Season 2 Episode 5: A Deep Dive into Mary Lou Williams’ “Black Christ of the Andes”
In this Special Edition: “Album Therapy” episode, Jesse and the audience listen Mary Lou Williams’s visionary album “Black Christ of the Andes,” honoring San Martin de Porres, the first Black saint in...
7 Feb 202539min
Season 2, Episode 4: Breaking our Bad Habits, Self-Compassion, and the resiliency of Phinneas Newborn, Jr
In this episode, Jesse talks about how we can break bad habits from neuroscientific, psychological, and spiritual perspectives. We do a visualization for breaking our bad habits, and are soothed by th...
6 Jan 202535min
Season 2 Episode 3: Post: Election Special: The Power of One, Meditation for the USA, and the Genius of Clifford Brown
In this episode, Jesse processes her feelings about the election. She explores the “power of one,” the idea that one person can change a group and the world. We turn to the jazz of Clifford Brown, an ...
5 Dec 202439min
Season 2, Episode 2: Preconceived Notions, Mindfulness and Self Compassion, and the Intensity of Sidney Bechet
In this in this episode, Jesse talks about having preconceived, notions and assumptions, and how she’s been wrong about some things recently. She talks about bringing mindfulness and compassion when w...
6 Nov 202430min
Episode 10: Shinrin-yoku: The Japanese Art of Forest Bathing, a Meditation, and the genius of Eric Dolphy
In Episode 10, also our Season 1 Finale, Jesse talks about the Japanese concept of "Forest Bathing," how nature is so therapeutic for all of us, and how we can call get outdoors more often. Then, we ...
22 Juni 202453min
Episode 9: The beauty of immigrants, “Othering” others, and Paquito D’Rivera
In this episode, Jesse talks about all of us being immigrants, celebrating diversity, and how we have a proclivity to “other” those different than us. We listen to the music of Cuban-American immigran...
12 Juni 202455min
Episode 8: Wu Wei: The Art of Not Forcing, and Christian McBride
In this episode, Jesse ponders the Daoist concept of “Wu Wei,” or “Don’t Force,” and how we can all align better with the Tao, or flow of the Universe. We listen to amazing bassist Christian McBride, ...
7 Juni 202450min
