The Gathering Room Podcast

Are you familiar with polyvagal theory?  It may sound highly scientific, but Martha says polyvagal theory has a profound effect on spiritual practice as well, and she’s talking all about it in this ep...

21 Sep 202333min

It’s The Best of the Gathering Pod, and this week we’re revisiting another listener favorite from the vault—Episode 110: How to Let the Light In.In this episode, Martha talks about her “rage to master...

14 Sep 202330min

We’ve got another Best of the Gathering Room episode for you today, a listener favorite called Building on Bright Spots. In this episode, Martha talks about finding and following the almost invisible ...

7 Sep 202332min

While Martha is out on vacation, we’re bringing you The Best of the Gathering Room—a treasury of Gatherers’ favorite episodes—starting with: How to Heal Your Heart. Many of us believe something outsid...

31 Aug 202331min

Gatherers—I'm thrilled to be joined by Dr. Richard Schwartz, the brilliant creator of Internal Family Systems (IFS), a wonderful therapeutic model that you may have heard me talk about before because ...

24 Aug 202335min

Have you been feeling depleted? So many of us are tired, so much of the time. To find out what we can do about it, join Martha for this episode of The Gathering Pod: Filling the Well.Martha points out...

17 Aug 202330min

Did you know there is a powerful connection between spirituality and mental health?Martha recently read a book about this subject—The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for ...

10 Aug 202330min

Gatherers—I'm so excited to be joined by Emma Nadler, author of the lyrical, funny, and heart-healing new memoir, THE UNLIKELY VILLAGE OF EDEN.As a psychotherapist and the parent of a child with disab...

3 Aug 202331min