Things That Will Help is a podcast that explores what it’s like to be human, and how to find tools to feel clear, grounded, and happier. Each week, an episode full of rich story-telling and embodied practices that bring the themes Buffy discusses to real life. These stories ahead do not negate the hard or the darkness, but rather point to the lighthouses along the way.
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What is energy hygiene and why does it matter? In this episode, Buffy shares how we can care for the our energy (AKA our Life Force), which is a valuable currency that can be depleted and replenished. This episode follows last week’s “New Guardrails Will Help,” where Buffy talked about creating fresh, open space for possibility and allowing life to flow in. Energy hygiene is part of protecting and…
In this episode, Buffy explores imagination as a doorway into a life that hasn't already been mapped out for you. Most of us imagine our future using a blueprint we inherited: beliefs handed down through our families, our culture, and the world we grew up in. Those guardrails once offered real protection and direction. But what happens when they no longer fit the life you're trying to build? How…
After attending Love Letter from the Afterlife at Red Rocks—a tribute to the late poet Andrea Gibson featuring their final performance alongside the Colorado Symphony—Buffy returns to one simple phrase from Andrea's work: try softer . In this episode, she explores what it means to meet life with less force and more presence. Through stories and reflection, Buffy considers how softening can become…
A murmuration is when a flock of thousands (or sometimes, hundreds of thousands) of birds move together across the sky like a wave, or a cloud of smoke. Buffy explores the surprising mechanics behind these breathtaking displays, where no single bird leads and yet the whole flock moves as one. She talks about the social and physical mechanics of this phenomenon, and what we can learn about…
In this episode, Buffy shares fresh observations and lessons from the workshop of her own life. She reflects on pleasure as a practice, the power of curating our attention, the value of invisible things, and the importance of shifting perspective, from chin-on-the-ground wonder at a ladybug to a wider view of the landscape. Tune in to explore the choices available to us in any moment, the art of…
Buffy begins this episode with a friend’s story about navigating a challenging work situation. Using the metaphor of an airplane, her friend described the inner shift that allowed her to rise above the turbulence rather than remain caught within it. “Cruising altitude” is the steady height an aircraft maintains for most of a journey, and this episode is a reflection on the places of steadiness…
In the wake of Mother’s Day, Buffy reflects on mothers: what we are mothering, how we are mothered, and the creative shapes being a mother can take. She shares about experiencing her first Mother’s Day without her mom and weaves in stories of people in all stages and phases. This episode is a spacious offering for wherever you find yourself in relationship to mothering — whether you are grieving,…
Buffy and TTWH producer/editor Alex meet on the 6th birthday of Things That Will Help to reflect on six years of the podcast. They talk about the creative evolution of the podcast and their own practices, pleasure as a tool of the resistance, the age of AI, and why creativity is needed now more than ever. 🌱 Leave a tip in Venmo: @BuffyTTWH 🌱 Become a supporter of the podcast on Patreon! Patreon…
Labor doesn't have to deplete or harden us. In this episode, Buffy explores the space between arriving and striving, and invites us into the magic and beauty of the process as we aim towards a specific destination - into the magic of holy labor. Buffy invites listeners to notice where the weight of “getting there” has eclipsed the quiet of being here. Where can you loosen your hold? Where can you…
When something taps Buffy on the shoulder more than once, she’s learned to listen. Lately, it’s been color. In this episode, she explores color beyond aesthetic. Color is something our bodies subtly register and respond to every day, and she reflects on the emotional and physical impacts of colors. She offers simple, grounded ways to invite more color into your life. 🌱 Leave a tip in Venmo:…