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Yep, we're back with another conversation about grief. Why? Because it's so real for all of us--so many losses, so many directions and all ways to honor, respect it, metabolize it, mother it just...helps.

Election Day 2026 in the US is 22 days away and in this episode we walk through some things about voter education, supporting democracy, and staying healthy in the swirl...

After a long Summer hiatus that we always take, we're back for Season 10 and Fall 2026. In this episode we just catch up a little bit and process Fall, intention, grace, the coming election, and how to keep make the road by walking. Glad you're here!

We feel so thankful for the amazing people who come hang out with us and we are also amazed by how much happens in such a short time. As we looked back on where we started in Februrary and what's happened in the world, our worlds, this semester, it's kind of wild. And points to why we need resourcing and support so badly! In this episode, we look back on all of the conversations we've had since February and considered what space we want to make for Summer. We'll be back this Fall. Until then, let's keep letting our soul lead and #keeppracticing

Connect with Will at wildsoulcollective.org "The soul is like a wild animal — tough, resilient, savvy, self-sufficient, and yet exceedingly shy… When we catch sight of the soul, we can become healers in a wounded world” - Parker Palmer  Learn more about All Souls Boulder at allsoulsboulder.org The Courage and Renewal Center - couragernewal.org  Book both Phyllis and Will referred to - Centering: In Pottery, Poetry, and the Person" by M. C. Richards.

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Connect with Linsey at https://re-conn-tore.com/

Learn more about Keely's work at keelytaylor.com

More on Tent of Nations at tentofnations.com  More on The Refuge at therefugeonline.org Replay of 79th Annual Easter Sunrise Service at Red Rocks:  https://www.youtube.com/live/Zj49Uw2gIYw?si=Ol3n08EPqCYD39GU

We loved this conversation with Janel Apps Ramsey, Co-Director of Brew Theology, Doctoral student, climate justice advocate, and a vulnerable leader who is learning how to own her body and live into it--no small task in this world and the systems that want us to be small, disembodied, and compliant. We could feel this conversation in our bodies and hope that you find what you need out of it, too! More on Janel's work at brewtheology.org

Names of poems and links:  - Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems, editors Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby R Wilson | "Trees" by Howard Nemerov - Poetry of Presence II: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems, editors Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby R Wilson - Almond Blossoms & Beyond by Mahmoud Darwish | "This of Others" - Rosemerry WahtolaTrommer | "Today's Headline" (wordwoman.com) - "Try to Praise the Mutilated World " by Adam Zagajewski - Poetry Unbound with Padraig O'Tuama -All the Honey by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer | "For When People Ask" -"still life with flying bird" by Maya Stein -Anoint This Threshhold by John Roedel | "Are you ready for things to get back to normal?" -Book of Hours: Love Poems to God by Rainier Maria Rilke | "Go to the limits of your longing"

Our friend Melvin Bray's newest book is here, yeah! UnLEARN InEQUITY: An Invitation to Truth and Transformation is a gift to the world and we're so thankful to get to hang out and process what's happening in the world right now through this lens. Equity is a life-long practice that must be done in community. Learn more about Melvin's work at unlearninequity.melvinbray.com

Phyllis turned 70 this weekend, woo hoo! In this episode we process aging well, embracing reality, and leaning into hard-won wisdom. Plus a cameo with Kelli Skoog, here in Denver celebrating this weekend, yay.

It's been a tough weekend, friends, with US and Israel waging war on Iran. We dream for better leadership. We dream of circles of connection and wisdom not towers of unhealthy power and destructive practices. We dream for a more just society not just for ourselves but for our future. Strap in, this one's raw, but that's what Soul + Practice is all about--raw conversations and real practices. Let's keep practicing together.

After we finished recording our last episode Phyllis and Kathy talked to BJ Skoog or a bit and we realized we wanted to process more about how all of this has affected spirituality and relationships, too. That's where we went in this second episode, recorded a week later from Minnesota an Denver, navigating what happens when we have such divergent values with people we once deeply connected to and how to wrestle with the pain and dissonance of this reality.