https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sinking-into-Silence.m4a Silence has pooled in the in-between spaces of this past week. In-between the morning sip of coffee and the first call of the day. In-between starting the engine, and the winding drive that takes me to the beach. …

https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-little-dog.m4a This week I hit a little dog with my truck. I braked, but I couldn’t avoid the heart-sickening thump and the ensuing yelp, as I swerved into the oncoming traffic lane. To be clear, the oncoming lane did not pose a threat to me. …

Listen to the audio here: https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/False-starts.m4a Nightly, on coasts sprawling globally, sea turtle conservationists take to remote beaches during the midnight hours in search of nesting sea turtles. Endangered, and crazy vulnerable while nesting, sea turtles depart from the dark, slapping sea. Slowly and effortfully, they paddle their heavy flippers…

https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/The-Ocean-Cleanse.m4a Today’s yoga on the beach was powerful. My mind called out to the ocean through the entire 90-minute sequence. Whenever my thoughts carried me to unpleasant places, I closed my eyes, and let the waves fill my ears with their sound. They were coming for me, bubbly and consistent…

Listen to the audio: https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Catch-Release.m4a It started with the discovery of a flurry of feathers. The fluffy grey tufts were so small, no bigger than dimes, and tossed throughout my bedroom floor like deflated party balloons long abandoned after a party. Moths, geckos, and grasshoppers had thankfully been my only…

Listen to the audio here: https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Raising-an-Army.m4a If I were to tell you, you had the strength to raise an army, would you believe me? Would you allow others to willingly rally for your cause, and lift you high? Would you allow this protective movement of soldiers to barrel towards you…

Listen to audio here: https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Second-on-the-Totem.m4a Traversing through miles of partly lush, partly dry farmland, acres of plantain trees and sugar cane fields, our road trip motored us past silhouettes of volcanos rising from the horizon, hovering over the two-lane highway that chicken buses, big rigs, herds of cows, motorcycles, horse-drawn…

Listen here: https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/A-Tale-of-Two-Dentists.m4a It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Let’s start with the worst of times. My first dreaded experience receiving dental care in Nicaragua was not ideal. Suffering from an infected molar in need of healing and extracting was not ideal either. So…

Audio Version: https://venture-within.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Proof-AI-Sucks.m4a This week, I tried several times but failed to catch inspiration by the tail. Instead, I caught a sore throat, and a potentially scratched eye, and caught news that a root canal is in my near future. I caught up on sleep by way of much-needed naps…