What happens when you step away from your everyday life long enough to see it differently?

After two weeks in Peru, I returned home changed—but not in the way I expected. I didn’t feel like a stranger to myself. I felt more myself.

In this solo episode of The Edge of Everyday, I reflect on what my time in Peru awakened in me, the extremes I encountered, and how encountering a different landscape, culture, and rhythm of life shifted the way I see myself and the world around me.

Sometimes, transformation isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about shedding the layers of expectation, habit, and familiarity that have kept us from fully experiencing who we already are.

Peru left me with questions, new perspectives, and a deeper appreciation for the moments we often overlook in everyday life. What is our relationship to time? What do we discover when we loosen our grip on what is familiar? And how do we bring the person we become while traveling back into the life waiting for us at home?

Join me for a personal reflection on travel, transformation, and the unexpected ways we find our way back to ourselves.

In this episode, I share:

• A quick recap of my two-week journey through Peru and the places that made the biggest impression on me
• The brutal reality of hiking at altitude—and my experience with altitude sickness
• The place that became my absolute favorite, and what made it so unforgettable
• The moments that challenged me physically, emotionally, and perhaps even spiritually
• What surprised me most about Peru and what I brought home with me beyond the memories
• Why I returned feeling not like a stranger to myself, but more myself than ever
• Somewhere between brutal hikes, ceremony, unexpected healings, and moments I still can't fully explain, something began to shift.In this solo episode, I share what I went looking for in Peru, what I encountered along the way, and the question I'm bringing home.

About Sandra Bargman

Sandra Bargman is The Sacred Disruptor—an actor, inter-spiritual minister, and voice, presence, and storytelling expert who helps people bridge the inner and outer worlds. She helps leaders and professionals find the voice to express what is true, the presence to embody it, and the story to make it matter.

Drawing on her background in performance, spirituality, and storytelling, Sandra challenges the assumptions, habits, and invisible scripts that shape how we communicate, connect, and lead. She helps people move beyond autopilot, speak with greater authority and authenticity, command a room without losing their humanity, and tell stories that resonate and inspire meaningful connection.

Blending practical communication tools with a deeper exploration of identity, truth, and human connection, Sandra brings an unconventional edge to professional development. Through her teaching, speaking, and podcast, The Edge of Everyday, she invites people to question the familiar, disrupt the expected, and discover new possibilities in how they show up in the world.

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@SandraBargman

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What if dreaming is one of the oldest technologies we have for accessing consciousness?

What do we do when the usual ways of making sense of our lives stop working?

And what might we discover at the edge between what we know and what we don't?

Today we are #LIVEINTHEHIVE with Lynda Samphire, an Intuitive and transformational Guide who explores that very territory through dreamwork, plant medicine, embodiment, breath, and nervous system regulation.

So today, we're stepping to the edge—and asking:

How do we learn to trust ourselves in the liminal spaces between waking and dreaming, between certainty and mystery, and between the Self we think we are and the one we are becoming?

Moments to Ponder…

• The power of labeling vs. the contemplation of identity.
• The conditioning of “Find a career and stick with it” vs. the evolution of “what I do” into “who I am.”
• Humans craving 3D life adventures in order to experience consciousness.
• Lynda shares how discovering her underlying grief revealed itself through functioning anxiety and depression—and became the doorway into her work with nervous system intelligence.
• What is the Sovereign Edge?
• Dreamwork as a spiritual technology: sleep is medicine, and dreams are the original journey.
• Where do dreams, nervous system intelligence, and plant medicine intersect?
• Lynda’s Dream Decoder app, which provides dream readings as if you were sitting with her in person.
• Lynda shares an easy dreamwork practice.
• Lynda shares her relationship with plant medicine and how she guides her clients in their use of plant medicine.
• SoulRoot Earth—her newly created online plant medicine store and retreat center.
• In our Off the Edge questions, Lynda shares something she has never shared in an interview EVER. And she’ll be back on the show to share more deeply about it.

·All this and so much more…

About Lynda Samphire

At the heart of Lynda’s work lies a deep respect for each thought, emotion, and experience.

She honors them as sacred invitations to grow and evolve.

Her purpose is to guide others with compassion and presence as they travel inward, cultivating awareness and connection with their true selves. She holds a safe and nurturing space for these sacred processes so stress can release, creativity can blossom, and a unique path to wholeness can unfold.

Her offerings are for those who feel called to open their hearts and minds, to evolve, and to welcome a higher vibrational way of living. They are an invitation to explore the depths of the soul, gain clarity amid life’s complexities, and tune into the wisdom within each experience.

Lynda provides intentional pathways for transformation and growth through microdosing, breathwork, sleep and dreamwork, guided meditations, light language, and more—in one-on-one and group settings, immersive retreats, and through online courses.

Connect with Lynda HERE.

@lynda.weavercarrougher

@lyndasamphire

@lyndawsamphire

About Sandra Bargman

I help people find and express a more truthful presence through voice, storytelling, and deep listening.

My work draws on decades as a professinal actor, singer, director, coach, and as a spiritual counselor, bringing together vocal technique with emotional intelligence, mindfulness, breath and body awareness, and the transformative power of story.

My signature B.I.G. Approach explores Breath and Body, Intention, and Genuineness—because powerful communication isn't simply about what we say. It's about how fully we inhabit ourselves when we say it.

Whether I'm working one-on-one or with a group, my goal is not to teach people how to sound like someone else.

It's to help them hear themselves more clearly—and have the courage to let that voice be heard.

Continue the Conversation

If this episode resonates with you, I'd love to hear from you.

Connect with Sandra HERE.

@SandraBargman

@SandraAmazon

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What if marketing—something so many of us resist—isn't really about selling at all, but about helping people recognize themselves in a story that speaks to their hopes, to their fears, and to their longings?

Today, we're talking about Story—story with a capital "S." Not simply storytelling as a communication skill, but Story as the invisible thread that shapes our identities, our relationships, our businesses, and the way we move through the world.

We are #LiveInTheHive with Paul Furiga, founder of Capital S Story. For decades, Paul has helped leaders, organizations, and entrepreneurs discover that beneath every successful message is something far more profound: a story that reveals not only what we do, but why it matters.

In this episode…

• Since the beginning of time, storytelling is encoded in the human experience. “The Storyteller” held a revered position in tribal society, entrusted with recording the experiences and lessons of life. What then is the relationship between Storytelling and Identity?
• What is the importance of telling an authentic story in business, both individually and organizationally?
• The word authentic gets thrown around a LOT. Paul weighs in with his experiential definition.
• How has marketing evolved, and what has the role of storytelling played in this evolution?
• What is the capital S story? And what fundamental questions does it answer?
• Archetypal stories. What are they and how can they be used to engage an audience?
• How do companies lose VS evolve their stories?
• How can we move from hiding behind a polished narrative into sharing a dynamic, real story?
• Paul shares some very unexpected FUN FACTS from his storytelling legacy.
• What is the ONE word – for YOU – that describes Leadership? Paul and I shares ours.
• So many stories! So much more...

Find Paul HERE.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulfuriga/

Come see me, Sandra Bargman, at Magic Thread Media for a conversation about how we might work together.

And please, don’t forget to leave a review at Apple Podcasts!

My website HERE.

#AuthenticStorytelling #CapitalSStory #LeadershipStorytelling #BusinessStorytelling #MarketingThroughStorytelling #StoryDrivenMarketing #TheEdgeofEverydayPodcast #MagicThreadMedia

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Today, we are #LiveInTheHive with Dr Pavini Moray to explore the powerful intersections of embodiment, ancestry, ritual, and belonging.

In a culture that teaches us to think our way through life, Pavini invites us to listen to something older, something wiser—the intelligence of the body. Their work bridges somatic psychology, trauma healing, consent, leadership, and ancestral practice, reminding us that healing isn't simply an individual journey. It ripples backward through our lineage and forward to those who will come after us.

Their newest book, Tending the Bones, offers a thirteen-month journey through ritual, embodiment, and ancestral connection, asking not only how we heal ourselves, but how we become good ancestors.

So today we'll explore questions like: What do our bodies remember that our minds have forgotten? Can ritual become a language of healing? And what does it mean to belong—not just to ourselves, but to generations past and generations yet to come?

In this episode….

• “My identities are shortcuts for other people.”
• Their former podcast, Bespoken Bones, is now on Magic Thread Media. https://bespoken-bones-podcast.captivate.fm/episodes
• Pavini shares the story behind the choice of the title, Tending The Bones, for their latest book?
• How do we remember who we are? The Body - What have we forgotten? The Ancestors -What have we inherited? The Ritual - How do we remember? The Future - What legacy are we creating?
• What is Somatic Psychology and how is it woven into their work?
• What is the relationship of Memory + Embodiment? How do memories live in the body?
• How does Pavini utilize ritual alongside ancestral work with their clients?
• Resource: Daniel Foors, PhD. https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio/
• Is ritual another form of STORYTELLING?
• Resource: Wellbriaty - https://wellbrietymovement.com/
• Does healing take place in isolation?
• Pavini shares a simple step towards conscious embodiment.

Find Pavini HERE.

LinkedIn.

Dr. Pavini Moray is a somatic couples coach and Relational Life Therapy practitioner with a PhD in Somatic Psychology and 15+ years guiding couples through crisis, betrayal, and reconnection. They are the author of How to Hold Power (Penguin Random House) and Tending the Bones (North Atlantic Books). Rooted in the belief that our bodies hold profound wisdom, Pavini's work invites us to reconnect with ourselves, our lineages, and the possibility of collective healing.

They are the host of Salty Sweet, a documentary-style podcast following real couples through the work of staying together. Their approach blends somatic psychology, relational science, and a spiritual sensibility, delivered with warmth, precision, and zero wellness-speak.

Find Sandra HERE.

Magic Thread Media

#TheEdgeofEverydayPodcast #MagicThreadMedia #TendingTheBones #Embodiment #AncestralWisdom #Ritual #Storytelling #MythandMeaning #EmbodiedWisdom #DepthPsychology #SomaticPsychology

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What if compassion isn't soft at all, but one of the bravest choices we can make?

What if the thing most missing from our workplaces, relationships, and communities isn't more productivity or better communication—but a deeper capacity to care?

And what if true compassion sometimes asks us to set boundaries, speak difficult truths, and lead with courage rather than comfort?

Today, we are #LiveInTheHive with Amy Quesenberry, organizational coach, best-selling author and the creator of Start With Compassion, her signature framework. Amy works with leaders and organizations to create cultures where people can thrive, bringing compassion out of the realm of theory and into the daily practice of leadership, accountability, and human connection.

In a world that often celebrates speed, achievement, and constant doing, Amy invites us to consider a different starting point: compassion. But as we'll explore today, compassion is far more than being nice. It can be courageous, challenging, and even—dare I say—FEROCIOUS.

In this episode, we explore…

• What compassion actually is – and – how do we find it?
• What do you do when you feel helpless in the presence of suffering? Whether your own or someone else’s, how can you move into action to address the suffering?
• Amy’s burnout story and how it led her to compassion.
• Amy’s top 3 method examples of her work with clients.
• “Shit rolls down the hill”. - Organizational change starts at the top.
• Her new book: It Starts with Compassion: Meaningful Change Begins Within.
• Transforming self-betrayal.
• What is the difference between compassionate leadership and leadership that seeks to avoid confrontation?
• What is your personal relationship with confrontation?
• All this + much more!

Full bio + resources: www.StartWithCompassion.com

Infuse Compassion Podcast

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-quesenberry/

Find her latest book HERE

Find Sandra:

www.SandraBargman.com

Ferocious Compassion HERE

@SandraBargman

@SandraAmazon

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Race is a HUMAN CONSTRUCT.

Racism is REAL. And it's a whiter person problem.

What truths are hiding in plain sight because we've been taught not to see them?

Today we're diving into a conversation that asks us to look closely at the stories we've been taught about history, race, identity, and ourselves.

We are #LIVEINTHEHIVE with Kimberly Palermo, author of Indoctri-NATION 365, a book that challenges us to examine the ways we have been shaped by cultural narratives and omissions of historical facts - AND - to consider what it means to take responsibility for creating a more truthful future.

In this episode we discuss…

• Kim’s childhood awakening to racism – a story most white people can relate to – the intuitive tug that all was not right or fair, but witnessing no one speaking out.
• At 17, Kim discovered Jane Elliot, the American diversity educator who debunks “the rightness of whiteness”, famous for her Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes experiment, created to teach students about discrimination and racial stereotyping.
• Denial + racism as identity.
• “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." – Lyndon B. Johnson
• Kim lays out examples of unexamined systemic racism ex: redlining, Jim Crow laws, Mass incarceration as modern enslavement, slave patrols as the origin story of our present day police force.
• What is the difference between indoctrination and education?
• The remembrance we’ve inherited a racist culture.
• Resource: www.Race@Dinner.com with Regina Jackson + Saira Rao
• Resource: Ote Benga – a Congolese human who became an attraction in the Bronx Zoo in 1906.
• The most powerful myth Americans have been taught about race.
• Kim shares the story of adopting a child from Ethopia.
• How to respond to the statement: “I don’t see color”.
• All this and so much more.

Kimberly Palermo holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Behavioral Sciences from UC Davis, with a focus on multiculturalism, and a master’s degree in special education, with extensive training in group behavior and learning.

Kim began her teaching career as an elementary school teacher in Compton Unified School District during the Rodney King civil unrest, where she witnessed firsthand how historical erasure, systemic inequality, and trauma shape communities, and how education can either reinforce myths or interrupt them. That experience profoundly shaped her approach to teaching truth with clarity, empathy, and accountability.

For over twenty years, Kim has worked with people at the earliest stages of learning, including those who have received incomplete or oversimplified versions of history, helping guide them from uncertainty toward deeper understanding and personal responsibility.

She is the author of Indoctri-NATION 365 which reflects Kim's lifelong work at the intersection of education, behavioral science, and history, designed not to shame readers, but to give them the tools they were never taught.

Find Kim:

https://indoctrination365.com/about

https://www.linkedin.com/in/synergyunlimited/

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