Another World is Probable

Another World is Probable

By Another World is ProbableReligion & Spirituality
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Another World is Probable episodes

  • Reclaiming Parts of Ourselves

    I keep thinking about a poem/quote I read from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés that I’ll share an excerpt of:

    “We do not become healers.
    We came as healers.
    We are.
    Some of us are still catching up to what we are.
    We do not become storytellers.
    We came as carriers of the stories
    we and our ancestors actually lived.
    We are."

    More in this week's post.


    5 min
  • Honoring the Cosmic Magician

    Lately, I've been humbled and in awe of the magic, the mystery, and the surprise of life. So often I think I know how things will play out and I'm being shown, yet again, I have no idea. This has come up especially regarding people. More in this week's post.


    5 min
  • There is Always Grace Raining Upon Us

    If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you already saw the picture associated with this post but I want to tell the story behind it. The past week was rough. But something delightful happened in the middle of it. More in this week's post.

    5 min
  • Changing our Relationship to Fear

    I recently took the University of Pennsylvania’s VIA

    Survey of Character Strengths in an effort to leverage my strengths and become happier. Marty Seligman, the father of positive psychology, said to be happier we can use our top strengths and apply them to something we don’t like. For instance, if you don’t like filing your taxes and your top strength is humor and play, you can gamify filing your taxes. My top strength completely shocked me. More in this week's post.

    6 min
  • You Already Belong

    Growing up, I was the weird kid because I didn’t fit in with my peers. I was a vegetarian in the 90s and my first-grade teacher announced to the class I didn’t eat meat because I was Jewish. (I think you know this but just in case, the two are not related.) I didn’t grow up in a bastion of diversity and understanding and that’s colored, well, a lot. More in this week's post.


    5 min
  • Heroes and Villains

    I see a heck of a lot of people saying, “I could never do that,” which is patently false. We are all capable of good and evil. More in this week's post.


    5 min
  • Trust the Sweetness
    This week the message I keep receiving is, “Trust the sweetness,” meaning, trust the sweetness of life, trust the sweetness of possibility, trust the sweetness of my relationships. More in this week's post.
    5 min
  • Accepting the Flow

    In 12-step programs, there’s a saying that for anything to change, you must go through the three “A’s:” awareness, acceptance, and action. I’m very good at awareness and action. Acceptance? Not so much. I want to skip over acceptance and go right into action to fix whatever is wrong. I don’t want to sit with it or accept it. That’s the uncomfortable part. But there’s something to acceptance. More in this week's post.


    4 min
  • Belonging to Love
    For the first time in many, MANY years I hosted a group meditation at my apartment. It sparked a cleaning frenzy and had me looking at my apartment with fresh eyes. Almost exactly four years ago I stuck two pieces of masking tape above my doorknob with the phrase, “This life now belongs to love and anything can happen.” More in this week's post.
    4 min
  • The Power of Acting as If
    I’m all about the questions these days. I want to be happy, joyous, and free so I’m asking what that looks like and how to accomplish it. I’m aware that happiness requires daily action, it’s not a destination, but I know the way I think and act has a lot to do with how I feel. Often, my thoughts are negative and I slip into worst-case scenarios, which doesn’t feel great. There's a concept from 12-step programs that's helping me. More in this week's post.
    5 min

About Another World is Probable

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I blog every Monday at www.anotherworldisprobable.com and this podcast is me reading those posts.