Podcast
Humans on the Verge
Hosted by Kelly Carlin-McCall · EN
Humans on the Verge with Kelly Carlin-McCall explores how individuals and American culture change, evolve, move from one stage of life, or one state of mind, to another. It is born from Kelly’s curiosity about the strange and miraculous opportunity to be conscious, sentient beings, aka humans, in these interesting times we find ourselves in at the beginning of the 21st century.
Each month two episodes will drop. The first one will be a conversation with someone from the world of psychology, philosophy, politics, spirituality, science, the arts,or entertainment industry to unpack their life experiences and ideas about how culture and humans change. Then in the second episode she’ll build on that conversation by examining the topic through her own life, and those she guides and teaches in her online Humans on the Verge Community, and then offer to the listener a few thoughts for them to ponder on their own.
Theme song: "In the Name of Love" by Kenny Rankin. Used with permission.
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Kelly's Ponderama - Vanity & Love
Jan 1800:45:38Tap to summarizeKelly opens up about her spiritual path and how vanity - the fear of not looking the way folks expect her to be - keeps her from sharing the depths of that with the world.She’s been a life long seeker of esoteric knowledge, paths and walked many of them, and with the way the world is today, she just can’t compartmentalize herself anymore.She hopes that by openly wrestling with this stuff here in her Ponderama, it will give her more freedom, but most importantly, make others feel less alone with their fear of displaying their Freak Flag high. I mean, with the state of the world, what do we have to lose? She mentions a few things she’s been geeking out about lately: the Gene Keys and Human Design.And invites everyone to join her on January 31st. 2026 for a 1/2 day online event she’s hosting to discover What is Yours to Do? in these chaotic and fretful times. She hopes that everyone knows that what ever is yours to do, that if it’s true to your soul, it’s what the world needs. Wanna get mail about Humans on the Verge? https://humansontheverge.com/ Wanna learn more about Kelly? https://humansontheverge.com/aboutkelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Kelly's Ponderama Episode - Change
Oct 3000:49:35Tap to summarizeIn this month’s Ponderama, I dive into change. Leaping off from my last episode with Rich Logis conversation where we talked about what it takes to make a big scary change in our lives, I share a story from my life when I had to take a big leap. If this podcast has got you thinking and wondering, and you want to explore the topics I covered in more depth, I invite you to join me in my monthly online call where I and others dig into things more deeply - The Humans on the Verge Podcast Soul Tribe. JOIN HERE (https://humans-on-the-verge.mn.co/plans/1546746?bundle_token=e54fe85e8a6a370c6f9ff120d1f6b859&utm_source=manual) In the Soul Tribe, you’ll get - A 90-minute monthly call where I contextualize the topic further, answer your questions, and personally help you apply the concepts to your own life.- The Daily Practice - a Mon-Fri hour long online co-working session to stay accountable to your creative, spiritual, self-development and personal goals.- DIY access to curriculum that supports your self-discovery and momentum- 25% off our Humans on the Verge virtual weekend retreats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Coversation with Rich Logis: Leaving MAGA
Sep 2601:05:29Tap to summarizeI am thrilled for you to learn more about my guest for this episode, Rich Logis, founder of the non-profit Leaving MAGA. As you know, I am fascinated with change – individual and collective change. What does it take to really change our direction in life? How do we learn to see the beliefs and sense of identity that keeps us from changing? How are we living into our values, what we truly find meaningful in life, when we change? Are our values preserved, refined or do they evolve? Why is it so hard to change? And what happens in a life when you’ve made some choices that send you on a direction that ends up reshaping every area of your life to the point that some important parts of your life now feel alien to you, no longer feel safe and welcoming. And so you silo those parts off, and live in a new world. But then one day, you wake up to see that you’ve made an error, that you chose a path that is not what you thought it was, and that you need make a new choice. But because you have reshaped your life and relationships so much, you are afraid to admit the mistake, and even more afraid that your old world has permanently moved on from you, rejected you, can no longer see you. My guest today, Rich Logis is a man who has lived such a path the last ten years. Rich was a devoted member of the MAGA nation for seven years, but eventually, due to a string of events and realizations came to see that he could no longer support the movement. He founded a non-profit Leaving MAGA for those have left MAGA and desire community, those who want to empower others to leave, and for those filled with doubt and remorse about being a member of MAGA but are afraid to leave. If you have friends or family that you’re struggling to speak with about politics, check out Rich’s community, Leaving MAGA, that is here to support you, and if you are someone who has quietly quit or are contemplating leaving MAGA, Rich has lots of resources for you. - - - - - - - - - - If this podcast has got you thinking and wondering, and you want to explore the topic in more depth, I invite you to join me in my monthly online call where I and others dig into things more deeply. We call this space The Humans on the Verge Podcast Soul Tribe.In the Soul Tribe, we have a 90-minute monthly call where I contextualize the topic further, answer your questions, and personally help you apply the concepts to your own life. Helping folks understand and utilize these concepts is my bliss. It’s $39/month (you can cancel anytime) supporting my work in the world. JOIN HERE With your Soul Tribe membership you have access to our life-changing virtual meet ups - The Daily Practice - a Mon-Fri ZOOM space that allows you to devote an hour a day, to you and only you, because we know that this habit can make all the difference in your life. Join us for good conversation, community and support in these challenging times. We offer a space to rediscover who you are and what you want and need in your life today. We offer writers emotional support and a structured path to complete your writing project while learning to love the process of writing itself. Learn more HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Conversation with Craig Chalquist
Jul 1601:06:57Tap to summarizeMy guest on this episode is Craig Chalquist PhD, is a former psychotherapist, professor, scholar, and lecturer, who teaches and writes at the intersection of consciousness, place, story, and imagination. He’s published multiple non-fiction books mostly focusing on Terrapsychology, Ecotherapy and exploring ones’ personal myth, but he’s also a fiction writer and has a series of speculative fiction books including his Lamplighter series. He currently is the Academic Program Director of Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation at National University, and has taught at both the California Institute of Integral Studies, and Pacifica Graduate Institute. And has recently founded Lampcove which is a part of the Pronaia Academy and was created to address the dire need for a New Kind of Change Agent.Craig and I met a few years back at a conference where he spoke about field of inquiry and action that he has named Enchantivism which denote the actions of creative people at every level of society who give us glimpses of how things could be, making collective change through inspiration. Among many threads of inquiry, Craig sees the need for a new kind of change agent who are the cultural edge-walkers with untapped potential for change. They are not dependent on the heroic-patriarchal model of change and can help us turn away from a culture of hyper-individualistic materialism that has unmoored us from the inner, social, and natural worlds and connect us to a new collective, overarching Big Story or “mythology” of meaning that outworn Patriarchal religion and modern materialism clearly no longer offer. If this podcast has got you thinking and wondering, and you want to explore the topic in more depth, I invite you to join me in my monthly online call where I and others dig into things more deeply. We call this space The Humans on the Verge Podcast Soul Tribe. JOIN HERE In the Soul Tribe, we have a 90-minute monthly call where I contextualize the topic further, answer your questions, and personally help you apply the concepts to your own life. Helping folks understand and utilize these concepts is my bliss. It’s only $39/month. And you get a bunch of bonus stuff too! Wanting to up your self-discovery and momentum? You'll get to deepen your learning about yourself with DIY access to our Humans on the Verge Curriculum.Looking to make a personal leap this year? You'll get 25% off our Humans on the Verge virtual weekend retreats. Craving some structure? You will be able to join The Daily Practice - a Mon-Fri hour long online co-working session to stay accountable to your creative, spiritual, self-development and personal goals.Hope to see you there! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Kelly's Ponderama - The Deep Imagination
Jul 200:51:03Tap to summarizeIf this podcast has got you thinking and wondering, and you want to explore the topics I covered in more depth, I invite you to join me in my monthly online call where I and others dig into things more deeply. We call this space The Humans on the Verge Podcast Soul Tribe. JOIN HERE In the Soul Tribe, we have a 90-minute monthly call where I contextualize the topic further, answer your questions, and personally help you apply the concepts to your own life. Helping folks understand and utilize these concepts is my bliss. It’s only $39/month. And you get a bunch of bonus stuff too! Wanting to up your self-discovery and momentum? You'll get to deepen your learning about yourself with DIY access to our Humans on the Verge Curriculum.Looking to make a personal leap this year? You'll get 25% off our Humans on the Verge virtual weekend retreats. Craving some structure? You will be able to join The Daily Practice - a Mon-Fri hour long online co-working session to stay accountable to your creative, spiritual, self-development and personal goals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Conversation with Kim Hermanson
Jun 1601:18:54Tap to summarizeI am thrilled about my guest today, Kim Hermanson, Ph.D., who is known for her ability to shift people out of the thinking mind and into the right hemisphere of the brain, where they can access what she calls the Knowing Field—an intelligence that offers clarity, creativity, and deep guidance. Her work opens powerful portals of transformation through metaphoric images, helping people tap into a sacred source of wisdom beyond words. She is a respected author and educator, having taught at UC Berkeley, the Esalen Institute, and Pacifica Graduate Institute. Check out her work at https://kimhermanson.com Buy her book award winning book Deep Knowing: Entering the Realm of Non-Ordinary Intelligence at Bookshop If this podcast has got you thinking and wondering, and you want to explore the topic in more depth, I invite you to join me in my monthly online call where I and others dig into things more deeply. We call this space The Humans on the Verge Podcast Soul Tribe. JOIN HERE In the Soul Tribe, we have a 90-minute monthly call where I contextualize the topic further, answer your questions, and personally help you apply the concepts to your own life. Helping folks understand and utilize these concepts is my bliss. It’s only $39/month. And you get a bunch of bonus stuff too! Wanting to up your self-discovery and momentum? You'll get to deepen your learning about yourself with DIY access to our Humans on the Verge Curriculum.Looking to make a personal leap this year? You'll get 25% off our Humans on the Verge virtual weekend retreats. Craving some structure? You will be able to join The Daily Practice - a Mon-Fri hour long online co-working session to stay accountable to your creative, spiritual, self-development and personal goals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Kelly's Ponderama Episode - An Identity "Crisis"
Jun 9, 202501:00:19Tap to summarizeIf this podcast has got you thinking and wondering, and you want to explore the topics I covered in more depth, I invite you to join me in my monthly online call where I and others dig into things more deeply. We call this space The Humans on the Verge Podcast Soul Tribe. JOIN HERE In the Soul Tribe, we have a 90-minute monthly call where I contextualize the topic further, answer your questions, and personally help you apply the concepts to your own life. Helping folks understand and utilize these concepts is my bliss. It’s only $39/month. And you get a bunch of bonus stuff too! Wanting to up your self-discovery and momentum? You'll get to deepen your learning about yourself with DIY access to our Humans on the Verge Curriculum.Looking to make a personal leap this year? You'll get 25% off our Humans on the Verge virtual weekend retreats. Craving some structure? You will be able to join The Daily Practice - a Mon-Fri hour long online co-working session to stay accountable to your creative, spiritual, self-development and personal goals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Conversation with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
May 7, 202501:03:29Tap to summarizeIf these days you feel like a Human on the Verge and are wondering how to stay focused on living a meaningful/purposeful life in a world that borders on a shit show? I invite you to join my private, online community, The Village HERE. The Village is a haven (no trolls or doom scrolling) with access to The Daily Practice - a M-F, hour long online co-creating session you can use to stay accountable to your creative, spiritual, self-development and personal goals. But that’s not all! You also get 4 FREE Half-day virtual retreats throughout the year; and discounts on our life-transforming live virtual weekend retreats. All for just $25/month! What? Yes. Join us. We’d love to hang with you, get to know you, feed your heart, mind and soul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Kelly's Ponderama Episode - The Dig
Apr 30, 202500:53:43Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Kelly deepens the discussion started in ep. 5 with Stephen Aizenstat about the deep imagination, and the process known as The Dig. She explores the metaphor of the horizontal and vertical planes of living, knowing and consciousness, and shares what she discovered in her own Dig recently that helped her bring forward a new perspective about how to stay present during the current chaos in our collective lives. Some things she mentioned during the show: Kelly’s Substack Story/No Story: https://kellycarlin.substack.comJoin Kelly’s online community The Village of Humans on the Verge with your first month free: https://bit.ly/4iBUS0RAbout Kelly: www.humansontheverge.comStephen Aizenstat’s : www.Dreamtending.comJohn Vervaeke’s YouTube series Awakening from the Meaning Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncd6q9uIEdw&list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJCarl Jung’s The Red Book: https://philemonfoundation.org/works/red-book/Carl Jung’s autobiography Memories, Dreams and Reflections: https://bookshop.org/p/books/memories-dreams-reflections-carl-g-jung/a69091b42923de46?ean=9780679723950&next=t&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACfld43WphlREYg9seTFiV3JSU2Zi&gclid=CjwKCAjwwqfABhBcEiwAZJjC3nNKOOHOPA3_KbHoteDiR4TsxlnIDNNOrY6GJucX83g6CvflaO4iPRoCFR4QAvD_BwE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Conversation with Stephen Aizenstat - The Imagination Matrix
Apr 2, 202501:06:19Tap to summarizeEpisode 5 Stephen Aizenstat -The Imagination MatrixMy guest today, Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., founder of Pacifica Graduate Institute, center for the study of the human experience through depth psychology, mythology, and the humanities, and the pioneer of the revolutionary, process Dream Tending that allows access to limitless creativity and innovation, improved relationships, and ultimately our human potential. He is the author of the book Dream Tending and has a new book out called The Imagination Matrix: How to Access the Greatest Power You Have for Creativity, Connection and Purpose. To find more about his work: https://dreamtending.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - If these days you feel like a Human on the Verge and are wondering how to stay focused on living a meaningful/purposeful life in a world that borders on a shit show? I invite you to join my private, online community, The Village HERE. The Village is a haven (no trolls or doom scrolling) where you get to discover and live into your true self. With membership you get access to The Daily Practice - a M-F, hour long online co-creating session you can use to stay accountable to your creative, spiritual, self-development and personal goals. But that’s not all! You also get 4 FREE Half-day virtual retreats throughout the year; and discounts on our life-transforming live virtual weekend retreats. All for just $25/month! What? Yes. Join us. We’d love to hang with you, get to know you, feed your heart, mind and soul. Join the Village here: https://bit.ly/4iBUS0R Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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