Reading a piece that begins with, They say you must die for your art.... , from my book, Dear Artist: A Love Letter . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, poetic keynotes and talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My who...
Jul 25, 2025•10 min•Season 1Ep. 305
Reading in both English and Spanish a fresh new unpublished piece titled, We are the Garden and We are Beautiful / Somos El Jardin y Somos Hermosos. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for a community celebration (pachanga) and communion. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, poetic keynotes and talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your c...
Jul 21, 2025•10 min•Season 1Ep. 304
Reading a fresh new unpublished piece titled, Bless You Who Set Our People Free. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for a Community Development Resources of Ventura all-staff celebration of 400+ early childhood support and education workers, Ventura, California, April 25, 2025. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my websit...
Jul 09, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 303
Reading a fresh new unpublished piece titled, Sanctuary Until Sunrise . This poem was written as part of a keynote message for LA Best Babies Network's Family Strengthening Network Annual Summit, attendance 500+, June 11, 2025. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and w...
Jun 19, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 302
Reading part 2 of the passage titled, Rest Feeds Your Revolution , from my book, Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution . You may listen to part 2 in podcast episode 299. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging other...
May 31, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 301
Visionary artist Delphine Diallo joins me in Sacred Conversation. We cover the cosmos in this one. AI as both a colonizing and liberating instrument. History as a mirror. Ancestral remembrance. Embodied spirituality. Bruce Lee. And so much more. May this soul medicine nourish you. You may find Delphine's work on Instagram at @delphinediallo. .... Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have a soulful co...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 300
Reading a piece from my book, Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution . This passage is titled: Rest Feeds Your Revolution . This is part 1 of the reading, with more to follow. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging ...
May 29, 2025•5 min•Season 1Ep. 299
Today we share chapter eight, titled: Ceremonial Life , of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . Available on Audible. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing o...
May 18, 2025•4 min•Season 1Ep. 298
Reading a piece from my book, Your Caring Heart: Renewal for Helping Professionals and Systems . This passage is titled: Love the Ones You Serve . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online b...
May 15, 2025•5 min•Season 1Ep. 297
Reading a piece that begins with: Synchronicities. Everything is intimately, energetically interwoven .... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Gratef...
Apr 13, 2025•4 min•Season 1Ep. 296
Reading a piece that begins with: A golden sky covers you today .... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful . jaiyajohn.com... Send us a text S...
Apr 12, 2025•2 min•Season 1Ep. 295
Today we share chapter seven, titled: Spiritual Life , of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My ...
Apr 06, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 294
Today we share chapter six, titled: Wholeness , of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, apparel, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your...
Mar 29, 2025•4 min•Season 1Ep. 293
Today we share chapter five, titled: Your Freedom , of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings ...
Mar 23, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 292
Today we share chapter four, titled: Loving Yourself, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry reading...
Mar 16, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 291
Today we share chapter three, titled: Sacred Love, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings a...
Mar 08, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 290
Today we share chapter two, titled: Your Sacredness , of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry reading...
Mar 05, 2025•11 min•Season 1Ep. 289
During these early months of 2025, I am sharing with you, one chapter at a time, the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love . The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. We begin today with the first chapter, which is titled Arrival . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, ...
Mar 03, 2025•12 min•Season 1Ep. 288
Reading a piece titled, We Change This World , from my new book, We Birth Freedom at Dawn: Volume Two . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jai...
Feb 23, 2025•5 min•Season 1Ep. 287
In the spirit of February 14, reading a selection which begins, Usurp my throne .... from my book , Habanero Love: A Poem of Sacred Passion . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings ...
Feb 14, 2025•11 min•Season 1Ep. 286
Reading a selection which begins, Our grief is an ocean of tears .... from my book , We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volume Two . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and wr...
Feb 04, 2025•2 min•Season 1Ep. 285
Reading an unpublished poem for those affected by oppression fire and wildfire, which begins with, It hurts in your body where your bedroom was. We hold you there ... . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone session soul ceremonies, book specials, booking for keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank...
Jan 21, 2025•3 min•Season 1Ep. 284
Reading an unpublished prayer poem which begins with, A Golden sky ... . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone session soul ceremonies, book specials, booking for keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encourag...
Jan 16, 2025•2 min•Season 1Ep. 283
Reading from a selection that ends with, Spark life .... from my book, All These Rivers and You Chose Love. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, booking for keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging ...
Dec 23, 2024•3 min•Season 1Ep. 282
Sacred Conversation with J.S. Park, hospital chaplain and author of the astoundingly profound and beautifully poetic book, As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve . For many months, I have been excited to have and to share this conversation with you. J.S. feels, lives, speaks, and writes in a mystic poetry that moves me deeply and calls me back home to our sacredness within. In our conversation here, we celebrate our kindred childhood soul architecture; revel in what it means to find refuge in...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 281
Reading a selection entitled, Love is Life.... from my book , We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volume Two . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and ...
Dec 15, 2024•5 min•Season 1Ep. 280
In this emotionally fertile Sacred Conversation with Nova Reid, producer, writer, speaker, and author of the book, The Good Ally , we commune over the vital importance for Black Women (and marginalized souls) of gathering together in safe affirmation, celebration, purpose finding, soul gardening, and healing. This conversation fed me richly in ancestor dreams. You may learn more about Nova's journey and brilliant work at novareid.com. . Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 279
Reading a selection that begins with, Maybe Love is not the problem.... from my book , All These Rivers and You Chose Love . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for ...
Dec 08, 2024•4 min•Season 1Ep. 278
My soul brother Yohance Maqubela, who is a true community Baba and revolutionary Teacher, and son of our fiery, Loving ancestor, the singular Dick Gregory, joins me to discuss my new books, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volumes One and Two. This conversation feels like home. We Birth Freedom at Dawn, volumes one and two, are now available worldwide. Bless you for your online reviews, book posts, and book readings. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk ...
Nov 30, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 277
A book conversation with esteemed soul worker, mystic, ancestor emissary, and bestselling author, Layla F. Saad, as we discuss my new books, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volumes One and Two. Together, we dream of liberation. We Birth Freedom at Dawn, volumes one and two, are now available worldwide. Bless you for your online reviews, book posts, and book readings. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Personal phone sessions, book ...
Nov 24, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 275
