When I am no longer embroiled in the battle to conquer fear, I "beat" fear. It's when I don't need to get rid of the problem that the problem loses its power over me.How does this dynamic apply to you? In your relationship with yourself and you

Episode 19: Love Awaken

May 6th, 2019 15m 18s

Some more wonderings on whatever love might be . . .

Episode 18: Being With

Feb 15th, 2019 59m 7s

More on the work of loving by listening, committing to "being with" one another and ourselves in all our contradictions and complexities.

Episode 17: Rest in Your Belonging

Feb 1st, 2019 45m 20s

How much of what we do is motivated by the unconscious belief that we do not belong, just as we are? What is it, to rest, deeply and fully, in the unconditional belonging that is the inheritance of every human? Where have you begun to believe t

Episode 16: Know That You Are Loved

Jan 22nd, 2019 27m 54s

Who would you be and how would you be if you knew, beyond all doubt, that you are loved, exactly as you are? Not for what you've done, but for you. Your simple, inexplicable, mysterious, and miraculous presence here. Who would I be, if I lived

Episode 15: Sing Your Love

Jan 14th, 2019 43m 25s

Love, the end. Love, the way. For God's sake, for mine and yours and all our sakes, give the love you've been given to give. And receive the love that has come for you.

Episode 14: The Gospel of Listening

Dec 28th, 2018 58m 27s

Jamming on my bread 'n' butter: trustworthy listening, y'all. What is this kind of communication? What does it make possible? What does it ask of us? Why does it matter? A ramble in the listening fields, a wander in the heart.

Episode 13: Love is Not a Concept

Dec 22nd, 2018 54m 19s

More wonderings about love...

Episode 12: Separation and Relationship

Dec 4th, 2018 51m 14s

What is relationship? How is separation a critical part of living with anyone or anything? In this ramble, I dive into the etymology for guidance.

Episode 11: Sincerity is Subversive

Nov 22nd, 2018 45m 12s

A wondering on sincerity. Why does the prospect of being sincere threaten us? Why is it so rare? What even is it? What becomes unavailable without the audacious, open, and subversive willingness to trust and protect your sincerity?

Episode 10: The Technology of Listening

Nov 11th, 2018 54m 54s

"To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements, or declarations. True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. T

Episode 9: Mastery and Mess

Nov 3rd, 2018 56m 44s

What are the consequences of believing in mastery? What if our mess were our greatest gift, our most potent teacher, our medicine? In a culture plagued by a mass conscription to the futile and needless enterprise of striving after an imagined a

Episode 8: Vulnerability and Truth

Oct 15th, 2018 1h 8m

The etymological meaning of the word "vulnerable" is "to be capable of being wounded." Is there ever a moment in which you are not capable of being wounded? As humans, vulnerability is not something we can choose to be. It's what we are. Parado

Episode 7: In Praise of Not Knowing

Oct 9th, 2018 50m 5s

What are the costs and consequences of believing you need to know the answers to your questions?

Episode 6: You Are Not In Control

Sep 30th, 2018 58m 3s

Paying close attention to your mind, you may notice that you are not in control of your thoughts. They come and go as they please. Some would say that although we are not in control of our thoughts, we have agency over our response to them. But

Episode 5: The Sword of No

Sep 16th, 2018 39m 6s

This session is another wondering on how to navigate the thoughts that cause us harm when we believe them. We are ill-equipped in the journey toward peace if we do not have access to our sword of no, and if we have abandoned the wisdom of knowi

Episode 4: The Wrathful Deity Inside You

Sep 2nd, 2018 45m 48s

The thoughts that cause you suffering are there to be investigated, understood, accepted, and loved. But sometimes these thoughts invite us to learn how to say no, with a ferocity inspired by the great love for what you have been entrusted to p

Episode 3: The Angel of Anxiety

Aug 26th, 2018 32m 2s

The word "angel" comes from the Greek word "angelos," meaning "messenger." What if anxiety isn't a problem in need of fixing, but rather an angel, arising with a message for you, guidance on where to go next and how to get there? In this sessio

Episode 2: Fear, Discernment, and Being in Relationship

Aug 19th, 2018 23m 25s

"There is a kind of fear that's guiding. Maybe fear is always guiding, it's always telling you something, and the trick is to listen for what's the message. What is it actually telling me? Is it true that this feeling of fear is telling me to r