I Will Read for You: The Voice and Writings of Jaiya John

Reading a piece on empathy that begins: Souls infected with the spirit of greed and plunder try to sell you the notion that empathy is dangerous and destructive.... from my new book Wildflowers Praying at Midnight. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide and at my website. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, YouTube channel, apparel, poetic keynotes and talks, book readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...                    Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading from my new book Wildflowers Praying at Midnight, released December, 2025. This piece begins with: Ukuzola. Calm now. Here is our medicine.... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide and at my website. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, poetic keynotes and talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...                   Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a piece that begins with, They say you must die for your art...., from my book, Dear Artist: A Love Letter. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, poetic keynotes and talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...                  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading in both English and Spanish a fresh new unpublished piece titled, We are the Garden and We are Beautiful / Somos El Jardin y Somos Hermosos. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for a community celebration (pachanga) and communion. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, poetic keynotes and talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...                 Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a fresh new unpublished piece titled, Bless You Who Set Our People Free. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for a Community Development Resources of Ventura all-staff celebration of 400+ early childhood support and education workers, Ventura, California, April 25, 2025. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...                Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a fresh new unpublished piece titled, Sanctuary Until Sunrise. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for LA Best Babies Network's Family Strengthening Network Annual Summit, attendance 500+, June 11, 2025. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...               Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading part 2 of the passage titled, Rest Feeds Your Revolution, from my book, Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution. You may listen to part 2 in podcast episode 299. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...              Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Visionary artist Delphine Diallo joins me in Sacred Conversation. We cover the cosmos in this one. AI as both a colonizing and liberating instrument. History as a mirror. Ancestral remembrance. Embodied spirituality. Bruce Lee. And so much more. May this soul medicine nourish you. You may find Delphine's work on Instagram at @delphinediallo.....Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have a soulful conversation. Prerecorded for video and available on my YouTube channel. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey and creative work, asking each other about what stirs in us, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and to get to know each other along the way. ....All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...              Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a piece from my book, Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution. This passage is titled: Rest Feeds Your Revolution. This is part 1 of the reading, with more to follow. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...             Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Today we share chapter eight, titled: Ceremonial Life, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. Available on Audible. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...    Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a piece from my book, Your Caring Heart: Renewal for Helping Professionals and Systems. This passage is titled: Love the Ones You Serve. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...            Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a piece that begins with: Synchronicities. Everything is intimately, energetically interwoven.... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...           Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a piece that begins with: A golden sky covers you today.... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...          Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Today we share chapter seven, titled: Spiritual Life, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...         Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Today we share chapter six, titled: Wholeness, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, apparel, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...        Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Today we share chapter five, titled: Your Freedom, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...       Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Today we share chapter four, titled: Loving Yourself, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...      Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Today we share chapter three, titled: Sacred Love, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...     Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Today we share chapter two, titled: Your Sacredness, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...    Send us Fan MailSupport the show

During these early months of 2025, I am sharing with you, one chapter at a time, the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. The complete audiobook is available for download exclusively at my website. We begin today with the first chapter, which is titled Arrival.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...   Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a piece titled, We Change This World, from my new book, We Birth Freedom at Dawn: Volume Two.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

In the spirit of February 14, reading a selection which begins, Usurp my throne.... from my book, Habanero Love: A Poem of Sacred Passion.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...            Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a selection which begins, Our grief is an ocean of tears.... from my book, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volume Two.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...        Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading an unpublished poem for those affected by oppression fire and wildfire, which begins with, It hurts in your body where your bedroom was. We hold you there.... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone session soul ceremonies, book specials, booking for keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading an unpublished prayer poem which begins with, A Golden sky.... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone session soul ceremonies, book specials, booking for keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com... Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading from a selection that ends with, Spark life.... from my book, All These Rivers and You Chose Love. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, booking for keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Sacred Conversation with J.S. Park, hospital chaplain and author of the astoundingly profound and beautifully poetic book, As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve. For many months, I have been excited to have and to share this conversation with you. J.S. feels, lives, speaks, and writes in a mystic poetry that moves me deeply and calls me back home to our sacredness within. In our conversation here, we celebrate our kindred childhood soul architecture; revel in what it means to find refuge in closets, under beds, and in the back seats of cars; draw a compassionate portrait of what it means to attend a dying; wander over the territories of Love, grief, and the spiritual First Space (aka third space, liminal space) of stillness and witness; and taste the fruit of the paths available to us for Joy's harvest. You may find J.S.'s work on Instagram at @jspark3000..Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...            Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a selection entitled, Love is Life.... from my book, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volume Two.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...       Send us Fan MailSupport the show

In this emotionally fertile Sacred Conversation with Nova Reid, producer, writer, speaker, and author of the book, The Good Ally, we commune over the vital importance for Black Women (and marginalized souls) of gathering together in safe affirmation, celebration, purpose finding, soul gardening, and healing. This conversation fed me richly in ancestor dreams. You may learn more about Nova's journey and brilliant work at novareid.com..Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. . All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...            Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a selection that begins with, Maybe Love is not the problem.... from my book, All These Rivers and You Chose Love.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...      Send us Fan MailSupport the show

My soul brother Yohance Maqubela, who is a true community Baba and revolutionary Teacher, and son of our fiery, Loving ancestor, the singular Dick Gregory, joins me to discuss my new books, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volumes One and Two. This conversation feels like home. We Birth Freedom at Dawn, volumes one and two, are now available worldwide. Bless you for your online reviews, book posts, and book readings. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...     Send us Fan MailSupport the show

A book conversation with esteemed soul worker, mystic, ancestor emissary, and bestselling author, Layla F. Saad, as we discuss my new books, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volumes One and Two. Together, we dream of liberation. We Birth Freedom at Dawn, volumes one and two, are now available worldwide. Bless you for your online reviews, book posts, and book readings. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Personal phone sessions, book specials, audiobooks, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, and virtual book/poetry readings are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...    Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading my new meditative chant poem, Thunder. All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, virtual book/poetry readings, and Birthing Life creative life/writing personal phone sessions are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books, and your creative images and videos with my overlayed verses, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...   Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Special book launch episode. Reading from my new two-volume book We Birth Freedom at Dawn, which will be released this Thursday, September 26, 2024.BOOK LAUNCH SCHEDULE:*jaiyajohn.com to register.SEPT 24                    VIRTUAL GLOBAL BOOK LAUNCH11AM PACIFIC (REGISTER)SEPT 26                    WASHINGTON, D.C., HOWARD UNIVERSITY INT. BLACK WRITERS FESTIVAL11AM PANEL, 5PM READING (DETAILS)SEPT 26                    WASHINGTON, D.C., SANKOFA BOOKSGLOBAL BOOK LAUNCH WITHDR. THEMA BRYANT (REGISTER)OCT 5                       VIRTUAL GLOBAL BOOK LAUNCH 9:30AM PACIFIC (REGISTER)All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynotes, talks, book/poetry readings, worldwide book/poetry reading tour, virtual book/poetry readings, and Birthing Life creative life/writing personal phone sessions are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books, and your creative images and videos with my overlayed verses, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

This flavorful, soulfully seasoned Sacred Conversation between two Albuquerque-born New Mexicans, Lalah Delia and myself, was a joyful trip down memory lane, nostalgia, and our longing for open mesas, towering mountains, roasted pinons and chiles, and authentic New Mexican food, culture, and energy. All as a childhood root for our kindred spiritual callings to serve the cause of collective human healing. May you enjoy listening and be well fed as Lalah and I dive deep into a lush pot of conversational pozole and green chile stew.Lalah Delia is a bestselling author, educator, spiritual writer, certified spiritual practitioner, and founder of Vibrate Higher Daily School. She is leading seekers to self-empowerment and a life of more grace and high vibrations.Her bestselling book, Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power, spiritual writings, teaching, speaking, and social media presence are guiding seekers around the globe on a journey back home to their empowered, higher-potential, whole selves. Through her lyrical and organic writing, teaching style, and experiences, Lalah enlivens spiritual seekers looking to live with more intuition, empowerment, higher purpose and vibrations, confidence, grace, and subconscious mind reprogramming.Her work is a response to her journey and to the current vibrational state of the world we live in, navigate, and journey through daily.  Lalah, her work, and her story are featured on film, in documentaries, and in various media, including television, podcasts, and magazine. She has spoken at panels across the country, such as SXSW, In Goop Health, and Girlboss Rally, and has been featured in print and digital editions of VOGUE, Harper's Bazaar, Instyle, Yoga Journal, Glamour, Forbes, goop, New York Magazine, The Cut, mindbodygreen, Essence, Girlboss Radio, Black Girl In Om, Expanded Podcast, i-D, Hollywood Reporter, and more.Lalah has been interviewed and seen on CBS Mornings, Entertainment Tonight, ABC News, PBS, and Good Morning America. Lalah can also be found featured as a guest on an array of popular podcasts.Visit her work and school at vibratehigherdaily.com, where you can work with and be guided by Lalah in her private, thriving, personal energetics and self-development community. Visit her work and school at vibratehigherdaily.com, where you can work with and be guided by Lalah in her private and thriving sacred personal energetics and development community. .Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...    Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading the selection beginning with, your soul floating endless grace...., from my book All These Rivers and You Chose Love. All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, keynote speaking, worldwide poetry reading tour, virtual poetry readings, and Birthing Words creative writing support are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books, and your creative images and videos with my overlayed verses, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com... Send us Fan MailSupport the show

My conversation with Palestinian filmmaker, director, writer, and teacher Rolla Selbak was an exchange of sweet and saltwater tides. I cried. Then she cried. Then I cried. And she cried. It was oceanic in its soulfulness, honesty, clarity, and Love offering for humanity. I had been yearning for this conversation since we met at the Los Angeles reading of the Gaza Monologues in January of this year (2024). I can't wait for you to listen to, feel, and be sown by this kinship river. Bless you.Rolla Selbak is an award-winning filmmaker and Sundance alumna, with multiple works optioned for development at 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures Entertainment. She imprints her fresh point of view as a Palestinian American with deep, maternal roots in Jerusalem.Her recent screenplay, CHOKE, was a 2022 Winner of The Black List, and was based on her award-winning short film of the same name, both telling the story of a Syrian refugee who dreams of becoming an MMA champion.Other notable works include co-producing the Sundance 2017 short film AMERICAN PARADISE, which was later adapted into the Sundance-winning film LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, and helming the internationally acclaimed feature film “Three Veils”, a first of its kind to confront homosexuality within the Muslim-American subculture.She is currently embarking on her second feature film: THE VISITOR. Known as the Palestinian “Get Out”, the film is a psychological horror about a young Palestinian man who discovers that living life under an occupation can be just as sinister as the shapeshifting monsters in his grandmother’s folktales.Selbak is the founder of the SAFINA FILMMAKER PROJECT, an initiative to raise the voices of Palestinian filmmakers through free artistic mentorship.ROLLASELBAK.COM@ROLLASELBAK (IG)Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...      Send us Fan MailSupport the show

I genuinely enjoyed my Sacred Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Mullan, PsyD., creator of Decolonizing Therapy: a psychological evolution that weaves together political, ancestral, therapeutic, and global well-being (@decolonizingtherapy on IG). Dr. Jenn is a major disruptor in the mental health industrial complex. Her work is an urgent call to dive to the root of global and generational trauma to unlock the wisdom of our sacred rage. She is also the author of the recently released book Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice, a Love letter and call to action for helpers, healers, therapists, and space-holders struggling inside the mental health industrial complex. As I move through her book, I am awash in the absolutely beautiful and Loving poetry of her language, heart, and calling.Dr. Jenn and I had ourselves just a down-home, mighty good time. This is all I will say about our conversation. I am excited for you to listen and enjoy yourself just as much.Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...     Send us Fan MailSupport the show

*LIVE RECORDING. I wrote and delivered this poem, The Beautiful Ones Have Changed to Light, in honor of the martyred poets and writers of Gaza and Falesteen as part of the first ever Los Angeles reading of The Gaza Monologues, on January 19, 2024. Our gathering was organized by the precious Sonali Fiske @sonalifiske (IG) with the blessing of Ashtar Theatre @ashtartheatre (IG) in Ramallah and in response to their global artistic solidarity call. We gathered to pay our respects, bear witness, send collective Love and prayer, and recite the heart-piercing monologues written by young souls in Gaza.To birth this prayer-poem posted here, I soul-studied each of the named martyrs (among so many unnamed here) and, for each of them, wrote passages specifically in their honor. My prayer is that these personalized passages intuitively reflect aspects of their singular lives, work, passions, personalities, prayers, and dreams, including phrases here that are inspired by and evocative of their own written work.On Jan. 28, I posted on IG an unofficial phone recording of me reciting this poem. You may find it on my page. The official video of our overall monologue reading will be shared by Sonali and others in the days to come.For a written copy of this poem, please email [email protected] feel free to share and post this poem with proper crediting far and wide, especially within the diaspora Fal*steeni and Levantine communities. May our Love reach them and be solace, salve, and balm in the human breeze.All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, and details for The Gathering, my poetry reading wold tour, are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books, and your creative images and videos with my overlayed verses, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

*LIVE RECORDING. Reciting a poem on Indigenous healing ways for the Presidential Opening Session of the American Psychological Association National Convention, Washington, D.C., August 3, 2023. 10,000 souls rolled deep at this gathering in the spirit of 2023 APA President Dr. Thema Bryant's @dr.thema chosen convention theme: You Belong Here.*My poetry reading world tour, The Gathering, kicks off tomorrow, Friday evening, February 2, 2024 in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Tickets are at jaiyajohn.com and thelunavortex.com. I hope to see you there for a healing moment together. All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, and Birthing Words creative writing support are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books, and your creative images and videos with my overlayed verses, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com... My freedom work is at jaiyajohn.com (bio link).Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading (and playing piano accompaniment) Harvest, a ceremony piece that will be newly included in the upcoming revised edition of my book, Father to Son: Ode to Our Black Young. All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, and Birthing Words creative writing support are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books, and your creative images and videos with my overlayed verses, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...Send us Fan MailSupport the show

My heart was deeply moved by this quiet, heartful conversation with Cole Arthur Riley, creator and curator of Black Liturgies (a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation), and author of the books This Here Flesh and the upcoming Black Liturgies:  Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. Cole shares her soulful work daily on Instagram. In our conversation we share about our kindred childhood experiences with silence, solitude, and finding our written and spoken voices. Together, we find commonality in the spiritual nature of our work and the use of language in soul service, and in how self-examination becomes more critical for us as we address systemic violence, oppression, and atrocities in the world. We also discuss the medicinal utility of addressing the root of human suffering, violence, and supremacy, rather than emphasizing surface-level social group categorizations.  Our conversation is at once very personal and very timely as we face and address the continuing reality of human crisis and faith as our way home.Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...    Send us Fan MailSupport the show

I am thrilled to share with you my Sacred Conversation with Dr. Thema Bryant. As many of you know from our past conversations, Dr. Thema embodies so many graces. She is a sacred dancer, poet, author, minister, doctor of psychology, therapist, professor, and currently the President of the American Psychological Association. This conversation is full of joy and laughter. We explore the gift of emotional honesty, the importance of physical embodiment, and the power of being true to yourself in a world that may often relate to you in oppressive ways. Dr. Thema and I both share naked stories of our journeying from trauma to truth, and we discuss how creative expression can help us to heal and return home to ourselves, particularly when the world is suffering in particularly intense ways. Our conversation is more than anything a prayer, that we each remain rooted in our divine and holy nature. I hope this one feeds you in the ways you need. @dr.thema on IG. drthema.com.Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My new book Dear Artist, and all my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...   Send us Fan MailSupport the show

I do not know how to describe my third Sacred Conversation, with Laya F. Saad. We just finished our conversation, so my heart is still so full and crying. Layla lives in Qatar, has done groundbreaking work on the harm of and healing from supremacies, and has been on a beautiful personal journey involving her ongoing discovery of her neurodivergence. She shared so openly with me. I guess you can say that our conversation is about embracing your true nature, including your creative nature, and just how life saving and changing it is to do so. Our conversation felt to me like playful prayer. I hope it does for you, too.Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My new book Dear Artist, and all my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a selection from my upcoming book, Dear Artist. Dear Artist, and all my books, is available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, piano music, and Birthing Words creative writing support are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books, and your creative images and videos with my overlayed verses, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Wow. I hope you listen to and feel this one. My second Sacred Conversation is with Terence Lester, Ph.D., a soul who does sacred work to restore and celebrate the dignity of those who are unhoused and/or invisible. He is a husband, father, author, and founder of both Love Beyond Walls and Dignity Museum. In our very soulful, vulnerable conversation, we talk about the profound self-harm caused by not seeing the dignity of other souls, the cost of invisibility, our life journeys of spiritual servitude, and the priceless personal and collective value of true listening.Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My new book Dear Artist, and all my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com... Send us Fan MailSupport the show

I am excited to share with you our first Sacred Conversation, with the artist, painter, poet, birth mother of the Heart Dept, activist, revolutionary, and much more, Shelley (Grace) Bruce. In our conversation, we explore the holiness of names, "Land Back" as a holistic liberation movement, the birth story of the Heart Dept, and our upcoming September 13 Heart Dept gathering which will serve as a fundraiser, medicine circle, and book launch and signing for my new book Dear Artist: A Love Letter.Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have an old fashioned phone conversation. No video. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey, asking each other soulful questions, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and get to know each other along the way. My new book Dear Artist, and all my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...  Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a selection from my upcoming book, Dear Artist. You may preorder Dear Artist exclusively at jaiyajohn.com. All my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com... Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a selection from my upcoming book, Dear Artist. You may preorder Dear Artist exclusively at jaiyajohn.com. All my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...Send us Fan MailSupport the show

Reading a selection from my upcoming book, Dear Artist. You may preorder Dear Artist exclusively at jaiyajohn.com. All my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, book specials, sleep stories, audio talks, apparel, and piano music are exclusively at my website. Thank you for posting your copies of my books on Instagram, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, posting readings of your favorite passages, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...   Send us Fan MailSupport the show