How can our experience of being born into this world change how we take care of it? In this episode entitled Protecting the Future of Earth’s Smallest Citizens , Amisha meets Ibu Robin Lim. Ibu Robin is the founder of Bumi Sehat, a non-profit organisation who operate community health, education and childbirth centres in Indonesia and the Philippines, as well as disaster relief birthing support for mothers and babies in earthquake and tsunami crises and refugee camps. Ibu Robin shares with us the...
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep 83•Transcript available on Metacast How do we thrive in every layer of fabric of our consciousness? In this episode entitled Stepping into Flow as Meditation in Action , Amisha spends time with yogi, teacher and founder of the School of Embodied Flow, Tara Judelle. Tara shares her journey from being a ‘brain dominant human’ to her current work teaching and practising Embodied Flow yoga. She talks us through the multi-layered process of discovering and connecting with the bodymind on the deepest levels - finding balance, synergy an...
Jan 15, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep 82•Transcript available on Metacast How can we restore the feminine within ourselves and society in order to lead from our hearts? “One of the systems errors that we as humans tend to make, is to think that people who think like us are smart and people who don't think like us are not - and actually nature shows us over and over again that the most resilient ecosystems are the ones with the greatest diversity of species.” ~ Nina Simons In this episode entitled Nature, Culture and the Sacred: Listening for Leadership , Amisha connec...
Jan 07, 2020•2 hr 33 min•Ep 81•Transcript available on Metacast How can we open to more of our unique human potential? In this special episode entitled Freeing the Shackles to Create a Beautiful Future , to start a new decade, host Amisha Ghadiali shares some of her own journey and her interest in our untapped human potential and the importance of balance of both our inner and outer worlds. "The Future Is ours for the creating. It is made up of how we spend our time, money and energy, now with our presence. The most precious resources we have are our creativ...
Jan 02, 2020•27 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast How can we cultivate the courage and presence needed for these times? In this episode entitled We Were Made For These Times , we mark the end of this decade, and the end of the year with reflections from our host Amisha Ghadiali. She offers an exploration into the courage that we need for the next decade, and shares a myth which speaks to the power courage, as well as a meditation practice which supports the cultivation of presence. “I feel that this is the way we get towards creating a more bea...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast How can we reconnect with natural cycles of rest and healing? “We talk about sustainable energy use in buildings, but what about having respect for human energy systems - the energy of life itself - and working out sustainable ways to manage our resources?” ~ Uma Dinsmore-Tuli In this episode entitled Rest As A Radical Act , Amisha spends time with writer, radical yogini and eco-feminist activist Uma Dinsmore-Tuli. Uma introduces us to her practise of Total Yoga Nidra, and shares what she has di...
Dec 11, 2019•2 hr 6 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast What is the role of creativity in our times? “The arts is a human manifestation of the universe reflecting on and celebrating itself. We are the unspooling of the creative dynamics of galaxies. Creativity is part of our birthright and integral to who we are as beings in this cosmos.” ~ Drew Dellinger In this episode entitled The Confluence of Two Rivers: Alchemy in Creativity , Amisha meets poet, writer and teacher Drew Dellinger. Drew shares his understanding of the role for poetry in our times...
Dec 04, 2019•2 hr 45 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast How does white supremacy show up in our lives and what is our work to do? “I really believe our primary work is to do the work of healing and self-reclamation, because it has taken so much away from us in ways we cannot even fathom. This is why I do this inner work right alongside the outer work. Before we go out and change the world we deserve to get the healing, to reconnect with that source inside of ourselves that feels worthy and is good. That is very revolutionary because it’s remaking the...
Nov 27, 2019•2 hr 44 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast How can we be the change that we want to see in the world? In this episode entitled A New Republic of the Heart: Awakening to the Mystery and the Miracle , Amisha sits down with philosopher, author, activist and coach Terry Patten. Terry speaks about how to become present to each other in the moment with kindness, compassion, generosity and community. He shares his perspective on inner work as a form of activism, and a prerequisite for holistic change. Together Amisha and Terry examine the multi...
Nov 21, 2019•2 hr 40 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast How can we design for a regenerative future? “I like to think of the moment we are in like the Millenium Falcon in Star Wars; we need to go sideways to get through the window of opportunity before it closes.” ~ Amanda Joy Ravenhill In this episode entitled The Awkward Era: Slowing Down to Act Fast , Amisha meets Amanda Joy Ravenhill, Executive Director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. Amanda shares her approach to navigating what she calls ‘the awkward era’ that we find ourselves in now. She...
Nov 13, 2019•2 hr 40 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast How can we reconnect deeply to ourselves, our community and our planet? In this episode entitled Weaving Earth: Ecological, Social and Personal Systems Change , Amisha sits down with facilitator and educator Will Scott. At the time of this interview, Will was evacuated from his home and community in Sonoma County, California due to the wildfires that are raging there. He speaks about his personal reactions and responses to the crisis, as well as those of his community and others around them. Wil...
Nov 06, 2019•2 hr 31 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast How can we help each other to become the sovereign leaders our times are calling for? In this episode entitled Deep Listening: Evoking Unprecedented Leadership , Amisha connects with neuropsychologist, author and educator Stephanie Mines. Stephanie is the vision holder for the recent Climate Change & Consciousness Conference held at Findhorn, and is a champion and mentor for ‘Unprecedented Leaders’ working on the frontlines of climate crisis. Stephanie shares with us her personal story, from an ...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast How can we radically shift our approach to working with complex challenges? In this episode entitled 10-in-10 : Tackling Ten Global Challenges in Ten Years , Amisha sits down with Zaid Hassan. Zaid has twenty years of experience working with complex challenges. He’s co-founder of 10-in-10 - an initiative to tackle ten global challenges in ten years. Zaid speaks about his work with 10-in-10 and their approach to tackling ten global challenges in ten years - working beyond silos and outside of wha...
Oct 24, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast How will we heal the disconnect between humanity and Mother Earth? In this episode entitled The Water Inside Us , Amisha meets Maori elder and shaman Erena Rangimarie Rereomaki Rhöse. Erena shares with us her cultural concept of the earth as Mother and the cosmology and creation stories of her Maori heritage, speaking of the lived experience of connection to nature at the deepest levels of being. She speaks of the pressing need to acknowledge, love and honour our mother the earth and why we must...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast How can we be truly present to ourselves, to each other and to earth in these times? “The first spiritual practise for me is to listen – to really listen. To listen to ourselves, listen to our pain – not ignore it. To listen to each other, each others pain, joy, fear – to listen to the earth. The moment that we open ourselves up to that it’s clear that the earth is in pain and she is calling for us to listen. The cries of agony are getting louder every day.” ~ Phap Linh In this episode entitled ...
Oct 09, 2019•2 hr 50 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast How can the wisdom held by indigenous communities help humanity evolve and heal? In this episode entitled Through the Keyhole: Walking with the Divine Mother , Amisha sits down with internationally renowned spiritual leader Jyoti, who speaks about her early life as a woman waking up in the Southern United States, and how a series of calls, visions and sacred synchronicities led her to assemble a council of 13 indigenous grandmothers to wake up the world. Together Amisha and Jyoti speak about the...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast How can we use our freedom to stand up for the oppressed? In this episode entitled A Voice in the Darkness: Speaking Out for the Silenced , Amisha connects with Raki Ap. Raki shares the story of his life: fleeing West Papua as a child, growing up in the Netherlands and joining the Dutch army, and now living in political exile in The Hague. Raki wants the world to know what has been happening in West Papua to West Papuans and what we as individuals can do to support them and stand up for their fr...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast How can we hold awareness of the interbeing of all things in the face of crisis? In this episode entitled Deepening Darkness and the Regenerative Spark: Holding the Wholeness , Amisha sits down with Justine Huxley, Director of St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in London. Justine speaks about doing the work of deep adaptation in the face of complex global challenges and looming societal collapse. She speaks about her work at St Ethelburga’s with the younger generation, and her o...
Sep 19, 2019•2 hr 39 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast How can we stay grounded on our spiritual journey? In this episode Ascending with Both Feet on the Ground , Amisha is in conversation with author, teacher, Enrealment Activist and Grounded Spiritualist Jeff Brown. Together they discuss the dangers of dissociative spiritual practices, as well as the cultures and individuals that encourage these practises for individuals carrying unresolved trauma. Jeff shares stories of his own spiritual journey and the experiences that led him to his current pra...
Sep 12, 2019•2 hr 41 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode entitled Joining the Dots Between Plants, Planets and People , Amisha climbs aboard the good ship Xanadu to meet with forager, chef, and plant alchemist Jemma Foster. Jemma stepped out of a career in journalism to train in vibrational healing and plant medicine, after becoming fascinated with quantum physics and the vibrational nature of reality. Jemma walks us through the tapestry of interwoven healing and medicinal modalities that make up an experience with Mama Xanadu - from a...
Sep 05, 2019•2 hr 36 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast How can we create the conditions for something universal to be expressed through us? “Deeper self knowledge, true potential of the human, self realisation, happiness, suffering... it doesn’t belong in narrow places any more - in monasteries - it needs to be in the hospitals. Now is the time for it to be in the schools, in our lives. I really believe that.” ~ Nick Mulvey In this episode entitled A Voice For Nature: Playing From the Heart Strings , Amisha shares a moment with Nick Mulvey, a musici...
Aug 29, 2019•2 hr 46 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast How do we overcome paralysis in the face of complexity? “We all have something that we came to do. If more people were doing that soul work we would be in less of a mess. What dreams we had as children of what our lives would look like! When we ignore that, it is where the numbing begins – the giving up of wanting to participate.” ~ Phoebe Tickell In this episode entitled Striving to be Consistent in An Inconsistent World , Amisha meets complex systems designer, social entrepreneur and educator ...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast How can we be in service to the world at this time? “It’s an assumption from the people who taught me, that creation lodges a tiny piece of its genius inside each of us. You have to find it, and then grow it, and then share it…I will go on this journey and never give up until I have located it, grown it and I’m then fully sharing it.” ~ Mac Macartney In this episode entitled Keeping The Children’s Fire , Amisha spends a morning with speaker, writer and change-maker Mac Macartney. Mac is the foun...
Aug 15, 2019•2 hr 51 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast How can we thrive in the world as Highly Sensitive People? In this episode entitled Entering the Era of the Sensitive Person , Amisha connects with therapist, coach and Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Cindy Barnes. Cindy specialises in working with people who identify as Highly Sensitive or with having the trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity. This is a scientifically verified, hereditary genetic trait shared by around 20% of the population. Cindy explains what it means to be an HSP, the challe...
Aug 08, 2019•2 hr 32 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast What innovation is needed now to steer us towards a beautiful future? “It ain’t just a techno fix. It’s not just about shifting an energy system into renewables. it’s not just about shifting from fossil fuels to green energy. It is actually about reimagining how so many of these systems can and should work… The size of the solutions have to fit the size of the problems. If what needs to be done doesn’t fit within commercial and political realities, then we have to change those realities.” ~ Ed G...
Aug 01, 2019•2 hr 37 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when we let go and trust our voice? In this episode entitled Medicine Songs for the Soul , Amisha spends time with transformational coach, consultant and singer of soul songs Lex Empress. After a childhood spent “in the blackest dark”, carefully concealing her innate gifts, and an early career laced with the promise of pop stardom, Lex followed her intuition away from the path laid out for her and onto a new track all of her own - touching hearts and changing lives with the penetrat...
Jul 25, 2019•2 hr 44 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast How can our individual creative freedom liberate others? In this episode entitled Liberating Maat Energy Through the Arts , Amisha meets multidisciplinary metaphysical artist Kamau Abayomi. Kamau’s broad-ranging creative expression is a conduit for Maat energy - the ancient Egyptian goddess of harmony, truth, justice and balance. From his early years as a skateboarding teenage rapper in Oakland, California to over 15 years living in Bali, Kamau’s path through life has been one of creative libera...
Jul 18, 2019•2 hr 37 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast What is wrong with a culture of fast fixes? In this episode entitled No Laughing Matter: Art From the Gutter , Amisha meets sustainable fashion designer and lecturer, Michelle Lowe-Holder. Michelle was inspired to relocate to England from America by the famously radical and innovative fashion design scene. It was here that she became interested in working with more ethical materials and practises and released her first sustainable fashion collection in 2010. Michelle has most recently acquired a...
Jul 10, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast What does it truly mean to be Foolish? In this episode entitled Making a Fool of Yourself to Find Your Truth , Amisha meets professional Fool, Jonathan Kay. For the uninitiated, The Fool exists somewhere in the archetypal space between a clown, your inner child and a guru - and everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Tune in to experience Foolish ways of looking, seeing, being… and flying! Jonathan has been a performer since a young age, travelling and performing with theatres and bands. Someth...
Jul 04, 2019•2 hr 37 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast At a time of growing individual and global burnout, how can looking to nature's patterns inspire us to find more sustainable and harmonious ways of living? In this episode entitled The Positive Power of Pattern , Amisha meets with Anna Murray, co-founder of Patternity - a ‘conscious creative organisation’ working with pattern to inspire more curious, collaborative and connected ways of living. Anna shares her journey with patterns, noticing how they play out in her own life and in the world arou...
Jun 27, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast 
