Doniga Markegard is a mother, rancher, author, and naturalist. She has a background in nature and permaculture. In her youth she was mentored by leading wildlife trackers, naturalists and Native spiritual elders. She spent years alone and with a small group of passionate youth in the Western Washington Wilderness learning the ways of the ancestors, immersing in nature, bird language, survival skills and wildlife tracking. Along wit...

Ray Anthony James, Ph.D. is an Organic Chemist, Nutritional Supplement Product Developer, researcher, educator, author, and speaker, with over 28 years in the pharmaceutical industry and at the FDA. He has over 30 patents and peer-reviewed scientific publications combined. As a Lead Investigator at Pharmacopeia and Ligand Pharmaceuticals and Principal Scientist at Intrexon Corporation from 1998 until 2015, he was involved in design...

Have you had the experience of expressing compassion and being told you are being unrealistic or irrational? Have you expressed care for a plant or animal and been called a ‘tree hugger’ or ‘bleeding heart’? Our culture over-values intellectual judgement and under-values the compassion of our hearts, but we can shift this together. Letting our compassion be valid is crucial for healing ourselves and our planet.

In this episode, Hele...

The most exciting thing occurring in our world right now is that we are learning how to change from being harmful to harmless beings. We are choosing to repair the world’s ills by creating new structures of reality. We are a creative species who can make life on planet Earth more joyful, inclusive, just and flourishing for all people and all species. You get to participate, and that is literally the privilege of many lifetimes. Wha...

Kalani Souza is founding director of the Olohana Foundation. Olohana focuses on building community capacity, cohesiveness, resilience, and emergency preparedness around food, energy, water, and knowledge systems.? Kalani is a storyteller, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, philosopher, priest, political satirist, and peacemaker. A Hawaiian practitioner and cross-cultural facilitator, he has experience in promoting social justice t...

Kate Solisti, President of Kinship Enterprises, has been dedicated to nurturing animal-human understanding and wellness since 1992. Her  purpose is to give “voice to all members of the animal kingdom so they can participate with human beings in improving their own health and well-being as well as that of all species and the planet.” As a facilitator of interspecies communication, Kate works with both wild animals and companion anim...

Is it possible that your thoughts about regenerating our planet and human well-being matter more than your actions?

Tune in to this episode to hear how:

**Due to an audio track flaw, the full episode is available on video at www.humansandearth.com/podcast 

Leonie Dawson is an internationally best-selling author of the Goal Getter workbooks & planners which have been used by over 400,000 people worldwide. A multi-passionate entrepreneur, Leonie has generated over $10 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. Leonie has been recognized for her business acumen by winn...

How do you become a whole and wild human being? Listen to this episode of Humans and Earth to find out.

Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., is a depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and agent of cultural evolution. As founder of western Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute in 1981, he has guided thousands of seekers through nature-based initiatory passages, including a contemporary, Western adaptation of the pan-cultural vision quest. He has been a...

Fay Johnstone is a ‘plant whisperer’ and shamanic herbalist. Fay combines 20 years of reiki practice with herbal and shamanic training to connect us with nature for personal transformation. Following an awakening to the spirit of plants while running a flower farm in Nova Scotia, Fay wrote her first book, Plants that Speak Souls that Sing, and now offers training on reiki, plant spirit connection and shamanism online and from her h...

Dr. Anita Sanchez, Aztecan Tribe and Mexican-American, is a board member of the Pachamama Alliance and Bioneers.  Anita inspires people to discover and trust their gifts so that they become a life-giving connection to people and to the earth.  She has trained thousands of leaders in global corporations and non-profits.  Using indigenous wisdom and modern science, Anita guides leaders in creating caring and inclusive workplaces and ...

Kerri Lake supports others in recognizing themselves as the clarity of love. Whether working with individuals or facilitating groups, she assists people to generate a way of being that honors their heart and brightens their world. Kerri has a degree in Animal Science and also collaborates with animals. Her podcast is Animals of a New Earth. Find her at www.kerrilake.com 

With her soothing voice and calm presence, Kerri shares with ...

Aaron William Perry is a writer, public speaker, impact entrepreneur, consultant, and father. The author of Y on Earth: Get Smarter, Feel Better, Heal the Planet, Aaron works with the Y on Earth Community team and Impact Ambassadors to inform and inspire diverse communities through unique thriving and sustainability messages of hope, empowerment and action. He has launched and owned companies in the recycling, renewable energy, and...

Joy Baker specializes in helping her clients release trapped emotions that can result from trauma. Because most of us are not taught strong skills for processing trauma, its effects become stored in our bodies and can influence our actions, experiences, emotions, and physical health. Joy has herself been on a lengthy journey of choosing the courage to resolve trauma. She has developed a level of understanding and acceptance that al...

Riue Melvina Brown holds an MBA in business and a doctoral degree in educational leadership. She is an Angelic Shaman, Karuna Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master, Quantum Healer, Sound Healer, Spiritual Advisor, Permaculture Designer/Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, beekeeper, and herbalist. Her heritage is African-American and Cherokee Indian and she has studied under Native American Medicine People. She is the owner of InnerSource We...

Mindset coach and spiritual alignment expert Lana Shlafer discusses in this episode how her connection to the natural world supports her, why aligning with solutions is more empowering and effective than focusing on problems, and why ‘realism’ isn’t a good standard. 

Tune in to hear Lana’s vibrant thoughts on:

Kevan Ryon is a healer who connects with a 12th dimensional Lemurian collective to facilitate the healing of others. His Cerebral Palsy and his focused spiritual path have been driving forces that have allowed him to overcome many challenges and limitations.  Through the connection with his spirit guides and masters, Kevan discovered that his purpose is to help people integrate and hold a 5th dimensional consciousness by teaching t...

Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.) is Chief Curator and Executive Director of The Emergence Network. Author, lecturer, speaker, father, and rogue planet saved by the gravitational pull of his wife Ej, Bayo hopes to inspire a diffractive network of sharing within an ethos of new responsivity – a slowing down, an ethics of entanglement, an activism of inquiry, a ‘politics of surprise’. Born into a Yoruba family, Bayo graduated summa cum laude in...

Healer and channel Jeilene Tracey is a Vibrational Geneticist who channels Earth beings, sound, and energy to balance the emotional, mental, and physical bodies.  She developed the modality Vibrational Genetics with guidance from the inner-Earth Mantis Collective and drawing on her training in molecular biology, Reiki, BodyTalk, ThetaHealing, and Shamanism.  Combining the guidance of her Mantis guide, Maree, with aspects of each of...