Belief Busters

When we think about our spiritual journey, how often do we think to integrate our sexuality? So often, there is a disconnect between our bodies and our spirituality. I’m excited to have this discussion to open up the dialogue that wholeness requires we celebrate the totality of our being. And that includes SEX!

My guest on this episode is Dan Powers who is a former software engineer with an MBA that turned away from the mainstream ways of making a living to pursue a life of sex and intimacy education. He has seen first-hand how our culture supports a sophomoric and manipulative style of sex. There is much more to sex that insert block A into hole B and once we get past our cultural shame around sex and intimacy, we can begin to create connection in ways previously unimaginable. Dan is a Certified Sexologocal Bodyworker, Surrogate Partner, Erotic Blueprint Coach and Tantra Educator.

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Is it really possible to change the beliefs that have been forced upon us about what God is and who we are to God? Find out more on the conclusion of this interview on this episode of Belief Busters Podcast. We continue to discuss religious indoctrination versus spiritual truth. Our guest Amy Nordhues and I will discuss that religion designed by humanity may not really be what God intended. Amy Nordhues is a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse and sexual abuse as an adult at the hands of a mental health professional. She is a passionate Christ-follower and expert on the healing God provides. Amy has a BA in Psychology with minors in Sociology and Criminology. Her devotions have been published in The Secret Place (Judson Press). She blogs at www.amynordhues.com. A married mother of three. Amy has written a memoir entitled Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse.

Is it really possible to change the beliefs that have been forced upon us about what God is and who we are to God? On this episode of Belief  Busters Podcast we will discuss religious indoctrination versus spiritual truth. Our guest Amy Nordhues and I will discuss that religion designed by humanity may not really be what God intended.  

Amy Nordhues is a survivor of both childhood sexual abuse and sexual abuse as an adult at the hands of a mental health professional. She is a  passionate Christ-follower and expert on the healing God provides. Amy has a BA in Psychology with minors in Sociology and Criminology. Her  devotions have been published in The Secret Place (Judson Press). She  blogs at www.amynordhues.com. A married mother of three. Amy has written a memoir entitled Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse.

On this episode of Belief Busters Podcast, Rev. Sheree talks about  setting your intentions for 2022. Today, we connect with God and our  highest self for clarity on what is ours to do this year by  participating in Unity's White Stone Ceremony. Why do we care about  creating intentions at the beginning of the year? Because we know, what  we hold in our mind is what we create in our lives.

The air and season are filled with love. This time of year, wants us to  create anew and share the sacred truth: we are all of God. Let’s look  back to a tumultuous time in our history and watch how even then, it was  possible to create anew. And if they could create anew during a  horrific time in history, then how will you listen to your guides to  create a loving and abundant life?

In our society there is a sense of “I’m right and everyone else that thinks differently is wrong.” Our conversation with Rev. Jerry Zehr asks the question: where do we get these thoughts and are our thoughts true? We deconstruct the idea that just because we were taught something doesn’t mean it’s true. And once we get past the myth that our self-worth is based on productivity, we have the ability to love ourselves. This shift to self-love then supports us to see others with compassion as we realize we have more in common than not.

Jerry Zehr, is a retired minister of over 36 years, working with interfaith ministries. Now more than ever, people are painfully divided politically, religiously, and culturally. And yet, there is a commonality in our faith traditions that can help us turn away from polarization and create a greater sense of community in which our differences are honored. New book "The Peacemaker's Path: Multifaith Reflections to Deepen Your Spirituality" brings together wisdom from the world's major religious traditions, including Bahá'í, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Native American spiritualities, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism, showing that we have much more in common than what divides us.

Did you know there are multiple creation stories? They come from different belief systems. Each story has a wonderful way of explaining, what sometimes feels unexplainable. Perhaps,  as we listen to these stories, we may think they are wild and crazy.  Maybe we even judge these early writers as primitive and uneducated. But is that any crazier than the stories we believe about our own creation and who we are in the world?

A huge part of the shadow work is looking at the stories we believe are true about ourselves. Because those stories are the energetic field in which we attract to us those things that resonate. If our creation story is of unworthiness, then we will attract more  situations that confirm our unworthiness. While if we have done our  shadow work, then our energetic field changes and we attract things of a  higher vibration, such as peace and harmony. Like attracts like. It’s  all about resonance.

As a child you may have internalized their words and actions to infer you are a bad child. As  children we don’t have the mental capacity to separate their words  about us as not a definition of us. So, as kids, each time these things  occur, we absorb them as this must be, who we are. Now  as adults our brains and emotions are highly developed and if we do our  work in psychological intelligence and self-awareness, we have the ability to realize there is more to the story than how we understood it as a child.

So, with this updated information we can modify the story.  In our present moment awareness, we can realize that our parents  reacted to us from survival instincts and their reactions to the  incident is no longer a defining moment in our psyche.  As  adults, awakened in consciousness, we have the capacity to bring the  child’s perception of trauma, and merge that with our new level of  understanding. It’s an opportunity for us, as evolved divine humans, we are creating new endings for the same  story. 

Now for the conclusion of this conversation: Ever wanted to talk about the religious abuse you have experienced? Well on this episode of Belief Busters Dale Lykins joins us to have an authentic conversation of institutional religion, which often has nothing to do with God. Today, we give you permission to question what you were taught be church authorities and how to make peace with the past while honoring your awakening. Yes, it’s still possible to have a mystical, loving experience with the divine regardless of race, gender, creed, or sexual orientation.

Dale Lykins is a pastor of a non-institutional church, life coach, speaker, and most recently, a writer. His work centers around the profound experience he had finding his true, authentic self, which included coming out as gay man at 55 years old, navigating the unique experience of a mixed orientation marriage, and leaving the institutional church after 30 years as a Methodist minister. Dale aims to help others discover what in their lives is holding them back--whether it be relationships, societal norms, institutions, and more, in favor of living a truer, more meaningful, more authentic life. I’ve invited Dale to talk about religious abuse.

Ever wanted to talk about the religious abuse you have experienced? Well on this episode of Belief Busters Dale Lykins joins us to have an authentic conversation of institutional religion, which often has nothing to do with God. Today, we give you permission to question what you were taught be church authorities and how to make peace with the past while honoring your awakening. Yes, it’s still possible to have a mystical, loving experience with the divine regardless of race, gender, creed, or sexual orientation.

Dale Lykins is a pastor of a non-institutional church, life coach, speaker, and most recently, a writer. His work centers around the profound experience he had finding his true, authentic self, which included coming out as gay man at 55 years old, navigating the unique experience of a mixed orientation marriage, and leaving the institutional church after 30 years as a Methodist minister. Dale aims to help others discover what in their lives is holding them back--whether it be relationships, societal norms, institutions, and more, in favor of living a truer, more meaningful, more authentic life. I’ve invited Dale to talk about religious abuse.

Are you feeling frustrated because you feel like it's up to you to do everything? As women we have been conditioned to be the ones responsible for the home and kids. And as society has changed we also have full-time jobs and run companies. But there is still this belief that the home fires are are responsibility alone. On this episode of Belief Busters we will talk to Valerie Recore about shifting this mindset and stepping into partnership with our loved ones.

Valerie Recore – Helps overwhelmed working women shift their habits, manage their to-do lists, and be more productive, so they can work smarter and carve out time for themselves and their families. She is about supporting women to shift their mindset from we have to do it all, and that invisible emotional load that moms tend to take on. Valerie asks women to ponder an important question, where are the partners? She wants women to look at the roles we have been conditioned perform and then ask why are we doing this?