Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis

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129. Most Traditions are a big mix of Good & Bad. Mar 18, 2023

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St. Patrick's Day may have come and gone, but this video merely uses it as an example for a larger conversation:

"Some traditions are beautiful. Some are awful. Most are both. Some change is needed. Some should be fought. Discernment is key. Know our history." ~ Waylon Lewis

Read the article Waylon quotes inside this video, "Tradition alone is not enough reason to continue something that has unnecessary pain and hurt wrapped up in it."

128. How to Make Big, Hard Decisions. Mar 17, 2023

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This week, instead of his usual weekly three mindful tips…Waylon is sharing three mindful things he's working through in his own life—right now:

How to give helpful advice.
How to get good advice.
And how to make big, hard decisions.

"The first step in taking good advice is to insist that the person dispensing good advice listens, first, because if they don't listen, they don't know all the factors." ~ Waylon Lewis

127. Waylon Lewis with Francesca Perotti: how to get through really Tough Times. Mar 13, 2023

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Waylon talks with Francesca Perotti. They discuss how to get through really, really tough time times and feeling comfortable with our loneliness when it comes up.

"It's easy to get lost in the darkness, and get lost in victimhood...to not taking responsibility. If you're moving through darkness, if you're moving through something really hard, then hopefully you are surrounded by people who can help you see that there's light at the end of the tunnel and that this is actually happening for you, not to you." ~ Francesca Perotti

126. Three Things my Mother has Taught Me. Mar 10, 2023

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This week, instead of his usual weekly three mindful tips…Waylon is sharing three things he's noticed (during his trip to Halifax to visit his Mama) that he has learned and been taught by his mom over the years.

"There's all these weird things that I do in my life and…sometimes I feel [self-conscious] about them. Like, why do I do these [weird] things? And then I see my mom do that thing…and there's a moment of humor, and tenderness, and appreciation, and gratitude for the kind of parenting I had." ~ Waylon Lewis

Enlightened Society.
She creates the thread of community wherever she goes.
A connection with nature that is resilient.

125. Waylon & Ailey Jolie talk Maitri, Dating Culture, Communication, & Masculinity. Mar 06, 2023

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Waylon talks with Ailey Jolie, who describes herself as a human first, and a psychotherapist second. We discuss maitri, dating culture, communication, and masculinity.

"Most ruptures and harm happens in intimate connection. And so if we are to repair that or restore a sense of resiliency, it's our relationships that are going to have to change for our life to change, as well." ~ Ailey Jolie

124. Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday" Mar 03, 2023

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This week on Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday": Sidewalk & Road Salt, Fruit Labels, & Mom's tip about Mail.

"Hey friends, every Friday I share three specific, useful, fun, interesting—at least to me—mindful tips. They're probably kind of nerdy, but they're applicable to our daily lives from a mindful point of view, an eco point of view, and from a point of view of caring about society." ~ Waylon Lewis Read the full article on elephantjournal.com and support independent media.

Want to ask a question, or submit a mindful tip? Comment on YouTube, or DM @waylonlewis on Insta.

123. Waylon Lewis with "Glyphosate Girl" Kelly Ryerson. Feb 27, 2023

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Waylon talks with Glyphosate Girl Kelly Ryerson. We discuss the dangers of glyphosate, alternative healthy organic pesticides, and Monsanto.

"When when glyphosate first came out, in those early days before it was an herbicide, it was actually used to clean boilers—metal boilers and metal pipes because it could chelate minerals, bind them together. And then you could clean 'em out really easily. So now you apply this to the soil...and it's doing the same thing where it's chelating and binding minerals, making 'em bio-unavailable in our crops.

And we wonder why we're all so nutrient deficient?!" ~ Kelly Ryerson

122. Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday" Feb 24, 2023

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This week on Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday": "I've been awfully lonely, lately, on the inside."

Want to ask a question, or submit a mindful tip? Comment on YouTube, or DM @waylonlewis on Insta.

121. Waylon Lewis talks with Maria Rodale about her new book: "Love, Nature, Magic." Feb 20, 2023

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Waylon talks with publisher, author, activist (and gardener!) Maria Rodale. We'll discuss her humorous and surprising conversations with the spirits of plants and animals via shamanic journeys, as discussed in her new book: Love, Nature, Magic.

"I had been doing shamanic journeying on my own for about 10 years and I was out gardening one day and really annoyed. Totally annoyed by this one weed, right? Mugwort. Like, I wanted to kill it—to the point where I was almost ready to use [Monsanto's poison] Roundup, which is crazy.

So I decided to do a shamanic journey to see if I could talk to this plant and find out why it was so annoying.

...And that opened up a whole new world for me." ~ Maria Rodale

120. Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday" Feb 17, 2023

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This week on Waylon's "3 Mindful Tips every Friday": "It's Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life."

Get Waylon's two books at: elephantjournal.com/books. They make great eco gifts and mindful, hopefully-life-changing reads.

Want to ask a question, or submit a mindful tip? Comment on YouTube, or DM @waylonlewis on Insta.

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