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July 2025

July 19, 2025

What Really Matters: Finding Meaning Beyond Work

Have you ever conducted a life review? It’s a process by which you reflect on...

July 11, 2025

The Inner Arc: Awakening Your Soul’s True Purpose

What if you had made an agreement with your soul before you were born? What...

July 05, 2025

Do The Dead Visit Us in Our Dreams?

Have you ever dreamed about friends or loved ones who have died? Like me, you...

June 2025

June 28, 2025

These Two Descriptions May Change The Way You View God

What does “God” mean to you? An almighty, omnipotent being sitting on a throne in...

June 21, 2025

Everyday Magic: Your Role in a More Enchanted Life

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper....

June 14, 2025

The Unsolved Mystery of the Yong Yu Sing No. 18

Did the spiritual beliefs of nine Indonesian fishermen influence their decision to abandon ship during...

June 07, 2025

Reflections on Aging, Character and the Inner Journey

My mother-in-law resides in an assisted living facility. While her body is in relatively good...

May 2025

May 30, 2025

10 Simple Daily Rituals to Boost Your Well-Being

What if there were a few simple daily actions you could take to improve your...

May 23, 2025

The Day God Spoke to Me in a Park in Houston

The anecdote below appeared in the introduction to my book Wake Up Call: Daily Insights...

May 17, 2025

Three Women and The Power of Telling Your Personal Story

Our culture doesn’t think storytelling is sacred; we don’t set aside a time of year...

May 09, 2025

The 7 Keys to Becoming a Conscious Elder

Have I lived my life as I should have? When I am close to death,...

May 01, 2025

What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life

What if death itself is not the end we have thought and assumed? What...

April 2025

April 25, 2025

Finding Calm in Chaos: A Guide to Managing Fear

“He who is afraid of a thing gives it power over him.” ~Ancient proverb Are...

April 15, 2025

The Resurrection Within: Finding Light After Darkness

Let us not spend this holy week brooding on the crucifixion of God’s Son, but...

April 11, 2025

The No Muss, No Fuss Guide to Mindfulness

If you’ve been spiritually active over the past few decades, you’ve probably heard the word...

April 05, 2025

“The Most Important Spiritual Discovery of All Time”

The other day, out of the blue, my Amazon Alexa asked me a question: “Would...

March 2025

March 29, 2025

The Multiverse: Are We Living Many Lives Simultaneously?

What if the universe is weirder and more complex than we could ever imagine? What...

March 23, 2025

How to Feed Your Soul in a Noisy, Numb World

How to Feed the Soul There’s one word and topic that appears more in Wake...

March 14, 2025

What a Guy Who Interviewed 500+ Spiritual Seekers Discovered

Welcome to the first-ever Wake Up Call guest column! The following blog post was written...

March 08, 2025

The Lost Art of Being Alone (It’s More Important Than Ever)

When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude, it can no...

February 2025

February 28, 2025

Meditations for People who Think about Cats—or Anything Else

If you have trouble meditating, you might relate to this story. In the book Reincarnation...

February 23, 2025

How To Overcome a Mid-Life Crisis (Whether You’re 30 or 70)

Have you experienced a mid-life crisis yet? Wikipedia describes it as “a psychological crisis brought...

February 16, 2025

Awakening the Soul in a World on Fire

It is the time of a struggle for the presence of the human soul and...

February 07, 2025

The Field of Honor: Why Character Still Matters

Does the world still need good people, or are we all free to become monsters...

February 01, 2025

The Power of Now: 10 Key Teachings from Eckhart Tolle

What’s the best spirituality book of all time? Do a quick Google search and you’ll find...

January 2025

January 25, 2025

6 Keys to a Soulful Life via Thomas Moore

Chances are, you go for a physical check-up every year. But what about a spiritual...

January 19, 2025

White House Blues? 3 Female Elders Show Us the Way Forward

Like a lot of people, I was surprised by the presidential election results last November....

January 10, 2025

The “Last Year” Experiment: A Call to Being Present

Is it too late to say Happy New Year? I know on the tv show...

January 05, 2025

Will You Win the War for Your Attention?

I once wrote a story titled “The Greatest Gift You Can Give Another.” And if...

December 2024

December 28, 2024

Life After Near Death: A Journey Beyond the Physical Plane

I was blown up in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq … when the explosion...