Generation We: Recent Episodes
Leili Eghbal and Kerry Taylor
BRINGING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS TO COMMUNITIES with tip of the iceberg conversations about human development and well-being and providing an environment where people can come for self-care and wellness and for making connections with like-minded others.
Our fundamental belief is that nurturing individual competence and resilience is key to our collective well-being, resulting in a healthier and more self-sustaining global community.
We practice and embody the art of being human by tapping into the 3 most vital traits that every one of us possesses and that we can all cultivate and nurture: Curiosity, Compassion and Courage.
Welcome to a new season of THE Conversation. As we move into a monthly podcast format, Leili and Kerry take a moment to share what's been unfolding within Generation WE and The Alchemy Space. This episode includes a special clip from From Persia with Love, Maria's monthly live Zoom gathering, offering a glimpse into the meaningful conversations and cultural connections being cultivated within our community. We also introduce the evolution of our offerings at The Alchemy Space. Whether you're a practitioner looking for a place to host your own class, workshop, or gathering, or you're seeking a thoughtfully curated experience for your team, friends, or community, we'd love to create with you. This episode is an invitation to reconnect, explore what's new, and discover more ways to gather, learn, and grow together.
In this episode of THE Conversation, Leili and Kerry sit down with Nicole Setty—teacher, guide, and practitioner at The Alchemy Space—for a heartfelt dialogue on healing, self-love, and living in alignment. Nicole shares her personal journey, the path that brought her to the work she does today, and the many roles she currently holds within her community and practice.Together, they explore the relationship between healing ourselves and supporting the healing of others, as well as what it means to stay connected to your inner voice while navigating work, relationships, and personal growth. This conversation offers an honest look into the ongoing process of aligning with the energies and seasons unfolding in our lives.
In this episode of The Collective Thread, Leili and Kerry sit down with Kate Leist, Kellee Rich, and Kelly Rice—the women behind the Gatherwell Festival in Nevada City. Together, they explore how this partnership came to life and what it means to collaborate in a way that supports both shared vision and individual growth.They reflect on their synergistic partnership and how their collaboration has allowed each of them to thrive more fully within their own businesses. This episode offers a thoughtful look at community-driven work, creative partnership, and the power of building something meaningful together.
We’re kicking off the new year with a grounded and insightful conversation alongside Nicole Koch, one of our practitioners at The Alchemy Space. In this episode, Leili and Kerry sit down with Nicole to explore her personal journey of stabilizing her health through yoga and energetic practices that support nervous system balance.Nicole shares how her path—including advanced yoga training, Reiki, Qi Gong, breathwork, and flow state practices—has shaped the way she listens to her body and works with regulation, resilience, and attunement. This conversation offers a deeper look into how embodied practices can support healing and sustainable well-being.Nicole will also be leading a free Nervous System Attunement Workshop at The Alchemy Space—date coming soon. Tune in and stay connected for details.
In this final episode of the year, Leili and Kerry sit down for an open and reflective conversation, looking back on the moments, lessons, and growth that shaped the past year. They share personal reflections and explore the ideas, intentions, and possibilities unfolding for the year ahead—especially as they continue building and dreaming into The Alchemy Space.This episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and gently transition into what’s next. Tune in as we close out the year together, honoring where we’ve been and opening to what’s to come.
In this week’s Energetic Alchemy episode, Leili and Kerry continue the conversation from our Sacred Sunday gathering, exploring faith not as blind belief but as embodied trust—a living connection to the intelligence that moves through all things. Together, they reflect on how faith acts as a bridge between the seen and unseen, between effort and grace. Tune in for this contemplative and grounding reflection on faith as a practice of presence, surrender, and trust.
In this week’s Energetic Alchemy episode, Leili and Kerry reflect on the theme of surrender and letting go, carried forward from this past Sacred Sunday gathering at The Alchemy Space. Together, they explore what it truly means to release control, soften resistance, and trust the natural rhythm of life’s unfolding. Through conversation and reflection, they offer insight into how surrender can become a daily practice—one that opens space for clarity, peace, and deeper connection to self and spirit.
In this episode, Leili and Kerry return to the Energetic Alchemy segment—now recorded from their new home, The Alchemy Space. Each week, they’ll share a check-in from the studio, tuning into the collective themes and energies moving through their community. This week’s conversation centers on devotion—a theme carried forward from their recent Sacred Sunday class. Together, they explore what devotion looks like in practice, how it shapes our relationship to presence, and the ways it can be lived through everyday moments.
In this special episode, Leili and Kerry sit down to share the story behind their newest project—The Alchemy Space. They open up about the inspiration, vision, and purpose that brought this community hub to life, reflecting on how it weaves together their work in wellness, creativity, and collective growth.Whether you’re joining them for the first time or have been part of the journey since the beginning, this episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at where they are now and where they’re headed. Tune in for an honest and heart-filled conversation about evolution, collaboration, and creating spaces for transformation.
Are you listening defensively? Find out how to listen non-defensively and how to use this powerful tool and previously underrated superpower to help in our relationships and also help to inform our feelings about ourselves, our self-worth and self-esteem.
Shifting Educational Priorities......challenging all educators and parents to imagine what a better structure for the delivery and functioning of our educational system could look like.
Have you been feeling a little stuck, a little numb, a little disconnected or frozen in time? Join us today as we explore ways to get out of the stuckness by tuning into our organic bodily intelligence.
Do each of us have the inherent potential to experience a deep sense of self by finding our Dharma, and what role does social and emotional education play on this journey? From the Community School for Human Arts and the MAPPS Program, helping teens and young adults navigate the many complex emotional, social and career/financial challenges they face in life.
Explore how true wealth starts and ultimately ends with a healthy body and a healthy mind. Learn to a new way of understanding how our human biology works and how self-regulation, stability and the intelligence of our bodies can expand our capabilities.
Ritual is an adaptive and adjustive response to our social physical environment. What is the purpose of ritual and what are some ritualistic behaviors that can be reworked to help us address some of the more pressing global problems like poverty, climate change, and access to education.
An exploration of the potent emotion of Fear and how to channel our fears into power plus the role creativity plays in our lives, including the link between creativity and performance.
These are adventures for your mind where we create space and invite you to discover your inner world. A place where you may never have entered before. The music you hear in these podcasts are original compositions by Petra.
These are adventures for your mind where we create space and invite you to discover your inner world. A place where you may never have entered before. The music you hear in these podcasts are original compositions by Petra.
These are adventures for your mind where we create space and invite you to discover your inner world. A place where you may never have entered before. The music you hear in these podcasts are original compositions by Petra.
These are adventures for your mind where we create space and invite you to discover your inner world. A place where you may never have entered before. The music you hear in these podcasts are original compositions by Petra.
These are adventures for your mind where we create space and invite you to discover your inner world. A place where you may never have entered before. The music you hear in these podcasts are original compositions by Petra.
Today, we'll explore our decision making skills and uncover how and why we make the decisions that we do in our everyday lives. Can a single decision change the course of our lives? Do we even know when we're making decisions? What is decision making anyway and who is in charge of my life?
Today, we'll take a look at a single traumatic event from our youth and how the potent emotion of fear from that event has shaped our self-esteem and the way in which we defend ourselves.
Today, we'll explore the relationship between our bodies (which includes our mind) and the rest of our relational existence--the relational existence we have between our self and others around us, and also the earth and our environment. We'll look at how the effects of stress can create an unauthentic embodiment of the external factors that disconnect us from our Essential self and our Essence.
Today, we'll explore finding JOY in truthful expression to help achieve a self that is authentic, conscious and free.
Today, we'll look at the job market and the urgent need to reinvent and shape-shift the global workforce, reinventing labor with an infusion of personal values as well as monetary rewards or wealth.
Purpose is an ancient concept seen in religions, in poetry, in philosophy and in any practice that creates higher levels of enlightenment and peace. We learn that purpose isn't something to be found--it's something we can develop from within.