The Voice of Intuition
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How can we access our intuition? How can we tell it's Divine Guidance rather than our ego or human ideas? Nan Bankston and Beverley Strutt share their thoughts with Lezli about "The Voice of Intuition" in this episode of the Sexy Spirituality podcast.
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Healthy Boundaries Happy Lives
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Why are boundaries important? How do we set them? What happens if we ignore them? Do we need boundaries at home? At work? In ministry? This week, Savanna Riker and Sarah Forbes join Lezli to talk about "Healthy Boundaries, Happy Lives."
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Exploring Spirituality through Songwriting
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Music is a powerful part of a spiritual life. What do inspirational songwriters have to share with us that will impact our lives, even if we're not musical at all? Denise Rosier and Heather O'Day join Lezli in "Exploring Spirituality through Songwriting" in this episode of Sexy Spirituality
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Spirituality and Pop Culture
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What can we learn about our own spirituality from pop culture, like comic books, movies and books like Harry Potter? What does any of this have to do with our personal journey or New Thought beliefs? This week's episode is hilarious and deep! Join Lezli, along with Raymont Anderson and Barbara Bue as we explore this and more.
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New Thought and New Media
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Do we have a responsibility to take new Thought spirituality wherever the people are via social media, YouTube and new forms of communication> Rev. Robert Brzezinski and musician and teacher Cerise Patron say yes.
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Rocking Recovery the New Thought Way
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Sometimes it seems like New Thought and 12 Step Programs disagree in fundamental ways. How can we bridge that perceived gap and find the essential commonalities for healing and reclaiming wholeness an good?
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Loving Yourself First
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Lezli talks with Rev. Dr. Michelle Medrano and Rev. Kathleen Sibley about Loving Yourself First this Valentine season. How do we stay centered in our spiritual truth? What wisdom reminds us of our eternal innate worth? How do strong women positively support one another in the self-love journey?
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The Spirituality of Inclusion
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This episode, we talk with guest host Michele Synegal, the chair of the Diversity Inclusion Commisison for Centers for Spiritual Living, about the history and work of the Commission, including raising awareness, encouraging mindfulness, addressing privilege and learning how to manage microaggressions to bring about change.
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The Spirituality of Money Consciousness
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Guest host Karen Russo talks about money consciousness, including why spiritual principle works in financial situations and how this affects both individuals and communities.
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The Spirituality of Mysticism
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This week, guest host psychic medium Rick FInbow shares with us about the craziest questions he's been asked, how he chose to make this a career and how his husband's ministerial career compliments his mysticism.
info_outlineSexy Spirituality Episode #23
The Spirituality of Failure
Hosts
Lezli Goodwin
Sonia Byrne
Opening Chat
Sonia and Lezli chat about what they do when stuck on a flight with no screen! In Sonia's most recent experience, she had exams to grade and work to do. This never happens to Lezli, because she always has several audio books on her phone. (Usually a cheesy vampire novel...)
The Spirituality of Failure
- Sonia was recently contacted to do a business symposium panel on failure. As someone who is willing to have difficult conversations, of course they wanted to invite her to participate.
- Failure brings out shame, and most people want to hide from that -- lie, deny, distract, drink, whatever it takes to cover it up.
- To become a powerhouse, we often need to have gone through a whole lot of experiences, including serious failures. We want the shortcut, but it doesn't work like that.
- We learn what works by experiencing what doesn't work!
- Many people are afraid to do brave things that risk failure publicly. If you are going to try big things, you're going to suck sometimes. There's nothing you can do about it except continue showing up.
- I am more afraid of living a life that is not fully expressed than I am of failure.
- We often learn more from failures than we do successes.
- What do you value more? Avoiding failure or avoiding regret?
- We love to reference icons like Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison or Madonna. We have a tendency to overlook the rounds of failure and only look at the success. But the failures are actually steps in the process of success.
- If you're going to fail, fail big and then -- TA DA!!!!
- Failure does not indicate that there is something wrong. It simply means there is more to be discovered before you reach your goal.
- Something important is happening here every time we get back up and TA DA!
Something Good
Sonia
I am offering a workshop at the virtual Center for Spiritual Living Vista Conference on Strategic Planning for Spiritual Communities. March 6, 10:00 AM PST.
Lezli
I am teaching another round of Releasing the Rocks, my two-session workshop that helps you release old emotions and live a life that is more free. This version is in person in Phoenix. Find out more and register at www.newvisioncsl.org
We'll see you February 18 for our next episode of Sexy Spirituality. Share your thoughts with us at [email protected].