Podcasts about Unconditional love

Some stories don't just inspire you, they remind you that no one is ever beyond hope.   Jennifer Montgomery has survived addiction, domestic violence, homelessness, incarceration, and unimaginable loss. There were moments when she wasn't sure she would make it another day.   But through it all, two faithful dogs, Cooper and Lyla, never stopped loving her.   Their unconditional love carried Jennifer until she found the strength to believe she was worth fighting for. In this unforgettable Beliefcast conversation, Jennifer opens her heart about recovery, resilience, second chances, and why our darkest chapters don't have to define the rest of our lives.   If you or someone you love has ever struggled with addiction, trauma, or hopelessness, this episode is for you.  

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In this heartfelt conversation, Sharon Salzberg and Mirabai Bush explore how mindfulness, forgiveness, and loving-kindness can transform the way we relate to ourselves and others.Today's podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.Live from the 2015 Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat, Mirabai and Sharon discuss:The relationship between loving everyone and personal practiceMirabai's work with SEVA foundation in Guatemala Loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimityThe interconnectedness of all life An audience Q&A with Sharon and Mirabai Forgiveness and breaking down defensive behavior Mindfulness in how we relate to thoughts of ourselves and othersJoin us for the 2026 Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat in Maui or virtually!About Mirabai Bush:Mirabai is an author, social entrepreneur, teacher, and spiritual leader. She is recognized for her pioneering role in integrating mindfulness and contemplative practices into secular sectors of American life, including business, higher education, law, and social activism. Mirabai's contributions include co-founding influential organizations such as the Center for Contemplative Mind in Societyand the Seva Foundation and co-developing Google's Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. She is also a longtime board member of the Love Serve Remember Foundation. Her latest book, Almost Home, is a memoir published in 2025. “One of the most important things we need to do in order to love each other is to really listen to each other, to come to know each other so we can be present in a loving way. The Dalai Lama when he listens to someone he sits way on the edge of his chair, listening with his whole body. When you share something with Ram Dass, you never think he's thinking about something else. That's what we need to be for each other. We need to be here now.” –Mirabai BushAbout Sharon Salzberg:Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is one of the first to bring mindfulness and lovingkindness meditation to mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. Her podcast, The Metta Hour, has amassed five million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond. Learn more about Sharon and her books at www.sharonsalzberg.com and check out Insight Meditation Society. “We don't deny the hurt or regret we may feel if it is our own action, but we don't need to build on that and solidify it. Sometimes we do that so much that our whole sense of who we are and all that we'll ever be collapses around some comment. That's what I meant when I said loving-kindness is like a stretch, it's like asking yourself, ‘anything else happen today? What's the good within me?'”–Sharon SalzbergSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Are we all like wounded animals caught in a fence, biting the hand of the person trying to help? Is spiritual grace something exceptionally rare — and most of us the unfortunate ones who never win the lotto? Or is grace all around us, and we just need to put down what's in our arms to receive it? Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that alongside Krishna's entrance into Mathurā — where two encounters show exactly what it looks like to resist and receive grace. Srimad Bhagavatm 10.41.40-52  ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

Are we all like wounded animals caught in a fence, biting the hand of the person trying to help? Is spiritual grace something exceptionally rare — and most of us the unfortunate ones who never win the lotto? Or is grace all around us, and we just need to put down what's in our arms to receive it? Raghunath and Kaustubha explore that alongside Krishna's entrance into Mathurā — where two encounters show exactly what it looks like to resist and receive grace. Srimad Bhagavatm 10.41.40-52  ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

Unconditional love and a reciprocal relationship are not the same thing. Importantly, participation in a relationship is each individual's choice.In this conversation, Dr. Janet and Brianna sit with why that difference matters so much in estrangement. We can love someone unconditionally as an individual. We are not able to build a healthy relationship with them on our own. Both people must choose to participate because a reciprocal relationship asks both people to show up, to define boundaries together, and to keep choosing each other as adults. Janet and Brianna trace the clunky shift from parent and child into an adult to adult relationship, the space that first led to their estrangement, and then made their own repair possible. Learn the simple set of questions that can bring a strained or estranged relationship back into balance. IN THIS EPISODE Why unconditional love and a reciprocal relationship are two separate things, and why blending them keeps us stuck The clunky, awkward shift from parent as decider into a relationship between two adults, and why naming it helps How constant contact and social media reshape the way our children grow into their own lives Why space, and sometimes no contact, can be the most powerful move toward repair The four questions that help both people find their way back to balance How boundaries, demands, and expectations differ, and how they are meant to change over time Why disagreement is not rejection, for parents or for adult children CORE MESSAGE"I can love you unconditionally by myself. I cannot create a healthy relationship with you by myself." Dr. Janet Steinkamp VOICES FROM THIS EPISODE "Unconditional love and reciprocal relationships do not go hand in hand. They are two different things." Brianna "I had to step away from being the unilateral decision maker, and I cannot tell you how much better life feels not carrying that anymore." Dr. Janet "Respecting the space we ask for is the most powerful thing a parent can do for the relationship." Brianna "Our kids do not stop loving us, even when they are setting boundaries. It is the relationship that needs the focus." Brianna CONNECT WITH US Subscribe to receive the When Our Adult Children Walk Away NewsletterYou can access and register for all of our services and events here: WhenOurAdultChildrenWalkAway.com CoachingSeasonal workshops Writer's Lab  Virtual Office HoursPodcast and YouTube Channel @DrJanetSteinkamp ONE NEXT STEP AWAYIf this conversation gave you something to sit with or left you with unanswered questions, please attend Virtual Office Hours. Janet and Brianna host these sessions together, so they can hear from you directly. Register at   https://www.whenouradultchildrenwalkaway.com/office-hours #FamilyEstrangement #EstrangedAdultChildren #Boundaries #WOACWAOTHER SERVICES 60-Minute Consultation: https://www.whenouradultchildrenwalkaway.com/service-page/60-minute-consultation (NEW) Discounted Coaching Bundles https://www.whenouradultchildrenwalkaway.com/pricing-plans/list Fall 2026 Workshops: https://www.whenouradultchildrenwalkaway.com/copy-of-classes Writer's Lab: https://www.whenouradultchildrenwalkaway.com/writers-lab Produced by Balancing Life's Issues. Hi Listeners. I'd love to hear from you!DISCLAIMERThe content of this podcast is based on my professional work as an estrangement coach and my personal estrangement journey. Any examples, characters, or stories referenced are drawn from my own lived experience or represent a composite of multiple real-life situations shared with me over time. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: Dr. Janet SteinkampWhen Our Adult Children Walk Away with Dr. Janet Steinkamp explores healthy communication, ethical interaction, safe family relationships, and reciprocal (appropriate) boundaries. The podcast provides education and support for parents navigating family estrangement, communication breakdowns, grief, reconciliation efforts, healthy boundary development and adult family relationship dynamics.Dr. Janet Steinkamp's work emphasizes emotionally healthy communication, adult accountability, ethical and safe relationship practices, mutual respect and appropriate boundaries, voluntary communication and reconnection and safe and appropriate family systems. Listeners gain practical tools to improve communication, understand the dynamics of estrangement, and pursue emotional responsibility, compassion, and integrity. 

Have you come to accept that your unconditional love has limits? And if so, how do you love anyway?For our 200th episode, Jen writes to her senior dog, Stuggi, after a late-night shriek jolts her awake. For the next 48 hours, she grapples with how to care for him as he paces around, night and day, afraid to lie down without hurting himself.If you're a dog parent who loves your fur baby with all your heart, this letter is for you.Letter 200 is part of The Filipino American Woman Project's letters series, inspired by real conversations……and this concludes our Summer Edition! Thanks for listening! ☀️As a reminder: I will be taking a break from publishing letters for Filipino American History Month (FAHM) to engage with YOU!

Goldylocks Productions presents The Transformational Soul with Ruth SoltmanWith Divine Love and Guidance from her Angels and Guides, Ruth Soltman has written and self-published books to spiritually guide you through yourjourney. Metamorphosis A Journey of the Soul is her journey to connect with her truth. She offers practical tools to help you connect with the Truth of Who YouAre. In The ABCs of Unconditional Love, The ABCs of Forgiveness and The ABCs of Self-Healing, she guides you as you delve deeper into discovering yourTRUTH. Ruth has an empathic understanding and deep compassion for the human condition and it is reflected in her writing. She gives you practical tools towork through your issues so that you can live your BEST LIFE.Ruth has remembered her purpose of service to others in this lifetime...to help them heal their past issues so they can live an Authentic Life. She does thisthrough her writing, speaking, energy work, and readings, helping them to connect with the Truth of Who They Are. In addition to writing, Ruth is a ReikiMaster Teacher, Angelic Reiki Practitioner, Spiritual Intuitive, Oracle Card Reader, Spiritual Advisor/Life Coach and host of The Transformational Soul onGoldylocks Productions. Ruth goes where Spirit guides her and is currently living in the Houston area.http://www.ruthsoltman.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thetransformationalsoulhttp://www.ruthsoltman.com/spirit-within-us-blog Ruth's Oracle Card Decks: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/angelworks-Publishing 365 Days of Gratitude Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571824651377425/?ref=shareGoldylocks Productions: http://www.goldylocksproductions.com Receive links and updates for our Shows, Special Events and Sales! Subscribe to The Goldylocks Zone Blog: https://www.whitesagewoman.me Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/+YSquH-U8Vib501QU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Outlining the seven factors of awakening in Buddhism, Gil Fronsdal offers an accessible perspective on the glory of the dharma. Today's podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This week on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Gil Fronsdal shares:Seeing the glory of the dharma in all experiencesMindfulness: the simple offering of presence for what's happening right now Being present for our emotions rather than for or against themMindfulness as the bridge between the five hindrances and the seven factors of awakening How differentiation gives rise to wisdom and understandingThe choice between being caught up and letting go Persisting in our effort to practice, moment by moment Witnessing when our mind wanders off during meditationHaving an equanimous mind, being both tranquil and alertThis recording was originally published on DharmaseedAbout Gil Fronsdal:Gil Fronsdal is the co-teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California; he has been teaching since 1990. He has practiced Zen and Vipassana in the U.S. and Asia since 1975. He was a Theravada monk in Burma in 1985, and in 1989 began training with Jack Kornfield to be a Vipassana teacher. Gil teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center where he is part of its Teachers Council. Gil was ordained as a Soto Zen priest at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1982, and in 1995 received Dharma Transmission from Mel Weitsman, the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. He currently serves on the SF Zen Center Elders' Council. In 2011 he founded IMC's Insight Retreat Center. He is the author of The Issue at Hand, essays on mindfulness practice; A Monastery Within; a book on the five hindrances called Unhindered; and the translator of The Dhammapada, published by Shambhala Publications. You may listen to Gil's talks on Audio Dharma. “With mindfulness we're just trying to be present, and in that, find a certain kind of freedom. So, if it's not simple, it's not mindfulness.” –Gil FronsdalSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Goldylocks Productions presents The Transformational Soul with Ruth SoltmanWith Divine Love and Guidance from her Angels and Guides, Ruth Soltman has written and self-published books to spiritually guide you through yourjourney. Metamorphosis A Journey of the Soul is her journey to connect with her truth. She offers practical tools to help you connect with the Truth of Who YouAre. In The ABCs of Unconditional Love, The ABCs of Forgiveness and The ABCs of Self-Healing, she guides you as you delve deeper into discovering yourTRUTH. Ruth has an empathic understanding and deep compassion for the human condition and it is reflected in her writing. She gives you practical tools towork through your issues so that you can live your BEST LIFE.Ruth has remembered her purpose of service to others in this lifetime...to help them heal their past issues so they can live an Authentic Life. She does thisthrough her writing, speaking, energy work, and readings, helping them to connect with the Truth of Who They Are. In addition to writing, Ruth is a ReikiMaster Teacher, Angelic Reiki Practitioner, Spiritual Intuitive, Oracle Card Reader, Spiritual Advisor/Life Coach and host of The Transformational Soul onGoldylocks Productions. Ruth goes where Spirit guides her and is currently living in the Houston area.http://www.ruthsoltman.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thetransformationalsoulhttp://www.ruthsoltman.com/spirit-within-us-blog Ruth's Oracle Card Decks: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/angelworks-Publishing 365 Days of Gratitude Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571824651377425/?ref=shareGoldylocks Productions: http://www.goldylocksproductions.com Receive links and updates for our Shows, Special Events and Sales! Subscribe to The Goldylocks Zone Blog: https://www.whitesagewoman.me Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/+YSquH-U8Vib501QU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Goldylocks Productions presents The Transformational Soul with Ruth SoltmanWith Divine Love and Guidance from her Angels and Guides, Ruth Soltman has written and self-published books to spiritually guide you through yourjourney. Metamorphosis A Journey of the Soul is her journey to connect with her truth. She offers practical tools to help you connect with the Truth of Who YouAre. In The ABCs of Unconditional Love, The ABCs of Forgiveness and The ABCs of Self-Healing, she guides you as you delve deeper into discovering yourTRUTH. Ruth has an empathic understanding and deep compassion for the human condition and it is reflected in her writing. She gives you practical tools towork through your issues so that you can live your BEST LIFE.Ruth has remembered her purpose of service to others in this lifetime...to help them heal their past issues so they can live an Authentic Life. She does thisthrough her writing, speaking, energy work, and readings, helping them to connect with the Truth of Who They Are. In addition to writing, Ruth is a ReikiMaster Teacher, Angelic Reiki Practitioner, Spiritual Intuitive, Oracle Card Reader, Spiritual Advisor/Life Coach and host of The Transformational Soul onGoldylocks Productions. Ruth goes where Spirit guides her and is currently living in the Houston area.http://www.ruthsoltman.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thetransformationalsoulhttp://www.ruthsoltman.com/spirit-within-us-blog Ruth's Oracle Card Decks: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/angelworks-Publishing 365 Days of Gratitude Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571824651377425/?ref=shareGoldylocks Productions: http://www.goldylocksproductions.com Receive links and updates for our Shows, Special Events and Sales! Subscribe to The Goldylocks Zone Blog: https://www.whitesagewoman.me Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/+YSquH-U8Vib501QU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Goldylocks Productions presents The Transformational Soul with Ruth SoltmanWith Divine Love and Guidance from her Angels and Guides, Ruth Soltman has written and self-published books to spiritually guide you through yourjourney. Metamorphosis A Journey of the Soul is her journey to connect with her truth. She offers practical tools to help you connect with the Truth of Who YouAre. In The ABCs of Unconditional Love, The ABCs of Forgiveness and The ABCs of Self-Healing, she guides you as you delve deeper into discovering yourTRUTH. Ruth has an empathic understanding and deep compassion for the human condition and it is reflected in her writing. She gives you practical tools towork through your issues so that you can live your BEST LIFE.Ruth has remembered her purpose of service to others in this lifetime...to help them heal their past issues so they can live an Authentic Life. She does thisthrough her writing, speaking, energy work, and readings, helping them to connect with the Truth of Who They Are. In addition to writing, Ruth is a ReikiMaster Teacher, Angelic Reiki Practitioner, Spiritual Intuitive, Oracle Card Reader, Spiritual Advisor/Life Coach and host of The Transformational Soul onGoldylocks Productions. Ruth goes where Spirit guides her and is currently living in the Houston area.http://www.ruthsoltman.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thetransformationalsoulhttp://www.ruthsoltman.com/spirit-within-us-blog Ruth's Oracle Card Decks: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/angelworks-Publishing 365 Days of Gratitude Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571824651377425/?ref=shareGoldylocks Productions: http://www.goldylocksproductions.com Receive links and updates for our Shows, Special Events and Sales! Subscribe to The Goldylocks Zone Blog: https://www.whitesagewoman.me Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/+YSquH-U8Vib501QU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Goldylocks Productions presents The Transformational Soul with Ruth SoltmanWith Divine Love and Guidance from her Angels and Guides, Ruth Soltman has written and self-published books to spiritually guide you through yourjourney. Metamorphosis A Journey of the Soul is her journey to connect with her truth. She offers practical tools to help you connect with the Truth of Who YouAre. In The ABCs of Unconditional Love, The ABCs of Forgiveness and The ABCs of Self-Healing, she guides you as you delve deeper into discovering yourTRUTH. Ruth has an empathic understanding and deep compassion for the human condition and it is reflected in her writing. She gives you practical tools towork through your issues so that you can live your BEST LIFE.Ruth has remembered her purpose of service to others in this lifetime...to help them heal their past issues so they can live an Authentic Life. She does thisthrough her writing, speaking, energy work, and readings, helping them to connect with the Truth of Who They Are. In addition to writing, Ruth is a ReikiMaster Teacher, Angelic Reiki Practitioner, Spiritual Intuitive, Oracle Card Reader, Spiritual Advisor/Life Coach and host of The Transformational Soul onGoldylocks Productions. Ruth goes where Spirit guides her and is currently living in the Houston area.http://www.ruthsoltman.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thetransformationalsoulhttp://www.ruthsoltman.com/spirit-within-us-blog Ruth's Oracle Card Decks: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/angelworks-Publishing 365 Days of Gratitude Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571824651377425/?ref=shareGoldylocks Productions: http://www.goldylocksproductions.com Receive links and updates for our Shows, Special Events and Sales! Subscribe to The Goldylocks Zone Blog: https://www.whitesagewoman.me Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/+YSquH-U8Vib501QU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Goldylocks Productions presents The Transformational Soul with Ruth SoltmanWith Divine Love and Guidance from her Angels and Guides, Ruth Soltman has written and self-published books to spiritually guide you through yourjourney. Metamorphosis A Journey of the Soul is her journey to connect with her truth. She offers practical tools to help you connect with the Truth of Who YouAre. In The ABCs of Unconditional Love, The ABCs of Forgiveness and The ABCs of Self-Healing, she guides you as you delve deeper into discovering yourTRUTH. Ruth has an empathic understanding and deep compassion for the human condition and it is reflected in her writing. She gives you practical tools towork through your issues so that you can live your BEST LIFE.Ruth has remembered her purpose of service to others in this lifetime...to help them heal their past issues so they can live an Authentic Life. She does thisthrough her writing, speaking, energy work, and readings, helping them to connect with the Truth of Who They Are. In addition to writing, Ruth is a ReikiMaster Teacher, Angelic Reiki Practitioner, Spiritual Intuitive, Oracle Card Reader, Spiritual Advisor/Life Coach and host of The Transformational Soul onGoldylocks Productions. Ruth goes where Spirit guides her and is currently living in the Houston area.http://www.ruthsoltman.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thetransformationalsoulhttp://www.ruthsoltman.com/spirit-within-us-blog Ruth's Oracle Card Decks: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/angelworks-Publishing 365 Days of Gratitude Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571824651377425/?ref=shareGoldylocks Productions: http://www.goldylocksproductions.com Receive links and updates for our Shows, Special Events and Sales! Subscribe to The Goldylocks Zone Blog: https://www.whitesagewoman.me Join us on Telegram: https://t.me/+YSquH-U8Vib501QU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Check us out: https://www.determinetruth.com What does it actually mean to “know” God? In this episode of the DetermineTruth Podcast, Vinnie and Rob explore 1, 2, and 3 John—three fascinating New Testament writings centered on truth, love, obedience, fellowship, and what it means to genuinely know God. We begin with some important background questions. Did the Apostle John actually write 1, 2, and 3 John? Why is 1 John technically anonymous while 2 and 3 John identify their author simply as “the elder”? What was the Johannine community? And what can early Christian writers like Papias, Polycarp, and Ignatius tell us about the world in which these writings emerged? Then we turn to one of the most important themes in 1 John: knowledge. John repeatedly talks about knowing God—but the Greek text reveals something that can be easy to miss in English translations. The letter uses different Greek words for knowledge, including ginōskō and oida, as John connects what Christians know intellectually with what they have experienced and demonstrated through their lives. That leads to a challenging question: Can we really claim to know God if the way we live contradicts what we say we believe? For 1 John, knowing God is not merely possessing correct theological information. Knowing Christ produces a life characterized by obedience, righteousness, love for others, and participation in the life of the Christian community. Vinnie Angelo & Rob Dalrymple FOLLOW THE PODCAST Subscribe to be notified of our new episodes (each Monday).  Want to help us expand the Gospel of the Kingdom? Leave a review, “like” the podcast, or share it with others. CONNECT WITH DETERMINETRUTH MINISTRIES The Determinetruth Podcast is a ministry of Determinetruth Ministries. We offer free resources to equip pastors, leaders, and the body of Christ in the US and worldwide for service in the kingdom of God. You can visit us online at https://www.determinetruth.com SUPPORT DETERMINETRUTH MINISTRIES Determinetruth is a non-profit 501(c)(3), and relies completely on the financial support of our partners around the world.  Please consider partnering with us and making a tax-deductible donation https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/3648601 Want a FREE CHAPTER from Rob's latest book? Sign up for email updates from Determinetruth. https://mailchi.mp/5672d33f2b95/dt-podcast Music: “Love is Against the Grain” (Dime Store Prophets)

Explore radical grace and celebration in this contemplative Christian devotional based on Luke 15:11-32. Discover the father's heart for the lost son and the invitation to celebrate grace. In Episode 250 of the 2 Minute Disciple podcast, Jesus tells the parable of the prodigal son—the ultimate story of being lost and found. Learn what it means to run toward the broken, embrace the failed, and throw a feast for the returned. This guided meditation and daily spiritual practice will challenge you to examine whether you have the father's heart or the older brother's bitterness. Perfect for anyone ready to move from judgment to radical celebration and become someone who throws feasts instead of keeping score.

Sound Healing with David Gibson Dynamic Curves: Shaping Sound Baths and Treatments From Activation to Stillness David Gibson devotes the hour to dynamic curves, the practice of building and breaking down sound in baths, treatments, and his own recordings to carry listeners from activation into deep, healing stillness. Inside the Sound Healing Center David Gibson opens the broadcast from Sausalito with a tour of the Sound Healing Center's four branches: the Globe Institute, the Sound Healing Store, the Sound Therapy Center, and the Sound Healing Research Foundation. He describes the Institute as the only state-approved sound healing college in the United States, offering two sound healing certificates and an audio recording certificate, both in person and online, with a new online semester starting September 14th and a recording program beginning September 22nd. He walks through the Store's four hundred instruments and technologies, from crystal bowls and didgeridoos to Brainwave Assessment and Voice Analysis software, and mentions a contract bringing eight sound protocols into Northern California's largest dementia care company. He also describes the Sound Healing Research Foundation's library of clinical papers, the Medical Sound Association's bimonthly treatment-plan meetings, and a $100,000 grant funding sound curriculum in Montessori schools. He points listeners to the Sound Healing Center's website for further details. Introducing the Dynamic Curve David Gibson introduces the day's main topic: dynamic curves, the shaping of a sound bath, concert, or treatment so it builds and breaks down rather than simply floating in one mood. He explains that most practitioners create a pleasant atmosphere on a single instrument, like a crystal bowl, and never go anywhere with it, while a true curve intentionally moves in intensity, pitch, and volume over time. He calls this an advanced skill, one that makes sound work far more effective than staying flat. Demonstrating live, he tones and plays a singing bowl in what he calls a mountain curve, starting mellow, rising in loudness and pitch until it feels intense, then settling back down. He credits his own introduction to the idea partly to listening to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, noting how the album opens with alarm clocks and gradually mellows before building again, and to the Grateful Dead, whose slow-building live jams keep audiences engaged for long stretches without ever moving so slowly that listeners lose interest. Naming the Curves in Practice Gibson walks through several named curve shapes he uses in practice. The floating curve, he says, is a beautiful but flat sacred space where nothing really builds, fine for a gentle sound bath but less transformative. A curve for treatments meets people where they are, often keyed up or anxious, brings them steadily down into deep calm, then lifts them gently back to alertness so they can drive home afterward. The mountain curve builds intensity before breaking down, useful for showing people they can handle more energy, though he warns it can overwhelm anyone fragile, freshly out of the hospital, or living with advanced dementia. His personal favorite is what he calls the mellow out curve, which grows quieter and slower through an entire session until, by the end, almost nothing is moving. He describes this profound stillness as the safest option in a room full of strangers, since no one knows in advance who might be too delicate to handle a gong or other intense sound. Mapping Instruments From Activating to Calming Gibson lays out a spectrum his program has mapped from most activating to most calming. Bagpipes, gongs, ocean drum, and Tibetan bowls struck with a wood stick sit at the activating end, followed by drums, djembe, frosted and alchemy bowls, flutes, and crystal harp, while soft shakers, handpan, free-note xylophone, sansula, and Koshi chimes sit at the mellow end. He recommends moving step by step through this list rather than jumping straight from a gong to Koshi chimes, so listeners are carried along smoothly. He then details the qualities that make any sound more calming or activating: even harmonics, complex tones, soft volume, low frequency, slow or absent tempo, sustained notes, simple melodies, and repetition all calm the nervous system, while odd harmonics, loud volume, high frequency, fast tempo, rhythm, harmony parts, and unpredictable change tend to activate it. He adds that lyrics engage the analytical left brain and judgment more than wordless vowel sounds, and that unfamiliar instruments bypass stylistic labeling altogether. A Sound Bath and a One-On-One Treatment Gibson maps his own sound bath, which opens fairly activating with gongs and large bowls, moves through rattles and drums, then settles into a three-bowl harmony chord before he demonstrates a binaural beat by singing slightly off pitch against a bowl. From there he layers Tibetan bowls, melodic instruments like the free-note xylophone and crystal harp, and finally Koshi chimes before letting a bowl fade into five or ten minutes of silence, which he says lets everyone arrive at stillness together. He then outlines his one-on-one treatment format: clients lie on a sound table for fifteen or twenty minutes, he opens with an invocation calling in guides and ancestors, moves through drums, rattles, a large Tibetan bowl, tingshas, and tuning forks, and closes with the frosted bowl and the words "may the healing continue, as appropriate for your highest good," then leaves the room so the person can rest in the stillness alone, sometimes falling asleep on the table. Closing With Music and the Fibonacci Curve Gibson closes the hour by playing examples of dynamic curves built into his own recorded music. He plays "Unconditional Love" as a mountain curve, adding octaves and higher frequencies until it peaks before mellowing back down, then "Uplift," a slow, building Stairway to Heaven style track he says is used in the integrative therapy department at Massachusetts General Hospital to help lift people out of depression without overwhelming them. He explains that the smoothest curves follow the Fibonacci sequence, one plus one is two, two plus three is five, and so on, calling it the pattern behind all growth in the universe. He notes that activation before mellowing helps the body feel fully present in the calm that follows. The broadcast ends with "Pure Light," a piece that slows to half speed and settles into deep stillness, after which Gibson tells listeners to carry that stillness through the evening, the weeks, months, years, and lifetimes ahead.

This podcast is made possible by our listeners and viewers. If this show has brought you value, you can support it by becoming a member of The Way Forward, our platform designed to help you find the health and freedom community (people, practitioners, schools, farms, and more) near you. Your membership directly supports the podcast and the work we do.The identity you built was just a solution to trauma.Kyle Cease is a transformational teacher, former touring comedian with two #1 Comedy Central specials, New York Times bestselling author, and creator of the Evolving Out Loud global community. He has coached over 16,000 people through his talks, retreats, online programs, and one-on-one.His wife, Dr. Amber Lynn Cease, a holistic doctor, spiritual mentor, and relationship educator, joins us later. Her honesty about what this inner work has done to her nervous system is some of the most grounded relationship talk I've heard on this show.Choosing a Costa Rica healing intensive over a Vegas event with Tony Robbins changed something the second Kyle made the call. He learned that the trauma you're avoiding lives in your body, not in your mind, and that positive thinking often becomes a form of spiritual bypass rather than actual healing. Years earlier, a viral blog post from a fellow comedian forced him into six days alone in a hotel room, facing the ego he'd spent his whole career building.Amber talks openly about leaving her old life for this relationship, the protector that ran her nervous system for years, and the day Kyle told her she was allowed to burn in hell.You'll Learn:[0:00] Introduction[7:03] The highest of the ego versus the highest of the heart[15:06] Every "I have to" sits on top of fear of never being loved[27:44] You are what you love, not what loves you[35:01] The world mirrors you and the only work is inside[51:15] Falling in love with emptiness on a 15-day water fast[1:13:49] Project Looking Glass stopped working in 2012[1:42:37] Letting the false self die inside a relationship worth fighting for[2:14:55] Holding space means not defending, just hearing them[2:45:47] Meditation isn't for quieting the mind, it's for dissolving the small selfResources Mentioned:Revolver (Movie) | IMDbFind more from Kyle and Amber:Kyle Cease | Website | Instagram | CoursesDr. Amber Lynn Cease | InstagramIntimate Expansion Couples Course with Kyle and Amber | WebsiteFind more from Alec:Alec Zeck | Instagram | XThe Way Forward | InstagramDonate to The Way Forward here.The Way Forward is Sponsored By:Get 10% off your Heart & Soil order with code THEWAYFWRD at checkout. Shop Heart & Soil here.Eating well shouldn't be complicated. Dr. Cowan's Garden makes it simple to increase your daily nutrient density with their signature vegetable powders, clean pantry staples, and pasture-raised products. Family-run and committed to "beyond-organic" quality.* Offer: Use code THEWAYFORWARD for 15% off your first order.* Shop: Dr. Cowan's GardenWant to grow your podcast but not sure what's actually working? Podigy helps me produce The Way Forward. Take their free assessment to get clear on your next move—and a chance to win a call with their founder.

Vipassana teacher Trudy Goodman shares stories and teachings about the Buddha's one fortunate attachment: sacred longing.Today's podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.In this episode, Trudy Goodman gives a lecture on:Getting ‘everything' when sitting in meditation practiceLearning how to be present with the experience of sufferingGrowing from the mud: the metaphor of the lotus flowerThe deadly process of applying ideals of perfection to ourselves Finding the source of happiness in our own hearts Looking at grief as another form of desireTrudy's explanation of what she calls ‘crooked grief'Attachment as addressed by Buddhist psychology The world that opens to us when are not caught in anythingAbout Trudy Goodman:Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel. You can learn more about Trudy's flourishing array of wonderful offerings at TrudyGoodman.comThis recording was originally published on Dharmaseed. “Don't be deceived by any others that claim they will bring you lasting love and happiness. Understand that the source of love and happiness is in your own heart, in your own ability to be present, in your own mind. This is what transforms our wants and our longings—the ability to shine this light of presence.” –Trudy GoodmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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This week's episode..... Does Unconditional Love exist?Want to contact your Hunny? Email me at realtalkwithchristine@gmail.com and check out my website and socials at https://linktr.ee/hunnyshive62Other podcasts from Hunny Hive Productions:Taboo: A Couple's Journey into the Depths of Sexual Depravity® - Just what it sounds like.Dead Tit Society® - My breast cancer journey and rise from the ashes of cancer survivorship.The Scared Shitless Podcast® - Three genre film experts talk Terror, Horror, and RevulsionPatreon page......VNO7pnpKPxSy3dIOOEJ2

We recently covered the story of Christopher Bennette, a man convicted for murder, the murder of his abuser. Chris has spent decades fighting his conviction after being convinced to take a plea deal of 1800 years behind bars.Chris's story went viral during COVID after a friend uploaded it online. The producers of the hit daytime TV show Dr Phil saw his story and had him on the show to talk to the doctor.Chris says the only good thing to come out of that show was the lady who has become the love of his life and his biggest advocate on the outside and today I sit down for a chat with Chris's other half.SIGNAL AWARDS 2026 VOTE NOW xxEARLY AND AD FREE ACCESS: for as little as $1.69 a week!Apple + HEREPatreon and find us on Facebook here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you raise children to think beyond limits and create meaningful change? Visionary entrepreneur Naveen Jain joins Darius on The Greatness Machine for a fascinating conversation on leadership, innovation, and the power of exponential thinking. He shares how a simple promise led to a $5 billion stock surge, the importance of resilience in entrepreneurship, and why curiosity is the key to solving the world's biggest challenges. Naveen also reveals his unique approach to parenting—raising children to be problem-solvers rather than rule-followers—and how this mindset has shaped his own success. In this episode, Darius and Naveen will discuss: (00:00) Introduction to Purposeful Living (02:59) Naveen Jain's Journey and Philosophy (06:13) Personalized Health and Nutrition Insights (09:08) Parenting and Raising Entrepreneurial Children (12:00) The Role of Exposure in Child Development (15:00) Fostering Curiosity and Critical Thinking (18:09) Redefining Success and Self-Worth (20:50) The Nature vs. Nurture Debate in Success (33:07) Wealth and Parenting: The Balance of Privilege (35:59) Teaching Kids the Value of Money and Contribution (38:51) Instilling a Sense of Purpose and Service (41:57) Fostering Intellectual Curiosity and Creativity (44:07) The Role of Unconditional Love in Parenting (49:02) Navigating Work-Life Integration as a Parent (51:59) Lessons on Partnerships and Decision-Making (55:04) Final Thoughts: The Importance of Intellectual Curiosity Naveen Jain is an Indian-American entrepreneur and business executive known for founding InfoSpace, which was once one of the largest internet companies in the American Northwest. Following the dot-com bubble crash, he shifted his focus to groundbreaking ventures in space exploration and health technology. He co-founded Moon Express in 2010, where he serves as Executive Chairman, and later founded Viome in 2016, where he is currently the CEO. Listen to the first episode here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/304-naveen-jain-part-1-moonshots-and-mindset-why-big/id1555334180?i=1000672328585  Connect with Naveen: Website: https://naveenjain.com/ Website: https://www.viome.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveenjainintelius Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naveenjainceo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Naveen_Jain_CEO  Connect with Darius: Website: https://therealdarius.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariusmirshahzadeh/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imthedarius/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Thegreatnessmachine  Book: The Core Value Equation https://www.amazon.com/Core-Value-Equation-Framework-Limitless/dp/1544506708 Write a review for The Greatness Machine using this link: https://ratethispodcast.com/spreadinggreatness. 

Hey bestie! This episode is a step-by-step practical guide on how to "love yourself" consistently, and not just during a crisis.  Without role-modelling, we grow up believing that "love" is complicated and wrapped up in pain. But with these tips, you'll be relieved to learn that there's a much easier way to love yourself!Mentioned In Episode:

Love is an amazing feeling. And it starts with our thoughts. Our ability to show up loving in our relationships begins with having loving thoughts about them. And many of us have gotten into a unfortunate habit of having frustrated, angry, and angsty thoughts about people in our lives. These thoughts eventually lead to behaviors that are less than loving, in fact, they can become contemptuous when we're not even aware of it. Let's talk about how to be more loving. Thanks for listening!  Want to learn more about this concept?  Check out these podcasts: #10 Unconditional Love on Apple on Spotify #38 Love is Minding Your Own Business on Apple on Spotify #48 Love Is All You Need on Apple on Spotify #92 Clean Love on Apple on Spotify #216 One Up and One Down Relationships on Apple on Spotify #244 The Relationship Circle on Apple on Spotify #251 Contention is a Choice on Apple on Spotify #289 Why Our Relationships Needs Validation on Apple on Spotify #298 Friendship in Marriage on Apple on Spotify #299 Love Is Not a Reward on Apple on Spotify #309 What an Equal Relationship Looks Like on Apple on Spotify #321 Clean Love and Relationships on Apple on Spotify #341 Choosing to Be All In on Apple on Spotify #364 Relationship Neglect on Apple on Spotify #384 Relational Living on Apple on Spotify #405: How to Create a Partnership on Apple on Spotify #416: Leaning In on Apple on Spotify #417: What Leaning in Looks Like on Apple on Spotify #418: Loving What Is on Apple on Spotify Are you curious about what it would be like to work with me? Here are three options: Group coaching classes are available at tanyahale.com/groupcoaching Talk with Tanya is a free monthly webinar where you can ask me anything and we can have a great discussion.  You can sign up for that at tanyahale.com/groupcoaching Interested in one-on-one coaching and a free 90-minute coaching/consult with me?  Access my calendar at: https://tanyahalecalendar.as.me/  

Unconditional love has many extraordinary qualities. It's a blended field of blissful awareness, completely beyond ego. And there's absolute free will, with the clear knowing that everything is perfect exactly as it is. We invoke the maximum experience of unconditional love that serves highest good and see what unfolds! This episode is a recording of my free public event from July 20, 2026, and was offered through my Awakening Plus online membership. Your inner journey with this recording can be just as powerful as the live Zoom event! Our sacred process lasts 43 minutes, including my live musical support, followed by 10 optional minutes of interaction. We invoke the  and see what unfolds. One participant said, "Lots of magical, warm, fuzzy, tingly  energies! I feel fabulous!" Watch the video. We offer two free public events each month, which I publish as podcast episodes. Video versions are on my YouTube channel. Awakening Plus offers two free public events each month, but members can choose from about 15 monthly events! Members can also choose from over 975 facilitated experiences in our constantly growing archive. Plus, our "Best Of" section makes it easy for you to choose the very best events in your favorite categories. As a member, you can also benefit from our numerous courses and receive heartfelt personal support from your fellow members. And you get all this for an amazingly low price! Are you ready to awaken, heal, connect, and thrive more than ever before? Click here to learn more. RESOURCES Learn my invocations for healing and awakening in my FREE life-transforming video: Instant Divine Assistance: Your Free Guide to Fast and Easy Awakening, Healing, and More. My services: Astrology+, Energy Healing & Spiritual Guidance, life coaching, Deep Dive Trauma Healing, and more. You can support my work with your tax-deductible donation.

Part of me wants to beat a bitch's ass and part of me wants to shut down completely. This conflict makes us feel bad for feeling bad. We have to learn how to integrate these conflicting feelings. Mental housekeeping is a crucial part of the process."We all go through the healing cycle many times in our lives. It is inevitable that we may be disappointed by others' or by our own behavior at times. The forgiveness process offers a method of doing "emotional and mental housecleaning", of cleaning up the residues left by this. At first this may mean cleaning our emotional and mental household of the residue of many years of neglected accumulations of distress. It may seem like a big task to some, at the outset. However it can usually be done within a few months. Looking back once it has been done, it does not seem to large as it did at the outset. The amount of time required is probably less than one thirty thousandth part of your life time. Most of us will spend more time drinking tea or coffee than that, certainly more time sleeping! Just for a while, you will need to give it some priority. Most of us will spend more money on maintaining our motor vehicles that on maintaining our most precious possession - our sacred consciousness, our "hearts". It is always important to review how we have rank-ordered our values, and pain, tension, and disease are alerting signals when it is time to do that."The healing journey is not linear and it exists in many forms. The healing journey outlined by the Buddhist Library is:HURT. FEAR OR ANGER. FEAR AND ANGER GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. LOSS OF LOVE FOR SELF AND/OR OTHERS. ACTIVATION OF THE DEATH OR ILLNESS WISH. LIFT IN LIFE ENERGY.DECISION TO GET WELL WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WHATEVER IT TAKES. DECISION TO FORGIVE/ FORGIVENESS PROCESS. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. HEALING AND UNDERSTANDING.WHOLENESS AND HEALTH/ BEING TRUE TO ONE'S SELF. SOURCES:https://heroinejourneys.com/healing-journey/https://www.alchemyofthought.com/blog/heroines-vs-heros-journeyhttps://www.abuddhistlibrary.comhttps://heroinejourneys.com/heroines-journey/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroine%27s_journeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journeyRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Read Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOKSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You've done the inner work. You've tried #healing, #spirituality, #mindsetwork, #personaldevelopment, and every tool you can find — so why does life still feel complicated and heavy? Kathrin Niesel, #Transformational #Mentor, shares a powerful perspective on why constantly trying to fix yourself may actually keep you stuck. The pursuit of becoming a “better” or “perfect” version of yourself can quietly become another form of self-rejection. Learn why #SelfAcceptance and #UnconditionalLove may be the missing pieces in your #HealingJourney.Connect with Kathrin now at:https://www.facebook.com/hallo.kathrin.nieselhttps://www.instagram.com/kathrinniesel/Check out her website in German at:https://kathrinniesel.carrd.co/#SpiritualHealing #SelfDiscovery #InnerHealing #PersonalGrowth #SpiritualGrowth  #LettingGo #Acceptance #InnerPeace #SelfLove #EmotionalHealing #MindsetShift #AuthenticSelf #BeYourself #SpiritualAwakening #ConsciousLiving #PersonalDevelopment #FindingYourself #HealingMind #LiveAuthentically #DivineLove #SpiritualJourney #InnerWork #transformationalcoaching _____________________________________ABOUT SAMIA:Samia Bano is the #HappinessExpert, author, speaker, podcaster & coach for coaches and healers. Samia is most known for her book, 'Make Change Fun and Easy' and her #podcast of the same name. With the help of her signature Follow Your Heart Process™, a unique combination of #PositivePsychology and the #spiritual wisdom of our most effective #ChangeMakers, Samia helps you overcome #LimitingBeliefs, your chains of fear, to develop a #PositiveMindset and create the impact and income you desire with fun and ease…Samia's advanced signature programs include the Happiness 101 Class and the Transformative Action Training.Samia is also a Certified #ReikiHealer and Crisis Counselor working to promote #MentalHealthAwareness.  Samia models #HeartCenteredLeadership and business that is both #SociallyResponsible and #EnvironmentallyFriendly.Samia is a practicing #Muslim with an inter-spiritual approach. As someone who has a love and appreciation for diversity, she is a #BridgeBuilder between people of different faiths and cultures. Although Samia currently lives in California, USA, she has lived in 3 other countries and speaks Hindi, Urdu, and English fluently.  Want to learn even more about Samia? Visit www.academyofthriving.com :)To Book your Free HAPPINESS 101 EXPLORATION CALL with Samia, click: https://calendar.app.google/fT19wX8hhiqgSEwx8

You've done the inner work. You've tried #healing, #spirituality, #mindsetwork, #personaldevelopment, and every tool you can find — so why does life still feel complicated and heavy? Kathrin Niesel, #Transformational #Mentor, shares a powerful perspective on why constantly trying to fix yourself may actually keep you stuck. The pursuit of becoming a “better” or “perfect” version of yourself can quietly become another form of self-rejection. Learn why #SelfAcceptance and #UnconditionalLove may be the missing pieces in your #HealingJourney.Connect with Kathrin now at:https://www.facebook.com/hallo.kathrin.nieselhttps://www.instagram.com/kathrinniesel/Check out her website in German at:https://kathrinniesel.carrd.co/#SpiritualHealing #SelfDiscovery #InnerHealing #PersonalGrowth #SpiritualGrowth  #LettingGo #Acceptance #InnerPeace #SelfLove #EmotionalHealing #MindsetShift #AuthenticSelf #BeYourself #SpiritualAwakening #ConsciousLiving #PersonalDevelopment #FindingYourself #HealingMind #LiveAuthentically #DivineLove #SpiritualJourney #InnerWork #transformationalcoaching _____________________________________ABOUT SAMIA:Samia Bano is the #HappinessExpert, author, speaker, podcaster & coach for coaches and healers. Samia is most known for her book, 'Make Change Fun and Easy' and her #podcast of the same name. With the help of her signature Follow Your Heart Process™, a unique combination of #PositivePsychology and the #spiritual wisdom of our most effective #ChangeMakers, Samia helps you overcome #LimitingBeliefs, your chains of fear, to develop a #PositiveMindset and create the impact and income you desire with fun and ease…Samia's advanced signature programs include the Happiness 101 Class and the Transformative Action Training.Samia is also a Certified #ReikiHealer and Crisis Counselor working to promote #MentalHealthAwareness.  Samia models #HeartCenteredLeadership and business that is both #SociallyResponsible and #EnvironmentallyFriendly.Samia is a practicing #Muslim with an inter-spiritual approach. As someone who has a love and appreciation for diversity, she is a #BridgeBuilder between people of different faiths and cultures. Although Samia currently lives in California, USA, she has lived in 3 other countries and speaks Hindi, Urdu, and English fluently.  Want to learn even more about Samia? Visit www.academyofthriving.com :)To Book your Free HAPPINESS 101 EXPLORATION CALL with Samia, click: https://calendar.app.google/fT19wX8hhiqgSEwx8

The healing journey is not linear and it exists in many forms. The healing journey outlined by the Buddhist Library is:HURT. FEAR OR ANGER. FEAR AND ANGER GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. LOSS OF LOVE FOR SELF AND/OR OTHERS. ACTIVATION OF THE DEATH OR ILLNESS WISH. LIFT IN LIFE ENERGY.DECISION TO GET WELL WHATEVER THAT MEANS, WHATEVER IT TAKES. DECISION TO FORGIVE/ FORGIVENESS PROCESS. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. HEALING AND UNDERSTANDING.WHOLENESS AND HEALTH/ BEING TRUE TO ONE'S SELF. SOURCES:https://heroinejourneys.com/healing-journey/https://www.alchemyofthought.com/blog/heroines-vs-heros-journeyhttps://www.abuddhistlibrary.comhttps://heroinejourneys.com/heroines-journey/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroine%27s_journeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journeyRead Julie's Medium Blog.Support JULIE (and the show!)Support + get some bonus stuff over on PATREON.Get an occasional personal email from me: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTune in on INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBE or TIKTOK.Info on War Tax Resistance.Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and the Sudan Relief FundThe opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin of the Nichiren Shu Buddhist Order, explores how she has cultivated community and diversity through interfaith dialogue, spiritual practice, and a commitment to making Buddhist teachings accessible while honoring tradition.Today's podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This week on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin and Vincent chat about:Being grateful for the good in our lives Finding support in spiritual community The emotional process of shaving one's head for the priesthood Being a female in a male-dominated spiritual world Creating community and diversity in Houston, Texas Working to make Buddhist teachings accessible while preserving the integrity of traditions Addressing trauma in the prison system and learning how to support each otherHope for the future and finding common ground in the intersection of faith traditionsThe great change that naturally arises from a dedication to practice Lessons from the Lotus Sutra on respect Finding the purpose and benefit in all that happens to us “Everything about us is perfect, whole, and complete for the path that we're walking. It may be horrible, some of the things that have happened to us, but they're a preparation for us to walk the path in the way we need to walk it. We have to be able to look at everything that happens to us as a benefit. There is a purpose to this happening to us. We can be a gateway for others to walk a better path for themselves. We are perfectly gifted by the experiences we have had.” –Myokei Caine-Barrett, ShoninAbout Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin:Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin, stands as a beacon of pioneering spirit, being the first American woman and the first of African Japanese descent to attain full ordination as a Nichiren priest. She holds the esteemed position of bishop for the Nichiren Shu Buddhist Order of North America, the first woman and Westerner to do so. Her guidance emanates from Houston, where she leads as the principal teacher of Myoken-ji Temple. She is among the few westerners, specifically one of three, to undertake and complete the rigorous Aragyo [ascetic practice] at Saijo Inari in Okayama, Japan.Passionate about bringing Buddhism beyond temple walls, Myokei Shonin actively supports three prison sanghas within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system. Her interfaith endeavors have seen her as a Fellow with Interfaith America, championing dialogue between Buddhists and Muslims in incarceration. Her roles extend to being a board member of Lion's Roar Magazine and Dharma Relief 2: Healing Racial Trauma.She's actively engaged in programs such as Healing Warrior Hearts, Texas for Heroes, The Gathering, and the International Western Dharma Teachers Gathering. Beyond these, her contributions span across various socio-religious platforms, underlining her commitment to spreading compassionate teachings. As a writer, her voice echoes through publications in Lion's Roar and Tricycle magazines, and she has made notable contributions to The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women.About Vincent Moore:Vincent Moore is a creative and creative consultant living in San Francisco, California, with over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry and holds a graduate degree in Buddhist Studies. For years, he performed regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, an improv and sketch comedy theatre based in New York and Los Angeles. As an actor, Vincent performed on Comedy Central, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Seth Meyers, Above Average, and The UCB Show on Seeso. As a writer, he developed for television as well as stage, including work with the Blue Man Group, and his own written projects have been featured on websites such as Funny or Die. Additionally, he received a Master's in Buddhist Studies from the Institute of Buddhist Studies with a Certificate in Soto Zen Studies and engages in a personal Buddhist practice within the Soto Zen tradition. Vincent is also the creator and host of the podcast, Paths of Practice, which features interviews with Buddhists from all over the world. Learn more on Vincent's website HERE.This conversation was originally recorded on the Paths of Practice Podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Book a free consultation call with Robert Sikes for a keto or low-carb plateau: https://www.ketobodybuilding.com/callHigh achievers can hide ADHD behind years of success and self-control. In Episode 914 of Savage Perspective Podcast, Robert Sikes and Sara Lewis Hartley expose the cost of masking ADHD, sensory overload, and always needing to prove yourself. Sara shares why good grades, a fast mind, and career success can delay an ADHD diagnosis. They cover dopamine, hyperfocus, screen habits, emotional regulation, and the traits that drive many entrepreneurs. Sara shares her ALIGN Shift method for moving from reaction to response, setting boundaries, and parenting kids with ADHD without shame. Learn how to spot hidden signs, understand your brain, and stop mistaking overwhelm for a lack of discipline.Follow Sara on IG: https://www.instagram.com/saralewishartley/Get Keto Brick: https://www.ketobrick.com/Subscribe to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/42cjJssghqD01bdWBxRYEg?si=1XYKmPXmR4eKw2O9gGCEuQChapters0:00 - The Hidden Side of ADHD in High Achievers2:38 - ADHD Is Not a Lack of Attention5:53 - Why Entrepreneurs Miss Their Own ADHD Symptoms10:02 - Dopamine, Doomscrolling and the ADHD Brain12:16 - Gifted Kids, Emotional Regulation and Medication Rebound16:17 - Is ADHD Overdiagnosed or Finally Recognized?18:34 - Genetics, Food Triggers and Generational Masking21:58 - Brain Mapping and Neurofeedback for ADHD26:32 - ADHD Medication, Giftedness and Sensory Processing29:09 - Inattentive vs. Hyperactive ADHD: The Signs People Miss30:50 - ADHD, Autism and Twice-Exceptional Brains37:19 - How Screens Shape Attention and Dopamine40:02 - Handheld Screens, Hyperfocus and Healthier Boundaries47:59 - The ALIGN Method for Emotional Regulation51:12 - How to Stop Shaming Kids Who Are Struggling53:51 - Why Children Mirror Your Emotional Reactions56:52 - Discipline Without Yelling: Firm Boundaries That Work59:53 - Natural Consequences and the Meaning Behind Behavior1:02:40 - Unconditional Love, Honesty and Emotional Safety1:05:47 - Sara Hartley's Books and ADHD Parenting Resources

Our guest on Episode #264 of World Awakenings: The Fast Track to Enlightenment is Tim Malone, successful businessman, author of Behind the Veil, and a man whose extraordinary journey from opioid addiction to spiritual awakening became a powerful story of redemption, love, grief, and transformation.Tim began experiencing phenomena involving orbs, spirit guides, angels, mystical beings, and other extraordinary spiritual encounters that challenged his previous understanding of reality. Through these experiences, he discovered a renewed sense of purpose, a deeper connection with the universe, and a growing conviction that there may be far more to existence than what we perceive with our physical senses.In this fascinating conversation, we explore spiritual awakening, addiction recovery, grief and healing, life after death, angels and spirit guides, mystical experiences, synchronicity, unconditional love, finding your life purpose, and the possibility of communication beyond the veil. Tim shares this remarkable journey in his book, Behind the Veil—a story about the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of love, while offering inspiration and insight for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of spirituality, consciousness, and the mysteries that may exist beyond the physical world.You can now watch World Awakenings on New Reality TV!To get your copy of Tim Malone's book & to find out more about him check out his website https://www.timmalonebehindtheveil.com/#SpiritualAwakening #BehindTheVeil #Angels #SpiritGuides #LifeAfterDeath #SpiritualRealm #MysticalExperiences #AddictionRecovery #GriefAndHealing #PowerOfLove #FindingYourPurpose #Consciousness #Spirituality #WorldAwakenings #TimMalone

In this poignant episode of Caregiver SOS On Air, host Ron Aaron and guest co-host Tina Smith are joined by Peter Dare to discuss his deeply moving journey as a caregiver to his husband of over four decades, John Goodnett. John—an ultra-runner with an irrepressible spirit and a sharp sense of humor—was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Peter found himself in near-total isolation, navigating the physical and emotional weight of John's declining health as his sole, round-the-clock caregiver. Their journey, captured in the documentary Loving John, is a powerful testament to commitment, resilience, and love in the face of progressive illness.

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The good news about losing your life. A sermon on Matthew 16:21-28 but Rev. Samantha Beach Kiley.

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Joined by long-time friends Nina Rao, Krishna Das, and Sunanda Markus, Mirabai Bush shares stories from her memoir Almost Home.Pick up your copy of Almost Home over on the Ram Dass Shop today: Click Here To Learn MoreToday's podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Mirabai, Nina, Krishna Das, and Sunanda discuss:Mirabai's catholic upbringing and working to understand her place in the worldHow Mirabai became the only woman to work on the Saturn Apollo projectMirabai's meditation studies with Goenka When Krishna Das, Mirabai, and Sunanda met Maharaj-jiLearning about the grace in sufferingKnowing that love is real and available to us all“That hard childhood creates that longing for belonging; with Maharaj-ji I felt like at last I belonged—in this moment, in this body, in this world, because I was so totally loved. He changed my idea of what this life could be. I had such a small idea of who we could be in this world, and it just became vastly expanded with him.” –Mirabai BushAbout Mirabai Bush:Mirabai is an author, social entrepreneur, teacher, and spiritual leader. She is recognized for her pioneering role in integrating mindfulness and contemplative practices into secular sectors of American life, including business, higher education, law, and social activism. Mirabai's contributions include co-founding influential organizations such as the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society and the Seva Foundation and co-developing Google's Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. She is also a longtime board member of the Love Serve Remember Foundation. Her latest book, Almost Home, is a memoir published in 2025.About Nina Rao:Nina Rao is a devotional singer. She tours with Krishna Das, singing and accompanying musically, and is also his business manager. Nina has recorded three solo albums, “Antarayaami – Knower of All Hearts”, “Anubhav”, and "Bhumi Devi” . Nina regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her home state of New York and around the world. Together with Chandra Easton and Genevieve Walker, the trio released 21 Taras Collective Mantra Mala Vol 1. You can keep up with Nina on her website and find her on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook @NinaRaoChantAbout Krishna Das:Layering traditional Hindu kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Grammy nominee Krishna Das has been called yoga's “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das – known to friends, family, and fans as simply KD – has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling chant artist of all time. His album ‘Live Ananda' (released January 2012) was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category. KD spent the late '60s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in August 1970, he finally made the journey to India, which led him to Ram Dass' own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji. Krishna Das now travels the world sharing his kirtan practice and wonderful stories of his life, of Maharaji-ji, of his life on the Path and discusses bringing chanting into our lives through retreats and workshops. To date, KD has released 15 well-received albums, most recently Trust in the Heart released in October 2017.MORE INFORMATION and OFFERINGS VISIT: https://krishnadas.com/ KRISHNA DAS ON SOCIAL: FACEBOOK: facebook.com/KrishnaDasMusic INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/krishnadasmusic YOUTUBE: / krishnadasmusic X: @krishnadas #KrishnaDasAbout Sunanda Markus: In India in 1972, Sunanda met her guru, Neem Karoli Baba, as well as studied meditation with Theravada Buddhism teacher Shri S.N. Goenka. She has continued her practice of Vipassana meditation since that time, along with actively practicing yoga.Currently the finance and operations director for the Love Serve Remember Foundation, Sunanda spent decades as the finance director of a small publishing company, while also being involved in the field of contemplative studies. She spent a dozen years as the program coordinator for the Academic Program of the Center for Contemplative Mind, and then managed the grants program for the Mind & Life Institute. As part of the nonprofit world, Sunanda has served on the boards of the Insight Meditation Society and the Seva Foundation, chairing the foundation for three years. She was an active member of the Seva Guatemala Project, supporting integrated community development.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Questions? Comments? Text Us!What happens when love is offered, but part of you still feels unworthy of receiving it?In this episode of God: An Autobiography, The Podcast, Jerry L. Martin shares a deeply personal encounter with Jesus that challenged his resistance to love. Reflecting on childhood shame, fear of being seen, and the feeling that there are parts of ourselves that make us undeserving, Jerry recounts Jesus telling him to let down his defenses and accept a love that is “full, unreserved, unrelenting.”Jerry explores why accepting love can sometimes be harder than giving it, how shame can shape the way we see ourselves, and what it might mean to believe that divine love does not depend on perfection. Rather than offering simple reassurance, the experience becomes a continuing challenge: to stop guarding against love and allow God's love to reach the places we are most inclined to hide.A moving reflection on Jesus, shame, self-worth, vulnerability, and learning to receive unconditional love.Get the books:Radically Personal: God and Ourselves in the New Axial AgeGod: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher***Continue the conversation with Ultimate Questions on calling, divine guidance, and how we recognize what is ours to do:https://substack.com/@ultimatequestions***Other Series:The podcast began with the Dramatic Adaptation of the book and now has several series:The Life Wisdom Project – Spiritual insights on living a wiser, more meaningful life.From God to Jerry to You – Divine messages and breakthroughs for seekers.Two Philosophers Wrestle With God – A dialogue on God, truth, and reason.Jerry & Abigail: An Intimate Dialogue – Love, faith, and divine presence in partnership.What's Your Spiritual Story – Real stories of people changed by encounters with God.What's On Our Mind – Reflections from Jerry and Scott on recent episodes.What's On Your Mind – Listener questions, divine answers, and open dialogue. Stay ConnectedShare: questions@godanautobiography.comUltimate Questions SubstackGet the books: God: An Autobiography, Radically PersonalShare Your Story | Site | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

In this incredibly powerful and deeply personal episode, we sit down with Ray, a 60-year-old former third-generation Jehovah's Witness who shares his dramatic journey out of a high-control system. Though he successfully faded from the religion in his early twenties to live a vibrant life in San Francisco as a hair stylist, Ray made the decision to return at age 30, seeking a "safe" and community-centered environment to raise a family. Over the next two decades, Ray ran a highly popular Modesto hair salon, operating as a self-described "publisher seat warmer" who managed to avoid congregational duties—going door-to-door only once in 22 years of marriage—while simultaneously organizing active youth groups and building a warm, social haven in his own backyard. However, the safe facade crumbled when Ray allowed himself to deconstruct the doctrines. He spent over $10,000 on rare, historical Watchtower literature, keeping the boxes hidden in his hair salon office where he stayed up late verifying the organization's chronological errors and historical cover-ups. This forbidden research led to a grueling eight-hour judicial committee for apostasy where his closest friends and barber-chair clients testified against him, followed by a tragic, unnecessary family loss under the strict blood transfusion doctrine. Ultimately forced to fake a moral transgression using "theocratic warfare" just to free his wife for an unscriptural divorce, Ray hit rock bottom before finding true autonomy. Today, Ray shares how he reclaimed his identity at age 60, ran marathons, and built an authentic, chosen family based on genuine, unconditional love. Key Takeaways The $10,000 Secret Library: To prove to himself whether "the truth" was actually true, Ray ordered and hid tubs of old Watchtower publications, Rutherford books, and historical files in his salon office to verify the organization's shifting prophetic timelines (like 1914, 1925, and 1975). An Eight-Hour Inquisition: When the elders caught wind of his questioning, they subjected him to a marathon eight-hour trial where his lifelong friends and hair clients testified that brief, five-minute salon chats had "shook their faith". The Lethal Blood Transfusion Doctrine: Ray shares the devastating, heartbreaking loss of his 22-year-old nephew, a promising young musician who tragically died of a treatable chest tumor after his family adhered to the organization's ban on blood transfusions. A "Theocratic Warfare" Trap: Desperate to give his pioneering wife scriptural grounds for divorce without destroying her spiritual standing, Ray faked a one-night-stand confession, only for the elders to ignore his "repentance loop" and disfellowship him in just 20 minutes. Unconditional Love and a Jumbotron Proposal: Despite calling the suicide hotline twice during his lowest points, Ray successfully deconstructed. He is now thriving alongside his partner Destiny (also an ex-JW) and planning a surprise proposal on the San Francisco Giants' Jumbotron. Direct Quotes "When you find out that the truth is not the truth, the only thing to compare it to is finding out your mom's not your real mom." "Leaving a cult is a new beginning on a path to healing, not some magical end itself." "I just want to be the best dad, the best husband, the best son… and just make this time count." Resources Mentioned Santos Bonacci's "Astrotheology and the Bible" (Two-hour video that heavily triggered Ray's biblical deconstruction). The Gentile Times Reconsidered by Carl Olaf Johnson (The critical book analyzing the 607 vs. 587 BCE destruction of Jerusalem). JWFacts.com (Printouts Ray compiled for physical research). The Australian Royal Commission (Case Study 29) (The public investigation detailing the cover-up of child abuse within the organization). The "Truth" Book (Blue Bomb). Studies in the Scriptures and old Rutherford literature (such as Millions Now Living Will Never Die). Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (The specific television episode covering Jehovah's Witnesses). ExJwHelp.com (Cult recovery coaching and resources run by the podcast host). shunnedpodcast.com, thisjwlife.com, and Becoming Jehovah (Free online book by the host). Guest Bio Ray is a 60-year-old former third-generation Jehovah's Witness, father, and salon owner who courageously reclaimed his life after spending decades within a high-control religious environment. Now happily free and running marathons, he lives in California with his partner Destiny and his thriving, authentic children. Support the show and get bonuses as well by donating to the cause on our Patreon page, Patreon.com/shunned Are you struggling in some area of life? Feeling stuck? Need an accountability partner or some encouragement? Need to talk to someone that understands cult life? Reach out and let's talk. I have affordable programs to help as a certified life coach with a focus on cult recovery. Click HERE for more information. Want more resources? Go to my other website exjwHelp.com Leave us a review on iTunes Find shunned podcast on Youtube, including new VIDcasts here. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can listen to the Shunned Podcast Spotify playlist here for all of the songs chosen by guests of the show. This podcast was made possible by my original podcast This JW Life. You can find it on any podcast app. It is a 9 part series about life as Jehovah's Witnesses designed to help you understand how it worked in one comprehensive story and to help you process your own if you came from that environment. Read my FREE online book, based on This JW Life, called Becoming Jehovah, in both English and Spanish by clicking here An ExJW podcast and ExJW YouTube Channel

In this sermon we visit the response and heart of the Father in the Prodigal parable. It is representation of God's heart to each of us: full of unconditional love. 

In this conversation Flowers explores the deep human-dog bond, showing how dogs' emotional behavior often reflects their human companions. We are connected through a shared energetic field. Beyond the love they shower on us, they give us the gift of getting off our couches and out into the wider world, making us better physically, emotionally, and spiritually. JJ Flowers is a screenwriter, playwright, and a lifelong yogi who teaches pranayama and Metta meditation, also known as the Loving Kindness meditation. She identifies as an experienced metaphysician, psychic medium, and animal communicator. She is the author of numerous books including Juan Pablo and the Butterflies (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017) and The Spiritual Dog: Emissary of Unconditional Love and Healing (Findhorn Press 2026)Interview Date: 5/6/2026. Tags: JJ Flowers, Metta Meditation, Loving Kindness meditation, aggression in dogs, chakra system, grief, therapy dogs, Bill Phillips , evidentiary medium, Jane Roberts, Seth Speaks, Paul Selig, channeling, Melchizedek, pranayama yoga, breathing exercises, neurotic dogs, love and angelic realms, dogs can smell cancer, Animals, Relationship, Spirituality

JJ Flowers is a screenwriter, playwright, and a lifelong yogi who teaches pranayama and Metta meditation, also known as the Loving Kindness meditation. She identifies as an experienced metaphysician, psychic medium, and animal communicator.She is the author of numerous books including: Juan Pablo and the Butterflies (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017) and The Spiritual Dog: Emissary of Unconditional Love and Healing (Findhorn) Interview Date: 5/6/2026 Tags: JJ Flowers, Bill Phillips, evidentiary medium, Jane Roberts, Seth Speaks, Paul Selig, channeling, Melchizedek, pranayama yoga, telepathic communication with dogs, syncing energy systems with our dogs, chakra systems, getting a 16 week old puppy is ideal, dogs feel grief, euthanizing your dog, Animals, Relationship, Spirituality

We're taught that romantic partners, family, and even religion offer "unconditional love," but is that actually true? In this episode, we break down why most human relationships come with strings attached, even the ones we're told shouldn't. We'll also focus on where unconditional love DOES show up: in the energy of God and our departed loved ones on the Other Side. Book a free coaching or psychic consultation with Juan here.Sign up here for his newsletter, and follow him on Instagram and TikTok.

In this episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast, we're celebrating two powerful picture books that spark big conversations in families. First, Jed chats with Dr. Linda Booth Sweeney, author of Do Bees Pee? The Curious and Amazing Ways Nature Avoids Pollution. Linda shares how a giggle-worthy question opens the door to serious science, systems thinking, and hope-filled conversations about our planet. She explains how nature "thinks in loops, not lines"—turning waste into food and showing us brilliant, closed-loop designs that can ease kids' eco-anxiety. From bees and elephants to parrotfish that help make sandy beaches, Linda invites families to use humor, curiosity, and hands-on experiences to reconnect with nature and feel empowered rather than overwhelmed. Then, Jed welcomes Dr Esau McCaulley, author of Isaiah Johnson and the Big Game. Esau introduces us to Isaiah, a young ballplayer whose dad arrives late to the championship game. Instead of the parent swooping in as the hero, this story gently flips the script: Isaiah must decide whether to forgive his imperfect father. Esau talks honestly about failing as a parent, raising Black children in America, weaving faith into stories without preaching, and creating picture books that both kids and adults genuinely enjoy. Together, these conversations celebrate curiosity, compassion, and the simple, life-changing message every child needs to hear: "You are loved, no matter how you perform."

From nature's patterns to the creative process, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg explores how beauty, awe, and wonder can help us truly “be here now.”Today's podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self.This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Louie and Jackie explore:Becoming a creative conduit and aligning with the vibrations of the universeThe movement from reaction, to judgment, to feeling, to devotion, to loveOpening our minds and hearts to experience beauty, wonder, and awe Redefining the concept of beauty across culturesWitnessing interconnectedness through presence Louie's time-lapse cinematography and Moving ArtSharing the sacred energy of rhythms, patterns, and colorsStaying present while creating About Louie Schwartzberg:Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer recognized as a pioneer of high-end time-lapse cinematography. Schwartzberg explores the connections between humans and the subtleties of nature and the environment. He directed the 2019 film, Fantastic Fungi, and the 2014 Netflix series, Moving Art. Schwartzberg's recent theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film, Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker, and the documentary Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep. Check out Louie's breathtaking streaming library of nature films HERE and keep up with him on Facebook.About The Host, Jackie Dobrinska:Jackie Dobrinska is the Director of Education, Community & Inclusion for Ram Dass' Love, Serve, Remember Foundation and the current host of Ram Dass' Here & Now podcast. She is also a teacher, coach, and spiritual director with the privilege of marrying two decades of mystical studies with 15 years of expertise in holistic wellness. As an inter-spiritual minister, Jackie was ordained in Creation Spirituality in 2016 and has also studied extensively in several other lineages – the plant-medicine-based Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, Sri Vidya Tantra, Western European Shamanism, Christian Mysticism, the Wise Woman Tradition, and others. Today, in addition to building courses and community for LSRF, she leads workshops and coaches individuals to discover, nourish and live from their most authentic selves. “If beauty activities you and you go to wonder and awe, that means it makes you present. There you are, amazed by something and one with it, you finally become present, which is really the goal of most practices and certainly the essence of ‘be here now.” –Louie SchwartzbergSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I'm back with another concept that the manifestation / spiritual world glosses over but fails to explain at the depths required to manifest the career, relationships, and success we all desire. Unconditional love sounds nice, but it's so much more than just saying "yeah, I love them unconditionally." When you get the right formula to install this into your creator field, it's pure magic for creating anything you want in life.Embodying unconditional love will help you avoid so many crashouts, handle triggering people in your life in a matter of minutes, and keep your emotions balanced so you can avoid unnecessary reflections.Tune in to start seeing the world how Source sees it, and learn why this is a non-negotiable inside your manifesting toolkit.The Intuitive Advantage Waitlist (Intuition Training)Free webinar replay libraryInstagram: @melissaburkhart_Website: www.melissaburkhart.com

How much responsibility do we actually carry for where our teenagers end up — and how much is simply out of our hands?In this episode, we dig into a powerful listener question from David about parental influence, the six factors that shape teenagers, and the three things fathers can genuinely control: modeling, connection, and agency.We explore why control and influence are two very different tools, why unconditional love may be the single most important input a parent can offer, and why the real enemy isn't bad peers or broken environments — it's an ego that's never learned it's safe to struggle.

Men are drowning in a culture that rewards the appearance of strength. You've likely heard the term, "ripped, rich, and rare." It misses the one thing that actually builds it: the willingness to fail, feel it, and let their kids watch them do it. Today's guest calls this the "Upside Down Game," the con every man eventually has to walk away from if he wants to become someone worth following. This conversation goes straight at the blindness most men carry about themselves, the resistance that waits for every man trying to change, and why the hardest thing on earth isn't becoming a warrior; it's accepting your own humanity first. Kyle Carnohan joins me to talk about the greatest awakening happening among men right now, and what it actually looks like to raise kids who can hold frame in a world built to knock them off it. We get into the difference between being calm and being a pushover, why "non-reactive" doesn't mean passive, and how a strong spine and a soft heart aren't opposites, they're the whole point. If you've ever wondered whether your kids are learning more from your failures than your victories, this episode will answer that question whether you're ready for it or not.   SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 - Introduction and Reconnecting 01:09 - The State of Modern Podcasting vs. Real Connection 03:22 - The Great Awakening: Transitioning from Promotion to Realness 05:24 - Embracing Failure, Disaster, and Finding Faith 07:23 - The Struggle for Men to Accept Their Humanity 09:22 - Falling in Love with the Process Over the Outcome 10:00 - Finding Peace in Major Life Hardships 11:51 - Teaching Children Resilience Through Witnessing Hardship 14:38 - Spotting Your Blind Spots and Learning to Continually Reconcile 19:40 - The Importance of Finding an Accurate Mirror in Life 21:30 - Navigating Different Personalities Under One Roof 22:38 - Unconditional Love and Radical Non-Reactivity in Parenting 27:11 - Stripping Away the Tough Guy Persona 30:20 - Overcoming the Need to Force and Strong-Arm Your Family 32:18 - Maintaining a Calm Nervous System Amidst Household Chaos 36:36 - Commanding Respect vs. Demanding Compliance 39:38 - The Societal Shift and Misconceptions of Kindness in Men 41:56 - The Balance: Hard Man with a Soft Heart 45:01 - Maintaining Your Frame vs. Being a Pushover 48:45 - The Courage Required for Calm, Loving Pursuits in Conflict 50:51 - Holding the Line Calmly with Children 54:12 - How Raising Righteous Children Saves the Culture 56:05 - Yielding the Glory and Fighting Alongside Men 58:21 - Connecting with Kyle and Closing Thoughts   Battle Planners: Pick yours up today! Order Ryan's new book, The Masculinity Manifesto. For more information on the Iron Council brotherhood. Want maximum health, wealth, relationships, and abundance in your life? Sign up for our free course, 30 Days to Battle Ready  

Sometimes, when everything feels too big, the thing that brings us back to ourselves is surprisingly small: a paw on our lap, a face waiting at the door, a creature who reminds us that we are still here and still capable of love. In this delightfully funny and tender conversation, Glennon, Abby, and Amanda consider whether our beloved animals offer the closest thing we ever experience to unconditional love. Amanda shares how Séamus arrived in her life and ruined her religion of the spreadsheet. Glennon explains why Honey and Hattie are the only "people" who truly understand her. And Abby reveals how a hamster named Biscuit somehow snuck past every boundary and straight into her heart. Follow We Can Do Hard Things on:  Instagram — ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wecandohardthings⁠