Regenerative Mindset

Stacy Pulice
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Welcome to Regenerative Mindset, where we share inspiring conversations with farmers and philosophers, scientists and storytellers, artists and activists, about how giving back more than we take creates positive, life-promoting ripples in everything we do. By following nature's example, we can create healthy ecosystems for a thriving future. Hosted by Stacy Pulice PhD, a regenerative farmer in Santa Barbara, CA with over 30 years of experience in psychology and education research, she shares insightful conversations with experts whose work guides us all toward supporting healthy people, healthy plants, and a healthy planet.

  1. Cultivating Inner Balance Through Daoist Practice: Paul Fraser On Qigong, Alignment, And Restoring Harmony In Uncertain Times

    3D AGO

    Cultivating Inner Balance Through Daoist Practice: Paul Fraser On Qigong, Alignment, And Restoring Harmony In Uncertain Times

    In this episode of Regenerative Mindset, Paul Fraser returns to the conversation to explore how Daoist philosophy and embodied practice can support greater stability, clarity, and resilience in times of uncertainty. Drawing from decades of study in Chinese medicine, Qigong, and internal martial arts, Paul shares how ancient teachings such as the Dao De Jing and the I Ching offer practical guidance for modern life. Rather than approaching well-being as something external to fix or control, he emphasizes the importance of internal cultivation, working with breath, posture, and awareness to restore the natural flow of qi and bring the body back into coherence. Throughout the conversation, Paul speaks to the relationship between physical alignment and emotional steadiness, offering insight into how small, consistent practices can shift the way we respond to stress, conflict, and the unpredictability of daily life. He also reflects on the broader impact of personal energy and how the state we cultivate within ourselves subtly influences the environments and communities we are part of. This episode offers a grounded and accessible entry point into Daoist wisdom, inviting listeners to consider how aligning with natural rhythms can create a deeper sense of balance both internally and externally. You can learn more through Paul's book: Qigong, Rediscovering Our Humanity, and his website: www.paulfraserqigong.net. For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    1h 3m
  2. Balance Begins With Sovereignty: Dené Logan on Healing Our Relationships Through Integrating the Masculine and Feminine Within

    MAR 12

    Balance Begins With Sovereignty: Dené Logan on Healing Our Relationships Through Integrating the Masculine and Feminine Within

    On this episode of Regenerative Mindset, Stacy Pulice sits down with Dené Logan, author, therapist, and relationship coach, to explore how healing our relationships begins with reclaiming the relationship we hold with ourselves, especially our younger self. Drawing from her work with clients, and the ideas explored in her book Sovereign Love: A Guide to Healing Relationships by Reclaiming the Masculine and Feminine Within, Dené invites us to reconsider the inherited narratives that shape how we love, lead, and define success. She reframes masculinity and femininity not as rigid gender roles, but as inner energies that each of us carries, and that must be both witnessed and integrated in order to experience wholeness, intimacy, and authentic connection. Throughout the conversation, Dené explores themes of self-abandonment, relational polarity, cultural conditioning, and the pressure many people feel to perform in their lives and partnerships. She also speaks to the quiet burnout that often exists beneath achievement and outward success, offering a perspective on healing that is less about fixing something broken and more about remembering, reclaiming, and restoring balance within. Together, Stacy and Dené explore what it means to move from performance into presence, and how sovereignty in our inner lives can ripple outward into more conscious and regenerative ways of relating. At its heart, this episode reminds us that regeneration is not only ecological or systemic, but deeply relational. Learn more about Dené Logan via her website: denelogan.com or on her Instagram: @denelogan. For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    1h 3m
  3. Reclaiming Place-Based Wisdom With Lo—TEK Design: Julia Watson On Integrating Indigenous Technology In Optimal Responses To Nature for a Regenerative Future

    FEB 26

    Reclaiming Place-Based Wisdom With Lo—TEK Design: Julia Watson On Integrating Indigenous Technology In Optimal Responses To Nature for a Regenerative Future

    It is my honor to welcome Julia Watson to this episode of Regenerative Mindset. Julia is a landscape designer, author, educator, and the founder of the Lo—TEK Institute and the Lo—TEK Office for Intercultural Urbanism. Her work challenges how we’ve been taught to think about progress, technology, and sustainability by centering Indigenous knowledge systems as living, adaptive technologies rooted in reciprocity and long-term care. As the author of the best-selling, award-winning Lo—TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism (TASCHEN, 2019) and the newly released Lo—TEK Water: A Field Guide for TEKnology (TASCHEN, 2025), Julia has helped pioneer a global movement reframing nature-based technologies as essential solutions to the planetary crisis. In this conversation, Julia invites us to slow down and reconsider what innovation truly means. Drawing from decades of collaboration with Indigenous communities around the world, she reframes technology not as tools built for speed or control, but as time-tested ecological systems grounded in relationship. Together, we explore the shift from dominance to kinship; Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a form of climate-resilient technology; what it means to design our cities through TEKnological Urbanism; why true regeneration begins with humility, reciprocity, and care; and how spirituality and science have always coexisted within Indigenous knowledge systems. Julia also speaks to the emotional landscape so many are navigating today, climate anxiety, burnout, and overwhelm, offering a grounded and hopeful perspective rooted in interdependence and shared responsibility. At its heart, this episode asks us to imagine a future shaped by care rather than control — and to remember that some of the most advanced solutions already exist, refined over thousands of years. Learn more at: www.juliawatson.com and follow Julia on Instagram: @juliawatsonstudio Explore her work: Lo—TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism Lo—TEK Water: A Field Guide for TEKnology Watch her TED Talk: How to Build a Resilient Future Using Ancient Wisdom Read the 2024 ASLA Call to Action: Co-create a Future to Heal Land and Culture For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    1 hr
  4. When Art is Action: Lisa Kristine on Creating Empathy Through Photography To End Modern Slavery

    FEB 12

    When Art is Action: Lisa Kristine on Creating Empathy Through Photography To End Modern Slavery

    In this powerful and deeply moving episode of Regenerative Mindset, host Stacy Pulice is joined by globally renowned humanitarian photographer Lisa Kristine, whose work has helped awaken the world to the realities of modern-day slavery, human trafficking, and the dignity of the human spirit. Lisa shares how photography first inspired her as a child, and how, through decades of traveling to some of the most remote corners of the earth, it ultimately became her greatest teacher. From indigenous communities to illegal gold mines, fishing villages on Lake Volta, and hidden labor systems embedded within global supply chains, Lisa bears witness to lives often rendered invisible. Through her lens, she reveals not only exploitation and injustice, but profound resilience, beauty, and humanity. Together, Stacy and Lisa explore how slavery hides in plain sight, why “seeing is believing,” and how empathy, rather than blame, can become a catalyst for meaningful change. Lisa speaks candidly about the emotional toll of documenting extreme suffering, the importance of balance and regeneration in sustaining this work, and why asking people to look closer can be more powerful than accusation. The conversation explores systemic issues such as capitalism, supply chains, agriculture, technology, policy, and global responsibility. It also highlights tangible examples of progress, including Lisa’s work with the United Nations, the Vatican, the World Economic Forum, and her partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to expose forced labor and advance accountability. At the heart of this episode is a simple but radical truth: regeneration begins when we dare to truly see one another. Healing begins with a heart connection. And change becomes possible when we choose decency, curiosity, and care. This episode is an invitation to bear witness, stay awake to reality, and to remember that behind every data point is a human being. Learn more and follow Lisa’s work at www.LisaKristine.com and www.HumanThreadFoundation.org, and connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and X to stay up to date on her photography, advocacy, and ongoing efforts to expose modern-day slavery and advance human dignity around the world. For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    53 min
  5. Mediation as a tool: Creating a regenerative oasis includes taking out the trash

    JAN 29

    Mediation as a tool: Creating a regenerative oasis includes taking out the trash

    In this New Year special episode of Regenerative Mindset, Stacy steps out of the interview format and into a candid conversation with her good friend and community leader Rand Rosenberg. Together, they reflect on how to stay present and grounded during a time marked by uncertainty, information overload, and emotional intensity. The conversation explores how inner practices, particularly meditation and mindful attention, can support nervous system regulation and help reduce reactivity in moments of fear or urgency. Stacy shares how slowing down can be an intentional and active choice, one that allows for more thoughtful engagement with the world rather than impulsive responses driven by overwhelm. They also discuss the impact of constant exposure to news and social media, and the importance of setting boundaries around what we consume. Rather than advocating disengagement, this episode encourages discernment and care, offering listeners permission to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what feels meaningful. This episode is not about solutions or prescriptions. It’s an invitation to meet the present moment with stillness, to care for our inner lives as we navigate external challenges, and to remember that regeneration often begins within. For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    39 min
  6. Facing Mortality Together: Sierra Campbell on Dying Well and Communal Support

    JAN 15

    Facing Mortality Together: Sierra Campbell on Dying Well and Communal Support

    In this episode of Regenerative Mindset, Stacy is joined by death doula, elder-care educator, and Choose Nurture founder Sierra Campbell for a grounded and deeply human conversation about mortality and what it means to prepare well for life’s final chapters. With more than three decades of experience in community-based compassionate care, Sierra has spent her life tending to elders, supporting families, and guiding people through illness, aging, and death with presence and dignity. Her path into death work was shaped early through caring for elders alongside her grandmother and through her own experiences with serious illness, which led her to see death not as something to fear or avoid, but as a natural, relational part of living. Together, Stacy and Sierra explore how facing mortality with honesty and care can cultivate a regenerative mindset rooted in intergenerational connection. Sierra shares why tending to elders, supporting caregivers, and restoring communal care are essential to healing our culture’s relationship with aging and life’s natural end. They discuss how presence, preparation, and shared responsibility at the end of life can regenerate not only families and communities, but also how we live, love, and belong. This conversation is an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and remember that how we care for one another at life’s most tender thresholds shapes the world we are creating together. Learn more about Sierra’s work at www.choosenurture.com and follow her on Instagram: @choosenurture For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    1h 1m
  7. Healing Through Dialogue: Ilwad Elman on Rebuilding Trust and Peace from the Ground Up

    11/13/2025

    Healing Through Dialogue: Ilwad Elman on Rebuilding Trust and Peace from the Ground Up

    It is an honor and a delight to welcome Ilwad Elman, Chief Operating Officer of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre in Somalia, to this episode of Regenerative Mindset. A globally recognized peacebuilder, humanitarian, and social entrepreneur, Ilwad’s work is transforming how we think about security, justice, and regeneration in the modern world. Born into a legacy of peace work, her father famously coined the phrase “Drop the gun, pick up the pen,” creating programs that redirected former soldiers into positive livelihoods. Ilwad carries that vision forward in powerful new ways. As one of Somalia’s leading voices for human rights and social transformation, she is helping redefine what it means to heal after conflict. Today, she oversees initiatives that reintegrate former child soldiers, support survivors of violence, and pioneer climate-smart livelihoods that restore both ecosystems and community trust. With over 70 percent of Somalia’s population under 30 and more than 60 percent being women, Ilwad is deeply committed to ensuring those most affected by conflict are also those shaping the future. Her programs give young people and women the tools, skills, and confidence to rebuild their lives—and, in doing so, their country. In our conversation, Ilwad shares how land restoration becomes a form of therapy, where ex-combatants and farmers work side by side, healing the soil and themselves. We talk about how dialogue can “compost pain into wisdom,” why silence is not neutrality, and how restoring dignity is essential to rebuilding peace. She also reflects on the interconnection between people and planet, how protecting nature is inseparable from protecting human life. Recognized with honors such as the Right Livelihood Award, the Hessian Peace Prize, and three Nobel Peace Prize nominations, Ilwad embodies a regenerative approach to leadership, one rooted in empathy, resilience, and trust in the power of local communities. Join me for this inspiring and deeply honest conversation with Ilwad Elman, a leader showing that peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of connection between people, generations, and the earth itself. You can stay up to date with Ilwad on her website, elmanpeace.org, through Instagram @ilwadelman, X (Twitter) @IlwadElman, YouTube Elman Peace Centre, and on Facebook at Elman Peace Centre. For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    47 min
  8. Leading with Service: Josh Fryday on Belonging, Hope, and a Regenerative Politics

    11/06/2025

    Leading with Service: Josh Fryday on Belonging, Hope, and a Regenerative Politics

    It is my great pleasure to welcome Josh Fryday, California’s Chief Service Officer, to this episode of Regenerative Mindset. A former Naval Officer, Mayor, and lifelong advocate for civic engagement, Josh has dedicated his career to proving that government can be a force for unity, healing, and regeneration. Under his leadership, California has created the largest service corps in the nation, now larger than the Peace Corps, providing over 10,000 paid opportunities for Californians to serve their communities, combat climate change, address food insecurity, and prepare for disasters. His first-in-the-nation programs, featured in The New York Times and Wired Magazine, are being replicated across the country as models for how service can bridge divides and restore a sense of shared purpose. A graduate of Berkeley Law and a commissioned Naval Officer, Josh served our country in Japan and Guantanamo Bay, taking part in one of the largest humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts in history. Those experiences profoundly shaped his conviction that service is a means of healing ourselves, our communities, and the planet. And now, Josh is taking his commitment to service into a new realm: he has announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2026 election, bringing the same values and energy for collective purpose to the statewide stage. In this conversation, Josh and Stacy explore what it means to lead with a regenerative mindset in politics, how acts of service foster belonging and connection, and why restoring faith in one another may be the most powerful form of climate and cultural repair we have. From stories of wildfire relief to reflections on loneliness, leadership, and love of community, Josh reminds us that hope is not something we wait for; it’s something we create together, through action and compassion. Join me for this inspiring and deeply grounding conversation with Josh Fryday, a leader who embodies what it means to serve with heart, humility, and vision for a more connected future. You can learn more about Josh’s work at joshfryday.com or on social media @JoshFryday on X and @josh_fryday on Instagram. For more information on the podcast, upcoming events, projects, and more go to our website www.stacypulice.com You can follow us on Instagram @stacypulice

    51 min
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Welcome to Regenerative Mindset, where we share inspiring conversations with farmers and philosophers, scientists and storytellers, artists and activists, about how giving back more than we take creates positive, life-promoting ripples in everything we do. By following nature's example, we can create healthy ecosystems for a thriving future. Hosted by Stacy Pulice PhD, a regenerative farmer in Santa Barbara, CA with over 30 years of experience in psychology and education research, she shares insightful conversations with experts whose work guides us all toward supporting healthy people, healthy plants, and a healthy planet.

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  • Creator
    Stacy Pulice
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Stacy Pulice
  • Show Website
    Regenerative Mindset

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