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
Sexy Spirituality
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.
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Finding Your Spiritual Home
Hosts
Lezli Goodwin
Sonia Byrne
Opening Chat
Sonia and Lezli learned a lot on their recent road trip, including where to find the world's best gluten-free pizza (a truck stop in Vicksburg, Arizona), American gas stations require zip codes for gas machines, ear buds and ear plugs are different things, and why you should believe a liquor store employee when they say you don't want their wine.
Finding Your Spiritual Home
- There are a number of archetypes of people who come into a spiritual center for the first time. Most people are a blend of these archetypes.
- The Spiritual Seeker: Looking for a community that shares their same beliefs and language, where they can expand and learn.
- The Wounded: Something crisis-level has happened in their life, and they are broken open. Looking for support, love and a safe place to heal.
- The Skeptic: Looking to be convinced that this is better than some other religion or community, but loves to criticize and find fault.
- The Modern Traditionalist: Looking for a traditional spiritual community experience (often for children or family), but wants to avoid the guilt or judgment that they associate with more traditional religion.
- The number one thing that determines whether a person will come back to a church or spiritual center is if they feel like they have someone to sit with. In other words, did people say hello? Were they welcoming? Do they feel like they could belong here?
- Well-meaning people can violently disagree on what makes people feel welcome, because we tend to believe that what makes "us" feel welcome is what makes "people" feel welcome. Hugs, handshakes, having new people stand... all of these have their strong proponents and opponents.
- It is the responsibility of center leadership to be very intentional about creating a welcoming environment. This can include a very clear path to involvement in the community that makes space for varied levels of personal commitment.
- One way to mitigate this is to lean into the word "invitation." This opens up options for people to be acknowledged without people feeling cornered or embarrassed.
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 releasing a new book this month. "Built on Faith: Transform Your Life through Affirmative Prayer" is the how-to on affirmative prayer that I wish I'd had when I was learning. Whether you are just starting affirmative prayer or you're looking for a great textbook for your prayer classes, this is the book for you. www.lezligoodwin.com/builtonfaith
We'll see you March 4 for our next episode of Sexy Spirituality, The Spirituality of Coupledom. Share your thoughts with us at [email protected].