The Spirituality Out Loud Podcast

Manpreet Komal is a Top Sales producer converted to International Best Selling author of 3 books, Self Love Columnist for South Asian Woman Magazine, Writer for Thrive Global, Certified by the Ford Institute as a Breakthrough Shadow Coach, and founder of Bollywood Dance Company called Rang De Bollywood. In her work, she helps people go from shame, self abandonment to self love and wholeness so that they can live their truest life for themselves vs. the outside world. She has a following of 130,000 folks on Social Media where she gives back on a daily basis through posts, videos, and her own creative ways. She has a passion for traveling, dancing, and connecting with amazing people through heart to heart conversations. http://www.manpreetkomal.org http://www.rangdebollywood.com http://www.facebook.com/universesendshelp http://www.facebook.com/lovethebeautifulmind http://www.instagram.com/manpreetkomal2017 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-ZOomwXKZb0NOZz2uzS2g

As a professional herbalist with a practical orientation, Don believes in seeing results. His knowledge of what works comes from his years of experience in treating the widest range of conditions amongst thousands of clients. In 1987, Don along with his partner Sandy began to offer an intensive herbal training program called the Herbal Healing Journey, and they also developed a home study program. Over the years they have created many herbal programs and Don has taught at many colleges and universities including: The University of British Columbia, The University of Victoria, Bastyr University, Langara College and Royal Roads University. Don is the author (Sandy Ollsin - editor) of Pathways To Healing: A Guide to Ayurveda, Herbs, Dreambody and Shamanism. It is a Time/Life One Spirit Book Club selection that is used as the textbook for his Herbal Programs. In 2013 Don completed his MA in Environmental Education and Communication at Royal Roads University. The focus of his thesis was online learning, and transitioning his classes into an online format. Don's teachings are about healing the environment and communities with sustainable medicine. He is and always will be a Grassroots Herbalist. He wishes to empower people with the knowledge to heal themselves and others, using herbs and holistic healing systems. He now offers online herbal education and mentorship through his two programs: the Online Herbal Course and the Herbal Mentorship Collective. https://grassrootsherbalism.com

Jayne Warrilow is founder of Coaches Business School, a global coaching and development company with a focus on resonance as the key driver of individual and organizational success. She is one of the world's most exclusive business coaches and her clients are by invitation and referral only. Jayne has worked with CEOs and Senior executive teams around the world, best-selling authors, trailblazing coaches, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, millionaires, celebrities and people who simply want to make a difference. An expert on business and leadership, Jayne specializes in helping coaches build conscious, seven figure businesses, to go beyond coaching and build a body of work that positions the coach as a trusted authority in their field. Her clients are passionate, powerful and prosperous with a track record of success, individuals looking to play even bigger. A natural edge-walker, she has enabled leaders worldwide to take a stand, create radical new rules of business, generate systemic change and transform their leadership for game changing results. Her unique methods have brought the flow of innovation from the C-Suites of global corporations to the home offices of business owners igniting the charge that leads to high octane business growth. Born and raised in England, she has worked with leading organizations and individuals in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Jayne now lives and works out of the Greater Los Angeles Area, California. www.CoachesBusinessSchool.com Coaches Business School Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoachesBusinessSchool

I have always felt different from most people and yet had no problem fitting into any group I decided to be apart off. I had a very challenging family environment and I think that made me look even harder for my truth. I was never really connected to my family or their beliefs about life. I had a big block to spirituality, in fact, it did not even come into my vocabulary. I became very left brain after school, but first I was here for a good time not a long time, that was until the birth of my daughter, which changed everything for me. I began to explore the brain and to look for a much deeper meaning in life. But my hearts searching opened up for me a larger spiritual understanding of Being and in 2008 something quite unexpected happened, I began channeling and speaking with the Energies of DZAR. They have completely changed my life and the life of many many people from around the world. I still have lots of questions and I hope they last forever. https://www.thepathofdzar.com https://www.facebook.com/thepathofdzar/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/11DaysofLove/

Mary is an energy intuitive, channel and author who bridges the seen and the unseen. She connects deeply with people to help them move beyond old stories of past pain and restriction into a life of love and connection. Her own journey has been one of coming home to accept the guidance of her energetic knowing even at times when she hasn't been able to rationally understand it. She now creates her life in joyful collaboration between her own wisdom and energy, guidance from spirit and a grounded connection to nature living on a sub-tropical farm with her husband, chickens and an assortment of Australian wildlife. She travels the world with her husband Gary (who is on the next episode) sharing the channeled teachings from an energy of Compassion called DZAR offering workshops and individual sessions in person and online. https://www.thepathofdzar.com https://www.facebook.com/thepathofdzar/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/11DaysofLove/

Molly Gordon has been searching for the meaning of life for as long as she can remember. A coach, mentor coach, and coach trainer, she sees coaching as an expression of individual and collective evolution. She is a champion for dogma-free spiritual principles that underpin coaching, what she calls the source code for human effectiveness. Molly was a cradle Catholic and from about age 7 to 14 wanted to be a cloistered nun. Then, hormones! Her spiritual path has been both crooked and profoundly reliable. That is, even when the path appeared invisible, hindsight reveals it to have been perfectly drawn.   Molly's influences include Improv, Jungian psychology, Process Work, Spiral Dynamics Integral, The Work of Byron Katie, and the teachings of Sydney Banks, commonly known as The Three Principles. Her unfolding spiritual understanding enabled her to meet a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2015 and subsequent bilateral mastectomy, radiation therapy, and reconstruction surgery with grace and freedom.  http://www.shaboominc.com/blog  http://facebook.com/shaboominc  Http://linkedin.com/in/shaboom

Alexis P. Morgan is the pole-dancing, troublemaking, pro-heaux, Black AF sorceress you've been warned about. As an anticapitalist commerce babe, she occupies her time and make my cheddar as a writer, artist, consultant, and professional opinion-giver. Devoted to Truth, Justice, and Liberation, she lives in the spirit of her foremothers:  Unbossed. Unbought. Unbothered. http://www.thechurchofsaintfelicia.com https://www.medium.com/@alxpmorgan https://www.patreon.com/alxpmorgan https://www.facebook.com/alxpmorgan

James-Olivia is a coach, interrogator of reality, and fellow work-in-progress (i.e. avid maker of mistakes). She asks far too many uncomfortable questions. She believes that neither freedom nor joy can be had without combining the disobedience of inquiry with love and that a single conversation can be life-changing. She actively seeks out those life-changing conversations and uncomfortable questions. She is feral, curious, and largely exists to root around in the neglected corners of our souls and unfuck our logic when we're suffering. That's the conversation she's here for right now. James's wish for the world is more joy, more connection, and less suffering. https://inquisitivehuman.com https://www.facebook.com/jamesoliviahillman Desiree Lynn Adaway(Freedom School)  Staci Jordan Shelton(Unraveled sessions)  Lena West(Business Coach)

Tonya González (nee Melendez) aka Tarot Life Coach is a born Psychic Medium. From her humble beginnings, reading Tarot cards in a suburban Chicago coffee shop to international fame, as a recognized Spiritual Entrepreneur, Mentor, Teacher and Healer, Tonya continues to evolve. After being voted #3 Psychic in the world, Tonya traveled extensively throughout the US, Europe, Morocco, Costa Rica and Mexico, studying and sharing her gifts. Following a decade of Tarot Readings, Psychic Healing and Spiritual Coaching, Tonya now teaches others to empower themselves by learning to “Use Your Magic”. Her exclusive course “Be Your Own Oracle” empowers and instructs using practical, purposeful ways to “Read” for yourself. Tonya believes “by allowing natural gifts and talents to emerge, we allow ourselves to truly shine.” Currently residing off the coasts of central Mexico, her current projects include creating a multicultural Tarot Deck with her husband, as well as, an Empowerment Oracle Deck for women 12 +up and Writing. She is also the co - founder of “S.H.E. School” with her adult daughter, a rising Spiritual Branding Coach. https://tarotlifecoach.com/ Media & Publicity - Amazon International Bestselling Author - #1 in both New Spiritual & Movers & Shakers Lists - Voted #3 Psychic in the World - International Psychic Battle - Products "Psychic Scents Chakra Healing Oil Blends" Tarot Divining Oil Blend for Healing & Divination Books "Opening with Grace & Gratitude" Anthology (available for purchase on Amazon.com “Ángel Blessings” Anthology “The Little Book of Woo Woo”

Jason Stein, LAc has combined over 20 years of experience in the fields of Medicine, Coaching, and Training. Some of his favorite projects have included building an integrative medicine model in a western hospital, teaching Meditation in the Workplace to corporations, and becoming the Chair of Professional Development at the top Acupuncture school in the nation. Jason loves helping wellness people in his private coaching practice where he has helped hundreds of small business owners around the world mindfully create healthier businesses while enhancing their PRI (Profits, Relationships, and Impact.) He currently resides in Portland Oregon with his wife, 3 children, and pitbull Jane Dog. For more information visit http://JasonStein.com https://www.facebook.com/imjasonstein/

Layla Saad is a writer and speaker, whose work focuses on centering the stories, art and magic of people of colour. As the founder of Wild Mystic Woman, Layla's work explores the intersecting themes of spirituality, creativity, feminism, business, leadership, and sacred activism. As an East African, Arab, British, Muslim, feminist, soul seeker, living in the Middle East (Qatar), and sharing her work with the global community, Layla stands at a diverse intersection of identities, from which she is able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Layla's own personal journey as a black Muslim woman, her work with her clients and her writings often confront the oppressive cultures of patriarchy and white supremacy. In addition to her popular work as writer, Layla is also a spiritual and business mentor, a certified Reiki II energy practitioner, an award-winning speaker, an Advisory Board Member for the Awarepreneurs Community, and the host of the Wild Mystic Woman Podcast.  Website: http://www.wildmysticwoman.com/ Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/laylasaad Instagram: http://https://www.instagram.com/wildmysticwoman/ Business FB Page: http://https://www.facebook.com/wildmysticwoman/ Wild Mystic Woman Podcast: http://www.wildmysticwoman.com/wild-mystic-woman-podcast/

This week's podcast with Anakha brought me to tears, filled me up, gave me so many things. Give yourself a gift and listen to this woman's wisdom! Anakha speaks, teaches and consults with leaders and organizations worldwide. Her clients include Intel, Nike, Microsoft, Eli Lilly, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, SalesForce.com, the Mindfulness as Medicine Initiative, Save the Children and Parker Hannifin. She designed and co-authored the foundational curriculum for Intel's corporate mindfulness program in 2011, then co-founded and launched Awake@Intel, a successful initiative to realize the potential of employee and corporate intelligence. She created and facilitates Awake at Work, a mindfulness based program aimed at increasing employee engagement, creativity, collaboration and wellness. With an emphasis on mindfulness, relational and collaborative intelligence, and dynamic innovation, Anakha's expertise is in organizational and leadership development. She holds a Masters in Organizational and Leadership Development, a Masters in Consciousness/Divinity, and a professional certificate in Spirituality, Health and Medicine. She is a certified Expressive Arts therapist and an ordained interfaith minister.  Anakha is the author of The Proof: A 40-Day Program for Embodying Oneness (Hay House 2009); and The Law of Emergence: Living Your Soul's Blueprint for Brilliance; and Awake at Work™, an online mindfulness program available through Sounds True. She is a leader within the Global Oneness Movement in conjunction with the United Nations and Humanity's Team. She successfully designed and deployed a transformational justice program for incarcerated women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon, entitled The Miracle of a New Beginning.  www.awakeatworkinstitute.com  www.awakeatworktraining.com  https://www.facebook.com/anakha.coman https://www.instagram.com/anakha_coman/ Leesa Renee Hall, Unwinding Oppression...Patreon Account http://leesareneehall.com/expressivewriting-prompts-to-use-if-youve-been-accused-of-whitefragility-spiritualbypass-or-whiteprivilege/#sthash.lScvX20i.iQofrIK7.dpbs Desiree Lynn Adaway, Freedom School http://desireeadaway.com/ Abagail Rose Clarke, The Skeleton Key:  Dismantle http://www.abigailroseclarke.com/dismantle/ Anakha Coman, Feminine Leadership and Embodiment and Unwinding Oppression and White Supremacy www.awakeatworkinstitute.com  Judith Blackstone https://www.soundstrue.com/store/the-realization-process-2436.html “most of the time most of our brains are constantly searching am I safe, do I belong. I teach people how to put these fears to rest” ~ Anakha Coman “A lot of time, people think the spiritual path is up and out, and that is one direction, I have been doing down and in and more relational. That is where all the complexity is, if I am just up and out, I can bypass a lot of my neuroses and challenges in my relationships” ~ Anakha Coman

David is a Faith Based Executive Coach, Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence Thought Leader and Warwick Business School Alumni Mentor. He runs a Leadership Legacy Programme™ to help senior executives define and deliver their legacy to the world. He also offers tailored leadership coaching and consulting, working with groups of executives in transformational organizational workshops. His coaching provides a time of intense learning for his clients, which by its very nature will be transformational, since the central focus is on the personal growth and contribution of the business leader. He brings a unique blend of corporate, academic and spiritual depth to his coaching and consulting. David is an ordained UK interfaith minister and spiritual counsellor; which means that he's committed to holding a safe, heartfelt compassionate space for all those he coaches. Social links: Website:    http://davidwetton.com/ LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwetton Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/SpiritInWork Twitter:      https://twitter.com/spiritinwork To book a free session with David go here. https://davidwetton.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=4808199

Anuradha Kowtha, is the CEO and Transformation Consultant at Manifest by Design. She's a proud American and Brit, and proud of the south Indian heritage from her immigrant parents. Anuradha has a B.S. in Biology, an M.A. in Rhetoric. She's an experienced educator, researcher, editor, and business owner. She's also an accomplished Bharata Natyam dancer. She now guides clients through this work of rediscovering who they are, why they are here and removing the conditioning that keeps them from doing it and writing powerfully about her work from within the fire of her life. She's also had the courage to follow her calling: speaking her truth, however uncomfortable, letting go of careers, homes, relationships and beliefs that are not in alignment, and pursuing that life of meaning and freedom that is our birth right. And now she help her clients do the same in their lives. Anuradha truly believe marginalized folx can fulfill their calling and do their work in the world. Website: http://www.manifestbydesign.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AnuradhaKowtha Facebook: http://facebook.com/manifestbydesign LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/anuradhakowtha Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/anuradhakowtha/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/ManifestByDesign

Calvin Chen has a degree in Bioinformatics and worked at a Genomics institute, and NASA. In the middle of a successful career decided to become a Coach and worked with Tony Robbins before starting his own practice. Today we get to hear how this 1st generation immigrant goes along the path in his own spiritual life. He was born to Chinese immigrants from a war-torn Vietnam, in Los Angeles in 1983. His childhood was all about survival, opportunities, and the pressure for excellence. Some would call it tiger parenting, but for him growing up, that was just life. From every school subject, to Tae Kwon Do, to (even) rapping... he got good at being good at things! Except happiness. That mystery eluded him until his late twenties. Calvin is a coach now, but in my previous life, He was a math and science guy, he got a degree in Bioinformatics from UC San Diego, and worked a Genomics Institute. He even worked at NASA for a bit. And then, he got the bright idea to become an entrepreneur instead.  He went from that profession to eventually, life and business coaching, working for the Anthony Robbins Company. He started his own coaching practice 4 years ago. As a coach, he helps his clients to get more out of themselves, others, and life. Practically speaking, that has meant breakthroughs in revenue, first round knockouts in the UFC, high performing teams and better leadership, re-invigorated relationships, and a deeper sense of personal freedom/well-being. Ultimately, he wants to contribute to a world where more people are successful, happy, and having a positive impact ... because that's what flourishing is all about! Social links:  https://www.facebook.com/cvchen https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvinvchen/ www.calvinvchen.com

Felina Danalis works with busy professionals to create more time for what really matters - and that usually isn't more time on the computer! As a mindfulness coach, she has helped people around the world create lives at home and work that they genuinely want to be present to. A Greek-American polyglot with a passion for sustainability, hiking, great organic bubble baths and the big questions of meaning and purpose, she currently lives in Palm Springs, California. Her free eBook, 45 Days of Mindfulness: The Easy Guide to Developing a Daily Practice is available on her website http://www.felinadanalis.com/ Social links:  https://www.facebook.com/SpiritualFitnessCoachingLLC  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMwC6ZkX9BztVWYZYoKnOlw/featured https://medium.com/@Fdanalis  

Quinn Fontaine began his studies in Communications Media at Simmons College in Boston and continued his education studying Performance/Video at the California College of the Arts in Oakland. Fontaine went on to star in the independent feature, Some Prefer Cake. He also co-wrote, co-produced and co-starred with the sketch comedy troupe Nude Coffee, playing venues throughout the United States and Europe, most notably Edinburgh's International Fringe Festival. Fontaine's first-ever one person show, LEARNING TO STAY, was selected for fellowship with The Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. Fontaine's second solo show, aptly titled KATHLEEN FONTAINE: THE MAN, THE MYSTERY!, played to sold out audiences. He has just completed his first book, HUNG LIKE A SEAHORSE: A Real-Life Transgender Adventure of Tragedy, Comedy and Recovery. In addition to creating his standup comedy special, HUNG LIKE A SEAHORSE: the show + tell version, Quinn's currently planning his SPRING 2018 NATIONAL BOOK TOUR! Be on the lookout for both coming to a city near you. website: http://quinnfontaine.com/ facebook: QUINN ALEXANDER FONTAINE twitter: quinnfontaine1 intsagram: themanthemystery

Today's podcast is with Indigo Ocean Dutton. It is filled with laughter and spirituality and a deep knowing. I could have talked to her for hours!  Her way of telling stories and explaining her experience filled me up. Indigo Ocean Dutton is the author of Being Bliss and Micro Habits for Major Happiness. She is also the principal consultant at Awaken Business Consulting, where she helps clients tap into their intuitive guidance system and combine that clarity with practical business methodology to develop profitable businesses that fulfill both personal and financial aims. Social links:  https://AwakenBusinessConsulting.com EPISODE QUOTABLES: I was taught from a very young age that I got to choose my religion and I started actively working on that something around 12. I was at the town library reading books to help me decide my own religion. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton I had a really close personal relationship with Jesus Christ as a child. Long before I was thinking about any of these thoughts, when I was 8 I remember sitting in my room, while everyone else was outside playing or studying and I was just sit there by myself having conversations with Jesus Christ for hours at a time. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton I am pretty sure I knew my astrological sun sign before I knew my address. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton There was always a Mystical openness and Mystical curiosity  that was indulged throughout my family. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton I was deeply deeply deeply spiritual my entire life. I don't have any memories that weren't very spiritually aware. It was normal to me that you would have a relationship with someone like Jesus Christ. ~ Indigo Ocean Dutton

Suzanne Giesemann is an evidential medium who provides stunning evidence of life after death.  A spiritual teacher and the author of twelve books, she is a former U.S. Navy Commander who served as a commanding officer, special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations, and as aide to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  I have personally taken her Serving Spirit Class where she teaches people to be able to create their own connection to spirit. I also just got her new meditations where she combines Hemi-Sync to help create the connection. Suzanne's gift of communication with those on the other side has been recognized as highly credible by noted afterlife researchers.  Whether in her books, her classes and workshops, or her one-on-one sessions, she brings messages of hope, healing, and love that go straight to the heart. Links: https://www.suzannegiesemann.com https://www.Facebook.com/SuzanneGiesemann https://www.SanayaSays.com https://www.StillRightHere.com EPISODE QUOTABLES: "I didn't realize that this kind of emptiness that I felt inside a lot was a spiritual emptiness I know that now in hindsight now that I've discovered this light that we all have inside I was the kind of person that you know I stayed in a marriage longer than I should have because I was afraid of being alone and now I know we're never alone and that we'd have guides and helpers and our loved ones on the other side or as near as our thoughts and I just didn't know that in the past well so I don't know." ~ Suzanne Giesemann "I was out of control with food, I was that trying to fill that emptiness inside me and now I don't deal with that at all. I think that was actually part of my path of learning to trust my intuition and listening to my body and listening to that voice inside. Do I really need to eat this now? That was the start but I didn't see that as a spiritual path." ~Suzanne Giesemann "I know that we're here to learn certain lessons for our soul's growth." ~Suzanne Giesemann "I know that I've turned that tragedy (her step daughters death) into something really healing for other people, because it was healing for me to discover that there's a whole lot more inside of us, and it is really just an urging to discover it for ourselves, what's really out there."  ~Suzanne Giesemann

Katharina is a Swiss soul & business mentor for visionaries and soulpreneurs. Her work is focused on consciously navigating the time of fogginess, self-doubt and loneliness that lies at the start of finding their true colors and authentic voice. Her goal is to help her clients find deep clarity for their business and embody it with ease and joy. www.katharinazuleger.com (English) www.katharina-zuleger.com (German)

Liz Gilbert (not THE Liz Gilbert of Eat Pray Love) is one of the best human beings that I have ever known. She has been my spiritual sister for over a decade and has consistently shown up and strove for spiritual growth. Here is her story.

Dianne A. Allen takes her raw experience, education and information and offers exhilarating solutions to life's challenges. She works as a mentor, author, speaker, podcaster and life catalyst for bright and sensitive people creating exciting and diverse avenues to opening and expanding possibilities of personal transformation. If you want to be free of what holds you back, Dianne has a way of offering that needed push of inspiration to get your moving for your highest good. With over 3 decades of working with personal development, Dianne is committed to presenting ideas and strategies in understandable and empowering ways. Books: How to Quit Anything in 5 Simple Steps The Loneliness Cure – A Guide to Contentment 7 Simple Steps to Get Back on Track and Live the Life You Imagine The new Book 4th Daily Meditations for visionary leaders Podcast: Someone Gets Me – enjoys an international audience Website: http://visionsapplied.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/visionsappliedfl/ Podcast website: http://www.someonegetsme.podbean.com/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/someonegetsme/   EPISODE QUOTABLES: I even took a world religions class and I loved it and what I really loved was the diversity from like Eastern religions and Western religions and religions that aren't around anymore that were really cool I started wondering what is God anyway? ~ Dianne A. Allen When somebody says HE they were making God human when God is not human. ~ Dianne A. Allen I remember going down to this jetty at the beach where I live and just looking at the Gulf or the sunset and it's magical, it's the most beautiful places on earth, and I remember feeling the breeze on my face and watching the sea oats blowing and thinking, that's it, that's God. God is the wind, you cannot see it but you see the effect of it. ~ Dianne A. Allen

This week I got the pleasure of interviewing Mark Silver. It was one of my favorite interviews so far. Mark Silver is a recognized master teacher in his Sufi lineage, and has earned his Masters of Divinity. He is also the founder and leads the team at Heart of Business, and since 2001 they've helped thousands of small business owners develop their small business in this dysfunctional economy, while striving to live the truth that every act of business can be an act of love. He lives in central New York with his wife and twin sons. https://www.heartofbusiness.com/ EPISODE QUOTABLES: The core Sufi practice is called remembrance. It's remembering the divine, remembering the presence of the divine and One. The way that we understand divinity, and divine and Allah as the word, is the name, is that this is not a beard in the sky, it is the oneness, it's universal source that we all come from and we all return to, on that we are not separated from. Our yearning, our striving, is to remember the divine in every moment, in everything, to see the oneness and the multiplicity and to see the multiplicity and the oneness. ~Mark Silver Sufism is it is a is a devotional practice, it's a devotional path and it has to do with not of detachment but of attachment, like we're attempting to attach ourselves to the One, to the love through love. The Remembrance as a practice, is the repeating of the calling of the name.  It's not a mechanical practice, it's a relationship, like we're wanting to be in relationship with the One and there is some of the language of the deity, language that comes in because it represents an intimacy that is available you. Love is a deeply attaching force and quality and that's what we're attempting to do, is to feel the love is to witness the love it's present in everything in every moment. I'm trying to call through my heart to the divine and be aware of that presence as much as possible. The way that we understand and witness the divine according to Sufism is of course is by the 99 divine qualities. ~Mark Silver It's just a way of understanding how the divine moves everything, that everything is an expression of the movement of divine presence and that we're never alone and we're never separate. ~Mark Silver So many of our actions are unfulfilling, because the actions are an attempt to manufacture divine qualities and human beings are completely unable to manufacture divine qualities we don't have that power but what we can do is we can sense that neediness inside ourselves a thirst for safety a thirst for love a thirst for appreciation for connection for wisdom for guidance for forgiveness and then we can ask for it and we can fill with it and then when we're filled with it we can be an expression of it. In Sufism the one of the metaphors we use the metaphor of the ocean a lot and water and thirst and so  what I've come to understand is that these emotions like fear and anger and a grief these are just symptoms of thirst it's like when we're thirsty our throat gets dry when we get hungry our stomach rumbles when our heart is thirsty we feel fear or anger or grief and it's just the sign of thirst and we can either you know go for junk food that doesn't really nourish us or we can slow down and get what really nourishes us and for me an understanding of the thirst of the heart's thirst helps me not react on the fear so directly. ~Mark Silver

Alisoun Mackenzie The Compassionate Business Mentor, Speaker & Author, Alisoun Mackenzie is on a mission to empower business owners and entrepreneurs to grow profitable businesses that make a difference in the world. She does this through her books, speaking at events and working with clients around the world. https://www.alisoun.com https://givetoprofit.com https://www.facebook.com/alisounbusiness/ https://twitter.com/AlisounMac https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUejCtEN1SwNZ43n5ERPbow https://soundcloud.com/alisoun-mackenzie/sets/give-to-profit-podcast  EPISODE QUOTABLES: Business is a great opportunity to be kind. ~ Alisoun Mackenzie Supporting charities and social causes through your business is a powerful way to turn your business into a force for good. ~ Alisoun Mackenzie I thought that spirituality was this white-haired God that we told us all what we weren't allowed to do and I had no idea what spirituality was ~ Alisoun Mackenzie We could have faith, we could be connected and I felt like it actually all made sense and that my resistance was actually more to the particular churches that I was being taken to. ~ Alisoun Mackenzie I see faith and spirituality as being completely neutral and nothing to do with religion but more to do with us as human beings and connection. ~ Alisoun Mackenzie Before we are born all we are is an energy of love. When we are in the womb, we are just love, when we are born we're love all the way through, life our energy force is love and connection and it's within us, it is us, it's all around us and some people may call that God, some, people may call that source, some people may call that the universe. I see them now as all being the same thing. ~ Alisoun Mackenzie The connection (to spirit) was too strong. I liked what I was hearing, I loved what I was experiencing, I really liked the people I was meeting and it just was the start of me really stepping into a whole other world that now I could never be without. ~ Alisoun Mackenzie

Bri Seeley is an inspirational woman who supports women around the world to bring their visions to life. A catalyst, speaker, and author, she is a regular contributor for The Huffington Post and Influencive and is known by many for her tell-it-like-it-is, out-of-the-box guidance that creates massive and epic changes in every woman she encounters. I am excited to tell you her amazing new book Permission to Leap which comes out on November 14th, she also has a podcast with the same name and a 6 month training. You can find out how to get all of these amazing things at CoachLeslie.com/podcast I also have to say, one of the people responsible for making this podcast possible. It was through a transformational conversation with Bri that I got the courage to go Take the Leap and do what I feel so passionately about! Bri is motivated by a deeply-held belief that every woman deserves to live a life that inspires her, and her work reflects this deep remembering of the possibility - nay, inevitability - that our desires hold. Through her book, podcast, and 6-month training, Permission to Leap will guide you through the process of leaping from the day you commit to the day you land softly on the other side.  Bri has been featured on NBC's The TODAY Show, Forbes, Inc, Medium, PBS, and Free Enterprise. Bri received the Outstanding Small Business award from the Los Angeles Mayor's office and the Small Business Development Center in 2016. www.briseeley.com http://permissiontoleap.today The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life - Before 8AM by Hal Elrod EPISODE QUOTABLES: There's a physical world and there's a spiritual world and if we're not tapped into the spiritual world we're missing out on 95% of really what's available to us in any given moment. ~ Bri Seeley I have three hours of non-negotiable, protected time, in the mornings and that is my time to connect with spirit that is my time to receive guidance. ~Bri Seeley

Berni Xiong is The Shin Kicking Life Spark. She is a Reiki Master, and author of several books including The Year of the Brave Bear, and its paperback companion The Way of the Brave Bear: An Intuitive Guide for Speaking up, Standing Out and Changing Your World. She is a contributing writer for Chicken Soup for the Soul and HuffPost. Hear Berni's story of growing up Catholic, getting married at 16 and having her son, to becoming burned out at work and finding Reiki as a way to do Self Care. Today she "believes that my mission and my purpose in this lifetime, in this world, is to make a positive difference in the world, make a positive impact in the world" and that belief is a driving force for her decisions that she makes about her career and her life. http://www.bernixiong.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous   EPISODE QUOTABLES: What I've learned being Catholic for so long and then now being more open to other modalities, spirituality and of energy healing, I think it that all groomed me to be the person I am today and the belief systems I have today. ~ Berni Xiong I'm constantly trying to improve and transform and learning how to letting go of all the guilt. ~ Berni Xiong It is my purpose and my mission to be someone of healing people, being loving, being compassionate and making a positive difference. ~ Berni Xiong My faith is stronger than it's ever been before in terms of believing and something powerful and loving and beautiful and that my purpose and mission in this world is to be someone who contributes to that positivity and that positive contribution. ~ Berni Xiong When I write that is the greatest form of creative expression. ~ Berni Xiong Reiki is not magic, there's nothing strange about it. It's basically our bodies are full of energy and sometimes energy is trapped in a way in your body, where it's either overactive or it's under active and so you're just giving attention to those spots and you're allowing them to feel balance. ~ Berni Xiong I wholeheartedly believe anybody who's listening, if they're feeling like spirits and angel guides are not visiting them, I guarantee you give yourself the space and the time and become more still and become less focused on forcing the message to come and just telling yourself I'm open to receiving the message you will hear or feel or sense something in some way shape or form. ~ Berni Xiong

Peter Rubin is known as Your Business Midwife. He guides his clients on authentic journeys of inner growth and the creation of visionary businesses that stand out in the marketplace, contribute to communities, and generate a healthy profit. Coaches, spiritual healers, sexuality teachers, social justice activists, and other visionary leaders turn to Peter for compassionate and brilliant guidance that unites strategy and soul. Join us on hearing Peter's story. We talk about his journey discovering... ~ mindfulness as a depressed engineering grad student at Stanford and his mentoring relationship with Julian Gorodsky ~ being a designer and leaving his design job to become a coach in 2011 ~ the intersection of spirituality and sexuality and his experiences with Orgasmic Meditation ~ the intersection of spirituality and business yourbusinessmidwife.com Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh After the Ecstasy the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path by Jack Kornfield EPISODE QUOTABLES: I probably had a half dozen, mini awakenings, maybe more. These little awakenings are some part of me that was asleep wakes up and I'm able to see a little bit deeper into myself for a new realm or something comes online that was numbed out or shut down. ~ Peter Rubin I find my curiosity gets me into things and then my courage gets me out of it. ~Peter Rubin I could finally integrate my sense of ethics and spirituality with the way I was doing business ~ Peter Rubin I'm teaching how to know soul and strategy, how do you stay connected to your soul and your heart sense of what's right and what's wrong … and then how do you integrate all of your business practices, your curriculum, your marketing, or selling with who you are and who you want to be. ~ Peter Rubin It feels like we're in this awkward space between capitalism and what's next ~Peter Rubin God grant me the appropriate challenges, please may my life not be too easy or so hard that I go into panic and can't learn the courage. Tibetan Buddhist prayer

Amelia Vogler is an intuitive, a specialist in energy medicine and natural healing. She has been working in this field close to 12 years and her practice draws from a variety of energetic and holistic modalities, education in and across the Spiritual sciences, and deep study in natural and earth-based healing methods. Her specialty is supporting those who do not feel connected to the planet. She works with individuals who have suffered traumas that lead to disassociative patterns at the soul level; people who come into the planet not feeling connected to it; or people who don't feel safe with other people or in their own emotional lives. Through the spectrum of her work she walks individuals through a path of wholeness supporting them through "truly being here" and then supporting them in uncovering the gifts that they are here on Earth to live into their lives. www.ameliavogler.com https://www.facebook.com/thehealingspacellc https://twitter.com/HealingSpaceNC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravian_Church EPISODE QUOTABLES: I had this very whimsical childhood filled with music and celebration and opportunity for curiosity and imagination. ~ Amelia Vogler The language of energy is so universal it takes us beyond the stories of everyday religions it brings us to the core the template the code that which is inspired by something beyond us and allows us to hold it. ~ Amelia Vogler It's all in the alchemy of what does it mean to know the light in us. ~ Amelia Vogler I think spirituality is verb. ~ Amelia Vogler I like to be in balance with the natural unfolding of our knowledge here on the earth plane and then inquiring deeply from that framework from those questions into a more contemplative and meditative practice to be able to tap into spirit and say spirit teach me teach me what else. ~ Amelia Vogler I think every company should hire an intuitive because they can get you the answers. ~ Amelia Vogler Signs of offness are really lovely wisdoms that say you're not in the right place. ~ Amelia Vogler

Eric is a Relationship & Divorce Coach. He is helping people to overcome the emotional challenges of divorce such as pain, anger, hurt and confusion, so that they can move on and start to feel better. He supports people's healing process to reclaim their Strength, Confidence and Joy.  He believes that you can experience a new way of being yourself through transcending divorce. Hear Eric's journey as he was born in Morocco in a Jewish family, with the experience of God, an inner knowing, then as he grew up he lost that connection. During this 20's and early 30's being atheist and believing that there was no God, to getting to a place where he started to question his own beliefs and started looking for his own answers. EPISODE QUOTABLES: "I grew up with the presence of God and for me there was no doubt that there was a there was God somewhere I didn't know really what it means at that time" ~ Eric Bensoussan "I was praying it was very natural to me, I didn't know where it was coming from … it was just natural I knew that there was something else, that I could have support" ~ Eric Bensoussan "I just started to be curious more about what is it to be spiritual and I was seeking people who were spiritual to get a sense of what was their experience." ~ Eric Bensoussan "At some point you have to allow yourself to forgive, for whatever didn't work in your life and you just have to seek for the learning, for the teachings, about what you went through and then you can get more guidance from life, more guidance from the universe or God whatever is your belief" ~ Eric Bensoussan "I am more spiritual being having a human experience this is it and whatever the religion you have you just have to find the connection with the divine"~ Eric Bensoussan "What I seek in my life right now is whatever is sacred" ~ Eric Bensoussan "When you start hearing like the whispers of the of the wisdom the whisper of the of the divine presence you get you pay more attention and don't get me wrong sometimes I really feel disconnected from that so it's a practice" ~ Eric Bensoussan "The universe will throw you a lot of opportunities in your lives but it's your choice to take them or not" ~ Eric Bensoussan "Being on a spiritual path is not yes suddenly you get it and then nothing else. Even the big gurus, the big teachers, they are still on a spiritual path. Until you die you have to practice." ~ Eric Bensoussan "Spirituality is so powerful, you get to have a sense that this is not only a path this is a way of living"~ Eric Bensoussan "I realized that there is no actually separation between me and the Devine."  ~ Eric Bensoussan "There is no right or wrong path to connecting to the divine or the universe you just have to find your own path"~ Eric Bensoussan "When bad things happened to me I still resist about it, but as I recall my spirituality and my inner guidance I know that something's going to come back from that" ~ Eric Bensoussan "I live my life on a daily practice and I do honor the present moment.  That's where am I in my spiritual practice right now, I do Honor being present, being present for myself, being present for my friends, for my family, and not being distracted by anything else." ~ Eric Bensoussan "it is beautiful and frustrating that repeatedly the answer is surrender and forgiveness" ~Leslie Seidel "There is what happens and then what I think about what happens" ~Leslie Seidel "Welcome to your Practice" ~Leslie Seidel "Our spiritual life is a practical thing not something left for Saturday or Sunday or a special confinement but actually a practical tool to navigate the world" ~ Leslie Seidel http://www.happilydivorcedcoaching.com/

Claire Shamilla is an energy healer who lives in New Zealand with her life partner and their two young children. She believes that Light bringers and healers have a powerful role to play in creating a future for humanity that is free of fear. Since 2010 she has worked with Universal Realm energies to overcome a lot of fear and anxiety in her own life and she now supports Light Bringers to overcome obstacles and step into their highest purpose and infuse more Light through the world. Listen to Claire's amazing journey to healing and spiritual grown. She traveled the world searching for answers and end up back in her homeland of New Zealand. It was her desire to help others, her path into motherhood that she in turn healed herself. She learned Reiki, Psych K, hypnotherapy and other modalities "I remember starting that Reiki class I felt like I was like this ancient wizard and I started to reconnect with that little girl who knew magic was real." ~ Claire Shamilla  "Children are can be such a motivation for us of propelling us even more strongly towards our spiritual journey" ~ Claire Shamilla  "I really chose at that point, I drew the line in the sand that I'm not raising kids in this fear even if the world falls apart I refused to be in the grips of this fear anymore" ~ Claire Shamilla  "you've realized the fear wasn't a fact, like I need air is a fact right, it became, I have choice here I can live a different way" ~ Leslie Seidel http://claireshamilla.com/ https://www.psych-k.com/ https://us.hypnobirthing.com/

It is my turn to come out of the Spiritual closet. The amazing Margi Hoffman who is a political consultant and all around amazing human being. Interviews me for a snap shot into my Spiritual journey and why I started this podcast. For those of you who don't know me, I am a Relationship Expert and Spiritual Mento, who specializes in working with people on their relationships, from their romantic lives, their work lives' and just plain life Find me at www.CoachLeslie.com. 2 dope Queens (THE BEST) http://www.wnyc.org/shows/dopequeens My artist friend who I mention is  Zefrey Throwell http://www.zefrey.com/

Hear George's journey of being born in Taiwan, where he was raised with Buddhism and Taoism, immigrating to the United States at the age of 7 to conservative Orange County, California and converting to Evangelical Christianity to where he is today.  George shares his fascinating story as he finds his own personal understanding of what he finds Holy. George Kao is a business coach who is a champion for generosity in business and honesty in marketing, instead of the salesy and predatory tactics that we've probably all experienced as consumers. He has coached many clients since 2009, and is offers his comprehensive content for free through his website, www.GeorgeKao.com. He's the author of the book Authentic Content Marketing: Build an Engaged Audience for Your Personal Brand through Integrity & Generosity. www.GeorgeKao.com George's book https://www.georgekao.com/authenticcontentmarketing.html www.CoachLeslie.com Guanyin---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin Evangelical Christian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelism   "Road Less Traveled" by M. Scott Peck, MD "Embraced by the light" by Betty J. Eadie  EPISODE QUOTABLES: “How we're raised in terms of our religion or spirituality has a lifelong impact on how we see things.”  ~George Kao “the Buddhism I was raised was raised with was very different (from the western idea of Buddhism) it was more like ancestral worship"      ~George Kao “right humility meant that I had to listen…to truly listen to somebody's spiritual journey”   ~George Kao “your earnest search for the truth is a wonderful thing but in the search for truth, you have got to be willing sometimes to be uncertain”  ~George Kao “I became convinced and, again this is probably thanks to Christianity, that the question of what happens after we die is maybe the most important question a human being can grapple with” ~George Kao