We Don’t Have to Do It Alone: Toni Temporiti on Empowering Women Through Trust and Community
Sr. Toni Temporiti, PhD is the founder of Microfinancing Partners in Africa, an organization that provides loans to empower women who struggle with poverty. In this episode, Sr. Toni reflects on the power of listening, community, and courage for creating a more beautiful and sustainable world – one person, one community, one small loan at a time.
RESOURCES:
Donate to support this podcast: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/donate/
Earth & Spirit Center: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/
Microfinancing Partners in Africa: https://microfinancingafrica.org/
Kentucky General Assembly to Learn Strategies for Stress Resilience
The Earth & Spirit Center is being introduced to the Kentucky General Assembly as a “Gem of the 41st District,” and representatives from the Center will provide a presentation of basic skills designed to promote personal stress resilience using mindfulness techniques. Presentations will be Friday, March 10, 2023, before convening of the General Assembly, from 8:00 to 8:45am and from 11:00am to noon in room 316 at the Kentucky State Capital, 700 Capital Avenue in Frankfort, KY. All members of the Kentucky General Assembly and members of the press are invited to attend.
The Earth & Spirit Center is honored to be recognized by the Kentucky General Assembly as a resource important to the well-being of the citizens of 41st district and beyond. The opportunity to share basic stress resilience skills and the importance of practicing them in these challenging times is well aligned with our work for the flourishing of individuals and communities. Providing these skills to our statewide leadership, knowing the difficult decisions and challenges they face and that relief from these stresses is possible, is an endeavor the Earth & Spirit Center embraces enthusiastically.
An overview of the Earth and Spirit Center: A Gem of the 41st District will be presented by Kyle Kramer, CEO of the Center. A Taste of Mindfulness Practice – two guided practices with compelling rationale for stress resilience – will be presented by Karen Newton, MPH, RDN, senior meditation faculty member of Earth and Spirit Center.
The purpose of these presentations is to provide basic stress resilience skills for the improvement of the wellbeing of attendees. The Earth and Spirit Center hopes to spark curiosity about the value of practicing these skills, as we are all challenged in our daily lives. This is important to foster the wellbeing of the entire Commonwealth. Our young people are struggling, their families are struggling, their teachers are struggling… we are all struggling as we do our best to ensure our own self-care and our care for those around us. Relief from stress is possible, and we will share skills and practices that provide a healthier approach to difficulties.
The Earth and Spirit Center is a nonprofit, interfaith spirituality center. We cultivate transformative learning and service opportunities dedicated to mindful awakening, compassionate justice, and care for the Earth. We are dedicated to a single, sacred Earth community in which all members flourish. We are located on a beautiful 27-acre wooded campus in the heart of the Highlands neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky. Learn more about the Earth and Spirit Center at earthandspiritcenter.org.
Patience


Dr. Tony Zipple on Positive Psychology, Mindfulness, and Flourishing for Individuals and Organizations
Dr. Tony Zipple is an expert in behavioral health and rehabilitation counseling, in both clinical and academic settings, with extensive background in executive leadership of large organizations. In this episode, we reflect on Tony’s experience with positive psychology, mindful self-awareness, and how individuals and organizations can flourish, especially amidst change.
RESOURCES:
Donate to support this podcast: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/donate/
Earth & Spirit Center homepage: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/
Tony Zipple’s website: https://tonyzipple.com/
Incite Consulting Solutions: https://inciteconsultingsolutions.com/
Phil Lloyd-Sidle on Mindfulness and the Marginalized
Phil Lloyd-Sidle is an Earth and Spirit Center instructor who sees the linkage between mindfulness and social justice, including issues of incarceration, race, gender identity and sexual orientation, and the patriarchy. In this episode, Phil shares how mindfulness can help those on the margins – and all people – to embrace their own worth and value, navigate suffering, and cultivate compassion for themselves and others in our deeply interdependent world.
RESOURCES:
Donate to support this podcast: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/donate/
Earth and Spirit Center homepage: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/
Louisville Vipassana Community: http://www.louisville-vipassana-community.org/
Dharma Seed: https://dharmaseed.org/
Insight Meditation Society: https://www.dharma.org/
Plum Village: https://plumvillage.org/
Day Schildkret on Ritual and Radical Amazement
Day Schildkret uses found natural materials in outdoor settings to create Earth-based art whose beauty is utterly impermanent. He’s also the author, most recently, of Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change. In this episode, Day and I reflect on how nature, creativity, and ritual help us navigate change, make meaning, and remember our true wholeness and belonging.
RESOURCES:
Please support this podcast at https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/donate/
Earth & Spirit Center website: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/
Day’s new book, Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change: https://www.dayschildkret.com/books
Day’s websites:
https://www.dayschildkret.com/
https://www.morningaltars.com/
Day on Instagram: http://instagram.com/morningaltars
Day on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/morningaltars
Future-Driven or Future-Drawn?





Dr. Broderick Sawyer on Using Mindfulness to Overcome Duality and Division
Dr. Broderick Sawyer is a clinical psychologist who integrates mindfulness and compassion practices into his work with organizations and individual clients. This episode explores how mindfulness can inform psychological wholeness, promote healing from racial stress and trauma, and help overcome mind-states that perpetuate division.
NOTES AND RESOURCES:
Donate to support this podcast: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/donate/
Earth & Spirit Center website: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/
Broderick Sawyer’s website: https://www.brodericksawyer.com/
Broderick’s bio on the Earth & Spirit Center faculty page: https://www.earthandspiritcenter.org/about-us/our-team/broderick-sawyer/