Human Together
by Sarah E. Westfall
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S2 Finale: A Roundtable on Belonging with Rohadi Nagassar & Brittany…
S2 Finale: A Roundtable on Belonging with Rohadi Nagassar & Brittany…
About this podcast
Conversations on the communal life. A podcast for people who agree it is not good to be alone (but who secretly wonder whether it might be easier). Hosted by writer Sarah E. Westfall.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 23 episodes
- S2 Finale: A Roundtable on Belonging with Rohadi Nagassar & Brittany Tinsley · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 10After an unplanned break, we are wrapping up season two and our series on belonging with a roundtable discussion. I’ve invited two guests—Brittany Tinsley and Rohadi Nagassar—to…
- S2, E9: Creativity, Not Competition with Merideth Hite Estevez · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 9Creativity does not often come up in conversations about belonging, but in this episode, Sarah talks with Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez (professional oboist and author of The…
- S2, E8: Self-Care & Communal Flourishing with Tiffany Bluhm · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 8Sarah chats with Tiffany Bluhm (author of The Women We’ve Been Waiting For) about redefining self-care as it relates to our identity, our hunt for wholeness, and our communal…
- S2, E7: How Much of Me is Welcome? with Jon Pyle · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 7Whether you are in the pulpit or the pews, you might question how much of yourself is welcome in faith spaces. In this episode, Sarah chats with Jon Pyle (Community Care Pastor…
- S2, E6: Beyond Othering with Jenai Auman · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 6Sarah is joined by Jenai Auman to talk about our human tendency to lean toward sameness and distance ourselves from people who are different. Jenai shares her own experience of…
- S2, E5: Choosing to Stay with Sara Billups · Season 2 Episode 5Continuing our series on belonging, Sarah and guest Sara Billups dive into the notion of staying put—both to a geographical location but also to the church. Sara shares pieces of…
- S2, E4: Authenticity & Attachment with Aundi Kolber · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 4Sarah talks with Aundi Kolber (therapist and author of Try Softer™ and Strong Like Water) about the interplay between authenticity and attachment. They talk about how our sense…
- S2, E3: Reconnect to What's Within with Chuck DeGroat · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 3In this third conversation in our series on belonging, Sarah talks with Chuck DeGroat (professor, licensed therapist, & author of Healing What’s Within) about how so many of us…
- S2, E2: Coming Home to Ourselves with Kimberly Phinney · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 2Who we are and how we relate are intimately connected. In this episode, guest Kimberly Phinney shares how life-threatening illness shifted not only her sense of self but also her…
- S2, E1: Perpetually Out of Place with Prasanta Verma · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 1Loneliness is part of the human experience, but ethnic loneliness carries added layers of complexity for many people who have historically been pushed to the margins. In our…
- S1, E12: A Pastor’s Journey with Steve Bezner · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 12We’re wrapping up season one with Steve Bezner, and this episode covers a number of bases. Steve shares about his own pastoral journey, the communities that have formed him as…
- S1, E11: Practice Hospitality with Linnea Bergstrom · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 11Sarah chats with Linnea Bergstrom about hospitality in the middle of our everyday lives. Linnea shares how she has had to rethink her approach to welcoming people into her home…
- S1, E10: The Risk of Rootedness with Amanda Held Opelt · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 9Musician and writer Amanda Held Opelt joins Sarah to talk about what place has to do with the communal life. They cover a little bit of everything: church, creative circles…
- S1, E9: A Curious Compassion with Brandy Wallner · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 9Sarah chats with Brandy Wallner about curiosity and compassion—two ingredients that are essential to being human together, but don’t always come easily. Brandy shares pieces of…
- S1, E8: Finding Poetry within the Pain with Grace E. Kelley · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 8Poet Grace E. Kelley sits down with Sarah to talk about goodness that grows out of the ground and out of our grief. They chat about Grace’s newfound farm life, navigating wounds…
- S1, E7: A Simpler Way to Love with Gary Morland · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 7Gary Morland joins Sarah to talk about what he has learned about the communal life through 51 years of marriage. They talk about the complexities of being committed to another…
- S1, E6: Knowing When to Stay or Go with Emily P. Freeman · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 6Sarah and guest Emily P. Freeman talk about the shared struggle we often experience when trying to decide whether to stay or to go. Whether we are assessing relationships, ideas…
- S1, E5: Embracing Limits & Being Held with Lara d'Entremont · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 5Sarah is joined by Lara d’Entremont, who generously shares her story of navigating anxiety amidst the throes of motherhood. They chat about the pressure we often put upon…
- S1, E4: Peace in the Dark with Jessica Herberger · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 4Sarah chats with author and Bible teacher Jessica Herberger about the significance of Holy Saturday, both in the context of our current season of Lent and our in-between days of…
- S1, E3: Stay with the Questions with Drew Jackson · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 3Sarah is joined by pastor, poet, and public theologian Drew Jackson, and they talk about how questions have become formative to Drew’s work and to the way he sees relates to God…
