“What’s one of your dreams?” “Success to me is measured by where I’m living. I’d love to have a house in Hawaii. I’d love to also keep some roots in the Bay area. One house here, one house there, and flip flop when I need to. That’d be my American dream.” “Sounds great.” “A broader dream is… Read More

“We were really shocked to be having twins. I’m a Type 1 diabetic so I had a really difficult pregnancy. Charlie and Clementine came 7 weeks early and were in neonatal intensive care for a month. I love my job, I teach 1st to 3rd grade at a Montessori school between the Pacific ocean and the redwoods, and right when I was… Read More

“I love to entertain people. I do juggling, magic, stilt walking, and unicycling.” “I’m here for a good time, not a long time.”… Read More

“Do you have any super powers?” “Sparkle fun!” “If you found a genie in a bottle and got 1 wish what would it be?” “To be young and beautiful forever!”… Read More

  “What are y’all most excited about during the festival?” Lizzie – “I’m very excited to see all my friends and just have a great weekend hanging out on the water.” David – “I’m open to letting in all the good vibes and relaxing.” “What’s one thing you… Read More

“I came down here to Rio support Team USA basketball and my fiancé Angel McCoughtry. She just won a gold medal!” “My other favorite part of being in Rio was my hike up to the Christo!”… Read More

“Hey there! My name’s Dijon. What’s your name?” “…” “Feeling a little shy?” “…” “That’s okay, I feel shy sometimes too. Hey! Is that your Avengers poster?” “Yeah.” “I love the Avengers! The Hulk is my favorite. Who’s your favorite?” “Iron Man.” “Cool. I like Iron Man too. Are those your legos?”… Read More

“I’m a competitive runner and I’ve been trying to get in this race in Alaska called Mt. Marathon. In 1 mi you cover 3,022 ft of vertical. It’s steep and treacherous. I found out in March that I got into my dream race. I was scheduled to have a safety meeting on July 4th. On July 3rd I fell into… Read More

“My mother was the epitome of health. Worked out every day. Never smoked a day in her life. Ate totally organic. Just lived life fully and incredibly healthfully and she somehow got lung cancer. I think there’s a lot of bias about lung cancer as a disease because people kind of assume that you must… Read More

  “I’m an essayist and I’ve been working on a collection of personal essays on the intersection of life and spirituality. Particularly mindfulness practices. I read mostly non-fiction but when I do read fiction I enjoy a lot of Japanese authors. I noticed over the past few years that whenever I felt myself getting in a… Read More

“I was born in the Bronx. Grew up in New Jersey. My parents are both immigrants. I was an economics major so every summer I felt an expectation to do an internship at a bank or consulting. I would start and end up quitting and then traveling around. I lived in Norway for a summer, New… Read More

“I own a vegetarian/vegan restaurant in Oakland called En Cuentro on the corner of 2nd and Clay. We’ve been open about 6 years. I’m not a vegan so sometimes I like to cook meat so Josephine works perfectly for that. I like to cook slightly elevated comfort food with a little twist. The last… Read More

“Back in December I found a lump in my right breast. It was right after going home to visit my grandfather. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in November so cancer was kinda on my mind.  When I came home and found the lump I got it tested right away. The first emotion I experienced when I found… Read More

“I make a blend of coffee, yerba mate, green tea, hickory root, and guarana called Levity Brew. All the ingredients are organic or wild harvested. The effect is smoother, longer lasting energy so you don’t get the jittery, high energy, crash feeling you get with coffee. It has a milder taste but… Read More

“I was a personal chef in the corporate world and television production for 30 years but when the economy went south in ’09 I had the rug pulled out from under me. I thought I was going to be there until the cobwebs came and that I’d retire there so it was like ‘holy fuck! what am I going… Read More

Her – “We moved to California to work on a fruit and vegetable farm. We were going to do a 6 month internship at a place that specialized in stone fruit. When we got there Alex suffered and injury to his finger that was going prevent him from being able to work on the farm so that required us… Read More

SOULS of Society might be at Enchanted Forest this year!! The line up looks amazing 😀 Get tickets HERE Returning to the lush landscape of Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA July 22 – 24, 2016, Enchanted Forest Gathering celebrates its sixth year as NorCal’s premier boutique music, movement, and conscious living camping festival, perfect for… Read More

“I’ve wanted to be an entrepreneur for a number of years but there was always something that was throwing me off about giving it a go. I wasn’t working because I had broken my hand some pretty nasty bruises. I was bored with television so I got on the computer and found out about Josephine. Read More

“Where I come from in Spain you sit down and cook with your family every night. Either you hate cooking or you’re gonna learn because you do it everyday. My background is in finance but I’ve always been in the kitchen with my mom and grandma. I love cooking tapas and paella.” “What’s unique about your tapas… Read More

Left – “We were living in Saigon for 7 years and we wanted to get married so we needed to come to California. It’s very hard to get into the US from Vietnam. He didn’t have any family here so they turned him down. We tried going to Canada and Mexico city and no luck. Finally, we found out… Read More

“I run the Seed to Mouth program for The Edible Schoolyard at Hunters Point, an organic teaching garden and kitchen program at Willie Mays Clubhouse at Hunters Point. It’s a partnership between Community Grows, which is an organization that teaches kids about gardening, nutrition, and has cooking classes throughout the city. A lot of them are in the Western… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about yourself?” “I’m bilingual. And I love travel and exploring other cultures.” “What are your favorite cultures besides your own?” “I love American culture…and the Italian culture. They’re so vocal and passionate. Not afraid to show their feelings. That reminds me a lot of Korean culture.”… Read More

“This is Rudy. We’ve had him for 2 years. We think he’s 7 years old. We found him online. He’s some kind of poodle mix. He’s the kind of dog that makes people happy. It’s been cool to have him on my walks in the morning because we just moved here and when he’s with me strangers are all… Read More

“How’d y’all become friends?” Left – “It was my first day of school and I didn’t want to come outside to smoke a cigarette by myself, and she saw me standing by the door so she asked me, ‘Are you going down to smoke a cigarette?’ and I said ‘Yeah’ and she said, ‘Let’s go!’… Read More