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Peace Is Here with Avis Kalfsbeek

Peace Is Here explores global peace light-hearted touch and a scholar’s heart. Join Avis Kalfsbeek, writer of environmental fiction, for a layperson"s curriculum of peace. She explores peace treaties, nature’s quiet wisdom, and the down-to-earth creativity required for #TheGreatDisarmament. From deep-dive series on peace heroes to fiction stories and personal riffs, Avis looks beneath the surface to see the peace that is already here.

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Ep 143 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Marie...

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2025/11/21

Marie Kondo: The Joy of Letting Go The Path of Radical Simplicity continues. In this episode, we honor Marie Kondo, the tidying consultant who proved that true simplicity is about keeping only what sparks joy. We explore the KonMari Method and how letting go of possessions frees us from emotional clutter. AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:44

Ep 142 Peace Stuff: Architect of Enough - Saint...

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2025/11/20

Saint Francis of Assisi: The Vow of Absolute Poverty The Path of Radical Simplicity continues. In this episode, we meet Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of simplicity, poverty, and animals, who renounced a fortune to achieve spiritual freedom. We explore how his radical choice to own nothing allowed him to serve everyone. AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: The Little Flowers of Saint Francis Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:32

Ep 141 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough: Epictetus,...

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2025/11/19

Epictetus: The Freedom of Few Wants The Path of Radical Simplicity continues. In this episode, we meet Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher who proved that the greatest source of suffering is attachment to things outside our control. We explore his concept of the Dichotomy of Control and how radical simplicity of mind leads to true, unshakeable freedom. AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: The Enchiridion by Epictetus Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:42

Ep 140 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough: Henry David...

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2025/11/18

Henry David Thoreau: The Economy of the Spirit The Path of Radical Simplicity: In this episode, we meet Henry David Thoreau, the American philosopher who lived deliberately in a self-built cabin by Walden Pond. We explore his famous experiment, his resistance to complexity, and his belief that the true cost of a thing is the amount of life you must exchange for it. AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Walden by Henry David Thoreau Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:07

Ep 139 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Celia Pym,...

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2025/11/17

Celia Pym: Mending as ListeningIn this episode, we meet textile artist Celia Pym, who is best known for her visible mending—repairing garments in ways that honor their wear. We explore the power of slowing down, the meaning of listening through craft, and what it means to mend without hiding the damage. AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: On Mending by Celia Pym Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:52

Ep 138 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Gary...

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2025/11/16

Gary Snyder: Poetry of the Wild Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. In this episode, we honor Gary Snyder—poet, ecologist, Buddhist practitioner—whose work calls us back into conversation with land. We reflect on speaking from place, on grounded wildness, and on how poetry can be humble care. Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:16

Ep 137 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Anni...

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2025/11/15

Anni Albers: Threads of Quiet Resolve Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. In this episode, we honor Anni Albers, whose life in weaving taught us fidelity to material, restraint in design, and depth in simplicity. We reflect on letting what we hold teach us, rather than fashioning what we wish. Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: On Weaving by Anni Albers Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:54

Ep 136 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - George...

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2025/11/14

George Nakashima: Wood & Soul Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. In this episode, we honor George Nakashima—architect, craftsman, and wood whisperer—who listened to trees and let design grow from them rather than impose upon them. We explore his philosophy, his time in internment, and his vision of Altars for Peace. Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker’s Reflections Music:

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5:10

Ep 135 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Virginia...

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2025/11/13

Virginia Woolf: A Room and a Voice Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. This episode looks at the life and work of Virginia Woolf, whose writing and essays transformed how we understand time, consciousness, and creative independence. We reflect on her insistence that women need money and space in order to write—and how that applies to all of us trying to think clearly in today’s noisy world. Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended

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5:20

Ep 134 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Leonard...

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2025/11/12

Leonard Cohen: Song, Silence, and Shadow Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. We explore the life of Leonard Cohen—a poet, singer, and spiritual seeker—whose artistry emerged from stillness and whose words embraced brokenness. This episode reflects on his monastic years and how silence can become a keeper. Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life by Anthony Reynolds Music: "Dalai Llama

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5:04

Ep 133 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Frida...

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2025/11/11

Frida Kahlo: The Art of Keeping Pain Creative Vision and Mindful Craft: Frida Kahlo didn’t minimize or mask her pain. She turned it into art—and by doing so, left a legacy of radical honesty and emotional survival. In this episode, we reflect on the unflinching beauty of her life and work, and what it means to keep our hardest stories with care. Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Frida Kahlo: The Paintings by Hayden

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4:54

Ep 132 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Albert...

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2025/11/10

Albert Einstein: Thought in Motion Creative Vision and Mindful Craft: In this episode, we meet Albert Einstein—the physicist whose ideas reshaped the cosmos, and whose life showed ways to simplify without loss. We lean into his habits of clarity and how we might adopt simplicity today. Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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5:32

Ep 131 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Jane...

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2025/11/09

Jane Addams: The Wisdom of the Neighborhood The Social & Systemic "Enough." We honor Jane Addams, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of Hull House. She demonstrated that building peace and dismantling inequality is a local act—one block, one home, and one person at a time. Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910) by Jane Addams Music: "Dalai Llama

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5:56

Ep 130 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Bill...

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2025/11/08

Bill Cunningham: The Eye on the StreetThe Social & Systemic "Enough" continues. In this episode, we honor Bill Cunningham, whose lifelong devotion to street fashion gave dignity to everyday dressing. We reflect on how noticing detail, preserving integrity, and staying rooted in curiosity can be quiet acts of peace and resistance to commercial influence. Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended

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5:38

Ep 129 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Bea...

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2025/11/07

Bea Johnson: Waste Not, Want More The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues. In this episode, we meet Bea Johnson—mother, minimalist, and pioneer of the zero waste lifestyle. We explore her 5R philosophy, the in-home challenges, and how refusing can become a spiritual act that challenges consumer systems. Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to

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6:33

Ep 128 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - José...

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2025/11/06

José Andrés: Building the Longer Table The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! Chef and humanitarian José Andrés has redefined how we feed people in crisis. But at the heart of his mission is something simple: building longer tables, not higher walls. Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: We Fed an Island by José Andrés Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke"

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Ep 127 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Toni Cade...

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2025/11/05

Toni Cade Bambara: Story as Resistance The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! In this episode, we honor Toni Cade Bambara, whose writing, activism, and teaching insisted that stories matter. We reflect on her commitment to language as a tool of justice, and on what it means for us to speak when silence feels safer. Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: Deep Sightings & Rescue

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Ep 126 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Arundahti...

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2025/11/04

Arundhati Roy: Voice Against Silence The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! In this episode, we explore how Arundhati Roy has used literature and activism to speak truths often ignored. We reflect on how her small acts of witness challenge power, and how we might find our own voice of moral alignment. Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey is here: AvisKalfsbeek.com Recommended Reading: My Seditious Heart by Arundhati

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Ep 125 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Eleanor...

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2025/11/03

Eleanor Roosevelt: Quiet Power, Public Heart Theme 3: The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! In this episode, we explore how Eleanor Roosevelt expanded the role of public service through consistent advocacy, principled presence, and moral imagination. We consider how she kept her convictions alive and used her influence for universal dignity. Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter) Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow the Peace Stuff: Enough journey

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Ep 124 Peace Stuff: Architects of Enough - Sojourner...

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2025/11/02

Sojourner Truth: Walking Toward Freedom Theme 3: The Social & Systemic "Enough" continues! Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) escaped slavery, recovered her child through the courts, and became a traveling preacher and abolitionist who challenged both racism and sexism. This episode looks at the power of her conviction and the importance of leaving no one behind. Get the book Peace Stuff: Enough (Kickstarter) Find the Books, Podcast & Kickstarter: Everything you need to follow

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