Based in the Tahoe Lake region of California, Nicole Brucato Cooley is a drama therapist, singer, musician, yoga teacher, and a real renaissance woman after my own heart. Nicole shares stories from her life and private therapy practice that have lead her to have many insights about the simple medicine of physical embodiment, human connection and the power of play. She also plays "Wayfaring Stranger" for us at the end! Bonus: Astrological Weather Report from Vedic astrologer Donny Boots.

Donny Boots is an Irish-American poet and Vedic astrologer who grew up in Queens, and happens to be the first Artist-in-Residence at The Nest. Donny sits down with me on a fine fall afternoon to talk about his training under a Taoist tea master in Oakland, his path to discovering his Celtic roots by studying Jyotish astrology and the King Arthur mythology that's showing up in the current new moon.

This is a very raw update on The Nightmare We Are Living from my little corner of the world-- reporting on the end of summer from the wild fire zone of Northern California. Hoping this helps all of you out there! This episode is just me talking into my phone while I water the marijuana plants. No script, filters or polish. Just me, talking to you. I'm keeping it real out here, ya'll, hope you are too. Follow the love!