Jono Fisher Podcast
Tending to our human wholeness.
Intimate conversations that explore the more soulful aspects of being alive including our longings, our losses, our spirit and our need for each other.
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The Medicine of Grief
This trailer offers my prayer for this podcast - while introducing grief as a gateway into depth and aliveness. We will explore intimate conversations about grief with somatic practitioners and leaders in business, indigenous wisdom and mythology.
Season 1
The Medicine of Grief
Exploring grief as a gateway into beauty and aliveness. Intimate conversations with somatic practitioners and leaders in business, indigenous wisdom and mythology.
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Michelle C. Johnson: Finding Refuge in Grief
Michelle brings a beautiful perspective on the role of grieving - grounded in community, embodiment and ritual. All dedicated to our personal and collective wellbeing.
Josh Schrei: Enter the Meadows of Joy
In this episode, Josh Schrei shares personal and mythical stories to remind us of the hidden treasures to be found in times of sorrow - articulating grief as part of the cycle of shedding, releasing, and returning to what he calls the “meadows of joy”.
Shauna Janz: Larger Currents of Resiliency
Today’s conversation is with Shauna Janz. Shauna offers a beautiful invitation into what she calls the “larger currents of resiliency” - which includes the wisdom of our bodies, our hearts, our ancestors, the natural world, ritual healing, imagination and altered states of consciousness.
George Kohlrieser: Leading Through Grief
I’m honored to be in conversation with the distinguished business professor George Kohlrieser - who is one of the world leaders incorporating grief into Executive Education.
Rosemary Wanganeen: Healing the Soul of Australia
In today’s episode, Rosemary Wanganeen shares her personal story of being part of the stolen generation, reconnecting with her ancestry, going through a deep grieving process - and ultimately forgiving the atrocities committed on her people.
Francis Weller: The Wild Edge of Sorrow
Like many of you, sorrow has entered my life in a myriad of ways - and it wasn't until I read Francis Weller's book, The Wild Edge of Sorrow, that I began a soulful relationship with grief.
Jono Fisher: My Journey with Grief
This episode is an insight into my grief work, and how I arrived here. My dance partner in this conversation is my friend, and previous therapist, Kate Marie Mutsaers.
Season 1 Trailer: The Medicine of Grief
This trailer offers my prayer for this podcast - while introducing grief as a gateway into depth and aliveness. We will explore intimate conversations about grief with somatic practitioners and leaders in business, indigenous wisdom and mythology.
Jono Fisher: New Possibilities For Men
Many of us have been raised to think that men have to act in a certain way. You know the story — be tough, invulnerable, in control, unemotional etc.
Emiliana Simon-Thomas: The Science of Human Goodness
How modern science all points to human beings being wired for compassion and connection. “Biologically, we’re built to dedicate ourselves to each other.”
Jono Fisher: A Little Bird on Your Shoulder
I share some recent experiences of sadness and death. From these experiences, three valuable insights have emerged for me.
Danielle LaPorte: The Pitfalls & Promises on the Spiritual Path
We explore topics such as discipline as a path to liberation, how the “lie of inadequacy” drives so many poor decisions and how softness and tenderness could be one of the signs of genuine spiritual maturity.
Marc Lesser: The Journey to Search Inside Yourself
Fascinating story from childhood to living in a Zen centre, founding a multi-million dollar publishing company and then teaming up with a Google engineer to create the hugely successful Search Inside Yourself Program.
Jono Fisher: Small is Everything
He reflects on the power of staying focused on small things. In a world that glorifies the large and the flashy, it can be hard to see the value in the everyday actions.
Elena Brower: Truth Telling, Shame & Freedom
She shares how for a long time, she wasn’t proud of who she was. In fact she felt a discrepancy between her public and private life that led her to carry around the weight of shame. It was her journey to sobriety and telling the truth that allowed her life to more fully open up.
Jono Fisher: Micro Practice: Loving Kindness
Shares the practice of “loving kindness”. This practice is thousands of years old and more recently scientists are discovering its observable impact on emotional, physical and social wellbeing.
Marianne Williamson: Love, Fear and Miracles
Marianne discusses the power of love, how to deal with fear - and how forgiveness is one of our most important contributions to the world.
Jono Fisher: We Are Here to Help One Another
He shares an experience that reminded him of our basic goodness and our connection with one another.
Lyn White: The Power of Compassion
One of Australia’s most courageous leaders who believes in the power of our everyday choices to create a kinder world.
Golbie Kamarei: The Power of One
She shares her personal journey beginning with attending meditation retreats through to bringing these learnings into her work environment.
Your Host, Jono
For 20+ years I’ve hosted mindful events and leadership training for over 1 million people with some of the top business leaders and wisdom teachers of our time — including Eckhart Tolle, Brené Brown, Lawrence Levy, Tara Brach and the founders of Google’s most successful leadership program.
However, in recent years, the richest medicine of my life has been the loving hands of others. People who have offered the space for deep listening, sharing grief and reconnecting with my aliveness.
This new passage began during a particularly difficult time in my life.