The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern

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Ep. 84 - Keep It Simple Jan 24, 2023

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Discussing the dharma of politics, Ethan Nichtern delves into the creation of suffering and shifting into a more intentional era in 2023.

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"I like the teachings within the complexity that bring us back to simplicity because when life gets going and your to-do list gets long, it's just those little reminders that pierce the speed of the day. — Ethan Nichtern

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Ep. 83 – Communication and Community with David Nichtern Dec 15, 2022

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Ethan Nichtern welcomes David Nichtern back to the show for an extremely moist conversation around communication, community, interdependence, aging, and much more.

David Nichtern is the Founder of Dharma Moon and the host of the Creativity, Spirituality & Making a Buck podcast on Be Here Now Network.

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"When there's good communication, you build community. It's no accident those two words have the same root. You're communing." – David Nichtern

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Ep. 82 – The Heart of Who We Are with Caverly Morgan Nov 22, 2022

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Exploring relativity and ultimate truth, Ethan Nichtern and Author Caverly Morgan discuss reconciling what we learn in our practice with the noise of the world.

Caverly Morgan is a meditation teacher, author, speaker, and nonprofit founder. She is the founder and Lead Contemplative of Peace in Schools—a nonprofit which created the nation's first for-credit mindfulness class in public high schools. She is also the founder of Presence Collective, a community of cross-cultural contemplatives committed to personal and collective transformation, creating spaces for wisdom exchange and belonging. Caverly is the author of A Kid's Book About Mindfulness. Her new book for adults, The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together, will be released through Sounds True November 29th and is now available for pre-order.

"I knew intuitively that the relative experience of reality was not separate from the absolute and that I longed for a pathway that could allow me to articulate how that is so." – Caverly Morgan

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Ep. 81 – How a Control Freak Lets Go Oct 24, 2022

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On the cusp of crucial midterm elections in America, Ethan Nichtern talks about finding the middle path between complacency and being a control freak, and why we need to let go of attachment to outcomes.

"The control freak knows how to show up, but they don't know how to let go. The complacent person knows how to let go, but they don't know how to show up. And what we're really talking about is showing up, then letting go of outcome." – Ethan Nichtern

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Ep. 80 - Crucial Questions: Reincarnation Sep 27, 2022

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Explore reincarnation with Ethan Nichtern in this philosophically charged episode of The Road Home Podcast!

"Consciousness is bigger than just this one finite lifetime in this biochemical human body." – Ethan Nichtern

Ep. 79 - The Buddhist Enneagram w/ Susan Piver Sep 14, 2022

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This week on The Road Home Podcast, Ethan Nichtern discusses the intersection of Buddhism and enneagrams with internationally renowned meditation teacher and author, Susan Piver.

Susan Piver has an international reputation as an exceptionally skillful meditation teacher. She teaches workshops and speaks on mindfulness, innovation, communication, relationships, and creativity. Susan has been a student of Buddhism since 1995, graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004, and was authorized to teach meditation in 2005. In 2012, she founded The Open Heart Project, the world's largest online-only meditation center. Susan is also a New York Times bestselling author.

Her newest book is The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship. You can keep up with Susan on Instagram and Twitter.

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Ep. 78 - Despair & Media: A Buddhist Perspective Jul 22, 2022

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This time on The Road Home Podcast, Ethan Nichtern explores the relationship between despair and media and offers a reflection on ways we can mindfully consume social media.

"There is this constant stream of drama news. And it's not about policy and it's not about what can we do about stuff. It's about the drama of a world in the dramatized darkness." – Ethan Nichtern

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Ep. 77 – In Defense of Choice, Interbeing & Democracy Jul 06, 2022

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On the heels of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, Ethan shares on women's rights, pro-choice vs pro-life, interdependence and interbeing, fascism, neutrality, and community. Taking an honest look at politics, he offers Buddhist ethical perspectives on how to deal with injustice and fear, process our trauma, and find small functional ways to help.

"The tension of this path in a time of great upheaval is to engage on an interpersonal, social, and political level while still also working with our own minds." – Ethan Nichtern

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Ep. 76 - American Detox: The Myth of Wellness w/ Kerri Kelly Jun 24, 2022

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Ethan Nichtern welcomes author, Kerri Kelly, onto The Road Home to chat about wellness after tragedy and her new book, American Detox.

Kerri Kelly is the founder of CTZNWELL, a movement that is democratizing well-being for all. Kerri is a descendant of generations of firemen and first responders and has dedicated her life to kicking down doors and fighting for justice. She's been teaching yoga for over 20 years and is known for making waves in the wellness industry. She challenges norms, disrupts systems, and mobilizes people to act. You can preorder her forthcoming book, American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal.

"When folks start to realize that they're actually not well, that our well being is really limited by the structures and the conditions that we are a part of and that often we are participating, then I think people are going to realize that they have skin in the game." – Kerri Kelly

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Ep. 75 – The Assault Rifle & the Lotus w/ Shannon Watts Jun 13, 2022

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In the wake of the recent gun violence tragedies in America, social activist Shannon Watts rejoins the podcast for a conversation on what we can do to prevent gun violence.

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Shannon Watts, a mother of five, social activist, and Buddhist practitioner; is the founder of Moms Demand Action, a leading force for gun violence prevention, and is an active board member of Emerge America and Rise to Run, two of the nation's leading organizations for recruiting and training women to run for office. Watts is a contributor to The Huffington Post and Medium, and her writing has appeared in Vogue, Time, and The Washington Post. Shannon recently authored, Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World.

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