The Love Your Life Project
A gentle guide to living a whole hearted, meaningful life, using a variety of stories and poems as inspiration.
Episodes
Finding My Voice Again - And The Aftermath
In this episode, Ana talks about how she discovered the reason for losing her voice, and the consequences of that discovery. She also shares a delightful story and a new poem.
Losing My Voice: a Humbling Chapter
In this episode, Ana shares about the long journey she experienced of voicelessness, and the effects of losing her vocation, her livelihood, and long seated identities.
Andrea Gibson: Poet, Visionary, Beauty Extraordinaire
Ana shares selections from Andrea Gibson's inspiring poems, life, and legacy. Andrea recently passed, aged 49, from ovarian cancer.
John Moriarty: Irish Visionary and Legend
In this episode, Ana shares some of the wisdom and heart of the underrated Irish mystic, shaman, and visionary, John Moriarty.
Poetry as Balm in Troubled Times
In this episode, Ana catches up on recent events in her life and offers a variety of poems to soothe the soul and nervous system during this time of upheaval.
Edna O'Brien, Literary Playgirl of the Western World
Ana discusses the life and work of Edna O'Brien, a writer who caused a scandal in 1960's Ireland with her debut novel, The Country Girlls, and her pioneering exposé of women's previously hidden sexual lives.
The Function and Possibility of Regret
Ana shares about how regret can shape and potentially re-shape our lives.
The Gift of Friendship
Ana muses on the value of friendship and shares some poems on love and friends for inspiration.
Life as One Bright Pearl
Ana shares how challenging life experiences stretched her in meaningful and ultimately helpful ways.
The Tender Beauty of Life
Ana explores the twin poles of joy and sorrow in this world, and in her life, and the exquisite beauty that arises when these extremes are held in love.
Beginnings, A New Year's Contemplation
Ana muses on endings and fresh starts, sharing a variety of poems to inspire the conversation.
Who Is Your Teacher? Part 2
Ana shares more varieties of potential teachings in life through her personal experience, while also offering related wisdom, poems and inspirations.
Who Is Your Teacher? Part One
Ana shares about the multiplicity of teachers and teachings in daily life, if we are open to receive them.
Choosing Love over Fear
Ana explores our primary motivations of living from either love or fear, and shares related poems as well as offering questions for you to ponder.
Disidentifying from the Body
In this episode, Ana shares about an illness that precipitated a deep dive into physical challenges and the resultant exploration of disidentification from the human form.
Self Compassion
Ana explores the ways we can offer compassion to ourselves and shares selected poems on the subject for inspiration.
What is Compassion?
Ana explores the meaning of compassion in our daily lives, and offers many examples as inspiration.
Coming Home: A Guided Meditation
Ana shares a gentle guided meditation, inviting us back to the Heart, to our true home.
The Last Times
In this episode, Ana offers an invitation to relish each moment, in the awareness that at any second, it could be our last moment. She suggests treating each potential last time as if it were the first, by meeting it fresh and consciously.
The Question of Identity
In this episode, Ana muses on the variety of identities we assume in a lifetime, and the eventual possibility of relinquishing those decriptors of the small self on the journey towards remembering our true nature.
The Healing of Heart and Body
In this episode, Ana shares the fruits of her journey over the past half year of healing on many levels in the wake of a serious fall last November.
Coming Home: A Guided Meditation
On the one year anniversary of the podcast's launch, Ana offers her 50th episode as a special gift: a gentle guided meditation inviting you to come Home.
Being With Anger
Ana muses on the uses and benefits of allowing anger to be felt, and offers some related poems and wisdom from a variety of sources.
The Art and Soul of Forgiveness
Ana muses on what forgiveness entails and offers some ways to approach it, as well as weaving in related poems.
The Roles of Ancestors
Ana shares some of her ancestral history and muses on the vital role and gift of our ancestral inheritance and our place in it.
Loving Life and Travels Part 2
In this episode, Ana shares about her recent visit to the Big Island of Hawaii.
Loving Life and Traveling
Ana shares the ups, downs and in betweens of her the first week of her recent travels, and eventually bringing love to all of it.
The Many Names of God
A guided meditation in which Ana explores some of the names of God, which is to say Love.
Go Easy: A Guided Meditation
This week, Ana shares a gentle guided meditation that support greater inner peace and harmony.
A Gentler World
Ana invites you towards gentleness for yourself and others during the many global and personal changes that are unfolding. She shares about a recent wildfire in her area whose ravages haven't deterred the resilience of that community, and how softness can be a welcome and needed balm.
The Mystery of Memory
In this episode, Ana muses on the wonders, unpredictability and mysteries of how memory operates.
Where Is Your Attention?
Ana explores the power of attention and how where we place it can have an immense impact on our quality of life.
Ana's Love Poems
Ana shares some of the intimate love poems that blossomed along the path of her spiritual journey, and includes some tales of what inspired them.
What is Sanity?
In this episode, Ana muses on what constitutes "sanity" or "normality" in our world, and by contrast, "insanity." She shares some heartfelt tales from a deep friendship in her earlier life as a point of departure.
Being Breathed by Love: A Guided Meditation
Ana offers a deep, intimate meditation which explores how Love lives and breathes through us, whether we are conscious of it or not.
The Spirit of Generosity
Ana offers some inspiration on kindness: the gift that keeps on giving. Poems and quotes interwoven throughout.
An Abundance of Miracles
In this episode, Ana muses on the presence of miracles, both large and small, in her life and in the world. She intersperses her talk with related quotes and poems.
The Humbling and Awakening of One Country: Ireland
In this episode, Ana discusses the difficult history of the fate of pregnant women in Ireland. Please note there is highly sensitive material included here, as well as relevant poems and potentially hopeful takeaways for the listener.
The Great Gift of Humbling
In this episode, Ana shares addresses the highly charged topic of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade. Please be aware that sensitive details will be discussed and explored.
Softening the Heart, A Guided Meditation
Ana offers a gentle meditation on loving and softening from the inside out.
The Light of Summer Solstice
Ana shares thoughts and poems about the celebration of light during Midsummer.
More Celebration, Less Criticism
Ana shares suggestions to help us befriend the "enemy" within, that is, to find inner peace. She discusses recent research on human behavior and various related poems and quotes.
Chapter 3 on my Spiritual Journey
Ana shares a pivotable relationship that comprised a significant part of her spiritual healing.
Field Notes on My Spiritual Path Part 2
Ana continues sharing her winding, circuitous journey towards self love. Poems included.
Being with Changing Fortunes
Ana shares some recent experiences of the joy and gratitude that can be found in the face of changing fortunes.
Field Notes on My Spiritual Journey
Ana offers some of the early punctuation points on the winding path she traveled back Home to the Heart of True Love.
Leaning into Life's Mysteries
Ana muses on the various uncertainties that life offers each of us and the potential within the mystery.
Making the Best of Life's Challenges
In this episode, Ana explores the potential for finding joy in life's challenges. As usual, several inspiring poems are threaded through.
Learning How to Be Present
Ana shares about the wake up call she received which prompted her to be more present to the moment. She weaves in a variety of related quotes and poems as well.
How Do You Hold "the Heavy Weight of Now?"
Using a powerful poem as inspiration for this meditation, Ana gently guides you through the journey of your life and invites you to investigate ways that you hold the challenges of daily life.The poems is "How to Hold the Heavy Weight of Now" by Dana Levin.
The Mystery and Miracle of Death
In this episode, Ana discusses the apparent complexities and gifts of death.
Pain and Joy
Ana discusses the unlikely connection between pain and joy and weaves in some related poems.
Ireland and Poetry
In this episode, Ana addresses the significant role of poetry in Ireland through time. She weaves in a selection of related poems for your enjoyment.
A Guided Meditation on Love and Ukraine
Ana shares an extended meditation on the power of Love, for both self and others, and focuses especially on the situation in Ukraine.
Self Love, Finale
Ana brings her exploration of Self Love to a conclusion in this fourth episode of the series. She intersperses related poems and quotes also.
Self Love, Part 3
Ana shares more of the journey towards Self Love, with specially selected poems and quotes threaded through.
Self Love, Part 2
Ana shares about the movement from personal love to the unconditional love that is our birthright and our true belonging. Poems and quotes are threaded through as inspiration.
Self Love, Part One
On the cusp of Valentine's Day, Ana explores the journey from love of other to love of self, and its many punctuation points along the path. She threads through some inspiring quotes and poems as she goes.
The Mystery and Beauty of Memory
Ana explores how certain memories endure and remain alive long after they have formed and she shares some favorites of her own too.
Leaning into Uncertainty
Ana discusses the potential benefits of embracing the unknown. As usual, she offers some related poems for inspiration.
More Love Poems for You
Ana shares another assortment of her favorite love poems, and this time includes a couple of her own.
Embracing a New year
Following the previous episode, which was a guided meditation on the turning of the year, this session addresses the more practical aspects of beginning again and what that might entail. As usual, several poems are woven in. Enjoy!
The Year of You: A Guided Meditation on the Turning of the Year
Sit back, relax, and receive this gentle meditation guiding you into heightened intimacy with your own heart and through reflections on what the past year, and into 2022.
Destiny or Chance?
Ana shares about her journey from being a fatalist to learning a deeper trust in the workings of life. As usual, she adds some juicy poems for extra flavor.
Letting Go
A na shares about the challenges and potential freedom that can unfold in relinquishing what no longer serves us. Related inspiring poems are stranded through this episode.
A Meditation on Mothers
Using poems and personal histories, Ana muses on the extraordinary role of Mother in our world.
An Exploration of Fathers
In this episode, Ana muses on the paternal role and how it plays out in various situations and circumstances. As usual, she offers a selection of poems related to the complex role of Father in our world.
Embracing Fear
Ana shares some of her own experience with facing and transforming fear, weaving in her usual selection of poems that address this in various ways.
Love Poems for You
Ana reads a selection of her favorite love poems, punctuated by related stories. The poem cover a vast range of moods and tones, maybe something for everyone.
What If?
An invitation to embrace your true self, just as you are.
When Life Challenges Us
Everything Is Going To Be All Right
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