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Words with Elise: "Alone"

Where Self Meets World (Dan Siegel, M.D.)

The Last Go First

The Kitchen Healer (Jules Blaine Davis)

The History of New Year's Resolutions

The Origins of Christmas

Change vs. Transformation

Holding it Against Your Bones

The (Mis)Translation of the Bible

5 Key Teachings: MY GRANDMOTHER'S HANDS, by Resmaa Menakem

Processing Our Collective Past (Thomas Hübl)

Welcoming the Light

The Origins of "666"

Love: Can't Buy or Sell It

6 Key Teachings: SPIRITUAL POWER: HOW IT WORKS, by Llewellyn Vaughan Lee

Underselling What’s Easy

On Collaborating With Ourselves (Alexandra Grant)

5 Key Teachings: KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM, by Rachel Naomi Remen M.D.

On Our Best Behavior

Living a Committed Life (Lynne Twist)

The Flip Side of Vulnerability

Kind vs. Nice

Words with Elise: "Remember"

5 Key Teachings: THE FIVE INVITATIONS, by Frank Ostaseski

Finishing Things

The Boundaries We Need (Melissa Urban)

Words with Elise: "Eccentric"

Wisdom vs. Knowledge

5 Key Teachings: NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION, by Marshall Rosenberg

Adventure Planning

The Closet of Inauthenticity (Jessi Hempel)

Transitions

You are the Traffic

Justify = Just if I

Words with Elise: "Vulnerable"

Recovering Every Part of Ourselves (Richard Schwartz, PhD)

Words with Elise: "Penultimate"

Seeing Things as We Are

Words with Elise: "Vote"

Showing Our Work

Decolonizing Wellness (Chelsey Luger & Thosh Collins)

Words with Elise "Friend"

What Powers You...

The Construct of Time

The Origins of Halloween

5 Key Teachings: HEALING COLLECTIVE TRAUMA, by Thomas Hübl

Let's be Proactivists

The Power of Visual Thinkers (Temple Grandin, PhD)

Words with Elise: "Bachelor"

Words with Elise: "Wicked"

Two Monks Approach a River…

5 Key Teachings: STANDING AT THE EDGE, by Roshi Joan Halifax

Being a Good Enough Person (Dolly Chugh)

What Do You Need?

Critical Read: JUST MERCY, by Bryan Stevenson

Words with Elise: "Respect"

When Women Lead (Julia Boorstin)

Words with Elise: "Special"

Service vs. Servitude

Your Vibration…

The Drama Triangle

The Five Gatekeepers of Speech

Your Vibration Must Be Higher...

A Map to Your Soul (Jennifer Freed, PhD)

What is Morality?

Shifting from Purpose to Contribution

Understanding Kenosis

Kenosis

What Makes Love Last (John & Julie Gottman, PhDs)

Words with Elise: "Repent"

Self-Retrieval

Embracing Uncertainty (Estelle Frankel)

"Try Easier"

Words with Elise: "Normal"

Forgiveness vs. Mercy

5 Key Teachings: THE MYTH OF NORMAL, by Gabor Maté M.D.

Words with Elise: "Schismogenesis"

Words with Elise: "Curiosity"

Tend to the Part of the Garden You Can Reach

When Stress Becomes Illness (Gabor Maté, M.D.)

Words with Elise: "Business"

5 Key Teachings, AMBIGUOUS LOSS, by Pauline Boss, PhD

What Makes Us Whole (Susan Cain)

When Does “Inclusivity” End?

Words with Elise: "Worry"

5 Key Teachings: HOW TO DO NOTHING, by Jenny Odell

The Fallacy of Time Management (Oliver Burkeman)

Specialness

Words with Elise: "Perfect"

The Parable of the Lighthouse

Words with Elise: "Compass"

Touching the Other Side (Laura Lynne Jackson)

Try Easier

Reconceiving "The Fool"

Origin Story: Tarot

Don't Deny People Their Suffering

5 Key Teachings: HOLD ON TO YOUR KIDS, Gordon Neufeld, PhD & Gabor Maté, M.D.

LARP-ing

Fear vs. Trust

The Power of Myth to Heal (Kwame Scruggs, PhD)

Words with Elise: "Abracadabra"

5 Key Teachings: SPIRITUAL ECOLOGY, by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Overriding Implicit Bias (Jessica Nordell)

The Language of Empowerment

The Idea of Empowerment

Origin Story: Akashic Records

Over-Responsibility & Emotional Liberation

Words with Elise: "Mundane"

5 Key Teachings: THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING, by David Wengrow & David Graeber

Purpose vs. Vehicle

Rethinking Bad Luck

The Power of the Enneagram (Susan Olesek)

Words with Elise: "Decide"

The Witchcraze...Today

5 Key Teachings: QUARTERLIFE, by Satya Doyle Byock

We Only Have Time

Navigating Quarterlife (Satya Doyle Byock)

Allowing the Unknown

Words with Elise: "Heresy"

Origin Story: Astrology

5 Key Teachings: GOOD AND MAD, by Rebecca Traister

The Power of Resistance

Understanding the Intelligence of the Universe (Jeddah Mali)

The Cutting Room Floor

Words with Elise: "Left"

The Symbolism of Horses

Therapy Modality: D.S.T.

The Symbolism of Cats

5 Key Teachings: US, by Terry Real

Me + Serrano

The Mystery of Spontaneous Healing (Jeffrey Rediger, M.D., M.Div)

Broken Robot

Healing Modality: Osteopathy

A Spirit Date

Word & Thing

5 Key Teachings: THE TURNAWAY STUDY, by Diana Greene Foster

The Map of Loss (Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD)

Words with Elise: "Matter"

Therapy Modality: Somatic Experiencing

6 Key Takeaways: BREATH, by James Nestor

Learning to Surrender

The Power of Boundaries (Nedra Tawwab)

Words with Elise: "Psyche"

Therapy Modality: Equine Therapy

Finding the Mother Tree (Suzanne Simard)

Words with Elise: "Stigma/Stigmata"

Therapy Modality: A.C.T.

The Symbolism of the Horseshoe

How to Read Quickly

Don’t Wait to Live (Rabbi Steve Leder)

Whose Lap Can You Sit On?

Words with Elise: "Care"

Therapy Modality: "The Work"

How to Think About Resistance

5 Key Teachings: SAVING US, by Katherine Hayhoe

Shadow as Pacemaker

5 Key Teachings: THE WAY OF INTEGRITY, by Martha Beck

Finding the Sacred Pause (Jennifer Rudolph Walsh)

Words with Elise: "Mercy"

Therapy Modality: P.G.D.T. (C.G.T)

The Number "13"

5 Key Teachings: I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, by Terry Real

Victim vs. Aggressor

Bringing Our “Wise Adults” into Relationship (Terry Real)

Words with Elise: "Whore"

How to Think About Negative Energy

Book Note: IN THE REALM OF HUNGRY GHOSTS, by Gabor Maté, M.D.

Book Note: HUDDLE, by Brooke Baldwin

The Beauty of Aging (Nigma Talib, N.D.)

5 Key Teachings: ENTITLED, by Kate Manne

Therapy Modality: C.B.T.

Patience vs. Waiting

What is Guru Energy?

Loving vs. Judging

Why Do We Suffer? (Carissa Schumacher)

Words with Elise: "Enthusiasm"

Therapy Modality: Ketamine

5 Key Teachings: THE MAKING OF BIBLICAL WOMANHOOD, by Beth Allison Barr

Past-Life Regression Therapists

Waiting vs. Patience

The Origins of Friday the 13th

Understanding Essential Labor (Angela Garbes)

Words with Elise: "Prestige"

Therapy Modality: Past-Life Regression

Some of My Favorite Memoirs

The Best Books About Civics & Social Justice

The Best Books About Creativity & Writing

The Best Books About Business, Leadership, and Time Management

The Best Books About Physical Health

The Best Books About Mental & Emotional Health

The Best Books About Environmental Health

The Best Books About Parenting

The Best Books About Psychedelics & Consciousness

The Best Books About Religion

The Best Books About Mythology & Archetypes

The Best Books About Spirituality & Mysticism

The Best Books About Intuition & Mediumship

The Best Books About Early Christianity

The Best Books About Addiction

The Best Books About Trauma & Healing

The Best Books About Death, Dying & Grief

The Best Books About Sexuality

The Best Books About Feminism & Patriarchy

The Best Books About Relationships

Books from Pulling the Thread Guests

5 Key Teachings: THE DANCE OF ANGER, by Harriet Lerner, PhD

Wants vs. Needs

Understanding Emotional Inheritance (Galit Atlas, PhD)

Words with Elise: "Hustle"

6 Key Teachings: CURED, by Jeffrey Rediger, M.D., M.Div

There are No Wrong Turns

Where Are Our Huddles? (Brooke Baldwin)

Words with Elise: "Bitch"

Therapy Modality: MDMA

6 Key Teachings: BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Why is Jesus Associated with the Fish?

When Illness is Not Validated (Meghan O’Rourke)

Therapy Modality: EMDR

Words with Elise: "Disaster"

Joy vs. Happiness

Navigating Conflict (Amanda Ripley)

6 Key Teachings: SPEAKING OF RACE, by Celeste Headlee

Words with Elise: "Discipline"

5 Key Teachings: THE PERSON YOU MEAN TO BE, by Dolly Chugh

Worth vs. Value

Living Without Lying (Martha Beck, PhD)

Therapy Modality: Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Therapy Modality: Family Constellations

Words with Elise: "Hero"

5 Key Teachings: EROSION, by Terry Tempest Williams

Why Closure is a Myth (Pauline Boss, PhD)

Words with Elise: "Ambivalence"

Having Conversations We’d Rather Avoid (Celeste Headlee)

Words with Elise: "Crone"

Book Note: THE ELECTRICITY OF EVERY LIVING THING, by Katherine May

Passing as “Normal” (Katherine May)

Words with Elise: "Denigrate"

What Our Anxiety Tells Us (Ellen Vora, M.D.)

Manifesting What We Actually Want (Lacy Phillips)

Book Note: THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM, by Meghan O'Rourke

Why Design Matters—and the Courage to Create New (Debbie Millman)

The Psychology of the Body (Olivia Laing)

How Science Got Women Wrong (Angela Saini)

Stop Chasing Rainbows

5 Key Teachings: HIGH CONFLICT, by Amanda Ripley

Understanding Our Sexual Potential (Ian Kerner, PhD)

Finding Balance in Our Bodies (Aviva Romm, M.D.)

Challenging the Stories We Tell Ourselves (Elizabeth Lesser)

Unblocking the Creative Self (Julia Cameron)

The Guru in Our Own Minds (Mark Epstein, M.D.)