PODCAST · society
New Dimensions
by New Dimensions Foundation
New Dimensions is an original and powerful forum for inspired and inspiring voices and views on a wide range of timely and timeless topics. Activism, art, education, science, psychology, philosophy, health, spirituality, global transformation, cross-cultural traditions, the interconnectedness of all life … All these and more are featured in this award-winning one-hour interview program that has been broadcast on public radio since 1973. For more information and over a thousand hours of downloadable programs visit newdimensions.org
Episodes
-
The Neuroscience of Soul - Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS - ND3867P
The Neuroscience of Soul with Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS UCLA neuroscientist Dr. Helen Lavretsky shares how a Kundalini Yoga awakening led her to teach "soul listening" meditation. She explores soul, ego, and spirit; heart-brain coherence; grounding; trauma release via EFT/EMDR; and AI's role in...
-
Making Wise Decisions for Better Health - Elson Haas, M.D. - ND3650
The medical choices we have regarding our health are multitudinous. Three main choices are Western, Eastern, Natural medicine. So how do we wade through the variety of options and how might they work together? Elson Haas, MD is dedicated to empowering each of us with the knowledge and resources…
more -
Rewiring Our Brains For Effectiveness and Well-being - Linda Graham, MFT - ND3662
In this program Graham shows us that it is possible to train our brains, our bodies, and our hearts to access our intuitive wisdom which helps us get through the tough times and become more conscious in the process. This training is supported by research scientists who have found that combining...
-
From Digital Distraction to Human Connection - Shannon Algeo - ND3864
Our smartphones offer extraordinary benefits, yet many of us sense they have become more than useful tools. Psychotherapist Shannon Algeo explores how attachment theory sheds new light on our relationship with technology and offers compassionate practices for reclaiming our attention, creativity,...
-
Why Trees Matter for All Life - Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Ph.D - ND3865.
Ancient Celtic wisdom-keeper and scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger reveals how forests regulate climate, oceans, oxygen, and human health. She shares a simple global “bioplan” of tree planting to help heal our warming planet. Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Ph.D. is an Irish-born botanist, medical...
-
Self-Discovery Through Photography - David Ulrich - ND3646
Thanks to cell phones, photography is now the great democratic medium, one of the most important means of communication of the 21st century. This is a new order, in which images are made, seen, and shared immediately and globally without curation or censoring by editors or governments. We can...
-
The Miracle of Language - Mark Nepo - ND3862P
Mark Nepo invites us to rediscover language as a doorway to the sacred. Tracing words to their roots, he reveals how language shapes awareness, connection, and healing. Through story and insight, he reframes courage, genius, and kinship, showing how words can restore our humanity and make every...
-
Dogs-A Boundless Gift of Unconditional Love - JJ Flowers - ND3861P
In this conversation Flowers explores the deep human-dog bond, showing how dogs’ emotional behavior often reflects their human companions. We are connected through a shared energetic field. Beyond the love they shower on us, they give us the gift of getting off our couches and out into the wider...
-
Changing Our Brain For Resilience - Rick Hanson, Ph.D - ND3638
This dialogue is filled with practical wisdom to support us in growing calmness and well-being so we may be more effective and resilient in our lives. Hanson assures us that the core of our being is “calm strength.” It is the background of who we are; it is a fundamental quality, the “wallpaper…
more -
An Awakened, Undefended and Intelligent Heart - Terry Patten - ND3645
In the midst of our present polarization and alienation from one another, Patten exhorts us to understand that “we are in this lifeboat together and the fiercest thing we can do is to say, I’m living in a new republic of the heart. I’m a revolutionary. You are not going to separate yourself from...
-
Writing As A Way To An Awakened Life - Albert Flynn DeSilver - ND3642
DeSilver describes how writing from the body rather than the head is a visceral experience that connects us with our intuition. He says, “Everybody is a creative person. It’s a matter of where you have been putting your attention.” This conversation is filled with encouragement that will help you...
-
The F-Word-Reconsidering Faith - Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel - ND3639
Buddhist teacher Namgyel points out that “everything leans.”She frames this statement with the reminder, “[W]e live in a world where ‘it all depends’ and everything is influencing everything else. We might think we know something at one moment but everything is always interrupting and influencing...
-
Effective Questions To Change Negative Habits Of The Mind - Ora Nadrich - ND3635
Ora Nadrich shares a series of fundamental and effective questions we can ask ourselves when we pay attention to our negative thoughts. Her “Says Who!” Method can transform fear-based and worried thoughts into thoughts that serve our well-being and support positive action. Tags: Ora Nadrich,...
-
The Restorative Powers of Connecting with the Earth - Laura Koniver, M.D. - ND3706
Koniver suggests that standing barefoot outside on the ground is the most enjoyable healing modality she knows of. There is a great healing waiting for you through the practice of touching the earth directly. Koniver calls it an Earth Prescription, a formula for living as vital as food and water...
-
The Odyssey-A Living Map of the Soul - Phil Cousineau - ND3863P
Navigating life’s most turbulent times, The Odyssey offers enduring wisdom through vivid, imaginative language. More than myth or history, it traces a nonlinear journey of loss and return. At its heart is a wounded warrior reclaiming his soul, guided by love, faith, and the longing for home—a...
-
Exploring the Hidden Kingdom of Fungi - Merlin Sheldrake, Ph.D. - ND3705
Fungi live their lives largely hidden from view and over 90% of their species remain undocumented. Sheldrake says that the fungal kingdom is more closely related to the animal kingdom. Here he takes us into his research on the ecological significance of fungi and its importance to all life on...
-
The Power of Trees and Chanting to Heal with Shannon Sullivan - ND3704
Here Sullivan talks about the power of trees in guiding us in understanding ourselves as well as our ancestral roots. She also shares the power of communal chanting that is a bridge of past and present that moves us deeply on a soul level as it connects us to Spirit. Shannon Sullivan is an...
-
Thomas Aquinas-A Sacred Activist for Our Time - Fr. Matthew Fox, Ph.D. - ND3703P
Here scholar, theologian, and teacher Father Matthew Fox explores the writings and wisdom of this electrifying saint and speaks of Aquinas’ timeless wisdom to a postmodern world. Fox encourages all spiritual warriors and activists to grow our vision and our courage. He speaks of some of the...
-
The Business of Stories Is Waking Up - Martin Shaw, Ph.D. - ND3701
Shaw helps us get acquainted with the kinds of folktales and myths that can be helpful in navigating these turbulent times. He says, “They are always trying to dig into the mud of the encounter with the notion that possibly there's a little bit of gold in there. There's some information that…
more -
The Soft Alert, Steadiness of Being A Ninja In Our Practices Of Wholeness - Rick Hanson, Ph.D. - ND3699P
Hanson encourages us toward the upper reaches of our human potential as he reveals, in detail, the 7 practices: steadiness, lovingness, fullness, wholeness, nowness, allness, and timelessness and helps us to be clear, strong, centered, and stable no matter what’s swirling around us (like a ninja...
-
Circles of Listening and Healing - Anne Scott - ND3860
Anne Scott is the founder of Dream Weather Foundation and has led workshops and retreats for women from diverse communities and organizations around the country and the world. Her work centers on restoring the connection between feminine wisdom and social change, and on exploring the healing…
more -
The Sky Within - Astrology, Archetypes, and Ecology - Diana Badger - ND3859P
Diana Badger is a counseling astrologer, writer/editor, gardener, Sufi practitioner, dream work facilitator, and photographer. In this conversation, she explores astrology as a living relationship between ecology, myth, and archetype—where heavenly wisdom is brought down to earth. She works…
more -
Exploring the Landscape of Our Current Food Supply - Zen Honeycutt - ND3692
This deep dialogue is dense with pertinent information about our food supply that is critical to the overall health of all people and most especially children. Honeycutt is a wealth of knowledge that has direct impact on all of us. She is a living example that together we can make a huge…
more -
Navigating The Post-Trust Era - Shiv Singh - ND3671
In these days of fake news, it is more difficult to know whom to trust and what to believe. We have entered, what Singh describes as, a post-–trust era. Here we shine a light on how we can be more mindful of the role we play, sometimes unwittingly, in condoning and promoting fakery and how we can...
-
Living With Radical Aliveness - Richard Moss, M.D. - ND3858
Richard Moss, M.D. recounts his journey from practicing medicine to teaching the art of conscious living Moss presents “The Mandala Process” to reveal how the mind drifts into the past or future and falls into judgment. He teaches focused spaciousness as the key to embodied awareness and...
-
Serene Readiness in Challenging Times - Eric Maisel, Ph.D. - ND3857
In an age of constant change and uncertainty, how can we remain calm, centered, and able to respond wisely? Maisel shares how we can cultivate serenity not just in meditation, but in the thick of daily life. Serene readiness, Maisel explains, means being mentally and emotionally prepared for…
more -
A Biocentric View of Our Common Home - Angela Manno - ND3856
When we look beyond our ego-centered view, we see we’re not separate from nature. Our survival, sanity, and meaning depend on recognizing the living web of life that sustains us. By tuning into the more-than-human world, we begin to heal the split fueling ecological destruction and remember a…
more -
The Power of Poetry in Uncertain Times - Jane Hirshfield - ND3702
In this time of global uncertainty good poems can soften the heart and help us face another day with curiosity, wonder and hope. It gives us another lens to view the world and helps bring what is often unseen into view. Poetry opens us to feel our connection to one another and to nature. It gives...
-
How Words Can Change the Outcome of a Crisis Situation - Judith Simon Prager, Ph.D. - ND3700
Prager shares many stories and practical examples of words that heal. She empowers us to be more effective in helping others in need as she explores the power of Verbal First Aidtm. She shares particular words and phrases that are most effective in assisting the healing process when someone is in...
-
Presence, Inhabiting Our Humanness - Mark Nepo - ND3698
Many gems of wisdom unfold here such as, “Being spiritual is inhabiting our humanness so thoroughly that the part of the universe that lives in me comes out and connects with the part of the universe that lives with you.” Other topics discussed are: being present and being absent as well as...
-
A Comprehensive Conversation About What We Eat - Will Tuttle - ND3697
Gandhi once said, “The most violent weapon on Earth is the table fork.” Dr. Will Tuttle asks us to consider one of the primary driving forces behind a whole network of problems we face as human beings is the mentality of violence, exploitation, exclusion and privilege that is required for us to…
more -
Reclaiming Illness and Death As Natural Parts of Life - BJ Miller, M.D. - ND3696
Next to birth, death is one of our most profound experiences. Dying is not without its pain but it can be meaningful and we can decide to be more aware and more conscious in how we orient ourselves toward the inevitable end of our lives. Dr. Miller advises us to be clear on our “goals of care”…
more -
The Creative Process-A Visit With A Writer - Mary Mackey - ND3695
Mackey writes both prose and poetry and has published many novels and books of poetry. She reveals her writing and creative process and how each kinds of writing requires a different approach and describes her process of “creative trance” that helps her to move into her own unconscious. She takes...
-
Choosing One’s Best Death - Lonny Shavelson - ND3855P
Lonny Shavelson, M.D. is a national leader in medical aid in dying, reframing it as compassionate end-of-life care rooted in honest conversation, emotional support, and patient choice. He dispels myths equating it with suicide, explains safeguards against coercion, and highlights the importance…
more -
States of Consciousness From Fear to Love - Regina Leffers - ND3854
Leffers explores consciousness through Spiral Dynamics reimagined as “facets” rather than hierarchy, from survival and belonging to care and authentic living, each with love-based gifts and fear-based shadows, and highlights practices like meditation to support this unfolding. Regina Leffers…
more -
Opening to Our Inner Radiance with the RAIN process - Tara Brach, Ph.D. - ND3694P
The RAIN Process (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) reminds us to pause and reconnect with a wise and compassionate presence allowing us to align our lives with our hearts. It can assist us when we get lost in unconscious, mental, emotional reactivity, fear, and are living on “autopilot.”...
-
Science Set Free - Rupert Sheldrake - ND3476P
For the past three decades, British biologist Rupert Sheldrake has been asking questions that most scientists either haven't thought of asking, or may be discouraged from asking by the unwritten codes that often prevail in our scientific and academic institutions. He thinks there are many other...
-
How Invisible Energetic Fields Shape Our Lives with Alan Briskin, Ph.D. and Mary V Gelinas, Ed.D.- ND3852P
We’re immersed in a universe of invisible energy fields, like swimmers in a vast ocean. Often beyond awareness, these forces shape and are shaped by us. This dialogue explores the Personal, Social, and Noetic fields and how conscious awareness of them helps us create a more just and compassionate...
-
The Universal and Undivided Force of Love - Glenn Aparicio Parry- ND3853P
Parry reminds us of the subtle, ancient longing of the soul calling for reunion and wholeness, and that love exists beyond the veils of time and dances outside the confines of space. He unveils the secret: Western time moves like an arrow, whereas Indigenous wisdom traces a circle, an eternal...
-
Communicating Across the Veil of Death - Cynthia Spring - ND3688
Spring communicates telepathically with Dr. Frances Vaughan about what life is like on the other side of death. They cover subjects such as spirit guides, suicide, who is “God?”, how death is a continuing learning process, can we collaborate with loved ones who have died and do they want to be...
-
The Essence of Erosion and Evolution - Terry Tempest Williams - ND3691
Here we stare down our present situation without flinching but with radical hope as Williams reminds us that love and beauty is felt in chaos and heartbreak. Healing is going beyond anger; It’s a process of eroding and evolving at once. We must let go of our certainty to come back into a place of...
-
Finding an Antidote to the Attention Economy - Jenny Odell - ND3689
More and more of us spend enormous spans of our time captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily. We are caught in a dynamic where our value is determined by our productivity. Odell encourages us to contemplate the attention economy and notice how...
-
Transforming Our Economy With Regenerative Principles - John Fullerton & Faye Cox - ND3851
This deep dialogue explores the shift from traditional economic metrics like GDP to regenerative economics, emphasizing interconnectedness and living systems. Fullerton and Cox discuss the need to move from extractive to exchange-based economies, highlighting the importance of right relationships...
-
The Incandescent Life of an Artist - Michael Cepress - ND3850
Michael Cepress is a "triple citizen of the arts," engaged in performing arts, visual arts, and fashion design. He invites us to recognize the limitless potential for good that emerges when artistic expression serves and uplifts the greater good, weaving diverse forms of art into purposeful...
-
Indigenous Traditional Healing Techniques in Altered States of Consciousness - Françoise Bourzat - ND3687
Many explorers are seeking a depth of healing that is more experiential through expanded states of consciousness. Some modalities of this are sweat lodges, vision quests, breath work, and where is it legal, psychedelics in Mexico. Here we explore the experiential therapeutic applications of...
-
The Difference Between Elderhood and Growing Older - Diana Percy - ND3686
Becoming an elder can be a time of great creativity and contribution.This deep dialogue explores what it means to be to be proactive in approaching aging and becoming an elder in the 21st century. Percy’s research points out that growing older does not mean we can no longer actualize new and...
-
Transforming Suffering Into the Light of Our True Nature - Lama Palden Drolma - ND3684
Lama Palden Drolma presents the Tibetan meditation practice, Tonglen, in a way that is accessible to Westerners. It combines breath, awareness, imagination, and an energetic transformation process that opens our hearts to reveal and cultivate kindness, love, compassion and wisdom. This practice…
more
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
New Dimensions is an original and powerful forum for inspired and inspiring voices and views on a wide range of timely and timeless topics. Activism, art, education, science, psychology, philosophy, health, spirituality, global transformation, cross-cultural traditions, the interconnectedness of all life … All these and more are featured in this award-winning one-hour interview program that has been broadcast on public radio since 1973. For more information and over a thousand hours of downloadable programs visit newdimensions.org
HOSTED BY
New Dimensions Foundation
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does New Dimensions have?
New Dimensions currently has 428 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is New Dimensions about?
New Dimensions is an original and powerful forum for inspired and inspiring voices and views on a wide range of timely and timeless topics. Activism, art, education, science, psychology, philosophy, health, spirituality, global transformation, cross-cultural traditions, the interconnectedness of...
How often does New Dimensions release new episodes?
New Dimensions publishes regularly with 428 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
Where can I listen to New Dimensions?
You can listen to New Dimensions on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts New Dimensions?
New Dimensions is created and hosted by New Dimensions Foundation.
URL copied to clipboard!