Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)
Podcast for people too stubborn to quit and too creative not to make a difference!Join visual artist Pat Benincasa in conversation with a riveting roster of guests to uncover extraordinary stories of everyday people. Listen as they share their quirky wisdom, unlikely adventures, and poignant life lessons! Fasten your emotional seatbelt for this journey of heart, humor and grit!
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 115
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Rediscover the Power of Play with Mike Montague
In this episode, Mike Montague, host of Playful Humans Podcast talks about how to reset and recharge ourselves through play in a stressed-out world. Somewhere along the way we have lost…
3 Arts High Schools VS Covid- Adapt, Adjust, Create
In this episode, find out how 3 arts high schools sustained their dynamic arts programs during Covid. Get a behind-the-scenes view of how Matt, Rebecca and Brian guided their schools t…
From the Depths of Tragedy, A Story Lived: Circle with Natalie Zett
In this episode, writer Natalie Zett talks about her discovery of a family link to a century-old tragedy and realized that dead is dead, unless it’s not?
This tragedy that killed 844, bu…
When Stories take Flight: A Circle With Mick Cochrane
In this episode, Mick talks about his published works. He also touches on larger questions for writers—for example, how much of ourselves do we put in our fiction? How do we make charac…
Art + Grace Beyond the Reach of a Shattered Life: A Circle with Nancy Carlson
In this episode Nancy Carlson talks about her work as author and illustrator and her journey through her husband’s devastating illness. This is a story of catastrophic loss and resilie…
Powerful Lessons of Urban Placemaking, Art + Healing: A Circle with Joan Vorderbruggen
In this episode Joan Vorderbruggen candidly speaks about her work creating platforms, strategies and collaborations utilizing the power of art for authentic community building.
Joan Vor…
Lessons From A Mysterious and Difficult Land: A Circle With Karen Haid
In this episode Karen Haid shares candid insights and stories about living in Calabria. As an Italian speaking “Americana,” she gives a remarkable and memorable, insider’s view of the r…
The Magnificent Broken - Redemptive Healing Through Words: A Circle With Leaf Seligman
In this episode Leaf Seligman speaks about the alchemy of trauma, storytelling and healing. “Being able to tell the story can be redemptive. "And...all of us experience harm and redempt…
A Post Pandemic View Through Rembrandt’s Eyes
In this episode our post pandemic view is re-created by Rembrandt. Pat Benincasa compares Rembrandt’s self-portraits to our way of coping with a post-Covid world.
Selected Quotes:
“There …
Family Stories, Timeless Connections: A Circle With Natalie Zett
In this episode Natalie Zett talks about her search beyond records, newspaper clippings and old photos and in to the inexplicable mystery of unseen connections. Natalie is an award-win…
We Create Our Own Reality
Ellen Pavitt survived a paralyzing plane crash to face a daunting, new mind-body reality and a powerful spiritual quest.
What should have been a routine flight for a small Cessna 172M f…
Celebration For Sue Cochrane: Tireless Advocate For Unconditional Love
In this episode I talk about this remarkable woman, Sue Cochrane. From an early life in turmoil to years-long battle with cancer she was lawyer, judicial referee, teacher, family law in…
Lessons From 12 Years On The Road
Curious about the nomad life? This is a deep-dive conversation with veteran nomad Chris Carrington, a woman whose 12 years on the road have given her stories, insights and a unique capa…
The Art of Life in Transition
Transition, transcendence or treading water, what did you do this past year?
Please Note: The views expressed by our guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcaster.
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The Defiant Tenderness of Surrender
COVID is the situational context that defines our everyday life. In this episode we examine our altered daily routines, work life, parenting and choice making through a lens of common p…