Episode 16: DezBaa’

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with DezBaa’, an actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, whose spiritual journey is as layered and wide-ranging as her creative life. DezBaa’ shares how she grew up navigating between worlds — a Southern Baptist upbringing...

Episode 15: Panna Majithia

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Panna Majithia about a spiritual life that has unfolded quietly and persistently across three continents — from a devoted childhood in Malawi, to a moment of longing at the banks of the Ganga at 17, to the steady deepening of...

Episode 14: Heather Debrecini

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Heather Debrecini about what it means to come home to yourself after years of holding everything together for everyone else. Heather’s path wound through search and rescue, law enforcement, and single motherhood before...

Episode 13: Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Yogacharya Devjani Mohanty, whose life reflects the quiet truth that the sincere seeker is always being guided. Born in Puri, Odisha, and raised in a devotional family, Devjani Ma carried an inner longing through years of life...

Episode 12: Dr. Nandini Bhowmik

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Dr. Nandini Bhowmik — Indologist, Sanskrit scholar, stage actor, author, and founder of Shubhamastu, a charitable trust led by women priests devoted to creating a more compassionate and equitable society. Born in Kolkata into a...

Episode 11: Yogacharya Nisha Pandey

In this episode, Marydale Ma speaks with Yogacharya Nisha Pandey about a lifetime of devotion shaped by the living presence of Paramahamsa Hariharananda. Born in Amritsar into a family steeped in prayer and pilgrimage, Nisha Ma shares the story of her first journey to...