LIGHT WORK : A podcast with Desire Map author, Danielle LaPorte

Thank you for the listens and encouragement for LIGHT WORK. You fueled me to keep making more—and so I did! NEW podcast. “With Love, Danielle.” For you. I hope it leaves you feeling a little less alone, full of possibility, and very clearly part of the solution. It launches today, August 25, 2019. Tune in for Sunday sermons and Thursday’s Q&A—send your Qs to me (anything goes!) and please subscribe at daniellelaporte.com/withlove.

Friends, First: gratitude. Thank you for hanging out and listening to LIGHT WORK. The response continues to be... surprisingly amazing. I’m going to make so much more for you — and that’s the first announcement: New podcast!! For you. All the love. This summer. In the meantime, there’s this for you... announcement #2: I’ve got a new conversation out that I had with one of my dearest friends, Jeff Krasno (co-founder of Wanderlust and Commune). This is the first time I've publicly spoken about the "living death" I experienced in the Fall of 2018. I went to the darkest place of my being — panic attacks, identity crisis, loss, disillusionment and… incredible awe. GRACE. I'm still mining it, and will be sharing the gold for years to come. It’s one of the most psychologically intimate conversations I've recorded. My hope is to shed light on the pain that we all experience to varying degrees, so that we can heal together. Togetherness is powerful medicine. Please have a listen: https://apple.co/2WPrwCG

Friends, this is the last episode of the podcast. And, of course, it’s devoted to one of my favourites: Devotion. We’re shining light on our prayers, our beliefs, our teachers… and whether they’re actually getting us closer to what we really want—liberation. We’re talking about the real work of light work. There are some doozer questions to chew on in this ep: Do your beliefs liberate you?What are the “devotion flags” that you fly without shame?What can we do to un-believe the things that tie us down?How important is it to know about our past lives?How do we tell posers from true spiritual teachers? And how can you feel gratitude (instead of beating yourself up) if you’ve ever fallen for a charlatan? #beenthere

Revolutionaries, This episode is about our personal activism. I’m talking about how we can get justice, without incurring too much karma. About how to fight corruption without the anger burning us out. About the importance of being inclusive—to even the bad guys. I’m talking about how to be a revolutionary for just love. Here’s the trip: Where do we even start?Why we have to resist going numb.The difference between anger and rageMy perspective on evil Tune in here: DANIELLELAPORTE.COM/PODCAST

If God is in the details, then the Soul is in a good Q&A. And that’s the substance of Podcast #4: Beliefs, Movies & Man Crushes. Your questions make it so easy for me to rant and offer some (hopefully) useful how-to’s and tricks of the trade. The “trade” being discernment and devotion. It’s deep, it’s lite, I hope it’s all right: Have I ever Feng Shui’ed my house?What brings back my energy when I’m in my darkest hour?Who are my celebrity crushes? Favourite movies?Why don’t I talk about my parents?What's my take on the narcissistic vs. empath dynamic?When did I know I “arrived”?

I've talked to rabbis, priests, monks, and people who I consider to be high esoteric practitioners. I’ve figured out a few things about joy… and woven them into this week’s episode. Listen in for: HOW to buck fear and obligation.The difference between happiness and joyunderstood the truth about joy.Are you addicted to longing?holisticremove the debris, and create more space for light to move inThe3 kinds of “happy lives”And finally: Living in joy without feeling like you’re betraying your (or anyone else’s) painserve

No tip-toeing in this episode: I deep dive into the unfathomable, beautiful lessons we may learn from pain… without falling for the New Age speak that would have us gloss over real suffering. Also in this EP: The 3 types of suffering (knowing what you’re experiencing is key to liberation)How some New Age perspectives on suffering utterly fail usdamn the manhow to keep moving forward, when the day-to-day takes it out of you. For more, visit DANIELLELAPORTE.COM/PODCAST

We're connection starved, we know this. Let me give you a peek into my own circle of friendship. In this first episode of LIGHT WORK, I use my own crew as how-to examples for creating radical support and sweetness in your life. Also in this episode: whoa Plus... ...Tears of gratitude for my woman tribe, sexy monks, vagina talk, poetry, and general real-realness. For more, visit DANIELLELAPORTE.COM/PODCAST

Light Makers, I finally did it. Made a podcast. This was creatively edgy for me. Because it’s... just me... sitting in my podcast closet (it really is a closet), waxing philosophical for about an hour. There was a distinctly different feel about this creative venture like feeling EXPOSED. But, deep breath and a great back beat, thanks to my friends DJ Drez + Marti Nikko, and here we go! The LIGHT WORK series will unfold over six episodes. These are girlfriend-style sermons on serving the world while staying sane, cosmic connectedness over tech addiction, self compassion and more fulfilling friendships. Poetry. Hilarity. Peeks into the personal. The podcast—and my upcoming LIGHTER year-long “Soul support” program—is intimate with plenty of esoteric talk. For more, visit: DANIELLELAPORTE.COM/LIGHTWORK