

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge
Tami Simon
Tami Simon, Founder and Publisher of Sounds True interviews spiritual teachers, visionary writers, and living luminaries about their newest work and current challenges—the growing edge of their inner inquiry and outer contribution to the world.
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Mar 12, 2024 • 1h 4min
Anita Moorjani: Embodying Love in a Fear-Based World
Anita Moorjani discusses embodying love, nonlinear time, raising vibrational frequency, asking for signs, and embracing empath gifts in a fear-based world. The conversation explores shifting from fear to compassion, following intuition, and interconnectedness of past lives for personal growth and navigating empathy in turbulent times.

Mar 5, 2024 • 56min
Kate Van Horn: The Inner Tarot
Listen to a podcast where Kate Van Horn and Tami Simon discuss tarot as a tool for self-discovery and healing, numerology's role in readings, overcoming generational trauma, shadow work, self-compassion, and tips for beginners. They explore the significance of tarot as a living object, channeling intuition, and understanding the four elements. Dive into their insights on course correction, restoring energy, reading physical spaces, and avoiding panic pulls during readings.

Feb 27, 2024 • 1h 6min
Nate Klemp: Open, Expansive, and Free
Discover how to shift into expansiveness and wonder in a world filled with stress and distraction. Explore breaking free from screen addiction, the practice of staying, and the intent to win versus understand. Learn about cultivating an expansive mind, embracing discomfort for growth, and the balance between openness and closure in life.

Feb 20, 2024 • 57min
Alexandra Roxo: Dare to Feel
Expert Alexandra Roxo discusses the transformative path of the heart, embracing vulnerability, and navigating emotional turmoil in relationships. Topics include emotional overwhelm, risks of vulnerability, and the intersection of human and spiritual experiences. Learn how to nurture emotional resilience and embrace the totality of your feelings.

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Feb 20, 2024 • 52min
Lisa Marchiano, LCSW: When You Need to Be Shrewd and Ruthless: Finding Your Vital Spark
Lisa Marchiano, LCSW, Jungian analyst, shares insights on reclaiming feminine fire and outlaw energies. Topics include shrewdness, ruthlessness, fairy tales as wisdom conveyors, Lilith's story, and the balance between kindness and assertiveness.

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Feb 13, 2024 • 1h 9min
Judson Brewer: Ending Worry Addiction and Unwinding Anxiety
Renowned addiction psychiatrist and bestselling author Judson Brewer discusses breaking the cycle of anxiety, the habit loop, distress tolerance, changing the reward value of behaviors, reinforcement learning, curiosity as a superpower, and unwinding anxiety through curiosity and kindness.

Feb 6, 2024 • 1h 12min
Perry Garfinkel: Experimenting with Becoming Gandhi
Journalist and bestselling author Perry Garfinkel shares his journey of writing his book 'Becoming Gandhi' and how practicing the six universal principles of the Mahatma can transform each one of us. They discuss the elixir of laughter, satyagraha, nonviolence, simplicity, faith, celibacy, and making peace with imperfections.

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Jan 30, 2024 • 1h 3min
Chip Conley: Midlife: From Crisis to Chrysalis
Chip Conley, founder of the Modern Elder Academy, discusses reclaiming midlife as a time of renewal and regenerative possibilities. Topics include the phoenix phenomenon, transition in midlife, cultivating a growth mindset, creating space for something new, vulnerability, developing a friendship with your body, and the alchemy of curiosity and wisdom.

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Jan 23, 2024 • 58min
Mark Matousek: Living Like a Stoic
Mark Matousek, celebrated author and writing mentor, discusses the practicality and rise of Stoicism in today's world. Topics include control versus acceptance, working with emotions, turning obstacles upside down, finding purpose in suffering, embracing struggle, and the meaning of enlightenment.

Jan 16, 2024 • 1h 10min
Tsultrim Allione: Turning Towards What’s Difficult
Tsultrim Allione, a pioneering Buddhist teacher and founder of Tara Mandala, discusses the radical practice of 'feeding our demons'—inviting our fears and challenges to the table instead of avoiding them. She emphasizes the integration of sacred feminine and masculine energies, drawing inspiration from Tibetan traditions. Allione shares her journey through grief, the teachings of the legendary yogini Machig Labdrön, and the importance of self-trust. This conversation inspires listeners to transform emotional pain into avenues for healing and growth.