Rami talks with author Kabir Helminski about his newest book The Mysterion: Rumi and the Secret of Becoming Fully Human. Rami and Kabir explore many topics including the beauty of Sufism through the lens of one of the greatest poets the world has ever known. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rami is joined by longtime friend Joan Tollifson to discuss Joan's compelling spiritual journey and perspective on the nature of being. Rami and Joan focus on her book Nothing to Grasp and the nature of being and suffering and Joan shares her experience dealing with challenging life circumstances growing up as both an amputee and a member of the LGBTQ community in the early 1960's, as well as battling alcoholism and cancer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rami is joined by special guests Ayal Feinberg and Frank Levy to discuss the changing face of anti-semitism and how modern academic approaches hope to develop new ways to understand and fight anti-semitism in its many forms. **Have a question? Download the mindbodyspirit app and use the open mic feature to submit a question for Rami ** apple app store google play store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perry Garfinkel is a veteran journalist, editor, frequent speaker, and author of the bestselling Buddha or Bust. His newest book is Becoming Gandhi: My Experiment Living the Mahatma's 6 Moral Truths in Immoral Times. An excerpt from the book, along with an edited transcript of this conversation, appears in the March/April 2024 issue of Spirituality+Health Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Martinez is the founder and executive director of Alma Institute, a nonprofit educational institution equipping students from marginalized communities to become legal psychedelic facilitators. She's served as an advisor to the National Psychedelics Association, the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association, and the Plant Medicine Healing Alliance. Her new book, Whole Medicine: A Guide to Ethics and Harm-Reduction for Psychedelic Therapy and Plant Medicine Communities, is...

Myra Goodman is the author of Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holocaust Survivor's Journey from Darkness to Light, in which she tells the story of her father, Mendek Rubin, who survived the Holocaust to become an inventor and sage. Myra's essay with her cousin Trudy Goodman, "Awaken to Spiritual Bravery," is featured in the January/February 2024 issue of Spirituality+Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gilda Montenegro-Fix is an Olympic whitewater slalom kayaker. She is also the founder of Celebrate Diversity!, a consulting and training company focused on cultural agility. She is a motivational speaker and the author of an essay in the January/February 2024 issue of Spirituality+Health entitled "Remembering Love." Find her work at celebratediversity.co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Miguel Ruiz is a renowned Nahuatl teacher with millions of followers worldwide. Born into a family of healers and raised in Mexico by a healer mother and Nahuatl grandfather in the Toltec tradition, don Miguel is the author of the classic The Four Agreements, The Fifth Agreement, and many other books. His newest book, written with Barbara Emrys, is Grief and Renewal: Finding Beauty and Balance in Loss. You can read an extended transcript of this podcast in the January/February 2024 issue...

Anne Lamott is the author of numerous books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her new book, Somehow: Thoughts on Love, is due out in April 2024. Neal Allen is the author of Shapes of Truth: Discover God Inside of You, and an excerpt from his new book, Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic, entitled “Enjoy Being Ordinary,” appears in the November/December 2023 issue of Spirituality+Health Magazine. S+H editor-in-chief Steve Kiesling interviews Anne in the same issue in a piece called “The Time to...

Ellen Evert Hopman is a master herbalist and lay homeopath and holds a Master’s in Education and Mental Health Counseling. She’s the archdruid emerita of the Tribe of the Oak and a founding member of the Order of the White Oak. Her newest book, The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas: Remedies, Recipes, Magic, & Brews for the Winter Season, is featured in the Nov/Dec issue of Spirituality+Health Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Judith Polich is an environmentalist and wetlands advocate. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Studies and Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin, and is the author of Return of the Children of Light.  Her newest book, Why Can’t We Be More Like Trees: The Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness, and Healing, is reviewed in the Nov/Dec 2023 issue of Spirituality+Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Gavin Francis is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, and a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He has authored eight books and numerous articles in a variety of publications, including the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. His newest book is Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence.  Steve Kiesling’s interview with Dr. Francis is featured in the November/December 2023 issue of Spirituality+Health. Learn more about your ad...

Perdita Finn is the co-founder with her husband Clark Strand of the nondenominational international fellowship called The Way of the Rose. Perdita and Clark were guests on the Spirituality+Health Podcast a few years ago to discuss their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. Perdita has studied with many spiritual teachers and has apprenticed with the psychic Suzan Saxman, with whom she wrote a book called The Reluctant Psychic. Perdita’s new...

Dr. Norman Rosenthal is a world-renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author who was the first person to describe seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and to pioneer the use of light therapy in its treatment. He did this during his 20 years at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Rosenthal’s newest book (which was featured in our Sept/Oct 2023 Books We Love feature) is Defeating SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder): A Guide to Health and Happiness Through All Seasons. You can also read his...

Dr. David Rosmarin is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Center for Anxiety. He’s an international expert on spirituality and mental health, and his work has been featured in Scientific American, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. His new book, Thriving With Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You, is featured in the Books We Love portion of the September/October 2023 issue of...

Kristoffer Hughes is Chief of the Anglesey Druid Order, a Mount Haemus Scholar, and a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. He is a best-selling author of a number of books, including The Book of Celtic Magic. He’s the creator the Celtic Tarot, and his newest book is The Book of Druidry: A Complete Introduction to the Magic & Wisdom of the Celtic Mysteries. His interview with Stephen Kiesling, “Awakening to the Wisdom of the Oak,” is featured in the July/August 2023 issue...

Dr. E. Elisabet Lahti is an awarded educator, international speaker, and the founder of Sisu Lab that helps individuals everywhere think deeply about excellence in how we operate as humans and to tap into our innate capacity for virtuous fortitude. She's the researcher of 'sisu' for which her journey began when she was called to reinvent herself in the aftermath of major trauma and later attended a master’s program at the University of Pennsylvania to study applied positive psychology....

Allan Hamilton, MD, is a Harvard-trained brain surgeon, a decorated Army veteran, and Regents Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona as well as a life-long horse trainer. His next book on the human brain is Cerebral Entanglements—How the Brain Gives Value and Meaning to Our Private and Public Lives, to be published by Knopf in the Spring of 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myles Mellor is one of the top crossword writers in the world. Published in over 1000 magazines, newspapers and web outlets. Over 20,000 crosswords published worldwide. Supplying theme crosswords, diamond crosswords, syndicated puzzles, cryptograms, diagramless crosswords, word search, sudokus, anagrams, and word games. He can be reached through his website at www.ilovecrosswords.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since 2007, Light has personally taught thousands of people from all walks of life how to enjoy a daily meditation practice in a self-sufficient way, and he’s positively impacted many more practitioners through his books, videos, and popular TEDx talk on the 5 Most Common Meditation Myths. Light facilitates workshops and retreats around the world, and gives talks on happiness, mindfulness, inspiration, and leadership. He’s written three bestsellers: The Inner Gym: A 30-Day Workout for...

Susan Bauer-Wu is the President of the Mind & Life Institute, an organization cofounded by the Dalai Lama in 1987 to bring science and contemplative wisdom together to better understand the mind and create positive change in the world. In her work with Mind & Life, she has championed “human-earth connection” as a priority. She began her career as a registered nurse specializing in oncology and end-of-life care, and later completed PhD studies in psychoneuroimmunology. She has held...

Cheryl Pallant is an author, poet, energy healer, somatics coach, teacher, and dancer. She has several published books, most recently the nonfiction work, Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a World in Search of Healing. Her book on contact improvisation, Contact Improvisation: An Introduction to a Vitalizing Dance Form, is considered the go-to book on the topic. She is a regular contributor for Spirituality+Health Magazine, facilitates Writing From the Body workshops internationally,...

Sherianna Boyle, MEd, CAGS, is an international Emotional Detox Coach and the author of nine books, including her most recent Energy in Action: The Power of Emotions and Intuition to Cultivate Peace and Freedom. She has been featured in over 90 articles and is a presenter for renowned organizations such as PESI® Behavioral and Mental Health Education, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, 1440 Multiversity, and more. She is an adjunct psychology professor and founder of Emotional Detox...

Bio: Andrea Sherman, PhD, is a gerontologist, educator, trainer and End of Life Doula. She is a graduate of the New York Zen Center Foundations in Buddhist Contemplative Care Program, teaches meditation at Westchester Meditation Center, and studies Vajrayana Buddhism with Phakchok Rinpoche. As an educator her focus is on palliative and end of life care, caregiving, creativity and aging, and lifecycle transitions. She is the co-author of Transitional Keys: Rituals to Improve Quality of Life...