartió su propio recorrido personal de descubrimiento de la agroforestería a través de sus propios problemas de salud y su participación en el Colectivo Espacios Verdes. https://www.instagram.com/colectivo_espacios_verdes/ Durante la conversación, Allan y Susana exploraron el concepto...

E.34 - Permaculture Your Life with Morag Gamble

April 11, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

In this podcast we talk to Morag Gamble who lives in a permaculture village near Maleny in the subtropical part of southeast Queensland, Australia. Morag explains that Permaculture is a One Planet way of life in each of our contexts, and in each of our communities. Morag talks about how permaculture has been a part of her life since her teen years. She says that permaculture is a practical way to live life in balance with ourselves, our communities, and our ecosystems. It is a way of appro...

E.33 - Into Your Wilderness Quest with Karen Gordon

March 26, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Karen’s journey started in her bedroom window where one day the forest was there and then another day the forest was gone. This left a mark in her. When she was older she decided to study Biology and she focused her work on landscape restoration. This work led her to Monteverde in Costa Rica, a place she fell in love with. However, her big shift was when her son was born and she had a realization that what needed deeper restoration were our human inner landscapes. She jumped in deep into thi...

E.32 - Youth Emergence through Permaculture Ethics, People Care, Earth Care and Fair Share with PermYouth Americas Facilitators

February 11, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

In this episode, we talk to Annette, Chanel and Allan the facilitators of PermaYouth Americas which is a container or platform for youth around the Americas to connect, learn from each other and empower themselves to be leaders and change-makers in their communities based on the Permaculture ethics of People care, Earth care and Fair share. PermaYouth Americas is a subdivision of the global PermaYouth. Annette, Chanel and Allan tell us about their journey that led them to this work. They a...

S.2 - E.14 - Awakening Into Now with Leonard Jacobson

November 13, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MB

Today we have the honor of interviewing Leonard Jacobson an awakened spiritual teacher, mystic, healer and an author who is deeply committed to guiding and supporting others in their journey towards wholeness.  Leonard teaches how to become fundamentally present and awaken into the truth of who you are. Leonard was born in Melbourne, Australia and resides in Wayzata near Minneapolis, Minnesota offering workshops and retreats throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia.  He is the author...

S.2 - E.13 - Adueñate de ti con Melina Chacón

October 22, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MB

Hoy nos trasladamos a Playa Hermosa de Jaco en Costa Rica y hablamos con Melina Chacón  o Meztlikali desde Playa Hermosa de Jaco en Costa Rica. Ella es originaria de Grecia, Costa Rica y desde temprana edad y a través de su curiosidad, ha incursionado en un camino espiritual, llegando hoy en día a ser una guía espiritual que empodera a la gente a adueñarse de su vida y a caminar el camino de su alma. Nos cuenta que ella no puede caminar nuestro camino por nosotros pero nos puede guiar y acom...

S.2 - E.12 - Comiendo Clean y Conectando con Nuestro Ser con el Dr. Alejandro Junger

October 09, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

En este episodio, Alejandro Junger, author del libro CLEAN, nos cuenta el motivo por el cual decidió perseguir diferentes maneras de curar al cuerpo y mantener la salud, además de la medicina tradicional, para poder curarse él mismo y así poder curar a otros. Tocamos temas como el ayuno, la salud intestinal, las fluctuaciones naturales del ambiente y la identificación con los pensamientos.  Support the show

S.2 - E.11 - Reset your mind with a Dopamine Detox

September 23, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

Summary: In this Episode Aanghel shares with us his experience on doing a dopamine detox, the quickest easiest simplest way to reset your mind. In addition, he shares the levels of detox we can do and how to do them, as well as the long lasting benefits that aligned with what we want to do in life and help us reach our potential.  Show Notes:  Your mind would go with what it knows is it the easy way out, quickest way to get dopamine Dopamine is a neurotransmitter as many others in the br...

S.2 - E.11 - Reset your mind with a Dopamine Detox

September 23, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

Summary: In this Episode Aanghel shares with us his experience on doing a dopamine detox, the quickest easiest simplest way to reset your mind. In addition, he shares the levels of detox we can do and how to do them, as well as the long lasting benefits that aligned with what we want to do in life and help us reach our potential.  Show Notes:  Your mind would go with what it knows is it the easy way out, quickest way to get dopamine Dopamine is a neurotransmitter as many others in the br...

S.2 - E.10 - Siguiendo al Corazón con Lucía Casanova

September 10, 2020 05:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MB

Hoy nos trasladamos a Francia a entrevistar a Lucía Casanova. Lula nació en Uruguay el 31 de agosto de 1988.  Tiene una licenciatura en Administración de Empresas y otra en Audiovisual las cuales no las está ejerciendo en este momento. En 2016 comenzó a trabajar con plantas medicinales y a realizar ceremonias ancestrales en la selva. Vivió en Costa Rica, Brasil y actualmente vive en Francia. Tiene una formación en Registros Akáshicos y Constelaciones Familiares.  Actualmente se está enfo...

S.2 - E.9 - Courageously Navigating Life and Going for Our Dreams with Grace MacNeil

August 27, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MB

Grace MacNeil is a trained herbalist, an Arvigo therapist, and the founder of Monarch Apothecary where she creates artisan herbals and soaps using herbs sustainably, harvested and cultivated in a 24 acre farm in southern Indiana since 2006 for the local and internationally community. She is a Certified Advanced Holistic Doula through The Matrona, Certified Cupping therapist and Reiki practitioner. She is the co-founder of the Heartland School of Herbal Studies and mom to three grown children...

S.2 - E.8 Conociendo a nuestros ancestros con Alelí Lauría

June 18, 2020 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MB

Hoy nos remontamos al estado de Carolina del Norte donde tengo el gran honor de entrevistar a Alelí Lauría originalmente nacida en San Carlos de Bariloche en la Provincia Argentina de Río Negro,  situada en la base de los Andes y  a las orillas del Lago Nahuel Huapí.  Alelí es una mujer sanadora, que desde muy chica se intereso en temas espirituales y esotéricos y hoy nos comparte su jornada en el camino de su sanación personal que incluye el trabajo con sus ancestros. En su adolescencia s...

S.2 - E.7 - Beyond Reality Transurfing with Shlomo Friedman

June 04, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

Today we are interviewing Shlomo Friedman. Shlomo Friedman has a YouTube Channel where he covers the topic of “Reality Transurfing.” He was pulled to this topic by a friend who was reading the book “Reality Transurfing” written by Vadim Zeland. In today’s Episode Shlomo Friedman gives us many examples of what we can do to apply this concept as well as tips that can help us understand how “Reality Transurfing” works. In addition we talk about possible new changes coming from the current pande...

S.2 - E.6 - Communion and Self Love with Asia Suler

May 21, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MB

Today I am very honored to interview Asia Suler who currently makes her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, the ancestral lands of the Cherokee, and some of the most coves on Earth.  Asia Suler is a writer, a trained herbalist, an earth medicine teacher, a medicine maker and a seeker. She is the founder of One Willow Apothecaries, an online gathering place for learning healing and connection with the living world.  Asia Suler shares with us that she discovered the a...

S.2 - E.5 - Healing Ourselves and the World with Audrey Darrow

May 07, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MB

In this episode, we are interviewing Audrey Darrow, CEO and Owner of Righteously Raw Chocolates, who shares with us her breast cancer healing journey which started in 2006. After having surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation she started working at a Health Food Store in San Diego, California in order to get a 15% discount on healthy foods which she believed would help her to become cancer-free. Through her health journey, she started Righteously Raw Chocolates in 2007, a line of raw, organic ...

S.2 - E.4 - The Voice of the Land with Owen Lindsay

April 22, 2020 16:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MB

Happy #EarthDay2020 Owen Lindsay originally from Oregon shares with us his life journey with his wife Amber and his daughters in Nevada City California. Owen transitioned through being a DJ and a gardener to being a plant communicator and a medicine plant maker growing most of the plants that he and his wife use for the medicines they make. He grew up in the forests of Oregon where his father and grandfather were in the logging business. In the 60 and 70 logging was a way to earn a paycheck....

S.2 - E.3 - Having a Mindful Bellie with Ellie Rome

April 09, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MB

Ellie Rome, Holistic Health Coach and Nutrition Counselor, Founder of Mindfulbellie, shares with us today her transformational journey of overcoming her sugar addiction and becoming a Health Coaching Practitioner.  She is a Chemical Engineer who became a certified Health Coach after recovering from an autoimmune thyroid condition, chronic fatigue, stubborn weight gain, sugar addiction, IBS, brain fog, acne eczema, and the list goes on.  In college, she started struggling with many health i...

S.2 - E.2 - Thank You Plant Medicine with David Grillot

February 13, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MB

Today we go all the way to Costa Rica where I have the privilege to interview my best friend which is also the co-host of this show, David Grillot. Dave is passionate about life. He moved to Costa Rica years ago to follow his dream of living a simple life connected to his community and Mother Earth. Dave is originally from Canada and holds a degree in physics from Texas A&M University. After University he travelled through the United States and Mexico, then worked in Uruguay managing a resta...

S.2 - E.1 - Into Mother Earth's Medicine with Julie Bray

February 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MB

Today we are interviewing Julie Bray. Juls grew up in a small Texan town. She is M.A. Clinical Psychology, had a private practice working with those in crisis, before having her own crisis and running to heal her own soul. Juls is also a Biofeedback Therapist, a Tree Talker, Cannabis Shaman and Activist and she also is researching the healing effects of being around the beehives. Juls bought a one-way ticket to Samara, Costa Rica listening to that little girl inside who always wanted to be i...

A Safe Place For Vulnerability with Gina Solorzano (Ep. 17)

December 05, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

Gina Solorzano (Mamaya) lives in the Tarn department in the South of France together with Kevin (Baba Bear) and their little daughter. She started her working path as a Veterinary Nurse focusing on alternative and holistic medicine for cats and dogs. Gina is also an artist, a doula, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist and a fierce lover of life. A severe accident of a close friend was a wake-up call and a turning point in her life. From that happened, she took a sabbatical time to take care ...

A Safe Place For Vulnerability with Gina Solorzano

December 05, 2019 20:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

Gina Solorzano (Mamaya) lives in the Tarn department in the South of France together with Kevin (Baba Bear) and their little daughter. She started her working path as a Veterinary Nurse focusing on alternative and holistic medicine for cats and dogs. Gina is also an artist, a doula, an entrepreneur, a philanthropist and a fierce lover of life. A severe accident of a close friend was a wake-up call and a turning point in her life. From that happened, she took a sabbatical time to take care ...

Living Mindfully with Jenna Jasso (Ep. 16)

November 20, 2019 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

Jenna Jasso, Mindfulness and Transformation Coach, Community Facilitator and Event Producer shares with us today her transformational journey. She walked away from her career of Mechanical Engineer to follow her heart’s call to a higher purpose. After a period of depression realizing that mechanical engineering was not her path she did some self inquiry and explorations traveling around the world, studying yoga, meditation, body healing and the power of the mind. She now teaches mindfulne...

El Cambio es Hoy con Charly Galdona (Ep. 15 - SPA)

November 07, 2019 12:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MB

Charly Galdona originario de Uruguay, es un emprendedor desde su temprana edad y hoy nos habla sobre la importancia de lo que llama  “Actitud Ganadora”. Vive con su esposa y sus dos hijos en una ciudad pequeña cerca de Amsterdam en Holanda. Es Coach de Emprendedores, tiene una licenciatura en Negocios Internacionales y un Master en Imagineering & Business Innovation. Empezó su primer proyecto a los 15 anos en Montevideo Uruguay en un programa llamado Junior Achievement. Mas tarde con la ...

Following Your Excitement with Baba Bear (Ep. 14)

October 31, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MB

Keveen or Baba Bear shares with us his personal journey of self-discovery, Coming from a very strong and structured family where he felt he was not allowed to be himself, he decided at the age of 16 to leave and start his own journey, he wanted to be himself. He is a world traveler, a mentor, a coach, an artist and a musician, an Earth carer and a father. He is constantly living life to the fullest and sharing what he has learned via Instagram (@bababearlovelovelove)  and Youtube (https:/...

Breaking the Habit with Kim Boda (Ep. 13)

October 24, 2019 04:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MB

In this episode, Kim Boda, a certified trainer of the Neurochange Solutions program, teaches us the benefits of mindfulness, metacognition and how to break free from subconscious programs. In addition, she explains how these techniques are been used in organizations to bring positive change and impact. We also discuss brain and heart coherence, as well as the impact of stress or survival mode in human beings. Support the show

Life in bloom with Mandy Froelich (Ep. 12)

October 09, 2019 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

Mandy, a holistic nutritionist, chef, and creator of the Bloom for Life Blog, shares with us the secret of healthy living, healthy eating, and conscious thinking so we can live better lives.  Mandy grew up in South Dakota, a place where raw vegan food is not typically the norm, she had to learn to use food as medicine to eradicate disease, and feel healthy and comfortable in her skin. Mandy encourages us to be stewards of the environment that surrounds us while choosing to be in control of o...

El niño y la niña creadores del hombre y la mujer con Charo Alarcón (Ep. 11 - SPA)

October 02, 2019 23:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MB

En este episodio nos trasladamos hacia Dallas, TX en Estados Unidos y hablamos con Charo Alarcón sobre la filosofía Montessori y lo importante que son los primeros años de vida de los niños.  Charo nos explica que el niño o niña crea al hombre o a la mujer del mañana. Básicamente todo lo que absorbemos de niños es en lo que nos convertimos de grandes.  Charo nos lleva por un viaje a través de las distintas etapas de desarrollo del niño y nos explica lo importante que es que los educadores,...

Heal yourself with the power of your mind featuring Roni Lila (Ep.10)

September 26, 2019 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MB

Roni Lila, a musician and singer/songwriter from Israel shares with us her story of self-healing.  After surgical intervention to remove a tumor in her spinal cord and dealing with severe nerve pain she became paralyzed. She then learned that under every physical pain there is an emotional pain, and this was the beginning of her self-healing journey. Now she is back to dancing and doing what she loves. Roni shares with us how she did it and helpful tips that we can implement on our individua...

Reconnecting with Nature with Alvaro Teran (Ep. 9)

September 19, 2019 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MB

In this episode we go all the way to Costa Rica and interview Alvaro Teran. Alvaro is the motor behind www.wearmovement.com where they up-cycle waste fibers from pineapple leaves to create bracelets that generate jobs, help people re-connect with Nature and part of the profits go to restore ecosystems in need. He is also part of the Raisingcoral.org project where they are regenerating corals in Costa Rica and joining forces to regenerate corals in all the Americas.  In this interview Alvaro...

Working Together: Permaculture and Community with Scott Gallant (Ep. 8)

September 12, 2019 04:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MB

Scott Gallant is an expert in permaculture and sustainability. After running a sustainable education center for 9 years, he is now helping clients manage their land in a sustainable way as a permaculture consultant in Costa Rica. Scott shares with us permaculture tips, as well as helpful ways to build a community, deal with conflict resolution, and set up the necessary decision-making structures to live in harmony. Learn more about Scott's permaculture design course here: https://www.porveni...

Regenerando ecosistemas con sus vacas con Manuel Solari (Ep. 7 - SPA)

September 05, 2019 04:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

En esta entrevista nos trasladamos a Uruguay, un país que ha estado en relación con la naturaleza desde siempre y entrevistamos a Manuel Solari que está regenerando ecosistemas con sus vacas. Hablamos sobre la naturaleza, sobre la relación que tenemos los humanos con ella y como se relacionan los animales con el ecosistema. De a poco nos estamos despertando al desbalance natural que hemos ayudado a crear en nuestra evolución humana. Nos estamos dando cuenta que nuestro modelo linear y 100% h...

Fires in the Amazon and Agroecology as a path forward with Heitor Mancini Teixeira (Ep. 6)

August 29, 2019 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

In this episode we go all the way to Wageningen in the Netherlands and interview Heitor, a Brazilian PhD candidate at the Wageningen University where he focuses his research on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services.  He goes over the situation in Brazil and explains the reasons for the fires in the Amazon which include changes in policy, greater deforestation compared to previous years and the curre global agro food system. He then takes us on a journey through Agroecology as a systemic solu...

Inspiring holistic education with Michael Carberry (Ep. 5)

August 22, 2019 04:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MB

Michael Carberry is the founder of Whole Life Learning Center in Austin, TX, and today he tells us about the holistic education approach and how it differs from traditional education. The center is a progressive private school for kids ages 3 – 14 and focuses on the kids' holistic education. It is not only a center for kids but includes parent education courses, and is a center for sustainability. Michael talks to us about the journey that led him to start this center back in 2012, the drive...

Empowering parents through the birth process with Milou van Luijk (Ep. 4)

August 15, 2019 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB

In this episode we go all the way to the Netherlands to a town near Rotterdam and we interview Milou van Luijk. Milou is a pregnancy, birthing, baby attachment, baby carrying and baby massage consultant and mentor. She empowers couples to take ownership of their pregnancy, birth and first days with their babies by preparing them to go through this magical process. In this interview Milou tells us about her motivation to do the work she is doing, which mainly comes from the positive experi...

Inner Alignment with Michelle Burns (Ep.1)

August 08, 2019 04:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

Michelle shares with us her personal journey from being a trader in the stock market, to having a profound spiritual experience, and then choosing to radically change her life. She left to India to study with a yoga master, and then to Nepal to live on a mountain with a Buddhist Lama, to eventually becoming a life coach, her job for the past 25 years. Together we discuss the role of a life coach, the nature of inner alignment, balancing masculine and feminine energy, finding your life purpos...

Building a romantic relationship on a solid foundation with Kristopher Lovestone (Ep.2)

August 08, 2019 04:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Kristopher grew up in a household with 6 divorces, and vowed that he would one day have a thriving relationship. Happily married now for 14 years, Kris has achieved his goal, and has in fact become a sex educator, an author, and a relationship consultant. Today he shares with us practical tools for building long-lasting relationships, understanding the other gender, and cultivating a healthy sex life with your partner. Support the show

Acercándonos a nuestra comida con Horacio Garcia (Ep.3 - SPA)

August 08, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Horacio Garcia, uno de los fundadores de Huerta en Casa, decidió renunciar a su trabajo y dedicarse a lo que realmente le gustaba. Fue así como nació Huerta en Casa en el 2014, un negocio con el fin de llevarle huertas a las casas de la gente para que puedan comer saludable y estar más conectados con lo que comen. Varios eventos acontecieron que fueron catalizadores de la motivación de Horacio para seguir su pasión y crear Huerta en Casa, incluyendo el haber estado en prisión injustamente. ...

Introduction to the Roots of Impact Podcast

July 10, 2019 21:00 - 1 minute - 900 KB

Welcome to Roots of Impact where we interview remarkable leaders, teachers and healers, and learn about their journeys. This podcast is for anyone intent on taking action in their lives to make this world more beautiful. Our mission is to spread seeds of inspiration so that you too may flower as a change maker, and start tapping in to your full potential as a conscious human being. Support the show