I am an artist and I created the podcast Common Thread in the spirit of: if I see something, say something. What I see is everyday people with solutions to social injustice, economic inequality, and climate change. The key is hidden in answers to four personal questions: What is most important to me? Why is it vital I respond? What have been the challenges when I put this purpose first? What wisdom do I have to share from my experiences? The podcasts are conversations with family, friends, and neighbors who will answer the questions. The sum of answers reveals a missing humanizing value system and unifying wisdom of the heart. Love has no objective other than to create wholeness, build trust, cultivate empathy, and see unity in diversity. These are a few examples of how different people express love. My guests will describe how they combine two, traditionally opposing bottom lines. One is physically surviving while the other is following the common thread of love with its unifying purpose. The practical and spiritual focuses are not exclusive of the other when both are needed to heal and stabilize a deeply divided world. Come join the conversation!
Discover how staying in the ebb and flow of following your thread is not only what life is about but also, how to become a stabilizing force of nature. Show notes: Poems: Keeping Quiet, by Pablo Neruda: https://www.awakin.org/v2/read/view.php?tid=2298 Being Fearless is So Relaxing, by Wade Hubbard, is private. Books: The Way Life Works, by Mahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+way+life+works&i=software&crid=3DAWS313XRXL3&sprefix=th...
22 Jun 2025
The 4 x 4 UNKNOWN
Follow your thread into the 4 x 4 UNKNOWN and reemerge a world where we all fit in. The Dao De Jing: Laozi’s Book of Life; A New Translation From the Ancient Chinese, Based on the Latest Archeological Discoveries, by J.H. Haung: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-dao-de-jing-laozi-s-book-of-life-j-h-huang/19630246?ean=9780063135857&next=t Rainer Maria Rilke poems A Walk: https://allpoetry.com/A-Walk I Believe In All That Has Never Been Spoken: https://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/...
20 Apr 2025
The Threshold of the Unknown
The first episode of season three of the podcast Common Thread introduces the topic of conversation for the season. I am curious about what we are responding to when it is an innate desire to follow the thread of what is most important to us on a human and heart level. Not only is this inner guided. The more you respond the more you know, without being told, all-is-one. This is not a benign concept. Knowing is responding in kind. The sum of everything considered unprecedented has brought us t...
17 Mar 2024
A Conversation with IM: For the Sake of Human-kindness
Inga-Mette (IM) Stenseth believes creativity is a human life-force. Her life moves to the rhythm of intersecting fields such as the fashion industry, technology, economics, culture, the Alexandria Library in Egypt, climate education, and creative problem solving. Each unique area of interest expands beyond its own objectives when viewed a catalyst to a deeper appreciation for life and is worth protecting. This can only become possible if concerns about copyright, competition, who gets credit for what sheds its value system and liberates the butterfly who is a symbol for love. I asked IM how she holds onto her thread? “I stay anchored in my smile!” was her answer.
30 Nov 2023
A Conversation with Shauna James Ahern: Create Your Kind Life
Shauna gives us a heart-warming compass of joy. “We are so ingrained with shoulds we no longer hear our inner voice.” For many of us the idea of having more joy is a fearful thought. Why? It doesn’t measure up to the many unrealistic standards which we hold ourselves to. Shauna supports neuro diverse women, who struggle with acceptance more than others, but her reflections on what is most important to her on a human and heart level weaves a common thread. Her joyful message is to create your kind life!
Show Notes
Shauna James Ahern
You can reach Shauna on Instagram
Suzanne Hubbard
Suzannehubbard.com
Readtheunwrittenbook.com
suzannehubbardweaving on Instagram
Lifeweavingsofsuzannehubbard on Facebook
27 Mar 2023
There is So Much Going Right, Right Below Our Feet: A Conversation with Kathy Sipple
Kathy learned the rules of economics but through the lens of Earth. Her thread is to remember ourselves to the garden in her lifetime. Kathy’s background covers the economics of the environment; sustainable forestry; fishing; populations; and Superfund Cleanup. What is most important to Kathy is to cultivate awareness we are members of this earthy paradise. If we loosen our boundaries we may discover we need each other and by doing so, find the edge of our interdependence.
Show Notes: Kathy Sipple
Kathysipple.com
Suzanne Hubbard:
Readtheunwrittenbook.com
5 Dec 2022
Women Hold the Key: A Conversation with Tina Shattuck
The “key” is to see, hear, and value the human thread which connects us with others and the natural world. Caring about and for relationships reflects a uniquely feminine concern like hierarchical systems tend to be masculine. Social pioneer and mother of three, Tina Shattuck, weaves a compelling story how she followed her impulse and thread to create a framework and container for women. “The only real work I do must be in my zip code,” is an example of how she is acting locally but thinking globally.” If you are wondering what happens when you say “yes” to what is most important to you on a human and heart level, Tina is a trailblazer of a spiritual human purpose which is the (feminine) key to peace.
Show Notes:
Tina Shattuck
Email: tina@womenholdthekey.com (mailto:tina@womenholdthekey.com)
Twitter: https://womenholdthekey.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff3ac42c59105a00b7188b8df&id=be59da2fbc&e=2316e583fb (https://womenholdthekey.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ff3ac42c59105a00b7188b8df&id=be59da2fbc&e=2316e583fb)
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Suzanne Hubbard: tapestry artist, author, Life-Weaving teaching
Website: suzannehubbard.com
Book: readtheunwrittenbook.com
Common Thread Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/common-thread/id1557585617
29 May 2022
Your Brand is Your Authenticity: A Conversation with Sheila Cash
Sheila’s question: Is the world ready for peace inspired the theme for season 2 of the podcast. She turns a proclamation into a personal question when she observes, there is no condition that we face personally which isn’t also the human condition. The common human thread could be a vital force wanting to live life through us! Our unique response, therefore, is on behalf of others. “Your depths are the lights of the world.”
Show notes:
Guest: Sheila Cash: best selling author: Evolve Your Life; New Human Master Coach
Host: Suzanne Hubbard: readtheunwrittenbook.com; suzannehubbard.com
INTRODUCTION:
The theme for season 2
A friend of mine asked: Is the world ready for peace? At first, I thought this was odd when most of us long for more connection in our families, communities, countries, and in the world. Yet she knew something was missing—something in good faith to ease frayed tensions, a sign of goodwill, a gesture of sincerity. Season 2 of The Common Thread podcast relooks at the 4 questions from Season 1 as revealing a missing spiritual human purpose. Can peace really be legislated or negotiated politically when it is a bonding process between individuals? When you honor the common human thread, it becomes peace. Acknowledging relationships is the first step that very few people see—or truly care about. Connections influence unseen states of grace. There is no hammering out a peace-deal. Bonding creates the conditions for reconciliation. It’s the cocoon and not the unknown answer. Season 2 listens carefully to personal reflections on: What is most important to me on a human and heart level? Why is it vital I respond? What are the challenges when I put this purpose first? And what wisdom can I share from my experiences? Hidden are the many ways everyday people are sowing the seeds of peace—weaving its cocoon with the common human thread.
18 Dec 2021
Small Beings Carrying Hidden Stories: A Conversation with Renée Marceau
Renée is a farmer and artist who intuits we are Nature. Her assemblages of natural objects symbolically carry her hidden story out into the open. Its theme belongs to a special category when a definitive direction and goal are unknown. If you are Nature, then your life is ever evolving into something new. Small beings are those whose invisible work weaves the common thread of mutual sustainability. Renée’s invisible work includes elevating the tenuous edge of vulnerability and impermanence we all face. Why? Love is a raw human potential—nested deep.
SHOW NOTES: Visit Renée at: www.reneemarceau.com (http://www.reneemarceau.com) Discover more about Suzanne: readtheunwrittenbook.com and suzannehubbard.com
11 Dec 2021
When Someone is Dying, We Get Really Honest. A Conversation with Tess Clark
Tess takes an honest look at what is most important to her and discovered it is not a dream-job but a realm where we all meet. She was sexually abused by her grandfather and when her mother would not listen, she made her way in the world alone. She refused to become bitter and instead became a writer and filmmaker. When a close acquaintance was in the hospital dying of COVID-19 she transformed monetizing her talents into imagining, like a movie, a frame-by-frame recovery of her friend. Healing is what is most important to Tess. She orchestrated a circle of people on Zoom who for 75 days imagined the impossible. John walked out of the hospital and has regained full health. Tess’s story affirms when the heart is open it becomes possible to imagine there is only ONE OF US and we all come from the same place. Honestly…there could not be a better perspective today which expresses a common human thread.
12 Sept 2021
Find the Essence of Your Desire: A Conversation with Petia Kolibova
We need the experiences of spaciousness and feeling good about ourselves before we can become who we truly are. This is not pie-in-the-sky advice from someone who has lived through hell and kept going. Petia shares her personal journey and how she combines her spiritual and financial bottom lines without losing the thread of her core values. Her advice: When you honor your deeper truth—unapologetically—you become magnetic!
Show notes: Petia Kolibova
www.attractyourabundance.com (http://www.attractyourabundance.com)
www.petiakolibova.com (http://www.petiakolibova.com)
http://bit.ly/Tulum111121 (http://bit.ly/Tulum111121)
Suzanne Hubbard
https://suzannehubbard.com/ (https://suzannehubbard.com/)
https://readtheunwrittenbook.com/ (https://readtheunwrittenbook.com/)
https://readtheunwrittenbook.com/blog/ (https://readtheunwrittenbook.com/blog/)
7 Jun 2021
Music can Unify while Words Create Divisions: A Conversation with Joseph Panzetta
Singer songwriter, Joseph Panzetta, embraces vulnerability as part of his creative process. Showing kindness exposes the fragility and beauty of our relationships. It is how to experience connections, hear the unsung song, and trust the vibration of kindness to take us home to a world where we all feel we belong—to each other.
13 May 2021
If We are Eating Right and Exercising Right Why are We Still Having Pain?: A Conversation with Michelle Reed
Michelle teaches the Melt Method at Core Centric Training on Vashon Island in Washington. Our body’s inner web of life, called the facia, is also what connects people to each other and humans to the natural world. The thread of what is most important to Michelle is caregiving. When we care for our facia, Michelle tells us, we are effectively healing others and the environment. She meets us where we are experiencing pain by stating the obvious. "We could all benefit from a little support to recharge, replenish, and refuel."
25 Apr 2021
Making History in Synchronicity: A Conversation with Alison Goldwyn
What is most important to Alison Goldwyn is knowing and growing her true nature with love and caring and inspiring and nurturing this in others. Alison asks the question: Why must catastrophe be humanity's ultimate legacy in bringing us together? She intimately experiences the need for a world-story which features the creative human spirit. Alison trusted her own creative impulse to weave the strands of a new social and ecological--synchronistory . It was a choice which took her way beyond her comfort zone and sense of control. Unexpectedly she discovered peace, purpose, and belonging in the empty but fertile space of her unknown which we too--experience as our great mystery and common human thread.
22 Apr 2021
Joshua Barwick's Common Thread: Paying My Life Forward with Love and Kindness
If stones could speak is never a question for Joshua Barwick. For 22 years he has worked with stones in creating walls, walkways, and architectural structures. Suzanne and Josh have a lively conversation about a macro wisdom and truth that is reflected in the micro processes of drywalling and weaving tapestries. Orchestrating stones and threads share the same common thread of a concerns about relationships and how stones and strands must fit together. Josh explains; "The time I spend on my relationships, whether it's with stones, family, or friends, I am paying my life forward with a deep sense of love and belonging."
7 Mar 2021
The Common Thread Where Your Heart Breaks Some of Your Best Work Will Come: A Conversation with Reverend Carla Pryne
During a time when there is so much suffering the common thread of love reveals its vital spirit of renewal. Reverend Carla Pryne and podcast host, Suzanne Hubbard, discuss the challenges of navigating a very new reality which was brought about by a pandemic and all the social, economic, and climate change related crises that its devastation has exposed. The common human thread is a constant reminder we have agency to heal and transform with love. When we honor what is most important to us on a human and heart level, the world will try to adjust to a more humanizing purpose to mend a broken world together.
28 Feb 2021
The Common Thread of Listening: A Conversation with Travis Tuchak
What is most important to Travis is the climate crisis. It is a huge problem we all feel helpless to stop its far reaching effects. The conversation about the common human thread, however, begins to reveal unexpected answers. Travis reflects on the four questions: What is most important to me? Why is it vital I respond? What have been the challenges when I put this purpose first? What wisdom can I share from my experiences? Listening to people with compassion is very important to him. Its potential to heal and transform is revealed through a personal story. Travis is very transparent. He admits he is a work in progress, as we all are when we follow the thread of love. He takes us to that vulnerable place of transformation. In the midst of feeling his hypocrisy, depression, and confusion he is also aware there is no shame or blame. Never before has it been necessary or considered practical to live our deeper truth—until today. We are all in this together, Travis says.
19 Jan 2021
Welcome to the Common Thread Podcast
Discover answers to a deeply divided world and climate change hidden in our answers to: What is most important to me? Why is it vital I respond? What have been the challenges when I put this purpose first? What wisdom can I share from my experiences? Podcast host, Suzanne Hubbard, will answer these questions. Her reflections will begin a conversation about why a human and intimate response to the world around us could make all the difference in the world. An antidote to feeling helpless is realizing our humanity has agency to heal and transform. Each guest on the podcast will answer the four questions. Discover why we are the source of the missing humanizing value system with a purpose to express love.
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