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Mindful Mavens

Mindful Mavens

Written by: Steph & Anja
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Wisdom seekers, humor mongers, perfectly imperfect celebrants of the human condition, Steph & Anja, two friends and long-time, wellness-oriented bodywork therapists, explore light and love, dis-ease and vibrant aliveness, and everything in between.

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  • 143 - Self-Sufficiency, Circadian Rhythms, and Other Brilliant Little Things
    Feb 19 2026

    “Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Mainteance” by Robert Persig https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780063342330

    “Always trust your gut. Your brain can be fooled, your heart is an idiot sometimes, but your gut doesn't know how to lie.”

    Heart Math Institute - https://www.heartmath.org/

    Thich Nhat Hahn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh

    Podcst: “The Wild” with Chris Morgan https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WYQLzmoSxqDRce5s3V3BX?si=356c7376b09844ea

    “Encountering DragonFly; Notes on the Practice of Re-enchantment” by Brooke Williams https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781943370290

    “Roam: Wild animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World” by Hillary Rosner https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781952338311

    Podcast: LifeKit “How to Optimize Your Circadian Rhythms” https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LPw7OiuALg2w10L8N6owZ?si=4a39030a5b97471e

    Daily Camera Opinion piece by Milton Slater: “ How Do You Want to Live Our Last Five Years?” https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/17/aging-last-five-years-health-fitness-activity-boulder-opinion/

    The Dairy Center for the Arts https://thedairy.org/

    “Every Brilliant Thing” https://thedairy.org/series/betc-every-brilliant-thing/ On Broadway https://everybrilliantthing.com/

    Life kit episode on light & dark
    https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LPw7OiuALg2w10L8N6owZ?si=2wmNyY2_Q0KBVZ_D0-DyTg

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at mail.mavens@gmail.com or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

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    37 mins
  • 142 - Botany, witchy works, aphantasia... oh my!
    Feb 12 2026

    PLANT PEOPLE podcast: episode “extreme botany” from 5/19/2025 https://open.spotify.com/episode/34ZK0lgTXvNod5iJjjV2Fb

    Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Signature of All things https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780143125846

    YEAR OF WONDERS is a 2001 historical fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks, inspired by the true story of the English village of Eyam, which quarantined itself during the 1666 plague https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780142001431

    Fire Cider recipe: https://www.citymarket.coop/recipe/rosemary-gladstars-fire-cider

    Podcast series by BBC called Witch https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mc4p

    Podcast called LIFE KIT https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566800/how-the-local-library-can-save-you-money

    Podcast RadioLab on Aphantasia https://radiolab.org/podcast/aphantasia

    Charley Morley LUCID DREAMING https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781788172523

    Robert Monroe Journeys Out of the Body https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780385008617

    Monroe Institute https://www.monroeinstitute.org/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16137331382&gbraid=0AAAAADp2d0LOGEbqXdSs0DgmzPXepfKfr&gclid=Cj0KCQiA7rDMBhCjARIsAGDBuED0XAn5quRgqMiftSsiQ-gfAUqt8c_tZUa5oo3sn-3mzKM60MHsBOUaAiNeEALw_wcB

    Listening to Ayahuasca by Rachel Harris, PhD. https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781608684021

    MAPS Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies https://maps.org/advancing-research/

    EMDR https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/eye-movement-reprocessing

    Colorado Public Radio’s Aging Matters Series - https://www.cpr.org/tag/aging-matters/

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at mail.mavens@gmail.com or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

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    47 mins
  • 141 - A Treatise on "Wicked, For Good," Imagining a better future, and what to do when the universe complies
    Feb 5 2026

    Cynthia Arevo surprising sutdent at her high school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qit1cS0YmLo

    Dr Caroline Myss https://myss.com/

    “Energy Anatomy” https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781564558800

    “Anatomy of the Spirit” https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780609800140

    “Letting Go” by David Hawkins https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401945015

    Uri Talmor https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/uri-talmor-louisville-co/137242

    “No Bad Parts” by Richard Schwartz, PhD https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781683646686

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at mail.mavens@gmail.com or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

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    46 mins
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