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Welcome to the Vital Presence Podcast
Become the author of your own story! Join us for stimulating conversations with thought leaders and creatives about how to thrive and create at any age—but especially as we age.
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Mik Kuhlman: The Actor as Activist
Mik Kuhlman is an actor, physical theatre comedian, performance artist, theatre-maker, and...
Gretchen Staebler: Walking your mother home
Gretchen Staebler is an award-winning author and family caregiver ally in the Pacific Northwest...
Priscilla Long: Creating at Any Age
Priscilla Long is a well-known Seattle-based writer of science, poetry, creative nonfiction,...
Dana Lynne Andersen: The power of transformative arts
Dana Lynne Andersen Dana Lynne Andersen is a multimedia artist, writer, playwright, and...
Suzanne Anderson: The transformational path of grief
When her beloved husband took his life, and with it her life as she knew it,...
Diana Place—Creating a new story in the 3rd Act of life
Executive and entrepreneur turned community builder and advocate for women in the 3rd act of...
Debbie Weiss: Love, loss. and starting over after 50
Debbie Weiss When Debbie Weiss lost her husband of 30 years before she was 50, she...
Lois Holzman-the art of becoming through play and performance
Dr. Lois Holzman is a performance activist who helps people and communities worldwide to...
Isidra Mencos: Sex, salsa and a great story
Isidra Mencos. Photo by Nathan DeHart Isidra Mencos is a writer, writing coach, and author of...
Alex Doman, Sound and brain health entrepreneur
Alex Doman is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, psychoacoustic music producer, and...
Create your story – Engage the world!
Conversations with creators who are shaping the stories that are shaping the world