Reflection: Podcast Beginnings

14 min

Pierre's off the slopes in Utah to talk about mindbody and spirit-focused podcasting with Maureen. 

In vacation mode, he and Maureen reflect on happy places - ski slopes and mountain tops, tennis courts and flat spots.

After breaking down happy places, Maureen and Pierre reflect on their Learning Conversation podcasting journey.

Where did the idea come from? What went into the decision to podcast?  What’s cool about podcasting? 

Before podcasting together, Maureen and Pierre talked about their post yoga training interests and Maureen introduced Pierre to 4 books that he had not read. She thought he might have read them.  The idea arose that shared interests are not identical to shared experiences, and both need exploration. 

Reflecting further on overlaps and gaps in their mutual interests and experiences in mind, body, spirit, they recognized that at this moment in history there is an explosion of information in this genre.  It’s coming from many sources, traveling many channels.  

There are books.  There are podcasts.  There are radio shows.  There are television shows and documentaries on a gizzillion streaming and platform channels. There are retreats and centers of learning.  There are monasteries and ashrams. There are scientists at universities with new research tools revealing brain and body workings.  Medical experts and doctors exploring public health and individual health where lifestyle diseases dominate death statistics.  

Information in this area is truly exploding.  Maureen and Pierre though: maybe it would be beneficial to catalogue their discussions and learnings. Maybe it would be a good idea to travel the landscapes of learning together?

And so a podcast was born - Learning Conversation.

Learning Conversation is where we learn together. Bonus points to Maureen, who built a website: LandscapesforLearning.com where  conversations could reside and link to other resources that she offers in the counseling and life coaching spaces.   

So join us.  Learning Conversation podcasts are organized in the following categories, typically with different lengths.  Pick and go.  Enjoy!

1  Reflections

2. Resources

3. Practices

4. Interviews

5. Discussion