Conversations on Healing & Growth

Flowing into a Salt Cave

In this episode, Martin, Ben, and our guest, Luna, share a lively conversation around the creation of a Salt Cave and the challenges that come with a co-creative process. 

Reading and Our Well-Being

In this episode, Martin and Ben dive into the world of reading books and its ability to help us Heal & Grow ourselves and our world. 

When Things Fall Apart

As national and international systems of governance disintegrate, Martin and Ben navigate a path of conscious integration in letting go of the Ascension Myth through the inspiring wisdom of Rumi and Tibetan Buddhist monk and author Pema Chodren.  

Feeling

In today's episode, Martin and Ben dive into the value of being present with our deep feelings rather than redirecting or replacing them with cognition or consumption. 

Stillness

Ben and Martin wrap up 2025 by exploring what it means to embrace stillness and mystery in a soul-led life.

Revisiting the Merry-Go-Round

Ben and Martin revisit an early episode from July 2024, No Longer Riding on the Merry-Go-Round, where they provide a fresh perspective on the inner muse and creating a vibrant life in partnership with the world around us. 

A Remarkable Life

In this episode we dramatically explore the inner voices that are expressed as we Heal & Grow. We encourage you, the listener, to find within yourself your version of how these three voices find union in your being. This union of sorts is how we access our own remarkable life. 

An Autumn Meditation

Blazing colors countered by the soft patter of falling leaves, the sounds of birds, crickets, squirrels. We feel the cool dry air enter our bodies... we let ourselves feel an entirely different pace of life... Yes, something begins to shift…

Kindness and Community

In a world of political and social division, driven by the culture of winning and losing, how do we expand the love we share with our communities through a conscious practice with ourselves? How do we bring kindness and simplicity into the conversation and actively create and nurture community?

Sacred Ground

In a world whirling with superficiality, Ben and Martin discuss the nature of the sacred and how we access it within ourselves and in connection with the world around us. 

The Spectacle Does Matter

In this episode, Ben interviews Zeke Perkins, a labor organizer with an extensive history over the last 15 years in the protest movement. He shares his experience tracking, recording and interacting with Commander Bovino and his 80 U.S. Border Patrol agents as they moved through Chicago as an occupying army on Sunday, September 28th, 2025. 

In Many Ways

In this episode, we talk about about storytelling as a healing modality, and how we can embody our biggest story with authenticity.

HoneyDew: A Recipe for Creativity

In this episode, Ben and Martin offer a recipe for cultivating creativity in life by way of the TV show "The Bear".

Time, After Time

In this episode, we focus on worldwide inter-connectivity and what comes when we make conscious choices in our economic caste system. 

Your Part with Diane Umstead

In this episode, Ben and Martin speak with Diane Umstead about her lifelong journey advocating for children and what it means to her as she transitions into a new phase of life.

The Rise & Fall of Empathy

In this episode, Martin and Ben inquire into and explore a correlated journey between the rise of empathy and the technologies that have brought us to an increasingly desensitized and overwhelmed world. 

Your Part with Romey Pittman

Returning to our Your Part series, Martin speaks with visionary educator Romey Pittman on resiliency, coming to terms with the dynamics of power, and the foundational importance of connection in the classroom and beyond. 

Ghosts in the Machine

In this episode Martin and Ben dynamically explore creativity in relation to materials and resources, dance into the realm of the Chakras, and within the flow, bring the tragedy of the commons into consideration within the freedom and responsibility that comes when using technologies such as AI. 

Hyper-rationality in a world of unprocessed emotion

In this episode, Martin and Ben explore the threads and consequences of hyper-rationality and unprocessed emotion. In doing so, we discover an unexpected truth.

The Fever Dream of Generational Wealth

In this episode, Martin and Ben explore the fevered aspiration of  generational wealth in American culture. A notion of ascension not seeded in equity or fairness but rather in achieving immortality through material wealth and its accompanying power.

Your Part with Virginia Newcomb

In this conversation we touch upon the nature of home, what her vision for a more patient cinema feels like, and how inner practice meets life through a sense of community and shared vision. It is often the case that humans see this process through the lens of struggle rather than possibility. Our conversation explores this dichotomy through a more joyful and conscious lens.

Shadows Fill Time

In the 25th episode, Martin and Ben explore the transformative impact that an engaged practice in presence has on shaping our sense of time.

Your Part with Rory Turner

Martin and Ben speak with Rory Turner, Professor Emeritus in Sociology & Anthropology at Goucher College, about the nature of flow, the power of storytelling, and the concept and practice of Communitas.

Your Part with Tom Clement

In this episode, Martin and Ben share a conversation with Tom Clement, documentary cinematographer and director, whose latest work, Projecting Protest, is the centerpiece of our discussion around Tom's creative journey as a filmmaker.

Your Part with Luna S. Perkins

In this episode, Martin and Ben discuss with Luna S. Perkins her experiences in bringing conscious awareness to life as a human being, an artist and a writer.