Today on the show I get to speak with Cristina Bornstein who has worked in the field of energy healing for over 25 years. Her main modality is Eden Energy Medicine (The Eden Method) but also includes techniques from her shamanic studies and her own intuitive experiences with earth and universal energies. She believes that Energy Medicine is an amazing complementary care support system and an empowering self-care tool. Using different modalities Cristina gently empowers you to tap into your inner...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 350
Today on the show I get to welcome Madeleine Grace, creator of Sonic Elixirs. She is a improvisational vocalist and a practitioner of touch therapy using fascial release techniques, Ayurvedic Marma therapy and Thai yoga to offer comprehensive sessions to help clients remember their inherent wholeness. Her intention is to contribute to the vitality of the world through space holding and ecstatic creativity. Madeleine shares pieces of her story on how she came to her work and her music, including ...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 349
It's our monthly conversation about Spirituality and Politics and we're talking about how we feel and what we're doing post election. Whew... this is not an easy conversation, but we get by with a little help from the Tarot. Marielena pulled the The Judgement card in advance of the show and then The Universe, The Lovers, The Empress, The Emperor and The Hanged Man during the show. Tune in to hear our thoughts and reach out if you want to add to this conversation going forward. Marielena shares t...
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 348
Today on the show, I welcome Sophie Strand, a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that inevitably turn into love stories. Give her a salamander and a stone and she’ll write you a love story. Sophie was raised by house cats, puff balls, possums, raccoons, and an opinionated, crippled goose. In every neighborhood she’s ev...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 347
For many years I've imagined a group art experience where folks can share through some artistic means their story in trying to become a parent. As someone who experienced 6 miscarriages, much heartache and also opportunities to grow and learn about myself in my journey to becoming a mother, it's something I feel is often kept in the shadows. Today I am officially announcing this show for the Spring of 2025, May 7-11 in Kingston, NY to bring it into the light. It's an open call to anyone who has ...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 346
Today I got to sit down with two of the Goddesses from The Goddess Party , Jenny Mulak and Beth Carestia. We talk about the turn of the seasons and what arises for us as we move through Autumn into the dark of Winter. Other topics on the show today, piercing the veil, Samhain meaning and rituals, Goddesses, Divine Feminine, ancestors, tarot and archetypes. Get your tickets for the next The Goddess Party performance on November 1st at Basillica Hudson before they're gone... Jenny Mulak is a heale...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 345
On this month's installment of Spirituality and Politics with Marielena Ferrer, we share our favorite moments of the O+ Festival and gratitude for those who helped to make it happen. Then Marielena and I discuss "The One" archetype that I mentioned a few weeks ago. It's one of Kim Kran's Archetypes that delves into nonduality, one love and unus mundus. Don't forget the Full Moon this Thursday! Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is from Shana Falana ! ...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 344
Holly Troy is an artist, writer, teacher and musician, whose work explores forms for “deep play.” Her passion is to create positive transformation through imagination, movement, pranayama, co-creation, and playful embodiment. Holly envisions a world where people have the tools and resources to be their authentic selves as conscious creators contributing to a renaissance of human potential that uplifts all of humanity and every being on the planet. Holly came of age as a musician on the Lower Eas...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 343
Kate Valentine is one of the instigators of the feminist neo-burlesque movement. The Va Va Voom Room was her weekly variety show running at the beloved cabaret space Fez Under Time Café in NYC. Her hilariously deadpan mistress of ceremonies character Miss Astrid traveled all over the globe entertaining audiences with her quick improvisational wit. Concurrently, Ms. Valentine wrote and starred in many sketch comedy shows and directed and created works of experimental dance theatre. Directing cred...
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 342
Jo Salas is a writer, a social activist, and devoted grandmother. She grew up in New Zealand and now lives two hours north of New York City near woods and mountains. Jo’s fiction includes the novels Dancing with Diana (Codhill Press, 2015), and Mrs. Lowe-Porter (JackLeg Press, 2024). Her short stories have appeared in literary journals and anthologies. Her story “After,” in the anthology Facing the Change : Personal Encounters with Global Warming was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Other short...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 341
Today is a continuation of my conversation with Marielena Ferrer about immigrants and immigration, and it's impact on our economy and communities. Articles that we discussed during the show today. https://www.fwd.us/news/americans-and-immigration/# https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/why-don%E2%80%99t-they-just-get-line https://www.cato.org/blog/14-most-common-arguments-against-immigration-why-theyre-wrong https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/mobilizing-against-inequality/post/five-ways-u...
Sep 17, 2024•2 hr•Ep. 340
Today on the show I get to chat with Amber Rubarth ! Amber left home at 17 years old to become a chainsaw sculptor in Nevada. At 21, she quit and decided to begin writing songs and teaching herself guitar. One of her early originals was awarded Grand Prize in NPR's Mountain Stage New Song contest. She has performed hundreds of stages around the world, from the early days opening for a flea circus at a Texas theme park, to performing an original duet with Jason Mraz at Carnegie Hall, to full orch...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 339
Inspired by Sophie Strand's The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine , I meander through my own thoughts on the patriarchy, matriarchy, the feminine and the masculine. We receive two cards, The Castle and Gnosis, from Kim Kran's Archetypes Guidebook and then talk about the moon and her magic. Here's your New Moon Report from Tanaaz at Forever Conscious. And here's the associated playlist . Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is from Shana Fal...
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 338
NeeNee Rushie grew up in Jamaica where her mom and her 3 sisters raised her. She’s always been very touched by music and songs from a very early age. She sang in church and school choirs since the 4th grade- when she discovered that she had a talent for singing and performing. NeeNee moved to NY in 2003 and went to college in New Paltz in 2005 where she met the original drummer and Rob (their current bass and musical director) that same year. The band would form in a couple of years. Since then,...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 337
It's Spirituality and Politics with Theresa and Marielena Ferrer. We dive into the challenges in surviving election season with all the vitriol and fighting along with the art of navigating conversations around issues with others who disagree. We focus a little on the Immigration issue that is being weaponized right now. Here's the study Theresa refers to. We'll be back at it on September 16th if you want to join in! Here's your Full Moon report! We heard music from The Big Takeover Band . Nee N...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 336
Hello! Back in the studio, but Marielena is unwell so Spirituality and Politics is moved to next week. Instead, I play some music and share some thoughts about... Taking care of self first, Jeanne Brook's Mealtrain , rising above and taking the high road during this election season, Nicky Foggerty's Tarot reading for the week , " When I open my eyes and heart, I see all the possibilities. I step up as the leader I am meant to be," and The Animal, The River and The Flame from Kim Krans Archetype ...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 335
Today I get to welcome Molly McCarthy Tweedy and Jenny Wonderling to the show to talk about a special event they are hosting this Thursday , featuring the music and global healing work of Samuel J . Happening at Crescent in Gardiner on 8.8, the Lion's Gate! Molly @evolutionary.holistic.healing is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Evolutionary Psychotherapy & Holistic Healing , a healing center that opened its doors in 2021 in uptown Kingston, NY, and provides holistic mental health, recovery...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 334
Inspired by this podcast , Marielena and I discuss the 7 Deadly Sins of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ("DEI"). Here are the cliff notes (AI?) version if you are unable to listen. Let us know what you think and where you stand on DEI. We wrap up the show with a fun chat about optical illusions and what they can teach us about how we think and interact with others. Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is from Shana Falana ! Feel free to email me, say he...
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 333
Mary Evelyn Pritchard is an artist and community weaver whose work focuses on creating sacred spaces and experiences. In her business practice The Holographic Home, she works as a Feng Shui practitioner, interior designer and land worker. In addition, she has been actively exploring the realms of feminine embodiment and eros through study and personal practice for the last 8 years, and more recently, has begun sharing opportunities to explore these topics with others. She has a particular passio...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 332
Jo Shuman is a mental health nurse, in the field for 30 years. She has worked in several settings: Community Mental Health Clinics; Substance Abuse Programs; a State Prison; and has spent the last 10 years working for the Ulster County Mobile Mental Health Team. She just completed a year long program through Psychedelics Today called Vital: Psychedelic Therapies and Integration. She has been a volunteer for the Restorative Justice 180 Program for 10 years and marvels at the growth she has witnes...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 331
Sheila Dvorak Galione is a writer, artist, singer, mother, healer, and intuitive coach who seeks to bring her insight and passion for the power of story to every aspect of her work. For years, Sheila supported non-profit and community organizations through grant writing and other responsibilities, but she stepped into the void to first process the passing of her sister and then clear the way for her to pursue her own work that allowed her a greater balance between work, motherhood and her health...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 330
Inspired by the thoughts and speakers in this Ted Radio Hour , Marielena Ferrer and I dig into the topic of language. Was the alphabet responsible for the demise of the Goddess? Are we resistant to language changes? Are language changes imposed upon us like Colonizers? Are they able to change culture? We meander through these questions and more today on the show! And here's the New Moon report for this month... Today’s show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org . Our show music is fr...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 329
In the first half of today's show I am joined by Margaret Bensfield Sullivan, an author, illustrator, and family photo curator, whose work combines her personal passion for archiving with visual storytelling skills she honed over nearly two decades in brand marketing. Margaret was a partner at WPP's marketing and branded content agency Group SJR, where she designed storytelling campaigns on behalf of clients like TED, Target, Disney, and USAID. She left corporate life to spend a year with her hu...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 328
Christina Varga (b. 1971, Milwaukee, WI) is a self-taught visionary artist living in the Hudson Valley. Her work incorporates a variety of materials including up-cycled and discarded objects, appropriated day-to-day ephemera such as vintage maps and magazines, holographic mylar, tissue paper, and mixed media including paint pens, pastels, acrylic, and oil paints. Her subject matter references pop culture trends, interdimensional pattern, and a repetition of Pixelated squares. In 2003 Christina V...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 327
Kaitlyn Murray has been care-taking her brand, la vie apres l'amour , a sustainable fashion organization since 2017. Born and raised in Red Hook, NY, she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology and went on to work at Hermes in customer service and merchandising. Her life long love affair with thrifting and her studies in sustainability led her to leave Hermes and open her own line of clothing and eventually a physical shop in the Rondout of Kingston which is many things including her ...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 326
It's another installment of Spirituality and Politics with Marielena Ferrer. Today we largely speak about her upcoming exhibit, "At Arm's Length," where she dives deep into the meaning of Poison Ivy. It's the second time a friend has built artwork around the plant that so many fear. It conjures an interesting response from most humans and perhaps sheds light on how we can or should respond to a threat, whether real or perceived. Her show is a part of the MFA thesis exhibitions at the Samuel Dors...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 325
Today I am severely under the weather so I postponed my original guest and instead have time to honor a dear friend, Sarah Bisceglie, who took her life last year. In the beginning of the show I share some memories of Sarah who was a beam of love and light with a brilliant mind. She and I worked together to bring gong and reiki healing to many in the Hudson Valley both at the local domestic violence shelter and at my former studio in Kingston. She was a guest on the show back in November of 2018 ...
May 07, 2024•31 min•Ep. 324
Today on the show I get to speak with Laura Victoria Ward, CMA, RSME, a dancer, choreographer, movement teacher, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, musician, painter, consciousness explorer, somanaut, and meditator. She is the artistic director of Kingston Contemporary Dance Theatre (formerly Octavia Cup Dance Theatre), a multi-disciplinary, multi-generational company. She has been creating dance theater and performing in New York City, the Hudson Valley, and internationally for over 25 years. S...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 323
Today on the show I get to speak with Nancy April, a ceramicist and master gardener and Leonora Wiener, an executive and career coach. They are both officers of The Pacama , a Conservation Collaborative, Inc., which was established in an effort to preserve the rural character of the Olive, Marbletown, and Rochester communities in Ulster County, New York, by a group of concerned neighbors. The group came together in 2020 to strategize how to protect local wetlands, animal habitat, and native plan...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 322
Today on the show I get to welcome, Amy Daughters , a lauded Award-Winning Author and dynamic Keynote Speaker, who envisions unity in diversity, where our disparities intertwine as bonds rather than divisions. By revitalizing the age-old art of handwritten letters, she revives human connections in an increasingly digital age. Infused with wit and humor. Amy draws from her experience crafting 580 handwritten letters to all her Facebook friends, illuminating the path to profound connections in the...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 321
