Things That Will Help: Recent Episodes
Buffy Barfoot
Things That Will Help is a podcast that explores what it’s like to be human, and how to find tools to feel clear, grounded, and happier. Each week, an episode full of rich story-telling and embodied practices that bring the themes Buffy discusses to real life. These stories ahead do not negate the hard or the darkness, but rather point to the lighthouses along the way.
In this episode, Buffy explores imagination as a doorway into a life that hasn't already been mapped out for you.
Most of us imagine our future using a blueprint we inherited: beliefs handed down through our families, our culture, and the world we grew up in. Those guardrails once offered real protection and direction. But what happens when they no longer fit the life you're trying to build? How do you unbraid the stories you've been told about yourself and the world? And what becomes possible when you begin forging a path that is unmistakably your own?
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
After attending Love Letter from the Afterlife at Red Rocks—a tribute to the late poet Andrea Gibson featuring their final performance alongside the Colorado Symphony—Buffy returns to one simple phrase from Andrea's work: try softer.
In this episode, she explores what it means to meet life with less force and more presence. Through stories and reflection, Buffy considers how softening can become a daily practice for the body, heart, and spirit. What changes when you stop pushing against your circumstances? What does softness look like when it meets your loss and grief?
If you'd like to learn more about Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley's story, you can watch the documentary Come See Me in the Good Light on HBO.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
A murmuration is when a flock of thousands (or sometimes, hundreds of thousands) of birds move together across the sky like a wave, or a cloud of smoke. Buffy explores the surprising mechanics behind these breathtaking displays, where no single bird leads and yet the whole flock moves as one. She talks about the social and physical mechanics of this phenomenon, and what we can learn about connection and community from these birds.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy shares fresh observations and lessons from the workshop of her own life. She reflects on pleasure as a practice, the power of curating our attention, the value of invisible things, and the importance of shifting perspective, from chin-on-the-ground wonder at a ladybug to a wider view of the landscape. Tune in to explore the choices available to us in any moment, the art of waiting and listening, and how to cultivate a peaceful inner experience when the outer world is beyond our control.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy begins this episode with a friend’s story about navigating a challenging work situation. Using the metaphor of an airplane, her friend described the inner shift that allowed her to rise above the turbulence rather than remain caught within it. “Cruising altitude” is the steady height an aircraft maintains for most of a journey, and this episode is a reflection on the places of steadiness inside of us, even when turbulence exists on either side. Tune in to access more equanimity in your inner world no matter what weather systems that surround you.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In the wake of Mother’s Day, Buffy reflects on mothers: what we are mothering, how we are mothered, and the creative shapes being a mother can take. She shares about experiencing her first Mother’s Day without her mom and weaves in stories of people in all stages and phases. This episode is a spacious offering for wherever you find yourself in relationship to mothering — whether you are grieving, nurturing, longing, creating, or becoming. Buffy closes out the episode closes with a grounding visualization and meditation.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy and TTWH producer/editor Alex meet on the 6th birthday of Things That Will Help to reflect on six years of the podcast. They talk about the creative evolution of the podcast and their own practices, pleasure as a tool of the resistance, the age of AI, and why creativity is needed now more than ever.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Labor doesn't have to deplete or harden us. In this episode, Buffy explores the space between arriving and striving, and invites us into the magic and beauty of the process as we aim towards a specific destination - into the magic of holy labor.
Buffy invites listeners to notice where the weight of “getting there” has eclipsed the quiet of being here. Where can you loosen your hold? Where can you ease the heavy lifting? This episode is an offering for anyone in the middle of something—creative, personal, or otherwise—and a reminder that the unfinished places might be where the light gets in.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
When something taps Buffy on the shoulder more than once, she’s learned to listen. Lately, it’s been color. In this episode, she explores color beyond aesthetic. Color is something our bodies subtly register and respond to every day, and she reflects on the emotional and physical impacts of colors. She offers simple, grounded ways to invite more color into your life.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
After a difficult week, Buffy shares a story of moving a bench a few feet so it could catch the sunlight, and what this simple shift can mean in our own lives. In a time when you are likely carrying both collective grief and personal grief, how are you taking care of yourself? This episode is an invitation to remember that even small adjustments can let a little more sunlight in.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy expands on the concept of mantra (a chant, a syllable, a steadying truth) into mantrika, which translates to “little mothers," or the worlds and phrases that we birth into existence daily. What are the words we repeat, consciously or unconsciously, that shape the architecture of our inner and outer worlds? If language creates reality, then each syllable is a seed. This episode is a call to choose your words with clarity, and in doing so, to build your world consciously.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy had a plan for how she would give birth: what she would wear, where she would be, how it would unfold. It was a lovely plan which did not pan out at all. This is an episode about holding our plans and ideas with a loose grip so we don't miss the primal magic that wants to come through. Buffy tells stories of birthing gowns, Charlotte's Web, and more, to illustrate how having a real-time, unfolding conversation with the alive and breathing world is just as important (and maybe more) than the plans we make.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy begins this episode with the story of Holocaust survivor Edith Eva Eger, and the choices Eger made in the face of unimaginable trauma. While trauma and circumstance may be outside of our choice, this conversation explores the agency we have in how we met them. She differentiates between spiritual bypassing and the brave practice of placing our attention on what is true and beautiful, even when pain is present. This episode is an invitation to curate your inner landscape, because, when we do, the life we long for becomes more reachable.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In today’s episode of Things That Will Help, Buffy tells a story shaped by chance, luck, and the quiet intelligence of the universe. She share's the story of a dear friend about the unseen forces that moved across time and space, weaving mischief, meaning, surprise, and delight into her life—and into the lives of everyone witnessing this story.
In a world marked by intensity and uncertainty, this is a story of magic and hope. A reminder that aliveness and magic is always unfolding, often just beyond our line of sight. This is an invitation to listen for what's beautiful, to notice what’s stirring, and to trust the signs when they appear.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy begins with a story about an ordinary moment of tuning into a true crime podcast opened up a wider inquiry: What am I consuming, and why?
How does what you are taking in—media, food, relationships, stories, habits—shape your inner landscape? In this episode, Buffy invites us into the practice of data collection as a way to bring us home to ourselves.
This is an episode for anyone curious about paying deeper attention to their own life, one data point at a time.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy invites listeners into the power of the small. Consider this: how you complete the small tasks in your life can be a mirror for how you move through the big, life-shaping moments. What happens if you approach the small things with intention, presence, and care? She offers some practical ways to connect with small intentional moments throughout your day, and infuse more meaning and purpose into every moment. These practices are meant to support you in living a more conscious, steady, and balanced life, one small choice at a time.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy explores themes of holding. What are you holding—right now, in your hands, in your heart, in your attention? She considers the ways we hold things—grief, secrets, memories, hope—and how everything we hold benefits from breath and softness, especially when the storms rolls in.
This is an episode about attention, tenderness, and the possibility that in loosening our grip, we might find our way back to what we belong to, and what belongs to us.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy talks about the plant rosemary as a guide and teacher. Rosemary, AKA the compass weed, the old man, is the plant of remembrance. Buffy shares what she is learning about this ancient and practical plant: its effects on the body and mind, its symbolic and ceremonial uses, and why this time of year is such a potent moment to invite it in. She talks about how rosemary has been supporting her in the wake of her mother’s death, and how its steady, fragrant wisdom might become a companion to you, too.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy talks about her mom’s final days in hospice care and what has unfolded since. She shares about Vivian’s last moments, and the quiet peace that accompanied the sadness. She explores what it means to live inside the loss of her person, of the new language that grief offers, and how to find the small, steady places of okay-ness in the midst of it all.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode Buffy shares three stories of bravery and presence: her daughter braving her first cliff jump with a hundred witnesses; her son choosing courage over conformity; and her mother, in the final stages of life, reflecting on the light she brought to others. These stories weave together into a reminder that a life well lived isn’t about avoiding fear or hardship, but about meeting each moment with fullness and love—so that, at least most of the time, the room feels brighter because we entered it.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this deeply personal and tender episode, Buffy opens her heart and shares the journey of her mom Vivian’s breast cancer—from her diagnosis a decade ago, to the present moment of making the decision to call hospice. Buffy reflects on a conversation with Vivian’s longtime oncologist, on telling her children about the upcoming transition, and on the moving dialogue that unfolded between Otis and Vivian as they faced her approaching death together.
Vivian’s wisdom and peace about her life, and her gentle acceptance of its close, shine through as a gift to those who listen. Buffy shares what she is learning about being human, and walking with her family through this sacred portal of of caring, tending, and finding beauty even in the midst of loss.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy introduces the Circle of Willis — a vital loop of arteries that keeps blood flowing to our brains, even when part of the path is blocked. She uses this miraculous piece of human design as a powerful metaphor: when life blocks one path, it often quietly reroutes us to another, sometimes better, direction.
This divine circulation redirects us when we’re stuck, keeps us alive, and moves toward what’s meant for us. Through personal stories and reflections, Buffy reminds us that life, like the Circle of Willis, wants us to live. Whether you're in a season of smooth flow or frustrating blockages, this episode invites you to trust the reroute.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This episode is about the rules we inherit—spoken and unspoken, cultural and familial—and how to discern whether they’re truly in service to our lives. So many of our thoughts, standards, and habits are built on default settings we didn’t consciously choose. What would it look like to pause, question, and redefine them?
Buffy asks questions like: What expectations are we unconsciously trying to meet? Which rules have we internalized without realizing it? And what could happen if we let them go?
This is an invitation to build systems of thought and ways of being that align with your true values—not just the values you were handed. It's not about throwing everything out; it's about becoming more intentional with what you keep.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
What is occupying your time and energy? Do these things actively contribute to your life? And if not - how do you begin to shift course when the investment runs deep?
Using the lens of the sunk cost fallacy, Buffy reflects on how challenging it can be to release something we've poured ourselves into. She posits that staying out of habit, history, or fear of change can block the natural evolution of our lives.
Inspired by the seasonal shift of the summer solstice, Buffy invites listeners to consider what needs to be brought into the light—and what might need to be gently folded into the dark. She introduces the concept of becoming a hollow bone—an active practice of clearing space, listening deeply, and allowing truth to move through you without resistance.
Changing your mind isn’t failure. It’s alignment. It’s listening. It’s choosing now over nostalgia. And it’s often the bravest thing we can do. Let this episode be a companion if you’re feeling the urge to pivot, release, or begin again.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
At any given moment, we may be experiencing a major beginning or a major ending; in this episode, Buffy explores why marking these moments matter, and how to do that. She reflects on how ritual can help us digest loss, honor change, and find our way forward. What could be possible when you purposefully witness meaningful transitions in your life? Ceremony creates a space to pause, digest meaning, and name what’s been lost and gained.
This episode offers gentle ways to slow down and honor where you are. Listeners will walk away with rituals they can integrate into everyday life to mark any moment.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy explores the quiet power of specificity, and considers how precise, thoughtful feedback can leave a lasting mark. From Mr. Rogers’ letter-writing habits to Oprah's fourth grade teacher, Buffy shares stories that illustrate how specificity deepens connection, affirms identity, and answers our deep human desire to be seen.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy opens this week’s episode by talking about the part vs. the whole; how, in times of great change, we usually don’t get to understand why something is happening to us. Meaning, and wisdom, arrive slowly and often in small moments.
This episode is an invitation to make your life smaller. To eliminate what’s not necessary, reject what doesn’t truly feed and nourish you, so that what is beautiful in your life can be amplified.
Buffy tells stories of farm walks, picnic table run-ins, and more, and invites listeners into spaciousness and trust - even, and especially if, things are feeling messy.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy explores the difference between a goal-oriented, legacy mindset vs. navigating your life like a laboratory. What if your life isn't something to perfect, but something to experiment with? What if it's not about leaving a mark, but about listening for what’s next? This episode is an invitation to stay tuned.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In part two of this special conversation, Buffy and Tina continue their discussion on love, loss, and Brody’s lasting impact. Tina shares how writing became a lifeline throughout Brody’s illness and grief, offering a glimpse into the book that is emerging from her journey. They also explore the breath, mindfulness, and meditation practices that carried their family through the hardest moments—and how those same practices continue to support them today.
CW: Grief, Child Loss, Cancer
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Three years ago, Buffy’s dear friend Tina Porter faced the unimaginable—losing her son, Brody, to an aggressive brain tumor. In this special episode, Buffy and Tina come together for a heartfelt closet session to reflect on love, loss, and the lasting impact of Brody’s life. They discuss the beauty of his legacy and the practices that carried Tina and her family through both his passing and the grief that followed. This intimate conversation is a tribute to resilience, remembrance, and the ways we hold on to those we love. This is part one of a two-part conversation.
CW: Grief, Child Loss, Cancer
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy explores the juxtaposition between belonging and dissonance. She talks about the way communities can lighten the load and encourage bravery and belonging - as well as the pitfalls of what happens when we only surround ourselves with what feels familiar. Buffy challenges us to get curious about what is not like us through stories of post-car crashes, sheer tops, and unexpected moments of friction.
Growth often comes from being around people who don’t think like us. How do we strike the balance between enough similarity to feel at home, and enough difference to stretch and challenge us?
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
How does deep listening shape the way we experience life? How does it help us notice what we might otherwise overlook? Buffy reflects on the shift from doing into being, and how fulfillment can meet us when we let ourselves be present with our process. She talks about the connection between listening and play, and how joy and creativity can deepen our relationship to our inner life. Buffy leaves listeners with the question: what legacy do do want to leave? How do you become, not just through what you do, but through the way you listen, move, and exist in the world?
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy shares the things she’s choosing to cut from her life, and what she’s making room for instead.
This conversation is an invitation for you to reflect: What could you cut? What could you create? How can you shape your life to support your vitality and amplify your state of presence? Tune in for an honest exploration of subtraction, intention, and the space we make for what truly matters.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This episode is a hodgepodge of beauty and hope. In this historically monumental time, Buffy highlights importance of taking deep care and paying attention to what is good and beautiful. Your attention is a precious and finite resource. This episode is a reminder of the importance of using that resource well, and with skill, by focusing on magic and synchronicity alongside the pain and the suffering.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Where are you putting your creative energy and life force? What projects do you have in the works that need support, or that want to be moved forward? Buffy tells stories of auspicious bird-of-prey sightings, friendship, and drop-down menus to help you orient to where you are - right now, today, and this year - in order to bring your art, and your heart, into being.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This week's episode is about the signs, sparks, and detours that sometimes subtly, sometimes suddenly, change the course of your life. Buffy tells stories of worry stones, guidance, and synchronicities, and encourages us to follow the cosmic bread crumbs that are divinely placed for us to follow. It takes a combination of courage and quiet to actually experience and receive these sparks - are you paying attention?
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This episode explores the ever-unfolding process of becoming. What are our interests, passions, and focus, and how do they transform over the course of our lives? How do we transform? Buffy invites listeners to explore how their dreams and interests have changed over time, encouraging a compassionate approach to letting go of outdated aspirations. She shares practical and inspiring ways to recycle or reimagine those dreams, shaping them into something fresh, vibrant, and aligned with our current selves. This episode is a gentle reminder that change is not only inevitable but can also be deeply creative and fulfilling.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This week's episode is a practical plan to support in your anxiety. There are different practices to help you access your body, soothe your mind, and tend to your heart. Bookmark this episode as a friend to come back to when you need tangible and practical ways to support your inner world.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This episode is dedicated to the process of growth and the ways that affects who walks alongside us in our own journeys. We are ever-evolving beings, and if you are listening to this podcast, it is likely you consider the nature of your personal transformation throughout your life. What happens when you become unrecognizable to others through life circumstances, purposeful change, or both? Buffy talks about what happens when "top is taken off;" When we shed a layer of the old us and find a more authentic, expressed center. Who are we? What do we do? Who do we choose to do it with? Tune in for more.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In foundation-shaking times, where do we turn? Buffy speaks to the moment of reckoning and unrest with the important reminder to do the work of living, and to live with as much presence as possible. She turns listeners towards the lighthouses that are readily available to us at this time, and how to keep our eyes on the horizon and on each other.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
The process of writing a letter, in an authentic way, changes you. It marks something, and it is exchange of energy, whether it is delivered to the person it was meant for, or not. Buffy offers the wisdom letters can hold when we write them to our past selves, our future selves, to people who help us, and others who hurt us. Writing letters and receiving letters alchemizes us, and in this episode Buffy shares about how letters of all kinds can help.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
It is easy for challenging moments in our lives to capture our attention and energy; it is perhaps much more difficult to pay attention to what's beautiful, true, and brings us joy. In this episode, Buffy encourages more presence and attention to what we enjoy - not to bypass the pain, but to build our reserves in order to face what's challenging in our lives with more fortitude, ease, and contentment.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
What is mine now? What is mine for later? What is not mine at all? Buffy offers definitions for these piles that offer clarity, save time, and protect emotional energy.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
As a treat for listeners this week, Buffy brings on her husband Matt to deliver a speech he recently gave to a group of thousands about fear, bravery, perfection, and the ways they are all braided together. Matt tells stories of his first time performing music, a missed shot, and the phone call that started it all. What would your reality look like if you released yourself from the illusion of perfection, and trusted in your inherent value, exactly as you are now?
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
You are probably managing an impossible soup of lightning-quick news cycles, a daily-changing world, a complex inner life, all while remembering the tasks that make your life run.
Are you feeling disconnected or overwhelmed in it? In this episode, Buffy talks to listeners about how slowing down can support the endeavor to regulate our nervous systems, bolster hope, and prioritize connection.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This episode begins with a goat named Clover and woodland fairy role-play. You know the phrase, "it takes a village?" Buffy helps listeners deepen their understanding and opportunity around this idea; that we might look for and cultivate the "field agents" in our life that support our families, our goals, and our personal unfolding.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this special episode, Alex gives Buffy an astrological natal chart reading. They have wanted to do this for so long, and recently, finally acquired Buffy's birth information! They talk about the intricacies and complexities of Buffy's life and being, and about her hard-won identity as a communicator, writer, and orator. Buffy shares stories from her childhood and adult life as they untangle her unique astrological footprint.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy celebrates her brother Benjamin, who died twenty years ago this week. Benjamin was the catalyst and inspiration for this podcast, which is named after the small book of notes Buffy and her mom found on his bedside table. In this episode Buffy honors the lessons of not only his death but his life.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Your energy and your time are some of the most valuable resources you have, and in this episode Buffy speaks to the ways energy currency relates to introversion vs. extroversion. How we can be more awake to the ways we nurture our reserves of energy currency? If each day were a love letter to yourself, how would you construct that day to feel the best and the healthiest in terms of energy currency?
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy reflects on four years of Things That Will Help and names the power of standing still, looking back, and marking moments in time as a way to measure our transformation. She shares stories of witnessing and being witnessed as ways to invite in wonder, peace, and trust. Marking time, and naming it, is an incredible way to feel the impact of this moment in your life and how you got here, before you move on to what's next.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy starts the episode with discussing the Bystander Effect, which says that the greater number of bystanders that are witness to an emergency situation or bully, the less likely it is for any one of them to provide help for the person in distress.
She uses this as a jumping off point as a call for us to take radical responsibility for our lives, even when it is inconvenient; even when it is difficult; even when it is easier to shirk it. Wanting it is not always enough - so what can we do to bridge the gap between wanting it and having it? Tune in to find out.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy and Alex are back to talk about April 8's total solar eclipse - this is a powerful time for healing, transformation, and reflection on the ways we want to show up in the world. They discuss practical ways to work with the volatile energy of this current astrological weather, including potentially pausing major decisions, processes that can help us feel renewed, and ways to feel clearer than ever in our personal offerings in the world.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Happy Eclipse Season! Buffy welcomes TTWH editor and producer Alex Ammons - who also moonlights as a professional astrologer. Alex and Buffy talks about the two-week period of the eclipse season - which, on this episode air date, we are in the thick of. Eclipses are major moments in the collective and individually, and knowing how to best prepare for them can help us navigate the potential tumult with grace and compassion (both for ourselves and others).
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
This episode is dedicated to the power you contain and the practices that help cultivate your ability to stand more vertical, with less. What if the answers you seek don't lie in trendy workout equipment and the never-ending cycle of "self-help"? We go in to find out.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Today's episode explores how we can cultivate joy, health, and happiness without turning our faces away from the pain of the world, which sometimes asks for our attention and other times demands it. Buffy recorded this at a time where a non-binary student was murdered in a bathroom, and where war ravages across the Middle East and beyond. These are times that, as Buffy teacher says, are "relentless and exhausting," as she calls us to take better care of ourselves now, more than ever. When we strengthen a cell in the body, we strengthen the body.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
How do you make decisions? Swiftly and suddenly? Do you let ideas marinate before you move forward? Buffy's story about Tricia's buggy (southern for "shopping cart") illustrates the wisdom of our desires, and how sometimes pausing can give us the space to hear them truly and clearly.
Can we begin to normalize the practice of checking in with ourselves before we make decisions; pausing, breathing, and seeing what changes? Buffy talks about this, and more, in this week's episode.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Today's episode is a continuation of Episode 126, Ganesh Will Help. Buffy completes the birth story and shares more about the lessons we can learn from this buoyant deity. Ganesh's rich lessons include how to gracefully be in the middle of something, authenticity and intimacy, and how we can ask deeper and better questions about and of ourselves.
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How can we help ourselves feel safe instead of bracing for impact?
We get curious.
Just like we might be if we found ourselves in a new town. Entering a new place - physically, mentally, or emotionally - with a spirit of wonder and curiosity can create a completely different experience than defaulting to old patterns of fear, pain, and anxiety. Buffy talks about her ankle replacement recovery to elaborate on this gorgeous metaphor and walks listeners through practical ways to build new patterns, pathways, and discoveries for ourselves.
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Buffy tells stories of the Hindu deity Ganesha, or Ganapati. Mythology can be used as a tool to help us see ourselves more clearly, no matter our religion, prayer, or conversation we are having with the divine. This is a human conversation and an invitation into a deeper experience of yourself through the keeper of the threshold, Ganesh, and the wisdom he offers us.
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Calling all worriers! What if you could see how you spend your time in a visual form, like a pie chart? How big of a pie slice would be spent worrying, ruminating, or projecting into the future? Buffy opens this episode with this pie chart image and takes listeners immediately stories that illuminate how getting to the root - the truth - of a story can reduce our time spent fretting. She ties up the episode with practical tips on how to either a) get to the root and b) move energy if the root feels inaccessible for the moment.
Alex's websites are For The Love Media (website design) and The Door Beyond (for end of life hands-on care and support).
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Autumn is a treasured time of year at TTWH, and in this episode Buffy gives some practical tips that will help you breathe life and intention the autumnal transition. Tune in for inspiration around food, practices, and even ways to adorn yourself that help the transition into colder months feel full of purpose.
You can visit www.ayurveda.com for a dosha quiz, Ayurvedic recipes, and more.
Betsy Cochran is our Patron of the Month and can be reached at bbcochran@comcast.net. Thank you, Betsy!
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All life, all ears, all heart, all love.
This episode is dedicated to Andrew Clark, a dear friend of Buffy's who died last week. Buffy honors his life by collecting and transmitting some of the deepest lessons and wisdoms Andrew imparted over the course of his life and their friendship. May his memory be a blessing.
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Can "maybe" be a gift, rather than a liability? This is an episode about relinquishing control and deepening trust in the face of endless maybes.
It begins with a special guest reading a family favorite book and asks you to consider what ways you could make the "maybe's" sweeter, easier, and more full of trust.
"Maybe, just maybe, the world has been waiting for someone exactly like you. One thing is for sure: you are here, and because you are here, anything is possible."
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Mountain Queers Instagram, and scholarship donations accepted here.
Atabey Outdoors is a non-profit organization offering outdoor adventures and mentorship for BIPOC girls and non-binary kids 8-12 y.o. in Phoenix, AZ!
Sabrina Hardy is a Filipina-American transformational coach that specializes in helping individuals develop the awareness, knowledge, and skills to lead and thrive in today's world. She offers individual and small group coaching, and DEI consulting.
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CW: Violence, LGBTQ hate crimes.
Buffy opens the episode with the story of Matthew Shepard - a young gay man who was brutally murdered - and about the gentle, magical animal presence at the scene of the crime. This is an episode about being a spacious, compassionate presence for the ones we love. Our kind attention - without judgement, advice, or solution-oriented actions - can be the most precious healing balm. Buffy tells stories of a cat named Prissy, a hospice vigil, and an 7-year-old's feet.
"We are, each of us, able to move energy and hold powerful, sacred space just by being as still as an oak tree."
Visit the Matthew Shepard Foundation here.
Visit Tina Porter's website here, and The Brody Huber Foundation here.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy starts with a story about a hilarious toddler misunderstanding and moves towards the topic of visualization. What is it? How can we do it, and how can it move our lives in the direction we believe is true and beautiful?
Visualization can help us become more conscious of the waters we're swimming in, and call in more of what we desire towards us. Listen for practical ways to integrate visualization into your life, and of course, The Fucking Chicken.
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There are moments in our lives where we to be reconnected to the big picture, and there are moments where we need to look at our feet in order to take the next right step. How do we discern which tools we need?
Buffy uses the metaphors of "the mountain" and "the magnifying glass" as different medicines that are available to us when we are feeling lost. She tells stories of kittens, stage four cancer, and how the braiding of these two vantage points delivers potent lessons and direction.
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"What distinguishes rage that is harmful versus rage that is sacred?" Buffy moves listeners into this inquiry and will have listeners considering - or perhaps reconsidering- their relationship with rage as a transformative, powerful entity.
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Buffy talks listeners through feeling "fragmented," from the tiny ways we feel misaligned to the big broken open moments. And wholeness - the opposite of fragmentation - it's possible. Buffy offers ways to bring ourselves back to wholeness and connection through stories of bandaids, physical pain, and how the method of "stop and drop" will help.
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Buffy responds to a listener's question about friendship: when to repair, when to leave, and how to build your own discernment and nuance for the in-between.
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Buffy records on the solstice in an episode that speaks to the importance of discernment in the ways we help ourselves in the name of healing, peace, and harmony. Buffy gets to the heart of "What works for some may not work for others" Listeners receive our favorite 7-year-old wisdom's and a deeper understanding of why having our own personal measuring stick for success and happiness can invite more wonderment and magic into our lives.
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Buffy shares about an ongoing ankle injury and the complicated stories around it, including shame, pain, and neglect. She offers ways to break through the codified stories that we hold in our minds and our bodies. She explores the question, "what is possible for my life if I simply set down old stories?" and invites listeners into a softness with the present moment.
Amie Belanger is the patron of the month and a Reiki Master Practitioner.
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This episode starts with yellow cake from a box and winds through sourdough bread, marriage and death, in service to the beauty of being able to hold and welcome it all. What happens when we can let ourselves be soaked with the fullness of the fragility and the wonder of life? Otis' wise words captures it perfectly: "It's gonna be emotional, and that's OK."
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
In this episode, Buffy provides practical and grounded ways to encourage deep restoration in your life. The tools range from the physical to the mental to the emotional, and each supports more rest.
She runs through her suggestions in a list format, and it might be supportive for you to have a pen and paper handy while you listen!
TTWH is taking a May break and we'll be back with new episodes on May 29.
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What does it mean to create beauty in the world? Buffy talks about how often, placing our attention directly in front of us - and being in service - can be some of the most beautiful and important work we can do.
Today's episode starts with a story about a man moving rocks from the road to create more safety for other drivers, and initiates a conversation of what making a difference in the world can look like on a local and immediate level.
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This episode is about internal knowing; what happens when it is lacking, and how to more powerfully and purposefully cultivate it. Buffy talks about the liminal space of being in a process (rather than arrived at a destination), and how a balance of structure & freedom can support us in being in listening to the whispers that move us forward.
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Buffy's daughter Coretta uses the term "Last Day" to refer to any day other than today; a day yesterday, last month, last year. This episode is an homage to Buffy's version of Last Day - what Buffy would do on her own final day of life - and includes considerations of mortality. This episode will have you considering what's really important to you, and what you might prioritize on your own last day.
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Today's episode is meant to bring consciousness to things you've started but haven't finished. Buffy tells stories of wills and books, plus a personal list of loose ends that might jog your brain about some tasks you could finish that might just feel really good.
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Today's episode is about judgement, bringing awareness to the unconscious ways we participate in it and the impact of when we're its recipients. In which situations does judgement serve? Are there gifts we can find in being judged? Buffy gives practical tips on how to stay anchored in your own truth so that you become more and more unshakable in the face of judgement.
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Buffy starts the episode with the acknowledgement of the stolen land she lives on (Arapahoe) and brings listeners into a deeper of understanding of why understanding source stories are essential.
Today's episode digs deeper into the framework Buffy lays in the Stories We Tell Will Help episode.
The book Buffy mentions is Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.
Buffy talks about the ways we engage with "preservation" - what do we preserve, and how? When does it serve and when does it hold old stories that we no longer need? This episode helps guide discernment in what we keep and what we leave behind. Buffy tells stories of bath bombs, old stories,
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This episode is for people who love someone with an addiction. Buffy talks about the reality of addiction: its impact on the person, their loved ones, and what we can do in the face of it.
CW: Addiction, Suicide, and Abuse.
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"If a tree dies and falls in a forest, eventually, the dark dense material begins to summon new growth. The tiny green life that springs from such an event is called the understory."
In today's episode, Buffy describes why this concept of The Understory informs her life's work, and how leaning into the gift of the understory can fertilize the restoration that is imminent.
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There is a specific magic that comes from moving slow; it can't be found in fast, hurried movements. Today's episode is a reminder of the rewards of going slow, and we hope this transmission of slowness encourages you to infuse your own slow into your day. (For listeners who usually listen to podcasts at a sped up rate: a sweet place to start is listening to this episode at the 1x rate)!
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Welcome to Season 8 of TTWH Buffy opens this new season by considering the power and the potential of repetition. She tells stories about a very specific toddler ritual, series of yoga shapes, a deep bow, and more, in service to helping listeners consider for themselves how repetition can support and deepen our experience of our lives.
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This week we're celebrating 100 episodes of Things That Will Help! To mark the occasion, Buffy has put together a list of one hundred questions to call attention to different pieces and parts of your being. Inquiries about the body, ancestors, letting go, creativity, and more abound, all in service to getting you into conversation with yourself.
TTWH is taking a seasonal break and will be back soon with more episodes. In the meantime, we wish you health, rest, and joy!
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"How are you falling?"
This is the question that inspired today's episode. Buffy talks about the magic of the fall season, from the shifts in temperature to the ways that learning to literally fall well can support us. She offers things that are supporting her, like getting outside, finding new teachers, and more, in service of you implementing your own ways to support your fall.
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What happens when we see perceived obstacles as doorways to growth? Buffy gives examples of the ways "unexpected weather" can lead us to places - beautiful places - we did not expect to go. She tells stories of internal and external rearranging, post-bath time changes, and fresh-air walks to illustrate the ways we can change our problems through changing the way we view our problems.
How we receive friction is essential to how we thrive, and she offers tangible ways to start to re-wire the way we consider problems.
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Do your fears have legs? Do you dress them up and bring them into the spotlight? In this episode, Buffy offers the idea of "feeding the good wolf" - and how that is a gift not only to ourselves, but to the world. Distinct from "fake it till you make it," Buffy provides practical ways we can amplify what's good and bright in us.
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Buffy is back with more beauty marks: AKA, beautiful simple things that make life a little brighter (couldn't we all use a little more of that?). Some things that make an appearance: a throwback organizational tool, products of boredom, an old love story, and more. What are the moments and mementos that are marking beauty in your life? We recommend making your own list to keep you connected to the mundane magic of every day.
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Today's episode is devoted to those who desire to live a creative life. Buffy shares her own layered process within the creative cycle and invites you to step into your own fulfilling creative life. And, if you don't consider yourself a "creative," take heart: creativity is not limited to artistic practices only. Creativity can reach our families, communities, and the ways we build our days.
"Your growth isn't linear. Your progress isn't predictable."
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Buffy begins this week's episode by sharing a tender story about her family to illustrate the theme of ceremony, and why it matters. What can repetition, intention, and ritual add to your life? She shares stories of spa nights, frying an egg on a sidewalk, and the small, ordinary things that can bring life-giving meaning to our days.
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We are in a time of deep collective and individual pain. In this episode, Buffy encourages listeners to arrive into their bodies before taking action. This week's episode is a smattering of practices - think of it as a table of tapas - that help you facilitate conscious conversation, look for the magic, and not rush to the next thing before you've digested new information. Tune in for stories of broken cameras, boundaries, and encouragement to look for the beauty amongst the broken in your life.
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How are you curating your systems of support at this time? These trying times are the very moments your practice prepares you for: times that require bravery, resilience, and openheartedness. How can you stay connected to your creativity and practices of wholeness while maintaining balanced action in the world? Buffy's list of beauty marks at the end of the episode will lull you into a meditative state through a poetic visualization.
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Malas are cloaks, veils; things that keeps us hidden from ourselves and others. The malas illustrates ways we can reduce our own suffering, and in this episode Buffy breaks them down practically for listeners. This episode helps listeners get a little closer to the center of themselves through consideration of the ways we get in our own way.
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Buffy posits that because we have access to so much information, it's not often we encounter the feeling of longing. She tells stories of sweet treats, hot fries, baby whales, and the lily-pad nature of longing.
What form does your longing take? What information can we find within the longing? That and more when you tune into this episode.
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This episode is for listeners who tend to do more when they're in process, integration, or crisis. Buffy asks: what happens when we stop moving? What will be revealed when we find stillness? Buffy tells listeners how taking a seat is different than stagnancy by sharing stories of the Nutcracker, obituary writing, and limiting screen time in the age of technology.
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Why, so often, does it take hard loss for us to relish in the presence and beauty of what's so? In this episode, Buffy encourages listeners to examine what's big and beautiful now, right now. Tune in for stories of one final message, ear infections, and an impossibly slow stair walker. The task this week is to pull yourself into the potency of the present and relish what's in front of you.
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Buffy welcomes special guest, yoga teacher, and activist Reggie Hubbard to the podcast this week. Reggie and Buffy met through Denver Yoga, way back before the world changed. In this episode, they talk about the ways activism and yoga intersect, Reggie's exciting tenure on Capitol Hill, and where Reggie continues to find inspiration amongst challenge and difficulty.
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We don't belong everywhere or with everyone.
This is the basis of today's episode: rejection helps us get specific and clear in our lives. Buffy talks about her recent rejection practice, what we don't get to know about the times we've been rejected, and why the mainstream is overrated.
At the end of this episode, you might just believe that, when we look at it with the right gaze, rejection has the potential to be life-affirming.
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The chakras are a tool that help us visualize and understand our body as a map. In this episode, Buffy breaks down these color-coded energetic centers as a way for you to reflect the ways life sticks on and moves through you. Whether you've related to the chakra system for many years or this is your first time hearing about it, you'll leave understanding your personal map more clearly.
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Taking care of our elders - really taking care of them - is not built into our culture. This episode is an inquiry into the aging process - our own process, and the ways we tend to our loved one's aging. Buffy tells stories of sin-holding hats, the importance of asking questions, and more, all in service to the question: how do you see and uphold aging, both personally and culturally?
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You can tell when you - or someone else - have lost their center. When you're moving from a place of pain, anger, or the like, you might feel unreachable. This episode is about the experience and practice from moving from a calm, centered space deep within you, even when the world outside is crumbling. Buffy includes practical advice and stories on redeemed goddesses, concerning lumps, and Moana.
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Listeners of this podcast know that we at TTWH love a ritual. But what happens when our routines block us from seeing things in a fresh and new way? When our discipline becomes stagnant?
Buffy tells tales of boxing, a slow cup of coffee in Japan, and parking at the Gayfers. Buffy asks: what are you doing? What do you want to create, and what do you need more of? We hope these episodes bring you help, love and hope.
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Has anybody ever said something to you, while you were in a time of need, that profoundly did not help? This episode is simply a practical "how-to" guide of what not to say to a loved one when they are sharing a hurt or tender part of themselves with you.
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Let's talk about impact.
Buffy answers a listener question about an irritating habit that's followed them along a string of partners. In response, Buffy talks about impact: how it's different than intention, requires communication, and why we must teach people how to love us well.
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This episode starts with a story about two coffee-drinking’ sisters and traverses the intellectual and emotional landscape in search of the meaning of “home.” How will home help? Listen in for tips on how to access your own inner sense of belonging.
The poem Buffy reads at the end is called “Please Come Home” by Jane Hooper.
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Ghost stories ask us to remember.
Today's episode serves as the second part of last week's Ghost Stories episode. Tune in for tales of a haunted house, what the haunting catalyzed, and how to listen to what's being communicated.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).
Today's episode is dedicated to the five lives lost suddenly and tragically in a mass shooting in Denver last week. CW: gun violence & death.
Many people listening to this podcast have been and are currently being impacted by immediate tragedies, both global and local. Buffy talks about some ways we can navigate a fraught time and the painful reminders of the fragility and life.
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Hear us out: ghost stories help us get out of our own way. The ghost stories Buffy tells in this episode will have you considering the times in your own life when spirit was close enough to touch, taste, and see. How do you interact with the supernatural world and other-than-human forms? We invite you to consider the complete magic of supernatural communications, experiences, and messages.
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Today's episode is about the beauty that is found in the margins - the kind of beauty that doesn't set out to be beautiful, but is anyway. Tune in for stories of a post office stranger, golden retriever companions, and borrowed books.
There is a lot that is being asked of us individually and collectively right now. Don't forget to glance at the edges of your life this week to soak up the beauty that collects in the corners.
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“Being a steward of something is when we choose to be bigger than our own little galaxy.”
In this episode, Buffy talks about the different ingredients that make up a recipe of authentic, generous stewardship. She tells stories of a tinkering grandaddy, a heroic funeral director, and a garbage collector, all in service to the idea that stewardship is a beautiful mix of patience, presence, and a desire to leave things better than we find them.
Listen to the Daily episode about Martin Zamora here.
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Welcome to Season 6 of Things That Will Help. In the kick-off episode, Buffy talks about the crooked way: all of the ways our paths wind that perhaps isn't so straightforward. What do we miss when we spend our precious energy wishing our life path were different? She tells stories of a single-handed sailor, the Brady Bunch, and a book of mistakes, all in service to an invitation to co-create with life.
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Today's topic is a tender and much-requested and one: forgiveness. When is it time to forgive someone? What is anger's incubation period? Who is forgiveness for? Buffy dives headfirst into this topic - and, you'll be unsurprised to know that most of the answers lies within you. She tells stories about family forgiveness, forgiving your own self, and the deep inner work it takes to arrive at completion.
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How do we balance discipline and rituals with spontaneity and play? How do we arrive to a life where there is true balance? What is it that anchors you, to you?
In this episode, Buffy shares stories of three wise women, daily rituals, all in service to illuminating ways to best support you AND deepen your sense of play? This episode is for everyone - whether you’re chained to a rigid schedule OR have no daily practice to speak of.
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Today, we’re talking about joy - the deep, cellular kind. Buffy defines it, talks about ways to access it (spoiler alert: it does not require your external conditions to be a certain way), and describes the essential place it has in our lives.
Learn more about Tarana Burke and the Me Too Movement.
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“The true piece of art lives without the artist explaining it."
This episode is dedicated entirely to the potent space we leave after we set a boundary, talking point, or decision. Buffy talks about the ways over-explanation has the potential to dilute our alignment and resolve. What if instead, we trusted ourselves and our boundaries? What if we trusted other people to be in their own perfect process?
This lesson is relevant in so, so many areas of life - emails, compliments, artwork, and so much more. Tune in to consider the areas of your life where you could use some space.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).
Having watched Beyonce's "Lemonade" is not a prerequisite for listening to this episode. But, we're sure if you haven't seen it yet, you'll be running to watch it after you listen.
This is an episode about intergenerational restoration and healing and the ways we can use our pain to heal the pain of our ancestors. Buffy tells stories of infidelity, a working granny, and more.
This episode is an invitation to heal what there is to be healed, in service to both those who came before us and those who will come after.
"If we're gonna heal, let it be glorious." -Beyoncé
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Writing is alchemical. It changes us, and it changes what we write about - especially if it's a piece of our story. In this episode, Buffy tells stories of dancing love letters, mixtapes, and hand-written t-shirts as a way to support the claim that writing changes who we are and how we operate in the world.
Your homework this week: write yourself into being. (Bonus: Let us know how it goes.)
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made (www.ritualmade.com).
Deep self-belief is the bedrock of our success. And in today's episode, Buffy talks about the two parts that come together to create self-belief: the inner part and the outer part. She tells stories of storage bags, social media, and self-belief. Expect practical tips on how to take up space and cultivate confidence in presenting what you believe to the world.
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The edges of the day are cooling off. Can you feel it? The slight drop in temp is the inspiration for this week's episode, where Buffy talks about the Fall season and why it is such a potent time to implement rituals to get focused and clean house.
This week's stories include new school supplies (can you smell the fresh pencils?!), five-year lists, and treasure hunting. Buffy shares what she's up to, what she's hoping to integrate, and invites you to create your own rituals that help ease you into the turn of the season.
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Your life is composed of big and little. The whole and the sum of its parts. The splash of paint and the full composition. In this episode, Buffy explains why both are so essential. She tells stories of canceled plans, trust falls, and dreams.
This episode will help you see areas in your life where it might behoove you to zoom out, and areas where you could consider picking up your own paintbrush and tending to the details.
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Prana: you've probably heard about it in a yoga class. But, if you haven't, welcome to the well of your energy, vitality, and inner nectar.
In this episode, Buffy teases apart the idea of prana, why it might matter in your day-to-day, prana leaks, and practical ways to build it in and for yourself.
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And, we should clarify: going for your gold will help. And your gold is not the world's gold.
Buffy tells stories of a canceled engagement, Simone Biles' unexpected "Happiest Moment," and the ways ritualized practice shapes us, all in service to making moves towards our true, embodied championship.
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Buffy starts off Season 5 with something we hope is useful to you right now: hope.
Buffy shares about her experiences with depression, which she describes as a cave. She talks about how why, in the darkness of the cave, things like green juice and gratitude practices can't always touch the heart of depression. She shares stories of her father, foot massages, and Robin Williams to illuminate the secretive nature of depression and the ways hope can help us keep going.
Just keep going.
A content warning: in this episode, Buffy talks about suicide.
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If you were a library, what kind of stories would you contain?
This is the basis for today's episode, inspired by Jason Reynolds' talk "Libraries Within Us." This is an episode about creativity - how, when we lean into the mallelable nature of life, we have an opportunity to break down what we think is concrete. Who are you when you let the stories of your life fall away? Buffy talks about this and more through story and lived experience.
TTWH is taking a quick break and will be back in a few weeks. See you soon!
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William Faulkner's advice to writers?
Kill your darlings.
This week's stories include Zinnia's, young people versus the United States government, and a funeral eulogy.
What becomes available when you cut out what's dead? When you make space, what shows up? This episode is about that and more.
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You are whole and perfect.
In this episode, Buffy teases apart the idea of wholeness as a belief system and the ways wholeness does - or does not - create the foundation for our relationships. On the docket for these 30 minutes: Rilke, a date-less incubator, and a tale of two nightgowns.
This is an episode for anyone who is, has ever been, will ever be in a relationship. It’s also for those who have sworn off relationships altogether. Wholeness is a powerful foundation for a relationship and Buffy breaks it - and boundaries, and dependency - down brick by brick.
“Let it come from wholeness.”
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Buffy introduces the concept of “scurry” - like worrying, but more.It can be hard to slow down the scurry.
In this episode, she talks about trusting people to take care of themselves to lessen your scurry. Expect tales of dueling dietary preferences and Papaw's extended stay. This episode is about boundaries, stillness, and discernment all in one. We think this will be orienting and clarifying for you if you're feeling extended in different directions and beholden to people other than yourself.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Danielle Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Today's episode is about feedback - but not in a professional setting. Today, Buffy talks about feedback from a personal place. She talks about the context, set-up, and the ways feedback is most effective. Today's stories are about rainbow carpet conversations, births, and approaching feedback with curiosity.
The poem Buffy reads at the end is "The Proposal" by Mary Ann Broyles.
We hope you enjoy this practical episode and would LOVE to hear how you start applying it in your own life. Let us know how you use this (and any other things that have helped!) by emailing us at ttwhpod@gmail.com.
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You will get feedback whether you ask for it or not.
What happens when you get feedback - both solicited and unsolicited? Buffy talks about aaaaallllll of the ways we receive feedback, and gives some suggestions for how to receive it in a way that is healthy and tends to sensitivities. Next week in Part 2, giving feedback. Stay tuned!
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This episode starts with sushi and ends with woodworking.
(Trust us.)
Buffy tells stories of boot-quaking imposter syndrome, pink shorts, and going to great heights. The call is to step into your own you-ness, to get specific with things you need to conquer. You'll consider the hills you are currently climbing - are they for you, or are they a distraction? Tune in for for this weekly inquiry.
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What is the tipping point when something turns from potion to poison? From helpful to harmful? In this episode, Buffy asks you to consider where in your life you are treading that line and how to reorient to what's in alignment for your life.
This episode is about the line, ways we can find it, and how operating from this ethos can heighten your awareness of yourself and the world around you.
Buffy references Kari Kwinn - visit her site here.
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Disruption can bury or buoy us. Buffy talks about why it helps and the ways we can shape it so it becomes the fertile ground for transformation. She tells tales of profundity in the park and shares stories of disruption across the last year.
Ask yourself: what have you done with the broken pieces of the pandemic? What has changed for you? This episode will have you considering the ways you are emerging as the collective begins to emerge from the pandemic.
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On the docket this week: apologies.
Buffy tells stories about apologies: how we can hear them, how we can respond to them, and how they can close circles of healing. Buffy's advice is simple and practical and can easily be folded into your very rich, complex life.
This episode is for you if you are in the swirl of it. Internally, externally, with yourself, or with people.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Danielle Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Families require duct tape, glue, and creativity. And while it's not the entire episode, today, that's where we're going to start.
This episode helps us remember that the people who make up our family structures are who they are, ultimately, no matter how we feel about it. Buffy tells stories about the side of the interstate, pear trees, the dentist, and more.
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Let's get elemental.
This is a podcast about air, fire, water, earth, and space: the five elements. Buffy tells stories of calla lilies a night around a fire to illuminate the ways in which seeing the world through the lens of the elements can give us more access to harmony and self-awareness.
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Honey is the sweet nectar. Bones are the sacred boundaries. This episode is about how integrating them will help.
Buffy spins stories of a moving day, national treasure Dolly Parton, and how our willingness to see each other as human helps us steadily hold both the honey and the bones.
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The Lucky - aka, electrifying, spark-filled, pure magic - exists. And we don't have to be on our best behavior for it to come to us. It's not about talent, it's not about doing well, it's not about being good - it's an undercurrent that exists no matter what.
To help this story land in your body and your experience, Buffy tells stories of artists residencies, cartoon animals, and sticking hands in public toilets. If you're looking for a dose of magic in your day, seriously, do not skip this episode.
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Not over there. Not somewhere else. Not then. Here.
This episode asks you to focus entirely on the here. Can you name what you are sensing, even when the waves are crashing down with relentless rhythm?
This podcast episode is a reminder that you are in the middle of navigating something Here. What does it mean to have a "Sharp Pencil" day? What could you set down in order to arrive in just one place - Here?
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This episode is about decluttering your space and your life, and it's about so much more. Clarity is what you get when you declutter; it's what you're left with more of. And the space that's left, this is what helps.
Buffy tells stories of the Depressing Rug, "We Might Use It One Day," and midnight missions to Goodwill to illuminate the beauty of reducing your life by the box. Whether you are eager to delve into spring cleaning or the thought gives you anxiety, give this episode a listen. You might be surprised at the unconventional perks of sweeping out your life.
She references The Minimalists and Joan Didion.
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"We calm down when we are witnessed. And then we can allow ourselves to be carried."
Don't turn away from this week's episode about grief. Grief will help. If you're a longtime listener of this podcast, you know that grief is not a novel topic. In this episode, Buffy digs deeper into the devastating magic of grief; and how we can shape it into art, link it to a collective empathy, and use it to help us find our breath.
"Grief is the price of love. Loving someone means that one day there will be grieving. They will leave you or you will leave them. The more you love them more you grieve. Loving someone also means grieving with them. It means letting their pain and loss bleed into your heart. When you see that pain coming, you may want to throw up the guardrails, sound the alarm, raise the flag, but you must keep the borders of your heart porous in order to love well. It is an act of surrender when we are brave enough to sit with our pain. It deepens our ability to sit with the pain of others. it shows us how to love them." -Valarie Kaur, "See No Stranger"
Buffy references Allen Ginsburg, Valarie Kaur, and Anne Lamott. You can view Melanie Bilenker's work here, and Marcy Stagner's work here.
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Five years ago, Buffy's mother - Vivian, also known as "Vivi" - moved from Alabama to Colorado, five minutes away from Buffy and her family.
Vivi lives her wisdom, and this episode is entirely dedicated to the non-dogmatic, loving lessons she has delivered to Buffy over the years. This archive of wisdom is what mama Vivi swears by.
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Take a moment to reflect on the pockets of your life where you're taking up space, nurturing your creativity, or calling in fertility. Can you feel the audacity of it? How much boldness it takes to create something that doesn't yet exist?
This whole episode revolves around this idea - creating, even if it doesn't have a category or definition (yet.) Buffy tells tales of pink-loving little boys, Friday sheet changes, and the time required to wander before we give names to things.
Buffy references Gloria Steinem, Glennon Doyle, John Koenig, Robyn Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass), Katherine May (Wintering), and the inimitable Mary Oliver.
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Imagine this: you have a transcript of your internal dialogue, from the moment you wake up to the moment you lay your head on your pillow. What would the transcript say? What's the tone and the flavor? Would you share it with other people?
Buffy shares the translation of the Sanskrit word mantrika as "little mothers," and in this episode, she talks about all of the ways our inner talk can both take us down and bolster us up. She spins tale of cleaning cupholders, mommy-and-me swimming classes and bar crawl scratches, and ice-cold showers.
Our immunity builds strength when our inner voice is uplifting. Our stress and cortisol levels decrease when we're kinder. This isn't fluffy: it's important, and it affects our health on a cellular level! To change the hard cut patterns of negative self-talk, we have to notice when it happens. Buffy shares different ways we can notice the patterns and re-route through different practices, including mantra, acronyms, and more.
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A few weeks ago, Alex asked Buffy to do an Ask Me Anything - and she indulged! and in this special episode, Buffy answers listener questions like, "How do I set and hold boundaries? What is the importance of women leading women?" And other listener-submitted questions.
We hope you enjoy this special episode, and can't say it enough: we love hearing from you. Your feedback, your questions, your heart's deepest longings, we're here for it all. You can use this link forevermore and going forward if you have a question for a future AMA or would like to hear Buffy work your question(s) into an episode, submit them here!
Buffy's Recommendations:
Shows: The Servant, Dead to Me, Truth Be Told, and Schitt's Creek
Podcasts: The Daily (NYT), The Experiment (NYT), Unlocking Us with Brene Brown, and the Michelle Obama Podcast
Books: Wintering by Katherine May, The Gift by Lewis Hyde, The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit, The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer, The Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault, Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Poetry: Whale Day by Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, Maggie Smith, Joy Harjo, and The Book of Longings Sue Monk Kidd,
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"What sticks to me is mine, and what doesn't stick to me was never mine to begin with."
This episode is entirely devoted to the practice of letting things go without taking it personally. Clamping down on people, things, and ideas? It probably doesn't work the way you want it to. Buffy tells stories of failed party friends, people and homes changing forms, and what happens when we allow for the uninhibited flow and grace of love to appear on its own, without restriction.
What's possible when you let your life breathe? What happens when you practice releasing what is changing form, and noticing what is coming into view?
"Put your eyes on that fresh land. It wants your focus, your breath, and your time. The rest will become food for something else."
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This week's teaching of "generation" comes at the request of a student looking for ways to access more motivation in their lives. How can we break routines or create new, helpful habits? Buffy says: don't wait. Just begin. She emphasizes the amazing benefits of a daily, timed container (and if you've ever taken her class before, you know she means it).
In this episode, you'll hear stories of changed behavior around houseguests, daily dance parties, ACDC's "Thunderstruck." Buffy talks about the importance of the container and how, when we honor it, we begin to crave it. She shares her current timings that she is extremely regular with it - right now. Your personal daily timings can change because variety is healthy. This week, do your best to set one five-minute timed practice you believe would be helpful for you to ritualize daily. Then, let us know how it goes.
She references Twyla Tharp ("Skill gets imprinted through action."),
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This episode dances around the themes of concealment and revelation; forgetting and remembering. Buffy talks about the concept of "Wintering" (by Katherine May), and why a good winter leads to a robust and vital summer. Contrast can help us remember who we are.
Life has a rhythm - it doesn't stay dark and it doesn't stay light. There is usually a mixture, and when we can lean into the trust of the flux, life swings more easily.
This episode includes stories of chocolate cake for breakfast, porch-side hellos, and the imminent joy of getting to hug our people after many pandemic months. You'll leave feeling hopeful and clear in maybe what it is you're currently forgetting - or remembering.
Learn more about Katherine May and her book "Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times."
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Beauty marks make the world more real, beautiful, and alive. From a brisk cold winter day, to the perfect pen and paper, to strange four-year-old fascinations, this episode e will have you delighting in the small beautiful things in life. Don't forget - after listening, make your own list of beauty marks so you can open your eyes a little wider to what makes your ordinary world extraordinary.
Learn more about the inimitable Mississippi Vegan here.
This whole episode is dedicated to Cowboy Kyle, a Beauty Mark who left this world too soon.
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What's your why?
"Where you choose to put your focus is where your mind lives. You are the gatekeeper of your own happiness. Unlock your yes." -Tunde Oyeneyin
Have you ever considered yourself the CEO of your own life? Peloton instructor and all-around badass Tunde Oyeneyin is the inspiration for this episode, and Buffy riffs on her framework of building a personal mission statement to organize your words and actions daily. This is a practice that will widen your spiritual scope and clarify your compass' true north."I learned a long time ago, the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side." -Dr. Maya AngelouSend Buffy your mission statement and get in touch with your questions at buffymiranda@gmail.com.
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"If we don't get lost, then we can't really be found - we can't remember what it feels like to come back home if we never learn to really wander."
When was the last time you were lost? Buffy moves us through stories of getting lost, distinguishing its different varieties in a way both poetic and practical. A healthy kind of getting lost feels like a lost that creates strength and gratitude to return home. Listen for stories of Christopher McCandless, the Man on the Moon, and a dense Alabama forest.
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Welcome to Season 3 of Things That Will Help. Buffy begins this season right in the middle - in media res. She discusses the idea of the threshold, and how we are always in the middle, on our way up, or on our way down, from just about everything. What are your practices, and your sacred spaces, when you're in the middle? Can you make time, instead of waiting for the perfect time? What can you build in the middle of things?
She references Rebecca Solnit, Elena Brower, Billy Collins, and Maryann Perrone.
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Bravery does not require an absence of fear. Bravery acknowledges the fear and does it anyway.
This week's stories include tales of doctor office visits, angel cheerleaders in the form of middle school teachers, closet cheetahs and tigers, and the bravery to leave a marriage. You will leave this episode feeling enlivened, bolstered, and just maybe your flicker of bravery blooming into a full flame.
She references the inimitable Elizabeth Gilbert and Robert Fulghum.
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Have you ever felt the wide, encompassing experience of grace? If you're not sure, this episode will light up the ways grace can be lived, felt, and experienced. This grace is not a grace that drains the tank, and Buffy elucidates the exceptions that are massively important to consider in the deliverance ofo grace.
She tells tales of Elvis Presley's Memphis home, the illegal scattering of human remains, early morning peeping toms, and more.
The call is this: look at the areas of your life where you feel suspicion, distrust, and hatred. How can you be softer with people in their hurt?
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What do Freddy Mercury’s teeth, twins, and extreme introversion have in common? This week’s invitation is to consider your Truxel and polish it. (What’s a Truxel, you ask? You’ll have to listen to find out).
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This week, Buffy delivers stories of slowing down and celebration through the metaphors of Speed Bumps and Parades. Listen to tales of temper tantrums and raging inner fires, and how speed bumps can be a tool for course correction and parades a tool for recalibration. Your energy is currency, and speed bumps and parades will help you in spending and celebrating your energy in a wise and mindful way.
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We spend so much time considering how other people think of us, rather than tending to the core of who we are - rather than remembering ourselves. If you stripped away all of the personal hurts, injustices, and trauma that have covered you up, and made you self-protect over the years, what would be underneath that? What's the quality you come by most honestly?
In this episode, you’ll learn how to remember yourself - your deepest self - through stories of dancing through Alzheimer's, organ transplants and cellular memories, Little Orphan Annie, and more.
Buffy references Joy Harjo in this episode. Watch the incredible video of Marta C. González here.
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Did you know that mutts are generally healthier than purebred dogs? Buffy talks about why that makes sense, and shares stories of Anusara yoga, "guru moments," and how cherry-picking the sweet fruit from various systems can help you build your own personal system of integrity, intuition, and wisdom.
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Well… it’s election week, and even though Buffy recorded this before we knew the results, her message is simple: roll out the red carpet for your feelings. Be in their bigness, their complexity, and their fullness. Don’t skip over them. Are you celebrating this week? Feel it. Grieving? Feel it. And, no matter what, remember: we can’t abide in feeling by ourselves. Find your people, be in community, and live into the question instead of the answer.
She references Tanya Crosby in this episode.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
What do you believe in? What do you give a damn about? In this episode, Buffy talks about the high stakes moment in time we are living in, a time where neutrality and silence can have dangerous consequences. She asks you to consider what you, right now, you are hooking your hitch to. You’ll hear mosh pit metaphors, wrong-place-wrong-time stories, and a great wide call to yoke your beliefs to your on-the-ground action.🌱Find this week's playlist here.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Beauty marks are daily, sense-based, present-tense small treasures that are hopeful, happy, and good. Small lighthouses. They don’t negate anything hard, but they help one to remember the beauty amidst the difficulty. She reads the original Things That Will Help by her brother Benjamin, who was the catalyst for this podcast.
There is so much difficulty these days. No matter what you are managing in your life, Buffy encourages you to discover the “beauty marks” in your own life by sharing the simplicities of her own. Her stories will have you “mhm-ing” and “mmmm-ing” for the duration of the episode. This week, make a list of your own beauty marks.
She references “Today” ‘by Mary Oliver, Anne Lammott, and Billy Collins.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Intuition: it’s really simple, and it’s really hard. It is, like most things, a practice. The voice of our intuition is always there, but we listen selectively. Buffy weaves stories of torn ACLs, blue necklaces, and a dangerous hot springs encounter, which will have you both holding your breath and breathing more deeply afterward.
This week, get quiet enough to hear yourself. Get low enough to the ground to prioritize listening for what’s next. The thing is, we usually know what to do, but we don’t usually slow down enough to listen. Your body is likely talking to you already.
She references Doe Zantamata in this episode.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Do you ever find yourself minimizing your suffering because of how it compares to other suffering in the world, in your community, in your family? In this episode, Buffy talks about the insidious trap of comparative suffering - the way it stifles your story, makes small your grief, and in the end, really doesn’t help anybody. Listen to stories of apology, struggling creatives, and the way hidden suffering amplifies shame.
It’s possible to hold your grief while also staying present to the world’s suffering. Both don’t have to disintegrate, and both deserve proper attention. This week, feel your body, move your muscles, sweat, meditate, sleep, and unpack your suitcases of suffering with people you trust. Get clear so you can bring forth your medicine.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Between the rapid fire news cycle and the pandemic of 2020, we are square in the middle of collective resilience training. Buffy reframes the idea of resilience from “bouncing back” into a new picture of “bouncing forward.” Resilience isn’t really possible if we get too nostalgic about the way things were - we have to stick in the present tense, and to build and bounce forward from challenge and difficulty.
She invites space for the fits, the tantrums, and the grieving spaces before we bounce forward. In order practice resilience, we have to feel and acknowledge the weight of the loss and disruption. You’ll hear stories of interrupted music ritual, cow hearts, and more.
“Resilience is a newer, stronger place. It’s a repurposed place. It’s a place that is smartly designed to go with a new world or perspective that’s being offered. The world you didn't want, or expect to plan for, but the one that was handed to you anyway. We are building a new thing, and somehow, we must find the deep down trust in this process.”
Buffy references Andrew Zolli, co-author of “Resilience.”
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy extends the idea of“birth” out of the sole context of birthing a child, and into the world of birthing ideas, business, creativity, relationships, and family structures. In our creative lives, an incubation period is necessary, and how when we over-share, or share too soon, we jeopardize a vital, healthy birth. “When we let things marinate in the dark, they build blood, bone, and nutrients, just like a baby in the womb.”
Who are your midwives for your creativity? Where could you let ideas and beliefs ripen? You’ll hear stories of tomatoes, naysayers, and more.
Buffy references Valarie Kaur, Walt Whitman, and W. B. Yeats.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
This episode is entirely devoted to the book “See No Stranger” by Valarie Kaur. Valarie invites us to transition into a new, vibrant world through an embodied description of how the individual body meets the collective body, and where the two are dependent on each other. She invites us into an ethos of “revolutionary love:” a love that is electric, proactive, and leaves space for sacred rage. This book is an ask and a call to action, and it will help.Visit Valarie Kaur's website here, and learn more about the Revolutionary Love Project here. You can pick up her book anywhere books are sold (and we recommend purchasing at your local bookstore or Bookshop
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Are you tired of hauling other people’s expectations? And, are they really their expectations, or just what you think they are? The topic of shattering the myth requires deep self-inquiry, especially when it comes to deciding what’s ours and what’s not ours to haul on the next leg of the journey. Shatter the myth that you came with, you’ve been perpetuating, or what’s been perpetuated for you.
This episode references Alicia Keys, the Duplass Brothers, Glennon Doyle, and Louise L. Hay.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
In order for magic to touch down, curiosity has to be in the room. Buffy talks about curiosity from the standpoint of creative processes, and curiosity in relationships. Expect stories of vibrant art and choreography, patience, tiny discoveries, and the power of the pause.
She mentions Robyn Thayer, whose work you can find on her website or Instagram; scholars and authors Harriet Lerner and Brene Brown; the choreographer Pina Bausch; the writer Annie Dillard; and the most prolific Freddie Mercury of Queen.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Most of life exists in the gray spaces, where we are waiting for the next move to become clear, or we are recovering from the move we just made. (Or both.) When so much time is spent in the gray areas, what can we do to stay anchored to what’s real and present? Buffy riffs on this and more through stories of gardening, The Pineapple Year, and presence.
Buffy references Livia Shapiro - visit her website here, her Facebook page here, and her Instagram page here. Her book, which comes out in November, is available for pre-order here. She also reads a quote by Cynthia Bourgeault.
The closing words are by Nayyirah Waheed.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy spins stories of self-generated fires - why they matter, how they’re useful, and what's possible when the ashes settle. Expect tales of forest fires, the deep South, and grannies to support themes of growth, bravery and freedom.
In this episode, Buffy references Mizuta Masahide, Paulo Coelho, John Lewis, and Frederick Douglass.🌱 Find this week's playlist Part 1 and Part 2.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Every person has a rich story of paradox, and we don’t always get the privilege of hearing someone else’s story. Buffy tells stories of masks, the kindness of strangers, and feeling “pale at the pool,” all in service to the lesson of how empathy and building bridges can support more connection and kindness.
In this episode, Buffy references Lisa Foote. The poem she reads is "Once the World Was Perfect" by Joy Harjo.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
When you stand still as a practice, you create space for solutions, clarity, and opportunity to rise. This week’s stories include gaslighting, prophetic dreams, and sticky-sap essential oil as Buffy illuminates the invaluable role stillness plays in our lives to become clear and aligned.
In this episode, Buffy references Anne Lamott, Tere O'Connor, and Michael Singer.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
One of Buffy’s long-time teachings addresses "fairness" and leaning into the balance of our own unique gifts in partnership - both in love and like. The stories she spins includes those about contact improv classes, podcasting, snow-driving, and more.
In this episode, Buffy references Cheryl Strayed, Lauren Myracle, and Yanara Friedland.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Rituals are like sandbags that deliver a sense of safety, comfort, and wellness. They help us remember that our being alive is significant. Buffy’s stories of ritual, from supper rituals to priests’ blessings to book smelling (really!) will have you considering how you weave ceremony and tradition into your own life.
In this episode, Buffy references StarHawk, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Wind Hughes.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy weaves the theme of trust and surrender through tales of dance, social media, childhood, grief, and practice. How do you weather the dark? Where do you go in the face of fear, rage, and uncertainty? See yourself in these stories of softness and suppleness and surrender to the battleground of being human.
In this episode, Buffy references Anne Lamott and Dan Rather.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
We need conscious boundaries in our life - it’s a potent practice of deep self-care. In this episode, Buffy talks about how we can bring more consciousness into our lives through reimagining boundaries, the role of feedback, and the role our people play in this conversation. Your sense of boundary whispers its needs - and when you tend to them, the results reveal themselves in all corners of your life.
In this episode, Buffy references Cheryl Strayed and Martin Pretchel.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy speaks up about racial justice and talks about making her way uncomfortably through allyship. If you’ve been struggling with how to be an effective ally, how to have hard conversations, or how to use your platform, this episode will help.
🌱 The articles Buffy referred to are “I Need White Mamas to Come Running” by Christy Oglesby and “Stop Doing Warrior Pose If You Are Not Going to Fight” by Farnosh Family.
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy brings on her long-time friend Jada Dixon, who discusses things that will help during these rapidly changing times. Jada shares her experience as a black artist and how social and racial justice informs her work.
🌱 There are many resources to educate yourself on white supremacy, racism, and ways to become an effective ally.
- This doc serves as a resource to white people/parents to deepen anti-racism work. It includes books, videos, podcasts, and so much more. (Seriously, bookmark this page: it's got it all.)
- A comprehensive list of resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children
- How to Talk to Kids About Race: Books and Resources That Can Help
- A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice
- A White Families’ Guide For Talking About Racism
- If you have the means, giving is one of the most effective ways to participate. We suggest the following orgs:
- Black Lives Matter
- Campaign Zero
- The Black Doula Collective
- Showing up For Racial Justice (SURJ)
- Project for Immunity and Accountability
- ACLU of Colorado
- NAACP
- Black Lives Matter 5280
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🌱 Jada is an actor, director, playwright, teaching artist, facilitator, and professional certified coach based on Colorado. As an artist, Jada believes that the best art is created through respect, collaboration, a strong desire to play, and an unwavering spirit of curiosity. She strives to embody these qualities in all that she engages in. She strives to dig deep into the intersection between art and social justice as a way to facilitate change, spark conversation, challenge preconceived notions, and engage minds, spirits and the souls of others through the power of storytelling. Jada has worked as a director at Miners Alley Playhouse and Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. As an actor, she has worked at multiple venues including Stories on Stage, Aurora Fox Arts Center, Denver Center for Performing Arts, Curious Theatre Company, where she is an artistic company member, and with Local Lab Theatre, where she is an Associate Artist. Additionally, Jada is a two-time True West Award Winner and was accepted into the 2019 Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab; Models of Collaboration.
🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Jada Dixon (Guest). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
There is a season for everything, and in this episode, Buffy discusses the magic that happens when we recognize and name the season of life we are in. You have seasons where ideas and priorities live and die, where you focus on many things all at once, and times where you’re balanced and smooth. You have detailed times, and times of sweeping strokes. Times where you focus on other people, and times where you don’t. When you step into permission and acceptance of what you’re in the middle of, you cultivate a life of deep trust and presence.
She encourages a level of permission and acceptance in the exact season you are in. There are so many ways to build a good life, and you get to patch it together however it works for you.
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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy talks about legacy and what becomes available when we shed layers of old stories.
Language that bypasses the reality of how hard things can be or feel is not helpful, and it can even be destructive. But if we can allow the grief of the darker times like this to be felt, and eventually turn our language and stories towards something hopeful, the stories we tell can become ones of hope and resurrection. You are the author, and you hold the pen.
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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Leah Vogt (Guest). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
In this episode, Buffy distinguishes permission as something that doesn’t necessarily have to come from outside, and the potency of giving oneself permission. We tend to think that other people aren’t as messy as we are in their own process - and of course, that makes us feel more alone and like we’re a bigger mess. She talks about the courage required to create a deep and felt allowance of being in the mess, the process, and the muddiness of your life. Ultimately, permission is in service to a beautiful layer of sweetness and softness.
In this episode, she references Erika Randall. The poem she shares at the end is called “I Worried” by Mary Oliver.
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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy teases apart “The Ground Truth” from “The Official Truth,” and why it’s so important to get clear on our personal Ground Truth. She discusses the idea of a Whole Body Yes, how your inner circle can support and hold your truth, and how to distinguish when to share your Ground Truth and when to hold it close.
In this episode, Buffy mentions Martha Graham.
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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). The cover art was designed by Daniele Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Buffy discusses releasing the podcast in the midst of a pandemic, and how taking life - and its problems - bite by bite can be just what we need to move forward. Bite-sized pieces are one of the simplest ideas we can stand on. And, while this soul medicine of bite-sized pieces is ideologically simple, Buffy grounds the practice in a variety of stories. Plus, she discusses the birth story of Things That Will Help podcast.
In this episode, Buffy references Brene Brown and Anne Lamott.
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🌱 Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). The TTWH podcast image was created by Danielle Alling (www.ritualmade.com).
Welcome to Things That Will Help with Buffy Barfoot. TTWH is a podcast that explores what it’s like to be human. Buffy and her guests discuss how to find tools to feel clear, grounded, and happier. Each week, expect two episodes full of rich story-telling and embodied practices that bring the themes Buffy discusses to real life. These stories ahead do not negate the hard or the darkness, but rather point to the lighthouses along the way.”
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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host). Alex Lee-Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover Art by Danielle Allling (www.ritualmade.com).