Gentle Finds Lindsay

Collage artist Stephanie Pierson is near and dear to my heart, and after listening to this episode, she will surely be to you as well. She has an interesting life story that led to her discovering a completely new side of herself later in life. Her story is one of love, loss, survival, healing, and blossoming. For most of her life, she experienced a stable and loving home life, raising two sons with her beloved husband, Greg, who she met in her twenties. As they neared retirement,...

Let the music bind us once again."The ears are always on. You can shut your eyes, but you cannot shut your ears...The ears are always listening." - Dr. Kathleen HowlandWhen do you listen to music, and why? What music do you choose? Where does it take you? We all have our own personal playlists, but Dr. Kathleen Howland invites us to think more deeply about our connection to music and how we can use it to heal our hearts, minds, and even our bodies. Having worked for nearly 40 year...

To lessen the stress in parenting, focus on relationship. Ryan Allen, also known as preschool therapist on social media channels, gives us a crash course on gentle parenting. He explains that the gentle parenting style has actually existed for a long time (as authoritative parenting), but has only recently been branded with the name gentle. We speak about how authoritative is the middle-ground of parenting, with authoritarian and permissive styles on the two extreme ends of the spectrum...

Dr. James Mckenna discusses his book, “Introducing breastsleeping - a new understanding of humanity’s time-honored sleeping and feeding arrangement: Safe Infant Sleep: Expert Answers to Your Cosleeping Questions.” We speak about the mother-baby environment, and the myriad benefits (mental and physical) that come from keeping the mother-baby unit together. Dr. James Mckenna is the leading expert on mother-infant sleep in the United States. He founded and directed the Mother-Baby Behavior...

What could be more gentle than a cloud? A soft, puffy marshmallow world in the sky: gentle to the eye and gentle to the spirit. While so many of us feel out of sync with the fast-paced expectations of our society, sometimes it's hard to know how to slow down and just "be." Some of us may have the occasional idea there must be something out there that's more in tune with our own rhythm, something slower-paced. Gavin Pretor-Pinney's advice? It's simple. LOOK. UP. The sky and it...

Jeffrey Masson is the author of dozens of books, 12 of which have been bestsellers. He is a well known voice in the worlds of animal rights and veganism. In this episode we discuss his most recent book, Lost Companions:Reflections on the Death of Pets, as well as some of his other books on animal behavior and emotions including, When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals, The Pig Who Sang To the Moon, Raising the Peaceable Kingdom, and The Face On Your Plate. With a histor...