Another Way with Dani

In this episode I bring back my first repeat guest and who was the first interview on Another Way... Ginny Muir! We do an even deeper dive into death cycles, including our own experiences with them this year. We talk about long form death cycles, how to navigate a death cycle, the importance of community care, and a whole lot more. We go deep y'all... and it's good! **TRIGGER WARNING: This epsiode does include conversations around suicide and suicide ideation. Ginny is a transformational guide, mentor, and coach. She's also been my coach off and on for 4 years now, and I couldn't speak more highly of her - she's really amazing and incredibly talented and skilled at what she does. She has over 15 years of experience "guiding brave humans through deep inner alchemy. Ginny helps transmute fear, shame, trauma, and conditioning into power, self-trust, and presence."Connect with Ginny: Her website: ginnymuir.comHer IG: @ginnymuirHer Linktree gives you all the links to resources like her Substack and newsletter, and information on her upcoming death cycles course. A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Minna Dubin, author of MOM RAGE: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood. We talked about all the things that not enough people (in my humble opinion) are naming and talking about in regards to Moms and the expectations and pressure we put on them, paired with all the ways we are not supporting, acknowledging, or listening to them. We asked the questions, "Why is motherhood not working for so many people?" and "Why are so many women not choosing motherhood?" Minna not only shares vulnerably around her own experiences but also has a wealth of research and recommendations for things we can actually do to help shift things. Learn more about and connect with Minna:On her website: MinnaDubin.com On her instagram: @minnadubinA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Oh boy this was a fun interview! I loved talking with Maya Culbertson‑Lane about all the things including her journey as a performance artist and clown, what clowning means to each of us and the role it plays, her experiences with being an aging woman in the performance world, the intersectionality of her being a therapist and a clown mother - and what that even means, and of course, polyamory and relating and sexuality. The list goes on. Connect with Maya and the Fou Fou Ha's:Fou Fou Ha websiteFou Fou Ha Instagram A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

I sit down with Sex Educator and Relationship Coach, Bre Reilly, as she shares about her own personal love liberation journey as well as the kind of work she does with her clients - including couples. Bre is someone who both creates and holds deep spaces for others to speak freely, feel deeply, and create relationships that reflect their real selves... but she also models this in her own life, which we dive deep into in this episode. After a recent break-up, which also followed her divorce, she has chosen a path of self commitment, including a ceremony to make it official and commit to being her own primary partner. We get into how she's in this new phase of life feeling deeply empowered. Bre tells us about what this all means to her and why it's been so important in her own healing journey.I loved this vulnerable and insightful interview with Bre, and I know you all are going to love it too. We also get into topics around sexual exploration, polyamory, and just relating in general. Connect with Bre:On Instagram: @bre_reillyOn her website: liberateyourlove.comA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

The week before my 40th birthday this year I was diagnosed with ADHD and it's completely turned my world upside down (and right side up??) So, of course, I wanted to do an episode about ADHD... pronto! Sebastian Clarke, Intimacy Coach and Educator with TurnON.love, was the perfect guest to dive into so many of the neurodivergent topics I've been obsessing over lately. In this episode we really focus on ADHD and relationships including questions like:How does having ADHD impact our relationships? What are some common challenges we might face? How can ADHD show up in our sex lives? How to talk to someone that you think might have ADHD and may not know it? What are some tips for ADHD folks to navigate relating in a neurotypical world? Are my fidget toys loud enough to be heard on this podcast? ;) Plus, a whole lot more. Seb and I both share some personal stories as we traverse the vulnerable complexities of being neurodivergent ourselves and wanting to talk about all the things!Connect with Seb:Learn more at turnon.loveUpcoming workshops in Oakland:July 22nd - Neurodivergent Love: Enhancing Emotional Intimacy July 29th - Neurodivergent Sexuality: Enhancing Pleasure A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Rachel Alexandria (former psychotherapist turned Soul Medic) and I nerd out on everything Enneagram in this episode that I believe has something for everyone... whether you've never even heard of the Enneagram before today or you're an experienced student and user of it. We not only share our own personal experiences but we get into each different type, how to best figure out what your type is, wings, stress/growth directions, the triads, and the three instincts. Rachel also shares a new-to-me way of understanding and remembering the 9 Enneagram Types that I found really interesting! Rachel apprenticed learning the Enneagram nearly 20 years ago and currently teaches classes called Enlightening with the Enneagram to a variety of small companies and organizations, and also created a video program called Tapping for Your Enneagram Type. Connect with Rachel and learn more:Her website: rachelalexandria.comInstagram: @rachelralexandriaYoutube: @RachelRAlexandriaLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rachelalexandria/A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Michael Weiss-Malik is the inventor and founder of Groove Thing, the world's first internal music player. He's also a client of mine, and now a friend. I was really excited to hear more about his professional story because we have a lot in common! He shares with us his journey of becoming pretty burned out in his corporate career and how this career crisis and (a short-lived) sabbatical turned into him inventing Groove Thing and eventually launching it as a business. It is a true intersection of his passions: music, sex, and tech. We also dive into the vulnerability of becoming a business owner in the sex toy and broader sex positive industries, and how that has brought even more fulfillment and alignment in his life and career. Connect with Michael and learn more about Groove Thing:Michael on LinkedIn TryGrooveThing.com A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Britt Fohrman guides people towards confident embodiment as a teacher, coach, doula, photographer, and alchemist in the often overlapping realms of pleasure, grief, sexuality, love, birth, and ceremony. But in this interview we focus our attention on her personal story - one that is woven with challenging the status quo and doing life on her own terms.Britt exemplifies living life another way by boldly following her intuition and defying the dominant paradigms that surround us. We talk about asking for help and creating a village. We talk about the role of pleasure in healing. She vulnerably shares her experiences and we dive into rich topics around navigating death and grief, as well as motherhood. After her beloved husband's death, Britt didn't give up on her dream to be a Mom. She chose an unconventional, but wildly beautiful and inspiring, path that has her now basking in the sweetness (and challenges) of single mom life.  Learn more about and connect with Britt:Her website: TheJuicyLadies.comInstagram: TheJuicyLadiesA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In 2022 at the age of 33 years old, Mikhail Wolf Shearman was in a life-changing motorcycle accident, that eventually led to the amputation of his entire right arm and chronic nerve damage and pain that he continues to deal with to this day. His life was turned upside down but he's chosen a path of abundance and living life to the fullest. In this episode we get into not only the details of this accident and how it has impacted him and his outlook on life, but we also dive into his life story and the many ways he's turned tragedy and trauma into opportunity and healing. This includes topics ranging from drug use both medicinally and recreationally, death of a parent (as a teenager), navigating grief, addiction, and so much more! Wolf has one of the most contagious and inspiring outlooks on life that I've encountered and it was a true pleasure having this conversation with him - especially the many (many!) similarities we found along the way in our life journeys and experiences. Connect with and learn more about Wolf:Wolf on InstagramThe Photon Collective Podcast on SpotifyThe Photon Collective Podcast on InstagramOther resources mentioned in the episode:The 3 Books Wolf Recommends:The Four AgreementsThe Seven Spiritual Laws of Success The Power of NowBook Dani Mentions: The Body Keeps Score A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Cianna P. Stewart produces and hosts Dying Kindness, a podcast for people who are going to die someday. (Hint... that's all of us!) Cianna's goal is to help people make key decisions now in order to be kinder to those they'll leave behind. In this episode we cover the many things you can logistically do to prepare for death, but we also dive into talking about death with your loved ones, facing death, navigating grief (for yourself and with others), and a whole lot more. We even get into some specific tips around what to actually say to those who are grieving and how you can best support them. Cianna and I share our own experiences and journeys with loss and death as well. This is a special and important episode, I hope you enjoy listening to it it as much as I did recording it!  Connect with Cianna:  DyingKindness.com - Sign up for Cianna's newsletter and get the Death Binder Essentials template too! Podcast episode "Getting the Conversation Started" Dying Kindness Facebook GroupAdditional Resources Mentioned on the Episode:The Death Deck "A Man on the Inside" on Netflix You're Going to Die (podcast, website, resources, and Bay Area events) You're Going to Die Weekly Online Grief Release Megan Devine, Refuge in Grief Website and Instagram  A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode I sit down with Reid Mihalko, internationally known sex and relationship geek. Reid has led thousands of workshops and play parties, and his work spans across the globe - and he's also been featured on Lisa Ling's "Our America" and NETFLIX's "Chelsea Does..." with Chelsea Handler. Reid tells us about his back story and how he got to being such a passionate expert in this field, while also generously sharing about his personal experiences along the way. We get into a variety of topics, tips, and insights around dating and relationships - but specifically into the concept of "dating your species" and what that means and how that can greatly impact (for better or for worse) your dating, romantic, and love life.Connect with Reid: Website: ReidAboutSex.com Instagram: @reidaboutsexFacebook: @reidaboutsexYouTube: ReidAboutSexReid's accountability process A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

I sit down with a long-time friend and fellow adventurer, Stephanie Koder. In this interview, we touch on her passion and career as a climate change expert and environmentalist (currently with The Nature Conservancy). After a break-up, Stephanie took the leap to live nomadically while figuring out where she wanted to land, and that has now turned into 15+ months of traveling and working remotely. We talk about what it's been like for her, how she plans where she'll visit next, tips she has - especially for being a solo female-bodied traveler, why she keeps doing this and how she manages it with work, and a whole lot more! Editors Note: This interview was recorded in early December 2024. Connect with and learn more about Stephanie:Stephanie on LinkedInStephanie on Instagram Resources Stephanie shared on the episode:Trusted Housesitters (this includes her affiliate link and a 25% discount code!)Ecofriendly Luggage Wifi Hotspot for TravelPepper SprayTravel Door Lock Tactical PenCarbon Monoxide Detector A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode, Zephira and I go deep into the topic of setting and holding boundaries in relationships. What is a boundary? How do we create and share them with the people in our lives? How do we uphold them? Why is this important? So many questions and so many answers explored. We also cover themes around non-violent communication, relationship agreements, domestic violence, and a whole lot more. This is an insightful, vulnerable, and educational episode that I think everyone can benefit from - no matter how experienced you may or may not be in creating, holding, and communicating boundaries. Connect with Zephira:Boundaries and Being Instagram PageBoundaries and Being TikTok PageZephira on Facebook Resources Mentioned in the Episode:Dr. Kathy Simon website and resources page (where you can download the list of human of needs) Project Survive through City College of San Francisco Shalom Bayit (Peace in the Home) National Domestic Violence Helpline A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this interview I sit down with Eri Kardos, an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, and love and relationship coach. We get into all the nitty gritty of how Eri has created a bold life of exploration, challenging the status quo, living authentically, and being in alignment with her truest expression in the world. She's beautifully modeled what it's like to be vulnerable and real in a world where she did have to face judgement and even interpersonal challenges because of it. From challenging conservative family values to sex positive and kink exploration to polyamory to living abroad and raising a family in Bali to building a unique career and partnership, Eri gives us inspiring and fun insights on what it's like to walk this path and why it's been so valuable to her. It's a really fun and deep episode, and Eri's stories are incredibly interesting - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Connect with Eri Kardos:Eri's Website: RelearnLove.com Eri on IGEri on YouTubeResource Mentioned in the Show:Adriana Shuman, author of Live Well A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode I sit down with Irene Morning who is a somatic coach, intimacy education, and author of the bestselling book, The Polyamory Paradox: Finding Your Confidence in Consensual Non-Monogamy. We dive into the ins and outs of polyamory with a focus on getting started and exploring it as both single or coupled. Irene shares why polyamory is having a moment, common mistakes folks make when getting started, tips for doing it consciously and carefully, and what "centering your pleasure" means and looks like . We also dive into some of the deeper philosophical questions like the different reasons people choose polyamory and how to navigate those differences. This episode is deep and rich and packed with insights for anyone exploring polyamory - whether you're brand new or been doing it for years! Plus, I share some of my own personal stories, questions, and insights as a long-time poly person who is only recently living a polyamorous lifestyle. Connect with and learn more from Irene Morning:Website: IreneMorning.com Instagram: @Irene_MorningA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode we really get to the heart of conflict resolution and how so many of us are missing the mark when it comes to repair conversations and what we can do about it. Intimacy coach, Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates, has used their extensive experience both personally and professionally to develop The REPAIR Process, which is designed to help others transform conflicts into connections with ease. We talk about why this is so important and the many ways that we might be getting it wrong with repair. Plus, we dive deep into the 6 steps of the REPAIR process and how you can improve relationships and deepen connections using it. This REPAIR process is useful for ruptures both big and small, and the goal is to simplify these conversations so you can have them easily when needed. Have you ever wished you could have more direct, clear conversations while in conflict? Do you struggle with regulating yourself when triggered? Do you feel like these convos just never quite go the way you want? Do you want to feel more connected after a repair conversation? Then this episode is for you!  Learn more or connect with Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates:Their website: drhazelgrace.comOn Instagram: @drhazelgraceA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Joan Bordow is someone who has modeled living life "another way" for almost her entire 80 years and counting. She has led programs with Landmark for over 20,000 people, been a top trainer and teacher across many organizations and themes, been a leader in sex positive spaces, written and published 8 books, worked with nonprofits and been a life-long activist, and so much more. Joan's life story is one of adventure, rebellion, growth, and service. In this episode, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Joan to hear more about her life story and the unique paths she's chosen and carved out along the way. She also shares her own insights and reflections around living a full life and one of integrity and contribution. We talk about her family life, balancing being a mother and a free spirit, and her 52-year partnership/marriage. We dive into her insights around being a leader and teacher and changemaker and so much more. Joan is a very special human and I'm beyond excited to share this episode with all of you. Connect with Joan:On Facebook A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode, I sit down with Malcolm Dydo, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Freedom Within Prison Project, a Santa Cruz, CA-based nonprofit dedicated to restoring wholeness to individuals, families, and communities impacted by incarceration. We talk about the recent, devastating execution of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams in Missouri. While tapping into our anger and sadness for the broken prison system, we also explore our shared hope for what is changing and can change. Malcolm shares a broader view of what it's like inside and what incarcerated folks are up against, as well as the many ways that volunteer programs (like Freedom Within) are working hard (with success!) to create new pathways for healing, growth, connection, and learning.This episode is an exploration of what is possible if we're open to empathy, change, and healing for every human. And how emotional literacy and human connection are foundational elements for every human's healing journey - and that everyone deserves access to. Learn more about the Freedom Within Prison Project: Freedom Within Prison Project website (note: a whole new website is coming soon so be sure to check back!)Freedom Within Prison Project on Facebook Freedom Within Prison Project on Instagram A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Have you ever wondered what the possible benefits are of chiropractic work? Have you possibly had a lackluster experience of your own? Do you wonder how to choose a a chiropractor effectively? We dive into these questions and so much more, in this interview with Dr. Debra Foxfern DC. We get into their unique approach to chiropractic healing and what they've learned and implemented along the way in this journey of becoming and serving as a chiropractor. We don't shy away from the hard questions and we focus on having an honest conversation about the good, the bad, and the opportunities in the chiropractic world from Dr. Debra's perspective. Learn more about and connect with Dr. Debra Foxfern DC:On their website at debrafoxfern.orgOn Instagram at foxfern.chiropracticA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Stefan Haves (an award-winning theatre and Cirque Du Soleil director and teacher) shares with us his life-long journey in theatre and the many twists and turns along the way, and some key insighs he has to pass along to the rest of us.  We dive into what clowning is, the art of it, and why it's important in both theatre and performing arts, but also in the world and in activism. Did you know that clowning is really based in the idea of anti-authority? And that the audience HAS to want the clown to the win? All this and a whole lot more is discussed around what actually makes clowning particularly healing for so many.    Connect with Stefan:On his website: stefanhaves.comOn Instagram: @fellinifellaGofundme for Pomo Summer Arts Camp Other Resources:Dani mentions a clown that has been incredibly inspiring to her - find Franzia Rose on Instagram - the ultimate clown bimbo! A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Misha Bonaventura shares her ongoing journey of exploring and living life another way, which has consistently led her down paths that have been unconventional and edgy. As a leader and expert in sex positive and polyamory spaces, a writer and artist, community leader, and mediator, Misha has chosen and navigated being "out" in the world across many different realms.  Misha tells the story of her unique path to finding her way and how that continues to unravel and unfold by following the threads of inspiration that light her up... from giant squid boyfriend, to education and awareness around her dyslexia, to making waves early in her career by asking for what she wanted, to pussy waffles coffee... Misha gives us a peek into her history and some of the insights she's learned around love, relationships, career, and more!   Connect with Misha and learn more:Misha on IG: @misha_bonaventuraMisha's Website: clearingconversations.comPussy Waffles Coffee on IG: @pwcexperienceBonobo Network on IG: @bonobonetworkBonobo Network Website: bonobonetwork.comA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

Leah Rothstein and Rachel True have been friends for nearly 30 years. In this episode, we hear their story of building a life-long friendship that has turned into co-housing and building their very own "compound" in Oakland, California. They share the many reasons this came about including a shared commitment to not living an isolated life and sharing life more expansively in a unique (but increasingly more popular these days) way. We dive into the benefits and the challenges they have faced, the language we have (and don't have) for these kinds of unconventional friendships and relationships, how others perceive it, what commitment in friendship can look and feel like, and a whole lot more.  There are many ways compounds and communal living can look, and this is one unique peek into how Leah and Rachel (and their families and friends) are doing it. A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode with Noa Elan, CEO of Plura, we cover the topic of finding the "balance" between our professional lives/choices and who we are/what we care about in the world. It's a dance for many of us and this episode gives examples, tips, and insights to help further explore our own unique paths of alignment in work and life. Some questions we explore include: "Is it possible to have a corporate job and still be my fully expressed self in the world?"  "Can I do what I love and still have financial security?" "How do I build a career that feels purposeful and in alignment?""Are there more than the two common paths that can feel like all or nothing?" "How do I navigate worrying what people think? Or even the real consequences we can face?" "How do you build your life with more scaffolding than your job?" And many more! Noa shares with us her own journey including her "fall of rage" and how she found her way in creating a path where she is in alignment, passionate about her work, and doing something she loves, while still working in the tech world that he knows and loves.  Connect with Noa Elan:On LinkedIn: @noaelanVia email: [email protected] Learn more about Plura:Heyplura.comOn Instagram: @heyplura A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode, I sit down with Dave Klaus who is a Life Coach, Consultant, Zen Priest, Facilitator, and former Criminal Trial Laywer with the Alameda County Public Defender. We explore his own journey breaking out of the patriarchal systems that often define manhood for so many and into a more heart-centered, vulnerable way of being and relating in the world. Dave shares his own journey and how it has led to his work helping other men through various modalities, including the Mankind Project and The Freedom Within Project (which is a nonprofit working to reduce recidivism and change the culture inside prisons and jails through self-awareness and emotional literacy). We talk about the power of emotional literacy, and the transformational experience that sharing and healing in community can offer. And dive into the common themes that many men face in our society today including  isolation/loneliness, the struggles with navigating friendship and relationships, shame, and healing from trauma. Plus, the many ways men can explore growth, healing, integrity, joy, self-love, and so much more through intentional men's work.  Get in touch with Dave:Via FacebookVia his website at daveklaus.netVia email at [email protected] A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode I sit down with community organizer, artist, and scholar, Lily Lamboy, who is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Modern Family Institute, a nonprofit that researches and advocates for diverse family and relationship structures. We dive into what a "modern family" is today and how current legislation, systems,  structures, and research are not accurately reflecting and supporting the non-nuclear families that are abundant and growing in our society.  Lily shares insights on how we can rethink family and community care, the challenges we're facing with the nuclear family model driving so much in our culture, how we can create our own unique family structures, and examples of what non-nuclear families might look like in today's world... plus a whole lot more!  **This episode was recorded on March 25, 2024 and since the recording, two very exciting pieces of legislation have been passed in the Bay Area supporting these initiatives. You can read more about legal protections passed in Berkeley and Oakland at the articles here and here. Connect with Lily Lamboy:On Instagram: @llamboyOn LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/llamboy/Email: [email protected] more about The Modern Family Institute:On their website: modernfamilyinstitute.orgOn Instagram: @modernfamilyinstituteA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode with relationship coach, educator, and facilitator, Aaron Steinberg, we dive into some of the modern challenges people are navigating in romantic partnerships and explore the question of whether many are facing the reality of what is actually getting in the way of connection. He shares insights on collaboration, asking the right questions, navigating being new parents in partnership, and a whole lot more. Aaron also shares his own journey of living honestly and finding his own way which has included living in paradoxes and embracing nuances from growing up in the Transcendental Meditation community, to once being a professional poker player, to consistently examining his own ways of relating and being in the world. Connect with Aaron:On his website AaronFS.com Learn more about Aaron's business, Grow Together:Grow Together website Grow Together on Instagram @thegrowtogethercoA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode we sit down with Marlon Williams, racial equity activist and current Vice President of Policy and Collaboration for Philanthropy New York. Marlon shares how  we can reclaim our power to change our reality.We cover the four different types of changemakers and how to identify where you fall so you can truly make an effective difference. We're invited to consider the question, "How do we heal the past and do the work of repair in this moment?" Through that, Marlon provides actionable ways we can make an impact within the organizations and communities we're a part of - while weaving in beautiful story telling of his own journey and life. Connect with Marlon:Learn more about the work Marlon is doing with Philanthropy New YorkAdditional Resources:RacialEquityTools.orgA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

We sit down with Lauren Arrow, a queer Jewitch song-tender and facilitator, to explore the gift of singing - particularly in community. She shares her own story of how she overcame her debilitating fear around singing and sharing her voice and how it's transformed into her life's mission of holding trauma-informed singing circles.Join us for this rich conversation about the healing powers of singing and how reclaiming your own voice can lead to greater creativity, expression, and connection. Connect with Lauren Arrow:ProcessSing.com IG: @lauren.arrowA note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions

In this episode with Ginny Muir (coach, healer, and medicine women), we explore what a death cycle is and how these tiny (and sometimes large) deaths in our life are a real opportunity for rebirth. Whether it's the loss of a relationship, an identity, or an actual human we love... or a major life transition that we're navigating... we're all faced with death cycles as part of the human experience. Ginny walks us through the common phases of a death cycle, relatable examples, and tips on how one can more gracefully embrace, navigate, and even prepare for a death cycle.  Get in touch with Ginny Muir:Her website is currently under construction but you can stay in touch with Ginny on  Instagram: @ginnymuir or contact her via email at [email protected]. A note from Dani: This podcast is a passion project for me and I love doing it, and I want to keep doing it! If you want to help support me and keep this podcast going, please consider donating to the cause via my BuyMeACoffee account. Thank you!!  Stay up to date on latest news and episodes from Another Way: IG: @another_way_with_DaniAnother Way Website Learn more about, contact, or work with the host, Dani O'Brien Buckley:On her website: DaniOBrienBuckley.com Dani's Coaching ServicesIG: @daniobuckley Dani's Way Substack for Personal Essays, Insights, and Opinions