Bri, Ilarion, and myself held an Inner Garden book release conversation at The Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, AK where we discussed the importance of healing our inner self and developing heart-listening, particularly at this time on Earth. An overview of the Inner Garden framework was given in addition to discussing how this book came into being. Ilarion began the conversation by reminding us (~12min into talk), “This is a time of chaos and it is intentional…it is happening for a reason. You were placed here for a reason. We are spirit beings in human form. We chose to be here, each and every one of us. You now are here to provide the collective efforts of people to save human beings…not Mother Earth! She’s survived for billions of years… she’s going to survive for billions more…she doesn’t need us (in order) to survive. She does need us to ‘wake up’. Traditionally, the heart used to tell the mind what to do – now the mind tells the heart what to do, so we have the mess that we have in the world (physically, spiritually, politically, socially, +) because of that. Most people have left their hearts – for various reasons, mostly due to traumas…when you find your heart, you will find what you need to do today. The people who are going to negotiate this time the best… are the people of the heart.”