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suffering

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1. Lacey Is Free Jan 3, 2024

   Intuitive reader and Horapod host Lacey Free returns after a year-long illness that left her unable to walk, sharing how being forced to depend on friends, listeners, and Jessa Reid's call to action taught her to actually feel…

2. Ep. 66 - Not Afraid with Daniele Bolelli Jan 18, 2017

   Author and podcaster Daniele Bolelli (History on Fire, The Drunken Taoist) talks about his memoir Not Afraid, written after his wife died suddenly of brain cancer, and pushes back on the self-help promise that tragedy carries a…

3. Ep. 59 - Jay Weingarten Redux Nov 30, 2016

   Absurdist comedian Jay Weingarten returns to unpack the heartfelt, out-of-character Facebook post he wrote in the days after the 2016 election, a plea to keep hearts wide open and relieve the suffering of marginalized people.

4. Ep. 35 - Toni Bernhard Jun 23, 2016

   Toni Bernhard, a former UC Davis law professor, describes how a viral infection caught during a 2001 trip to Paris left her housebound with chronic flu-like illness for 15 years and forced her to give up the career she loved.

5. Ep. 19 - Mystic Scholar and Author Mirabai Starr Mar 9, 2016

   Mystic scholar Mirabai Starr, translator of John of the Cross's "Dark Night of the Soul" and Teresa of Avila and a child of a Taos back-to-the-land community around Neem Karoli Baba, traces how the death of her 14-year-old…