The Love Your Life Project: Recent Episodes
Ana
A gentle guide to living a whole hearted, meaningful life, using a variety of stories and poems as inspiration.
Ana shares selections from Andrea Gibson's inspiring poems, life, and legacy. Andrea recently passed, aged 49, from ovarian cancer.
In this episode, Ana shares some of the wisdom and heart of the underrated Irish mystic, shaman, and visionary, John Moriarty.
In this episode, Ana catches up on recent events in her life and offers a variety of poems to soothe the soul and nervous system during this time of upheaval.
Ana discusses the life and work of Edna O'Brien, a writer who caused a scandal in 1960's Ireland with her debut novel, The Country Girlls, and her pioneering exposé of women's previously hidden sexual lives.
Ana muses on the value of friendship and shares some poems on love and friends for inspiration.
Ana shares how challenging life experiences stretched her in meaningful and ultimately helpful ways.
Ana explores the twin poles of joy and sorrow in this world, and in her life, and the exquisite beauty that arises when these extremes are held in love.
Ana muses on endings and fresh starts, sharing a variety of poems to inspire the conversation.
Ana shares more varieties of potential teachings in life through her personal experience, while also offering related wisdom, poems and inspirations.
Ana shares about the multiplicity of teachers and teachings in daily life, if we are open to receive them.
Ana explores our primary motivations of living from either love or fear, and shares related poems as well as offering questions for you to ponder.
In this episode, Ana shares about an illness that precipitated a deep dive into physical challenges and the resultant exploration of disidentification from the human form.
Ana explores the ways we can offer compassion to ourselves and shares selected poems on the subject for inspiration.
Ana explores the meaning of compassion in our daily lives, and offers many examples as inspiration.
Ana shares a gentle guided meditation, inviting us back to the Heart, to our true home.
In this episode, Ana offers an invitation to relish each moment, in the awareness that at any second, it could be our last moment. She suggests treating each potential last time as if it were the first, by meeting it fresh and consciously.
In this episode, Ana muses on the variety of identities we assume in a lifetime, and the eventual possibility of relinquishing those decriptors of the small self on the journey towards remembering our true nature.
In this episode, Ana shares the fruits of her journey over the past half year of healing on many levels in the wake of a serious fall last November.
Ana catches up on the past six months of recovery following an accident that immobilized her physically while also mobilizing her into a deeper relationship with herself.
On the one year anniversary of the podcast's launch, Ana offers her 50th episode as a special gift: a gentle guided meditation inviting you to come Home.
Ana muses on the uses and benefits of allowing anger to be felt, and offers some related poems and wisdom from a variety of sources.
Ana muses on what forgiveness entails and offers some ways to approach it, as well as weaving in related poems.
Ana shares some of her ancestral history and muses on the vital role and gift of our ancestral inheritance and our place in it.
Ana shares the ups, downs and in betweens of her the first week of her recent travels, and eventually bringing love to all of it.
A guided meditation in which Ana explores some of the names of God, which is to say Love.
This week, Ana shares a gentle guided meditation that support greater inner peace and harmony.
Ana invites you towards gentleness for yourself and others during the many global and personal changes that are unfolding. She shares about a recent wildfire in her area whose ravages haven't deterred the resilience of that community, and how softness can be a welcome and needed balm.
In this episode, Ana muses on the wonders, unpredictability and mysteries of how memory operates.
Ana explores the power of attention and how where we place it can have an immense impact on our quality of life.
Ana shares some of the intimate love poems that blossomed along the path of her spiritual journey, and includes some tales of what inspired them.
In this episode, Ana muses on what constitutes "sanity" or "normality" in our world, and by contrast, "insanity." She shares some heartfelt tales from a deep friendship in her earlier life as a point of departure.
Ana offers a deep, intimate meditation which explores how Love lives and breathes through us, whether we are conscious of it or not.
Ana shares some of her favorite newly discovered poems, as potential inspirations to help guide us in life.
Ana offers some inspiration on kindness: the gift that keeps on giving. Poems and quotes interwoven throughout.
In this episode, Ana muses on the presence of miracles, both large and small, in her life and in the world. She intersperses her talk with related quotes and poems.
In this episode, Ana discusses the difficult history of the fate of pregnant women in Ireland. Please note there is highly sensitive material included here, as well as relevant poems and potentially hopeful takeaways for the listener.
In this episode, Ana shares addresses the highly charged topic of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade. Please be aware that sensitive details will be discussed and explored.
Ana shares suggestions to help us befriend the "enemy" within, that is, to find inner peace. She discusses recent research on human behavior and various related poems and quotes.
Ana shares a pivotable relationship that comprised a significant part of her spiritual healing.
Ana continues sharing her winding, circuitous journey towards self love. Poems included.
Ana shares some recent experiences of the joy and gratitude that can be found in the face of changing fortunes.
Ana offers some of the early punctuation points on the winding path she traveled back Home to the Heart of True Love.
Ana muses on the various uncertainties that life offers each of us and the potential within the mystery.
In this episode, Ana explores the potential for finding joy in life's challenges. As usual, several inspiring poems are threaded through.
Ana shares about the wake up call she received which prompted her to be more present to the moment. She weaves in a variety of related quotes and poems as well.
Using a powerful poem as inspiration for this meditation, Ana gently guides you through the journey of your life and invites you to investigate ways that you hold the challenges of daily life.
The poems is "How to Hold the Heavy Weight of Now" by Dana Levin.
Ana discusses the unlikely connection between pain and joy and weaves in some related poems.
In this episode, Ana addresses the significant role of poetry in Ireland through time. She weaves in a selection of related poems for your enjoyment.
Ana shares an extended meditation on the power of Love, for both self and others, and focuses especially on the situation in Ukraine.
Ana brings her exploration of Self Love to a conclusion in this fourth episode of the series. She intersperses related poems and quotes also.
Ana shares more of the journey towards Self Love, with specially selected poems and quotes threaded through.
Ana shares about the movement from personal love to the unconditional love that is our birthright and our true belonging. Poems and quotes are threaded through as inspiration.
On the cusp of Valentine's Day, Ana explores the journey from love of other to love of self, and its many punctuation points along the path. She threads through some inspiring quotes and poems as she goes.
Ana explores how certain memories endure and remain alive long after they have formed and she shares some favorites of her own too.
Ana discusses the potential benefits of embracing the unknown. As usual, she offers some related poems for inspiration.
Ana shares another assortment of her favorite love poems, and this time includes a couple of her own.
Following the previous episode, which was a guided meditation on the turning of the year, this session addresses the more practical aspects of beginning again and what that might entail. As usual, several poems are woven in. Enjoy!
Sit back, relax, and receive this gentle meditation guiding you into heightened intimacy with your own heart and through reflections on what the past year, and into 2022.
Ana shares about her journey from being a fatalist to learning a deeper trust in the workings of life. As usual, she adds some juicy poems for extra flavor.
A na shares about the challenges and potential freedom that can unfold in relinquishing what no longer serves us. Related inspiring poems are stranded through this episode.
Using poems and personal histories, Ana muses on the extraordinary role of Mother in our world.
In this episode, Ana muses on the paternal role and how it plays out in various situations and circumstances. As usual, she offers a selection of poems related to the complex role of Father in our world.
Ana shares some of her own experience with facing and transforming fear, weaving in her usual selection of poems that address this in various ways.
Ana reads a selection of her favorite love poems, punctuated by related stories. The poem cover a vast range of moods and tones, maybe something for everyone.