A Love Letter
When I left my marriage, not knowing what was going to happen, I began a journey that would reveal the depths of the trauma I held. Here I ask, what does it take to really heal? After everything, is i...
18 Touko 201951min
Women's Liberation
When I posted my previous podcast about leaving a traumatic marriage, I didn't anticipate the response I'd get. I didn't anticipate hearing from so many women who had the same experience as I. Those r...
16 Touko 201954min
My Safe Deposit Box
Home is more than a physical place. It's also the freedom from fear. These meanings of home reflect our basic human need for shelter and peace. Here I share the traumatic experiences I had in marriage...
12 Touko 201934min
To Love the Earth
A meditation of the preciousness of life...and how our love for the living things around us can, literally, restore this earth. And is our very best hope. Piano music - "Earthrise" composed and perfor...
9 Touko 201923min
Becoming Conscious in the Digital Age
What does it take to be truly fulfilled in a social media-driven world? How can we become masters of our own lives in the digital age? Here, I contemplate the human capacity to *choose* where we put o...
4 Touko 201922min
The Easter Egg Hunt
One of my little piano students said today, "Guess what! I'm going on an Easter Egg Hunt!" And as she did, her eyes lit up. I was so taken with her innocence and delight. And I had to hold back my tea...
10 Huhti 201912min
Why I'm Optimistic
When a child takes delight--in nature, in animals, in little games--and I join in their delight, it releases a feeling of even greater wonder. As I marvel with the child at its joyful discoveries, tha...
6 Huhti 201911min
Passion Fruit Music
This podcast features music by three of my piano students. You'll hear them joyously improvising together. They call their creation, "Passion Fruit Music," because music is "yummy, like a passion frui...
29 Maalis 201914min
