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Ep 112  The Spring Equinox and our Spirituality
March 13, 2023

Ep 112 The Spring Equinox and our Spirituality

Send us a text On this week’s podcast, we take a moment to become aware of - and to celebrate - the spring equinox and how the seasons of life can be teachers for us along the way in our own journeys. And boy the spring does not disappoint! Perhaps you're in a season of contemplating balance in you…
Ep 111 Getting Unstuck
March 6, 2023

Ep 111 Getting Unstuck

Send us a text Today we are joined by Zil Eiler, an intuitive business coach and mentor who is sharing with us about how to “get unstuck,” whether those points of struggle are about our decisions, our circumstances, our relationships, or something else. This 20-minute interview is jam-packed with t…
Ep 110 Spiritual Bypassing
Feb. 27, 2023

Ep 110 Spiritual Bypassing

Send us a text Spiritual bypassing can take many forms. We may find ourselves avoiding difficult emotions or trying to explain-away negative experiences. And in truth, spiritual bypassing turns out to be the opposite of the connection we seek, ultimately leading us to feel emotionally confused or w…
Ep 108 Our Empowered Voices
Feb. 13, 2023

Ep 108 Our Empowered Voices

Send us a text On this week’s podcast, we’re taking some time to talk about how rituals can help us find our empowered voices - particularly in those moments where we just don’t feel permission to have a voice. Do you sometimes struggle with a negative ticker-tape of words going through your head? …
Ep 106 Can Gratitude and Hope Co-Exist
Jan. 30, 2023

Ep 106 Can Gratitude and Hope Co-Exist

Send us a text At first blush, it may feel like an easy yes to imagine that gratitude and hope can co-exist. But on today’s podcast, we ask the question: Is it true? Can we hold space for the things we hope for? Or does havin...
Ep 104 Living with Overwhelm
Jan. 17, 2023

Ep 104 Living with Overwhelm

Send us a text Feeling overwhelmed is unavoidable. On today’s podcast, we talk about how to live in the midst of our overwhelm as well as what we can do to ease the pain of it. Have you ever felt yourself begin to spiral? Maybe you had a physical reaction, like an upset stomach or a racing heart. O…
Ep 99 Childhood Memories
Dec. 12, 2022

Ep 99 Childhood Memories

Send us a text Did you know that childhood memories can be insightful and generative parts of your prayer times? In one moment, perhaps they help us identify a long-standing pattern. But in another moment, perhaps they connect us more profoundly to our interests, or even allow us to reconsider the …
Ep 97 Do My Ancestors Matter
Nov. 28, 2022

Ep 97 Do My Ancestors Matter

Send us a text On today’s podcast, we take some time to think about where we come from and why that might be something we’re interested in knowing more about. American culture has tended towards individualism in almost every aspect of life. But in fact, in how many ways do we embody those who have …
Ep 96 “Being with”/ “Doing For”
Nov. 21, 2022

Ep 96 “Being with”/ “Doing For”

Send us a text How do we relate to the Divine? It’s easy in our cultural context to interact in the world as a fixer, a doer, a mover and a shaker. We’ve all been trained to engage in these transactional ways. And yet, another way is possible, a way that values our belovedness and allows us to beco…
Ep 93 Measuring Spiritual Growth
Oct. 31, 2022

Ep 93 Measuring Spiritual Growth

Send us a text Measuring “spiritual growth” can be tricky. Many of us have been taught to explore metrics that are easily quantifiable, which makes sense. Numbers help us feel like we have a solid answer. They help us set goals. But as you can probably guess, on this week’s podcast, we’re taking ti…
Ep 91 Engaging Calm
Oct. 17, 2022

Ep 91 Engaging Calm

Send us a text “Being calm” seems to be all the rage these days. But what we need at any given moment isn’t always the same. On this week’s podcast we share about how desperately each of us has needed this calm lately and the wide array of things we’ve been doing in order to get back to those place…
Ep 87 Releasing Our Inner Critic
Sept. 19, 2022

Ep 87 Releasing Our Inner Critic

Send us a text We all have an inner critic - a voice that tells us we are “too this” or “not enough of that,” a voice that chides us for not doing things the “right way,” a voice that tells us in one way or another: You’re bad. Today we take some time to talk about developing our awareness so that …
Ep 84 What We Learn from Kids
Aug. 29, 2022

Ep 84 What We Learn from Kids

Send us a text It can be easy to get caught up in feeling like kids need things from us and that our job is to teach them. And this is true. But it’s also true that kids have the ability to teach us. Today we talk about what has surprised us and mesmerized us in our work with kids. We talk about ho…
Ep 83 The Art of Hospitality
Aug. 22, 2022

Ep 83 The Art of Hospitality

Send us a text There’s something special about enjoying connection and abundance in the context of hospitality. Across time and culture, it would seem that each of us is hard-wired to give and receive from one another. And yet, for some, we may find we feel more comfortable in the giving role. Or w…
Ep 82 The Importance of Play
Aug. 15, 2022

Ep 82 The Importance of Play

Send us a text Many times, when we think of contemplative practices, what comes to mind is stillness and silence. But it turns out that there are so many ways to engage with the contemplative – art, movement, and even play! Both rest and play are important to our lives. And for each of us, there ar…
Ep 81 Living into Uncertainty
Aug. 8, 2022

Ep 81 Living into Uncertainty

Send us a text For many of us, being an adult can sometimes look like trying to have all the answers. We can easily feel foolish to have to say, “I don’t know.” But what if the thing that lies on the other side of “struggle and not knowing” is possibility? What if choosing to live with “the questio…
Ep 80 The Practice of Transformation
Aug. 1, 2022

Ep 80 The Practice of Transformation

Send us a text Transformation can happen in both big and small ways. It may come as we intentionally nourish our souls, or it may come quite by surprise. We may find ourselves feeling the sting of impatience or the burden of rigidity, both of which can feel unsettling to our souls. But the contempl…
Ep 79 Brain Chemicals + the Contemplative
July 25, 2022

Ep 79 Brain Chemicals + the Contemplative

Send us a text Today, we’re talking about the benefits of our contemplative practices as it relates to the brain. It turns out there are four main brain chemicals playing a role in how we experience happiness and wellness in our lives. But no two people are exactly alike. What helps one may not at …
Ep 78 Are Our Personalities Fixed
July 18, 2022

Ep 78 Are Our Personalities Fixed

Send us a text Today we’re talking about the possibility for evolution in our personalities as we grow and mature. For many of us, we tend to notice personal internal variances. Maybe we behave one way at home, one way at work, and another way in social situations. Maybe spiritual practices that us…
Ep 77 Making Space for One Another in Our Ordinary Lives
July 11, 2022

Ep 77 Making Space for One Another in Our Ordinary Lives

Send us a text Today we talk about the spiritual practice of paying attention to the people around us, making space in our days for each other, and being willing to be interrupted. For some of us, this comes naturally while for others, we may need to schedule it in to our days. But the delight and …
Ep 75 Grief
June 27, 2022

Ep 75 Grief

Send us a text Grief is a universal experience. And yet, how it manifests, what we need in that time, and how long it takes to work out our grief will vary from situation to situation and from person to person. We’ll also talk today about how residual grief can affect our present griefs. We’ll embr…
Ep 74 Summer Solstice
June 20, 2022

Ep 74 Summer Solstice

Send us a text The Summer Solstice is a time to relish the abundance of light, beauty, and life, soaking it all in with great joy. Today we talk about accepting the invitations that come at this time of year, to take a more leisurely pace, shift our schedules, and celebrate by paying attention to t…
Ep 72 Aging and the Contemplative
June 6, 2022

Ep 72 Aging and the Contemplative

Send us a text Many of us have hopes for what life will look like as we age. The question is: What will it take for us to live well, and even thrive, in our later years? It turns out that those who are in that stage of life often have helpful words of advice – lived experience that we can soak up a…
Ep 71 Stress
May 30, 2022

Ep 71 Stress

Send us a text Stress is an unavoidable part of our lives. And fortunately, there’s a certain kind of stress that’s really good for us! But when we find ourselves in distress, the question becomes, “What resources do we already have – and what resources do we still need – to carry us through this m…