Peace On Podcast by The Peace Alliance

Hope Story Circle with Joel Kimmel - encore! September 12, 2020

Joel Kimmel joined us once again, inviting everyone to consider the idea of allowing: what would you like to allow to become visible that would allow you to make a contribution to those around you? Also, to ask visioning questions, such as, no matter who wins - how are we going to bring this country back together? So that everyone can feel taken care of? What does that look like? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

Hope Story Circle with Matthew Albracht - August 29, 2020

Matthew Albracht, Board member of the Peace Alliance, was our guest. Matthew shared about his personal journey towards peace, from beginnings in Texas as a boy in a small community near Amarillo, to working with Marianne Williamson on combining spirituality with politics. The most recent layer in his journey is related to diet and nutrition, and he’s written a book on the topic. He was interested to discover how diet impacted his mood in only a few weeks, and beyond the climate change aspects impacted by industrial agriculture, how people can positively shift their consciousness with food. We invited the group in break-out sessions to explore what layers they might deepen, or embrace, to expand their own journey towards peace. Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

2020 Virtual Advocacy Days Training Call #1

Overview of DoP Legislation and Scheduling a Meeting.  Join us for Training Call #2 on September 16.  Register here. [link:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/2c8bf2e4f5c5c7568c34be5db4a05ad8]

Hope Story Circle with Joel Kimmel - August 22, 2020

Joel Kimmel was our guest.  Joel shared a powerful story of a near-death accident that occurred when he was a young man, and how that experience shifted the trajectory of his life. Spending seven days on the other side, he witnessed magic in how spirits spoke and the way the revealed new ideas. They informed him: don’t tell everyone what to do, ask them what they see themselves doing. In recovery, he realized that all we have that allows us to live a meaningful life is our words. He invited everyone in the inquiry to create a have happened list instead of a to-do list, and then allow it to unfold. Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

Hope Story Circle with Linda Curtis - August 15, 2020

Linda Curtis, Author, Mindfulness Teacher, Speaker and Mentor for Honorable Closure, joined us to talk about endings and beginnings, and about two big life experiences that led her to the deeper understanding of the intersection of endings and beginnings, and how important it is to acknowledge endings, and give them space to close. From a collective level, what is coming to an end at this time? And what is beginning? What qualities can we bring to allow these endings and beginnings to go well, with compassion and empathy? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

August 2020 National Monthly Action Call

This Tuesday, we go deeper into our own sense of our historical roots, our current landscape, and our power to shape the future. We were joined and guided on this path by the wonderful Jelena Popovic - Peace Alliance Council Lead and champion of peace education.  The wounds of America's past and present - from indigenous cultural and literal genocide, through slavery and Jim Crow, to the present day - cry out for a learning and healing process.  We hope this Tuesday's conversation may be another forward step along that journey.   

Hope Story Circle #20 - August 8, 2020

Marcy Cole, drmarcycole.com, holistic psychotherapist, teacher of social and emotional learning / mindfulness, and founder of First Tuesday USA https://www.facebook.com/firsttuesdayusa/, shared powerfully about her own personal reckoning. She is coming to a realization of wanting to be more deliberate and intentional to expand to more diversity in her life, with honest curiosity in wanting to learn more about others experiences. What kind of spaces can we create where everyone feels that they belong and they are seen? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

 

Hope Story Circle #19 - August 1, 2020

Kathy Kidd, formerly on staff with the Peace Alliance and a long-time friend, joined us to share her heartfelt and deep story of her personal history of how racism and anti-racism has shaped her journey. Her questions: What was I born into that determined who I would become? What events in my life contributed to who I am? What are the many layers to who I am? What has held me back in life? What does being held back cost me personally? Cost us collectively? What is my purpose and how has my purpose unfolded? Where do I find my hope in today’s world? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

Hope Story Circle #18 - July 25, 2020

Catherine DeMonte, catherinedemonte.com, psychotherapist and author of Beep! Beep! Get Out of My Way, Seven Tools for Living Your Unstoppable Life was our guest. The book was an outcome of her Abundance Circles, where people work together over eight sessions to unblock and achieve their desires. Her story was about living a story from her birth feeling as an unwelcome guest, and the path she took to release it. What stories can we birth at this time? What can we embrace, or let go of? How can we welcome the stories that are bubbling up? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!

 

 

Hope Story Circle #17 - July 18, 2020

Jill McManigal, founder and CEO of Kids for Peace - kidsforpeaceglobal.org -- is our special guest! She shared about the beginnings, vision, broad reach and success of Kids for Peace, sharing the Peace Pledge that was defined by the kids. She also shared about experiencing a difficult conversation with one of the parents just recently, and how by finding common ground, being open-hearted and curious, they were both able to learn and grow. In the break-outs, we explored: how are we all approaching challenging conversations? Check the calendar of Events at www.peacealliance.org - join us at the next Hope Story Circle and share your emerging stories!