Joseph Campbell said people aren't seeking the meaning of life but "the experience of being alive." When songwriter Christa Wells first encountered that idea, in the depths of grief, it resonated with something in her. She recognized that her suffering was actually propelling her into a new level of awareness and vitality her soul had been craving. Through her own story and conversations with fellow creators and thrivers, songwriter Christa Wells explores the unique paths and practices leadi ...
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Christa with Shuree Danyell On Being Visionary & Returning The World To Harmony
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Christa talks with Shuree Danyell about what it means to envision a world restored to harmony, and how she has pursued harmony within herself through creativity and collaboration. Shuree Danyell is an award-wining creative artist with a growing reputation as an expert and visionary thought leader in the creative marketing industry. As the Founder a…
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Christa with Matthew Dwyer On Being With People In Grief
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Christa talks with Death Doula, Yoga Teacher and Kirtan Wallah, Matthew Dwyer about his compassionate work with people in grief. Matthew hosts Death Cafe with Adriana Rizzolo. Connect with Matthew: Website Instagram Being Held Newsletter + More Connect with Christa: Website Patreon Instagram SpotifyChrista Wells tarafından oluşturuldu
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Christa with Rachel Handler on Acting, Advocacy & Dancing In A New Body
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Christa talks with actress, singer and motivational speaker, Rachel Handler. After sharing the interesting way Christa and Rachel encountered one another, Rachel shares the joy she experiences in performance and how the loss of her leg in a car accident has invited expansion into her life and work. Find Rachel: Instagram Website Find Christa: Insta…
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Christa with Adriana Rizzolo on Embodiment, Expansion & Feeling It All
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Connect with Christa: Website Patreon Instagram Spotify Christa speaks with Adriana Rizzolo about embodiment, expansion and the beauty and freedom that comes through embracing the full spectrum of human experience and emotion. They talked at Adriana's home in Ojai, California, several months after meeting on the island of Molokai. Adriana is a spir…
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Christa with Juniper Wong on Internal Family Systems & the Source of Suffering
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Juniper Wong is a licensed social worker/therapist who approaches her work with a unique blend of comedy + insight. She shares her knowledge generously on social media, and in this interview we discuss the winding path that led her to her life's work; Internal Family Systems and other modalities for trauma healing; and what she believes is the true…
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Christa with Gloria Umanah on The Hope Booth Tour + Discerning Your Path
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Gloria Umanah is a gifted communicator, the founder and director of The Ex-Nihilo Collective and now creator of The Hope Booth, a life-affirming interactive experience involving a remodeled telephone booth. Hear how she and her team innovated this unique way to meet strangers on the street and let them feel seen and loved. Connect with Gloria Umana…
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Christa with Yan Palmer on Learning From Childhood, Staying Curious & The Reality of Connection
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Yan Palmer is a photographer, writer, teacher, mentor, podcaster and more. Above all she is one who seeks aliveness through looking on the world with a loving gaze. In this episode of Ways of Life, Christa asks Yan about the lessons of her childhood and what she means when she says she works "in the love business." Listen and be inspired! Naomi Shi…
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Christa with JennyRebecca on Living Abroad, Healing Through Creativity & Following Your Path
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Listen and be inspired by JennyRebecca's tremendous passion for growth, authentic living and inspiring others to express themselves. Now living with her husband in Berlin, Germany, JennyRebecca writes music, records, performs and coaches fellow artists. Be inspired by her recent work with refugees in Germany, which had her co-writing a musical...on…
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Christa with Alex Wong on Making Art & Hearing the Inner Voice
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Alex Wong is a Nashville-based musical artist and producer with an endless amount of curiosity and a passion for collaboration. In this conversation Alex shares some of his favorite "hacks" for interacting with doubt and resistance in art and life, as well as how the new frontier of NFT art is causing him to re-think our relationship with time. If …
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Christa with Justin McRoberts on Creating Something Great With What You've Been Given
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Justin McRoberts is a gifted author, podcaster, musician, and coach, among other things. His most recent book, It Is What You Make Of It, is a collection of 15 stories pointing to our capacity and responsibility to use what we've been given, however humble it might feel, to create beauty and impact our world. Please subscribe & share WAYS OF LIFE w…
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Christa with Johanna Middleton on Telling Better Stories, and a World Without Rape Culture
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Johanna Middleton is a gifted storyteller from Los Angeles engaging the world through filmmaking, acting, podcasting, educating and creating story-sharing spaces that nurture the individual and community. Her podcast Gray Area Stories, which hosts conversations with survivors of sexual assault about their healing journeys, is entering its second se…
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Christa with Vaneetha Risner on Living With Suffering
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Author/Blogger Vaneetha Risner has become an inspiration to so many, sharing her story of contracting polio as a young child in India, growing up in hospitals, and living through numerous other losses including divorce and the loss of her infant son. Vaneetha speaks about experiencing God in suffering, and allowing suffering to shape us towards dee…
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Christa with Bruce Roberts on Farming, Sobriety & Rediscovering His True Self
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On this episode Christa takes a walk on Harpeth Moon Farm outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with owner Bruce Roberts. Bruce describes his journey away from and back to himself, which has included (among other things) Christianity, alcoholism, music, Mary Oliver, and now farming. Bruce is currently working to gather a decade of journals into a book h…
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Christa with Steven Roccazella on the Wim Hof Method + Barbering With Love
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Christa talks with Tennessee's only official Wim Hof method instructor Steven Roccazella about how this particular breathing and cold exposure method brought dramatic healing to his life, physically and emotionally. Steven also shares how, after 13 years in law enforcement, barbering became a way of creating a loving space for the men in his Utah c…
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Christa with Monica Snyder on Cultivating Aliveness with Chronic Illness
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Christa talks with friend Monica Snyder on living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Monica and her daughters both suffer from EDS and has had to release former expectations of what their lives would look like. With grace and wisdom that comes from lived experience, Monica shares about: letting go of doing-based identity currencies of kindness being call…
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Christa with Nick Flora on Christa's Journey Through Divorce
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Christa invites friend and fellow Nashville musician (and self-development coach) Nick Flora to lead a conversation on how her divorce impacted her awakening and sense of aliveness. She shares the importance of community and friendship on her ability to move from despair to joy, and some practices that have become non-negotiable to her wellness. Ni…
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Join songwriter, poet and artist mentor Christa Wells as she explores the varied paths and practices that have led people into a new experience of "aliveness" - often at the cost of leaving the familiar and expanding through suffering into something new and courageous. Learn more about Christa's work at www.christawellsmusic.com…
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