We Are Home

"Heal so you can hear what's being said without the filter of your wound." – UnknownIn this episode, I talk about the need to approach our wounds with compassion. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar.” - Victoria MoranIn this episode, I talk a bit about my recent trip to India and how important it is to get clear on what we truly want. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"To love without condition, to talk without intention, to give without reason, and to care without expectation—that's the spirit of true devotion." — UnknownIn this episode, I discuss what devotion and how we can all become more devotional. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.” ― James BaldwinIn this episode, I discuss our need for belonging and suggest that although we may not feel it, we belong to the life that is here and now. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmanifested life that animates your physical form. You can then feel the same life deep within every other human and every other creature. You look beyond the veil of form and separation. This is the realization of oneness. This is love."- Eckhart TolleIn this episode, I talk about how important it is to come back to presence whenever distraction pulls us away from what truly matters in the present moment. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"We are all just walking each other home." – Ram DassIn this episode, I discuss our collective need to connect with ourselves and each other so that we can remain human during these times and division and dehumanization. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the sh

"Your emotions are the sparks, the fizz, that inspire you to transform your struggles and frustrations into beautiful music and poetry." – Dzogchen Rinpoche PonlopIn this episode, I talk about the powerful breakout session I led last week in Edmonton at a Black mental health conference. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. " - Carlos SantanaIn this episode, I discuss the importance of nurturing an open heart, especially during these challenging times. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“‘Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding." - Alice WalkerIn this episode, I talk about making the difficult choice to cancel Out For Joy. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"The next time you see a spider web, please, pause and look a little closer. You'll be seeing one of the most high-performance materials known to man." - Cheryl HayashiIn this episode, we're just going to meditate. That's right, we're going to take a long pause to reconnect with ourselves and others. Enjoy the show!

"Be careful where you aim, because where you aim, you just might land." — James BaldwinIn this episode, I reflect on a workshop I did at a local high school and expand on the importance of focusing on what truly nourishes us. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.” - Marianne WilliamsonIn this episode, I talk about love as the unifying force that makes this world go around despite all the unpleasant stuff that we experience. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"To drop into being means to recognize your interconnectedness with all life, and with being itself. Your very nature is being part of larger and larger spheres of wholeness." - Jon Kabat-ZinnIn this episode, I talk about how our truest nature is whole and that wholeness is not something that we need to create but rather something to realize. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Contentment is the only real wealth." - Alfred Nobel In this episode, I discuss the fact that we are all wealthy because of the treasures we have within. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.” – Eckhart Tolle In this episode, I discuss my long break and focus on the need to slow down to befriend the present moment. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and in simplicity, we often find the things that truly matter." – Clare Boothe Luce In this episode, I reflect on the need to focus on what truly matters to us, especially during the holiday season. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Create a safe place within yourself that no one will ever find, somewhere the madness of this world can never touch." -Christy Ann Martine  In this episode, I discuss the importance of become a safe space for ourselves. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein In this episode, I dive into curiosity and discuss it as fuel for a life of adventure, connection and meaning. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"It's not about managing your emotions. It's about managing your reaction to your emotions." –  Yung Pueblo In this episode, I discuss the importance of welcoming all our emotions like guests and taking the time to see what they have to teach us. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

Be crumbled. So wild flowers will come up where you are. You have been stony for too many years. Try something different. Surrender. -Rumi In this episode, I discuss surrender as a realization that allows for a deeper connection with the here and now. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity." - Carl Jung In this episode, I talk about practicing equanimity as a means to navigate the US presidential elections and other emotionally heavy events. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” — Deepak Chopra In this episode, I talk about the 6-week meditation program that I created to help us experience greater healing, peace and joy. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self." — Henri Frederic Amiel In this episode, I reflect on Saturday night's gospel show and discuss the importance of respecting everyone's journey. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne Dyer In this episode, I discuss the transformative power of believing that we have everything that we need. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously." — Sophia Bush In this episode, I share a story about making a mistake and needing to be gentle with myself as I move forward. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts." - Adlai Stevenson In this episode, I talk about what it means to live life to the fullest and . As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential." - Peace Pilgrim In this episode, I talk about my recent trip to Zanzibar and how touched I was by the people who call that island home. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure." - Tommy Lasorda In this episode, I talk about the benefits of learning how to deal with pressure from a young age. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” Amit Ray In this special episode we're just going to meditate. I hope you're ready for an extending time of stillness. Enjoy!

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi In this episode, I discuss the need to see the humanity in everyone we meet, especially during these challenging and divisive times. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“To lead people, walk behind them.” – Lao Tzu In this episode, I look back on my experience at a transformational leadership retreat that was held at the Kripalu Centre for Yoga and Heal. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Stars don't shine because they want to be seen. They shine because they are stars.” – Alexander Den Heijer In this episode, I discuss the importance of ensuring that as we practice living more authentically we create space for others to do the same. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” — Arthur Ashe In this episode, I reflect on Thich Nhat Han's mantra "smile, breathe and go slowly". As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.” ― Dalai Lama XIV In this episode, I discuss how enabling the mindfulness bell on my phone has given me more moments during the day to come back to what truly matters. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature." -Tara Brach In this episode, I talk about the importance of finding refuge within ourselves so that we may have the strength needed to be in solidarity with those who continue to suffer around the world. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"To be enlightened is to be awake, to be aware, to be mindful of everything happening inside you and outside you. Then you can see the unity of all." - Osho In this episode, I reflect on the tendency we have to want to attain some level of enlightenment and how that can take us away from being completely present. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.” – Wayne Dyer In this episode, I share a recent experience I had with comparing myself to someone else and discuss the different ways to break free from the cycle of comparison and judgment. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

Savoring is a powerful tool for enhancing our emotional well-being by allowing us to fully experience and appreciate the positive moments in our lives." – Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky In this episode, I discuss the practice of savouring and examine how it can boost our sense well-being. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Stop trying to ‘fix' yourself; you're not broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure." -Steve Maraboli In this episode, I explore the Japanese concept of "wabi- sabi" and explain how useful it can be in today's highly stressful world. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.” – Daisaku Ikeda In this episode, I revisit the topic of patience but not in terms of simply waiting. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Siddhārtha Gautama In this episode, I discuss being in the present moment allows us to work through whatever arises within us. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it." – Marianne Williamson In this episode, I talk about how beautiful it was to see others experience the power of community this past weekend. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.” ― Matt Haig In this episode, I reflect on the responsibility we have to nurture ourselves. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.” – Martin Luther King Jr. In this episode, I share some insight on how to face challenges with confidence and determination. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"Spiritual evolution is the journey of awakening to your divine nature, recognizing that love is your true essence, and living from a place of compassion, forgiveness, and authenticity." - Marianne Williamson In this episode, I discuss spiritual evolution in terms of it being challenging but essential to living a fulfilling life. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Sometimes your mind says ‘no,' but your heart says ‘go.'” -Yvonne Urlanda In this episode, I discuss the tendency we as humans have to avoid feeling our emotions and suggest practical ways we can sit with whatever is alive within us. As always, we will meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“There is no illusion greater than fear.” — Lao Tzu In this episode, I share a short story about battling fear and discuss how we can overcome fear whenever it arises in us. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.” — Deepak Chopra In this episode, I revisit all the attention that yesterday's solar eclipse garnered and urge us to pay attention to every moment because every moment is truly special. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone. ” -Margaret J. Wheatley In this episode, I reflect on the need to create more time for relationships that we hold dear. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” ― Siddhārtha Gautama In this episode, I discuss how we can go about choosing peace when we're moving through our day. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." -Rabindranath Tagore In this episode, I reflect back on last Saturday's intergenerational wellness retreat that was a huge success. As always, we will sit and meditate for ten minutes before getting into the topic. Enjoy the show!