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"You are not what you think yourself to be." — Nisargadatta MaharajIn this episode, I talk about why the stillness beneath all the noise is not something we have to achieve but something we have to remember and what it looks like to practice returning to that place throughout your day. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” — RumiIn this episode, I reflect on the longing for belonging that lives in all of us and the systems that have made so many people feel like they don't belong. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." — Martin Luther King Jr.In this episode, I talk about what it means to trust when there's no visible evidence that what you're moving toward is actually happening. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."— Maya AngelouIn this episode, I share a story from last Saturday's Entering Silence and how it led me to reflect on what it means to freely receive the love that we so freely give. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." — Albert CamusIn this episode, I talk about what Fall is asking of us and how to meet  the change season with openness instead of bracing against it. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"The difference between towering and cowering is totally a matter of inner posture." — Malcolm ForbesIn this episode, I explore inner posture and why the quality of everything that follows depends on the posture we're standing in when it begins. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"We're all hallucinating all the time. When we agree about our hallucinations, we call it reality." — Anil SethIn this episode, I explore perceptual humility: the recognition that what we experience as reality is always filtered, always partial, and never the whole picture. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge." — Audre LordeIn this episode, I talk about purpose — not as something you find, but as something you uncover.  I explore why knowing yourself is where all true purpose begins and what it looks like to live that out loud. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." — BuddhaIn this episode, I talk about the wandering mind — where it goes, what it does to us when it gets there, and why returning to the present moment may be the single most powerful thing we can do for our wellbeing. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation. Enjoy the show.

"If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you." — Pema ChödrönIn this episode  I sit with one of life's most important teachings: that the very things we are trying to avoid are often the things that can transform us most. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before I explore the difference between pain and suffering, and what it looks like to choose to suffer less. Enjoy the show.

"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself." — Eckhart TolleIn this episode, I explore what it really means to be willing to see ourselves clearly; not perfectly, not harshly, but honestly. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before I dive into my reflections on clarity. Enjoy the show.

"Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes." — Carl JungIn this episode, I explore what it truly means to connect with yourself  and why that inner connection is the foundation for everything else. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before getting into my personal reflections. Enjoy the show.

"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear." — RumiIn this episode, I explore the difference between what attracts us and what is truly calling us. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before I get into my reflections on tuning into what is truly for us. Enjoy the show!

"Integrity lies in doing what one speaks; speaking what one does." — M. K. SoniIn this episode, I explore what it really means to live with integrity, especially now, in a world that can feel increasingly transactional. As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before I get into my reflections. Enjoy the show.

“I'd rather be whole than good.”— Carl JungIn this episode, I reflect on what it truly means to be whole.  As always, we begin with a ten-minute meditation before moving into my thoughts on shadow, self-compassion and the possibility that wholeness is not something we achieve but something we uncover. Enjoy the show.