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Sonia Roberts is an educator, writer, creator, and activist. Sonia writes about racism, spirituality, parenting, and much more in her Spiritually Speaking blog. Her first book is White Ally: A Guide To Cultivating A Deeply Spiritual Anti-Racism Practice. 

In this episode, Eric and Sonia explore the intersection of transformational inner work within ourselves and transformational outer work in the world, specifically when it comes to practicing anti-racism.

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In This Interview, Sonia Roberts and I Discuss Spirituality and Anti-Racism and…

• Her book, White Ally: A Guide To Cultivating A Deeply Spiritual Anti-Racism Practice
• The intersection of transformational inner work within ourselves as well as transformational outer work in the world
• Transforming suffering into something beautiful
• Yogas ten guidelines, the Yamas and Niyamas 
• Instances when it’s not necessarily beneficial for Black people to share their personal stories of experiences with racism
• The way that yoga and meditation practices can be instrumental in facilitating social change
• The ethical components that underlie yoga
• The practice of gratitude amidst privilege
• Identifying the places of your privilege and subsequently acting in service of those who are marginalized
• The idea of intent vs. impact in matters of race and racism
• The difference between being shamed and being held accountable

Sonia Roberts Links:

awakenedlovewarrior.com

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Paria Hassouri is a pediatrician, writer, transgender rights activist, wife and mother of three children. Her personal essays have been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Huffington Post, and many more.

In this episode, Eric and Paria talk about her book, Found In Transition: A Mother’s Evolution During Her Child’s Gender Change. Her story of understanding, accepting, and ultimately supporting her daughter as a transgender girl is so honest and beautiful and inspiring. 

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In This Interview, Paria Hassouri and I Discuss Parenting a Transgender Child and…

• Her book, Found In Transition: A Mother’s Evolution During Her Child’s Gender Change
• The question, “Am I acting out of love or am I acting out of fear?”
• The story of her middle child coming out as a trans girl
• The process she went through of educating herself about transgender children and teenagers
• The factors that ultimately guided her towards supporting her child’s transition
• The change that shifted her outlook and her child’s outlook for the future
• Her journey through denial, anger, acceptance, support, and ultimately celebration about her child’s transition
• Her internal struggle about her child’s transition
• The power of finding people who have been through what you’re going through
• The stories we make up about our identities – and how they can change

Paria Hassouri Links:

pariahassouri.com

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Cory Allen is a writer, musician, meditation teacher, and creator of the podcast, The Astral Hustle, which focuses on how to live better with leading experts in mindfulness, neuroscience, and philosophy. Cory believes that the more we understand ourselves, the less we suffer.

In this episode, Cory and Eric discuss his book, Now Is The Way: An Unconventional Approach To Modern Mindfulness.

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In This Interview, Cory Allen and I Discuss Cultivating Mindfulness and…

• His book, Now Is The Way: An Unconventional Approach To Modern Mindfulness
• The role of our actions in determining who we are
• How to differentiate between helpful and unhelpful negative thoughts and emotions
• The most effective way to widen the gap between stimulus and response
• The watching mind and the doing mind
• Why the notions of emptiness and non-self needn’t be scary
• The answer to the question, “Does my life even matter?”
• How we assign meaning rather than find meaning in life
• What it means to dilute strong emotions or ruminating thoughts when they arise

Cory Allen Links:

www.cory-allen.org

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Bina Venkataraman is an American journalist, author, and science policy expert. She is currently the Editorial Page Editor of The Boston Globe and a fellow at New America. Bina is a frequent public speaker whose appearances have included the TED mainstage, NPR, Aspen Ideas, MSNBC, CNN, and university campuses around the world. Bina formerly served as Senior Advisor for Climate Change Innovation in the Obama White House and she also advised the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in responding to the Ebola epidemic, promoting patient access to cancer therapies, and reforming public school science education. 

In this episode, Bina and Eric discuss her book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age, and how we can live in the present in such a way that we also create the future that we’d like to inhabit.

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In This Interview, Bina Venkataraman and I Discuss Effectively Thinking Ahead and…

• Her book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
• How to make decisions about the future
• The untold story of the marshmallow test
• How most people don’t look past 15 years in the future
• Tools for more effectively imagining the future
• Tools for more effectively planning for the future
• Being present while also orienting for the future
• When we’re more likely to make bad decisions
• The role of implementing impulse buffers
• When an “if/then” strategy can be most helpful to you
• How our past informs our view of the future
• Social movements that influence lasting change

Bina Venkataraman Links:

writerbina.com

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IN-Q is an award-winning poet, best-selling author, and multi-platinum songwriter. His groundbreaking achievements include being named to Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 list of the world’s most influential thought leaders, being the first spoken word artist to perform with Cirque Du Soleil, and being featured on A&E, ESPN, and HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. He’s inspired audiences around the world through his live performances and storytelling workshops. Many of his recent poetry videos have gone viral with over 70 million views combined.

When IN-Q reads or recites his poetry, it is a moving, powerful experience. In this episode, he reads several of his poems and he and Eric talk about many aspects of life and how he expresses those aspects through his poetry. 

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In This Interview, IN-Q and I Discuss Life Through Poetry and…

• His book, Inquire Within
• How it’s easier to hate than to create but creating is a lot more satisfying
• That for him, poetry is either purging or praying or both
• How we’re all storytellers
• That everything is a spiritual practice
• How we’re afraid to be a student at something, to look foolish, but if we never look foolish, we’ll never be brilliant
• His poem, Inquire Within
• The way spirituality is logical for him
• The role that gratitude plays in his life
• How his work holds paradoxes
• His poem, Problems
• The ways enlightenment can sneak into our lives
• His two definitions of hope
• Seeing the difficult reality while also holding hope for better

IN-Q Links:

in-q.com

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Ella Frances Sanders is an internationally-bestselling author and illustrator of three books. Her third book, Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe, was the recipient of the 2019 Whirling Prize for Prose and has been translated into many languages.

In this episode, Eric and Ella have a delicious conversation about this lovely book that contains all sorts of interesting facts and beautiful illustrations about our universe and how we as humans relate to such things.

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In This Interview, Ella Frances Sanders and I Discuss her Musings on a Vast Universe and…

• Her book, “Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe”
• Her take on the wolf parable and how it’s about choosing possibility over panic
• How moving slowly helps us notice a lot of what’s good
• Our relationship to plants and to the sun
• How giving plants human characteristics helps us connect and care about them
• The challenge in understanding the scale of things
• We see things through filters without thinking about it
• How science works with laws and things that we know are true
• Our choices are affected by how we are influenced by the world around us 
• How the universe is moving toward ultimate chaos
• Our memories are susceptible to alterations and get filtered through the present moment
• How we are only remembering the last time we remembered
• Stressful situations can affect memory
• The half-life of facts is the amount of time it takes for a fact to become untrue

Ella Frances Sanders Links:

ellafrancessanders.com

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