The word AUTHENTIC has become overused and under demonstrated to the point where core meaning has become obscured. It's a word Scott Balcom's life reflects viscerally in the form of work, art, music, and play. In this podcast, Ro and Scott discuss balance, art, geometry, time and round calendars. 

Scott Balcom, father of the Highline discusses the early days of Slacklining and how a rock climbing pastime has evolved into a worldwide movement and Community. Scott shares the wonders of the records being set in the sport and the use of slackline as a potent personal awareness practice.  

Forward-thinker, Kimberly Kradel (of Artist-at-large.com) chats with Ro during the COVID-19 lock-down from her van (the Escape-Pod) about van life, dreaming the next, and random gifts of life during a time of social isolation. They discuss how they are finding access to big magic and potentiality as the world is being sent to their collective rooms to contemplate.  Listeners are invited to share in the richness, humor, depth, and insights of muddling through the lock-down. 

For those who are Self Isolating at home during the CoronaVirus, Ro and Therapist Kelli S. Fisher exchange maps for transmuting the rough bits. Together they discuss both spiritual and therapeutic processes for dealing with some of the big emotions that have been coming up for many.  Also discussed are their personal hacks for surviving the voice in the night.

Host Ro Elgas and LA-based therapist Kelli S. Fisher enjoy a lively discussion on the ways in which shame has followed spiritual practice far beyond the teachings of the Church. The discussion in no way covers the many ways in which shame is used and abused in New Age teachings, so we invite you the listener to add to the list we began in this podcast below in the comment section. TY! 

Host Ro Elgas and most precious guest Marcia Hale continue to explore their friendship and in doing do discover new things about the other, including the magic of early oak tree friends! The imprint of presence and love found in friendship is woven throughout this layered conversation between friends. 

We all have friends... Why do some friendships end while others endure? Guest Marcia Hale and host Ro Elgas share the behind the scene mystery of their longtime friendship. Mismatched in age and backgrounds the pair find commonality in the exploration and articulation of life's magic.  No strangers to long phone conversations, Marcia and Ro continue this conversation into part two. In part two the conversation deepens...   

Professor Marcia Hale speaks with Ro on her personal evolution into Social Justice education and global community work. This is a rich and beautiful sharing of Marcia's path of finding purpose in pain and building new ground and community from personal isolation of holding tight to her internal truths. 

Alan and Ro discuss the process and wait for humanity's growth into maturity. What will it take for the next world to show up is shared, along with holding the space and dream for the next. This podcast is the third of three in the conversations between Ro and Alan. 

Alan Shares time in the Andes working with the elders all of whom have left the planet with no trained replacements. This moves conversations to the death of self along with the death of an era.  The two then explore speculations of the next, the what is to come.