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Tag: cultural perception

Interview, Podcast

Becoming Yourself – A Conversation with Jiryu Rutschman-Byler

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 Vanessa Able

“The vastness isn’t somewhere else. It’s right here, embodied in the most ordinary activities.”

Tagged acceptance, childhood fears, cultural perception, Death, grief, mental health, personal experiences, psychedelic experiences, societal norms, suicide, urgency, Varanasi, Wounded Healer, WritingLeave a comment
Interview, Podcast

Andy Chaleff on the Transformative Power of Facing Up to Our Fears

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 Vanessa Able

In this podcast episode, I explore death and the fear of mortality with Andy Chaleff, and we discuss how these experiences have shaped our lives.

Tagged acceptance, childhood fears, cultural perception, Death, grief, mental health, personal experiences, psychedelic experiences, societal norms, suicide, urgency, Varanasi, Wounded Healer, WritingLeave a comment

TOP POSTS

  • This is the Life: Annie Dillard Asks, Then What?
    This is the Life: Annie Dillard Asks, Then What?
  • Gary Snyder - For the Children
    Gary Snyder - For the Children
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    The Merlin (Surprised by Joy)
  • John O'Donohue - Beannacht / Blessing
    John O'Donohue - Beannacht / Blessing
  • Barry Casey - Wait Here
    Barry Casey - Wait Here
  • Issa - This Dewdrop World
    Issa - This Dewdrop World
  • Deneen Fendig and Duncan Trussell Talk About Active Dying
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  • Wendell Berry - To Know The Dark
    Wendell Berry - To Know The Dark
  • Wendell Berry - Do Not Be Ashamed
    Wendell Berry - Do Not Be Ashamed
  • John O'Donohue on Soul Friendship
    John O'Donohue on Soul Friendship

- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Lily Tobias – Fennel
    In her poem "Fennel", Michigan poet Lily Tobias awakens our senses in the quiet hush of morning, and takes us to the temple.
  • Roshi Joan Halifax and The Way of Haiku
    A collection of haiku offered by Roshi Joan Halifax.
  • A Year of Kō: 3rd Sekki
    3rd Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, LAILA BRAHMBHATT, WILLIAM KILGORE
  • Gary Keenan – Big Day
    Writing from the Colombian Andes, poet Gary Keenan's poem "Big Day" is a chaotic cacophony collapsing into the soft rosy amber of stillness.
  • Roderick Wilson – Practicing Resurrection
    New York poet Roderick Wilson wipes the snow from the threadbare conclusion of wintertime, on the cusp of transition.
 

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