Ep. 20 – Fear, Happiness, and Lovingkindness with Sharon Salzberg

09/01/21 • 39 min

Nikki Walton welcomes Sharon Salzberg for a conversation around dealing with fear, the path to happiness, staying in the heart space of lovingkindness, and much more.

Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. Get more about fear, happiness, and lovingkindness from Sharon on her Metta Hour Podcast, plus check out all her offerings at sharonsalzberg.com.

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Nikki Walton welcomes Sharon Salzberg for a conversation around dealing with fear, the path to happiness, staying in the heart space of lovingkindness, and much more.

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Ep. 19 – Dark Night of the Soul with Mirabai Starr

Author and speaker, Mirabai Starr joins Nikki for a conversation on traversing the Dark Night of the Soul, poetically receiving her name from Ram Dass, and finding love amidst loss.

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Check out her latest book, Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, and learn more at MirabaiStarr.com.

"Just be still and be beautiful. We are so conditioned to see these Dark Nights as problems to be solved, rather than as these gorgeous invitations to inhabit the radiance of what is."– Mirabai Starr

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Ep. 21 – Comedy, Spirituality, & Being Yourself w/ Duncan Trussell

Duncan Trussell joins Nikki for a conversation on comedy, spirituality, service, Ram Dass, confidence, being yourself, and starting where you are.

Welcoming new friend, Duncan Trussell, to the New Growth podcast, Nikki shares the string of synchronicities which brought them together, before diving into Duncan's present moment experience of traversing fatherhood and fear amidst the pandemic. From there, Nikki prompts Duncan to explore his life-journey into comedy, podcasting, the Midnight Gospel, spirituality, Buddhism and Ram Dass.

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