Episodes

  • Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series – Ep 4 Barbara De Angelis

    Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series – Ep 4 Barbara De Angelis
    Jan 8 2025
    When the world gets chaotic and uncertain, we need spiritual practice more than ever—not just to sustain our souls and restore our inner peace, but to recharge and prepare ourselves to take on challenges with effective action. A few years ago, Philip Goldberg, the author of “Spiritual Practice in Crazy Times” and host of the Spirit Matters podcast. interviewed twelve spiritual leaders to help us get through the pandemic. We’re now re-releasing the interviews as an encore series, because the messages are as relevant today as when they first aired. The popular workshop leader, relationship expert, and author of numerous best-selling books, including The Choice for Love, Barbara De Angelis tells us why it’s vital to treat difficult times as part of our “cosmic curriculum.” She counsels us to always remain authentic, and to practice “courageous compassion.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series- EP 2 Sharon Salzberg

    Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series- EP 2 Sharon Salzberg
    Jan 8 2025
    When the world gets chaotic and uncertain, we need spiritual practice more than ever—not just to sustain our souls and restore our inner peace, but to recharge and prepare ourselves to take on challenges with effective action. A few years ago, Philip Goldberg, the author of “Spiritual Practice in Crazy Times” and host of the Spirit Matters podcast. interviewed twelve spiritual leaders to help us get through the pandemic. We’re now re-releasing the interviews as an encore series, because the messages are as relevant today as when they first aired. In this interview Philip talks with meditation pioneer, renowned teacher and bestselling author Sharon Salzberg. She was among the first to bring Buddhist practices to mainstream American culture over fifty years ago, inspiring generations of mindfulness practitioners, spiritual teachers, and wellness influencers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series- EP1 Mark Nepo

    Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series- EP1 Mark Nepo
    Jan 8 2025
    When the world gets chaotic and uncertain, we need spiritual practice more than ever—not just to sustain our souls and restore our inner peace, but to recharge and prepare ourselves to take on challenges with effective action. A few years ago, Philip Goldberg, the author of “Spiritual Practice in Crazy Times” and host of the Spirit Matters podcast. interviewed twelve spiritual leaders to help us get through the pandemic. We’re now re-releasing the interviews as an encore series, because the messages are as relevant today as when they first aired. In this interview, the first of a 12 part series, Philip talks with poet, philosopher, and author Mark Nepo. Mark has written 23 books, including the bestseller, The Book of Awakening. He shares his hard-earned insights on how to secure a foothold in the sanctuary that resides within us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series – EP 3 Andrew Harvey

    Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Series – EP 3 Andrew Harvey
    Jan 8 2025
    When the world gets chaotic and uncertain, we need spiritual practice more than ever—not just to sustain our souls and restore our inner peace, but to recharge and prepare ourselves to take on challenges with effective action. A few years ago, Philip Goldberg, the author of “Spiritual Practice in Crazy Times” and host of the Spirit Matters podcast. interviewed twelve spiritual leaders to help us get through the pandemic. We’re now re-releasing the interviews as an encore series, because the messages are as relevant today as when they first aired. Renowned author and expert on the world’s mystical traditions, Andrew Harvey, tells us how we can thrive spiritually while also helping birth a new humanity in this perilous time for our planet. The founder and director of The Institute of Sacred Activism, Andrew invites concerned people around the world to take up the challenge of our global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of change in order to create peace and sustainability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • The Power of Music and the Spirituality of Songwriting With Beth Nielsen Chapman

    The Power of Music and the Spirituality of Songwriting With Beth Nielsen Chapman
    Dec 28 2024
    Beth Nielsen Chapman is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who has recorded hits of her own and written hits for a multitude of artists (to name a few, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Bette Midler, Trisha Yearwood, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings). She has won numerous awards and was nominated for a Grammy in 1999. Her most recent album, “Crazytown,” was released in 2022, and recently, a song from that album, Put a Woman in Charge, went viral. In addition, Beth is an inspirational speaker, a workshop leader, and a lecturer on the magic of creativity. Some of her songs are rooted in deep personal experience of grief and loss (she’s lost two husbands to cancer). Her best-known song, Sand and Water,” was famously performed by Elton John in memory of Princess Diana. We spoke about the spiritual alchemy of both grief and creativity (songwriting in particular). Find out more about Philip Goldberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Progressive Christianity With Rev. Nicole Lamarche and Rev. Jim Burklo

    Progressive Christianity With Rev. Nicole Lamarche and Rev. Jim Burklo
    Dec 18 2024
    Just in time for Christmas 2024, we have two ministers who are associated with Progressive Christianity, a growing movement that runs counter to fundamentalism and the mainstream churches whose attendance continues to decline. Together, they present a vision of a different kind of Christianity. Rev. Nicole Lamarche has been an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ since 2005 and now serves as pastor of Community UCC in Boulder, Colorado. She believes that “communities of faith can be powerful places for personal and social transformation.” Rev. Jim Burklo is the pastor of the UCC church in Simi Valley, CA, and also serves as Executive Director of Progressive Christians Uniting. Formerly the Associate Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life at the University of Southern California, he’s the author of seven books on Progressive Christianity, the latest of which is Tenderly Calling: An Invitation to the Way of Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • The Yamas and Niyamas with Professor Christopher Chapple

    The Yamas and Niyamas with Professor Christopher Chapple
    Dec 5 2024
    Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and comparative theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and the founding director of the Master of Arts in Yoga Studies at the same school. He’s a specialist in the religions of India and the author of more than twenty books, most recently Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas and The Samkhya System: Accounting for the Real. He serves as an advisor to multiple organizations including the Forum on Religion and Ecology, the Ahimsa Center, the Dharma Academy of North America, the South Asian Studies Association, and the International School for Jain Studies. Our conversation centered around the five yamas and five niyamas of Classical Yoga. These are essential guidelines for living a profoundly ethical and deeply spiritual life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Discovering Indian Philosophy With Dr. Jeffery Long

    Discovering Indian Philosophy With Dr. Jeffery Long
    Nov 25 2024
    Jeffery D. Long is a professor of religion, philosophy, and Asian studies at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, where he has taught since receiving his Ph.D from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 2000. Both a practitioner and a scholar of Hinduism, his work focuses primarily on the religions and philosophies of India and themes such as nonviolence, pluralism, religion and popular culture, and the concept of rebirth. He has spoken three times at the United Nations and appears in documentaries for PBS and the History Channel. He is also the author, editor, or co-editor of twelve books, including A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism; The Historical Dictionary of Hinduism; and the award-winning Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds. His latest book is Discovering Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Thought. Find Jeffrey Long on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins