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Thought Echoes Podcast
by bethbonness
Thought Echoes is a podcast exploring how our thoughts shape meaning, identity, relationships, creativity, and resilience. Hosted by poet and writer Beth Bonness, the show features conversations with authors, researchers, scientists, and thinkers, alongside reflective episodes drawn from lived experience. From consciousness and memory to compassion, neuroplasticity, and transformation, each episode examines the patterns our thoughts leave behind — and how they ripple through our lives. We are all curators of our own thoughts and experiences.
Episodes
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What Happens When the Mind Lets Go? | Will Dowd
EPISODE REFLECTION: What happens when the rational mind steps aside—and something less predictable takes its place? In this Thought Echoes conversation, Beth Bonness welcomes Writer Will Dowd explores the strange territory between waking and sleeping, where the mind makes unexpected connections…
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Are You Living or Only Performing? | Judd Shaw
EPISODE REFLECTION: How do we know when we're living authentically instead of simply performing the roles we've learned to play? In this Thought Echoes conversation, Beth Bonness welcomes Judd Shaw to explore authenticity, emotional suppression, and the hidden cost of success. Together they…
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Staying Human in the Age of AI | Fredric Marshall
EPISODE REFLECTION: Artificial intelligence is changing faster than anyone can fully keep up with. But according to Fredric Marshall, the deeper challenge isn’t technological — it’s human. In this episode of Thought Echoes, we explore AI through the lens of change management, emotional…
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The Healing Power of Poetry | Robin Gabbert
EPISODE REFLECTION: There’s a quiet courage in choosing not to rush past a moment. I was struck by how poetry becomes less about expression—and more about permission. Permission to sit with what’s unresolved. Permission to revisit what resurfaces. Permission to be honest, even when that honesty...
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Become a Brain Super-Ager | Majid Fotuhi
EPISODE REFLECTION: Rather than framing aging as loss, this conversation invites a shift in perspective: the brain is always adapting. Dr. Fotuhi shows how consistent, intentional choices quietly accumulate — shaping who we become cognitively, emotionally, and physically. WHAT YOU’LL HEAR IN THIS...
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What Are the Stories That Shape Us? | Anna Citrino
EPISODE REFLECTION: Through poetry, history, and reflection, Anna explores silence, belonging, and the quiet inheritance of stories passed down through generations. This conversation is an invitation to notice the patterns beneath our lives—and to listen more closely to what’s been echoing all...
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Break the Hold Stress Has on You by Bringing More Joy into Your Life | Amy Leneker
EPISODE REFLECTION: Stress is often framed as something to eliminate, outrun, or endure. But what if that framing itself is part of the problem? In this conversation, I was curious about whether our cultural relationship with stress leaves room for something more humane — and more sustainable.…
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What Does It Mean to be Grateful? | Hiroko Yoda
EPISODE REFLECTION: What does it mean to stay creative—and even hopeful—when life feels uncertain? In this conversation, Hiroko Yoda explores the relationship between creativity, healing, and the unknown. Rather than waiting for certainty before moving forward, she invites us to cultivate a…
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What Does It Mean to Respect Yourself & Others? | Marcy Syms
Episode Reflection: Respect is often treated as something external — something we give, earn, or lose. In this conversation, I was curious about what happens when respect begins closer to home. Marcy Syms reframes respect as a daily practice rather than a status or personality trait. We explore…
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What if We Presuppose Good Intentions? | Josh Davis & Greg Prosmushkin
Listen as psychologist Josh Davis, PhD, and executive coach Greg Prosmushkin, authors of: The Difference That Makes All the Difference, share their tools for creating fast, lasting change using a scientifically-backed exploration of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP).
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Finding Strength in Our Imperfections | Céline Santini
EPISODE REFLECTION: What if the cracks in our lives weren’t something to hide, but something to honor? In this conversation, Celine Santini shares the philosophy of kintsugi—the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. Instead of disguising damage, kintsugi illuminates it, revealing…
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What Are You Paying Attention To? | Maggie Jackson
EPISODE REFLECTION: Although Maggie’s book Distracted was originally written in 2008 and re-released in 2018, I didn’t learn about it until I interviewed Maggie in 2024 for her book Uncertain. Took me almost a year to get around to reading Distracted, but the message still resonates today. I’d…
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How to Let Go of Attachments & Aspire to New Ideals? | Bob Rosen
Episode Reflection: Letting go doesn’t mean abandoning responsibility or ceasing to care; it means recognizing when our clinging is rooted in fear rather than purpose. In this conversation, Bob Rosen invites listeners to take stock of the stories and attachments that shape how they think, feel…
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Redefining Success, 1 Tiny Experiment at a Time | Anne-Laure Le Cunff
EPISODE REFLECTION: What if we approached life less like a fixed plan and more like a series of experiments? In this conversation, Anne-Laure Le Cunff shares the philosophy behind her book Tiny Experiments. Rather than chasing a single definition of success, she invites us to explore small,...
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Using Intuition as Your Inner Compass | Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir
EPISODE REFLECTION: Through poetry, history, and reflection, Anna explores silence, belonging, and the quiet inheritance of stories passed down through generations. This conversation is an invitation to notice the patterns beneath our lives—and to listen more closely to what’s been echoing all...
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Poetry Invites Us to Unexpected Places | Katie Prince
Episode Reflection: Delve into the power of words, the magic of poetry, and the messy beauty of being human. In this conversation, Katie Prince shares how learning to trust intuition — in writing and in life — often requires releasing the need for immediate answers. We talk about the tension...
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Honoring Feminine Intelligence | Elina Teboul
EPISODE REFLECTION: What if intelligence includes more than analytical thinking? In this conversation, Elina Teboul introduces the concept of feminine intelligence—a form of knowing that integrates intuition, emotional awareness, creativity, and relational insight. Rather than positioning…
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Driving Culture Change | Dr. Nilanjana Dasgupta
EPISODE REFLECTION: Through the use of a powerful metaphor 'wallpaper,' the underpinning of Dr. Dasgupta’s work uses science to drive culture change and promote greater equality and justice in our communities. She takes us on a journey through the different types of 'wallpaper' - the physical,...
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The Science of Goal Setting | Caroline Adams Miller
Episode Reflection: Big goals often come with big expectations — from others, from culture, and from ourselves. In this conversation, Carol Adams Miller invites us to slow down and look beneath the surface of goal-setting to examine the intentions that drive our pursuits. We explore how goals...
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The Power of Wonder Enriches Lives | Monica Parker
Listen as Monica Parker shares the importance of knowing what brings us wonder and allows us to embrace the richness of being alive.
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The Concept of Home Changes Over Time | Morgan Baker
Listen as Morgan Baker explores the concept of home and how it shifts over time.
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Exploring Consciousness | Dr. Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
Listen as Dr. Peter explores consciousness, experience, and group mind.
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Defiance As Acting in Accordance with Your Values Under Pressure | Dr. Sunita Sah
Listen as Dr. Sunita Sah explores reframing defiance and her upcoming book Defy: the Power of No in a World That Demands Yes.
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Uncertainty: the Intersection of Possibilities & Wakefulness | Maggie Jackson
Listen as Maggie shares how uncertainty is both a space of possibilities and a kind of state of wakefulness. How by teaching tolerance of uncertainty, people's resilience can be bolstered.
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The Liminal Space Before Sleep Taps into Our Creative Minds | Will Dowd
Listen as Will shares how to access that liminal space before we fall asleep as a way to tap into our creative minds.
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How to Become More Self-Aware of Our Intuitive Hits | Emily Sadowski
Listen to Emily Sadowski share how to become more self-aware of our intuitive hits and how they can help us make choices every day.
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Writing Can Be Used for Healing & Transformation | Diana Raab
Listen to Diana Raab share how writing can be used for healing and transformation.
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Poetry Is a Mystical Way to Go Inside Ourselves | Susan Wooldridge
Listen to Susan Wooldridge share how poetry gives us access to ourselves.
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Intuition Is Part of the Creative Process | Roxanne Colyer
Listen to Roxanne Colyer share her creative process.
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Improv Can Improve Our Relationships | Clay Drinko
Listen to author Clay Drinko talk about improv in his creative process and how mirroring improves our relationships.
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Sci-Fi Taps into People with a Broad Imagination | Katherine Benfante
Listen to author Katherine Benfante talk about her creative process.
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Community is Important | Joe Borges
Listen to Joe Borgess who survived a hemorrhagic stroke and how he’s now a motivation speaker and mindsset coach who helps people around the world connect and build community.
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Helping Others Reboot Their Brains | Marcia Moran
Listen to how Marcia Moran, who survived a stroke and is rediscovering teaching by working with writers.
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Returning to Her Teacher-Self | Mimi Hayes
Listen to how Mimi Hayes, who survived a hemorrhagic stroke and is rediscovering teaching by working with writers.
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Reconnecting to His Music | Michael Keefe
Listen to how Michael Keefe, who survived two hemorrhagic strokes, is rediscovering music.
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Embracing Life with Transparency & Grace | Olivia Lewis
Listen to how Olivia Lewis, who survived a brainstem strokes and locked-in syndrome when she was in college at 21, reframed a devastating event with grace and transparency. Her advocacy work hopes of helping others understand what it felt like to be locked-in without anyone being able to…
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Teaching People to Build Positive Stories | Alison Shapiro
Listen to how Alison Shapiro, artist, author, and mindfulness stroke advocate, who survived 2 devastating & near fatal brain stem strokes 24 hours apart. She discovered she did could and would have a profound impact on the course of that recovery.
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Passion-Finding Advocacy | Stacie Broek
Listen to how Stacie Broek, author and activist, who survived a stroke at age 46 as an ex-pat in Tokyo as we explore her transformation into Stacie 2.0 through passion-therapy and how she intends to help other families navigate recovery. Did you like this episode? Let me know by following and...
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Discovering Art after a TBI | Matthew Goodrich
Beth Bonness interviews Mathew (Matty) Goodrich who survived an incredible traumatic brain injury in a remote location on Molokai, Hawaii in 2016. Listen to how Matty rediscovered himself through painting and writing by connecting to a community of people where he felt he belonged. Did you like...
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Thriving After Locked-In Syndrome | Dr. Kate Allatt
Beth Bonness interviews Dr. Kate Allatt, author of Running Free: Breaking Out from Locked-in Syndrome. where they talk about what it feels like to be locked inside yourself and not communicate through her incredible recovery, plus the creative projects she’s working on.
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Memoir As Part of Stroke-Recovery With Eileen Haas
Eileen Hass, author, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. Eileen is a former editor and copywriter and recently published an inspirational memoir: Along Came a Stroke: My Story of Survival and Recovery.
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Exploring Life’s Options Post-Stroke | Billy Ethridge
Billy Ethridge, director and founder of WNE4k, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. Billy is the founder and director of WNE4, an international biotech and strategic consulting firm.
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Life As a Blind Poet | Giles Turnbull
Giles Turnbull, a blind poet and aspiring novelist with brain cancer.
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Life As a Musician Post-Stroke | Andy Dovey
Andy Dovey, musician, podcaster, blogger, and YouTuber who suffered an ischemic stroke. Andy is the creator of Brain Attack Music — to help raise awareness of brain attacks (strokes) and raise some money for charity.
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Life After a Concussion | Bob Phillips
Bob Phillips, author of Absolute Honesty: Building a Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk and Rewards Integrity and President and CEO of RW & Associates, a Management and organizational consulting firm that specializes in working with companies and leaders to drive change in culture,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Thought Echoes is a podcast exploring how our thoughts shape meaning, identity, relationships, creativity, and resilience.
Hosted by poet and writer Beth Bonness, the show features conversations with authors, researchers, scientists, and thinkers, alongside reflective episodes drawn from lived experience.
From consciousness and memory to compassion, neuroplasticity, and transformation, each episode examines the patterns our thoughts leave behind — and how they ripple through our lives.
We are all curators of our own thoughts and experiences.
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bethbonness
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Thought Echoes is a podcast exploring how our thoughts shape meaning, identity, relationships, creativity, and resilience. Hosted by poet and writer Beth Bonness, the show features conversations with authors, researchers, scientists, and thinkers, alongside reflective episodes drawn from lived...
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