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Episode 153 Inhaling The Forests with Lady Eve
25 Dec 2025
01:21:47
Episode 153 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:01:18 Gunshae - By Lady Eve (Used by Permission)
0:07:09 Episode Opening:
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0:11:59 Interview with Lady Eve
Lady Eve is a musician, artist, and the owner of Singing Pines. Eve grew up in Atlanta and spent summers in Appalachia basking in the aroma and nurturing her deep love and appreciation of trees and the forests while playing in mountain streams. Eve is a certified forest bathing guide by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, and enjoys sharing her passion for soundscape and sensory/somatic experiences. As a Bardic Druid (with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids) and an active Zazen practitioner, she incorporates meditation and subtle awareness throughout her endeavors. Her artistic advocacy focuses on the connection between music, environment, accessibility and wellness. In 2016 she began to lead an ongoing series of soundwalks, which gives the public opportunities to experience natural surroundings through listening techniques, meditative breathing, and contemplative focus. In recent years, the soundwalk program has grown into an artist residency called the ACA Soundscape Field Station at Canaveral National Seashore, and an accessibility program for blind and partially sighted youth called Young Sound Seekers, sponsored by the National Park Service. These programs highlight the growing importance of environmental sound (soundscape) on the quality of health for all living creatures. As a musician and soundscape artist, she uses field recordings, electronic music, spoken word, and classical oboe in her compositions and collaborations. She has performed at several venues throughout North America.
1:10:12 Meiji Sunbeams by Lady Eve(Used by Permission)
Episode 152 Nurturing Our Sixth Sense with Rachael Schmidt
18 Dec 2025
01:07:31
Episode 152 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:01:02 Dark Night of the Soul by Spiral Dance (Used by Permission)
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0:04:07 Interview with Rachael Schmidt
Rachael Schmidt, author of Common Sixth Sense, is a mindfulness-based self-development coach, mentor, and educator with more than twenty years of experience helping people awaken to their fullest potential. She has worked with teenagers, Fortune 500 leaders, and everyone in between, guiding them to live more authentic and connected lives. Schmidt teaches mindfulness integration at the graduate level and is the founder of the consultancy, Common Sixth. You can learn more at www.commonsixth.com.
1:01:49 Deep Peace to You by Awenfire (Used by Permission)
Episode 143 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:00:53 Episode Opening:
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0:04:05 Interview with Lizbeth DeSa
Lizbeth is Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Practitioner, Educator, Conflict Mediator, Laughter Yoga Leader, Writer. She helps those dealing with Shame, Anxiety, and Depression. Using An IFS Approach, she has also helped individuals suffering from Complex Trauma issues and PTSD with IFS. Lizbeth believes the mind is made up of sub-personalities or "parts". Each part has unique qualities. Some parts are functional and valuable while others may behave in negative ways. However, they have positive intentions, even if that is hard to believe. Underlying the parts is a person's true essence or Self.The Self knows how to heal in order to become whole and integrated. Sing the song of Your Self. Stay tuned as Lizbeth DeSa shares the magic of Internal Family Systems Therapy.
Episode 142 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:03:38 Interview with Erica Joy Siegel
Erica is an Acupuncture Physician & Herbalist in the Jacksonville, Florida area. In practice for 20 years she assists in treating a variety of health conditions, simple to complex, acute to chronic. Utilizing several techniques and adjunct therapies to get desired outcomes. She's the only practitioner in the region doing Acunova-a protocol from Denmark using points on the hands and feet to help recover some vision and slow degenerative eye diseases. She is also unique in her offering of laser acupuncture for kids and needlephobes. She's also authored a wonderful book The Acupuncture Point Functions Charts & Workbook which she talks about in this episode Acupuncture Demystified
Episode 141 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:04:27 Interview with Angie Hawkins
Angie Hawkins is an Inner Glow Coach who transforms high-achieving, spiritual women from chasing love and approval to radiating fierce confidence so they can finally feel happy, free, and loved for who they are. She works with women who've done therapy, read the books, tried the spiritual path, but still feel like something's missing. Through deep inner work and identity transformation, she helps them break the cycle of not feeling "enough," so they can experience real love, confidence, and peace without having to change who they are.
Angie authored Running in Slippers, a raw and vulnerable memoir about finding resilience after emotional rock bottom. Angie has moved from Chicago to Hawaii on her own, jumped out of a helicopter and into the ocean Navy SEAL-style, bungee jumped, skydived, and cliff jumped, and now she's jumping in to talk with me about People Pleasing, Boundaries, and Being A Functional Adult. Stay tuned for my eye opening chat with Angie.
Episode 140 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:05:48 Interview with Dana O'Driscoll and Nate Summers
Dana O'Driscoll - Dana is the Grand Arch Druid of AODA in the US along with being a lifelong student of nature spirituality and Druidry and has been practicing for 18 years. She has authored of multiple books that focus on nature spirituality and neopagan practices through the lenses of reverence, respect, and direct action on behalf of the living earth.
Nate Summers has authored several books as well studying with a number of amazing teachers and mentors over the years. Nate's approach is a blend and mix of the lineages. Ultimately, his goal in writing, teaching, and mentoring is to help people discover their own truths and ways with the guidance and wisdom handed down through the ages and through many powerful lineages. Nate hopes to empower people in their lives, to help them discover ease, peace and confidence, and to be lit up inside with their own primal passion, vitality, and power.
Dana and Nate talk about their new book "Eco-Spirituality in the 21st Century: ReVisioning Nature, Community, and Connection for a Better Tomorrow" an incredible title for an incredible book. Eco-Spirituality offers a new vision for nature spirituality both by drawing upon ancient, ancestral connections and by visioning human-nature-spirit connections for a brighter future. The authors combine their collective skill sets in druidry, wilderness survival skills, permaculture, and more, to create this new framework for engaging in an eco-centric spiritual practice and lifestyle in the 21st century. Stay tuned for this compelling chat about Eco-Spirituality!
Episode 139 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:00:58 Episode Opening:
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0:03:40 Interview with Corie Wightlin
Corie Wightlin, an ADHD/executive functioning coach, educator, and mindfulness facilitator who gets ADHD—because she lives it. With over 25 years of experience in cognitive science, education, and coaching, she helps overwhelmed folks turn chaos into clarity using real-life strategies that actually work. Her approach is rooted in self-compassion, practical tools, and meeting clients exactly where they are.
Episode 138 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:01:08 Nwyfre and Intuition - The Listening Breath Dr. Abby Campbell (Produced by Kevin Pennell and Used By Permission)
0:03:57 Episode Opening:
The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively.
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0:07:47 Exploring Our Soul - Kevin Pennell
Kevin is a Podcast Host and Producer of Toward A Better Life. He's also a Licensed Massage Therapist, an Usui Reiki Sensei, and Continuing Education Instructor and Instructor for various self-help workshops. Kevin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spurgeon College. As a healing facilitator, he devotes his life to being a "hollow bone" or tool to bring about "Compassionate Healing".
Various cultural and ceremonial methods may be applied to his work as a facilitator for personal healing and spiritual counseling.
He employs Traditional Massage Therapy, TuiNa (a Chinese form of medical massage), Thai, Trigger Point Therapy, Acupressure, and other bodywork techniques plus Reiki, Intuition, and Empathy to promote the individual's emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Creator and Spirit Guides play vital roles in Kevin's facillitory work with others. He also applies hypnosis, journey, and guided meditation techniques for overcoming present, past, and/or past life issues in person and via Zoom
Kevin also writes, honing his love of writing through journalism. As an author, he applied his biographical and spiritual insights to complete the work Two Feathers: Spiritual Seed Planter that shares the life and spirit of Ken Two Feathers.
Episode 137 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:00: 56 Eve of A Great Discovery by Awenfire (Used By Permission)
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0:08:05 Interview with Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams is the author of The Warlock and the Ovate. The cover says it's a timeless fantasy adventure crafted for older children and adults. Set in a mythological world of ancient castles, majestic dragons, wise druids, and battle-hardened Vikings and even a magical tree where morality and corruption collide. Powerful themes of redemption, ancient wisdom, and the awakening of true purpose are also found in the pages of Victoria's The Warlock and the Ovate a world where hope prevails!
Episode 136 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:05:13 Interview with Matthieu Mehuys
Matthieu Mehuys, is an award-winning author and landscape architect on a mission to make the world a greener, healthier place. His story began on a family farm in Belgium, where, from the age of three, Matthieu was captivated by the magic of plants and the incredible transformation of a tiny seed into vibrant life. After earning a Master of Engineering in Landscape Architecture, he started what he thought was his dream job—but Matthieu quickly felt trapped in a system that didn't align with his purpose. Depressed and unfulfilled, he decided to make a bold move, quit a 9-to-5 job and set off on a global adventure to explore and work on some of the world's most stunning gardens and groundbreaking eco-projects. This journey shaped Matthieu's vision and passion, leading him to start his own business. Today, he helps clients around the world creating low-maintenance, biodiverse gardens, farms, and high-value developments. His focus is on designing spaces that work with nature to restore ecosystems, reduce maintenance, and unlock the full potential of the land
Episode 135 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:03:54 Interview with Justin Shaw
About Justin Shaw is a mystical comedian, Dr. of Divinity, and a Sourcerer passionate about empowering people to reclaim their self-worth and manifest their highest potential. Following a long battle with substance abuse, PTSD, depression and anxiety disorders, Justin, a former stand-up comedian, experienced firsthand the redeeming power of Source energy after an incredible experience he will never forget. A little bit Deepak and a little bit Tupac with a sharp comedic edge, Justin L. Shaw challenges the status quo and empowers people to wake up and live their truth with his new book Sourcery 101: 13 Rungs to a Higher Elevation of Consciousness, a new system designed for Sourcing a spiritual revolution.
Episode 134 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:04:35 Interview with Elizabeth Catherine
About Elizabeth Catherine
Elizabeth Catherine has been creating hypnotherapy sessions for healing, self love, and spiritual experiences, inspiring others to feel good, and treat each other with compassion for years. She trained with Dr. Brian Weiss an American psychiatrist, hypnotherapist, and author who specializes in past life regression. Elizabeth's Self Hypnosis for Healing Podcast is an experience based healing journey. Each episodes covers a different spiritual, or relaxation topic, covering everything from energy healing to utilizing your body chemistry to bring you to a relaxed space where you are immersed in feelings of love and compassion. The second part of the weekly episode is a self hypnosis session where you will put everything you have learned into a relaxing session.
Episode 151 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:04:07 Interview with Joanna Zhang
Joanna Zhang is the award-winning founder of The Operations Genius and creator of the world's first Fractional VA Service, a revolutionary approach to operational support that gives entrepreneurs the flexibility, accountability, and expertise they need. A sought-after global speaker, Joanna brings more than strategies, she infuses her talks with soul-aligned wisdom, sharing divine messages that inspire founders to lead from their hearts. Her unique perspective comes from her own journey of soul awakening and soul ascension, guided by her spiritual mentor, which deepened her commitment to uplifting others toward personal transformation. Her story resonates with Toward A Bette Life as a reminder that a "better life" begins with inner alignment—and ripples out to touch family, community, and the world. Please welcome Joanna Zhang to Toward A Better Life as we explore Soul Awakening and Personal Transformation
Episode 133 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:06:03 Interview with Aneta Waclaw
About Aneta Waclaw
Aneta is a transformation guide, wellness advocate, and the voice behind the powerful movement Nourished Inside Out. Once a ballet dancer and hairstylist, she took the pain of an unhealthy relationship and turned it into purpose—helping thousands of women heal, reclaim their confidence, and rebuild their lives after heartbreak.
She's the author of Blooming with Self-Love and the host of a popular podcast that dives deep into mindset, emotional wellness, and self-worth. Through her affirmations, journaling practices, and unapologetic self-care teachings, Aneta empowers her audience to break free from the patterns that no longer serve them and step boldly into the life they truly deserve.
When Aneta speaks, she speaks from experience. With heart, honesty, and hope, she reminds us all that healing isn't about going back—it's about rising up, nourishing yourself from within, and choosing yourself every single day.
Episode 132 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:04:30 Interview with Zoia
About Zoia
Zoia is a success catalyst who doesn't want people to just believe in themselves, she wants them to advocate for themselves the way she did. She doesn't tolerate weakness, but not because she judges it, rather she knows the cost of staying stagnant. Instead of talking dreams there can be results. Her work dives deeper than the usual self care to the journey of self-mastery. Zoia down't tell people what they want to hear, she tells them what's needed to effect real change. Hitting rock bottom can become unshakable power She helps people understand emotional strength. No more self-betrayal. Zoia is an author, carrying three degrees, multiple certifications in fields like Sexology, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Psychosomatics, and Neuroplasticity providing a multidimensional approach to personal growth, transformation, and empowerment and where each certification unlocks different layers of human psychology, behavior, and transformation. Zoia is not just another mindset/life coach— she's an expert in personal transformation, relationships, and brain rewiring. She is a Catalyst for Purposeful Living.
Episode 131 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:03:02 Interview with Erin Pontbriand
About Erin Pontbriand
Erin has been practicing Reiki for several years and is currently a Reiki Sensei or Reiki Master/Teacher. She is also a compassionate mental health professional with a dedicated focus on perinatal and women's wellness. Erin works with individual clients, ensuring they feel validated, empowered, and connected to a community that knows it takes a village to thrive during life's pivotal moments. She extends her expertise to providers in the perinatal and birthing fields, offering supervision and support to fellow mental health & perinatal practitioners. With her deep commitment to fostering connection and empowerment, Erin helps clients and professionals alike navigate their unique journeys with confidence.
Episode 130 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:01:58 Saint Nectans Glen - Alex Roberts (Used with Permission)
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0:09:13 Interview with Stephanie Thomas Berry
About Stephanie Thomas Berry
Stephanie Thomas Berry an accomplished artist, poet and practicing Druid from Western North Carolina. Stephanie documents the mysterious wonder-filled and other-worldly aspects of life through her captivating artwork and prose. She has three guiding principles for her work, creativity is a spiritual path, It's a path of growth and healing (which is scientifically proven, by the way). But it's also a path where we can experience the mysteries that inhabit our inner world. Creativity is relationship. She says, "My creative work is fed primarily by two relationships: my relationship with the natural world (and perhaps more specifically, the landscape where I make my home) my relationship with the dream world, that vast inner landscape we all roam about." And thirdly Creativity is Community. At its heart, creative work longs to be shared. We are social animals to the core, and creative work gives us the opportunity to share our unique inner worlds with our community. There's a deep joy that comes from that feeling of being seen so deeply, and contributing to the communal inner life
Episode 129 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:04:32 Interview with Michael McAdams
About Michael McAdams
Michael McAdams, a lifelong seeker of spiritual truth and co-author of An Angel Told Me So. This compelling book offers a collection of messages and teachings dictated directly from spirit teachers/angels. Michael's dedication to bridging the physical and spiritual realms has provided profound insights to many and established him as a trusted voice in spiritual communication. In An Angel Told Me So, Michael shares the remarkable experiences of his late mother, Wilma Jean Jones, who received messages from spirit teachers for more than 22 years. These teachings provide a roadmap for personal spiritual development, offering actionable steps to recognize and interpret messages from beyond. Michael's insights empowers many to explore spiritual potential and find comfort in understanding life beyond this physical plane. Michael's work has touched countless readers, providing comfort and clarity in understanding life beyond the physical plane. His appearances have drawn interest from spiritual seekers and skeptics alike, as he invites everyone into a dialogue that balances faith, reason and personal discovery.
Episode 128 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:04:41 Interview with Amy Friesen
About Amy Friesen
Amy Friesen assists with answers and recommendations that can be fruitful for all concerned. Amy is a renowned expert in senior care with over 20 years of experience, helping families navigate the complex maze of eldercare decisions. As the founder of Tea & Toast, Amy has dedicated her career to simplifying senior-living options and providing personalized, compassionate guidance. Her deep understanding of the emotional, financial, and logistical challenges faced by caregivers makes her insights invaluable for those struggling to care for their loved ones. Amy's innovative approaches to aging in place and caregiver burnout prevention have made her a sought-after speaker and media guest. She is a wealth of information shared from a place of true compassion.
Episode 127 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:01:15 Silverbird - Denise London (Used By Permission)
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0:06:44 Interview with Andrew Matthews
About Andrew Matthews
Today we're talking to Australian author and international speaker, Andrew Matthews. Andrew's books, including BEING HAPPY!, FOLLOW YOUR HEART and BOUNCING BACK speak to happiness, resilience, gratitude, and so much! He has sold over 8 million copies in 48 languages and has presented to over 1000 corporations on 5 continents! Andrew is popular with CEOs and surgeons, with teenagers and even prisoners. Andrew's latest book is BOUNCING BACK! - How we rebound from disaster and disappointment. It is now available on amazon in hardcopy, eBook and Audible. Andrew is an accomplished artist and his 12 books are lavishly illustrated with his own cartoons. Andrew has done over 5,000 media interviews on 5 continents. Andrew lives in Queensland, Australia, with his wife and publisher, Julie.
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0:03:55 Interview with Chris Lippincott
About Chris Lippincott
Chris is an international psychic medium, spiritual teacher, bestselling author, and the host of the Spirits Beside Us podcast. Chris is my guest on this episode of Toward A Better Life. Through his evidential readings and unique insights from spirit, Chris has transformed lives by providing comfort, healing, and the profound reassurance that our loved ones in spirit remain close and continue to care for us. His mission is to elevate the spiritual awareness of humanity by sharing spirit's healing messages through his mediumship, teachings, books, and frequent podcast appearances. As a trance medium, Chris channels messages of love and healing from his spirit guides, offering listeners a direct link to spirit's wisdom. Chris also teaches the fundamentals of mediumship, guiding those on their spiritual journey toward a deeper understanding of spirit and the afterlife.
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0:10:45 Interview with Adrienne Piggott
About Adrienne Piggott and Spiral Dance
Many of you have heard Spiral Dance songs featured on past episodes of the show. A visit to their website will share that Spiral Dance is As powerful as any equinox and as magical as any inspired ritual, Spiral Dance offers up rich vocals, delicate melodies and rousing jams all invoking the pagan world at the dawning of its rebirth. Spiral Dance plays high energy pagan folk rock that combines an eclectic blend of powerful self-penned songs and tunes. Spiral Dance are the song catchers of Magick, myth and legend. The band was formed in 1992 as a project to explore some of the more mystical elements in life and has drawn its energy from the song-writing and vocal skills of Adrienne Piggott. Adrienne's haunting lyrics and Paul's innovative accordion tunes are carefully arranged to blend acoustic folk- rock with lush Celtic harmony, creating an almost tangible musical aura that envelopes the audience.
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0:08:34 Interview with Dr. Larisa A White
About Dr. White
Larisa writes to celebrate nature, advocate ecological stewardship, and to explore the ways in which people relate - or fail to relate - across nations and cultures, landscapes and species. She has won international awards for her poetry and screenwriting, and enjoys writing rich stories with compelling characters, grounded in the living world. Larisa's past projects have ranged from award-winning screenplays for animated films (Bee Mine / Logline: Bee meets girl.) to acclaimed academic studies (World Druidry / exploring how modern Druids relate to their local landscapes). At present, she is developing the modern eco-myth trilogy, Tales of the Primordial Mountain.
Episode 150 Druidic Perspectives of The 4 Elements with Kevin Pennell
04 Dec 2025
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Episode 150 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:05:19 Druidic Perspectives of The 4 Elements with Kevin Pennell
Kevin Pennell is the Podcast Host and Producer of Toward A Better Life a Licensed Massage Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Shamanic Practitioner, and a Bardic member of the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids. He's also an Usui Reiki Master, and Instructor for various self-help and continuing education workshops with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spurgeon College. As a healing facilitator, he devotes his life to being a "hollow bone" or tool to bring about "Compassionate Healing". Kevin also writes, honing his love of writing through journalism. As an author, he applied his biographical and spiritual insights to complete the work Two Feathers: Spiritual Seed Planter that shares the life and spirit of Ken Two Feathers.
0:19:35 Guided Meditation to Deepen A Connection to the 4 Elements
Episode 123 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:00:49 Forests - Willowolf - (Used By Permission)
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0:07:55 Interview with Michael Wilson
About Michael Wilson
Michael is a psychotherapist with an extensive background in psychotherapy, and Transpersonal Psychology (or Spiritual Psychology). He has written excellent books on psychology. Michael is a long term membef of OBOD (The Order of Bards Ovates and Druids) He also recently published a phenomenal book, Portals Into Deep Imagination, Celtic Mythology, Nature's Year, and the Quest for Soul.
0:34:10 The Dragon Lines - Willowolf - (Used By Permission)
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1:02:04 I'll Be With You - Willowolf - (Used By Permission)
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0:05:08 Interview with Katie Turner
Katie Turner
Katie is a Registered Psychologist, speaker and the founder of Katie Turner Psychology Inc. and the author of F*ck Toxic Spirituality: Avoiding Red Flags and Navigating the Spiritual Path with Integrity. Katie believes in a holistic approach to healing. She has studied a wide range of Western psychological approaches and Eastern healing techniques. Katie is passionate about helping her clients to heal the past, find more peace in the present and to create their best possible future. Her mission is to bring together the science of psychology to the practice of spirituality. She offers consultation services, sessions, workshops and resources for organizations and modern-day spiritual seekers. She lives in Calgary, Alberta Canada with her daughter and rescue dog. When she is not holding space in her practice or working on her latest project you can find her exploring the Rocky mountains or on her yoga mat. You can take her FREE Quiz to Discover your Dominant Intuitive Superpower at at: katieturnerpsychology.com
Episode 121 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:03:35 Interview with John Diggs
John is a Mappineering Mentor and the creator of the I AM Mind Map System, a transformative approach to personal development that combines mind mapping with powerful self-discovery techniques. John Diggs is dedicated to helping people live and love their best lives by using their own unique blueprint for health, wealth, success and happiness. Through the power of Mappineering, John has guided individuals, from students and athletes to parents and professionals, in gaining clarity, building resilience, and achieving extraordinary results.
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0:06:23 Interview with Alex Roberts
John is a Mappineering Mentor and the creator of the I AM Mind Map System, a transformative approach to personal development that combines mind mapping with powerful self-discovery techniques. John Diggs is dedicated to helping people live and love their best lives by using their own unique blueprint for health, wealth, success and happiness. Through the power of Mappineering, John has guided individuals, from students and athletes to parents and professionals, in gaining clarity, building resilience, and achieving extraordinary results.
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Episode 119 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:04:13 Interview with Octavia Randolph
Octavia Randolph
Octavia authors The Circle of Ceridwen Saga, a book series set in 9th century England, Denmark, and the Baltic island of Gotland, where she lives. A life-long fascination with the making of England, along with the material artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age, has ever guided her work: the hand-carved combs, skillfully wrought swords, and gemmed goblets of the world of the Saga. The path of her interests has led to extensive on-site research in England, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, and Gotland. She is a frequent speaker at both international literary festivals and museums, and has been the recipient of Artistic Fellowships at the Ingmar Bergman Estate, Fårö, Sweden; MacDowell; Ledig House International; and Byrdcliffe.
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Episode 118 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:03:40 Interview Susan Hensley
Susan Hensley
As an executive in HR navigating the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic, Susan found herself overwhelmed, seeking a way to decompress. Despite years of professional success, she realized she was missing a creative outlet—a hobby that would bring color back into her life. That's when Susan discovered art journaling, a practice that not only sparked creativity but also provided a profound tool for navigating life transitions. Art journaling became a lifeline during a time of immense stress. Through its playful, childlike nature, she reconnected with the joy and curiosity that often gets buried beneath adulthood's complexities. I realized art journaling wasn't just a fun distraction, but a way to process emotions and make sense of life's chaos.
Susan's Book, Art for Your Sanity, offers readers a roadmap to rediscover the joy, resilience, and clarity often lost with age—inviting them to embrace their inner artist in the face of life's transitions.
Episode 117 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
0:04:31 Interview Heath, Mac, & Kyle from The Fellowship of Northern Traditions
Fellowship Of Northern Traditions
Fellowship of Northern Traditions, a religious non-profit organization, that dedicates itself to promoting Northern spirituality in the modern world. They hold seasonal weekend-long gatherings across the United States and beyond. FONT is a community that promotes deeper connections to our natural world. That's one part, the other is how a small group of dedicated people from FONT came to together to help rebuild a community devastated by a natural disaster. They have done and continue to do this even now as I am sharing their story. They are living this life, not just talking about it. The Fellowship of Northern Traditions exemplifies a true sense of community as they bring hope and caring to a community.
Episode 116 of Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
Dr Mary has over 25+ years of experience as a self-employed business woman and consultant … AND 15 years ago, she experienced burnout firsthand and crashed hard! At the time, she didn't have the necessary tools or resources to navigate the difficult period in her life, so she panicked and ran away to the other side of the world. Now, she is wholeheartedly committed to supporting those who want to transform the way they show up in this world and experience thriving health, happiness, and purpose, utilizing the tools of energy medicine, spiritual embodiment, and meditation.
Dr. Mary is the host of the internationally acclaimed podcast Energy Medicine where she talks about all things that align the mind, body and spirit.
Dr. Mary earned her doctorate in Chiropractic from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis, MO. She completed her Certificate in Positive Psychology from the Wholebeing Institute. In addition, she completed her Masters in Intuition Medicine® from the Academy of Intuition Medicine® in Sausalito, CA.
Episode 115 - Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
Penny has been practicing and living the life of Druidry for many years. She's been involved with the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids equally as long through teaching, organizing events for OBOD's early camps, offering weekend workshops internationally and coordinated events such as the prestigious Mount Haemus Awards. Penny currently co-facilitates the OBOD Inner Visualisation and Ritual Workshops, runs a Grove on the Somerset levels and has devised ceremonies and talks for groups. As an author, she has written several books including The Path Of Druidry: Walking The Ancient Green Way and her latest How to stop the rain: Conversational Magic with the Cosmos. Penny also offers regular insights into the life of Druidry online.
0:53:45 "Something Beautiful" Damh The Bard (Used with Permission)
Episode 114 - Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
A behavioural scientist on a mission to help people get unstuck from the status quo and make better decisions that move them toward a more fulfilling life. As an author, trainer, and motivational speaker, Dan works with teams and individuals who want to overcome burnout, rediscover their passion and purpose, and generally re-engage with life and work.
Crazy Journey of Motherhood with Cindy Caprio Woulfe
27 Nov 2025
00:59:42
Episode 149 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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0:10:09 Interview with Cindy Caprio Woulfe
Cindy Caprio Woulfe is a full time mother, certified meditation teacher and wellness advocate residing in Connecticut with her husband and two sons. A University of Colorado at Boulder graduate in Communication and an Institute of Integrative Nutrition alumna, she balances motherhood with her passion for mindfulness practices. A regular contributor to Fairfield County Mom, she offers compassionate guidance for mothers seeking balance amid life's overwhelming moments. Her first book, In the Weeds: A Guide to Saving Your Own Soul on This Crazy Journey Called Motherhood, is available for purchase.
Episode 113 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell.
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
Philip has been involved in Druidry is almost an understatement. He's a prolific author, teacher with a career in psychology and psychotherapy. With all that and much more he was the Archdruid of OBOD for decades. He says, he's retired now and busier than ever as he continues to write and share the magic of life. He even has a podcast titled This Magical Life. As the Spring Equinox ushers in this change of seasons let's consider how natural magic permeates this time with Philip Carr-Gomm as we chat about The Magic of Life.
0:52:46 Blue Sky - w/Stephen from Willowolf (Used with Permission)
Episode 112 Toward a Better Life with Kevin Pennell.
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
Manda was once a veterinary surgeon and is now a novelist, smallholder, contemporary shamanic trainer and host of the international chart-topping Accidental Gods podcast. Best known for the Boudica: Dreaming Series, she's been shortlisted for the Orange Prize, the Edgar and the Saltire Award, and won the McIlvanney Prize. With her wife, Faith Tilleray, she is co-creator of the Thrutopia Masterclass. Her new novel, Any Human Power is a Thrutopian political thriller woven through with Boudica-style dreaming: a new mythos for a new reality.
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
An artist and writer, recognized for his ability to articulate the intersections between physical and nonphysical worlds. Residing in Los Angeles, California, Stephen shares his insights into the questions of where we come from and go from here as the first step to discovering our wholeness and ourselves at deeper levels... We're talking about Brighter Realms in this episode of Toward A Better Life.
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Ancestral Healing and Becoming A Hollow Bone in April 25-27, 2025
Peter is a seasoned business and life coach whose book, "Rethinking Happiness," delves into the complexities of happiness and offers a refreshing perspective on how individuals can achieve it on their own terms. His approach aligns with the goals to go beyond superficial checklists and embrace deeper, more meaningful changes that foster genuine mental health and wellbeing.
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0:08:38 Interview with Jenn Johnson
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This is a magical episode! I welcome Jenn Johnson a Registered Nurse from Canada who uses her intuition regularly. She shares how intuiton can be so helpful in her profession as a nurse in the ER. She has written several books including "Nursing Intuition: How to trust Your Gut, Save Your Sanity". Jenn teaches practical nursing skills utilizing her intuitve skills. Jenn also has a magical side as what she likes to call her path as a Pagan Kitchen Witch. Settle back and enjoy my chat with Jenn. You're gonna love it!
Episode 108 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
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This episode examines Regenerative Medicine, though often seen as modern breakthrough medicine, yet it's been around much longer than you think. Dr. Jeffrey Gross has been working for years on this cutting edge medicine which includes specific orthopedic concerns for the neck, back, shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee to name a few along with Anti-Aging, and Longevity.
0:09:26 - Dr. Jeffrey Gross Interview
Dr Jeffrey Gross
Regenerative stem cell medicine and anti-aging specialist.
Spine fellowship trained neurological surgeon.
Author of book chapters and medical research cited over 1000 times.
Treats athletic injuries of the hip, knee, shoulders, spine, and more.
Conservative specialist offering precision medical, longevity, and biohacking consultations to reduce disease and improve health-span.
Undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from U.C. Berkeley Medical degree of the GeorgeWashington University School of Medicine
International award-winning speaker at Biohacking and Stem Cell conferences.
Episode 107 Toward a Better Life with Kevin Pennell
0:00:06 - Episode Opening
The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively.
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0:01:50 Interview with Marc Scheff
Marc Scheff
Certified Coach
Award-winning artist
Transformation Connoisseur
Synopsis:
Dedicated to guiding people particularly creative people on a profound inner journey. With his guidance, individuals break through barriers, transcending self-limiting beliefs to unlock the full spectrum of their capabilities. Marc's transformative coaching goes beyond the visual arts, resonating with a diverse array of creative minds, empowering them to architect their own narrative and flourish in their professional endeavors. Listen up to learn about Uncovering The Layers to Navigate Change on this episode of Toward A Better Life.
Episode 106 Toward a Better Life - Kevin Pennell Host
0:00:06 Opening Remarks
Features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on how to generate a Better Life individually and collectively.
0:00:44 Poetry Submission
Imbolc by Dave MoonOak Read and Produced by Kevin Pennell
Submissions:
Send prose, music, poetry, or storytelling to kevin@towardabetterlife.com. Audio - Send as an MP3 file.
0:03:42 Interview wth Arlene Miller
Interview Synopsis:
Arlene Miller
Work-Life Balance Coach
Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation,
Arlene brings a wealth of training and experience to help you on your journey. She guides you to compassionately and wholeheartedly lead yourself and create the life that works and feels right for you, a life where you experience less stress and more patience, kindness, and peace; a life where you experience more contentment and joy. Join Arlene Miller and I as we discuss Natural Life Transformation on Toward A Better Life.
Episode 105 Our Sacred Connection to the Natural World
23 Jan 2025
01:09:27
Episode 105 Toward A Better Life - Kevin Pennell Host
0:00:05 Damh the Bard - "Wolf In The Corn" - Raise The Flag of Green Album
0:05:00 - Episode Opening
Podcast Description:
Toward a Better Life podcast features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively.
Tahverlee Anglen, Author, High Priestess, and Temple Keeper of Moon Temple Mystery School.
Music Provided by:
Damh the Bard
Spiral Dance.
0:06:54 Interview With Tahverlee Anglen
Synopsis:
Tahverlee is the heart and High Priestess of the Moon Temple Mystery School, guiding seekers through the mystical landscapes of self-discovery, witchcraft, empowerment, and spiritual awakening. Rooted in ancient wisdom and aligned with the wild, she bridges the mundane and the magical, empowering others to embrace their full power and sovereignty. In this interview, we're talking about Our Sacred Connection to the Natural World.
1:01:00 Closing Remarks
1:03:16 Spiral Dance - "Spirit of The Green" - Thirteen Notes Album
Episode 104 of Toward A Better Life Kevin Pennell - Host
0:00:00 Open
About Toward a Better Life
Podcast:
Features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively.
Submissions:
You may share your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling on the show just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file.
This Episode's Guest Is Jenn Johnson
Been an ER nurse 16 years
She's written several books that support nurses regardless if they are veteran nurses or just beginning their career.
0:01:52 - Jenn Johnson Interview
Synopsis
Learned more about intuition after listening to what her body was telling her. After years of nursing in the ER, she started feeling about what was going on with her patients before tests would clearly show the diagnosis. In this episode, Jenn shares some of the science behind intuition and how she started relying on her own experiences when caring for patients.
Episode 148 Ageless Art of Storytelling with Eimear Burke
20 Nov 2025
01:05:46
Episode 148 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell
0:00:00 Episode Preview
0:01:26 Episode Opening:
The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively.
Submissions:
Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file.
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AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care.
Free Discovery Call
By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call.
0:06:22 Interview with Eimear Burke
Eimear Burke -is the Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) who lives in Kilkenny, Ireland. Eimear is a retired Counselling Psychologist and her interests in Druidry and psychology have led her to act as a Celebrant, helping people to design and enact meaningful rites of passage. She is licensed to perform legal weddings in the Republic of Ireland and can also offer non legal ceremonies. Eimear has a deep love of the ancient Irish tales and has a passion for storytelling. She brings the old tales to new audiences, and - while remaining faithful to the stories - often examines them from new perspectives, so that listeners experience them as fresh and relevant. She particularly enjoys showing people the sacred sites of Ireland and telling the ancient tales right where they happened. Eimear is also a Priestess dedicated to Danú in the Fellowship of Isis. She is an Arch Druidess in the Druid Clan of Dana and a member of the Noble Order of Tara.'
Episode 103 of Toward A Better Life - - Kevin Pennell-Host
0:00:09 Spiral Dance - To Dream A Raven
0:05:36 Episode Opening
Spiral Dance - To Dream A Raven From their new double album Thirteen Notes
Available through their website spiraldance.com.au/thirteennotes.
Toward a Better Life podcast features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Y
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Episode Guest Sal Holden
About Sal
Kinesiologist
Intuitive Life Coach
Speaker
Amazon Best Selling Author ("Thrive" and "A Joyful Life")
Sal's Goals
She's from Austrailia where she has personally empowered thousands of women internationally for the last 14 years, overcoming burnout, reclaiming their health, energy and joy and helping them create a life they love.
Dedicated her life to empowering people all over the world to successfully live a life of liberty, aligned with their dreams through effective meditative recordings and online courses.
0:01:43 Interview
Join Victoria Gallagher and I as we talk a bit about Manifesting Your Dreams Toward A Better Life.
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This Episode's Guest Interview JJ Flizanes
JJ helps all sorts of people toward their path of empowerment.
An Empowerment Strategist and the creator of the Empowering Minds Network.
Works with conscious, spiritual truth seekers remove emotional blocks to success.
Helps people identify sabotaging patterns and transmute struggle into joy.
Through a series of clarifying exercises, curates personalized roadmap to emotional healing.