Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper

A licensed psychotherapist for over 30 years, Michael Seehof is currently a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Washington and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and LMFT in Idaho. Beyond the clinical, Michael explores transpersonal, spiritual, and growth issues and has attended over 50 workshops at locations including Esalen and Harbin, as well as conferences including the Mythopoetic Mens Movement, Science and Non-Duality Conference (SAND), and Bioneers. He has explored plant medicine through the use of ayahuasca and psilocybin, and has presented at Imagine Festival, Blooming Heart, Indralaya, and SAND. Michael offers counseling, plant medicine integration, and workshops, and he currently sees clients on Zoom. To learn more, go to www.jamesmichaelseehof.com.

Diver, world traveler, and adventure seeker, Kit Nuzum, brings humor and curiosity wherever he goes. From stories about hanging off rigs in the North Sea to paint their exteriors to treasure diving with Mel Fisher, you will be amused! Take a look at Kit's personal list of the places he’s traveled:
Canada
Vancouver island
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Bay Islands
Lunenburg
Train from Kamloops to Toronto
United States
Arizona
California
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Delaware
New York
Mexico
Saltillo
Sonora
Sinaloa
Baja
Sea of Cortez
Nayarit
Jalisco
Mexico City
Guanajuato
Oaxaca
Queretaro
Tabasco
Veracruz
Chiapas
Yucatan
Quintana Roo
Campeche
Islands
Montserrat
Bequia
St Kits
St Barts
Antigua
St Thomas
Cat Cays
Walker’s Cay
Bimini
Cozumel
Isla Mujeres
Guatemala
Belize
Panama
San Salvador
Chile
Patagonia
Puerto Varas
Futaleufu
Puerto Natales
Punta Arenas
Santiago
Valparaiso
San Pedro de Atacama
Chuquicamata Mine in Calama
Panqui Hotsprings
Rio Bueno
Argentina
Buena Aires
Bariloche
El Bosón
Esquel
Peru
Lima
Colga Valle
Arequipa
Uruguay
Montevideo
England
London
Bath
Salisbury
Avery
Stonehenge
Lakes District
Northumberland
Scotland
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Skye
Shetland Islands
Ireland
Belfast to Cork
North Sea
Norway
Tromso
Iceland 10-day trip
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Brugge
Antwerp
Gent
Spain
Barcelona
Sevilla
Ronda
Andalusía
Tenerife
Cadiz
Mediterranean Ibiza
Mallorca
Camino Frances a Santiago
Tetlacatama
Spanish Morocco
Almería
Italy
SürTyrol
Trento
Breno
Cortina
Tre Cime
Dolomites
Verona
Venice
Lake Garba
Brescia
Milano
Cinque Terre
Lucca
Saturnia
Piza
Siena
Rome
Naples
Ischia
Amalfi
Sicily
Palermo
Catania
Taormina
Austria
Wien
Salzburg
Innsbrook
Germany
Munich
Baden Baden
Frankfurt
Hungary
Budapest
Romania
Bucharest
Brasov
Sigasira
Bulgaria
Plovdiv
Velingrad
Sofia
Hissaria
Tunisia
Tunis
Sfax
Abes
Morocco
Japan
Honshu
Hachicho
Jima
Matsushima
Kyoto
Borneo
Sabah
Sarawak
Labuan
Miri
Brunei
Malaysia
Kota Kinabal
Indonesia
Java
Bali
Singapore
Hong Kong
South China Sea
Philippines
Luzon
Manila
Mindoro
Puerto Galera
Sabang
Cebu
Malapascua Island
Panay Island
Boracay
Kalibo
Palawan Island
Puerto Princesa
Sibaltan
Port Barton
Thailand
Rama Islands
Golden Triangle
Bangkok
Chiang Rai
Turkey
Istanbul
New Zealand
North Island
Australia
Cairns
Brisbane
Perth
South Pacific Islands
Rarotonga
Bora Bora
Papeete
Moorea
Tuamotu Archipelago
Palau
Oceans on Boats
North Pacific
South Pacific
North Atlantic
Barents Sea
North Sea
Arctic Circle
And the list continues to grow...

Walking encyclopedia Russel Barsh is a conservationist, human ecologist, and downright jolly human being. Take a look at his life experiences:
Harvard College, A.B. 1971 summa cum laude (thesis: Fijian agronomy & land tenure)
Harvard Law School, J.D. 1974 cum laude
University of Washington Assistant Professor, Business, Government & Society, 1974-1978
University of Washington Associate Professor, Business, Government & Society, 1978-1984
University of Washington Research Associate Professor, 1990-1992
Royal Commission on Seals and the Sealing Industry (Canada), Member 1984-1986
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (Canada), Research Team Leader, 1992-1994
UN Development Programme, Consultant, 1992-1993
University of Lethbridge, Associate Professor of Native American Studies, 1993-2000
Harvard University, Visiting Lecturer in Law, 1996
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (Canada), Senior Adviser, 1997-1998
International Labour Office, Consultant, 1995-1999
Dartmouth College, Gordon Russell Visiting Professor, Winter-Spring 1999
New York University, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Law & Society, 1999-2002
Samish Indian Nation, Center for Coast Salish Environments, Director, 2003-2006
Kwiáht, Executive Director, 2006-present
National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Scholar, 1988-1989
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Fellowships, 1992-1993, 1995-1996
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Writing Grant, 1996
Jane Barfoot Hodde Historian of the Year, Orcas Island Historical Society, 2013
He has written or co-written over 150 papers and presentations, many with his partner Madrona Murphy. Here are some titles to give you an idea of his (and their) expertise:
“Garry Oaks and Acorns in Native American Cultural Landscapes and Diets”
“Juvenile Chinook”
“Assessment of a novel Northern Flying Squirrel population at San Juan Island National Historical Park”
“Foraging strategy, prey preferences and limited competition among forage fishes in the San Juan Islands; implications for Chinook recovery”
“Climate change threatens net energy uptake, maturation, and reproduction of Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes personatus) in the central Salish Sea”
If there's anyone who loves what he does, it's Russel.

Medium Sally Mathis O’Brien was raised Roman Catholic, is a former hospital chaplain, and meets frequently in her daily meditations with Jesus, Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, King Midas, and more. She shares her experiences on her website, www.myinnerlighthouse.com. This is her second interview, and she plans to visit often for the Sunday Edition episodes of this show.

Cofounder of PopCap video games and Pluto virtual reality, John Vechey now works daily to redefine the constructs of daily life. He and his wife Maia are constantly doing good for our community here on Orcas Island, from the Peach Pit and the Funhouse to the Fall Festival at Family Tides Farm. And there’s so much more. John and Maia have various passions and projects ranging from social justice and affordable housing to ecological restoration and indigenous culture.
I asked John to begin the interview by repeating the honest, vulnerable speech he gave at Orcas Island High School senior graduation last month. May you resonate with what he communicates, and may his messages in this interview spread far beyond our community…

The Dalai Lama has advised and supported a number of the Leveys’ projects, encouraging them in their work by saying: "You are presently engaged in work that has great prospects for bringing the inner sciences and technologies of human development and transformation to a very wide section of people who may not under ordinary circumstances come into contact with these teachings."
Teaching Mindful Leadership, Collective Wisdom, Deep Resilience, Mind Fitness, and Compassion Science programs within mainstream medical, higher educational, organizational, and government/military arenas since the late 70’s, the Leveys have an extensive, jaw-dropping list of clients including MIT, NASA, JPL, Boeing, Special Forces, The Pentagon, NOAA, The World Bank, United Arab Emirates, British Parliament, Google, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Stanford, and even the public school I attended in Richardson, Texas!
 

Medium Sally Mathis O’Brien's life path has been guided by her communications with “ascended masters” like Jesus, Gandhi, King Midas, and others. "Sally is a rare combination of religious docent and spiritual navigator. She received her master’s degree in Pastoral Studies from Seattle University in preparation for a second career in hospital chaplaincy, when a multiple sclerosis diagnosis took her in an uncharted direction as an advocate and teacher. As a natural meditator, she communes in the world of the ascended masters including Mary Magdalene, Gandhi, Leonardo DaVinci and the Dalai Lama. As a toolmaker, she takes the lessons from her conversations and experiments in mediumship and applies her talent to different forms of healing, including body-speak, self-compassion exercises, and ancestral work. Her personal experience from family trauma of alcoholism, codependency, and incest lend authenticity to the depths of her empathy. Her travels alone from the “sticky” labels of bipolar illness and MS – from disease to dis-ease to health to wellness – are worth the read." (From Sally’s website, https://www.myinnerlighthouse.com)

An octogenarian preparing to visit Bhutan, known for Gross National Happiness, Paramita gifted herself with a new name for her 80th birthday and is following her heart in visiting this Himalayan country with a development philosophy that aims to measure the well-being and happiness of the population rather than focusing only on economic growth. She plans to travel with a group of people connected with Joel and Michelle Levey, who "are respected for being among the very first professionals to introduce the principles and practices of mindfulness and mind-fitness training, interpersonal neurobiology, collective wisdom, deep systems thinking, inner-development-goals, and contemplative science into mainstream business, medicine, higher-education, sports, and government arenas – having begun this work in the 70s."
Youthful, lighthearted, gentle, unjudgmental Paramita enjoys learning the faith traditions of other cultures and incorporating the love and wisdom into her daily life. Don’t miss the beginning, as she starts the interview with a Hawaiian prayer…

A classical watercolorist who didn’t begin painting until the age of 44, Marcia later turned to working with acrylics, oils, and abstracts. Marcia is also a birder who has traveled all over the country to observe avian life, and a gardener whose property has been part of the Orcas Island Garden Tour. Marcia came to Orcas in the early ’70s as a back-to-the-lander, was one of the first women using the Lamaze method in natural childbirth, became a childbirth instructor and an organic gardener, helped start Children’s House, the recycling center, the food co-op, Orcas Center, the library, and has called the island home for over 50 years. “What I realized after I had been here a couple years is you choose a community, not a job. You choose a lifestyle, not a career.”

Master herbalist, artisan jeweler, former activist, and all around deep human being, Carol Anderson of Magic Island Herbals shares everything from how intentionally she gathers specific plants for her handmade products and the sheer bulk of rose petals it takes to end up with a handful of rose beads many months later, to her thoughts on real beauty, the illusion of powerlessness, trusting one's inner voice, the aim to find love in everyone, and the beautiful mystery of the unknown.