Rev. Yolanda’s guest, back for the second time, was Adam B. Shapiro. Adam is a TV/Film actor and also an award-winning singer and cabaret performer. He is best known for the movie The Normal Heart (2014), and TV shows The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) and Master of None (2015).
Adam won the 2013 MAC Award for Musical Comedy performer of the year for his show “Guide to the Perfect Breakup”. In 2021, he released his debut EP “Let Love In”.
Adam was born in Indianapolis Indiana and attended Ball State University in Muncie IN, and is an experienced stage actor in both English and Yiddish. He was the understudy for Tevye and Lazer Wolf in “Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish” Off-Broadway and has worked extensively with the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene (despite growing up with no exposure to Yiddish and only beginning to learn it when he was cast by NYTF for the first time). You can find out more about Adam on his website: adambshapiro.com
Rev. Yolanda, the host of Sounds of Awakening, is a trans femme genderqueer singer-songwriter actor, Interfaith Music Minister, and a very grateful member of the member Board of Trustees for Awakening-Together. Rev. Yolanda has been making music/theater/TV/film/
One of Rev. Yolanda’s greatest joys is being an active member of Awakening-Together’s assembly of equals. The personal learning/healing that has occurred in her from the sharing that takes place in this community, is a gift that she is forever grateful for.

Rev. Kate shares her experience, poetry, and life with us as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. Rev. Kate shares with wisdom and humor and allows us a glimpse into the beautiful and sometimes messy blossoming of life examined with an eye on Truth.
Michael Deborbes’ live meditation will be moving to a new time on the 1st Wednesday of the month 9-9:30 pm ET and the 3rd Wednesday from 8:30-9:30 pm ET. The debut will be on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, from 8:30-9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm-7:30 MT.
Vice President-Minister, Rhoda Makled share from the Tao as they contemplate its principles in order to fully embody them. You will not need the books to join, however if you would like to contemplate along with them they are using these 3 books:
Have you ever wanted to see inside someone else’s mind and heart as they journeyed toward spiritual awakening? Have you ever wondered what obstacles they faced, what inquiries they used, or what insights they experienced? If so, this program is perfect for you. Each week, Regina Dawn Akers shares from her published journal,
Anne Blanchard shares her experience of purification and awakening, unfiltered and as it happens. Raw, reflective, brave, and infused with clarity, Anne’s open honesty inspires us all to dive deep into the spiritual journey instead of simply skimming the surface. She continues to share deeply from various non-dual teachings and teachers.


