Thresholders Podcast

Saoirse Mejia
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Thresholders explores the importance of bridging the practical and the spiritual, the mystical and the mundane, the ordinary and the extraordinary. Hosted by Saoirse Mejia, this is an interview style podcast where a vast range of guests share about walking the edges of the human experience, as well as the gifts that have come as a result. We will also hear from people who offer supportive work in the world via practices, teaches and paths that serve to assist both individuals and the collective through the process of transformation. Thanks for listening.

  1. 2025-02-06

    Transitions: Imbolc and the Year of the Snake

    In this mini episode I share a bit about the status of the podcast, some personal information about the importance of the Celtic cross-quarter holiday Imbolc in my life, and how I feel that Snake wisdom will serve us well in this Year of the wood snake. Enjoy!

    30 min

  2. 2025-01-09

    The Passion and Purpose Behind Biotune with Founder Isaac Sabu

    I'm so excited to share this episode where I interview Isaac Sabu. Isaac is an immigrant from Iran and a sound engineer with over 20 years in his field. He's the founder of Biotune: a pioneer in frequency based wellness technology, and founder of Spirit Journeys which has produced more than 60 immersive meditation and cultural experiences in the last 3 years. Isaac is dedicated to offering sound therapy sessions to veterans and those facing mental health challenges, and his mission is to provide these therapies to underserved and marginalized communities in order to foster a lasting impact; Feeling uncomfortable and taking action anyway In this episode Isaac and I discuss: - The importance of community as a lifeline to healing - Overcoming trauma and pain via movement and sound - Isaac's story of growing up in a war torn country, moving to the states, rejecting his culture in order to assimilate, and then eventually finding his way back to embracing his heritage - The hardships of isolation, and how our wounding often opens the pathway to our greatest gifts - Community as a founding principal that drives Isaac's work - The power of hearing instruments and music from our cultural heritage, and how merging ancient and modern sounds inspires the next generation to honor their own heritage - Trading a successful career for a path of alignment and purpose - "Digital Psychedelics" - Biotune as the ultimate self healing tool - The components of Biotune and how it works to release trapped emotion and trauma - Isaac's mission with Biotune and what's on the horizon in order to make this technology accessible for everyone I'm so grateful to be kicking off 2025 with this important conversation with such a genuine human. Please do follow Isaac and reach out to him via email if you are an organization who works with veterans and would like to be a part of bringing this technology to the forefront of healing: Website: www.biotunewellness.com Email: Isaac@biotune.online IG: @biotunewellness @vibecrea8r

    1h 15m

  3. 2024-12-06

    From Birth to Death: Walking the Labyrinth of the Unknown with Amana Faulkner

    In this episode I speak with Amana Faulkner. Amana has gathered over 40 years in this earthly realm where she has been captivated by pregnancy, birth, death, mothering, sociology, culture, nature, nursing, midwifery, reiki & mediumship. Through her path of study, & exploration she has received degrees, certifications, traveled the world, attended many births & deaths, cultivated community, crafted ceremony, birthed her own babies & been initiated into the realms of death & grief. Amana’s deepest desire is for every woman to feel the magic, intuitive knowing, strength and wildness within themselves. You will love this conversation where we explore: - The sacred work of presencing liminality in both birth and death - reclaiming death and birth from the medical establishment - Choosing family needs overwork needs - normalizing, both birth and death by walking through our own fears - Partner death, and the initiation of impermanence - Early birth, a.k.a. miscarriage - Amana’s story of discovering that her daughter Hartley had no kidneys at six months gestation, and her choice to make intentional memories with her for the duration of the pregnancy, knowing that she would die after birth. - Going through the postpartum experience without a baby - Communicating with your baby and pregnancy - Amana’s homebirth story with her son - complex grief in the post partum period -Matresence: a time of hormonal changes when becoming a mother - homebirth versus Freebirth (withholding versus unfolding) - to ultrasound, or not to ultrasound?! - Hospice care versus palliative care -and so much more! You can find Amana and her offerings at her website: https://www.birthingnova.love/aboutamana and check out HER wonderful podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ljFiZ4fgTqhdU9bG4DRFJ?si=AtBIj7zJTZSzQC-9VQT6Xw

    1h 13m

  4. 2024-11-13

    "Right Now, It's Like This" with Mary Stancavage

    My guest this week is someone I've known through the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous since 2006, and who has taken the 11th step ("Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God...") to a whole new level with her commitment and devotion to Buddhist teachings and practices: Mary Stancavage. Mary Stancavage has practiced meditation, yoga, and cultivated a spiritual practice for over 35 years and in 2009 was empowered to teach Buddhadharma. She teaches classes, retreats, coaches and mentors individuals and has facilitated several Year-to-Live groups over the years. She has served as a volunteer hospital chaplain and been involved with leadership in several non-profit organizations over the years both in meditation and in the social justice arena. She is currently a member of the Guiding Teachers Council for Insight Community of the Desert, serves on the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Interfaith Task Force and is a Board Member of both Meditation Coalition and CLUE: Clergy and Laity for Economic Justice. For the last several years, Mary has investigated what it means to live with an undefended heart and more information on this can be found on her website, marystancavage.org. Fun fact: Mary has an MA from UCLA and spent several seasons working as an archaeologist in Syria. In this episode Mary and I discuss topics such as: - meditation for nervous system regulation - the “year to live” practice as a powerful way to shed what’s not important and turn toward what is - 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows in Buddhism - election day as just one day in our lives, and cultivating present time awareness - the importance of resourcing ourselves well - “Right now, it’s like this.” My favorite Mary quote which just so happens to be tattooed on her arm - you cannot win a fist fight with reality, so you might as well say hi to it - the 11th step in alcoholics anonymous talks about seeking through prayer and meditation, and AA was a gateway for Mary to meditation practice - the practice of “coming back” and “being with” - The Eightfold Path: foundational Buddhist teaching - cultivating kindness and friendliness, not only toward others, but also toward ourselves - the value of replacing “I am” with “this is” - living life with an underfunded heart - “You are a part of me that I do not know yet” as a way to help us meet the polarization of our times following Undefended Dharma: Living with an Undefended Heart marystancavage.org Meditation Coalition Insight Community of the Desert Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice LA District Attorney Interfaith Advisory Board morning which

    1h 2m

  5. 2024-11-07

    Midlife Musings on Motherhood with Centehua Sage

    I’m so excited to be kicking off season two of Thresholders with someone I have admired from afar for years, Centehua Sage. Centehua is a mother, traditional cook, dancer and embodiment guide.  Born and raised in Mexico City, to artist parents. She currently resides in Northern California near the Yuba river. She shares her musings on Substack and offers a yearly embodiment course on her website at centehuasage.com. In this episode Centehua and I explore: - raising a toddler in the midlife years - the individualism of the wild woman phase that makes way for  cronehood - Navigating the weirdness of social media - Schooling versus Unschooling: where do we take a stand and where to we compromise - Listening to our kids about their needs, and meeting them in the years of letting go - The importance of peers and outdoor experiences for kids in the pre-school years and beyond - Curating a child’s education based on their actual needs (rather than our own ideals) - the letting go years: when to guide and when to surrender - Centehua’s nutrition journey from veganism, to raw foodie to eating animals from the land (including a hog named Lacey she tended in life and witnessed in harvest) - Nourishing children - Not restricting “the cookie” - The healing power of SOUP! - Embodying our gift and our life through dance - And so much more! Connect with Centehua on Instagram: @centehuasage or on her website: www.centehuasage.com

    1h 1m

  6. 2024-10-24

    Inward Turning - Season One Recap

    In this episode Saoirse talks about season one, as well as what to expect for season two of Thresholders Podcast. Season two will begin on November 6th. Thank you for listening, and please reach out to Saoirse directly with comments or questions at nmejia88@gmail.com and follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thresholderspodcast/

    26 min

  7. 2024-10-17

    The Gifts of Conscious Dying with Death Midwife Olivia Bareham

    My guest this week is Olivia Bareham.  Olivia is a death midwife, interfaith minister, master teacher, and founder of Sacred Crossings: the Institute for Conscious Dying and Alternative Funeral Home in Los Angeles.  For over 30 years, Olivia has been guiding individuals toward a conscious dying experience and empowering families to care for their loved ones after death with a vigil and funeral at home. She has published the Death Care Directive, which is a planning booklet for one’s funeral and final disposition.  Olivia is now internationally renowned for her transformative death Doula and Death Midwife training programs.  In this episode Olivia and I discuss topics such as: - Why one might consider embarking on a Death Midwifery Training - the larger umbrella of death midwifery, and finding your unique gift as a death worker - Midwifing death in the culture, so people can embrace the gifts of death - People typically die in the manner of their living - Embracing death, so we can embrace our lives - How being present to our discomfort can help us to die consciously  - the importance of a presence practice - conscious living often equals conscious dying - similarities and differences between the birth and death experiences - the importance of befriending the unknown - choosing our thoughts wisely - the healing power of sitting vigil for three days - Making sudden or traumatic deaths sacred to through ritual practices that helped to move our grief - “Bridging Heaven and Earth” (a deep dive retreat for Olivia’s training graduates  - and so much more! You can find Olivia at: https://sacredcrossings.com/

    1h 6m

  8. 2024-10-09

    Deconditioning Ourselves and Our World with Esi Wildcat

    In this episode I'm speaking with Esi Wildcat. Esi is a somatic practitioner and ceremonialist, an ordained Priestess of Isis, a Shakta initiate and Yogini in the lineage of Sri Vidya, a certified health practitioner and interdisciplinary healing artist with over 20 years of expertise. Esi envisions a world where all humans harness the power to intuit and maintain wellness and alive-ness in all areas of their lives. She's passionate about conversations that creat change, and is a space holder for the primal emotions that often have no place in our contemporary world (such as grief, rage, despair, anger). As a bridge builder to the New Earth, Esi makes waves in the cultural somatic realm, and is injecting the social justice sphere with a much needed human-ness and nuance. Esi seeks to highlight the extraordinary in the ordinary, and how the power of presence in our lives can transform not only how we relate to ourselves, but to the world around us. In this episode Esi and I discuss topics such as: -Teaching humans how to human - Integrating initiatory and transitional experiences - A unique (and often judged) approach to social justice work - Earth changes, and leaning into the sacred-ness of Nature - Deconditioning our beliefs in order to live a life of alignment - Contrary to popular belief, "We're right on time" - The strangeness of these technological times - The medicine of dissonance - Clean power in the spiritual landscape - Meeting this global moment with grace and mercy - And so much more! You can connect with Esi on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wildholyhuman or on her website at https://wildholyhuman.com

    56 min
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Thresholders explores the importance of bridging the practical and the spiritual, the mystical and the mundane, the ordinary and the extraordinary. Hosted by Saoirse Mejia, this is an interview style podcast where a vast range of guests share about walking the edges of the human experience, as well as the gifts that have come as a result. We will also hear from people who offer supportive work in the world via practices, teaches and paths that serve to assist both individuals and the collective through the process of transformation. Thanks for listening.

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  • Creator
    Saoirse Mejia
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Saoirse Mejia
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    Thresholders Podcast