Peterson Toscano

Hello, friend.

I'm Peterson Toscano.

And I'm Diana Yanez.

This is season six, episode five of the Quakers Today Podcast, a project of Friends Publishing Corporation.

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This is Quakers Today, and I'm Peterson Toscano.

I'm Diana Yañez.

Welcome to Spirit in Action.

Peterson Toscano is our guest host today as he explores how we can find our footing and maintain our spiritual integrity during these times of profound global disruption.

In the first half, Peterson shares an excerpt from the BTS Center's Climate Changed podcast featuring a conversation between host Autumn Brown and Norma Wong.

A Zen Buddhist practitioner and former legislator, Norma shares her insights on indigeneity and what it means to live in the source way and how we become good ancestors.

In the second half, we return to the Climate Change Podcast as Autumn Brown guides psychotherapist and author Francis Weller through a discussion on the long dark.

He offers profound reflection on the necessity of communal grief, the transformative power of ritual and why maintaining an adult presence and deep friendship is essential to our collective resilience.

I'll let Peterson take over now.

All yours, friend.