Ben Katt on Getting Quiet, Midlife, and the Power of Ritual (also, we chat about David Hasselhoff)

06/10/2024 1h 9min
Ben Katt on Getting Quiet, Midlife, and the Power of Ritual (also, we chat about David Hasselhoff)

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“A fantastically written, powerfully wise offering from Ben Katt…a gift to our world of pain and promise.”
— Krista Tippett















Ben Katt has worked with On Being, as an ordained minister, an advanced meditation teacher, and author. His first book, The Way Home: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness at Midlife is a guidebook and memoir about the inner journey that calls us further in the midst of life’s busyness. Ben is the founder of the WITHIN Prison Meditation Project, serves as a hospice chaplain, and writes regularly about identity, purpose, creativity, and belonging in his weekly STILL newsletter.



In our conversation we talk about a David Hasselhof museum, slowing down your life to catch up to it, getting quiet, relationships of depth, and much more. 



Visit Ben Katt at benjaminkatt.com | IG: @akabenkatt















Episode Show Notes



Works by Ben Katt




The Way Home: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness at Midlife



STILL (Ben’s newsletter)








Resources & People Mentioned




David Hasselhof



Calvin College



Bill Plotkin



Soulcraft: Crossing Into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche by Bill Plotkin



Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World by Bill Plotkin



Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche by Bill Plotkin



Transcendental Meditation



Casper ter Kuile



Jesse Israel



The Big Quiet



Henri Nouwen



Rainer Maria Rilke



Illuman








Drink Recommended




Peppermint tea
















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