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9 Jul

The Places We Seek, The Places We Return To | 009

The places we long for, the places we revisit, and even the places we avoid all have something to say about who we are. Aaron gently explores what those landscapes ask of us in return. Through stories of family, travel, memory, and the restorative pull of nature, he reflects on how our relationship with place reveals our deepest longings, our need for belonging, and the subtle ways our environment shapes who we are becoming. Rather than asking whether a destination can change us, this conversation gently invites listeners to notice what they are asking of the places they love, avoid, imagine, or dream about. Moving through themes of self discovery, personal growth, healing, reflection, emotional wellbeing, mindfulness, and the search for inner peace, the episode offers a calm space to consider the difference between escaping ourselves and intentionally stepping toward the life that is quietly calling us forward. It is an invitation to settle into curiosity, to listen beneath the surface of longing, and to discover that the most meaningful journey may be the one that helps us return to ourselves with new eyes. Invitations to Consider: Why human beings repeatedly return to certain places and what those patterns reveal about identity.The difference between seeking a place for healing and expecting a place to rescue us.How belonging is experienced through geography, memory, and the body.A reflective practice for uncovering "the place beneath the place" by exploring the deeper needs hidden beneath longing.How to discern whether a place is calling us toward growth or pulling us back into an earlier version of ourselves. About Aaron: Aaron Tabacco, PhD, has spent more than thirty years guiding people through growth and change, often in complex and high-stakes environments. He currently serves as the Director of Staff Experience at a major academic health sciences university. With a background spanning nursing, neuroscience, education, coaching, and mediation, his work centers on helping individuals and organizations navigate identity, connection, and transformation with greater clarity and care. Known for his grounded presence and compassionate communication, Aaron works with students, clinicians, faculty, executives, and senior leaders across healthcare and other industries. His approach integrates relational depth, reflective practice, and a commitment to creating more humane, integrated ways of working and living. He works in San Francisco, California, and lives in Vancouver, Washington, where he continues a lifelong engagement with writing, music, and the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest alongside his husband and three adult sons. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-tabacco-phd-83359b9/ https://lucusgroup.com/home https://substack.com/@aarontabacco?r=b5ap9&utm_medium=ios https://www.youtube.com/@CirclesEdges Email: aaron@circlesedges.org Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you are enjoying the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. This show was brought to you in part by the Magic Thread Media Network. To learn more visit: https://magicthreadmedia.com/
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Welcome to Circles | Edges

In this trailer, Aaron Tabacco introduces the heart of the show and the two forces that shape our human experience. The circles are the patterns, rituals, relationships, and rhythms we move through every day. The edges are the moments of choice, the boundaries we meet or create, and the thresholds where growth quietly begins. This podcast is a space for reflection, attention, and connection. A place to notice what often goes unseen and to listen inward during moments of transition. Circles | Edges is not about fixing or forcing change. It is about awareness, presence, and understanding who we are becoming. Intro music "Unraveling the Night" composed by Miriam Milewska provided under license through Pond5
24/06/2017

Episode 000: Welcome to Bespoken Bones!

Introduction to the podcast, the host, and the ancestors!
17/12/2020 · Bonus

Ancestors Song

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03/01/2023

Penis Politics with Karen Hinton

Mondays 7:00pm - 8:00pm (EDT).WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? - Karen addresses how the dynamic of how men’s internal struggle becomes an outward abuse of women, and how this is exacerbated in the case of men who hold power in any manifestation. With great respect for what #metoo accomplished, Karen saw there was no attention being given to the middle class and low-income women. - Through her powerful stories, Karen inspires women - and men - to speak up, not shut up about sexual abuse and misconduct. - Karen offers strategic actions to confront sexual abuse. EPISODE SUMMARY: Mississippi native Karen Hinton is a nationally-recognized media professional in Washington and New York. Best known for her role as press secretary to both former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Hinton played what Politico dubbed the “Helen of Troy role” in the clash between Cuomo, now the former Governor of New York, and Mayor de Blasio. The New York Times called the clash “one of America’s ugliest political feuds.” Hinton cut her teeth as the press secretary for the first Black Congressman from Mississippi since Reconstruction in 1986. The Democratic National Committee hired her in 1989, serving a similar role for Ron Brown, who was the first Black Chairman of the DNC and a key political strategist to elect Bill Clinton as President. In 1995, Hinton joined the Clinton Administration as press secretary for Cuomo at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. During that time, President Clinton began to face charges of womanizing (and worse). Hinton later relocated to New York and became Mayor de Blasio’s press secretary. She found herself at the center of the crossfire between longtime frenemies Cuomo and de Blasio, often becoming the subject of news coverage herself. Hinton was at the peak of her career when a catastrophic brain injury from a freak accident confronted her with the battle of her life. Emerging from a coma, learning to walk and talk again, Hinton was determined to “speak up not shut up” on issues involving women, men and power in politics. She is the author of the best selling book, Penis Politics. https://penis-politics.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenhinton/ https://www.facebook.com/karen.hinton3 Instagram @jkarenhinton TikTok @karenhinton All Episodes of The Edge of Everyday Sandra Bargman on The Edge of Everyday https://www.youtube.com/@sandraamazon ‍ Tune in for this edgy conversation at TalkRadio.nyc
31/01/2023

The Hunger Paradox with Trudy Bower

Mondays 7:00pm - 8:00pm (EDT).WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? - How is hunger connected to the climate crisis? - The release of Trudy's powerful book, The Hunger Crime, is February 7th.We will discuss the power of storytelling with educating on the world hunger crisis. - Steps you can take to be a humanitarian. EPISODE SUMMARY: A native of Princeton, N.J., Trudy E. Bower studied French literature at Smith College and international affairs at Columbia University. Inspired by the writings of Victor Hugo and an internship at the United Nations in New York, she embarked on an overseas career with CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) and the UN World Food Programme spanning thirty years where her interests in social justice, languages, and travel intersected. She managed food assistance programs in India, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Burundi, Madagascar, Cote d’Ivoire, and Ghana—the latter two as country director. Her most challenging assignments were working in countries where political instability and violence coexisted with managing food emergencies and raising her two daughters. In 2011, Trudy began co-authoring this book. In 2015, she joined a writing group in Rome, Italy, and started her memoirs. She has contributed articles to two published works of nonfiction. This is her first work of fiction. https://www.thehungercrime.com All Episodes of The Edge of Everyday Sandra Bargman on The Edge of Everyday https://www.youtube.com/@sandraamazon Tune in for this edgy conversation at TalkRadio.nyc
17/01/2023

The Edge Between Black and White!

Mondays 7:00pm - 8:00pm (EDT).‍ WHAT WILL THE AUDIENCE LEARN? - What is the difference between "race" and racism? - What does "I don't see color" truly mean? - How do we step out of the structures of Either/Or and into the mindset of Both/And? - What is your part in creating a world were All People feel a sense of Belonging? - Annmarie shares powerful poetry and vulnerable storytelling around the struggles she has faced as a bi-racial and multi-cultural person - of not being Either/ black enough /Or white - the edge of her racial dance. ‍ EPISODE SUMMARY: Annemarie Shrouder has spent more than 20 years in the field of Diversity and Inclusion as a facilitator, consultant, and international speaker, and is the bestselling author of Being Brown in a Black and White World: Conversations for Leaders on Race, Racism and Belonging. A Diversity & Inclusion expert with a Masters in Bias Awareness, Annemarie inspires awareness and connection. Whether she is presenting to an audience, leading a workshop, consulting with a client, or writing, she creates opportunities for people to see more – more of each other, themselves, and the world around them. In so doing, she facilitates an opening to create spaces where people feel a sense belonging and connection, where they can learn together, and be all of who they are. These are the spaces where real change can happen – for people, organizations and communities. https://annemarieshrouder.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemarieshrouder/ All Episodes of The Edge of Everyday Sandra Bargman on The Edge of Everyday https://www.youtube.com/@sandraamazon ‍ Tune in for this edgy conversation at TalkRadio.nyc
11/04/2024

The Ragged Edge of Hope: Climate Peril + Presence with Lynne Sedgmore

Climate Change, Climate Peril is demanding our attention and dramatically reconfiguring our relationship with Nature. So…how do we navigate the edges between crippling climate anxiety and informed activism? What is the edge between hope and denial? My guest today can help us to explore those questions. Dr. Lynne Sedgemore is a certified coach, founder of the Goddess Luminary Wheel teachings, Poet, Interfaith Minister, Priestess, healer, non executive, thought leader and Enneagram teacher. Lynne is Chair of the Glastonbury Town Deal, leading an investment of nearly £25 million for the town. She is a certified coach and organizational/community consultant working freelance with CEOs, Chairs, senior leaders and teams from the education, faith, charity, health, community, sport and private sectors. Her organizations have won numerous national and international awards including the International Spirit at Work Award, and the British Diversity Award. She was awarded the CBE in 2004 for services to Further Education. Her new book is Presence Activism: A Profound Antidote to Climate Anxiety. Listen in on this fascinating conversation, in which we take our conversation about reweaving our relationship with Nature into the depths of Climate Peril. What is Presence? And to ask Dr Lynne, what are the many types of Presence with which we can engage to maintain our Hope in the face of anxiety and despair and possible extinction and continue to move us into action and creative solutions to inevitable collapse? “We are in climate peril, and time is not on our side. Presence Activism, by Lynne Sedgmore, is the book we all need right now - in this Present moment, Lynne Sedgmore herself walks the delicate balance of powerful mystic and magic maker, with her rich and depth-filled Presence Wisdom, that edges up with her fierce, informed activist warrior – dramatically mirroring both the poignantly regenerative and the ragingly ferocious edges of Mother Earth right now. Rich with resources to motivate and mobilize the reader, Sedgmore gives us a map (a high-octane GPS!) to deepen and expand our presence to move beyond our overwhelming anxiety and crippling fear – into activating our courage, putting the climate and ecological crisis on everyone’s lips, and to taking action. Both a clarion call and a prayerful practice, Presence Activism supports all of us in our greater understanding of our interconnectedness with All beings, and how to move that Kincentric mindset out into doing the work of Rebalancing Life on Mother Earth.” – Sandra Bargman Watch on Youtube: https://app.maximizeu.life/podcast/edgeofeveryday Find Lynne: www.LynneSedgmore.co.uk @LynneSedgy Connect with your host Sandra Bargman: WebsiteYouTubeInstagramLinkedIn
01/07/2024

The Evolving Identity of Kindness with Pooya Mohseni

Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with actor and activist, Pooya Mohseni for a compelling conversation on the evolution of IDENTITY. My listeners know that my opening question to all my guests is “WHAT Identity do you lead with”? The answers are always fascinating. Identity is a big concept to unpack, especially in today’s world. People who are overly concerned with the impression they make, or more importantly, people who feel a core aspect of themselves, such as gender or sexuality, is not being expressed, can struggle acutely with their identity. Reflecting on the discrepancy between who one is, who one is perceived to be, and who one wants to be can be a powerful catalyst for change. * Identity, race, gender are all a social constructs, All of Life is a spectrum. * Fear of Change Vs the embrace of Change. * Transitioning from one closet to another - the closet of CIS privaledge. * The embrace of our shadow side, and using our anger for transformation. * The hierarchy of CIS and Trans competition. * We share about the play we did together in 2015 - and her upcoming work - AND making her Broadway debut, Pooya Mohseni is a multi award-winning Iranian American actor, writer, filmmaker and transgender activist. Her stage credits include an obie win in the Pulitzer and Obie winning play English (Atlantic Theater Company + The Old Globe Theater), the world premiere of The Sex Party (Menier Chocolate Factory) in London, Hamlet (Play On Shakespeare Festival), She,He,Me (National Queer Theater), Our Town (Pride Plays), Galatea (The WP Project), The Good Muslim (EST), White Snake (Baltimore Center Stage), and the Audible production of Chonburi Hotel & The Butterfly Club (Williamstown Theater Festival). Her film and television credits include Law & Order: SVU, Big Dogs, Falling Water, Madam Secretary, Terrifier and See You Then. Watch on YouTube: https://app.maximizeu.life/podcast/edgeofeveryday @Pooyaland | #Pooyaland Pooyaland.com Connect with your host Sandra Bargman: WebsiteYouTubeInstagramLinkedIn
15/04/2025

Being In Liminal Space with Susan Lambert

Happy Birthday to Me! I have a fun ritual that I do every year on my birthday – I try something new – something really physical – and something I’ve never done before. For example, one year I ziplined, I did hot yoga one year – one year I went pole dancing, one year I attended a sweat lodge – this year, I’m going rock climbing! I love this ritual – and my loyal listeners know how I adore ritual – because it reminds me to keep thinking outside of the box and to let go of what may be MY “tried and true”. It’s an act that symbolizes for me starting this next year of my life with boldness and an embrace of change. And that is what being on the edge of everyday is all about… Today we are #LIVEintheHIVE with our special guest, actor, singer, podcast host, psychotherapist, multi- hyphenate Extraordinairre and master storyteller, Susan Lambert. Susan and I share a deep love of the exploration of liminal space. I love being in a liminal space. It’s why I adore ritual. Ritual is an invitation into s liminal space for transformation. And I know it’s why I boldly embrace change – or – at least most of the time. It’s why I call myself an Edgewalker. So what is liminal space? Listen in on this moving conversation to find out. We touch on… What is the definition of liminal space?Susan leads with the identity of connector – connecting people and ideas. She is a liminal space explorer (AKA Edgewalker) – most often walking between the worlds of artist and helper/service leader and shares about the similarities of the worlds through her discovery of “being known” with both clients and audiences.Her first experience of liminal space as a young person.Our shared understanding of being on stage, of performing theatre, as being in liminal space.Bridgebuilding is a skill of someone who resides in liminal space.Susan shares her discovery of the power of choice in the difficult industry of show business. And her experience of tumbling between a few liminal spaces to create a way to have and be both an artist and a healer.The rough edges of letting go and the death of who we think we should be.Succumbing to the rabbit holes of potential and promise, and learning that dreams can shift and evolve.How wanting to be in liminal space shows up in her creative and therapeutic work.Her audio book, The Wild Edge of the Heart: Susan shares the idea for and journey of bringing to life the poetry of 12 women poets and donating the proceeds to The National Institute for Reproductive Health. https://nirhealth.org/The willingness to forgo the answers and to live into the questions, in Life, therapy and in artistic expression.Our shared love of Salon – it’s ability to connect, build community, inspire, and create belonging in these challenging times, and the possibility of her performing in my salon space, The Plum at TH2. www.theplumth2.com Watch Video: https://maximizeu.life/the-edge-of-everyday/ Find Susan: https://www.inthebalance.life/susan https://www.wildedgeheart.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/susanlambert2.bsky.social Connect with your host Sandra Bargman: WebsiteYouTubeInstagramLinkedIn

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