The Contemplative Life
By Chris & Christina Roberts
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Episodes: 223
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This podcast explores the wide variety of contemplative practices for our modern world.
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E 231 The Importance of Integration
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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E 230 Focal Practices
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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E 229 Corporate Life Meets the Contemplative with Alejandro Rodriguez
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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E 228 AI and Spiritual Guidance
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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E 227 Places That Have Impacted Us
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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E 226 Sample Spiritual Direction Session, Part 3
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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E 225 Sample Spiritual Direction Session, Part 2
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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E 224 Sample Spiritual Direction Session, Part 1
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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E 223 Legacy Letters
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May 27, 2025 |
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E 222: Spiritual Guidance in Everyday Life
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May 13, 2025 |
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E 221: Music As Prayer
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep 220: Types of Rest
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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E 219 Barriers to Rest and Renewal
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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E 218 Rest and Renewal Paradigms
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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E 217 Awakening our Souls through Listening
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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E 216 Liturgy + Visual Art with Sarah Bianchi
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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E 215 Contemplative Photography with Ann Kowaliczko
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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E 214 Art As Spiritual Practice with Matt Whitney
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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E 213 All About Energy
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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E 212 Body-Mind-Spirit + PT with Shannon Kunstman
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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E 211 Body-Mind-Spirit + Yoga with Katie Anders
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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E 210 Modern Contemplatives: Dave Schmelzer
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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E 209 Modern Contemplatives: Scott Erikson
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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E 209 Modern Contemplatives: Waterdeep
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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E 208 Modern Contemplatives: Barbara Brown Taylor
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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E 207 Modern Contemplatives: John O’Donahue
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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E 206 3 Lessons from 2024
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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E 205 Beyond The Christmas Carol
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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E 204 Revisiting the Winter Solstice
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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E 203 Value of Masterminds
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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E 202 Wanting For More
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Ep 201 Limited Eating
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Ep 200 Spirituality of Healthy Eating with Betsy Gonwa
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Ep 199 4 Ways We Relate to Food
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Ep 198 Spirituality of Food
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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E 197 Contemplative Practices in An Election Year
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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E 196 MythBusters, Part 2
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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E 195 MythBusters, Part 1
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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E 194 Spiritual Direction in Europe
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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E193 God Showing Up At Work: 3 Stories
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep 192 Fifth Season: Late Summer
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Ep 191 The Importance of Place
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ep 190 Seeking Shalom in our Neighborhoods (With Justin Markofski.
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Ep 189 Speed of Life
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Ep 188 Resource Netting
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Ep 187 Interruptions or Invitations?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Ep 186 Empaths
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Ep 185 Seasons of Life
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Ep 184 Activating & Reactivating
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Ep 183 Perspectives from Training: Interview with Linda Hershberger
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Ep 182 Mindsets in Starting A Practice with Grace Schmelzer
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Ep 181 Wisdom from the Generations with Jo Giarrante
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Ep 180 Contemplative Canoe Trips with Becca Langhough
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Ep 179 Contemplative Figures: Brother Roger of Taize
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Ep 178 Contemplative Figures: Desert Fathers and Mothers
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Ep 177 Contemplative Figures: Clare of Assisi
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Ep 176 Contemplative Figures: Ignatius of Loyola
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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E 175 Loving in an Election Year
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May 28, 2024 |
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E 174 4 Lessons from Nature
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May 21, 2024 |
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E 173 A Fresh Look at Scripture (with Stephanie Spencer)
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May 14, 2024 |
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E 172 Forest Bathing (with Pastor Zayna Thomley)
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May 07, 2024 |
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Ep 171 Goodbyes and Hellos
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Ep 170 Deconstructing Our Faith
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Ep 169 Grief Informed Spiritual Care
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Ep 168 Mindfulness in Prisons
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Ep 167 Reverse Golden Rule
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Ep 166 Stress vs Stressors
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Ep 165 Emotional Labor
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Ep 164 Recalibrating
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Ep 163 Outdoor Companioning
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Ep 162 Thoughts on AI
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Ep 161 Loneliness Epidemic
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Ep 160 Best Case Scenarios
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Ep 159 Community Care
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Ep 158 Self Care for…Businesses
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Ep 157 Self Care for… Clergy/Spiritual Leaders
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Ep 156 Self Care for… Medical Professionals
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Ep 155 Self Care for…Military Families
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Ep 154 Self Care for…Spiritual Directors
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Ep 153 Being With in Everyday Life
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Ep 152 Barriers to Being With
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Ep 151 The Many Ways of Being With
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Ep 150 Being With
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Ep 149 What is…Pilgrimage
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Ep 148 What is…Audio Divina
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Ep 147 What is…Visio Divina
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Ep 146 What is…Ecumenism
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Ep 145 What is…A Rule of Life
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Ep 144 What is…Centering Prayer
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Ep 143 What is…Kataphatic Prayer
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Ep 142 What is…Apophatic Prayer
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Ep 141 What Is…Contemplative Prayer
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Ep 140 I’m Feeling…Numb
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Ep 139 I’m Feeling…Muted
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Ep 138 I’m Feeling…Jumbled
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Ep 137 I’m Feeling…Spiritual Loneliness
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Ep 136 Teresa of Avila: Mystics/Contemplatives Exploration
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Ep 135 Brother Lawrence: Mystics/Contemplatives Exploration
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Ep 134 St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Mystics/Contemplatives Exploration
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Ep 133 St. Benedict: Mystics/Contemplatives Exploration
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Ep 132 Hildegard von Bingen: Mystics/Contemplatives Exploration
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Ep 131 Julian of Norwich: Mystics/Contemplatives Exploration
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Ep 130 St. Patrick: Mystics/Contemplatives Exploration
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Ep 129 Agape
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Ep 128 Do-Overs, Apologizing & Forgiveness
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Ep 127 Healing
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Ep 126 Transitions
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Ep 125 Increasing Our Wellbeing
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Ep 124 Is Visualization for Me
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Ep 123 Laughter
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May 30, 2023 |
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Ep 122 Leaning into Acceptance
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May 23, 2023 |
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Ep 121 What Is Spiritual Direction?
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May 16, 2023 |
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Ep 120 Nurturing our Interspiritual Friendships
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May 09, 2023 |
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Ep 119 Caretaking As Spiritual Practice
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May 02, 2023 |
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Ep 118 Spirituality in Times of Wilderness
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Ep 117 Ways We Engage with Money
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Ep 115 Taking Risks and Trying New Things
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Ep 114 The Spiritual Practice of Fasting
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Ep 113 The Spiritual Practice of Collaboration
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Ep 112 The Spring Equinox and our Spirituality
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Ep 111 Getting Unstuck
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Ep 110 Spiritual Bypassing
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Ep 109 Lament
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Ep 108 Our Empowered Voices
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Ep 107 Expanding Your Self-Care
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Ep 106 Can Gratitude and Hope Co-Exist
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Ep 105 Engaging the Contemplative in College
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Ep 104 Living with Overwhelm
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Ep 103 Curiosity Around Chakras
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Ep 102 The Value of Retreats
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Ep 101 Three Ways to Engage the New Year
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Ep 100 The Power of Pause
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Ep 99 Childhood Memories
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Ep 98 The Value of Lectio Divina
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Ep 97 Do My Ancestors Matter
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Ep 96 “Being with”/ “Doing For”
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Ep 95 Sound Healing
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Ep 94 Growing our Awe-wareness
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Ep 93 Measuring Spiritual Growth
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Ep 92 Inclusive Outdoor Spirituality
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Ep 91 Engaging Calm
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Ep 90 Spirituality and Trauma
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Ep 89 Art, Creativity, and the Contemplative
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Ep 88 Mental Health and Spiritual Journey
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Ep 87 Releasing Our Inner Critic
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Ep 85 Compassion in Today’s World
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Ep 84 What We Learn from Kids
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Ep 83 The Art of Hospitality
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Ep 82 The Importance of Play
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Ep 81 Living into Uncertainty
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Ep 80 The Practice of Transformation
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Ep 79 Brain Chemicals + the Contemplative
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Ep 78 Are Our Personalities Fixed
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Ep 77 Making Space for One Another in Our Ordinary Lives
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Ep 76 Calming the Nervous System
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Ep 75 Grief
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Ep 74 Summer Solstice
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Ep 73 Finding Our Outdoor Personality
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Ep 72 Aging and the Contemplative
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Ep 71 Stress
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May 31, 2022 |
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Ep 70 Poetry and the Contemplative Life
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May 24, 2022 |
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Ep 69 Spirituality Today
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May 17, 2022 |
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Ep 68 Technology, Screens and The Contemplative Life
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ep 67 Parent-Child Dynamics
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May 03, 2022 |
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Ep 66 Inner Wisdom
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep 65 Non-Duality
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Ep 64 Lifelong Learners
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Ep 63 Spiritual Journey
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Ep 62 Evolving Faith
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Ep 61 What’s All the Hype about Gratitude
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Ep 59 Legacies
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Ep 58 Learning from Indigenous Wisdom
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Ep 57 The Spiritual Practice of Staying Steady
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Ep 56 Limiting Mindsets
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Ep 55 How "Yes, And" Empowers Us
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Ep 54 The Gift of Self-Awareness
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Ep 53 The Great Shift
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Ep 52 Dreams as a Spiritual Practice
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Ep 51: Divine Encounters
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Ep 50 Celebration as Exhale
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Ep 49: Invitation to Year-End Examen
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Ep 48 Lessons from the Winter Solstice
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Ep 47 The Perennial Wisdom of Awe
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Ep 46 Can Busy Be Balanced
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Ep 45 Four Quadrants of Spiritual Life
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Ep 44 Is Self-Care Just a Buzzword
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Ep 43 Living into Meaning
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Ep 42 A Compassionate Look at the Ego
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Ep 41 Four Forms of Compassion
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Ep 40 Three Ways to Engage the Enneagram
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Ep 38 Interspirituality
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Ep 37 Adulting
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Ep 36 Reframing Our Images of God
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Ep 35 The Powerful Spirituality of Music
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Ep 33 Processing Our Emotions
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Ep 32 How to Meditate
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Ep 31 Second Naïvetés and Spirituality
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Ep 30 Ex-vangelicals
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Ep 29 Sensory Infused Living
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Ep 28 Contemplative Storytelling
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Ep 27 Invitation to Rest
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Ep 26 Contemplative Joy Hacks
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Ep 25 Burnout
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Ep 24 Connecting with God thru Creation
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Ep 23 Vocational Discernment, Part II
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Ep 22 Vocational Discernment, Part I
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Ep 21 The Sacred Space Inside Today
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Ep 20 AA Meets Contemplative Spirituality
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Ep 19 Spiritual Independence
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Ep 18 Creating New Mindsets
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May 25, 2021 |
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Ep 17 Beauty in the Ordinary
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May 18, 2021 |
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Ep 16 Toxic Positivity
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May 11, 2021 |
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Ep 13 Fear: Choosing Action over Reaction
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Ep 12 Beyond Body Shame
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Ep 11 Embodied Spirituality
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Ep 10 Why We Need Companions
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Ep 9 Contemplative Inspired Parenting
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Ep 8 Masculine/Feminine Energies in Spiritual Companionship
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Ep 7: Spiritual Triggers
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Ep 6 Spiritual, Yes. Religious, No.
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Ep 5 Starbucks, Spotify & The Contemplative
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Ep 4 Shadow Side of Personality
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Ep 3 Contemplative Social Justice
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Feb 03, 2021 |