Writing an Ethical Will with Rabbi Steve Leder
It is true most of us have questions we wished we had asked of loved ones before they passed away: questions about what mattered most in their life, what gave their life meaning, what did they regret, what did they love and value, and what was their greatest challenge and…
Rejoining The Community Of Nature Through Personal Totems with Lupa
Lupa is a strong advocate for connecting with animal or plant totems as allies to enhance our spiritual life and help us reconnect with nature. They can provide a “bridge” between us and the rest of the natural world. She cautions us to understand that totems, whether they be animal,…
Breaking The Silence Across The Divide Of Death with Matthew McKay, Ph.D.
Most people believe the loss of the body is the loss of life. When his 23-year-old son Jordan was suddenly shot and killed, for Matthew McKay, it was not the end of Jordan’s life. It was the beginning of a quest to penetrate the veil of death through some extraordinary…
Liberating Yourself Into Open-Hearted Awareness with Loch Kelly, M.Div. LCSW
Loch Kelly uses the metaphor of computer software when talking about an awareness-based way of living and operating. He says, “It’s not a matter of just having these momentary meditation states of freedom and peace of mind. You can actually live from non-conceptual awareness based on an open-hearted sense of being…
Becoming a True Wisdom Elder with Connie Zweig, Ph.D.
Aging is a collective frontier. As humanity is living longer and longer, aging can feel rudderless without an anchor and often beset with fears of the future and of losing our capacities and our youth. Aging is a physical, emotional, moral, cognitive, and spiritual frontier. As we age the main…
A Spiritual Journey of a Peaceful Warrior with Dan Millman
Like the law of gravity, there are universal laws of the Spirit that are available to all of us. They rest within our hearts and at the heart of every religion and spiritual tradition. Often, we discover these laws through various mentors we have met along the way. These encounters…
Tap Into Your Inner Knowing Through The Body with John J. Prendergast, Ph.D.
Many spiritual practices guide us in what is known as “waking up.” Even though this process gives us a great sense of freedom and spaciousness, John J. Prendergast suggests that the path to “waking up” is by “waking down.” As we tune into our bodies, we receive messages where our…
Collaboration: The New Currency For A New Era with Dawna Markova, Ph.D. and Angie McArthur
Never have we needed collaboration more than at this time in our cultural evolution. Research has shown that collaboration increases our intelligence, and in these threshold times we need to be functioning on the highest creative level we can possibly reach. Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur share with us the…
The Many Vehicles Of Meditation with Dean Sluyter
Have you ever tried to meditate regularly but had trouble sticking to it? Have you told yourself that you just don’t have enough discipline to sit and tame your mind, rest in the space between thoughts, or achieve a completely blank mind? Dean Sluyter advocates what he calls natural meditation.…
The Trials and Tribulations of a Somali Desert Nomad with Shugri Said Salh
In this deep dialogue you’ll hear from a woman who is the last person in her direct lineage to have lived as a nomad and keeper of her family stories. Ancestors on both sides of her family were nomads. They traveled the East African desert in search of grazing land…
