In our latest, greatest Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis , Waylon returns for a part two conversation with Andrea Rose, whom he calls “pure eco inspiration” and who is the co-founder of the Planet-Based Living Festival in Boulder, Colorado. Her mission is to heal, inspire, and transform the lives of people, animals and the planet through the education of “PLANET-Based Living.” “Do you know what the most eco, green item is? One you already have!” ~ Andrea Rose Read the accompanying article on...
Apr 21, 2023•17 min
Waylon talks with Zen Buddhist teacher Koshin Paley Ellison about Buddhism’s eightfold path—what is it, and how does it apply to our everyday life? Koshin, author of "Untangled; Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion." is the co-founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. “What’s so beautiful is that inside of the eightfold path, it’s not linear. Some of us want to jump from one to the next, but we also honor where we get caught and where we struggle. Our s...
Apr 18, 2023•20 min
Waylon talks with Chemi Lhamo, a Tibetan Community Activist, in this latest greatest episode of Walk the Talk Show about the recent Dalai Lama controversy. Read the accompanying article on Elephant Journal for more context. Thanks for listening. Hope you're getting a lot out of it. The full conversation is on our indie platform that supports & continues our work: elephantjournal.com/videos You can subscribe, listen, watch, & participate there—and when you do so you'll keep these mindful ...
Apr 14, 2023•23 min
In our latest, greatest Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, Waylon talks with Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action—the largest grassroots movement in the United States—on commonsense gun reform and what you can and must do about it: text READY to 644-33 to join a Moms Demand Action chapter in your town. “When there are these national shooting tragedies, people do want to get involved…often they want to get in quick, do something, and get out. But that is not how activism works in t...
Apr 11, 2023•29 min
Mindful Mondays, with Waylon Lewis. This week Waylon sat down with Elephant’s own Nicole Cameron : writer extraordinaire and managing editor at Elephant Journal. They talked about her average workday, dogs, and the “challenges” of the last year in indie media. This should be a good watch for any writer or reader at Elephant curious about some of the inner workings. New videos and podcasts are released each week. Follow us to never miss an episode: Subscribe to view our full, complete videos on U...
Apr 03, 2023•35 min
In our latest, greatest Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis , Waylon talks with Andrea Rose, a veritable fount of knowledge of all things “planet-based living” and the co-founder of the Planet-Based Living Festival in Boulder, Colorado. Her mission is to heal, inspire, and transform the lives of people, animals and the planet through the education of “PLANET-Based Living.” “I have such a caring-about-the-planet crush on you. I’m so into this!” ~ Waylon Lewis Stay tuned for part two of their con...
Mar 30, 2023•56 min
Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents: Mindful Mondays, with Waylon Lewis. I had a lot of loss last year and a lot of grief, and I think some depression and some giving up. And in my recent, first Ayahuasca ceremony , after those hours of crying and crying and love and crying and crying, I was left with a question that wasn’t hopeful—but it was real. And that question was, why love again? Why would I open my heart up again when I’ve lost so much? When we love, we risk losing. Don’t we le...
Mar 27, 2023•12 min
A new Walk the Talk Show conversation with Waylon Lewis: Waylon and speaks with the founder of The Vegan Stay , Faik Bouhrik. The Vegan Stay is basically a vegan Airbnb with locations all over the world—and our staying at one directly benefits animal sanctuaries. Read the article on Elephant Journal and support Indie Media....
Mar 23, 2023•36 min
Waylon and bestselling author David Richo discuss the 5 A’s in relationship with parenting, our lover, and our sweet self. “I wrote this book based on my realization that the only models I had for what a relationship could look like were my parents, and movies. I wondered if there was an actual skill that one could learn, so that a relationship could work better.” ~ David Richo
Mar 20, 2023•41 min
St. Patrick's Day may have come and gone, but this video merely uses it as an example for a larger conversation: "Some traditions are beautiful. Some are awful. Most are both. Some change is needed. Some should be fought. Discernment is key. Know our history." ~ Waylon Lewis Read the article Waylon quotes inside this video, " Tradition alone is not enough reason to continue something that has unnecessary pain and hurt wrapped up in it."...
Mar 18, 2023•2 min
This week, instead of his usual weekly three mindful tips…Waylon is sharing three mindful things he’s working through in his own life—right now: How to give helpful advice. How to get good advice. And how to make big, hard decisions. “The first step in taking good advice is to insist that the person dispensing good advice listens, first, because if they don’t listen, they don’t know all the factors.” ~ Waylon Lewis
Mar 17, 2023•11 min
Waylon talks with Francesca Perotti. They discuss how to get through really, really tough time times and feeling comfortable with our loneliness when it comes up. "It's easy to get lost in the darkness, and get lost in victimhood...to not taking responsibility. If you're moving through darkness, if you're moving through something really hard, then hopefully you are surrounded by people who can help you see that there's light at the end of the tunnel and that this is actually happening for you, n...
Mar 13, 2023•50 min
This week, instead of his usual weekly three mindful tips…Waylon is sharing three things he’s noticed (during his trip to Halifax to visit his Mama) that he has learned and been taught by his mom over the years. “There’s all these weird things that I do in my life and…sometimes I feel [self-conscious] about them. Like, why do I do these [weird] things? And then I see my mom do that thing…and there’s a moment of humor, and tenderness, and appreciation, and gratitude for the kind of parenting I ha...
Mar 10, 2023•9 min
Waylon talks with Ailey Jolie, who describes herself as a human first, and a psychotherapist second. We discuss maitri , dating culture, communication, and masculinity. “Most ruptures and harm happens in intimate connection. And so if we are to repair that or restore a sense of resiliency, it’s our relationships that are going to have to change for our life to change, as well.” ~ Ailey Jolie
Mar 06, 2023•36 min
This week on Waylon’s “3 Mindful Tips every Friday”: Sidewalk & Road Salt, Fruit Labels, & Mom’s tip about Mail. "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Lewis Read the full article on elephantjournal.com and support independent media. Want t...
Mar 03, 2023•6 min
Waylon talks with Glyphosate Girl Kelly Ryerson. We discuss the dangers of glyphosate, alternative healthy organic pesticides, and Monsanto. "When when glyphosate first came out, in those early days before it was an herbicide, it was actually used to clean boilers—metal boilers and metal pipes because it could chelate minerals, bind them together. And then you could clean 'em out really easily. So now you apply this to the soil...and it's doing the same thing where it's chelating and binding min...
Feb 27, 2023•57 min
This week on Waylon’s “3 Mindful Tips every Friday”: "I’ve been awfully lonely, lately, on the inside." "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Lewis Read the full article on elephantjournal.com and support independent media. Want to ask a question,...
Feb 24, 2023•10 min
Waylon talks with publisher, author, activist (and gardener!) Maria Rodale. We'll discuss her humorous and surprising conversations with the spirits of plants and animals via shamanic journeys, as discussed in her new book: Love, Nature, Magic . "I had been doing shamanic journeying on my own for about 10 years and I was out gardening one day and really annoyed. Totally annoyed by this one weed, right? Mugwort. Like, I wanted to kill it—to the point where I was almost ready to use [Monsanto's po...
Feb 20, 2023•34 min
This week on Waylon’s “3 Mindful Tips every Friday”: “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Lewis Get Waylon's two books at: elephantjournal.com/books . They make great eco gifts and mindful, ho...
Feb 17, 2023•9 min
Inside a new Walk the Talk Show conversation with Waylon Lewis: he and longtime Elephriend and author, Danielle LaPorte, discuss love, reverence, making friends with ourselves, and metta meditation. Waylon : “With your new book, you decided to tackle a little subject….” Danielle : “Yeah.” Waylon : “Not a big, big deal. Just a little thing. A little thing called ‘Love.'”...
Feb 13, 2023•36 min
This week on Waylon’s “3 Mindful Tips every Friday”: Eye Glasses, the Only Shameful thing, +...Tea Kettles. "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Lewis Want to ask a question, or submit a mindful tip? Comment on YouTube , or DM @waylonlewis on Ins...
Feb 10, 2023•12 min
Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents (well, actually, this one isn’t hosted by us, but) Debra Silverman, psychotherapist, author, and astrologist, featured Waylon Lewis as a guest in her Astrological Immersion . During their conversation, Debra read Waylon’s astrological chart and they spoke about how Waylon’s life experiences and personal tendencies can be found within it. Learn more about Waylon, and hopefully yourself, by listening in. Waylon’s chart… Waylon Lewis : “What I don’t kno...
Feb 07, 2023•51 min
Waylon talks with Cara Cifelli about diet culture/dating/thin privilege/beauty privilege and maitri —the Buddhist path of making friends with ourselves and how we feel about how we look. “You deserve a partnership where you can relax and be your whole self. A partner who loves and accepts you fully. So does believing you have to diet and change yourself to find a relationship the best strategy to finding the type of relationship you most desire? Or are you objectifying yourself in the same way y...
Feb 01, 2023•41 min
This week on Waylon’s “3 Mindful Tips every Friday”: Birdfeeders, Big Fonts, & Little Free Libraries—oh my! "Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Lewis Want to ask a question, or submit a mindful tip? Comment on YouTube , or DM @waylonlewis on...
Jan 28, 2023•10 min
Waylon Lewis and longtime friend and yoga teacher, Faith Hunter, discuss careers, burnout, moms, as well as tokenism and access within the yoga community. Waylon : “What’s your helpful advice for whoever who are dealing with burnout and trying to take care of themselves while on the whole treadmill of being busy? Parents, entrepreneurs, students, everyone?” Faith : “I think the thing that I’ve learned and I probably would’ve told myself 10 years ago is to try my best to get rest and create some ...
Jan 23, 2023•51 min
This week on Waylon’s “3 Mindful Tips every Friday”: Buy button, Vegan v. Aggression, Cycling every D*mn Day. “A lot of us get depressed about climate change, depressed about our future, depressed that our politicians aren’t taking action quickly enough, but we fail to be accountable to changes we can make.” ~ Waylon Lewis Waylon Lewis is back with his award-winning video series and podcast. He's starting out with three mindful tips each week. Want to ask a question, or submit a mindful tip? Com...
Jan 20, 2023•6 min
Waylon talks with Tuwe Inu Bake, an indigenous chief of an Amazonian tribe in Brazil about how we can work together as a human family to help his tribe, the Amazon, and our planet. Our thanks to Ari Brasil of Earth Medicine Alliance for the assistance in translation to make this conversation possible. “Tuwe Ina Bake is the son of the traditional chief of the Huni Kuin Kaxinawá peoples of Brazil. He is an indigenous leader, a spokesperson for his peoples and their issues domestically and internat...
Jan 19, 2023•28 min
This week on Waylon’s “3 Mindful Tips every Friday”: Fidgeting from a Buddhist pov, Idling, & Salt sucks. Waylon Lewis is back with his award-winning video series and podcast. He's starting out with three mindful tips each week. Want to ask a question, or submit a mindful tip? Comment on YouTube , or DM @waylonlewis on Insta .
Jan 14, 2023•6 min
Waylon Lewis and Jamie Logan discuss answers to common questions around veganism, as well as “why,” is vegetarianism a thing, what to eat/cook, health, and the benefits of veganism for the planet.
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Cheerful New Year! I send love and luck and healing and kindness and caring to you all, pass it on! May we all be genuinely happy, content, and full of benefit for others. For those of us who survived 2022 mostly intact, may we rest in gratitude—and share any kindnesses we have received, in this life, with others who have been made more vulnerable, this year. Support local, please. Boycott Amazon, please. Climate Change is here, and gathering power—please engage in micro and macro actions to re...
Jan 02, 2023•12 min
