Special Encore Presentation: The Freedom Writers ~ An interview with...
Who saw two-time Oscar Winner, Hillary Swank, portray Erin Gruwell in the Freedom Writers? It was a remarkable movie and this week Marianna will be interviewing the real-life teacher who inspired...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Growing Healthy, Loving, Supportive Families ~...
Meet Gaylon Logan, Jr., a man who brings to bear everything he knows about human strength, personal talent and the influence of culture to the nurturance of family and community. His ground-breaking...
View ArticleHomelessness is Unacceptable—A Conversation with John Lozier, MSSW
We have an epidemic of poverty and homelessness in America. It’s a sorrow we all live with and a solvable problem we must work to change. Each of us can do something. Join us as we talk with John...
View ArticleMentors: Why We Need Them in our Life—An Intervew wth Karilee Shames
Author Karilee Shames. PhD, RN, AHN-BC, has reached out to a wide array of women as mentors over the course of her life. And now she has written a book about them called Amazing Mentors. Today we’ll...
View ArticleCaring for One Another at Neighborcare Health – An interview with Tricia...
The value we place on community includes healthcare for every man, woman and child, no matter their circumstances. Neighborcare Health in Seattle is an independent community clinic that...
View ArticleGrief, Ritual and the Soul of the World – PART ONE – An interview with...
Join us for this two-part series exploring grief and its capacity to lift us into love, joy, generosity and compassion. Francis Weller’s new book, Entering the Healing Ground – Grief, Ritual and the...
View ArticleGrief, Ritual and the Soul of the World – PART TWO – An interview with...
Join us for part two of this two-part series in which we are exploring grief and its capacity to lift us into love, joy, generosity and compassion. Francis Weller’s new book, Entering the Healing...
View ArticleChoose Wisely—The Art of Making Good Decisions: An Interview with Gary...
The great wisdom traditions of the world present a common foundation for making good decisions in our everyday lives. Gary Boelhower, PhD has put forth the effort to research them and write a beautiful...
View ArticlePART TWO of “Choose Wisely—The Art of Making Good Decisions”: An Interview...
The great wisdom traditions of the world present a common foundation for making good decisions in our everyday lives. Gary Boelhower, PhD has put forth the effort to research them and write a beautiful...
View ArticleRe-Connecting People of Color with the Great Outdoors—An Interview with Rue Mapp
During her childhood, Rue Mapp split her time between urban Oakland, California and her families’ ranch in the Northern woodlands, where she cultivated a passion for natural spaces, farming, and...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: A Journey of Rediscovery ~ an Inspiring...
Krista Wissing, MFT, is a compassionate and skilled therapist who never forgot the college class she’d taken taught by John Fox of The Institute of Poetic Medicine (IPM). Years later, in partnership...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Authentic Conversations: An Interview with...
A casual conversation with Carole Peccorini is both lighthearted and deep. She has a knack for making people feel at ease while talking about our most precious dreams, the kind of world we want, and...
View ArticleServant Leadership and The Council of Equals—An Interview with George...
“Participatory approaches [to governance] done well almost always result in higher levels of productivity and effectiveness. That is because they evoke higher levels of trust, morale, energy, and...
View ArticleStorytelling about Servant Leadership and The Council of Equals— PART TWO...
We always remember a good story—it moves us, we love it or hate it, we can relate to a character, and it can drive a message home. In last week's show we learned about Servant Leadership and The...
View ArticleThirty Days of Service: An Interview with Brad Jamison
Meet Brad Jamison, a media exec turned volunteer service activist. Brad spent much of his professional career promoting and organizing pro-social campaigns for Disney by harnessing the influence of the...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Precious Time, Big Love – Volunteering for Good
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. Frederick Buechner Join us this...
View ArticleInterview with Poet, Mark Nepo
Poet and philosopher, Mark Nepo, will join us in conversation about his latest poetry book, Reduced to Joy. We’ll highlight 5 or 6 poems from the book and enter into conversation about the genesis of...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: BEING A COMPASSIONATE COMPANION TO THE DYING:...
Caring for people who are dying can be an intimate and deeply alive experience. It is a journey of continuous discovery, requiring courage and flexibility. We learn to open, take risks, and forgive....
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Music as Medicine for the Heart—an interview...
If the 20th Century was considered the Age of Information, the 21st Century will likely be called the Age of Integration – a time of bringing together hearts and minds, science and spirituality,...
View ArticleCarry On, Warrior—An Interview with author Glennon Doyle Melton
For years Glennon Doyle Melton built a wall between herself and others, hiding inside a bunker of secrets and shame. But one day everything changed: Glennon woke up to life, committing herself to...
View ArticleCompassion—An Interview with Joyce Rupp
Compassion. It’s a word we hear often, but what does it really mean? Are we granted compassion after having gone through a difficult time or must we actively work to become compassionate? How does our...
View ArticleSaved by a Poem ~ An Interview with Kim Rosen
Have you ever noticed what happens in a room when a poem is read? A hush settles over the crowd as though a luminary or wise sage had arrived. Author Kim Rosen would say that a poem is exactly that—a...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Carry On, Warrior—An Interview with author...
For years Glennon Doyle Melton built a wall between herself and others, hiding inside a bunker of secrets and shame. But one day everything changed: Glennon woke up to life, committing herself to...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation of Caring for One Another at Neighborcare Health...
The value we place on community includes healthcare for every man, woman and child, no matter their circumstances. Neighborcare Health in Seattle is an independent community clinic that...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation of Saved by a Poem , An Interview with Kim Rosen
Have you ever noticed what happens in a room when a poem is read? A hush settles over the crowd as though a luminary or wise sage had arrived. Author Kim Rosen would say that a poem is exactly that—a...
View ArticleLiving the Life You Were Meant to Live, An Interview with Dr. Keith Merron
“To live one’s life is a courageous choice,” says author Keith Merron. “It is a choice to be true to yourself…” His book, Inner Freedom: Living Authentically the Life You Were Truly Meant to Live, is a...
View ArticleCreativity as a Road to Peace: An Interview with Laurie Marshall
Meet Laurie Marshall, just the kind of person we had in mind when we created our BFJ Radio Show, Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Deeds. Laurie is one of the most clear, optimistic and persistent...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: The Hidden Power of Gratitude: An Interview with...
In a moment of natural gratitude, with a heart full of awe, a problem I had been carrying with me disappeared. Dissolved in a moment. That got me thinking about how most of us view gratitude as a...
View ArticleKeeping the Faith Without a Religion An Interview with Roger Housden
What is faith? “Faith implies a basic trust in the way life weaves it patterns—an awareness that is not passive or fatalistic, but actively engaged with and accepting all of life’s twists and turns,”...
View ArticleWaking Up, Alive: An Interview with Dr. Richard Heckler
Dr. Richard Heckler traveled the United States during a three year period, interviewing people who attempted suicide and who, through their own hard work and the assiduous care of others, recovered to...
View ArticleCreating Peace
Ross Holzman and his team believe that creating art is a way to deepen one’s commitment to peace. And that creating peace is possible, one person at a time. Ross is the founder of the San Francisco...
View ArticleBouncing Back: An Interview with Linda Graham, MFT
Resilience is the ability to face and handle life’s challenges. We all respond differently when hard stuff arises, and some things are easier than others. But in the past decade, brain science has...
View ArticlePoetry, Place and Soul An Interview with Cathey Capers and Birch Dwyer
Let Cathey Capers and Birch Dwyer take you on a journey to the remarkable Canyon de Chelly in Arizona for an experience of a lifetime. They are planning a trip for a small group of women to experience...
View ArticleThe Art of Empathy: An Interview with Karla McLaren
What if there were a single skill that could directly and radically improve your relationships and your life? Karla McLaren believes that skill is empathy, and she knows it is a skill we can develop...
View ArticleImagine a Collaborative Courtroom: An Interview with Dianne Marshall
Imagine a courtroom in which everyone is working together toward the same goal. Imagine a courtroom in which the perpetrator of a drug related non-violent crime is held accountable, but is managed in a...
View ArticleLearning To Be a Safe Harbor for Kids: An Interview with Margaret Blaustein, PhD
Margaret Blaustein has dedicated her life to the healing of trauma—especially in kids. She and Kristine Kinniburgh, LICSW, created the ARC intervention framework which is the basis for the Head Start...
View ArticlePowerful Non Defensive Communication: An Interview with Sharon Ellison
Have you ever thrown your hands up in frustration because you’ve been misunderstood? Or walked away from a conversation feeling angry and fuming? Or tearful because you’ve been going round in circles...
View ArticleThe Path of Centering Prayer: An Interview with David Frenette
Centering prayer is a form of Christian meditation that deepens ones experience of God. The transformative power of this practice is found in the idea that centering prayer is not something you do to...
View ArticleWhat Would Love Do? An Interview with Jane Brunette
The Dayak Benuaq people of Muara Tae in Borneo are losing their forest to palm oil. Western-style negotiations have failed them. With the bulldozers poised to take what little remains of their 140...
View ArticleGetting Kids Excited About School: An Interview with Thom Markham, Ph.D.
Thom Markham is on a mission. His goal is to change the world by changing education. With curiosity and creativity at its core his field-tested model of Project Based Learning is changing the landscape...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Grief, Ritual and the Soul of the World – PART...
We are replaying one of our most listened-to shows—our interview with Francis Weller MFT, whose work is deeply attentive to the issue of grief. Francis writes, “For nearly thirty years I have worked...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Grief, Ritual and the Soul of the World - PART...
We are replaying part two of one of our most listened-to shows—our interview with Francis Weller MFT, whose work is deeply attentive to the issue of grief. Francis writes, “For nearly thirty years I...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Caring for One Another at Neighborcare Health –...
The value we place on community includes healthcare for every man, woman and child, no matter their circumstances. Neighborcare Health in Seattle is an independent community clinic that...
View ArticleThe Inspired Heart ~ An Interview with Artist Jerry Wennstrom
“In 1979, I destroyed all the art I had created, gave everything I owned away, and began a new life…The new life that I gave myself to required unconditional trust and noninterference. I asked for...
View ArticlePoetry as Healer : An Interview with John Fox
There is a way in which poetry reaches down into our depths and places its finger on a healing touchstone. Something happens inside and we are changed. John Fox has devoted his life to the service of...
View ArticleWriting Poetry with John Fox and Marianna Cacciatore
One of the kindest things we can do for ourselves is to honor the deeper urging of the soul by bringing it to the surface and hearing what it has to say. One way to do this is through writing poetry....
View ArticleGo Inspire Go - an Interview with Toan Lam and Kala Shah
Bread for the Journey of Marin County made a grant of $1,500 to Go Inspire Go. We funded a their Community Heroes program, which is a pilot project that works with young people, helping them to focus...
View ArticleGrief, Generosity and Love with Marianna Cacciatore
Many people have come through a difficult life experience and, upon recovery, were moved by generosity and inspired to help others. Over the span of sixteen years as Executive Director of Bread for the...
View ArticleSpecial Encore Presentation: Carry On, Warrior—An Interview with author...
For years Glennon Doyle Melton built a wall between herself and others, hiding inside a bunker of secrets and shame. But one day everything changed: Glennon woke up to life, committing herself to...
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