The Frontier Within: What Have We Yet To Learn About Our Mind?
With Felix Zeltner · Dubai Future Horizons
How much do we really know about the mind, and what still sits just beyond reach?
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A chronological archive of public talks, keynotes, interviews, podcast video versions, and conference recordings — the body of work, in voice and image, year by year.
2026
2025
The Power of Paradox (#276)
Heart Wisdom podcast
On paradox, the neuroscience of mindfulness, and the relationship between individual and collective healing.
2024
Building MindHeart and Pioneering AI for Healing and Loving Awareness (Part 2)
In conversation with Dr. Angel Acosta
Part two of an in-depth interview on MindHeart Collective and liberatory AI rooted in loving-awareness.
The impact of art on the neurobiology of stress
Oxford Mindfulness
A talk on the neurobiology of mindfulness and how it relates to art as a stress-reduction practice.
Exploring Neuroscience, Social Justice & Tech for Collective Healing (Part 1)
In conversation with Dr. Angel Acosta
Part one of a two-part conversation tracing the life-work across neuroscience, contemplative practice, social justice, and emerging contemplative technologies.
Cohort Sistas Podcast
Unifying Education, Neuroscience, and Anthropology (Ep. 242)
Cohort Sistas Podcast
Tracing the doctoral journey at UCLA, alternative education, the founding of MindHeart, and the development of liberatory technology.
The Neuroscience of Belonging
With Dr. Dan Siegel · Thomas Hübl's Point of Relation Podcast
Interpersonal neurobiology, self-expanding emotions (empathy, compassion, gratitude, awe), the collective nervous system, and belonging.
A Collective Nervous System
Short reflection
A brief explanation of how a connected, collective nervous system can function as a healing force toward stability and sustainability.
Trust, Interbeing, and Vulnerability (Mindrolling Ep. 469)
With Duncan Trussell & Raghu Markus · recorded at the 2022 Ram Dass "Open Your Heart in Paradise" retreat
Live retreat conversation on trust, interbeing, vulnerability, loneliness, and contact high.
2023
Ten Laws Podcast
In conversation with East Forest
A wide-ranging conversation on mothering, neuroscience, contemplative practice, social justice, and the science behind loving-awareness.
With Tami Simon · Sounds True
Liberatory Technology from the Future
With Tami Simon · Sounds True
On self-compassion, intergenerational trauma, awe, curiosity, lovingkindness, and liberatory technology as a counter to extractive tech.
Intergenerational Healing (Mindrolling Ep. 400)
With Raghu Markus
On childhood experiences of homelessness, cultivating perspective, and the Science of Social Justice as a framework for embodying intergenerational healing.
Sharon Salzberg's Mental Health Series (Ep. 223)
With Sharon Salzberg · Metta Hour Podcast
On neuroplasticity, loving-awareness, growth mindset, post-traumatic growth, and personal history.
Healing Intergenerational Trauma
With Tami Simon · Sounds True
An interview on the personal and collective dimensions of intergenerational trauma and the Science of Social Justice.
2022
If you have a body, you deserve wellbeing
TEDxSaoPaulo
A TEDx talk on how yoga helped heal intergenerational trauma, and how feeling is a prerequisite for healing.
The Collective Nervous System
With Dr. Dan Siegel · Collective Trauma Summit
An exploration of the collective nervous system as a frame for understanding interconnection and healing.
Expanding the Concept of Self
With Dr. Dan Siegel · Collective Trauma Summit
Companion summit talk — on moving from a solo "me" to an inclusive "MWe" and how that reshapes identity, belonging, and planetary care.
Panel: The Intersection of Mindfulness and Activism
With Shelly Tygielski, Emily McDowell, Elsa Collins · Wisdom 2.0: Emergence
A panel on how women are showing up, staying present, and doing the work at the intersection of mindfulness and activism.
The Science of Social Justice
Wisdom 2.0: Emergence
A solo presentation introducing the Science of Social Justice and the Systems-Based Awareness Map to the Wisdom 2.0 audience.
With Pamela Ayo Yetunde · The Lion's Roar Podcast
The Science of Hope and Justice
With Pamela Ayo Yetunde · The Lion's Roar Podcast
A discussion of the Science of Social Justice and the Systems-Based Awareness Map, including reflections on the January 6 insurrection.
2021
Justice, Loving-Awareness in Action
Short talk
A brief case that social justice and well-being are one and the same thing.
2021 Voices of Hope
With Dr. Dan Siegel & Justin Michael Williams
A virtual conversation as part of the Voices of Hope series, exploring the Science of Social Justice.
MWe = Me + We: Consciousness, Patterns, Oneness, Awareness
With Dr. Dan Siegel · SAND
An exploration of "MWe" — integrating the inner "me" with the interconnected "we" to support personal, interpersonal, and planetary flourishing.
Fellowship Forum: The Science of Social Justice
With Dr. Angel Acosta · Garrison Institute
The first public unveiling of the Systems-Based Awareness Map (SBAM), within the Garrison Institute Fellowship Forum.
With Angel Acosta, Daniel Siegel & Gabor Maté
GatedBuilding Intergenerational Trauma Sensitivity & Awareness
With Angel Acosta, Daniel Siegel & Gabor Maté
A panel released alongside Gabor Maté's The Wisdom of Trauma documentary — on building intergenerational trauma sensitivity and awareness across systems. Behind the Wisdom of Trauma all-access pass.
2020
The Science of Social Justice (Brown Rice Hour Ep. 6)
With Konda Mason
On embodying liberation, the link between mental health and systemic racism, and Sará's mother's experience in the Jim Crow South.
With Dr. Dan Siegel & Caverly Morgan
PEPP: Science, Education and Social Justice
With Dr. Dan Siegel & Caverly Morgan
A "PEPP MWe Up" gathering with Dan Siegel and Caverly Morgan on the Science of Social Justice in the early pandemic.
Surfing Corona
Surfing Corona series
An early-pandemic conversation on ancestor practice as a source of resilience.
The Science of Social Justice
Short talk
An early framing of the Science of Social Justice through the lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB).
Creating a Compassionate Inner Sanctuary
With Caverly Morgan · Presence Collective
A free webinar offering compassion meditation, gentle breath work, guided nervous-system recalibration, and poetry — framed for the early days of COVID-19.
Mindfulness, Bias & Intergenerational Trauma
Talk
A talk exploring the role mindfulness can play in working with bias and intergenerational trauma.
Date uncertain
Lion's Roar Learn
GatedThe Neuroscience of Social Justice: Collective Healing Through Mindfulness and Art
Lion's Roar Learn
A lecture on the neuroscience underlying social-justice-as-well-being, including the role of art and contemplative practice in collective healing. Hosted on Lion's Roar's course platform.
Well of Light Conversations
The Science of Social Justice
Well of Light Conversations
An interview introducing the Science of Social Justice framework to a broader contemplative-spiritual audience.
With Dr. Peter Levine & Ally Bogard · The Embody Lab
GatedWisdom Conversations: Unpacking Hope
With Dr. Peter Levine & Ally Bogard · The Embody Lab
An intimate forum with Peter Levine and Ally Bogard on courage, vulnerability, and hope. May require Embody Lab registration.
More videos will be added here as Sará gathers them from her own YouTube channel, Insight Timer, the MoMA Well-Being Initiative archives, and other places not yet indexed publicly.