Vital Presence

Alex Doman is in the business of learning, brain enhancement, and healing through the science-based applications of music and sound. He is a third-generation pioneer in sound healing, and his businesses, Advanced Brain Technology and Vital Neuro, build on the history of innovation begun by his father and grandfather.

We talk about how to support brain health and thrive in times marked by rapid change as well as the aftermath of the pandemic.

Massad and Fridley, both Eastside Institute faculty, are changing the narrative around dementia with their "Joy of Dementia" workshops. The workshops allow paritcipants impacted by dementia to play together, while challenging assumptions about how we work with people with dementia.

Sally Fox, head of this podcast, has the tables turned on her by Ellia Harris who interviews Sally about her book-in-progress Meeting the Muse after Midlife. They talk about creativity, moving beyond the myths of aging, and tapping the special Superpowers that can come win the 2nd half of life.

Tina Shattuck is a social entrepreneur who takes big ideas and then brings them down to earth in the community. She has founded two organizations focused on the empowerment of women and girls Working Mothers Revolution and Women Hold the Key. We talk about how she has developed her projects from a foundation, always, of community. She's currently working on an initiative to connect women of different ages, maid, mother, and matriarch, for the learning and betterment of all.

Lynn Jericho has studied the work of Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, economist, and esotericist Rudolf Steiner as well as other spiritual teachers, and puts these to work in her approach to coaching and in her online programs.