From Stardust To Us

Bernice Marie-Daly, Ph.D. and LaNell Haydon
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From Stardust to Us is a spirituality and consciousness podcast featuring in-depth conversations with thought leaders, scientists, artists, and spiritual activists exploring what it means to be human in an evolving universe. At the intersection of science and spirituality, we explore nonduality, sacred activism, eco-spirituality, grief, cosmology, interspiritual practice, and the reimagining of our relationship with Earth and one another. In a time of cultural, ecological, and spiritual upheaval, these conversations invite deeper awareness, integrity, and compassionate action. Hosted by Bernice Marie-Daly, Ph.D., a contemplative activist and interspiritual guide whose work centers Divine Feminine presence and relational spirituality, and LaNell Haydon, writer and creator exploring spiritual insight, human experience, and awakening in everyday life. Podcast music provided by Soundstripe.com.

  1. From Lawyer to Chaplain: Justice, Refugees, and Intergenerational Healing

    FEB 25

    From Lawyer to Chaplain: Justice, Refugees, and Intergenerational Healing

    Send a text In this powerful and timely conversation, we speak with Linda, an attorney-turned-chaplain, whose life has been shaped by advocacy for immigrants, survivors of violence, and marginalized communities. Due to safety concerns surrounding immigration advocacy, our guest joins us using only her first name.  Drawing from years of legal work and spiritual care, Linda shares her journey from immigration law to ordained ministry, and what it means to hold sacred space for those navigating trauma, displacement, and systemic injustice. We explore: The resilience of Latina immigrantsThe Holy Family as refugeesIntergenerational trauma and intimate partner violenceRestorative justice as an alternative to punishmentHow faith communities can move from charity to true solidarityLinda reminds us that justice and compassion are inseparable and that sacred presence may be one of the most radical forms of advocacy available to us today. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    53 min
  2. Interspiritual Wisdom with Br. Mark D'Alessio - Franciscan and Zen Paths in Practice

    FEB 11

    Interspiritual Wisdom with Br. Mark D'Alessio - Franciscan and Zen Paths in Practice

    Send a text The Rt. Rev. Br. Mark D’Alessio is a Franciscan friar and the Mentor General in the spiritual society of the Companions of Francis and Clare. He is also a Christian bishop and priest, ordained Buddhist lay minister, spiritual director, chaplain, retreat leader, interspiritual pilgrim, and author. He previously served as President and Executive Director of the Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute, an organization dedicated to integrating the wisdom of psychological care with the spiritual and pastoral traditions of the church.  A graduate of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance—founded by Henri Nouwen and Madeleine L’Engle—Br. Mark now serves as Dean of the Franciscan Circle’s Spiritual Direction and Community-Based Chaplaincy Training Program, sponsored by the Circle’s Institute for Interfaith Understanding and Practice. In this role, he oversees formation programs rooted in contemplative practice, ethical spiritual care, interfaith understanding, and Franciscan values. He is also a faculty member and community leader within the Guild and serves on the faculty of All Faiths Seminary International, training interfaith ministers and spiritual caregivers.  A long-time seeker and practitioner of spiritual wisdom, Br. Mark is ordained within multiple spiritual lineages, both East (Zen Buddhist) and West (Franciscan Christian). He seeks to affirm the Christian Wisdom tradition within a wider interspiritual framework and looks to both science and spirituality—as well as teachers such as Thích Nhat Hanh and St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi—as sources of inspiration, healing, and hope.  Currently residing on Long Island, Bishop Br. Mark recently retired from his work as a crisis counselor and program coordinator at a shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness, as well as from his role as a chaplain at a residential treatment center and school for children with learning and emotional disabilities. After moving to Long Island, he founded the Franciscan Circle, a progressive, interfaith gathering of clergy and lay people committed to journeying in mind and heart with the witness and wisdom of Francis and Clare of Assisi. The Circle is dedicated to developing leaders for thoughtful social action, contemplative practice, and compassionate spiritual care.  As a Franciscan, Br. Mark is committed to serving those who are sidelined, marginalized, and at risk. As a Buddhist, he is mindful that the transformation of the world begins with the transformation of one’s own heart. Embodying both traditions, he seeks to participate in the healing of both self and society through compassion, justice, and understanding. In recognition of his community ministry, the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless honored Br. Mark with its “Unsung Hero” Award. Br. Mark D’Alessio can be reached at franciscancircle@gmail.com   ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    1 hr
  3. The Gospel of Secrets with Ken Wortley: A Pastor's Journey of Coming Out and Living Authentically

    JAN 21

    The Gospel of Secrets with Ken Wortley: A Pastor's Journey of Coming Out and Living Authentically

    Send a text In this deeply honest conversation, we sit with Kenneth Wortley. His life journey spans decades of ministry, education, marriage, and fatherhood. Ultimately, it leads to liberation. Ken was born in 1951 into a blue-collar family in Saginaw, Michigan. His early life led him into theology and pastoral ministry. He served churches across Colorado, Oregon, California, and Washington. For years, he faithfully met the expectations of church, marriage, and vocation. Meanwhile, he quietly carried hidden truths.  Later in life, after divorce and a profound inner reckoning, Ken came out as a gay man. He journaled about his experience of grief, faith, and living authentically. Through this process, he began to tell the story that would eventually become The Gospel of Secrets. This memoir has since reached #1 in new LGBTQ+ memoir releases. Ken currently lives in Brazil with his partner. You can find his memoir, "The Gospel of Secrets" at Barnes and Noble.  EPISODE NOTE: During the conversation, the work of biblical scholar Dan McClellan was mentioned. Listeners interested in exploring his academic perspective may do so independently. He can be found on many different social media sites and WordPress.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    57 min
  4. Hands in the Soil: Kara Huntermoon on Ecology, Ancestral Skills and the Future We're Building

    JAN 7

    Hands in the Soil: Kara Huntermoon on Ecology, Ancestral Skills and the Future We're Building

    Send a text In this conversation, we sit with Kara Huntermoon, whose life and work are deeply committed to the Long Tom Watershed and the human and more-than-human communities of the Southern Willamette Valley. Kara shares how her path unfolded into hyper-local, hands-on ecological and community work, teaching permaculture and ancestral skills, living in intentional community, and organizing with neighbors to respond to climate change and the need for collective survival. Kara speaks from a lived relationship with land, animals, and community.  At the heart of her work are two intertwined practices: Liberation Listening, the internal and interpersonal work to heal the trauma carried by humans who have been isolated from one another and from the Earth. and ecological integration, the ongoing process of helping humans rejoin the living ecological community of their watershed. This conversation is grounded in humility and gratitude for Indigenous stewardship and traditional ecological knowledge; for ancestors; and for the many teachers, scientists, farmers, permaculturists, midwives, herbalists, and earth-based practitioners, who have modeled what it looks like to love land and community. Find out more about her work at: https://karahuntermoon.substack.com/ https://karahuntermoon.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    1h 6m
  5. A Year of Listening - Closing 2025 and Our First Year

    12/29/2025

    A Year of Listening - Closing 2025 and Our First Year

    Send a text  In this short year-end episode, we reflect on our first season by revisiting some of our favorite quotes and poems shared by our guests.  These words helped shape the spirit of this podcast. We offer them again as a way of closing the year with gratitude.  ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    26 min
  6. The Eternal Bond: The Mother–Daughter Connection in Life, Death and the Afterlife with Janet Roseman, Ph.D.

    12/10/2025

    The Eternal Bond: The Mother–Daughter Connection in Life, Death and the Afterlife with Janet Roseman, Ph.D.

    Send a text Janet Lynn Roseman, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Integrative Medicine at the Dr. Kiran Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. She teaches courses in Spirituality and Medicine, Art and Medicine, and Death and Dying for medical school students. She received the first Joseph Moore President's Award for her work in oncology and spirituality from Lesley College and was a David Larsen Fellow in Spirituality and Medicine at the Kluge Center for Scholars at the Library of Congress. Dr. Roseman is also the Founding Director of the Sidney Project in Spirituality and Medicine and Compassionate Care™, a medical education program for physician residents. Find out more at Llewellyn.com.   ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    1h 3m
  7. Beyond Jesus: Patricia Pearce - A Former Pastor's Journey into Mystical Awareness

    11/24/2025

    Beyond Jesus: Patricia Pearce - A Former Pastor's Journey into Mystical Awareness

    Send a text In this conversation, we speak with writer and spiritual teacher Patricia Pearce, whose journey from Presbyterian pastor to mystic invites us to rethink the boundaries of faith and spiritual identity. Patricia shares how a profound shift in consciousness opened her to the illusion of separateness and the deeper unity beneath all things. Together, we explore the transformation that led her to leave the institutional church and step into her vocation as a writer and guide on unitive consciousness. ***** Patricia Pearce was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. After graduating from college she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Andes of Ecuador, an experience that set her on a path of spiritual exploration and into ordained ministry.    For seventeen years she served as a Presbyterian pastor, but in the early 2000's, following the death of a close friend, she experienced a spiritual awakening which showed her that Reality is an interconnected whole, the essence of which is Love; that separateness and the separate self are illusions in the mind; and that this world is a form of dream.    The insights from her awakening led her beyond the bounds of conventional Christian belief, and in 2010 she left the Church to embark on a vocation of writing, speaking, and teaching about the global shift into unitive consciousness.    She is the author of two books—Beyond Jesus: My Spiritual Odyssey; and No One in I Land: A Parable of Awakening. Patricia shares her latest writings and podcasts on her WeAwakening Substack. You can learn more about her and her offerings on her website, www.patriciapearce.com. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    1h 1m
  8. The Story of the Noosphere: Brian Thomas Swimme and Monica DeRaspe-Bolles

    11/12/2025

    The Story of the Noosphere: Brian Thomas Swimme and Monica DeRaspe-Bolles

    Send a text In this episode, we enter a conversation at the edge of human evolution, where science and spirituality converge. Our guests, cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme and scholar Monica DeRaspe-Bolles, co-authors of The Story of the Noosphere, invite us to imagine humanity’s next great unfolding: the birth of a planetary mind. Together we explore what Teilhard de Chardin called the noosphere. Swimme and DeRaspe-Bolles describe this as the time when the universe begins to awaken to itself through us. Our conversation touches on the nature of convergence: the universe’s movement toward communion rather than collapse; and on allurement, that subtle power of attraction that draws atoms, stars, and people into deeper relationship. We ask what it means to participate consciously in this convergence, and how imagination might guide the emergence of a more unified, compassionate world. If you’ve ever sensed that your own life is part of a larger unfolding story and that consciousness itself is a cosmic event, this episode is for you. Find out more about their book and their work: The Story of the Noosphere Book Deeptime Network Upcoming class The Story of the Noosphere Video Series at The Human Energy Project. Monica DeRaspe-Bolles is a doctoral student at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she researches time-developmental cosmology and the potential emergence of a new structure of human experience that fosters cosmogenetic awakening. She is the co-author of The Story of the Noosphere and the co-writer of its thirty-five companion minifilms, created in collaboration with Brian Thomas Swimme. The Story of the Noosphere video series on Youtube. Brian Thomas Swimme is Emeritus Professor of Cosmology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He completed his doctoral work in gravitational dynamics at the University of Oregon. Swimme is the host of the Emmy Award–winning PBS special Journey of the Universe, co-written with Mary Evelyn Tucker (www.journeyoftheuniverse.org). His most recent book, Cosmogenesis: An Unveiling of the Expanding Universe, is an early example of autocosmology—a genre blending contemporary science with cosmological phenomenology (starborne.substack.com). ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

    1h 15m
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From Stardust to Us is a spirituality and consciousness podcast featuring in-depth conversations with thought leaders, scientists, artists, and spiritual activists exploring what it means to be human in an evolving universe. At the intersection of science and spirituality, we explore nonduality, sacred activism, eco-spirituality, grief, cosmology, interspiritual practice, and the reimagining of our relationship with Earth and one another. In a time of cultural, ecological, and spiritual upheaval, these conversations invite deeper awareness, integrity, and compassionate action. Hosted by Bernice Marie-Daly, Ph.D., a contemplative activist and interspiritual guide whose work centers Divine Feminine presence and relational spirituality, and LaNell Haydon, writer and creator exploring spiritual insight, human experience, and awakening in everyday life. Podcast music provided by Soundstripe.com.

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  • Creator
    Bernice Marie-Daly, Ph.D. and LaNell Haydon
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 From Stardust To Us
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