The Hoffman Podcast

Lynne Twist is the founder of the Soul of Money Institute. She’s the author of the best-selling, award-winning book “The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life.” Lynne is also a Hoffman Process grad and a long-time Hoffman Advisory Council member. Listen in as Lynne shares stories of how love moves through her work and life. She speaks to love’s immense power to shift things on our planet. Lynne calls herself a pro-activist: not an ‘activist against’ but an ‘activist for’. She is a co-founder of The Pachamama Alliance. Their mission is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture. Lynn has worked on the ground in Calcutta with Mother Teresa. She’s worked in Ethiopia’s refugee camps and the Amazon’s threatened rainforests. Lynne has developed a deep understanding of the social tapestry of the world and the historical landscape of the times we live in. Over the past 40 years, Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries. Lynne has presented for the United Nations Beijing Women’s Conference, State of the World Forum, and Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She’s been an advisor to the Desmond Tutu Foundation, and The Nobel Women’s Initiative. Lynne is the recipient of numerous prestigious honors, including the “Woman of Distinction” award from the United Nations. You can find out more about Lynne here.

Rebecca McLoughlin did the Process when she was 23, straight out of college. Not many are lucky enough to find the Process at such a young age, but Rebecca was and she shares how the Process “completely changed the trajectory of her life.” Rebecca shares with us an embodied experience she had at the Process in which she experienced her full aliveness for the first time in her life. Now, she sees how she lives life “plugged into a source of trust, a source of love” that companions her as she lives her life. Rebecca is a Certified Life Coach with a Master’s in Counseling Psychology. She supports “big-energy” women to do the deep inner work needed to gain personal wisdom so they can be freed from patterns of procrastination, self-sabotage, and burnout. Rebecca is also a mother to two beautiful souls and an endless student on the humbling, healing, and joyful path of conscious parenting. You can find out more about Rebecca here.  

Ryan Estis came to the Process looking for real change in his life. He found it at the end of those seven powerful days. In this episode, Ryan shares his journey to a more heart-centered life. He also shares his experience guiding companies to make a meaningful impact on the world. As a Management Consultant, Ryan helps his client companies navigate change, drive growth, and find meaning. He started his research and learning organization ten years ago. As a Keynote Speaker, Ryan has been recognized as one of “the best keynote speakers ever heard” by Meetings & Conventions magazine. His writing has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, and Entrepreneur Magazines. Ryan publishes original research on sales and leadership trends and blogs regularly on business performance. Find out more about Ryan here.

Shari Caudron tells us, “What Hoffman did was help me rewrite my own narrative. I realized the villains in my life weren’t villains; they were wounded people doing the best they could.” In this episode, Shari Caudron shares some amazing insights into the process of writing a memoir—for personal growth or publication–and how writing your story can change your life. As a memoir coach and purpose guide, Shari Caudron is passionate about the transformative power of personal narrative. Working with clients, she helps them understand the story of their lives–whether looking back at past events or looking forward to new possibilities. Shari is very happily married (thanks in no small part to Hoffman). She’s proud to call Boulder, Colorado, home. Read more about Shari here.

Jobi Manson, artist, explorer, and founder of a water healing practice called, Sēfari. She believes that “nature is the key to a creative life” and helps guide people into their creative expression through water immersion. Jobi had a powerful realization during the Hoffman Process. Listen in as she shares how what she realized now lives in her life today. Jobi grew up along the banks of the Chesapeake Bay, on the eastern shores of Maryland. She learned how to swim before she could walk. She spent countless hours wandering beaches, collecting only green rocks (her favorite color), and listening to the sounds of moving water. For Jobi, water is the most powerful and essential element within all forms of life, one that helps us feel and move our emotions with ease. You can read more about Jobi and her work here. http://content.blubrry.com/the_hoffman_podcast/Drew_and_Jobi_Manson_Podcast.mp3

Shannon Cason has shared his stories all over the country on The Moth, Snap Judgment, and other popular storytelling platforms. Here, Shannon shares some of his powerful stories from his life before, during, and after the Process. He speaks eloquently and vulnerably of both joy and pain and growing up in Detroit. We are also fortunate that Shannon’s wife, Cindy, joined Drew to tell us a bit about her experience at the Process and how her work there has impacted her life, her parenting, and her relationship with Shannon. Shannon hosts three podcasts of his own – Homemade Stories, In Good Co. Detroit, and The Trouble. He is the chief educator for the Brutally Honest Storytelling workshop series. Shannon is originally from Detroit. Find him at shannoncason.com.

Joey Bellus has gathered many tools and insights through his education, but most importantly through his personal successes and failures. In this episode, Joey, who is of Native American descent, shares how his learning from the Process helped him lay the foundation for his practice of understanding his Native traditions. Listen in as Joey shares about traditions, race, and finding and living his life purpose. Joey also tells about his experience with Hoffman’s new Virtual Graduate Intensive. Joey has found the courage to heal from addiction, trauma, depression, and anxiety. Through all of this, he has discovered meaning and purpose in his life. Joey aims to share his purpose with as many people as possible while on this planet. Using fitness, nutrition, and meditation, he helps people create positive habits to organize and structure their lives in a way that facilitates positive transformation. You can read more about Joey and his work here.

Michael Fosberg has been working to create a national dialogue on race and identity since 2001 when he launched his one-man, autobiographical play, Incognito. In this episode, Michael shares how doing the Process set the stage for his work in the world to go to an even deeper place. The author-activist has used the arts as a means for social change in corporate and organizational cultures. In this episode, Michael talks about his profound experience in coming to know his true identity and history, as well as his experiences traveling the country performing Incognito. His work is touching many lives. Michael is a frequent guest in the media speaking as an expert on race and identity issues. For the past fifteen years, his travels have taken him across the country facilitating meaningful conversations at educational institutions, corporations, government agencies, and military bases.  His highly praised memoir, Incognito: An American Odyssey of Race and Self Discovery, was published in 2011. Michael is currently working on a second book about his efforts to provoke conversations about race over the past ten years. Learn more about Michael and Incognito here.

Love the food you had at the Hoffman Process? Meet Heidi Krahling! Food, community, and family are the cornerstones of Heidi Insalata Krahling’s life today as they have been throughout her life. In this episode, Heidi shares about food, community, and service; how her work at the Process and in the years since helped her to understand that her true Divine Self is in service to the community with food and her gifts. No wonder Heidi creates incredibly delicious and healthy food for the Hoffman Process retreat site. The owner of two successful restaurants in San Anselmo, Ca., Insalata’s and Marinitas (both Michelin-rated Bib Gourmands), Heidi talks about what it was like to grow up in an Italian family where food was a foundational aspect of family life. Active with many organizations and fundraisers throughout the year, Heidi uses her energy and commitment to serve her community. Heidi’s passion for cooking is passed to others through cooking classes, mentoring cooks, and her two cookbooks, Insalata’s Mediterranean Table and Insalata’s Marinitas- A story of Two Restaurants. Heidi is active with many organizations and fundraisers throughout the year. Those closest to her heart are Lifehouse, where she has served as the culinary host for 28 years, Adopt a Family, and Extra Food serving on their board.

Katie Salvage has always had a sense of urgency around wanting to impact change on this planet, and she believes, “the best way I can do that is by working with teens.” In this intimate and revealing episode, Katie talks about her powerful work helping teens find healthy ways to deal with their emotions as well as stories of personal challenges she’s faced in her life. The oldest of seven children, Katie learned early on many of the lessons she would carry throughout her life: responsibility, compassion, street smarts, and taking care of those you love. Katie graduated from the Hoffman process 12 years ago and currently resides in the Bay Area, California. As a facilitator for Challenge Day, Katie helps thousands of teenagers and adults practice healthy ways to deal with their emotions utilizing the tools and experiences from her time at Hoffman. In addition to facilitating the Challenge Day workshop, Katie works as a coach, as well as the Director of Training and Programming.