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Episode 259 Called To Dance

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - May 29, 2023 04:12 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
For today’s holiday, we are taking the week off from recording a new episode. Instead, I decided to re-release episode #175 “Called to Dance”, that came out in August of 2021. May you hear Hafiz’ call to dance and be reminded of your deeper truth, your radiant light. Check out the the links ...

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Episode 258 It's The Little Things

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - May 22, 2023 04:12 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, I pay attention to the little things in life that move me. May we be nourished by the little things that happen everyday. May we contribute to the exchange of little things for ourselves, with others and with all living creatures. May the little things comfort and connect...

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Episode 257 Time To Reflect

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - May 15, 2023 04:12 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, I emphasize the importance of taking time to reflect on our experiences. We have a better chance of learning from our experiences when we take the time to reflect on what we just saw, heard, said and felt. There are not only lessons to be learned but growth and even trans...

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Falanqeyn Heshiiska Qaab-dhismeedka Amniga Qaranka ee Baydhabo

Maamul Wanaag - May 09, 2023 03:00 - 57 minutes
Xubnaha Madasha Wadatashiga Qaran ayaa guddi farsamo u saaray in ay dib-u-eegis ku sameeyaan heshiiskii Qaab-dhismeedka Amniga Qaranka ee April 2017. Xubnaha guddiga farsamo ayaa kulmay intii u dhexeysay 16 iyo 18 Janaayo 2023, waxa ayna dib-u-eegis ku sameeyeen heshiiskii qaab-dhismeedka amniga...

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Episode 256 An Irish Blessing

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - May 08, 2023 04:12 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On today’s episode, I share an unexpected encounter in Dublin, Ireland that I’m calling An Irish Blessing. It occurred on the Grattan Bridge, one of the few bridges over the River Liffey that had benches. I had just finished reading Michelle Obama’s book “The Light We Carry” when a man kindly a...

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Episode 255 Poetry In Motion

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - May 01, 2023 04:12 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode I describe how I am experiencing Poetry in Motion. Thanks to Upper Nyack’s River Hook Preserve, and their Arbor Day celebration, we now have poems displayed at the preserve from a dozen local poets. You can read each poem as you meander through the grounds of the Preserve...

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Episode 254 Converse With Nature

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - April 24, 2023 04:12 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
With the celebration of Earth Day a couple of days ago on April 22, I offer an idea that you can practice on any day throughout the year. This practice is a shift in mindset and will not only help you honor the earth, but more profoundly heal the earth. Inspired by Victoria Loorz’s book “Church...

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Falanqeyn miisaaniyadda 2023 ee dowladda federaalka Soomaaliya

Maamul Wanaag - April 19, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes
Miisaaniyadda dowladda federaalka Soomaaliya ee 2023 ayaa baarlamaanka ku ansixiyay kalfadhi wadajirka ah 28-kii December 2022. Miisaaniyadda 2022-ka waa $977 million, 4.9% ayaa lagu kordhiyey miisaaniyaddii sanadkii 2022 oo ahayd $929.9 milyan. Inkastoo halkudhigga miisaaniyadda sanadkaan uu ya...

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Episode 253 Pete Dominick, podcast host, comedian

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - April 17, 2023 04:12 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
My guest today is Pete Dominick. Pete is a stand-up comic, news commentator, and journo-activist. After 12 years of hosting a 3 hour live radio show on Sirius XM, reporting for CNN, a panelist with Bill Maher and being the warm-up comic for Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and currently John Oliver...

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Episode 252 Justins For Justice

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - April 10, 2023 04:12 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
The Tennessee 3, surprisingly provided me a profound Spiritual experience this past week. You don’t need to be religious or practice Judaism or Christianity to find liberation and resurrection in how the two Justins conducted themselves, in order to rise above the racism and authoritarianism fr...

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Episode 251 Time To Play

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - April 03, 2023 04:12 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, just after April Fools Day, we PLAY with the power of PLAY! From definitions, childhood memories and numerous researched benefits of PLAY, I spell out why play is so important. Let play lighten your day, infuse you with curiosity, spontaneity, creativity and joy.  As Ge...

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Episode 250 Geese In Flight

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - March 27, 2023 04:12 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, I share how struck I was by a few teams of migrating geese that stopped me in my tracks. Amazed and curious, I learned some interesting facts about geese. Geese have a lot to teach us about conserving energy and working collaboratively together, with rotating leadership....

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Heshiiska Siyaasadeed ee Hirshabeelle

Maamul Wanaag - March 25, 2023 05:00 - 18 minutes
Bishii October ee sanadkii 2016 ayaa si degdeg ah loo dhisay dowlad-goboleedka Hirahabeelle. Xilligaas, madaxdii dowladda federaalka waxa ay u dedejiyeen dowlad-dhiska si doorashadii dadbaneyd loogu qabto magaalada Jowhar. Jowhar waxa ay noqotay caasimadda dowlad-goboleedka halka madaxweynahana...

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Episode 249 Mother Nature

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - March 20, 2023 05:12 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, I share a recent experience of how humbled I was by Mother Nature. New York’s one and only snow storm (so far) this winter caught me off guard and frightened me. Thankfully, I reached out for help, admitted my vulnerability and did my best to deal with the challenge befor...

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Episode 248 Julie Sherry, physical therapist, author

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - March 13, 2023 05:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
My guest today is Julie Sherry. Julie is a physical therapist, body whisperer and first time author of her new e-book The Attached Buddha. I was delighted to get to know Julie, her warmth, thoughtfulness and positive, compassionate energy. I am eager to read her book, where she shares her perso...

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Episode 247 Seeing Clearly

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - March 06, 2023 05:12 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Despite good physical vision, we don’t always see clearly. Bias, worry and fear can blind us from seeing things as they really are.  Sometimes we miss what is right in front of us and sometimes we fabricate what is not there. William James, the 19th century American psychologist and philosopher,...

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Episode 246 Black Joy

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - February 27, 2023 05:12 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, to close out the month of February honoring Black History Month, I focus on Black Joy. Black Joy can be anything that inspires, supports and uplifts Black culture and people. Black Joy strengthens Black identity, leads to liberation and freedom of expression, can be an a...

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Episode 245 Look Pain In The Eye

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - February 20, 2023 05:12 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode I acknowledge the intense pain Black Americans have endured for centuries, as we continue to honor Black History Month. And although tremendous progress has been made, the institutional racism in this country is pervasive, persistent and very painful. I feel it is my r...

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Episode 244 Resistance

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - February 13, 2023 05:12 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
We continue honoring BHM this week, focusing on this year’s BHM theme: BLACK RESISTANCE. What does resistance mean? Why is resistance appropriate and necessary?  What acts of resistance feel true to you? While I marvel at the tenacity, devotion and inspiration of Black resistance, I continue to...

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Episode 243 BHM: Past, Present, Future

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - February 06, 2023 05:12 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, I honor Black History Month as well as the visionary, forward-looking spin on celebrations of Blackness in February, called Black Future Month. We need to do both: look back in history, while dream forward into the future, nurturing the on-going movement for racial justi...

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Episode 242 Nugget

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - January 30, 2023 05:12 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
This week I feature my new best friend, who takes slowing down to a whole new level. While visiting our dear friends Hilary and Carlo in their Massachusetts cabin in the woods, I bonded with their sweet pet bird, Nugget. Nugget, is an orange breasted wax bill, a tiny, precious bird in the finch...

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Doorashooyinka Dowladaha Hoose ee Puntland

Maamul Wanaag - January 25, 2023 12:00 - 22 minutes
Sanadkii 2021, Puntland waxaa ka dhacay doorashooyin dowladaha hoose oo ka qabsoontay 3 degmo. Waxa ay ahayd markii ugu horreysay oo ay doorasho heer degmo ah ka dhacdo Puntland. Qorshihii ahaa in doorashada laga qabto degmooyinka haray dib ayuu u dhacay. Madaxweynaha Puntland Saciid Cabdullaahi...

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Episode 241 Slow Down

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - January 23, 2023 05:12 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, I reflect on some of those helpful reminders to slow down. The narrow spout of my electric tea kettle provides an opportunity to slow down, even when I don’t think I need to.  As the water slowly, gently pours from this thinly curved neck, I relax and smile. Be present…b...

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Episode 240 MLK: A Day On, Not a Day Off

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - January 16, 2023 05:12 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Today marks the national holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr., a day to acknowledge and honor MLK’s birthday and legacy. The mottos for MLK day are: “Remember, Celebrate and Act” and “A Day On, Not a Day Off”. I care about living into those mottos. How am I not only remembering and celebrating M...

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Episode 239 Heart Yearning

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - January 09, 2023 05:12 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode I offer two prompts that help us reflect on last year and tune into the coming year. They are more heart-centered than the typical setting of resolutions and goals.  It’s a mindful way to start off the new year in these early weeks of January. I invite you to reflect o...

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Episode 238 Reflections of 2022

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - January 02, 2023 05:12 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, as we start off 2023, I acknowledge our 5 year milestone and reflect on this past year. We launched the podcast in January 2018, so here’s to completing 5 years of Enlighten! January 2023 marks the beginning of our Podcast’s 6th year! We had a total of 9 guests in 2022, 3...

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Episode 237 Graced

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - December 19, 2022 05:12 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode, I  reflect on GRACE - the word, it’s multiple meanings and the energy of GRACE. The concept of Divine Grace means that we are loved for who we are, as we are, not from our actions or efforts to prove ourselves worthy. Whether we are describing the fluidity, flow and effor...

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Episode 236 Owl Wisdom

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - December 12, 2022 05:12 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On this week’s episode I share my fascination with owls, a recent up close and personal experience with owls and highlights of what owls can teach us. Owls ground me, quiet me, remind me to slow down, be still and listen to the my own inner wisdom. According to Ted Andrews, "Owls represent the ...

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Xulashooyinka lagu xallin karo maqaamka Muqdisho

Maamul Wanaag - December 10, 2022 10:00 - 57 minutes
Dastuurka Federaalka ee Soomaaliya waxa si kumeelgaar ah loo ansixiyey 10 sano kahor 1-dii Ogosto 2012. Sanadihii u dhexeeyay 2013 ilaa 2016, ilaa 4 dowlad-goboleed ayaa la dhisay balse maqaamka caasimadda weli lama caddeynin. Qodobka 9-aad ee dastuurka ayaa sheegaya in arrinta maqaamka caasima...

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Episode 235 Myles Aronowitz, photographer & filmmaker

Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire - December 05, 2022 05:12 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
My guest today is Myles Aronowitz. Myles is an extraordinary photographer, filmmaker, animator and artist. From his unusual childhood surrounded by music legends, to making movies in NYC’s East Village at age 11, to a successful career as a photographer for film and television, Myles respectful...

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