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A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – April 16, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Join host Nancy Kahn for a dynamic conversation with Stephan Berwick, on Lou Reed’s Art of the Straight Line: Tai Chi as the Ultimate Wellness Practice for Life. What was it really like for Lou Reed to practice, heal, and grow from Tai Chi?  Renowned for its physical and mental benefits, Tai Chi as a practice comes in many forms that address almost any goals. In part two of our exclusive interview with Chinese martial arts master, Stephan Berwick, learn more about Lou Reed’s Tai Chi training.  From Reed’s story, Berwick details how to begin Tai Chi, how to maximize your practice, and recognize its amazing benefits.  Berwick shares his personal experiences of how Tai Chi contributes to meeting essential human needs that include wellness, protection of the body and the freedom to change your energy. Stephan Berwick is a martial arts instructor, performer, and researcher, specializing in Chen Tai Chi and Chinese swordsmanship. As an original student of Master Ren, Berwick conducted primary research at Tai Chi’s

[ This is Part 2.  Part 1 aired on KPFA on Sunday Feb 19, 2023 7-8 pm.  That episode can be found in the KPFA archives HERE ] Host Timothy Regan welcomes back Amie Leigh, who shares in this episode her vision for universal knowledge and skills that everyone can use to help fellow humans who are going through mental or emotional crisis. Amie shares specific steps and shining gems of guidance for anyone who wants to be there for others who are overwhelmed by disaster.  This episode is for you especially if you want to grow your confidence and skills to enhance mental and emotional balance and stability in people who have lost these and more. Amie Leigh is Founder and CEO of Capacity Path, which provides trainings and consultations and direct service to help humans restore mental and emotional balance during and soon after disaster strikes. She is also the Clinical Director for the Florida State Emergency Response Team for Mental Health.   The post Crisis Stabilization and Resilience Part 2: How to Prepare and

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Talk It Out Radio host Nancy Kahn interviews Stephan Berwick on: Why and How Does the Chinese Art of Tai Chi Heal and Build Wellness? Nancy Kahn interviews the famed Chinese style marital arts teacher and researcher, Stephan Berwick about how Tai Chi healed and transformed the late rock music icon, Lou Reed in an exclusive discussion about his work bringing Reed’s dream book on Tai Chi, “The Art of The Straight Line. My Tai Chi” to fruition (and just published by Harper Collings), with Reed’s wife, artist Laurie Anderson”. Lou Reed was a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, and founding member of the legendary rock band the Velvet Underground. He collaborated with many artists, from Andy Warhol and John Cale to Robert Wilson and Metallica. Reed had a groundbreaking solo career that spanned five decades until his death in 2013. Reed was also an accomplished martial artist whose practice began in the 1980s. He studied with Chen Tai Chi pioneer Master Ren GuangYi. This book is a comprehensive collection of Reed’

Host Timothy Regan welcomes Roxanne Manning, Ph.D to provide clear and practical guidance for us about a central principle of the Kingian Nonviolence movement: “Attack forces of evil, not persons doing evil.” We explore the nature of forces of evil, then hear a successful example of this principle in action.  Roxy then explains the vision behind active nonviolence: The Beloved Community.  Finally Roxy shares specific steps to keep in mind when we are speaking up and taking action to stop harm, and at the same time holding deep compassion and empathy for those doing harm. Click here to learn about two guidebooks Roxy has just finished to be released soon: How to Have Antiracist Conversations – Embracing Our Full Humanity to Challenge White Supremacy and with Sarah Peyton, The Antiracist Heart – A Self-Compassion and Activism Handbook Connect with Roxy here too.   The post How do I Attack Forces of Evil, Not Persons Doing Evil? appeared first on KPFA.

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A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – February 26, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – February 19, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

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A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – February 5, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Host Timothy Regan shares an original parable about life serving communication in this premier live production of: The Granite Boulder and the Mountain Stream – and Intimate Interlude on Their 40 Millionth Annniversary. Join us for the medicine of story time.  And don’t forget: see how many puns you can count in this episode. The post The Granite Boulder and the Mountain Stream: An NVC Love Story appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – January 22, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – January 15, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – January 8, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – January 1, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – December 25, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.

Host Timothy Regan welcomes Alina Samko to a live interview. Alina is a mother and a counselor from Kyiv, and she shares her story of fear and flight from that city under Russian invasion early in the Ukraine war.  We explore her traumatic experience, and what has helped her recover her resiliency and protect her child through the refugee experience in 3 countries. Throughout our conversation, Timothy works to demonstrate the active empathic listening that we practice from the lessons of Nonviolent Communicaton that we practice here at Talk It Out Radio. We are deeply grateful for Alina’s generosity and courage in sharing her story openly for the purpose of compassion and understanding of the war refugee experience. The post Interview with a Ukrainian War Refugee, Mother and Counselor appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – December 11, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.

A how-to and what-to-do program where skilled hosts welcome guests and callers to practice empathy, mindfulness, and effective communication. Do you want tools for connection, conflict resolution, and compassion for self and others? We explore skills, knowledge and resources to empower you to connect across differences. The post Talk-It-Out Radio – December 4, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.