The Foothills Deeper Pod

Creative Flow Is For Everyone

This special 20-minute episode features an interview with Foothills Unitarian member and creative Steve Sedam all about embracing play and creativity and how inspiration finds us.
 
View Steve's Flower Ceremony illustration: https://youtu.be/Mz8ad_9vbhQ

State of LGBT+ Rights: What’s happening and why you should pay close attention

In this special episode of The Foothills Deeper Pod, we bring you an important update on the state of trans, queer, and non-binary rights, both nationally and within our local community. Reverends Sean Neil-Barron and Gretchen Haley, two influential voices advocating for equality and social justice, discuss what's happening at the policy and the personal level and why it should matter to us all. From the potential reverberating effects on our public education system to government institutions to far-reaching social programs, Rev. Sean and Gretchen dive into why we all need to pay attention to what's happening with LGBT+ rights now, regardless of where we live.

Spring meditation for hope

Rev. Elaine guides us in meditation for spring, moving towards light, and hope.

Cringy Confessions and Guilty Pleasures

Welcome to our new series Time Well Wasted. Together, we're exploring those things that help you feel alive, connected, and filled with joy – and yet have no real purpose other than that! Together, let’s lean into those things that take us entirely out of the producing mode and into fun mode. Let’s remember that our worth has nothing to do with our work.
 
In this episode, Rev. Gretchen will help us dive into those things that bring us so much joy but also make us feel shame when we share them with others. What's that about? And how can we release our guilt and shame and lean into our joy? 

Catching Vision

Where does powerful and healing change begin? With a ten-point plan? Or in the sheer force of our individual will? The changes that rock our world the most often begin in a perhaps surprising realm: the imagination. Though it may be tempting to write off dreaming as naive or superfluous, our willingness to dream is critical if we are going to shape our world and our lives for the better. In this episode, we explore techniques for catching an inspiring vision. 

Finding Your Way Through When Everything Hurts

We welcome special guest Kathleen Rude, author and senior facilitator of the Work That Reconnects (a group process that fosters resilience).
Kathleen guides us in accessing our resilience and inner strength, shifting our overwhelm, fear, outrage, and grief in these challenging times into compassionate presence and inspired action. Even though we may feel that we don’t have enough or aren’t capable enough to make a difference in our troubled world, our “not enoughness” can be just enough to bring about change.

How to Rebuild Hope: Where to begin in challenging times

For week two of our Active Hope series, Rev. Sean takes us to our starting place. In the face of challenges and dreams that seem impossible, where do we begin?

How can we see no stranger?

This is the first episode of our active hope series, where we're exploring the work of environmental activist, author, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy.
To kick things off, we're drawing on the story of Easter, Trans Day of Remembrance, and the recent expulsion of Tennesee state legislators to examine how we might move our society towards a pivotal moment of transformation by truly recognizing all our fellow humans as kin.