[powerpress] This week we talk to Rabbi Rami Shapiro about perennial wisdomRabbi Rami Shapiro is an award-winning author, poet, essayist, and educator whose poems have been anthologized in over a dozen volumes, and whose prayers are used in prayer books around the world. Rami received rabbinical ordination from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Re ... Show More
May 8
Unlocking the Power of Reflection and Action in a Distracted World with James Beshara
In this episode, James Beshara explores how to unlock the power of reflection and action in a distracted world. He delves into Vedanta philosophy and explains how Vedanta’s framework of body, mind, and intellect mirrors the battle between immediate desires and long-term wisdom. H ... Show More
1h 8m
May 5
Practical Techniques to Manage Anxiety, Improve Listening, and Speak Clearly When It Matters Most with Matt Abrahams
In this episode, Matt Abrahams, author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot, shares practical techniques to manage anxiety, improve listening, and speak clearly when it matters most. Matt explores how to improve spontaneous communic ... Show More
1h 5m
May 1
How To Find Belonging When You Feel Like an Outsider with Vir Das
In this episode, comedian Vir Das explores how to find belonging when you feel like an outsider. He shares details about his multicultural upbringing across India, Nigeria, and the United States, and his lifelong feeling of never quite fitting in. Vir also discusses his memoir Th ... Show More
51m 24s
Sep 2022
Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Spiritual, But Not Religious? What’s Really Going On.
<p>You’ve heard the call, “I’m not religious, but I am spiritual.” What does that even mean? And, why are so many people running from organized religion, but flocking to some amorphous and ambiguous claim to spirituality that often extends not further than a sense that you yearn ... Show More
57m 22s
Aug 2021
The Clarity of Dr. Cleary
Dr. Thomas Cleary performed the task of hundreds of men. He mastered Greek and Latin in his teens and went on to master Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Pali, Sanskrit, French, Bengali, Gaelic, Urdu, and several other languages. He then went on to translate some of the most imp ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2022
869: Dharmic Reversals / An Interview with Dr. Ravi M. Gupta
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Kaustubha discusses with Professor Ravi Gupta about the unique role of Srimad Bhagavatam in the broader yoga tradition, and how it presents "Dharmic Reversals" where common religious, social hierarchies (in terms of gender, age, caste and even species) are turned upside-down ... Show More
59m 53s
Jun 2022
Rabbi Steve Leder | How to Live What Matters
<p>With everything going on in the world recently, we've likely all thought to ourselves at some point, "Is humanity lost?" You are not alone if the news makes you feel like everything is hopeless, and it's fair to wonder if collective and individual hope in empathy, compassion, ... Show More
47m 41s
Oct 2020
324: Miracles vs Magick in Modern Spirituality with Benjamin Decker
<p>There are so many spiritual practices, lineages, traditions and wisdoms out there. How do we find our own? In this episode we discuss being in touch with your higher nature, what spiritual traditions all have in common and what to do if you come from a Christian background lik ... Show More
1h 14m