{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 165 Actively Creating with Spring","description":"Episode 165 Toward A Better Life with Kevin Pennell 0:00:00 Episode Preview 0:01:10 The Door with Spiral Dance (Used by Permission) 0:03:58 Episode Opening:  The podcast that features like-minded people sharing stories, ideas, and activities, on what we can do to generate a Better Life individually and collectively. Submissions:&amp;nbsp;  Be a part of the show by sharing your prose, music, poetry, or storytelling. &amp;nbsp;Just send them to me kevin@towardabetterlife.com. &amp;nbsp;If it's audio, please send it as an MP3 file.  Subscribe  AND Spread the word and keep following for magical insights into Earth Based Spirituality, self development, and self care.  Free Discovery Call  By the way, if you'd like to dive into self-care, self development, or distance shamanic work, drop me a line kevin@towardabetterlife.com for a free discovery call.   0:08:24 Interview with Dana O'Driscoll   Dana currently serves as the Grand Archdruid of the&amp;nbsp;Ancient Order of Druids in America.&amp;nbsp; A lifelong student of nature spirituality and druidry she has been practicing for 18 years. Dana has authored multiple books that focus on nature spirituality and neopagan practices through the lenses of reverence, respect, and direct action on behalf of the living earth. Her writings include Ecospirituality for the 21st Century, which she co-authored withNate Summers.&amp;nbsp; She also wrote&amp;nbsp;Land Healing: Physical, Metaphysical, and Ritual Approaches to Healing the Earth,&amp;nbsp;I have also painted and published Oracle\/Tarot Deck and Books:&amp;nbsp;Tarot of Trees,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Plant Spirit Oracle, and&amp;nbsp;TreeLore Oracle.&amp;nbsp; A few years ago Dana wrote Sacred Actions: Living the Wheel of the Year through Earth-Centered Sustainable&amp;nbsp;Practices&amp;nbsp;and the&amp;nbsp;Sacred Actions Journal.   1:10:30 - Raise The Flag of Green - Damh the Bard (Used with Permission) 1:14:26 - Episode Closing Thoughts Connections: Dana O'Driscoll  Website: https:\/\/thedruidsgarden.com\/ Contact Dana: https:\/\/thedruidsgarden.com\/about-the-druid\/contact\/ Sacred Actions: https:\/\/thedruidsgarden.com\/sacredactions-4\/ Sacred Actions Journal: https:\/\/thedruidsgarden.com\/sacred-actions-journal\/  Ancient Order of Druids In America  Website: https:\/\/aoda.org\/ Contact: https:\/\/aoda.org\/contact\/  Spiral Dance  Website: https:\/\/spiraldance.com.au\/  Damh The Bard  Website: https:\/\/www.paganmusic.co.uk\/  Toward A Better Life  Website:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/towardabetterlife.com\/ Kevin Pennell:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/towardabetterlife.com\/contact\/  ","author_name":"Toward A Better Life Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.towardabetterlife.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40519895\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/199798750"}