STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

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We guide a gentle morning meditation that uses breath, a soft smile, and memory to cultivate contentment, then expand it with appreciative joy for others. We close with simple ways to spot micro‑joys during the day and carry calm into action.

• settling the body and softening judgment
• breathing with awareness and smiling through a body scan
• reframing meditation as acces...

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What’s behind the headlines—and what happens when purpose, presence, and generosity quietly shape the biggest opportunities?

In this episode, I’m joined by tap-dance powerhouse sisters Chloe and Maud Arnold—creators, choreographers, educators, entrepreneurs, and the visionary force behind Syncopated Ladies, the all-female tap ensemble that has amassed over 100 million views online. Their wor...

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Struggling to access your creativity? Feeling disconnected from your inner voice? This chakra meditation offers a beautiful journey back to yourself through energy alignment and guided visualization.

We begin by settling into a comfortable position, allowing the breath to naturally deepen as we prepare to travel through each energy center. Starting at the root chakra, we visualize ...

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What happens when a world-class performer stops chasing perfection—and starts choosing presence?

In this episode, I’m joined by Sean Panikkar, an American tenor of Sri Lankan heritage whose career spans the world’s most renowned opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Albert Hall, La Scala, Carnegie Hall, the Salzburg Festival, and the English National Opera. Many also recogniz...

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This short, restorative meditation guides listeners through a heart-centered practice designed to help them center themselves and shift their energy in under five minutes.

• Quality over quantity: even brief moments of focused breathing can be transformative
• Simple body relaxation techniques including softening shoulders, jaw, and forehead
• Heart-centered visualization w...

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What does it actually take to be joyful—not performative-happy, not “fine,” but truly joyful in a way that feels brave, embodied, and real?

In this episode, I’m joined by two brilliant storytellers and screenwriters, Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna, whose combined credits span beloved studio and indie projects across animation and live action—including Inside Out, Up, The Good Dinosaur, Capta...

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What if the real win isn’t the credit list, but the way you show up when no one’s clapping?

In this conversation, I sit with actor Philip Anthony Rodriguez to unpack a four-decade career spanning Broadway stages, prime-time television, and voice work—including a Star Wars Inquisitor—and then zoom in on the human core that powers it all.

Philip reframes performance as service: a collaborative ...

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Jet lag can leave you feeling untethered—tired and wired at the same time, unsure whether to rest or push through. This gentle meditation is designed to help your body recalibrate after travel, without forcing sleep or wakefulness.

Rather than trying to override your system, this practice focuses on orientation. We begin by grounding in the body and noticing where you are now—the quality of ...

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In this deeply honest and reflective conversation, I sit down with Hanako Greensmith—actor, artist, and series regular on Chicago Fire—to explore what happens between the milestones.

I’ve had the joy of knowing Hanako since her training years at Pace University, and here she speaks with remarkable openness about ambition, self-worth, burnout, and the inner work required to sustain a creative...

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Airports buzz. Cabins hum. And yet your body often stays braced—as if it still needs to steer.
 This guided meditation offers something different: a chance to soften, settle, and let yourself rest while you travel.

Designed especially for long flights and extended journeys, this practice invites you to let the seat support you, the motion carry you, and your nervous system stand down fro...

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We pause to honor nearly six years of conversations that still feel alive because we keep changing. We invite you to revisit a curated set of episodes that meet you where you are and deepen themes of presence, courage, identity, joy, and letting go of perfection.

• reflecting on five to six years of the show
• choosing presence over chasing answers
• why certain conversatio...

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Begin your day with intention, gratitude, and gentle presence.

This guided morning meditation invites you to wake slowly and begin again—before the day fills your attention with plans, responsibilities, and expectations. Designed to be listened to just after waking, this practice helps you clear yesterday, release worries about the future, and create a blank canvas for the day ahead.

Through ...

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What if your favorite creative mantra is quietly making your work worse?

In this episode, we explore how well-worn phrases like “story is king” and “trust the process” can feel grounding—while subtly eroding responsibility, discernment, and engagement. Drawing inspiration from Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull, we look at how language meant to guide us can become a stand-in for the deeper work ...

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This short, guided pause is designed to help you reset your focus—without effort, without fixing anything.

In this 5-minute practice, you’re invited to step away from whatever you’re doing, soften your gaze, and gently gather your attention. Through simple breath cues, subtle physical release, and intentional focus, this meditation helps quiet mental noise and bring you back to center.

Perfec...

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What if the words you’re waiting for are already in the room? We explore a simple, disarming question—what do you most need to hear today—and discover how a small, overlooked detail becomes a compass for calm. A ceiling sconce turns into a living metaphor for the quiet constants that hold us, even when we don’t flip the switch. The story moves from pressure and creative block to permission ...

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Tonight’s meditation is an invitation to slow down and gently transition from wakefulness into rest.

We begin by settling into the space where you’ll sleep—tending to the small external details that help your body and nervous system feel safe and uninterrupted. From there, we turn inward, using breath and awareness to soften mental activity and release the day.

This guided practice moves thro...

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As joyful as the season is meant to be, the holidays can quietly carry a lot of weight — expectations, pressure, comparison, and the sense that we’re somehow supposed to feel more festive than we do.

In this episode, I share an excerpt from my book The Places Where There Are Spaces, a short reflection called “Holiday Hangovers.” It’s a story about noticing how easily we slip into expectation...

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What if peace isn’t something you hold, but a place you can always return to? We invite you into a guided meditation that starts with the breath, softens the grip of racing thoughts, and opens the heart to a wider circle of care. Across a few grounded minutes, we move from inner calm to compassionate connection, showing how awareness—not control—creates space for steadiness even when life s...

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As the year winds down, many of us find ourselves feeling heavier—not physically, but energetically. In this episode, I explore the idea of psychological baggage: the unprocessed memories, regrets, worries, hopes, and fears we’ve grown used to carrying as if they’re part of who we are.

Drawing from Chapter 24 of my book, The Places Where There Are Spaces, I share an excerpt that invites us t...