Thinkers, Writers, Artists I’ve leaned on to disrupt what
Vandana Shiva calls the “Monoculture of the Mind”.
They continue to shape and challenge my thinking. I come back to their work time & time again.

sunrising on my bookshelf – February 2025
Podcast play list
When my body can’t sit still to read, I pop in a podcast to feed my curious mind and searching heart.
In the order they come to mind, descriptions straight from the websites:
- Find the Outside with Tim Merry & Tuesday (Ryan-Hart) Rivera: A lively, off-the-cuff conversation on large-scale systems change and equity. For surprising turns, mind-blowing perspective shifts, and good ideas no matter what’s in the way.
- We Are The Great Turning with Joanna Macy & Jess Serrante: Discover abiding wisdom that can help us stay joyful and energized as we work toward a more just and life-sustaining world.
- Feminist Survival Project with Emily & Amelia Nagoski: A podcast for feminists who feel overwhelmed and exhausted by everything they need to do, and still worry that we’re not doing enough.
- Dare to Lead with Brené Brown: Conversations with change-catalysts, culture-shifters, and more than a few troublemakers who are innovating, creating, and daring to lead.
- We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon, Abby & Amanda: Life is freaking heard. We laugh and cry and help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, free-er, less alone.
- Nothing Much Happens: Bedtime Stories to Help You Sleep: Have trouble sleeping? Bedtime stories where ntohing much happens to help you relax and sleep peacefully.