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Love Is The Author
Hosted by Jaymee Carpenter · EN
Love is the Author is a heart-centered podcast that explores the power of love, human connection, and authenticity in shaping our lives. Hosted by Jaymee Carpenter, a seasoned mental health professional and spiritual mentor, this podcast invites listeners on a journey of self-discovery and personal transformation, interviewing a wide range of multidisciplinary artists and spiritual teachers from around the world.
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Episode 157 - Sam Bercholz's Rude Awakenings
3w ago00:46:26Tap to summarizeSam Bercholz is a senior teacher in the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Shambhala Publications. He was a close disciple of Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and was empowered by them to teach and given the title Acharya (religious instructor). Samuel returns for his eleventh conversation with Jaymee on the podcast to promote his new book Rude Awakenings: An unconventional guide to the Buddhist path (out August 25). Recorded on the Buddhist holy day Chökor Duchen live at the home of Devendra Banhart, with sangha members, friends and family present. LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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EULOGY: mixtape for creation/ego death practice
Jul 800:48:02Tap to summarizeEULOGY (originally released: 7/14/24): a unique collection of home recordings of Jaymee's from the past decade (prayers, notes, ceremonies, dreams) held together by a sound collage of interviews with inspirational artistic deities. LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST: produced, edited, engineered and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. TO BOOK SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/ JAYMEE - email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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Episode 156 -Siabelle Darling Carpenter
Jul 101:22:06Tap to summarizeFor the first time, Jaymee welcomes his 16-year-old daughter, Siabelle Darling Carpenter, to Love Is The Author for an extraordinary conversation on self-love, spirituality, emotional intelligence, friendship, and the gift of truly listening. We invite you to spend some time tripping in the unified field of their father/daughter bond, and to ask yourself the deeper questions along with them.LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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Episode 155 - Bob Roth Interviews Jaymee (Part 1)
Jun 2600:43:04Tap to summarizeBob Roth—legendary teacher, author, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, and one of the most influential figures in the Transcendental Meditation movement—takes the host’s chair to explore the life and journey of Jaymee Carpenter. Over the past five decades, Bob has introduced meditation to everyone from Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, and Jonah Hill to hundreds of thousands of students around the world. Through his longtime collaboration with filmmaker David Lynch, Bob has helped bring Transcendental Meditation to more than 500,000 underserved youth across 35 countries.A longtime supporter of Jaymee’s work, Bob has expressed a desire for years to sit down and uncover the story behind the storyteller. In this special and deeply personal episode, Jaymee opens up about his life, spiritual path, struggles, inspirations, and the experiences that shaped Love Is The Author. A true role reversal—and a profound honor for your host. Special thanks to Coulter Jacobs (CJLA) for the cover art.Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Jonah LevineOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiSPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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Episode 154 - Damien Echols
Jun 2301:49:13Tap to summarizeDamien Echols is a bestselling American author who spent nearly half his life wrongfully imprisoned on death row as one of the West Memphis Three, documented in the three-part HBO series Paradise Lost, as well as director Amy Berg's documentary West Of Memphis. This is not a conversation about true crime... it's a conversation about how meditation, spiritual study and ritual turned his prison stay into a monastery for his spiritual awakening, leading ultimately to not only his release from prison, but one of the greatest love stories ever told, and the secret recipe for forgiveness. LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Jonah LevineOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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Episode 153 - Jess Damuck & John Moods
Jun 1701:25:38Tap to summarizeJess Damuck was one of Martha Stewart’s right hands in creating magazines and television shows for over a decade. She is now a creative director, food stylist, and the author of the bestselling cookbooks Salad Freak, Health Nut, and Open Wide with Benny Blanco. "Martha Stewart is my guru!" Musician John Moods is a German-Polish songwriter and recording artist who's intention is to listen to the heart and liberate it from the desires of wanting or trying to be cool. The two close friends took a road trip from LA to visit Jaymee in Ojai for the day at a highly transitional time in both their lives, which resulted in a deeply intimate conversation on topics ranging from the inspiration behind John's iconic mustache, Jess's ranking as the #4 listener of Arthur Russell on Spotify in 2025, the invitation to take the 'Leap of love' in life, the mystical white van that saved Jaymee's life, and that artists themselves are the true unfinished project. Plus the skinny on Jess's new cookbook (due this year), the mystery of John's unfinished album, and so much more.Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship for more info.LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiSPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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Episode 152 - Ruthanna Halprin Hopper
Jun 1501:41:14Tap to summarizeRuthanna Halprin Hopper is an American artist known for blending visual arts, dance, and somatic psychology. She is the daughter of actor Dennis Hopper and dancer Daria Halprin, and the granddaughter of renowned environmental designer Lawrence Halprin and dance pioneer Anna Halprin, creators of the world renown Halprin Method. Jaymee and Ruthanna discuss shadow work, synchronicities, collective soul being born in group settings, transparency about her father's mastery of reinvention, and more. “In an archetypal sense, it’s taken me a long time to come home”. LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, mixed, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. COVER PHOTO: Ekaterina IzmestievaOPENING SONG: Gangstalean by JJ RAM (Jaymee)CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardene
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Episode 151 - Robert Ryan feat. Devendra Banhart
Jun 501:34:01Tap to summarizeRobert Ryan is known for being one of the best tattoo artists on the planet, also a member of the band Soma (kirtan), whose new album Songs Of The Lotus Born is out June 11 on Centripetal Force Records. Devendra Banhart is a Venezuelan-American singer songwriter and visual artist, whose new book of poems Four Nose Jobs A Day is out now on Unnamed Press. The three friends jam on Lord Padmasambhava, Jesus Christ, AI, and so much more. LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIXED: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music and Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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Episode 150 - Dory Bavarsky
May 2801:35:33Tap to summarizeDory Bavarsky is a composer and music producer known for his music for television and film and his record label Full Color Sound Records. Recently, musician Devendra Banhart introduced Jaymee to Dory at a Buddhist gathering, and in the weeks that followed the two new friends entered into a mutual admiration society of each others work. On a recent trip to the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Dory wrote an incredible song titled 'A Zen Master' which instantly became a favorite song of Jaymee's (you'll hear a live performance of the song to begin the episode). This conversation is truly a vibe, a thick atmosphere of playful contemplation about life and what's behind it all, emotionally, physically and spiritually.LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIXED: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: A Zen Master by Dory BavarskyCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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Episode 149 - Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
May 1800:47:52Tap to summarizeJaymee welcomes Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche of Pristine Mind Foundation for an in depth discussion on the merits of being a good natured rebel on the path, how one's inner motivation speaks louder than words or actions, and the principles behind his new book The Tibetan Book of Success out now on Shambhala Publications. LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIXED: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Gangstalean by JJ RAM (Jaymee Carpenter)CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: YERBA MADRE www.yerbamadre.comRAUM GOODS www.raumgoods.comBOSSANOVA SOAP www.bossanovasoap.comTOTALLY BLOWN www.totallyblown.usINDIAN LODGE ROAD www.indianlodgeroad.comTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: lacee@loveistheauthor.comON INSTAGRAM: @loveistheauthor / @unconventionalgardener
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