Circle This
by Good Mess Media
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About this podcast
CIRCLE THIS, The Anti-Small Talk Podcast.
Deep, playful, and intimate conversations shedding light on how to create magic and meaning in our everyday lives. Andrea Bendewald invites her circle of friends which include innovators, authors, entrepreneurs, healers, and artists, to share their stories and practices for building and nurturing authentic relationships. These discussions, like circles, are an antidote to the loneliness epidemic, providing tangible evidence of our shared humanity, and guidance for cultivating deeper connections.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and being a part of our expanding circle.
Circle This is executive produced by Andrea Bendewald, and Emily Kratter. Edited, produced and distributed by Tracey Thomas and Good Mess media
Photography by Cathrine White
Stay connected with our Circle This Team:
@andreabendewald @circlethispodcast @emkratter @goodmessmedia @talkwithtrace
Episodes
The newest 20 of 78 episodes
- Art as Medicine: Creativity, Connection & the Wisdom Between Generations with Ava Delaney · 1 h 19 min · Episode 77Dre witnessed Ava Delaney's birth. Twenty-five years later, she sat in Ava's women's circle and found herself learning from the young woman she had watched grow up. This week…
- The Ripple Effect of a Circle: Friendship, Connection & WECAN Podcast · 50 min · Episode 76We're bringing The WECAN Podcast to Circle This to share a special conversation with our friend Stephanie Ferrario—this time, with Dre and Em on the other side of the microphone…
- Take Care of the Room: The Best Leadership Begins with Belonging, with Marc Tumminelli · 1 h 24 min · Episode 75What changes when we stop trying to be the most impressive person in the room and start taking care of the room itself? Broadway director, educator, and producer Marc Tumminelli…
- Remembering The Future with Dre & Em · 52 min · Episode 74After taking August off, Dre and Em are back and ready for the newness of a new cycle of the school year to begin. In this welcome-back episode, they catch up on…
- The Life You Were Built For with Julia Gabor · 1 h 52 min · Episode 73What if the experiences that shaped you—even the painful ones—weren't detours at all, but preparation for the life you're here to live? This episode will leave you thinking…
- The Courage to Trust Yourself with Rosa Blasi · 1 h 15 min · Episode 70In this episode, actress, author, therapist, and addiction specialist Rosa Blasi joins Dre for an honest conversation about intuition, reinvention, accountability, grief, and the…
- Demystifying Modern Men with Davide De Pierro · 1 h 55 min · Episode 71Davide De Pierro has become one of the internet's most thoughtful voices on love, heartbreak, and modern relationships as he willing asks questions many of us quietly carry. In…
- The Power of Possibility: Healing the Stories That Shape Us with Jim Curtis · 1 h 30 min · Episode 70In this episode, Dre sits down with transformational coach, hypnotist, and author Jim Curtis to explore how our subconscious stories shape the lives we create. Jim shares his own…
- What Happens When Cops Sit In A Circle? With LAPD Officer Lyndon Barber · 1 h 34 min · Episode 69In this episode, Dre sits down with former LAPD officer Lyndon Barber for a conversation about policing, loneliness, vulnerability, nervous systems, and what happens when people…
- What the Dying Teach Us About Living with Olivia Bareham · 1 h 20 min · Episode 68In this episode, Dre sits down with death midwife, interfaith minister, mystic, and founder of Sacred Crossings, Olivia Bareham, for a conversation about death, grief, presence…
- The Midlife Portal: Grief, Truth, and the Second Act with Constance Zimmer & Abby Epstein · 1 h 19 min · Episode 67In this episode, Dre sits down with powerhouse actress/producer Constance Zimmer and filmmaker Abby Epstein, the collaborators behind The Midlife Monologues, for a conversation…
- How To Stay Informed Without Spiraling with Jessica Yellin · 1 h 23 min · Episode 66In this episode, Dre sits down with journalist and News Not Noise founder Jessica Yellin for a conversation about how to stay informed without losing yourself in the process…
- Proof of Miracles: Signs, Synchronicity & Everyday Magic with Dre & Em · 31 min · Episode 65In this episode, Dre and Em follow the thread of signs, synchronicities, and the moments that feel too precise to be random. From a spontaneous "Sing with Emily" exchange echoed…
- Quietly Quitting A Life That Doesn't Fit: Reclaiming Self with Monica Corcoran Harel · 1 h 29 min · Episode 64In this episode Monica Corcoran Harel, screenwriter, bestselling author and founder of PRETTY RIPE and author of the viral essay "The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands" joins…
- Beyond Us & Them: Circle Practices Transforming Prisons, Police & People with Jared Seide · 1 h 33 min · Episode 63In this episode of Circle This, Dre sits down with Jared Seide, Executive Director of Beyond Us & Them, a groundbreaking nonprofit bringing compassion, connection, and real tools…
- Representation Is the Remedy: Being Truly Seen with Jenna Laurenzo · 1 h 29 min · Episode 62Award-winning filmmaker, writer, actor, and creative force Jenna Laurenzo joins Dre and Emily for a conversation about storytelling, representation, and the courage to create the…
- We're Doing Death Wrong: What Facing Death Taught Me About Living with Dre & Em · 51 min · Episode 61In this episode Dre shares the ongoing integration of her recent death doula training — an experience that began with a surprising invitation: before learning how to support…
- Inner Fire: Menopause, Micro-dosing & Midlife Sovereignty with Ashley Turner · 1 h 49 min · Episode 60In this episode, Dre sits down with Ashley Turner—licensed depth psychotherapist, yoga and meditation teacher, psychedelic therapist, and menopause advocate—to explore what's…
- Second Marriage, Same Person: Love After The Earthquake with Odette & Dave Annable (Part 2) · 1 h 27 min · Episode 59Odette and Dave Annable return for Part 2 to take us deeper into the rupture, the repair of their partnership and their choice to begin again. They were on the brink of divorce…
- Unlocking the Truth About Love: Healing the Wound Beneath Conflict with Odette & Dave Annable (Part 1) · 1 h 41 min · Episode 58Actors and real-life married couple Odette Annable and Dave Annable join Dre for a candid conversation about what it actually takes to stay connected in modern marriage—through…
