In this episode of Sacred Gyre I have a conversation with Rashida Saunders, a Portland police Officer who grew up in poverty in the Black community who, in her memoir and podcasts, explores strength, leadership, service, emotional wellness, and what it means to remain human while carrying responsibility for others.

A time when I received a gift I didn't expect. And learned how it might be more of a gift than I thought at first.

In this episode I navigate through a recent knee injury, what it tells me about how we measure things, and about the ways life can be both certain and uncertain.

In this Episode of Sacred Gyre I think about my own reaction to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 2001, and how I think this helps me stay connected to my deepest values under challenging circumstances.

In this episode of Sacred Gyre I talk about an incident in which one of my personal "perfect stories" becomes obvious and how I am reacting.

I then offer some thoughts on how this appears in the larger society and what I think is our responsibility as we notice such "perfect stories."

In this episode of Sacred Gyre, I grapple with a decision by my health care provider to stop certain forms of care for transgender youth. What should I do as I feel anger, fear or sadness in response? And what, if anything should you do in similar circumstances?

In this episode of Sacred Gyre, I use an example from my own life to illustrate the ways in which well-intended language about social change can potentially create harm. In addition to my thoughts on this subject, I also use this podcast episode as a way to hold myself accountable.

In the last episode of Sacred Gyre, I read a collection of 13 poems from the newly released book Splitting Open the World by Carolyn Martin. In this episode 23 Carolyn and I have a conversation about the vulnerability of writing poems about your own life, and of her reaction to my reading of her poetry.