Latest Humanspirit Podcast Episodes
Find Your Form: Meg Pokrass on Her Journey to Flash Fiction
In the Balance - February 28, 2022 10:49 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsSusan reconnects with award winning flash fiction writer and friend Meg Pokrass. Meg discusses her journey from acting to poet to flash fiction writer, how a rare illness changed her life and informed her creative work, and the key lesson she tries to impart to her students. She also shares a fe...
Questioning the Unanswerable: The Darkly Comic, Complex World of Playwright Gina Gionfriddo
In the Balance - December 15, 2021 12:08 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“I like to live in that space of not really knowing the answers. People have different motives simultaneously and exactly what the right thing to do isn’t 100% clear.” Award winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo joins Susan to discuss two of her plays; Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn, and h...
Let’s Talk Psychiatry! with Dr. Dan Mierlak
In the Balance - October 28, 2021 12:38 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“If you examine your thinking process, you may come to the same conclusion; that thoughts happen to us, we don’t necessarily control them.” Psychiatrist Dr Dan Mierlak returns to In the Balance to discuss his new book, The Spanish Molecule, a purposefully sassy and thought-provoking read. He a...
Riding the Bookends of Life: From Life Force to Loss with Poet Alexis Rhone Fancher
In the Balance - October 10, 2021 11:50 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“For many people, they feel I give them permission to tell their truth.” Poet, photographer, and artist Alexis Rhone Fancher returns to In the Balance to discuss her unapologetic and exquisitely done poetry. She tells us that her work stems from two different perspectives of the life force: er...
Broadway Producer Dani Davis on Empowering Young Women for Tomorrow’s World
In the Balance - August 31, 2021 07:11 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“If you mentor women, you can take care of a whole society.” Tony-nominated broadway producer, director, and entrepreneur Dani Davis talks with Susan about her commitment to mentoring and growing the next generation of women by cultivating learning through authentic leadership, finding common ...
Resonating in the Room: Collaboration in Theatre and Life with Anne Bogart
In the Balance - August 15, 2021 12:34 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“The theatre’s job at its heart is to ask the question “How can we get along? How can we get along better?” So every play that was ever written that is of any worth is about that question.” This weeks’ guest Anne Bogart is considered to be one of the greatest innovative directors in the modern...
Helping Our Kids Through Covid with Dr. Erica Lee
In the Balance - June 13, 2021 13:38 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“What the research shows about uncertainty is that, the more we fight it, which is sort of our natural instinct, the more we can often end up feeling hopeless or avoid situations that make us feel uncertain. It becomes overwhelming because none of us can tell the future.” Dr. Erica Lee, Psycho...
Our Collective Resilience: Transitioning During Covid with Dr. Robert Neimeyer
In the Balance - May 30, 2021 14:18 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn this episode Dr. Robert A. Neimeyer returns to In the Balance for a conversation about the state of the world as we continue navigating our way through a global pandemic, how this collective trauma is affecting our mental health at both a macro- and microcosmic level, what it means for our so...
Artists on the Cape Series #7: The Play’s the Thing, with Love from Nina Schuessler
In the Balance - May 04, 2021 13:19 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“When people of all ages create together, the potential is boundless.” In this final episode of our Artists on the Cape Series, Susan talks with actor, director and artistic director of the Cape Cod Theatre Company/Harwich Junior Theatre Nina Schuessler about the mission of theatre and how it ...
Artists on the Cape Series #6: Playing the Leading Role in Our Own Lives with Jeff Zinn
In the Balance - April 28, 2021 03:57 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“In a very real way, all of us are actors. Every one of you is playing the leading role in the story of your own life. It’s a heroic narrative and you’re the protagonist. All of us, even in our quietest shapes, are living heroically - or trying to.” What’s my motivation? It’s a phrase we’ve he...
Artists on the Cape Series #5: Moving My Spirit Forward with Singer/songwriter Tianna Esperanza
In the Balance - April 19, 2021 13:02 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“I need to fight for who I am, and I need to do it now.” In the fifth episode of our Artists on the Cape Series, we are joined by the wildly talented singer and songwriter Tianna Esperanza, who discusses her debut album Gypsy Afro, her experiences of growing up on Cape Cod and her search for c...
Artists on the Cape Series #4: Coming Back to Ourselves with Singer/songwriter Sarah Burrill
In the Balance - April 12, 2021 11:24 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“I was putting too much emphasis on my music making me successful…so I put it away.” In the fourth episode of our Artists on the Cape Series, singer/songwriter Sarah Burrill takes us through various journeys through life. She talks about how she began her journey as a singer/songwriter at the ...
Artists on the Cape Series #3: The Call to Serve with Playwright David Drake
In the Balance - April 04, 2021 12:07 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“Make your own change. It’s all out there and once you start putting the pieces together, you can create the future.” In the third episode of our Artists on the Cape Series, Susan talks with actor, director, and playwright David Drake about his trajectory as an artist and activist, how he came...
Artists on the Cape Series #2: Striking a Balance of Grace, Grit and Love with Vocalist Mozelle Andrulot
In the Balance - March 29, 2021 06:02 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn the second episode of our Artists on the Cape Series, Susan talks with vocalist, business woman, and mother of five, Mozelle Andrulot. Mozelle discusses her experiences growing up on Cape Cod and her journey to finding the freedom to follow her own path, balancing the elements in her life she...
Artists on the Cape Series #1: Uncovering Truths and Dark Secrets with Mystery Author Jeannette de Beauvoir
In the Balance - March 21, 2021 22:10 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn this first episode of our “Artists on the Cape” series, Susan speaks with award-winning mystery and historical fiction author Jeannette de Beauvoir about her various works, the life experiences that brought her to these genres, and what she loves about Provincetown. She also shares a passag...
The Soul Craves: Poetry and Conversation with Danusha Laméris
In the Balance - February 08, 2021 01:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“We live in a culture that is a very hungry culture because so many of the things that our souls crave are not what we are feeding ourselves.” Award-winning poet laureate Danusha Laméris discusses her stunning works and how she integrates the different facets of life to express the curiosities...
How Consciousness Can Save the World with Kenneth Shinozuka
In the Balance - January 18, 2021 02:06 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“There is nothing that is more real than your experience of this moment.” Scientist, discoverer, and inventor Kenneth Shinozuka visits In the Balance to discuss his vision for the future: a world free from suffering and pain, brought about by the creation of neurotechnology to alter our states...
The Journey to Self-Worth and a Meaningful Life with Homaira Kabir
In the Balance - December 15, 2020 20:53 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“Knowing the answers and living the answers are two entirely different things.” Coach, mentor, researcher, and writer Homaira Kabir is dedicated to getting people, particularly women, to question whether they are living their “ideal” life. In this episode, she and Susan have an in-depth disc...
Finding Your True North through Teamwork, Kindness, & Integrity with author Katy McQuaid
In the Balance - November 30, 2020 12:13 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“We all have a story that defines who we are in life.” Author, leadership consultant, and former undercover CIA agent Katy McQuaid discusses events of significant loss during her young adulthood, and how those events shaped the core values she lives by. She talks about the traits that most g...
Cultivating a Life You Love with Dr. Joan Rosenberg
In the Balance - November 22, 2020 12:17 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“What do you dream about? Where are your aspirations? Who is it that you want to become? How do you want to show up in life?” Best-selling author and master clinician Dr. Joan Rosenberg talks about how we can curate and cultivate and shape the life we want by redefining our ideas of emotional ...
Prepare to Be Unprepared with Entrepreneur, Story-teller, & Creative Maverick Lux Narayan
In the Balance - November 09, 2020 00:11 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“You can find micro canvasses for creativity in everything that you do.” Story-teller, entrepreneur, writer, and avid outdoorsman Lux Narayan discusses discovering his own true creative nature, bringing his insights and learning to this inspiring conversation. He discusses his fascination wi...
The Voice is a Wild Thing Series #4: Live Your Voice with Singer, Master Teacher & Activist Susan Eichhorn Young
In the Balance - October 25, 2020 23:39 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“When you’re called, you need to be able to walk through that door.” In this fourth and final episode of the Voice is a Wild Thing Series, Susan Eichhorn Young discusses her career in the arts and how it has shaped her perspectives on teaching voice, the role of the artist within society, and ...
The Voice is a Wild Thing Series #3: Changing the Narrative of the Song & the Story with Musician and Actor Ronobir Lahiri
In the Balance - October 18, 2020 13:43 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“I never really felt all that Indian until I picked up a sitar. Even now after playing for almost 30 years, I hear that and it sounds like the authentic voice of my soul.” Musician, actor, composer, singer, dad, and overall renaissance man Ronobir Lahiri takes us through the journey of followi...
The Voice is a Wild Thing Series #2: Taking the Cue from Within with Broadway Actress, Singer and Master Teacher Carolyn Mignini
In the Balance - October 11, 2020 10:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“We have many lives, many great opportunities. And they don’t stop coming.” Broadway and television actress, singer, and teacher Carolyn Mignini discusses her life and career through the lens of change and the freedom that can be found in making decisions, particularly those decisions that com...
The Voice is a Wild Thing Series #1: Looking into the Eyes of Truth with Award-Winning Author and Visual Artist Lisa Teasley
In the Balance - October 04, 2020 12:50 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings"You are worthy and you’re beautiful. You belong here and you belong anywhere you want to go." In this first episode of the "The Voice is a Wild Thing Series" Susan talks to artist, teacher, activist, Lisa Teasley about her work, from writing to her paintings. Lisa knew she wanted to be a s...
Optimism Lies Within Us with Irene O'Garden
In the Balance - September 27, 2020 11:29 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsHow do we retain an optimistic viewpoint when so many troubling things are happening in the world? Playwright, poet, and author Irene O’Garden returns to In the Balance to discuss the ingredients to maintaining optimism, compassion, and hope. She encourages us to listen with our heart, not to ...
Continuing to Awaken in the Midst of the Perfect Storm with Mark Nepo
In the Balance - September 13, 2020 12:37 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsHow do we let beauty in while we’re suffering? How do we let truth in when we’re afraid? How do we weather the storm when we feel like we are about to drown? Susan talks with NY Times best-selling author, poet, and philosopher Mark Nepo about beauty, truth, fear and his process of looking inwa...
"And the People Stayed Home," Kitty O'Meara's Vision for Healing and the Power of Connection
In the Balance - August 02, 2020 12:57 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThis week Susan talks with Kitty O’Meara, author of “And the people stayed home” viral poem that inspired people all over the world. She talks about her creative and spiritual journey, her experiences being present for people’s life and the moment they pass on, and her vision for healing. Kitty ...
Truth, Community and Collective Action with Poet and Activist Tamora Israel
In the Balance - July 25, 2020 23:21 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“Put yourself out there and learn about the people close to you. Community is so much more than hanging out. Community is action.” In this week’s episode performance poet, actor and profoundly connected activist Tamora Israel talks about bringing people together, speaking your truth and allow...
The Grief Sessions #5: Honoring Our Losses and the Life Force Within with Dr. Ken Druck
In the Balance - July 19, 2020 10:59 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings“Sometimes in the beginning of grief we feel like ‘How dare I continue? How dare I go on with life when someone I love is not able to? How dare I ever experience joy again?’ And yet writing new chapters of life is what they would wish for us. It’s a way of taking them with us.” In this last e...
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