A podcast episode using the host’s own relapse into martyrdom as a case study, exploring why we fall back into detrimental patterns and offering practical lessons for interrupting a bad behavior and reducing its future pull.
A podcast episode in which the host models how to recognize being pulled back around the cycle to Stage Six, and what to do to return quickly to Stage Eight and the later, more connected stages of the journey.
A podcast episode arguing that no one is ever truly powerless, exploring what a person can still do even when there seems to be nothing to do or nothing they should do, and how to reclaim a sense of agency.
A podcast episode sharing a personal parenting lesson for those with teens in their final year before leaving home, on stepping back and letting children be themselves to make that last year more loving and peaceful.
A podcast episode exploring how our greatest strength points directly to our greatest weakness, how both trace back to our definition of self and where we focus, and how to bring balance so no exaggerated weaknesses remain.
A podcast episode detailing Stage Eleven, the practical side of maintaining the later stages as life repeatedly pulls you around the cycle — how to notice when you have slipped into earlier stages and how to return quickly.
A podcast episode offering a Stage Eleven exercise that uses physics and personal experience to help listeners reach a sense of ultimate oneness, plus guidance on staying there longer and returning to it faster each time.
A podcast episode on the practicalities of Stage Ten, examining what causes us to lose connection to ourselves, others, and the present moment, and how to craft an environment that helps us stay in the later stages longer.
A podcast episode on Stage Ten, discussing the extent of one’s influence on reality within the One Consciousness, the difference between influence and control, and why grasping for control pulls a person back to earlier stages.
A podcast episode on Stage Ten and connecting to higher wisdom beyond intuition, discussing guides and ancestors, how to connect with them, how many guides most people have, and the various roles they play in supporting a life.
A podcast episode walking through a Stage Nine exercise for connecting to the one consciousness, best done in a public space such as a coffee shop, and recommending listeners complete the earlier stages and tasks first.
A podcast episode on the practical side of Stage Nine, prompting listeners to identify the skills, knowledge, certifications, degrees, or languages their purpose will require and to make a concrete plan to begin acquiring them.
A podcast episode detailing the Stage Nine work of connecting to the present moment — including the people, places, and things within it — and how to use that presence to know what you need about the right now.
A podcast episode presenting a daily Stage Eight practice for connecting to others in a way that reveals their state of mind, emotions, and intent — a skill for deepening personal connections while protecting yourself and helping others.
A podcast episode on the Stage Eight work of designing your future, covering the life areas worth planning for and how to wish wisely so that what you envision truly serves you when it arrives.
A podcast episode presenting a Stage Eight exercise in finding the underlying commonalities among all religions, all political beliefs, and all humanity, asking what remains once beliefs are boiled down to what everyone agrees on.
A podcast episode on the Stage Seven work of finding, identifying, and replacing long-held beliefs about yourself, your world, and others — surfacing subconscious beliefs you may not know you hold and updating those no longer true.
A Stage Seven podcast episode guiding an exercise to uncover your emotional scars, understand where they came from, and help them heal, so that your past and accumulated baggage no longer run your life.
A Stage Seven episode on how to question everything—religion, social standards, life choices, past mistakes and future plans—while keeping your sanity and a sense of adventure through what can be a chaotic but rewarding phase.
A Stage Seven episode on respectfully questioning the faith you grew up with—revisiting sacred texts, traditions and beliefs, or exploring world religions for their commonalities—to understand what it all means for your life.
A Stage Six episode exploring what it means to forgive without condoning and to accept without agreeing—seeing the humanity in other people and in yourself, and releasing long-held grudges against individuals or groups.
A Stage Six episode presenting an exercise to recognize some aspect of your past, present or future self in other people—a way to see shared humanity and find appreciation even for the difficult people in your life.
A Stage Six episode on techniques to break what Tara Brach calls the trance of unworthiness—examining where feelings of unworthiness come from and how to find the elusive unconditional love within yourself.
A Stage Six episode on connecting to your body and finding physical peace by setting wise goals and making incremental progress, and why society’s definitions of beauty are the wrong place to begin.
A Stage Six episode working through an exercise to face past mistakes and the regret and shame they bring, connect deeply with your past self and let it go, and accept yourself as human.