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This episode features a conversation with Tiffany Chan that is engaging and, I believe, signals acceleration in the evolution of consciousness. She is a spiritual advisor to organizational leaders, and prior to doing this work she was with the World Economic Forum serving as an advisor to businesses internationally. As you might guess, she has an amazing story to tell about what led her to make the big switch from a successful business career to what she is doing now. And Tiffany says that businesses are indeed becoming more conscious because more organizational leaders are choosing to become more conscious. She sees it firsthand because she is being sought out to help them through the process. She believes that people everywhere, including leaders, are feeling a need to be more in touch with their inner selves and in engaging more consciously in relationships with the world. The big worldwide acceptance of mindfulness practices has been a big factor in this. She says: "The future of leadership is energy", and she is referring to the fact that everything is energy and that learning to effectively manage the energy within ourselves and in interaction with others is critical. Don't miss this episode... it is interesting and offers useful tips to all listeners. You can learn more about Tiffany at www.TiffanyMChan.com, and she is also part of an "energetics" partnership - see www.EnergeticEssentials.co. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

My guest in this episode is Brian Berneman who, along with partner Kayla Greenville, founded Conscious Action in 2017 in New Zealand. He is an expert on wellbeing and conscious living, and he and Kayla offer diverse courses, events, and coaching. We had a wide-ranging discussion about well-being, expanding our awareness, and living more consciously for ourselves, humanity as a whole, and the planet. Brian defined conscious living as awareness plus action and noted that our action needs to be based on informed response rather than reaction (from emotion or habit). So learning to be present is key. He said that we need to understand that everything is interconnected, so we need a holistic view - both as individuals consisting of body, mind & spirit and for the benefit of the world (all beings and ecological systems). Brian also talked about our need to "unlearn" all the programming or conditioning that keeps us from being fully conscious. To do that he recommended two simple steps: 1) create space through stillness (of body and mind), and 2) question your thoughts and experience - such as by asking "Where did that thought/feeling come from? Is it valid? Or is judgment limiting our perspective?" As we were wrapping up, he reminded people to remember that "We are unique and powerful and fully capable of change." Their podcast is Conscious Action Podcast, and their website is at ConsciousAction.co.nz. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

This was a fun episode with Michael McGinnis, author of the The Essential Revolution and The Invitation, two novels that are about the great spiritual awakening that is underway and greatly needed in the world today. Michael is sometimes called the Jungle Writer because he has been a long-time resident of Costa Rica, and he told us about his own personal struggles in life that eventually led him to self-realization and to his being called to write/channel the spiritual novels. Dimitri is the main character in both books, and Michael shared with me Dimitri's 7 truths, of which I'll share here the first two: "Somehow, someway, each one of us has chosen our own unique, unchosen, chosen experience, therefore all things that happen to us actually happen for us." and "All human beings want the same thing: to live in joy and experience love, peace, and happiness." For those of us seeking a full awakening, both of these truths are important because every person is on their own unique path and learning is key. Michael also said a couple of profound things that I will quote here (even though you don't have the context from the conversation): "Perception is everything" and "We are the creators of our lives". Like a good meal, this episode has a lot of good conversational food to digest, and of course we discussed much more that I don't have room to mention. You can learn more about him and his books at MichaelMcGinnis.com. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

A couple of weeks ago, I had a conversation with a lovely lady with a lovely English accent. Her name is Catherine Llewellyn and she is very conversant in the subject of consciousness. What she does is help people upgrade their lives by exploring and expanding their consciousness. Now, we need to understand that "consciousness" is referring to the pure awareness that is our essence rather than our thoughts. But elevation of consciousness is at the core of what she talks about and what she does. She helps people tune in to aspects of themselves that they might want to change by becoming more self aware. People so seldom stop and take time to reflect and become more aware of what's going on inside themselves. She uses mentoring in a very holistic approach that includes techniques such as: assessment, meditation, reflection on what is happening in your life, following your intuition, visioning, inquiry, energy techniques, conscious movement, synergy, and integration. One of most amazing things she talked about is a technique called Pellowah that helps people achieve "radical shifts in consciousness" by putting them directly in touch with their Source. She offers Pellowah workshops that help people shift their consciousness in amazing ways and with wonderful results. You can learn more about Catherine at her website, BeingSpace.world, and she has a podcast called "Truth and Transcendence". Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

In  this episode, my guest Sheila Marie talks with me about the power of the unseen from the perspective of a forensic medium. Our conversation was interesting and lively as we talked about some of her experiences as a forensic medium, working with the police and FBI to solve cases, such as finding Babe Ruth's long-lost piano. And we talked about intuition and psychic abilities generally. She also works with individuals to help them develop their  intuition and become more connected to spirit, and her new book, Forensic Medium: The Power of the Unseen, focuses on just that. She explained that psychics use their inner senses to connect the divine in potentially many different ways. But a medium uses psychic abilities to communicate with spirits or the Universe in a 2-way, back-and-forth process. She sees herself as the conduit for that communication. Sheila talked about how she uses her "inner light system" to sense unseen energies that give her information and insights, and in her book she teaches exercises the help people connect to their own inner light systems. She said that trust is important, saying "Trust the Universe 300% that it is there for you." And about spiritual connection, she said "Everything is divinely inspired." You can learn more about her at SheilaMarieMedium.com, and you can find her book there as well. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

Maribeth Decker is an intuitive animal communicator, medical intuitive, and energy healer, and is the founder of SacredGrove.com, where "people and pets heal and connect". Is this episode, she and I had an interesting conversation how she works with pet owners (guardians) who love their animals but face tough issues. She uses her intuitive animal communication and energetic healing skills to address pets' physical, emotional, and behavior issues. Basically, she helps pets enjoy their lives more and helps people enjoy their pets more by developing stronger connections to them and effective communication with them. If you don't have a pet, you may not know that they have souls, but they most certainly do! She even walked me through a heart connection exercise that can include the animals (and people) in your life. Very interesting stuff for all you pet lovers out there! My wife and I have had pets throughout our marriage and know how to interact with our pets pretty effectively, but I learned some great new tips from Maribeth. She also helps pet owners deal with end-of-life issues, finding peace and comfort, knowing they have made the right decision for everyone including their animals. And she's written a book on that subject called Peace in Passing: Comfort for Loving Humans During Animal Transitions. You can learn more about Maribeth and what she does at SacredGrove.com. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

In this interesting and uplifting conversation, I talk with angel communicator, spiritual teacher, and energy healer Seph Dietlin about angels, ascension, unity, love, and more. Upon being introduced, he said that everything he does is about "expanding love and light in the world". He had an awakening of sorts more than 20 years ago when he reached a crisis point in his life, asked "the angels" for help, and was amazed when he heard and felt the angels respond to his request. From that point on, angels began to teach him and guide him about what is happening and why as the world has entered a time of accelerating change and evolution. Seph soon realized that he was meant to be a channel for the angels' messages and to teach people how to access higher levels of consciousness since that is the key to the transition that is happening for the human species and the world as a whole. He talked about the "Matrix" which is the world of illusion based on belief in separation, fear, logic, and linear thinking. And he then explained that we can fairly quickly awaken to higher levels of awareness, which our souls are guiding us toward, enabling us to fully see through the illusion of separation and to know that we are one with the Source. When we make that shift, we gain access to the non-linear, exponential, miraculous nature of the Divine. As a certified hypnotherapist, Seph uses hypnotherapy as one of the tools to facilitate people in accessing the higher consciousness and and associated healing. He reminded the listeners to "Expand the light and love in you" and to know that love is the most powerful way of being we have. You can learn more about him at his website: TalkToMyAngels.com. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

Very early in his career, Dr. Don St John realized that the "box" of traditional tools and concepts from psychology and psychiatry was not enough for his own personal healing. In this episode, he tells us how he overcame the wounds and traumas from his own childhood to find ways of living a good and happy life beyond all of the "pathologies" from his early life. He pointed out that "We were all wounded in our childhood. There are no perfect parents." That process of wounding and healing is what he talks about in his book Healing the Wounds of Childhood and Culture: An Adventure of a Lifetime. All of his decades of exploration into healing led him to construct a view of healing and human potential consisting of four essential components - Somatic, Psycho-Emotional, Relational, and Spiritual - and we talked about those in some depth in this conversation. He said that he had a big realization at one point that "everyone has issues" and that his own pathologies were not the end of his life, and it was then that his life "became an adventure to become whole". He talked about the importance of finding your "true self" in relationships. Those are the kinds of powerful insight that we all want to have for our own lives, and this episode can give you helpful insights. Don also pointed out that "Our wounds motivate us to seek spiritual answers." He encouraged everyone to enjoy life's adventures and to know them as part of a journey towards your own wholeness. You can learn more about him and his book at PathsOfConnection.com. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

In this episode, I talk with my guest Michael Spremulli, astrologer and workplace personality expert, about how astrology can be used and a little bit about why it works. I had not previously been interested in astrology, but several people that I respect convinced me that it really works. So in this conversation, Michael explains that Vibrationally Astrology, which he uses, is more based on energy and data (statistical evidence) than other types of astrology, and that it helps give a reliable forecast about your talents and predilections and is not anything like prophecy or reading a crystal ball. It is based on the fact that everything in the universe is energy and everything is more interrelated and interacting than we realize. Solar, lunar, and planetary energy relationships at the time of one's birth (natal) have been clearly demonstrated statistically to have strong influences on a person's life. Michael focuses on the major astrological aspects that can affect a person's life by looking at those factors relative to one's life path, and especially  when looking at one's career and when considering career changes.  In contrast to many astrologers who treat daily horoscopes as if they are real predictors - they're not - he only looks at daily forecasts in a very limited and focused way. He advised that, if you consider having a natal astrological reading done, do your homework and check the astrologer out to make sure they're a good fit with you. To learn more about Michael Spremulli and astrology, see BlueRidgeAstrology.com, and if you choose to book a consultation with him use the discount code "OSL" to get a 20% discount. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

This episode was a fun and informative discussion with Laura Hartley, an activist, coach, speaker, and educator about how we can create real change in the world. She talks about "Self work for world work", meaning that in order to change the world we must begin with our own inner work. We must learn to look at our own relationships with the world with much greater self-awareness and world awareness - paying attention to what serves us and what doesn't serve us and why. She believes that, rather than throwing up our hands in despair, we must begin by "loving the world, and not fixing it". We need "love as public good", and I agree with that totally. Casting blame on someone else or something else is not constructive, and that's a big problem with modern politics. I believe that raising our own consciousness is the biggest and best thing we can do, and raising our consciousness to the energy of love is a good way to start. To create and share love as public good is why Laura created Public Love Enterprises through which she tries to "seed" love into public places and discussions as well as promoting collective visioning. Her online courses help individuals and organizations gain greater awareness of the need to do both the inner work and outer work in creating positive change in the  world. She suggested we think like this: Do your personal/spiritual practice, and then extend it outwards. Ask "What conditions that I create in myself can be extended outward to my community so it can thrive?" You can learn more about Laura Hartley at LauraHartley.com. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

Pay attention to this episode! What guest Suzanna Kennedy has to share with us is important and valuable! In 1997, she had an unusual and powerful kundalini awakening such that, as she summarized it, "everything in herself and her life changed." She was told by an inner voice that she was to create a process for helping others awaken more quickly and easily based on what she now intuitively understood. And that is what she has done and, as she explained it in this conversation, the resulting process  makes so much sense. She has structured the process into layers, or a natural sequence that she calls Consciousness Upgrade Programs. They begin with an "emotional mental detox" that focuses on 6 core issues - male imbalance, female imbalance, fear/inner child, pain/grief, judgment, and lack/limitation - with the goal of clearing "who you are not", in other words clearing all the mental and emotional programming (including trauma etc.) that a person has accumulated in life. Once, that is complete, a person can go on with transformations that include a love & relationship upgrade, a divine human upgrade, and reality crafting your paradise on earth. She said that the transformations, if done actively with intent, result in permanent changes at the cellular/DNA level. We talked about so much more, but near the end of the conversation, Suzanna said to everyone, "You are LOVE in a body". And I love that because, once you understand that love is divine creative power, you can begin to realize the infinite potential awaiting us. (Since our conversation, I have checked out her offerings, am testing some of them myself, and so far, am very impressed - especially by her guided exercises that hold the promise of rapid and lasting results. So I recommend that you check all of her Consciousness Upgrade Programs out yourself.) You can learn more about her and what she offers at SuzannaKennedy.com. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].

I'm a folk singer/songwriter as well as a podcast host, and I begin this episode by singing my new song called Love is Our Way (also the title of a previous episode). I hope you enjoy it. But in the rest of the episode I had a great conversation with my guest Karen Cleveland. She is a spiritual coach who helps people with their connections to everything - the Universe/God, themselves, other people, animals, and the world as a whole. She is also a minister at a Center for Spiritual Living near Seattle. She described how developing a daily spiritual practice changed her life. So Karen and I had an interesting conversation about connectedness, oneness, science of mind, awareness, the law of attraction, communication with animals, and much more. One thing that we absolutely agreed on is that Oneness is central to spiritual awakening, living consciously, and  being happy and in tune with life. One of her key beliefs (and mine also) is that we are not meant to struggle. And if we are struggling or if we are stuck, we can get unstuck. Changing our thinking is part of that, but equally important is to "pay attention to our soul / heart / feelings" and respond to that inner guidance. Science of mind, which is key to New Thought and to the teachings of Centers for Spiritual Living, focuses on having a more structured way of thinking about what we want to create in our lives and using visualization and affirmative prayer. As we were wrapping up our conversation, Karen told us that, whatever is going on in our lives, "There is always hope", and also "The better we can do (in spiritual practice and living consciously), the more we can help others." Very important guidance in these challenging times. She has a podcast called The Connectedness Podcast, and you can learn more about her on her website RevKarenCleveland.com. Per Raymond Posch (host) - All 108 episodes of Our Spiritual Life will remain accessible, but new episodes are not being added. All new episodes are being published under my New Ways of Being podcast. Learn about me and New Ways of Being at RaymondPosch.com. Support the showOur Spiritual Life was honored to be included in the FeedSpot 100 Best Spiritual Podcasts (blog.feedspot.com/spiritual_podcasts) in May 2023. Please feel free to contact me at any time at [email protected].