
Wild Heart Revival
Heartfelt Conversations
and Stories as Pathways
of Renewal and Revival
46 | Adi Cohen | Between Ruin and Renewal: Walking the Path of Love, Peace, and Resistance
In this tender and unflinching conversation, Adi shares from the deep well of her lived experience as a woman of Syrian, Iranian, Iraqi, and Israeli descent—lineages shaped by exile, migration, and the generational longing for safety. Speaking from within woven landscapes of both inner and outer war, Adi invites us into an exploration of what it means to live in the mystery, to surrender to the unknown, and to return to love as the essence of true power . . .
45 | Urana Jackson | Thresholds of Liberation: Rites, Relationality, and the Architecture of Change
This conversation with Urana unfolds as a rich inquiry into healing as an initiatory process—an embodied, relational, and sacred threshold crossing. Tracing the roots of her work with Safe House Seven, Urana reflects on the pivotal experiences that shaped her path: growing up amid the “brackish” confluence of ocean and natural spring, navigating a complex multicultural identity, and integrating Yoruba healing traditions with Western psychological praxis . . .
44 | Robyn Watt | The Weave of Life: Dying to Live, Living to Love
This is a tender and intimate conversation recorded in the wake of Robyn’s recent journey with cancer—an experience that drew her into profound reverence for her earthen form and the animate force that weaves through all of creation . . .
43 | Finnegan Tui | Echoes of the Old One: Following Songs Through Glowing Lights and Rolling Thunder
Finnegan joins us for a soulful exploration of music as an artful practice of presence, myth, and remembering. What unfolds is a conversation about creativity as care, songwriting as devotion, and the longing to live in rhythm with something older and wilder than the modern world often allows—while still remaining rooted and responsive within it.
42 | Naila Francis | Companioning Grief: Trusting the Wild Wisdom of Sorrow
Naila Francis joins us for a tender and wide-ranging exploration of grief as both a personal and collective invitation into deeper aliveness. We begin by reflecting on her own words—about befriending grief as a companion—and follow the thread into the mythic, feminine, and generative nature of this trans-human terrain of fertile mystery . . .
41 | Marcia Bjornerud | Fathoming Deep Time: Belonging Within the Slow Story of Earth
Marcia offers a wondrous window into deep time—a perspective that expands our sense of belonging within Earth’s long, layered story. As a geologist, she helps us see beyond the narrow bandwidth of the present into the slow, enduring processes that shape Life on our precious planet . . .
40 | Francisca Santibanez | The Plants Remember: Ancestral Echoes of Earth’s Medicine
Francisca joins us for a deep dive into the intelligence of plants and the remembering they invite. From early childhood encounters with hibiscus to her path as a Vegetalista, she shares how plants have been lifelong allies—guiding her through physical healing, ancestral revelation, and spiritual initiation . . .
39 | Peter Eugène Bennett | Soulful Masculinity: Grief, Play, and the Alchemy of Becoming
Peter joins us to explore the wild terrain of masculinity. Together, we reflect on how early models of masculinity shaped our lives. Through somatic work, sacred union, and deep self-inquiry, Peter discovered life-affirming ways to transform his early wounds into sources of vitality, strength, and wisdom . . .
38 | Bodhi Shola | The Art of Being: Beauty, Animacy, and the Gift of Life
Bodhi Shola joins us to explore the essence of artistry and beauty, sharing how creativity emerges from deep presence with Life. Drawing from her own creative journey, she discusses finding beauty in imperfection, embracing beauty as a transformative force, and the importance of giving back through art . . .
37 | Georgia Peck | Where Body and Earth Merge: Health as a Living Dialogue
Georgia joins us for a journey into the heart of health, revealing how true wellness is rooted in connection—both within ourselves and with the world around us. Drawing from her own healing journey, she shares insights on listening to the body's subtle signals, honouring the natural rhythms of both body and landscape, tending to the nervous system, and embracing symptoms as messages to be understood and respected . . .
36 | Zoe Kian | Radical Resonance: Dancing with Presence, Power, & the Vital Pulse at Our Core
Zoe Kian joins us for a journey into the resonant spaces between silence, sound, and soul. We begin with a creative reflection on Goethe’s insight—that we see in the world what we carry in our hearts—and unfold into a rich exploration of how coherence, power, and embodied expression can become acts of true alignment. Zoe speaks to the subtle beauty that emerges from stillness, inviting us into a deeper state of listening—not only with our ears, but with our entire being . . .
35 | Aaron Johnson | Roots of Liberation: Remembering and Rewilding Together
Aaron Johnson shares powerful insights from his journey of embracing tenderness and closeness as transformative tools for healing and activism. He opens up about how the grief of his father’s death cracked open his emotional capacity, allowing him to reconnect with deeper, more sensitive parts of himself that had long been neglected by both the American overculture and his individual upbringing. We explore how the simple act of slowing down to truly see and be with each other becomes a radical, healing gesture—how proximity and intimacy are essential for dismantling oppression and building deep, rooted connection . . .
34 | Azra Bertrand | Our Bodies Are Biomantic: On the Magic, Mystery, & Medicine of Being Alive
Through the crucible of lived experience, Azra’s understanding of life and healing coalesced into biomancy—a relational, reverent way of engaging with the body’s deep intelligence. Rather than hacking the body, he invites us to romance it, to court it as one might a river or a mountain—a womb of living magic, rooted in bio-quantum processes and capable of profound transformation . . .
33 | Toko-pa Turner | Dreaming with Earth: On Courtship, Shadow, & the Imaginal Realm
Toko-pa opens a doorway into the deep imaginal world, reminding us that dreams are not mere fragments of the thinking mind, but mysterious and meaningful expressions of Nature herself. In this conversation, Toko-pa invites us to remember the ancestral art of dreaming—an embodied, reciprocal practice that has long guided the human spirit . . .
32 | Nadia Ramo | Listening to the Living World: Plants, Perception, & the Heart of Healing
Nadia Ramo invites us into the living ecosystem of her healing arts practice—one rooted in reciprocity, embodied listening, and a sincere relationship with the more-than-human world. Through her words, a vision of health emerges that is not merely the absence of illness, but a process of realignment with the deeper intelligence of Nature . . .
31 | Wahinkpe Topa | From Rock to Wind: Kinship, Courage & Living with Heart
Wahinkpe Topa invites us into a way of being that is rooted in kinship, reverence, and the recognition of the living intelligence of all things. Drawing from personal experience, Indigenous wisdom, and years of healing work—including hypnosis, regression therapy, and ceremony—he illuminates both the spiritual and practical dimensions of restoring our relationship with Earth and Spirit . . .
Interlude: Weaving the Threads of a Year
In this interlude, we will weave together the voices of some of the guests from the first year of the project, blending their words with my own to create a thematic narrative of what this project has been about over the past year.
30 | Jordi Lydia | A Radical Remedy: Reclaiming Evolution in Communion with Life
In this episode, Jordi and I explore reclaiming evolution as a return to deep-time presence and an embodied relationship with Life's intelligence. We discuss unlearning, surrendering to a greater will, metabolizing grief for renewal, and the role of media and technology in shaping perception. Jordi also shares the inspiration behind her immersive festival, Reclaiming Evolution, focused on connection and community . . .
29 | Joe Brewer | Regenerating Earth: Collapse, Complexity, Economics, & Education
This episode is an invitation to shift from apathy and despair to heartfelt and life-centric action—to restore our bioregions, reimagine economics and education through an ecological lens, and reclaim the radical responsibility of regenerating Earth . . .
28 | Samuel Adams | Re-Wilding Masculinity: Permission, Responsibility, & Winter’s Wisdom
This episode explores the heart of masculine wildness, the intelligence of the feminine, and the sacred dance between integrity and flow. Samuel shares his personal journey of re-wilding, embracing his femininity as a pathway to authentic masculinity. Together, we examine the immense challenges and opportunities men face in this era, touching on themes of freedom, responsibility, and the healing power of connection . . .