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Episodes
151 episodes
#151 Challenges! Fight VS Friction
When we face challenges, or even better, when we choose to challenge ourselves, when is friction enough? Or is it always enough? Or are there times when fight is needed? I don't know! But explore these questions.
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Season 10
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Episode 11
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25:28
#150 Septua Sanguis /The Eight Temptations: 7 & 8
This is a story about the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Eighth who rules them. We have Wrath, Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, and Lust. But don't forget the Eighth Temptation, Sorrow. Perhaps she is the most powerful. After the Mother's of co...
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Season 10
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Episode 10
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6:07
#149 When ‘My’ Experience May Help Others 2
These are my final thoughts about offering advice to someone who is going through a rape trial. And I hope that, although my experience may not be directly relevant, perhaps the energies needed for such an endeavor are transferred and all can b...
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Season 10
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Episode 9
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12:43
#148 When 'My' Experience May Help Others 1
I have often told myself, during difficult times, that I hope to help others who may find themselves in such difficulty. Today I had a direct request for advice on how to navigate a rape trial. Not that I know the answer, nor that there is one,...
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Season 10
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Episode 7
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35:26
#147 Doorways of Pain. Difficulty. Impossibility!
My initial doorway of learning was pain. Just the one. It was the only way to get my attention. I’ve since learned there are many other doorways available, if I pay attention. And yet, sometimes pan is still the way to deepest learning. So how ...
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Season 10
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Episode 6
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27:46
#146 Septua Sanguis/The Eight Temptations Ch. 6
GREED! We finally get to meet Greed! This is a story about the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Eighth who rules them. We have Wrath, Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, and Lust. But don't forget the Eighth Temptation, Sorrow. Perhaps she is the mo...
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Season 10
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Episode 5
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25:35
#145 'Why The Caged Bird Sings' and 'Forgiveness/Apologies'
Two, 12-minute-timed, impromptu, short stories from a dinner party -- and what they taught me. Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. A quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, which I can't quite recall. The two writings are very distinct, one is t...
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Season 10
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Episode 4
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18:16
#144 Take Personally? Or balance with Care.
Do I take how others feel personally? Do I let their opinions define me? Especially when they all feel so differently about me! Who is correct about me? Anyone? Maybe not even me 😆 And when I take it personally, how does that affect my ability ...
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Season 10
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Episode 3
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25:56
#143 Septua Sanguis / The Eight Temptations Ch. 5
A story about the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Eighth who rules them. We have Wrath, Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, and Lust. But don't forget the Eighth Temptation, Sorrow. Perhaps she is the most powerful. After the Mother's of course, De...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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37:41
#142 Septua Sanguis / The Eight Temptations Ch. 4
A story about the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Eighth who rules them. We have Wrath, Greed, Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, and Lust. But don't forget the Eighth Temptation, Sorrow. Perhaps she is the most powerful. After the Mother's of course, De...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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1:27
#141 Oracles, Defining Community, Inner Circle
I share an oracle I did through yi jing (i-ching) and how it showed me that the decision I made was correct. This is helpful for me in remembering my definition of community, connection, communication, is not the same as others. And that when t...
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Season 9
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Episode 16
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45:40
#140 Therapy, Armor, Impossible!
I bumble through my change in therapy styles, therapists, un-armor-ing myself, and the impossible task of understanding oneself AND another person! I also share the beloved quote: I walk slowly into myself, through a forest of empty suits of ar...
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Season 9
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Episode 15
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39:51
#139 Right? or Heard, Held, Honored.
Long ago, I began to say the words heard, held, honored. I liked the way they sounded, and they felt good, but I wasn’t sure what they were all about. Recently, as I’ve been having conversations centered around conflict, I began to ...
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Season 9
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Episode 14
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16:52
#138 Fixing Love for Me 💝
I realize I can no longer fix myself for anyone else. Issues other people have with me are beyond my ability to fix. Or at least I no longer have the desire or the energy or the interest in trying to fix those issues for other people. So I’m no...
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Season 9
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Episode 13
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21:44
#137 Septua Sanguis / The Eight Temptations: Chapter 3
A story about being human, and all the temptations, all the ways we succeed, all the ways we fail, all the ways we learn, and don't. It's about a world within a world, and realms beyond our imagination, except they exist. So, why not take a loo...
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Season 9
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Episode 12
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7:58
#136 Septua Sanguis / The Eight Temptations: Chapter 2
This is the second chapter in my novel about The Eight Temptations, which evolved into what we now call The Seven Deadly Sins. But this is so much more than these powerful characters, in fact, they are not even the major players!
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Season 9
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Episode 11
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43:05
#135 Transform Eating into: Full, Calm, Enough
I began a new eating habit while at my ten day meditation retreat BUT it has become so much more! I am learning what it means to be calm, content, whole, full, enough! I am experiencing fullness, abundance, enjoyment, and satisfaction whi...
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Season 9
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Episode 10
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13:12
#134 Healthy & Balanced begins with Crayons & Patience
Over the last six months I've used colored paper and simple phrases to help build a daily life where my habits are healthy and balanced. You can do it to! All you need are crayons and patience! I'll show you how to create a weekly calendar that...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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15:30
#133 After 10 Day Silent Meditation ~ Vipassana
I just finished another 10 day silent Vipassana meditation course. I share three main takeaways from it. First, my strong reaction to any change! Second, my habitual reaction to make things more intense than they already are. Third, the synchro...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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26:25
#132 Refined by Loss, Not defined by Loss.
I share my latest understanding of allowing loss or failure to refine me in the present moment, but not define me, nor my future. My heart also wishes me to learn this so it can have the space to participate in my life, in my refinement, in my ...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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29:18
#131 Build A Structure. Not Boundaries.
It’s time to build a structure that is capable of being you, and of doing what you feel called to do. As you build this structure, you reclaim parts of yourself, parts that have been serving as boundaries, in order to protect you. But once you ...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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19:16
#130 How to Make the Best Altar 🕯️
There is only one thing you need to make the most amazing altar ever and that is your awareness. The second thing that’s helpful to remember is that your altar is alive. It is a living growing changing being. It needs to be cleaned, it ne...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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8:51
#129 My Parts-Work in Action
I share two different experiences of doing parts work, one was brilliant! The other less so. But both taught me the importance of recognizing the part that is iron-fisted, inflexible, because they need immediate attention. I also surprised myse...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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24:06
#128 things NOT happening are NOT loss/failure
I realized I have an absurd relationship and understanding of things NOT happening in my life. I think they are loss or failure. But how can something NOT happening be a loss, how can it be taken away, or, how can it be a failure, if I never di...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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12:27