Living in Paradox

Getting Seriously Playful

Play is not just for children and adults can benefit from getting serious about playing. Join us to inquire about how to recognize and expand what play means to you!se·ri·ous·ly /sirēəslē/in a solemn or considered manner, with earnest intent, not lightly or superficially.play /pley/(playful is being full of play!)to exercise or employ oneself in diversion, amusement, or recreation, to do something in sport that is not to be taken seriously, to amuse oneself, to take part or engage in a game.In This Episode, You Will Learn about:How play supported wellbeing and can be squashed. (2:15)Why we need to get serious about playfulness. (6:15)How sensations, feelings and expression make up our experience of life. (7:38)Were you taught to not rock the boat? (9:51)What haven’t you done for ages that would feel playful/fun? (11:53)Developing a habit of taking play seriously. (14:09)How we can reinvent our dreams, be open to new ideas and inspiration. (17:20)Legos anyone? (21:30)Daydreaming yourself into a playful space. (22:40)ResourcesHouse of Preeminence online magazine https://issuu.com/hellopreeminence/docs/organized_971d579abd306c Jenni Parker Brown, editor/publisher https://www.jenni-p.comLet’s Connect!Email: hello@drannakarin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Creative Paradox with Jenn Cleary

Join us to explore inspiration, collaboration and the business of songwriting! With her open and honest sharing Jenn Cleary leads us thru her songwriting process and what she has learned along the way.Jenn Cleary is a folk-rock singer-songwriter from Boulder, Colorado, with many years’ experience performing on international stages. Highlight shows include Sundance Film Festivals, Colorado Rockies games, opening for Shemekia Copeland, Tellurides Blues Festival Acoustic Competition finalist and multiple European tours. She has a range of song styles and performs bluesy acoustic solo shows as well as rockin’ shows with her full electric band. Jenn has released two albums of original songs, one blues covers album, and she just released her first children’s album, which has won the prestigious recognition from the 2021 NAPPA awards for being best in the music industry.In This Episode, You Will Learn about:Is creativity on demand possible? The challenge of songwriting. (5:04)How creativity needs space and time. (6:44)The power of collaboration. (7:58)What comes first, melody or lyrics? (10:02)Trusting the muse in music! (14:48)How hard times can lead to joy! (19:28)Going within to express what we all share. (21:24)The power of feeling deeply and then letting it go. (23:38)Creativity as a business. (31:56)ResourcesJenn Cleary Music https://jenncleary.comPlanet Bluegrass Song School, Lyons Colorado https://bluegrass.com/song-schoolSentient Publications, Connie Shaw https://www.sentientpublications.com Ken Langford aka Lucius Terwilliger https://open.spotify.com/artist/0IPxUqOfUJQHOnqhjnVuzl?si=zbbG2aXjT7O8dDqHGZEQ6g&dl_branch=1Dorje Dolma https://www.dorjearts.com Joseph Campbell https://www.jcf.org Let’s Connect!Email: hello@drannakarin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cultivating an Open Focus

Being in the moment is touted as the ultimate of the new consciousness but how do we get there! Modern life provides endless distraction from our own perceived state of wholeness. How does cultivating an open focus lead us to a more integrated experience of our personal interface with life?Join us in looking at perception and attention, intuition and intention as we explore an open focus.In This Episode, You Will Learn about:Finding me and not me! (4:02)Is it possible to embody both? (7:20)What works best for you, focus or openness? (10:00)Perception and attention as another framework. (12:00)Sorting through the information soup! (12:46)Connection to nature as the balance to info overload. (14:46)Can we live in a flow state? (17:14)Let’s Connect!Email: hello@drannakarin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seeing Perfect Damage

Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!With so much fear, anger and conflict in the world, what in the world can we do? Can we invent a new perspective? One where perfection is made truly whole by the damage, the trauma, the wounds we are all carrying?Join us to engage the paradox of perfect damage and let’s find out!In This Episode, You Will Learn about:Where is the good news? (3:51)Is life difficult for a purpose? (5:24)Compassion and responsibility and hope. (7:35)Navigating the complexity of our world today. (13:30)Life is not simple or straightforward! (16:25)What are we called to do? (18:21)Hereditary trauma viewed as evolutionary healing. (22:12)ResourcesGabor Mate, MD https://drgabormate.com Joseph Campbell https://www.jcf.org Patricia Sun https://www.patriciasun.com Let’s Connect!Email: hello@drannakarin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Paradox In Healing

Welcome to the Living in Paradox Podcast!Today we are talking to Kandi Mullen. She is a Reiki Master, empowerment coach, wellness consultant and owner of Reiki 4 Well Being. Kandi works with client’s nationwide offering Reiki treatments and virtual classes through video conferencing, as well as mentoring clients in creating and cultivating a healthy sustainable lifestyle, through sharing her own personal healing experiences, spiritual development and studies in New Thought teachings.Join us to engage the paradox in healing as we discuss the practitioner-client interface, distance energy work, the role of intention in healing outcomes, and so much more!In This Episode, You Will Learn:What goes on between practitioner and client? (4:21)How one’s expectation of healing can turn into something else. (5:05)The effect of simply creating a healing space and allowing the energy to work. (5:42)Is there a difference in in-person healing and distance energy work? (6:58)Why are we so thought driven and removed from our body sense? (13:40)Is it possible to feel relaxed and energized at the same time? (15:40)How does the intention of the practitioner effect healing and what about the placebo effect? (17:34)Healing as the expression of Universal Life energy! (22:05))ResourcesKandi Mullen https://reiki4wellbeing.comElectric Body, Electric Health - Eileen Day McKusik https://www.biofieldtuning.com · Whole Brain Living - Jill Bolte Taylor https://www.amazon.com/Jill-Bolte-Taylor/e/B001J8ZIJK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareLet’s Connect!Email: hello@drannakarin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.