Bodhisattva Conversations.

Julia Chi
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Bodhisattva Conversations is an exploration of the practise of being. How we live, relate, and move through life with greater presence, awareness, and freedom. Through reflection, Julia Chi explores what it means to create a deeper connection with ourselves and with everyday experience, revealing how inner clarity and presence lead to greater ease, joy, and aliveness.  This podcast is about experiencing who we truly are, moment by moment, and discovering how life unfolds more freely when we live from awareness rather than habit.

  1. 13H AGO

    What We Place In The Space Between Us In Our Relationships

    In this episode of Bodhisattva Conversations, I explore the nature of relationship, and what occurs in “the space between” us and the other. There is always a space between two people.  An invisible field made up of tone, attention, intention, nervous system energy, and unspoken emotion, and whether we are relating to a partner, a friend, a colleague, a child, or a stranger, we are always contributing something to that space. We are the common denominator in all of our relationships. This episode seeks to shift the focus from asking whether others are “the one,” “a good friend,” or “meeting our needs,” toward a more empowering question: What am I placing into the space between us? Am I bringing reactivity or reflection? Defensiveness or curiosity? Ease or tension? Blame or ownership? Relationship is a mirror. Intimacy is a magnifying glass. The closer someone is to us, the more clearly we see ourselves! We can observe our patterns, our wounds, our capacity to love. Recorded on the eve of my 12th wedding anniversary, this episode is also a reflection on shared intention to relate consciously in long-term partnership, and the appreciation that arises when two people both care about what they are contributing to the relational field. This is not about perfection. It is about awareness and about taking responsibility for our side of what we put into the space. An exploration of how we create harmony or conflict, safety or unease, healing or hurt - moment by moment - in the space between.

    25 min

  2. FEB 21

    Time, Spirit, and Story: The Inner World of Sashi Radley

    In this episode of The Practice of Being, I’m joined by writer and spiritual mentor Sashi Radley, for a conversation that weaves together creativity, presence, love, loss, and the mystery of life itself. Sashi shares how writing is not simply a craft for her, but a profound space of being. It is a place where the mind stills, time expands, and something deeper moves through her.  We explore her latest novel, Secret and Re Birth, Book 2 in The Ancient Power series. The book is a captivating time-slip adventure spanning present-day Britain and ancient Britannia, where supernatural powers, betrayal, and retribution shape destiny. The novel stands alone while continuing the journey that began in Secret and Ritual. Beyond fiction, Sashi is also the author of the much-loved non-fiction book Unleash Your Inner Psychic, and she works as a soul and face reader, spiritual development mentor.  Sashi is also a 'Mindful Artist' - and through art, writing, and spiritual practice, she describes how creating becomes a doorway into stillness, a way of letting the day dissolve onto the canvas or page. Our conversation moves through themes of love, life, and death, and how we can remain present in the midst of joy and triumph as well as sadness and loss.  At its heart, this episode is an exploration of how creativity and spiritual awareness can anchor us in being, even as life continues to unfold in all its complexity.

    49 min

  3. FEB 14

    Being with Uncertainty

    In this solo episode of Bodhisattva Conversations, I explore the practice of being with uncertainty,  and the truth that the only thing we are ever certain of is that nothing is certain! As human beings, we go to great lengths to construct safety. We build structures around money, work, relationships, identity, and even our spiritual beliefs. We tell ourselves that if we arrange life carefully enough, we will be protected from change. But everything changes. This episode is not about abandoning stability or rejecting the practical foundations of life, shelter, food, work, security.  They support our human survival!  Instead, this podcast questions where stability becomes identity, and where safety becomes attachment. What if uncertainty is not something to conquer, but something to live with? What if the fleeting nature of life is what makes it precious? When we truly accept that people will not stay forever, that circumstances will shift, that outcomes are not guaranteed, something relaxes.  We begin to appreciate more. We say thank you more often. We listen more closely. We treasure the ordinary moments that are, in truth, extraordinary. The deepest safety may not be found in controlling life, but in learning to remain present within it.

    28 min

  4. FEB 7

    Stillness Is Freedom: Calming the Restless Mind

    Most of our suffering is not caused by life itself, but by the restless mind reacting to life. In this episode, I explore what it truly means to still the mind not by suppressing it, but by gently training it so that we are the master of our mind! There is a saying that it makes a wonderful servant and a terrible master! We look at: Why the mind becomes addictive, doubtful, critical or negativeThe subtle ways we seek relief from discomfortHow inner restlessness fuels reactivityThe difference between forcing silence and allowing stillnessAnd why freedom is not found in perfection, but in non-entanglementDrawing on contemplative wisdom and lived experience, this episode reminds us to 'press pause', and to discover the clarity that emerges when the mind no longer needs to escape. Stillness is not emptiness. It is fullness.

    25 min

  5. JAN 31

    The Wisdom of Pain: Trauma, Healing and Integration

    Not Getting Stuck in Pain | Healing Trauma & Living More Fully Pain is an inevitable part of being human, but suffering arises when pain isn’t met, processed, or allowed to move. In this episode of Bodhisattva Conversations, I explore how trauma and unprocessed pain can keep us stuck in survival patterns, and how healing becomes possible through awareness, presence, and compassionate self-listening. Rather than bypassing pain or rushing “healing,” this conversation gently examines: The many forms trauma can take - past and presentHow unhealed pain shows up as patterns in our livesThe way the body holds what the mind cannotThe non-linear stages of healing and integrationWhat truly supports transformation and inner freedomThis episode investigates how to move from survival into living - from contraction into choice, and to remember that healing does not mean erasing the past, but no longer being ruled by it. This reflection is for anyone on a path of self-healing, inner work, and presence.

    35 min

  6. JAN 24

    Meeting Death Without Fear

    In this episode of The Practice of Being, I reflect on death, not as something to fear, but as one of life’s greatest teachers. From early childhood moments to spiritual traditions, lived experience, and sitting with people at the end of their lives, this episode explores how learning to die allows us to live more fully, consciously, and lovingly. We look at why the fear of death arises, how identification with the body and mind creates suffering, and how practices such as presence, meditation, and self-inquiry help us remember who we truly are. When we begin to clear attachment to the created self - our stories, identities, and conditioning -  something profound is revealed: what we truly are was never born and can never die. This is an invitation to meet death gently, to soften into life, and to live from a deeper knowing that there is no ending,  only a change of experience.

    33 min

  7. JAN 17

    Simple Practices to Raise and Sustain Your Vibration

    In this episode, I explore what it really means to raise our vibration, not through forcing positivity, but through awareness, clearing, and presence. We are energetic beings, and our thoughts, emotions, and lived experiences all shape our vibration.  Many of the feelings that lower our energy, arise from early experiences and repeated psychological loops that play out again and again in our lives. In this episode, I share how becoming aware of these patterns, and learning to pause, breathe, and meet what we’re feeling, allows energy to move and our vibration to naturally rise. We explore: What vibration is and how we sense it in ourselves and othersThe link between thoughts, feelings, and childhood conditioningClearing emotional loops rather than bypassing themEveryday practices that support a higher vibrationNervous system regulation and the role of the bodyIdentity, responsibility, and remembering our true natureRaising our vibration is not about becoming someone else, it’s about coming back to who we truly are.

    24 min

  8. JAN 10

    Meeting Life Without Resistance

    In this episode of The Practice of Being, I explore the practice of non-resistance -what it is, what it isn’t, and how it can transform the way we meet life. Non-resistance does not mean passivity or giving up. It doesn’t mean we stop stretching, growing, or acting. Instead, it simply suggests that we meet life as it is, without forcing, imposing, or resisting our experience. Drawing on lived experience, Taoist wisdom such as wu wei, and simple embodied metaphors, this episode explores how resistance can be part of our flow, how acceptance creates real transformation, and how stillness can exist even within action. I look at: What non-resistance really meansHow embracing resistance can lead to growthPresence, breath, and releasing tension in the bodyLetting life move through us rather than pushing against itIdentity, conditioning, and remembering who we truly areWhy acceptance and love sit at the heart of everythingI explore and embrace our human experience and suggest that we remember that even in challenge or sorrow, there is a deeper place within us that knows all is well.

    33 min
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Bodhisattva Conversations is an exploration of the practise of being. How we live, relate, and move through life with greater presence, awareness, and freedom. Through reflection, Julia Chi explores what it means to create a deeper connection with ourselves and with everyday experience, revealing how inner clarity and presence lead to greater ease, joy, and aliveness.  This podcast is about experiencing who we truly are, moment by moment, and discovering how life unfolds more freely when we live from awareness rather than habit.

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  • Creator
    Julia Chi
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    112
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Bodhisattva Conversations.
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