Lucidesse - Inspiring Strokes of Genius
What's more important than your thoughts? And why think anything less than your best? Here at Lucidesse we explore everything in order to dissolve limitations and inspire ourselves to live our fullest life. We believe the greatest change is that which happens within, so join us as we shine light into murky areas of life and explore the things which limit our potential....and on the way, let's learn to live our personal truths, together. Together, we are stronger. Let's explore everything, from training the mind for mental wellness to exercising the soul and living a life of meaning. lucidesse.com
Episodes
86 episodes
#86 Fasting as a Quickening of Energy
Fasting is a quickening of energy, even as the body slows. I share my emotional, mental, physical and spiritual experience of fasting, plus the many elements of quickening which occurred during my 3-day fast. I also touch upon the power of t...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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27:28
#85 Sometimes You Gotta Be A Slingshot
I overheard these words as I walked by, and my mind began to discuss one of the possibilities of their meaning. And that has been on my mind now for a couple of weeks. Namely, sometimes life pulls you backward, so you can relive, remember, rene...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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7:50
#84 Conversations w/ My Lower Back: Trust & Forgiveness
In this episode I share a multi-day conversation I had with my lower back, as it exhibited great pain. I was desperate NOT to repeat a debilitating series of months-long pain, so I did all I could to remedy the emotional, mental, spiritual pain...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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1:01:24
#83 What's In It For Me?
I share how journaling at a moment when I felt like crying led me to a voice within that wanted to know "what's in it for me?" -- I listened to this voice, honored it's question and respected it's right to be heard. This led me to the beautiful...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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18:48
#82 My Goals REFINED by Heart & Spirit
A brief foray into goal-setting - in a balanced, open-hearted manner, instead of my old way of judgement and entrapment! I share 7 goals that I set with my mind, and how I transmuted them, using the wisdom of my body, into goals that I feel 'ca...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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15:12
#81 Trust the Person, Not the Action
A brief foray into the sphere of Trust - as I choose to release judgement and trust the person over their actions and decisions. WHY? Because this person has shown me their integrity over many years and I care more about them than I care to jud...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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15:32
#80 My Nocturnal Negotiations
A night of sleepless struggles as I suffer through great loss and feel great shame for 'how I am' -- and attempt to be with the moment 'as it is, as well as negotiate with the differing parts of myself as they weigh in on my worth versus my fai...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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35:17
#79 Open-Hearted Participation & the PULL of Love
I share my 2025 vision of attempting a life of Open-hearted Participation and it's relation to Surrender. I share how little I understand the complexity of human emotions yet strive for deeper insight in order to grow beyond my habitual pattern...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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31:23
#78 Three Q's with Annika Kristiansen
Join our lovely conversation and listen to the heartfelt wisdom and insights of Annika Kristiansen. Annika shares her practice of grace and understanding, of her work in connecting people and communities, and of her beautiful practice of tru...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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33:25
#77 Judge My Shoes? Or Wear My Shoes.
Today, I chat about the challenges and rewards of judging versus wearing, as it pertains to literal and figurative shoes. Do you really know me? Or what's best for me? And me in return, do I really know you? Could I possibly experience the trut...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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11:03
#76 Leaving the "Trauma-Womb" and asking "Why?"
As I leave the trauma-womb I've been encased in for over a decade, I pause to ask "why?" Why did I need to go through all that, why did I need to take so much time, why did I lose the best years of my life, Why? Why any of it? I use the story, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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31:07
#75 Women Who Run with Wolves, Endurance!, Active Surrender
Revisiting the book "Women Who Run with the Wolves", the Handless Maiden tale as a testament to Endurance!, and touching on the truth of real Surrender versus Fake Surrender, oh, and the Trial continues....
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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39:44
#74 Non-Profit: Rape Recovery Center with Laura Andersen
An amazing and in-depth conversation concerning a local non-profit organization which is doing invaluable work. The Rape Recovery Center is celebrating 50 years of service and Laura Andersen, an Outreach Advocate for the or...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:34:16
#73 Three Q's with Paul Benedict
The lovely Paul Benedict shares his depth, wisdom, honest reflections, raw insights, humor, heart and ever-answering of Life's questions in this wonderful episode. Thank you Paul, your answers and insight challenged me in many areas, specifical...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:05:18
#72 Three Q's with Curtis Forbush
Join us for a fun and enlightening interview with Curtis Forbush as he shares insights about life. We discuss money, patience, forgiveness, and pets as spiritual friends and guides. You'll notice we are seated at Dancing Cranes - and be...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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24:24
#71 Meditation: The Wonder of Life
There is a wonder beyond explanation. And it awaits us. Our attention and our presence. This wonder is not a place, nor a time, nor a thing. It isn’t a feeling, or a thought. And most certainly not a dessert…As wonderful as they are. This wonde...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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5:44
#70 Premature Positivity leads to My Temper Tantrum!
After years of positivity and healthy thoughts and behaviors, I find myself in a massive temper tantrum filled with all the SHOULD NOT's! Soooo.... my positivity was and is a bit premature, and forced, and hiding the truth. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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26:28
#69 My Quest for Boundless Joy, True North
"You won't die until you learn to live with Joy in your heart."I continue to live by these words, words which were spoken to my heart many years ago. My journey to live with boundless, lasting Joy has been long, challenging, and enlight...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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10:30
#68 Energy Is Without Gender
A watery musing which flows from Carl Jung's synchronicity to the iChing, to Will Farrell and Harper Steele's long-time friendship and recent Netflix documentary, to the non-gendered energy of this realm, to the gendered manifestation of the en...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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21:40
#67 True North is NOT a Destination
During my morning meditation, it became very clear to me that my True North is not a destination, not a place, a person, a job, an event, an experience, a completion, nor beginning. It is a way-of-being. Always being. Always adapting, always re...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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8:17
#66 Self-Responsible, Hard Reflections, Trust Discomfort
My journey continues as I deepen in self-responsibility, hear the hard reflections of my self-righteousness from my amazing children, and experience self-trust as discomfort.
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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30:45
3 Questions with David Freed
3 Life Questions with the lovely David Freed, who shared his wisdom of compassion, purposefulness, and the unending need to clean-the-house! As we all know!
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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46:43
Joy is Not a Feeling
Joy is NOT a feeling, nor a sensation, nor an experience. It's the constant undercurrent of all Life...just waiting to for...YOU!
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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8:04
The Eight Temptations: Chapter One
The first chapter of my book! Wahooo! It's short, but it took a long time to write, to fit a lot of cryptic riddling information into a few words. That's how this narrator wants to speak, wants to teach you, the reader, and me, the "writer"! I'...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:34