Our Conscious Contact

Fleur Chambers grew up in a hearty family living near the rough and tumble Australian coast. Early experiences in meeting fear and pain with compassion fuel her meditation practice and creative offerings. The Happy Habit app along with her courses and live events on InsightTImer are designed to help cultivate inner peace, expansive intuition, and intentional creativity.

Michelle Page shares her story with candid articulate openness and a lyrical laugh. In the course of our conversation she comes to a powerful realization about a core belief she's ready to release. Our time together was connecting.

Are you more than your thoughts, feelings, and habits? How do you learn to love yourself more? Tune in as Malinda and I talk and share our vulnerabilities about those topics and more.

What's been your experience with prayer and God-consciousness? Drew Irwin shares his in this episode. He brings an openhearted curiosity to the big questions of life in an upbeat no-dogma spirit. Our conversation was connecting.

Eddie Herman shares his story of overcoming obstacles and discovering his gifts. His big vision for life is fueled by determination and self confidence. He especially resonated with Anthony Demello's quote - "God is not a separate being, but a way of seeing." 

When Jamie lost her son Jack to an accidental overdose, she met her devastating grief with fierce faith. By adding meditation to her spiritual practice she has found a reliable path to inner peace. She now shares her experience and example with other parents - using her story to inspire hope.

Nhien Vuong pursued her family's traditional path of academic and career achievement into young adulthood and a career in corporate law. Her secret life of rebellion focused on finding a deeper meaning and purpose. Today she is a dedicated practitioner of contemplative prayer and minister using the Enneagram as a guide for growth.

Lydia shares her story of meeting life's difficulties with Gods' help. She shares an incredible experience born in despair - when she rejected Him and was taken on a journey that rebuilt her faith. Her openness and emotional realness will inspire you.

Arlina shares her inner challenges around God - consciousness, self-worth, and career choices - in a beautifully open way. Her honest courage is inspiring and infectious.

Lara Moritz's long accomplished career in broadcast journalism has put her on the frontlines of newsworthy events. Reporting on crises and absorbing the resulting emotional upheaval has given her an ongoing opportunity to strengthen her conscious contact with God. In our conversation she reveals how long term recovery from alcoholism has made her even better in her work.

Dr. Bob's unconventional path toward wisdom began with a Christian upbringing in small town California. The path widened during his collegiate years when he began a lifelong meditation practice. His focus sharpened as a result of the calamitous alcoholic bottom he hit in midlife. Since then he's become a devoted practitioner and teacher of recovery built on the principles of Integral Theory. Our conversation was wide ranging.

Mark Yablonski's experience of being seen with eyes of compassion in the midst of degradation changed his life and opened his heart. His thoughtful answer to the question of why there is such misery in the world is just one of the insightful gems in this episode. You won't want to miss the humbling and inspiring prayer he shares at the end of our conversation.

Duke Tufty's childhood in small town South Dakota was steeped in a stern Lutheran upbringing. He quickly rejected that life as a young adult. When material success rang hollow, he went wayward with alcohol and cocaine. A near overdose event began his initially reluctant path toward ministry.

Pat generously shares his story of climbing the career ladder while simultaneously crashing his inner life. He also details the simple formula for mastery of anything - practice, practice, practice. His honest, humorous, curious, humility is infectious in the best way.

In this episode Liz generously reveals her awakening to the limits of intellect and her courageous movement toward intuitive loving. This conversation delves into the perils of reacting against others and the power of knowing your inner self.

Melissa shares her stories, experiences and practices that help connect her to her ultimate inner resource - her higher power. 

Rose's acting career took her all over Europe and showed her the highs and lows of that path. Then her seeming calamity of psychiatric hospitalization in France provided a surprising glimmer of conscious contact with a previously neglected inner resource. She's now using those experiences and her natural gift of empathy to help others heal.

Laura and I visit about her love of all things natural - especially her friends.

Lisa and I talk about her courageous journey through trauma and addiction into an amazingly inclusive spirituality

Janice and I talk about learning to love yourself and the importance of letting go of old ideas about God.