Taking Time to Celebrate!

09/30/21 • 2 min

For our bitesize edition this month, we’re taking a few moments to celebrate!

Not only was our most recent interview with Humanist Jane Blackman all about the joy of celebration, but we also found out earlier this month that this podcast has made it to the finals of the International People's Choice podcast awards.

As today is International Podcast Day, and the People’s Choice Podcast award ceremony is this evening, we’re taking a moment to celebrate. And we’re celebrating each one of our listeners. We’re so grateful for all of you listening. We’re in the award finals because of you.

It’s not an easy time to celebrate, with so much bad news across the globe – so let’s keep it small for now. For our “How to be Good” challenge this time, we want you to spend 60-seconds of your day today having a mini-celebration, just by yourself.

For our bitesize edition this month, we’re taking a few moments to celebrate!

Previous Episode

A Chat with a Humanist Celebrant

What does it mean to be a good person according to a Humanist?
We ask Humanist Jane Blackman to share her opinion on being good according to her non-religious beliefs.
Jane is an award-winning Humanist Celebrant, performing non-religious weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies and other non-religious rituals. Last year, Jane was voted best celebrant in the country – she’s based in the UK - at the 2020 Wedding Industry Awards.
As a former head teacher, Jane is passionate about education and freedom of choice. She strives to treat others and all living things with care and compassion, and believes in us making the very most of every precious day that we have. In this conversation, Jane explains how humanism is all about people, relationships and human interactions.
This episode teaches us more about non-religious beliefs and what it means to be a humanist in today's world.
If, after listening, you'd like to learn more about humanism, you can visit humanists.uk. And if you want to find out more about Jane Blackman, please visit janeblackmanweddings.co.uk.

Next Episode

A Chat with a Sikh

What does it mean to be a good person according to Sikhism?
We ask Sikh Human Rights Activist, Simran Singh, to share his opinions on being good according to the Sikh way of life.
In keeping with his Sikh faith, Simran engages in human rights broadly and has a long history of working within the corporate world too. He is a lifelong Senior Fellow at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute and a member of the Rumi Forum's Advisory Council in Washington, DC, and a Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London.

Simran was honored to be the first ethnic European in history to sing at the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, and in 2021 opened the first all-encompassing interfaith events in Guatemala and Costa Rica's history.

Simran is kind, compassionate and full of incredible insight. His openness in this interview makes for a beautiful conversation covering some fundamentals about the Sikh faith alongside the importance of self-love and forgiveness in our personal journeys.
You can find out more about Simran on Instagram at @simran5.0, and you can find out more about Sikhism at SikhNet.com.
And if you'd like to support this podcast, please visit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/exploregoodness - we appreciate you listening and supporting each episode. Thank you!

How to be Good? - Taking Time to Celebrate!

Transcript

[Podcast Theme Music: upbeat electro/beats]

Sarah Buckmaster [00:03]
Hi everyone, I'm Sarah and this is "How to be Good?" - the podcast that explores what it means to be a good person in today's world.

[Podcast Theme Music]

Sarah Buckmaster [00:14]
For our bitesize edition this month, we’re taking a few moments to celebrate!

[cheers, celebration noises]