Bonnie dedicates this final episode to Marj Heinrichs, a dear friend who died unexpectedly. Bonnie tells how Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese weaves through another deep river of sorrow that holds surprise, delight, and gratitude. Thank you Marj, for l

One of the Most Beautiful Blessings in the World

Jun 29th, 2023 16m 31s

In episode 5, this blessing of Oliver’s completes their conversation: “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination”. This blessing launches a celebration of Oliver’s body of work, and then invites these q

Wild, Clean and Home

Jun 28th, 2023 19m 11s

Episode 4: Wild, Clean and Home, words used in Oliver’s poem Wild Geese, guide this conversation about belonging. It touches on Bonnie’s love for volleyball, her messy house, those places where we ultimately belong: places where we “do not have

Stepping into the River of Sorrow

Jun 27th, 2023 29m 52s

In episode 3, Bonnie and Katharine step into the river of sorrow and open their arms wide to the surrender of grief. “Meanwhile”, and Oliver’s poignant use of that one word, holds the arc of Bonnie’s journey as she reflects on the unexpected d

11 Words from Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"

Jun 26th, 2023 20m 23s

In episode 2, we lean into 11 words from Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese: “Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine”. After Bonnie tells about a poignant moment in her 5 year journey with a woman who suffered a degenerative disease

You Do Not Have To Be Good

Jun 25th, 2023 26m 45s

Circle of Three, Season 2 invites you into a conversation between Katharine Cherewyk, Bonnie Loewen and Mary Oliver’s poem Wild Geese. One episode at a time, this iconic poem slowly unfurls while igniting reflective conversation about our huma

Into The World

Nov 15th, 2021 30m 14s

In Episode 5 we claim our ways of bringing our song into the world. As Martha Postlewaite writes in her poem “Clearing”, “only then (after you step into your forest, get completely lost, find the clearing, hear your song) will you know how to

Finding Your Song

Nov 8th, 2021 28m 48s

This fourth episode looks at how we recognize the unique song that belongs us. As Martha Postlewaite writes, “Wait there patiently until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands and you recognize and greet it.” It’s not a son

The Practice of Stillness

Nov 1st, 2021 31m 11s

In episode 3, we accept that it is a daily, ongoing discipline to experience a stillness that has us listen deeply. Martha Postlewaite writes, “create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently.” We stepped into the

Lost In The Forest

Oct 25th, 2021 33m 40s

In this second episode, “we do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose”, as Martha Postlewaite writes in her poem “Clearing”. Instead, we wonder why is it so important to be lost in our forest? And what is the connection to be

Into The Forest

Sep 22nd, 2021 32m 41s

“Do not try to save the world or do anything grandiose. Instead create a clearing in the dense forest of your life,” writes Martha Postlewaite. This first episode celebrates that life is a journey with crossroads and opportunities, and that fai

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