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December 2022

December 10, 2022

4 Core Components of Contemplative Practice

When people first encounter the phrases “embodied spirituality” or “contemplative practices,” there are usually questions....

December 08, 2022

The Best Way I’ve Learned to Meditate

Over the past ten years, I've tried to meditate about a billion times. Every time...

December 06, 2022

Centering Prayer Is a Form of Meditation You Can Stick With

The 2023 Centering Prayer Summit is coming up! Register before December 10th and...

December 04, 2022

How Can Spiritual Formation Help Us Connect with Our Inner Lives?

A few years ago, I sat in a packed auditorium surrounded by hundreds of others...

November 2022

November 28, 2022

“Wow, there’s beauty here.”

"Wow, there's beauty here." It’s a simple phrase, but it’s led to a massive shift...

November 07, 2022

4 Steps for Questioning Your Inner Critic

Here’s a simple method for questioning your inner critic. In education, there is a process...

October 2022

October 20, 2022

Are You a Curmudgeon or a Dancer?

There are two paths in life I always want to keep my eyes on....

October 17, 2022

Are You Only Carrying a Ratchet in Your Emotional Toolbox?

We’ve all been handed ratchets. You’ve probably used one before – a ratchet is a...

October 13, 2022

Move Beyond the Box and See the World with Soft Eyes

Last month I had a conversation with Agrita over at the Mind Full of Every...

October 10, 2022

Finding the Path With No Arrows in Sight on the Camino de Santiago

We crossed into the town, exhaustion in each of our steps. This stretch of the...

August 2022

August 15, 2022

An Invitation into Shadow Work: Learning to See Deeply

Read more about shadow work here. In the spiritual life, shadows represent the parts of...

July 2022

July 28, 2022

Have You Gone on the Camino de Santiago?

In just over a month, I'll be trekking along the Camino de Santiago. (Before we...

July 25, 2022

Free Tool: Find Wisdom When You Need It

So much of my spirituality is connected to the teachings of the mystics and elders...

July 11, 2022

What Does it Mean to Sink into our Depths?

About a month ago, I shared this hugely impactful story from my life. This is...

May 2022

May 23, 2022

What is an Embodied Spirituality?

For those of us who grew up in the Christian Church, our bodies were too...

May 09, 2022

What Do I Mean When I Say “Spiritual?”

(UPDATE: My book, Unmasking the Inner Critic: Lessons for Living an Unconstricted Life has now been...

May 02, 2022

What are Contemplative Practices?

(UPDATE NOVEMBER 1, 2022: My book, Unmasking the Inner Critic: Lessons for Living an Unconstricted...

April 2022

April 28, 2022

How Are You Tapping into Your Creative Nature?

Creativity is not a superpower. It isn’t a form of magic that is bestowed upon...

March 2022

March 24, 2022

Lent as a Time of Great Disillusionment

As we enter the fourth week of the Lenten season, I’m being consistently reminded that...

January 2022

January 24, 2022

How to Practice Embodiment: The Right Sizing Practice

Many years ago I was on a retreat with a group of men here in...

January 03, 2022

How Meditation Helps Me Listen for the Sound of the Genuine

I remember the first moment it all clicked for me. I was sitting in a...

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