Podcast appearances and mentions of James W Fowler

WANT THE FULL EPISODE? Check out Ep.94 I Danielle Strickland I Deciding to Prioritize Faith in Your Business: From Control to Surrender, or download it directly using this link.Danielle Strickland empowers Christian business leaders to elevate their faith and leadership through the transformative power of surrender.KEY TOPICS Who God really is, and what an intimate relationship with him looks like in practice. 3 Daily Postures for Christian Leadership.The Stages of Faith According to James W. Fowler. Surrendering your business to God. The single question to ask yourself before making a decision as a Christian business leader. CONNECT WITH USwww.decidedlypodcast.com Join us on Instagram: @decidedlypodcast Join us on FacebookShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smith Sanger's Instagram: @sangersmithMAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as the foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving legacy. LEARN MOREwww.decidedlywealth.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY DECISION-MAKING TIP EMAIL Join us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making - one episode at a time! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEInfinitum LifeBible Reading Plans & Daily Devotionals | YouVersion BibleA Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders: Sayers, Mark: 9780802428578: Amazon.com: Books CONNECT WITH DANIELLE STRICKLANDWebsite: https://www.daniellestrickland.com/ Right Side Up Podcast: https://www.daniellestrickland.com/podcast Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00699MY3M/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=d3941dfe-645e-442a-9615-88705a837091 Instagram: @daniellejstrickland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanielleJStrickland/ Twitter: @djstrickland YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0RPIMEn5EJ2c0ksJ41tDfw Danielle lets Love lead her to inspire, challenge, provoke and disrupt the present, and to live in the future now. Having lived in different cultures and contexts around the world, she celebrates diversity and deeply longs for wrong things to be made right. Danielle practices following Jesus daily. This pursuit has led to exciting entrepreneurial exploits (like co-founding multiple charities and non-profits) and a whole host of failures (that we don't talk about as often). All of this has convinced her of the deep need we all have for hope, faith, and love. Her deepest longing is to demonstrate what living that boundless life is like. Danielle has written six books (the latest is The Other Side of Hope), has a podcast called The Right Side Up (which recently celebrated half a million downloads), and speaks to people at events all over the world. Danielle leads Boundless Communications Inc. which launches creative exploits like Women Speakers Collective (liberating voices of women around the globe), IMBY (a tiny home movement IN MY BACKYARD), Brave Global (preventing human trafficking), Infinitum (a way of living deeply), and Hagar's Voice (support and advocacy for survivors of abuse). Her home is in Toronto, Canada with her three sons and husband Steve. Danielle loves getting outside, doing new things, physical adventures, and she can't seem to turn down a free lunch.

Danielle Strickland empowers Christian business leaders to elevate their faith and leadership through the transformative power of surrender.KEY TOPICS Who God really is, and what an intimate relationship with him looks like in practice. 3 Daily Postures for Christian Leadership.The Stages of Faith According to James W. Fowler. Surrendering your business to God. The single question to ask yourself before making a decision as a Christian business leader.DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE FULL EPISODE? Check out the 13-minute highlight clip! Search Ep.94 HIGHLIGHT I What it looks like to surrender your business to God, or use this direct download link. CONNECT WITH USwww.decidedlypodcast.com Join us on Instagram: @decidedlypodcast Join us on FacebookShawn's Instagram: @shawn_d_smith Sanger's Instagram: @sangersmithMAKING A FINANCIAL DECISION?At Decidedly Wealth Management, we focus on decision-making as the foundational element of success, in our effort to empower families to purposefully apply their wealth to fulfill their values and build a thriving legacy. LEARN MOREwww.decidedlywealth.comSUBSCRIBE TO OUR WEEKLY DECISION-MAKING TIP EMAIL Join us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making - one episode at a time! MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEInfinitum LifeBible Reading Plans & Daily Devotionals | YouVersion BibleA Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders: Sayers, Mark: 9780802428578: Amazon.com: Books CONNECT WITH DANIELLE STRICKLANDWebsite: https://www.daniellestrickland.com/ Right Side Up Podcast: https://www.daniellestrickland.com/podcast Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00699MY3M/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=d3941dfe-645e-442a-9615-88705a837091 Instagram: @daniellejstrickland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanielleJStrickland/ Twitter: @djstrickland YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0RPIMEn5EJ2c0ksJ41tDfw Danielle lets Love lead her to inspire, challenge, provoke and disrupt the present, and to live in the future now. Having lived in different cultures and contexts around the world, she celebrates diversity and deeply longs for wrong things to be made right. Danielle practices following Jesus daily. This pursuit has led to exciting entrepreneurial exploits (like co-founding multiple charities and non-profits) and a whole host of failures (that we don't talk about as often). All of this has convinced her of the deep need we all have for hope, faith, and love. Her deepest longing is to demonstrate what living that boundless life is like. Danielle has written six books (the latest is The Other Side of Hope), has a podcast called The Right Side Up (which recently celebrated half a million downloads), and speaks to people at events all over the world. Danielle leads Boundless Communications Inc. which launches creative exploits like Women Speakers Collective (liberating voices of women around the globe), IMBY (a tiny home movement IN MY BACKYARD), Brave Global (preventing human trafficking), Infinitum (a way of living deeply), and Hagar's Voice (support and advocacy for survivors of abuse). Her home is in Toronto, Canada with her three sons and husband Steve. Danielle loves getting outside, doing new things, physical adventures, and she can't seem to turn down a free lunch.

My guest on this episode is Mark Carter, a dear friend and one of my most trusted spiritual mentors. Mark co-owns and operates Zen Soul Balance, a holistic wellness company based in San Diego specializing in yoga, sound therapy, mindfulness, and meditation. He holds dual-graduate degrees in education and spirituality, and has several certifications in yoga and sound healing therapy. Mark has completed post-graduate work in the disciplines of spiritual formation and leadership and has served as a retreat leader for over 15 years. As an artist and yogi, his interests focus on the intersection of meditation, asana and sound therapy as a catalyst to inspire others to live wholehearted, healthy lives. We have a very deep and personal conversation that I hope inspires you, wherever you are on your spiritual journey. I encourage you to take notes, to pause and reflect as much as necessary to engage with and really feel into these topics. Mark is an exceptionally articulate, brilliant and a compassionate teacher and it's a huge honor for me to be able to take in and share his insights through this platform. HIGHLIGHTS: -What does it mean to be spiritual? What is a contemplative life? -Common truths & crossovers in global disciplines (Western faiths and Eastern practices) -The power of mystery, prayer, and rituals -The essence of being human—encountering infinite Love -Chakra theory & how it influences spiritual maturity -Embodied spirituality—Experiencing how everything is connected -How to recognize & connect to that which is Sacred -The benefits and future of sound healing and sound therapy AND SO MUCH MORE! Follow Mark and Zen Soul Balance on IG @zensoulbalance or @mcphoto_and_yoga or go to www.zensoulbalance.com for events and upcoming trainings. Books and Authors for Reference: James W. Fowler, American Theologian & Professor of Theology Erik Erikson, German-American Psychologist (Theory of Psychosocial Development) Henri Nouwen, Dutch Catholic priest, & theologian(Life of the Beloved) Thomas Merton, American Trappist monk & mystic (Mystics and Zen Masters) Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Julie Cameron, American teacher & writer (The Artists' Way) Richard Rohr, American writer & Franciscan friar(Everything Belongs) Joshua Leeds, American sound researcher & music producer (The Power of Sound: How to Be Healthy and Productive Using Music and Sound) The Scripps Institute, The Shiley Fitness Center (www.scripps.org) Mitchell Gaynor, American oncologist & w (The Healing Power of Sound: Recovery from Life-Threatening Illness Using Sound, Voice, and Music)

How does our view of God & His love for us change as we grow from childhood into adulthood?  Looking at how our faith develops over the span of human development, using James W. Fowler's Stages of Faith.  We talk a lot of attachment theory, and how we have frozen in different developmental stages in a few ways.    Debate: Who's the bigger nerd?  Susette or Brandon? You can vote on our Desire Line Podcast Community on Facebook! The OC Supertones "Found" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMYnU_VyCM0 A Chart comparing Fowler's Stages of Faith with M. Scott Peck (see ep 15-18 of the Desire Line) http://www.psychologycharts.com/james-fowler-stages-of-faith.html Information on this episode was taken from this article by Rose Anne Karesh (Thank you, Rose Anne!):  https://owlcation.com/humanities/James-Fowler-and-Spiritual-Development-Stages-of-Faith From the article: James Fowler's Stages of Faith Stage 1: (3 to 7 years ) Intuitive–Projective stage in which children are beginning to be able to use symbols and their imaginations. However children in this stage are very self-focused and inclined to take very literally (and self-referentially) ideas about evil, the devil or other negative aspects of religion. The ability to sort out reality from fantasy is not well developed. Stage 2: (6-12 years, school age) Mythic–Literal stage in which information is organized into stories. These stories, along with moral rules, are understood literally and concretely. There is little ability to step back from the story and formulate an overarching meaning. Justice and fairness are seen as reciprocal. A few people remain in this stage throughout their lives. Stage 3: (adolescence to early adulthood, some people remain permanently in this stage) Synthetic–Conventional stage in which people believe without having critically examined their beliefs. Their beliefs are in what they have been taught and in what they see “everyone else” as believing too. There is a strong sense of identity with the group. People in this stage are not very open to questions because questions are frightening at this point of development. People in this stage place a large amount of trust in external authority figures and tend not to recognize that they are within a belief system “box” as their beliefs are internalized but have not been examined. Stage 4: (the earlier in adulthood the easier on the person) Individuative-Reflective stage in which a person begins to recognize they are in a “box” and look outside it. People in this stage ask questions and see the contradictions or problems in their beliefs. This can be a very painful stage as old ideas are now modified and sometimes rejected altogether. Some people give up on faith altogether at this point but faith can be strengthened in this stage as beliefs become explicitly, personally held. There is a strong reliance on the logic, rational mind and the self. Stage 5: (usually not before mid-life) Conjunctive stage in which a person who has gone through the deconstruction of the Individuative-Reflective stage begins to let go of some of the reliance on their own rational mind and recognize that some experiences are not logical or easily understood at all. The move here is from either/or to both/and; complexity and paradox are embraced. People in this stage are more willing to dialogue with people of other faiths, seeking further information and correction to their own beliefs, and are able to do this without letting go of their own faith. Stage 6: Universalizing stage. Very few people reach this stage, which is characterized by seeing all of humanity as one brotherhood and taking profound, self-sacrificing action to care for all humanity because of this view. Article on Play Therapy: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/contemporary-psychoanalysis-in-action/201601/child-s-play-how-play-therapy-works

Tarot is often lumped in with the New Age Movement. But is this movement all it's cracked up to be, with it's message of love and light? Join us as we discuss it on this episode.   == Helpful Links ==   The Secret - popularized presentation of the Law of Attraction http://www.thesecret.tv/   Popular New Age teachers and authors we discussed:   Dr. Wayne Dyer http://www.drwaynedyer.com/   Caroline Myss http://www.myss.com/   Debbie Ford http://www.debbieford.com/   Marianne Williamson http://marianne.com/   Michael Beckwith http://www.agapelive.com/index.php?page=3   Eckhart Tolle https://www.eckharttolle.com/   James Redfield http://www.celestinevision.com/   Barbara Marciniak (The Pleiadians) http://www.pleiadians.com/   Sanaya Roman (Orin and Thaddeus) https://www.orindaben.com/pages/home/aboutsr/   Sonia Choquette http://www.soniachoquette.com/   Jane Roberts (Seth) http://sethlearningcenter.org/   Esther Hicks (Abraham) http://www.abraham-hicks.com/lawofattractionsource/index.php   Ted Andrews http://www.amazon.com/Ted-Andrews/e/B000APER2W   Richard Bach http://richardbach.com/   Gabrielle Bernstein http://gabbyb.tv/   Mark Passio http://www.danbrown.com/angels-demons/   George Kavassilas http://www.our-journey-home.com/   Neil Kramer http://neilkramer.com/   Books mentioned   Stages of Faith by James W. Fowler http://www.amazon.com/Stages-Faith-Psychology-Development-Meaning/dp/0060628669   Angels and Demons by Dan Brown http://www.danbrown.com/angels-demons/     Ronda’s new deck! - Black Cat Tarot http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/black-cats/            

Many Mormon Matters listeners find their way to the podcast and other online communities and discussion groups because they recognize that they are experiencing some kind of "faith transition," a re-orienting in their relationships with life’s fundamental questions, powers, and values. Often, however, this transition feel to us much more like a crisis. Would things get any easier for us if we knew that this time of upheaval and process of trying to find new, firmer grounding was normal--even healthy? That this difficult journey toward new orientation isn’t exclusive to Latter-day Saints or even to just religious people, but to all human beings? With the 1981 publication of Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning, James W. Fowler and his team of researchers presented a road map of sorts for faith transitioning, a descriptive schema that places "faith" (our way of making sense of life, of engaging transcendent values and meaning) alongside other areas of human development (and their models). As they encounter this schema, many people undergoing faith transitions find hope that if they don't turn away from the difficulties and pain, they will emerge into new and richer perspectives and sense of peace in the face of all of life’s complexities. Guest hosted by Katie Langston, this episode features Mormon Matters’ usual host, Dan Wotherspoon, and social psychologist and therapist Marybeth Raynes describing the various stages that Fowler outlines, while also applying them to LDS faith transitioning, including their own life stories. The "stages of faith" model has been mentioned many times in past episodes. It’s about time they receive direct attention!

Many Mormon Matters listeners find their way to the podcast and other online communities and discussion groups because they recognize that they are experiencing some kind of "faith transition," a re-orienting in their relationships with life’s fundamental questions, powers, and values. Often, however, this transition feel to us much more like a crisis. Would things get any easier for us if we knew that this time of upheaval and process of trying to find new, firmer grounding was normal--even healthy? That this difficult journey toward new orientation isn’t exclusive to Latter-day Saints or even to just religious people, but to all human beings? With the 1981 publication of Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning, James W. Fowler and his team of researchers presented a road map of sorts for faith transitioning, a descriptive schema that places "faith" (our way of making sense of life, of engaging transcendent values and meaning) alongside other areas of human development (and their models). As they encounter this schema, many people undergoing faith transitions find hope that if they don't turn away from the difficulties and pain, they will emerge into new and richer perspectives and sense of peace in the face of all of life’s complexities. Guest hosted by Katie Langston, this episode features Mormon Matters’ usual host, Dan Wotherspoon, and social psychologist and therapist Marybeth Raynes describing the various stages that Fowler outlines, while also applying them to LDS faith transitioning, including their own life stories. The "stages of faith" model has been mentioned many times in past episodes. It’s about time they receive direct attention!