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I Will Read for You: The Voice and Writings of Jaiya John

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308. i have decided to become a tree.

October 8, 2026 · 4 min

Reading a piece that begins: I have decided to become a tree... from my book Fresh Peace: Daily Blossoming of the Soul. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide and at my website. Mystical, Magical Creative Writing Residency…
307. why we need empathy in our lives.

December 27, 2025 · 2 min

Reading a piece on empathy that begins: Souls infected with the spirit of greed and plunder try to sell you the notion that empathy is dangerous and destructive.... from my new book Wildflowers Praying at Midnight. All of my books are…
306. wildflowers praying at midnight. new book release.

December 21, 2025 · 5 min

Reading from my new book Wildflowers Praying at Midnight, released December, 2025. This piece begins with: Ukuzola. Calm now. Here is our medicine.... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide and at my website. Birthing Life…
305. can you live for your art.

July 25, 2025 · 10 min

Reading a piece that begins with, They say you must die for your art...., from my book, Dear Artist: A Love Letter. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack…
304. we are the garden / somos el jardin.

July 21, 2025 · 10 min

Reading in both English and Spanish a fresh new unpublished piece titled, We are the Garden and We are Beautiful / Somos El Jardin y Somos Hermosos. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for a community celebration (pachanga)…

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303. bless you who set our people free.

July 9, 2025 · 23 min

Reading a fresh new unpublished piece titled, Bless You Who Set Our People Free. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for a Community Development Resources of Ventura all-staff celebration of 400+ early childhood support and…
302. sanctuary until sunrise.

June 19, 2025 · 21 min

Reading a fresh new unpublished piece titled, Sanctuary Until Sunrise. This poem was written as part of a keynote message for LA Best Babies Network's Family Strengthening Network Annual Summit, attendance 500+, June 11, 2025. All of my…
301. rest feeds your revolution, part 2.

May 31, 2025 · 22 min

Reading part 2 of the passage titled, Rest Feeds Your Revolution, from my book, Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution. You may listen to part 2 in podcast episode 299. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide…
300. sacred conversation with delphine diallo.

May 30, 2025 · 1 hr 42 min

Visionary artist Delphine Diallo joins me in Sacred Conversation. We cover the cosmos in this one. AI as both a colonizing and liberating instrument. History as a mirror. Ancestral remembrance. Embodied spirituality. Bruce Lee. And so much…
299. rest feeds your revolution, part 1.

May 29, 2025 · 5 min

Reading a piece from my book, Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution. This passage is titled: Rest Feeds Your Revolution. This is part 1 of the reading, with more to follow. All of my books are available at booksellers…
298. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 8: ceremonial life.

May 18, 2025 · 4 min

Today we share chapter eight, titled: Ceremonial Life, of the audiobook of my bestselling book, Daughter Drink This Water: A Book of Sacred Love. Available on Audible. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life…
297. love the ones you serve.

May 15, 2025 · 5 min

Reading a piece from my book, Your Caring Heart: Renewal for Helping Professionals and Systems. This passage is titled: Love the Ones You Serve. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions…

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About the show

Voice medicine to soothe your soul, from freedom worker, poet, author, and spoken word artist Dr. Jaiya John. Bedtime bliss. Morning meditation. Daytime peace. Comfort. Calm. Soul food. Come, gather around the fire. Let me read for you... Books online wherever books hang out. Learn more at jaiyajohn.com..Sacred Conversations are periodic episodes of my podcast in which I reach out to people whose work and life inspire me, and we simply have a soulful conversation. Prerecorded for video and available on my YouTube channel. No scripted, transactional, extractive, one-sided interview dynamic. Just two people with a care and curiosity for each other’s journey and creative work, asking each other about what stirs in us, and enjoying the ancient, mutually healing art of listening deeply. Again, not an interview. A spiritual communion. The idea is for us to relax and enjoy an organic conversation, like over tea or breaking bread, and to get to know each other along the way.