Way Collective Podcast
Way Collective is a contemplative community in Santa Barbara, CA, promoting a more connected and compassionate world. We offer teachings that inspire conversation around meaningful topics that encourage us to ground our lives in Love for the work of Love in the world.
Episodes

Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
33 min
This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 led by Sage Maas. She talked about trans awareness, history, and allyship, sharing from her own personal experience and wisdom. For access to the slides from the night, go HERE.

Jan 30, 2025
Jan 30, 2025
15 min
This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering in week 3 of our series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about how to deal contemplatively with our emotions, not judging them as good or bad, and how becoming a house of welcome for our emotions can lead us into the second naiveté.

Jan 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025
15 min
This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering in week 2 of our series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about how to deal contemplatively with our thoughts, the work of Byron Katie, and how changing the way we think can lead us into the second naiveté.

Jan 16, 2025
Jan 16, 2025
14 min
This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering beginning a new series of conversations entitled, Coming Home: On Finding the Second Naïveté. We talked about the contrasts between first and second half of life spirituality, and spent time understanding the qualities of the first naiveté.

Jan 9, 2025
Jan 9, 2025
13 min
This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering focused on beginning the new year. We talked about resolutions, optimization vs. deep change, and how we often learn some of our greatest lessons through facing the challenges of suffering.

Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024
12 min
This is the recording from our Christmas Eve candlelight gathering, focused on carrying the light of love forward. We talked about how what is true of the Christ at Christmas is also true of us -- namely, that we too are born in Love, and our life's journey is to return to love, so that we might become Love for the world.

Dec 12, 2024
Dec 12, 2024
13 min
This is the recording from our second Advent Dinner & Dialogue gathering focused on the theme of Peace. We talked about the picture of Peace we actually get in the stories surrounding Jesus' birth, and how Peace is about equity, equality, and lifting each other up in a spirit of mutual aid.

Dec 5, 2024
Dec 5, 2024
13 min
This is the recording from our first Advent Dinner & Dialogue gathering focused on the theme of Hope. We talked about how hopelessness can play a part in our hoping, and how the birth stories invite us to hold together aspects of our lives we'd rather separate out.

Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024
12 min
This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering focused on our November theme of eco-spirituality. We talked about how nature can forge a resilience within us in the midst of grief or struggle, and reflected on the connections between awe, wonder, and gratitude.

Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024
1 hr 4 min
This is the recording from our live event with author Michael Kearney at Way Collective. In this episode, Michael delivers some insights from his most recent book, Becoming Forest - A Story of Deep Belonging, and he leads us in a meditative practice entitled "breathing with leaf."




