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Isaac Bowen: The Space of Aliveness
To close out this season, we’re shaking things up a bit. Writer and producer Rebekah Pahl is interviewing Isaac, and they discuss the starting point of identity, colla...
Abe Lopez: The Edge of Newness
To close out season 1, we’re doing something a little different for our final two episodes. Writer and producer Rebekah Pahl is interviewing Abe this week, and then Is...
Rebecca Fralick: Stepping Into Integrity
Rebecca Fralick is a chef and the owner of Mara’s Cafe based in Wisconsin. She’s a powerhouse business owner and is crystal clear about her values—she’s only intereste...
Jim Jacoby: Live Your Truth & Let The World Reorganize
During the first chapter of his career, Jim Jacoby built a successful, privately-owned agency pioneering user-centered design in finance, healthcare, tech, and manufac...
Ian Day: Showing Up As You Are
Today’s guest is someone who’s part of our daily life—our dear friend, and Lightward’s Wellness Advisor, Ian Day. We’ve known Ian for almost five years now and we’re s...
Thorin Decatur: Learning Is A Constant State
Today’s guest is our dear friend Thorin Decatur— who also happens to be our barber. Whether through his profession or as a present father to his kids, Thorin stays e...
Amanda Ewing: The Journey Is The Dream
Amanda Ewing is a Nashville-based luthier (violin-maker)—and is the first Black female luthier on record. She’s been apprenticing with her teacher since 2018, honing t...
Mladen Rangelov: Creating An Environment of Care
Mladen Rangelov is a product leader and team builder at Shopify, and he self-describes as a life-learner who’s energized by building environments in which teams can th...
Yumin Wong: You Learn As Long As You Live
Yumin Wong was born and raised in Singapore, then moved to the U.S. for college—and is now a staff software engineer at GitHub. She’s also the mother of a two-year old...
Christian Picciolini: Rebuilding With Universal Glue
Christian Picciolini is an award-winning television producer, public speaker, author, peace advocate, and former violent extremist. After leaving the white-supremacist...
Antonia Coffelt: In Lockstep With Serendipity
Today’s guest is the intuitive, the powerful, Antonia Coffelt. We first met Antonia in Chicago a few years ago—and the soul kindredness felt electric from the start. W...
Jedidiah Jenkins: The Devaluation of Certainty
Jedidiah Jenkins is the New York Times bestselling author of two books, "To Shake The Sleeping Self"—which chronicles his bike trip from Oregon to Patagonia, and his n...
Melissa Urban: The Cycle of Truthfulness
The truth-teller and legend Melissa Urban is here, dropping her wisdom—so buckle up. Melissa is the co-founder, CEO, and spark behind the Whole30 program. She’s a six-...
Linnea Gits: For The Love of Process
Linnea Gits is the creative director at Uusi, a design studio based on the idea that life is worth the meaningful effort, and its reward is one of discovery. Both Linn...
Deborah Ann Baker: Keeping Hope Alive
Today’s guest is our Denver neighbor, friend, and the owner of Park Hill Yoga, Deborah Baker. As an Iyengar Yoga certified instructor with 30 years of experience, Debo...
David Malki !: Craft, Taste, & The Freedom To Make What You Like
David Malki ! is the cartoonist and creator behind Wondermark, the inventively playful and poignant comic that we’ve linked below—so do yourself a huge favor and check...
Orion Pahl: What Life's Always Been Doing
Today’s guest is someone who’s very dear to us—a frequent collaborator who’s filmed the anniversary videos that we make every year. We’ve shared some beautiful moments...
Jennifer Detrich Smith: The Order of Balance
Jennifer Detrich Smith is in the business of making something beautiful. She’s both the mother of two as well as the owner of Birdseye Rule, a magical store located in...
Jake Nickell: Be An Artist
Jake Nickell is the CEO and founder of Threadless, the nexus of a diverse and expansive artist community that partners with those artists to promote and produce their ...
Agnes Igoye: The Sky's Not Even The Limit
Today’s guest is the effervescent, resilient, and powerful Agnes Igoye. Agnes is Uganda’s Deputy National Coordinator for the prevention of human trafficking and is a ...
Taryn Van Brennan: Choosing How You Want To Survive
If you follow @abelopez on Instagram, you’ve probably seen me post about my #abeminus100 journey. Four years ago, I set a goal to lose 100 pounds, and it set me on a p...
April Gustafson: Opening Doors To Better Worlds
April Gustafson is a data engineer at Spotify and is opening doors to better worlds through math and science. After working as a science teacher for both middle and hi...
Trace Le: The Tension Is A Signal I’m Doing It Right
Today we’re diving into all the feelings with our guest—the artist, writer, and singer known as Trace. Based in LA, Trace has been releasing songs since 2016 when she ...
Jing Gao: Coming Back To Self
Jing Gao is the founder and CEO of Fly By Jing, a modern Asian food brand that’s on a mission to bring diversity to the natural food space. After being featured in the...
Myeashea Alexander: Being Ready For It
Today’s guest is Creative and Science Communicator, Myeashea Alexander. Abe first met Myeashea a few years ago through his work with the Clinton Foundation and has bee...
Frances Macleod: Giving Yourself Permission
Today’s guest is an immensely talented visual artist and designer, and our friend, Frances Macleod. Both dynamic and delightful, Frances is an artist who’s continually...
Rebekah Pahl: Life Wants To Be Lived
Today’s guest is our dear friend and writer for the Lightward team, Rebekah Pahl. Rebekah typically writes these intros, but we’re taking over this week so she can get...
Rich Holton: Listening Your Way Into Self-Discovery
Today’s guest is our dear friend Rich Holton, who self-describes first and foremost as a listener. As an actor, he harnesses that ability of listening to the world aro...
Jonny Mendez & Aimée Mazzenga: Let's Make This Special
In celebration of our 25th episode, we’re trying something new this week—interviewing our first couple! We invited two of our dearest friends, Jonny Mendez and Aimée M...
Chloe Shovein: Standing In Your Magic
Chloe Shovein is a women’s health coach who thoughtfully supports her clients to operate from self-love and confidence, rather than guilt and shame. With a background ...
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