Best Reggie Hubbard Podcasts (2025)

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#84 Resilience, Recovery, & the Power of Active Peace with Reggie Hubbard 57:10

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Healing isn’t just physical—it’s emotional, spiritual, and deeply personal. This week on The Conscious Diva, Reggie Hubbard opens up about his journey of recovery after a stroke and how yoga continues to guide him toward wholeness. In this highly inspiring conversation, Reggie shares his story of recovery, resilience, and renewal. He reminds us tha…

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Ep 159. - Radical Change with Adriana DiFazio 59:31

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Ethan is joined by old friend and teacher Adriana DiFazio for a wide ranging discussion of the limitations of a Western Buddhism that focuses on individualism, individual liberation, and "secular" practice. They discuss how to create a Dharma that is more focused on intersectionality and systems, along with a truly spiritual approach. Enjoy! Adrian…

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Serving Kids Through Stories: Veteran Mark McCraw on Literacy, Legacy & Healing 33:12

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📚 Serving Through Stories From the Air Force to the classroom—and now to the pages of children’s books. In this week’s episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Mark McCraw, a proud Air Force veteran, educator, and prolific children’s book author. Mark shares how his journey from military service to storytelling has …

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#85 Living Life By The 36 Spiritual Laws with Diana Cooper 38:37

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In this episode, legendary spiritual teacher Diana Cooper joins me to explore her transformative book, The 36 Spiritual Laws That Govern All Life. Together, we unpack how these universal principles offer a blueprint for conscious living — providing practical insight into prosperity, happiness, and spiritual alignment. Each law — from the Law of Att…

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From Combat to the Paralympics — and Still Serving Others | Joel Hunt 35:39

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🇺🇸 From Combat to the Paralympics — and Still Serving Others This week on the Called 2 Serve Podcast, host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Joel Hunt, a resilient Army veteran, Paralympian, and founder of Military Broadcast Radio. Joel shares his powerful journey through: ⚔️ 3 military deployments 🧠 Life with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) 🎿 Represent…

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Ep. 158 - Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Buddhist Socialism, and Standing (or Sitting) For Something 45:45

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How did NYC become the epicenter of all the tensions and promise of American society and politics, and do the Buddhist teachings have anything to offer to understanding this political moment? Using the rise of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in his home city—a city of perpetual immigrants—Ethan explores themes of community engagement, sangha, social dem…

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Co-Regulation as a Pathway to Collective Healing and Liberation with Dr. Mays Imad 38:56

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In this episode, Demarra West speaks with Dr. Mays Imad, neuroscientist, educator, and founder of the Trauma-Informed Growth Institute. They discuss how the nervous system responds to adversity, heals through connection, and why co-regulation is key to collective healing and liberation. Together, they explore sanctuary as a way of being, the role o…

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#83 Shamanic Journeying Through Your Heart with Cissi Williams 59:38

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Joining me in this episode is shamanic practitioner and osteopath Cissi Williams, who began channeling wisdom from her physical heart after her own heart attack. Cissi shares how her actual heart became a powerful portal for healing after her heart attack. A deeply transformative journey that led to a sacred relationship with the divine feminine an…

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Riding the Wave: Yoga, Perimenopause, and Midlife Wisdom with Janet Stone 34:05

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Yoga isn’t just for handstands and highlight reels. In this episode, Darren Main sits down with legendary teacher Janet Stone for a candid, grounded conversation about perimenopause and how yoga can support this powerful life transition. Janet shares her lived experience of the “zone of chaos” when old routines stop working, and offers a yogic tool…

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Ep. 157 - How Am I (Really?) Doing: The Power of Accurate Self-Assessment 47:28

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Drawing on concepts from his latest book, Confidence, Ethan explores how it is that our self-assessment can be so off the mark so frequently, especially when it comes to seeing our progress along a long-term path like meditation, or the deeper journey of spiritual and psychological . Why is it so hard assess our traits, and to see our strengths as …

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#82 Psychedelics, Yoga & Ketamine with Irina Vlada 56:23

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In this episode, we explore inner healing through altered states of consciousness. Joining me is Irina Vlada, a psychologist, author, and entrepreneur known for her pioneering work in developing holistic ketamine treatment programs that have led to profound personal transformations. Irina specializes in Psychedelics & Addiction Recovery, merging yo…

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Dispelling the Binary in Yoga 36:08

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Darren sits down with longtime friend and author Lucid Dawn to explore how binaries limit us far beyond gender and why yoga’s aim of union invites a more fluid, honest way of being. They unpack manufactured divides, the “dark side” of spiritual bypassing, and how practice helps us hold grief, rage, joy, and love without splitting ourselves in two. …

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#81 Jyotish: The Science of Light with Annemarie Brown 47:22

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Returning to the Conscious Diva Podcast is Vedic astrologer Annemarie Brown. In this episode, we learn about Jyotish, the Science of Life. Annemarie explains how to use the light of the Self and the knowledge of our soul as a tool for expansion. On the pod, we chat about: How Vedic astrology is different from Western astrology. Annemarie explains h…

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Ep. 156 - The Myth of (Conditional) Freedom 37:48

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Ethan is back with a solo episode to discuss the Buddhist experience of liberation and (moksha) and how we can glimpse an experience it in our awareness and meditation practice. He also discusses the related question of the collapsing American mythology of "freedom." In the discussion, he highlights several categories of freedom, first "conditional…

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#80 Redefining Manhood with Mike de la Rocha 51:27

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Joining me in this episode is Mike de la Rocha. Mike is a visionary strategist, acclaimed artist, and compelling voice for change. Mike is celebrated as one of the most influential changemakers of our era. He is graciously joining me to discuss his debut book, Sacred Lessons: Teaching My Father How to Love His new book explores how inherited defini…

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Practice Beyond the Postures 28:17

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In this Living Yoga episode, Darren talks with Vahid Coskun, a Washington, DC–based teacher and author of Practice Beyond the Postures. He shares his path from collegiate athlete to hot-yoga instructor and how observing students revealed common mental patterns on the mat—blame, guilt, people-pleasing, and outsourcing authority. We explore breath as…

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Ep. 155 - What Should a Teacher Say? with Francesca Cervero 57:44

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Ethan is joined by friend and yoga teacher Francesca Cervero to talk about becoming a teacher as a livelihood, the duty of the teacher when it comes to building community in a post-pandemic world, and how to be clear and open with students about the ethical teachings of Buddhism and yoga in a world of chaos, violence and oppression. Francesca Cerve…

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Ep. 154 - How Do I Know If I'm Enlightened? 51:06

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In this episode, Ethan discusses the crucial question of "enlightenment," better translated as "awakening." What does this word mean? What doesn't it mean? How would we know if we were really there? Is awakening a big deal? And most importantly, how can we glimpse it, or notice the glimpses we are already having of our awakening, and build off of t…

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Awakening in the Dark: How Crisis Becomes a Teacher 34:44

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Adam Spillman was a whitewater kayaker whose life blew up at 30 with a stage IIIC testicular cancer diagnosis and over 200 tumors. After brutal chemo, surgery, and a disciplined daily practice of breathwork, meditation, and yoga, Adam is now five years cancer-free. He talks with Darren about the moment everything changed, how to make friends with d…

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Ep. 153 - You Won't Heal Until You Love It : Inside The Neurological Storm with Reggie Hubbard 56:48

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16 months ago, yoga/meditation/sound teacher Reggie Hubbard had a near-death experience, a major stroke. He visits the podcast to describe the experience of his "neurological storm" and the path of collapse and healing that he's been on ever since, and how it has profoundly affected his views as a practitioner, teacher, and his views of the neurolo…

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Active Peace: Yoga, Activism, and Finding Grace in Chaos with Reggie Hubbard 33:46

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Yoga teacher, political strategist, and activist Reggie Hubbard shares his journey from using yoga to survive a toxic job to teaching “active peace” in the middle of political and personal storms. We talk about transforming pain into service, building inclusive yoga spaces, navigating the world’s chaos without losing your center, and how a stroke t…

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Ep. 152 - Crucial Questions: What Is The Bodhisattva Vow? 55:37

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Ethan discusses three reasons we take vows and make commitments from a Buddhist perspective, and gives special emphasis to The Bodhisattva Vow, where we commit to not only pursue our own path of liberation and awakening, but also vow to work for the benefit of all beings, to the limits of space, until all beings are awake. It is a commitment to the…

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Ep. 151 - Buddhist Geeks, 21st Century Practice, and The Duhkha of Palestine 1:01:38

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Ethan welcomes Buddhist Geeks Co-Founder, teacher, and Palestinian-American Dharma teacher Vince Fakhoury Horn. They discuss the rise of "podcast dharma" in the early 21st century, Vince's path to teaching meditation, Vince's experience of his Palestinian heritage, why it's hard to get Dharma teachers to speak out about the genocide in Gaza, The Bu…

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#79 The Art of The Mystical Experience with Miles Neale, Psy.D. 1:08:57

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If you love the esoteric aspects of spirituality, this is the episode for you! Psychotherapist and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, Miles Neale, joins me to chat about his new book - Return with Elixir: Four Maps for the Soul's Pilgrimage through Death and Rebirth. I loved this book from the moment I laid eyes on it. It is a manual for spiritual rebirt…

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Ep. 150 - The Virtues of Boredom (The Most Boring Podcast Ever!) 46:57

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This is the 150th episode of The Road Home Podcast! Yay, Big Deal! But, it's—as always—also a conversation about the Dharma, and the mind, and how to work with your own experience. And your mind, especially during meditation, can be boring. Very boring. So why is boredom such a difficult, yet important—and creative—experience? What do we do about b…

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Tragedy Turned to Abundant Purpose with Reggie Hubbard 57:47

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Be Well Beautiful People podcast, the show that inspires you to live your best joy filled life by centering healing and liberation above all. In this episode, Demarra West is joined by Reggie Hubbard, a stroke survivor, an internationally recognized yoga and meditation teacher, political strategist, and founder of Active Peace Yoga LLC. This conver…

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Ep. 149 - The Whole World Is Gold To Me: Tantra and Generosity 47:54

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(This episode of The Road Home is dedicated to the memory of Joanna Macy—founder of the Eco-Dharma and Deep Ecology Movements—who passed this weekend at the age of 96) On this episode, a follow-up to episode 148, Ethan explores wealth and generosity from a tantric perspective. If you could take the view, for just one moment, that you, your percepti…

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🔥 From Foster Youth to Mentor. From Pain to Purpose. Called 2 Serve Podcast Episode 33 - Ron Jenkins 1:00:00

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🔥 From Foster Youth to Mentor. From Pain to Purpose. This week on the Called 2 Serve Podcast, host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Ron Jenkins, whose life journey is nothing short of extraordinary. 💔 From enduring abuse as a foster youth ⚖️ To working 31 years as a youth corrections counselor 🏈 To mentoring young men as a football coach 🙏 And using f…

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Ep. 148 - No More Billionaires - Wealth, Livelihood and Generosity in the Hinayana and Mahayana 56:54

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What is generosity ("dana" in the Buddhist languages), and how does it relate to our experience of wealth, our consumption, our labor, and our shared values as a society? How can we work with our craving for always have more like one of those a metal claw machines in a video game arcade, leaving us unable to live in the practice of Dana, or "fluid …

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When Will This Be Over? Endurance, Presence, and the Practice of Yoga 45:57

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In this episode, Darren Main welcomes long-time friend and seasoned yoga teacher Jason Bowman for a deep and honest conversation about navigating difficult times through the lens of yoga and Buddhism. They explore the question so many of us find ourselves asking: When will this be over? From personal practice to community support, grief to resilien…

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#78 Secrets to Expanding Your DNA with Ruslana Remennikova 1:06:33

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In this expansive episode, sound healer and former corporate scientist, Ruslana Remennikova, joins me to discuss her incredible new book, "Activating Our 12-Stranded DNA." This episode is loaded with info about our 12-stranded DND – the concept that suggests humans possess a potential for a much more complex DNA structure with 12 strands. A truly f…

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🎖️ Infantryman. Sniper. Army Basketball Player. Coach. Podcaster. Called 2 Serve Podcast EP 32 - Tim "Birdman" Simpson 46:58

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🎖️ Infantryman. Sniper. Army Basketball Player. Coach. Podcaster. Meet Tim Simpson, a man of many talents—and even greater purpose. In this week’s episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, Tim joins host Reggie Hubbard to share his incredible journeyfrom 10 years of military service to coaching, mentoring, and using his voice to serve others. 💥 Hear h…

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Reimagining Justice Through the Lens of Survivors with Carol Adams 1:15:18

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Be Well Beautiful People podcast, the show that inspires you to live your best joy filled life by centering healing and liberation above all. In this powerful super extended episode, Demarra West is joined by Carol Adams, a survivor, retired officer, and advocate who has spent decades transforming the system from the inside out. Carol shares her de…

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Enrique Acosta Gonzalez: Serving Through Leadership and Impact - Called 2 Serve Podcast EP 31 38:09

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🇺🇸 From Puerto Rico to the Pentagon—Legacy in Action On this week’s Called 2 Serve Podcast, Reggie Hubbard sits down with Enrique Acosta Gonzalez—a 26-year Navy veteran, entrepreneur, and international best-selling author. From humble beginnings in Puerto Rico and the Bronx to becoming a highly respected leader in business and podcasting, Enrique d…

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Ep. 147 - Don't Stop Believing - Faith and Awareness in The Six Bardos of Collapse and Rebirth 1:00:22

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How we work with our minds in the spaces between collapse and rebirth (those uncomfortable gaps in life as well as the huge "gap" after death) hold the key to creating futures that do not replicate the stuckness and suffering of our past. This is true both personally and collectively. As always, with recent world events in mind, we discuss the six …

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How Coach Rob Overcame PTSD, Depression & Loss | Called 2 Serve Podcast Episode 30 37:05

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🎙️ From Pain to Purpose | Coach Rob’s Story of Mental Health, Resilience & Redemption In this powerful episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Coach Rob—a Navy veteran and 17-year law enforcement officer from Fort Lauderdale—who opens up about his battle with PTSD, anxiety, and major depressive disorder. After losi…

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Beyond Group Think: A Yogic Path to Authenticity and Connection 33:33

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Darren Main speaks with holistic coach Toby Gant about the challenges of navigating a polarized world with mindfulness and compassion. Together, they explore how yoga and spiritual practice can help us break free from group think, develop a strong inner compass, and find common ground—even in the face of division. From family dynamics and political…

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She Broke 15 Years of Addiction and Rebuilt Her Life Through Faith | Heather Bean | C2S Episode 29 44:59

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In this deeply moving episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, Our Host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Heather Bean — a courageous woman from Dayton, Tennessee, whose testimony of addiction, loss, and restoration will stir your soul. Heather opens up about her early years growing up in a loving home, encountering meth for the first time at age 13, and…

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Reclaiming Ourselves Through Strength Training with Coach Greg Wallace 53:19

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This Father’s Day, Be Well Beautiful People presents a moving conversation about what it really means to be strong from the inside out. In this special episode, host Demarra West sits down with Coach Greg Wallace, veteran fitness educator and founder of IATO Fitness, whose faith-centered approach invites us to see our bodies not as something to fix…

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Ep. 146 - The Dissonance of 2025 46:41

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Ethan visits a recurrent conversation he's been having with his students, his friends, and within his own mind: the dissonance between feeling like your personal life and close community are in basically good places, while simultaneously raising your gaze to see the immense suffering and chaos of the world. How can we hold those two and find our co…

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Improve Your English in Just 2 Months With This Simple Method | Kitti Nalley | C2S Episode 28 41:16

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🎙️ In this heartwarming episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, Our Host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Our Today's Guest Kitti Nalley A Romanian-born wedding coordinator whose story blends shyness, strength, humor, and faith in an inspiring journey from Europe to the heart of the American South. Kitti opens up about growing up shy but naturally frie…

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I Was Delivering My First Child Then The Second Plane Hit | 9/11 Story | Core Lowe | C2S Episode 27 56:29

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🎙️ In this unforgettable episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, Host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Corey Lowe — a former law enforcement officer, faith-filled mother, and relentless advocate for plant-based medicine — to share a story that begins on one of the darkest days in U.S. history. On September 11, 2001, Corey was in labor, delivering her f…

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Struggling With Grief or Anxiety? Here’s What No One Tells You | Dr. Diane Campbell | C2S Episode 26 56:02

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🎙️ In this powerful episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Dr. Diane Campbell, a licensed counselor and faith-driven mental health advocate, to explore the emotional weight of grief, anxiety, and the redemptive power of purpose. After 21 years in higher education, Dr. Campbell experienced a divine redirection that…

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Ep. 145 - Always Meditate on Whatever Provokes Resentment 43:29

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What is resentment? Why is it so corrosive? How can we work with our resentments? How can we overcome a victim mentality while still protecting ourselves, protecting others, and protecting truth? In this solo episode, Ethan uses a classic Tantric Buddhist contemplative slogan from the Lojong mind training tradition that translates as either "Always…

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Duke Watson Life As A Military Veteran, Firefighter & Police Officer | Called 2 Serve Podcast Episode 25 55:33

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In Episode 25 of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, Host Reggie Hubbard welcomes Duke Watson—an inspiring public servant who has uniquely served as a Military Veteran, Firefighter, and now Police Officer. In this powerful conversation, Duke opens up about his journey across three demanding careers, the mental health challenges that come with service, and …

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Ep. 144 - Microdosing Grief and The Practice of Saying Goodbye 38:08

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In a spontaneous episode, Ethan discusses grief and loss while processing multiple events. At a recent compassion meditation retreat, colleague and friend René Fay gave a presentation where she discussed the need to "Microdose Grief," to take it in little by little so that we can honor the small moments of loss to develop familiarity with the exper…

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FromSports Injury to Orthopedics Specialist at 24 | Karmen Rettinger | Called 2 Serve Podcast Episode 24 40:08

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In this episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast, host Reggie Hubbard talks with Karmen Rettinger, a 24-year-old orthopedic specialist who transformed her own sport injury into a thriving career in orthopedics. After 13 years in competitive sports as a cheerleader, a knee injury in high school shifted Karmen’s path. That sport injury sparked a deep in…

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Ep. 143 - Meditations for Mortals with Oliver Burkeman 56:26

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How can we embrace the limitations of time and the certainty of death and create real fulfillment that thrives on an honest assessment of our human predicament? These are the questions at the heart of this episode. Ethan welcomes back bestselling author and journalist Oliver Burkeman for a discussion of finitude, death, limitations, productivity, a…

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From Single Mom to CERT Volunteer & Women's Mentor | Brandi Holcombe | Called 2 Serve Podcast Ep 23 53:20

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In This Episode of the Called 2 Serve Podcast Our host Reggie Hubbard sits down with Brandi Holcombe, a courageous single mother of three, CERT Volunteer, and Women’s Mentor who turned personal pain into purposeful service. From surviving abuse to serving her community, Brandi’s story is one of deep faith, inner strength, and unwavering love for he…

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Ep. 142 - The White Lotus, The God Realm and Pop-Culture Dharma 38:49

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In this episode, Ethan does what at least 40 people have asked him to do (special shout-out to Michele S. in Iowa who convinced him to devote a whole podcast episode to it!) - share his thoughts, as a Buddhist, on Season 3 of the Max streaming series The White Lotus. To do so, he explains three different ways to look at the concept of "Dharma Art,"…