• 151 - A little Rock 'n Roll, and trying not to worry before there's something to worry about
    Apr 16 2026

    NYT - “One Reporter’s Life-Altering Psychadelic Trip” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/podcasts/the-daily/ibogaine-drug-trip.html

    Steph Kelsey Therapy blog - https://www.stephaniekelseytherapy.com/blog-2-1

    Michael Pollen - “How to Cange our Mind” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21062540/

    “In Waves and War” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33108207/

    School of Rock - https://www.schoolofrock.com/

    100 Nickle - Chipper’s Lanes https://chipperslanes.com/broomfield/

    “Famous Last Words” https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/famous-last-words-season-1-release-date-news

    GOOP Podcast interview with Brad Falchuk https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brad-falchuk/id1352546554?i=1000731759235

    Lyme and Beyond with Tanya https://lyme-and-beyond-with-tanya.castos.com/

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    48 mins
  • 150 - Finding our way when we're ready, reclaiming joy, being a lighthouse
    Apr 9 2026

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    The Hero’s Journey book by Joseph Campbell https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781608681891

    The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780802412706

    Carolyn Myss, author of

    Energy Anatomy https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781564558800

    Anatomy of the spirit https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780609800140

    Why People Don’t heal and How they Can https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780609802243

    Invisible Acts of Power https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780743272124

    A Time for Grace https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401976453 (originally published as “Defying Gravity”)

    Christiane Northrup, author of The Wisdom of Menopause https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780525486138

    The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781617202384

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

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    42 mins
  • 149 - Kitten social dynamics, animal sanctuaries, fear of failure, and the olympics
    Apr 2 2026

    Denver Kittens https://www.denverkittens.org/

    Best Friends Animal Sanctuary https://bestfriends.org/sanctuary

    Sitting with Dogs (Rocky Kanaka) https://www.instagram.com/rockykanaka?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

    Flip’s Farm Coffee https://flipcoffee.com/

    Mustache Farmer https://www.instagram.com/moustache_farmer?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

    Colorado Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keensburg, CO https://www.wildanimalsanctuary.org/

    Samara/Instagram - How to Monetize your many hobbies - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUWdP3TDaSD/?igsh=ZmN2cXloaHFzcGQ1

    Brilliant Observations Podcast https://www.instagram.com/listenbrilliant?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

    SEO (episode-specific search terms (limited to 400 characters): Kanab Utah volunteering hiking road trip social dynamics ferral freakout unique spring break beautiful animal best friends cows turkey goats boulder front range colorado keensburg sanctuary gap year travel spain china say yes powerful library knowlege wisdom bridge regulate nervous system polymath consistency magnetize storytelling synthesis olympic disappointment

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    42 mins
  • 148 - Let the Wildlife ROAM - our interview with author Hillary Rosner
    Mar 26 2026

    ROAM: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World. https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781952338311

    Patagonia Books https://www.patagonia.com/product/roam-wild-animals-and-the-race-to-repair-their-fractured-world-hardcover-book/BK865.html?dwvar_BK865_color=000

    http://HillaryR.net

    AAAS Kavli Lecture: Hillary Rosner on Covering Conservation

    A wonderful backstory about how Hillary beca a steady advocate for nature, the environment, and wildlife. She refers to journalism as “a practice (like yoga) - bearing witness to what is happening to our environment”

    https://youtu.be/13nhhyn6a5Q?si=NpdpXP_vAR68WI8N

    Ryan Warner of CPR and Colorado Matters NPR interview with Hillary Rosner

    https://www.cpr.org/show-episode/dec-10-2025-in-roam-stories-of-people-knitting-the-natural-world-back-together/

    Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing at Liberty Canyon

    https://smmc.ca.gov/liberty-canyon-wildlife-corridor/

    Cool images at https://101wildlifecrossing.org/

    “Synanthropic Misanthrope”

    SLOSS - Single Large or Several Small in terms of conservation of land parcels

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

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    47 mins
  • 147 - The cost of convenience, the science of well-being, and finding our own motivation
    Mar 19 2026

    Survival with Tom Brown: https://trackertrail.com/tombrown/1stonlinechat.html

    Book: “Roam: Wld Animals and Our Race to Repair Our Fractured World” by Hillary Rosner https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781952338311

    Dr. Laurie Santos - The Science of Well-Being https://www.drlauriesantos.com/science-well-being

    @martin_up_north

    Gamify task app - “Finch Self-Care” https://finchcare.com/

    Internal Family Systems - “No Bad Parts” by Richard Schwartz https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781683646686

    Martha Beck “Te pyramid & the pool” analogy https://marthabeck.com/2024/12/02/the-pyramid-and-the-pool/

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

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    46 mins
  • 146 - Interweaving; the funky estate sale, crochet connections, migrations, and the mystery of mycelium
    Mar 12 2026

    Trident Cafe and Bookstore

    https://www.tridentcafe.com/

    It’s Been a Minute Podcast Episode “Enough is Enough: is it time to leave America?” https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5665105/enough-is-enough-is-it-time-to-leave-america

    Parts work = Internal Family Systems YOU ARE THE ONE YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR by Richard Schwartz https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781683643623

    There's a Simpler Explanation for the Rightward Shift of ...

    The New York Times

    https://www.nytimes.com › 2025/12/16 › opinion › yo...

    The Lost Generation by Jacob Savage https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation/

    Meggan Watterson’s MARY MAGDALENE REVEALED

    https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401954284

    Isabel Wilkerson’s THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780679763888

    Fantastic Fungi film

    https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781683837046

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

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    37 mins
  • 145 - Reviving the direwolf, traveling conscientiously, the artist's process, and the evolution of language
    Mar 5 2026

    Science Friday Podcast - 2025 Recap https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/a-look-back-at-2025-in-science-from-federal-cuts-to-space-junk

    Nano T-Rex a whole new species https://www.npr.org/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5589172/tyrannosaurus-rex-dueling-dinosaurs-fossil-new-species

    Resurrecting Direwolves & the Woolly Mammoth https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5704318/colossal-woolly-mammoth-dire-wolf

    Bill Bryson

    Film: “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1412386/

    Book: “To Die Beautiful” by Buzzy Jackson https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593187234

    Book: “Code Name Helene” by Ariel Lawhon https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780525565499

    Book: “My Friends” by Fredrick Backman https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781982112820

    Book: “A man Called Ove” by Fredrick Backman https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781476738024

    Book: “The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing” by Adam Moss https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593297582

    Play: “Angels in America” by Tony Kushner https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781559363846 TV Series: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318997/

    Book: “AgoSpeak: How Social Media is Transforming the future of Language” by Adam Aleksic https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593804070

    Book: “The Five Love Languages” by Eric Glas https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9798291300121

    Book: “Non-Violent Comunication” by Marshall Rosenberg https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781591791706

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

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    47 mins
  • 144 - Celebrating humans braving challenges and staying present in the balmy, windy, Colorado Front Range
    Feb 26 2026

    Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A therapist, Her therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

    Through Line on NPR - a history of the Life of Charles Dickens and an unpacking of A Christmas Carol When Christmas Went Viral

    Ologies podcast Ologies with Alie Ward

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
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    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

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    30 mins