Discovering Spirit Within

Do you use affirmations? Do you feel that sometimes you are just trying to be positive when you don’t feel that way at all?  Beyond Positive Thinking offers a look at the difference between real, affirmative living and what is called toxic positivity.  Rev. Deborah gives some down to earth examples, and advice on how to use the process of Denial and Affirmation to help you move through the circumstances in your life.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s podcast, Discovering Spirit Within.  She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.  

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

In this insightful chat, Rev. Deborah observes that your Presence in life is more important that what you do. Noting that there is no geography in consciousness, she says your presence is vital part of an energetic network that keeps us all connected and that each of us have much to contribute simply by being.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s podcast, Discovering Spirit Within.  She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.  

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

How often do you feel stressed because you are overthinking something? This week, on Discovering Spirit Within Rev. Deborah and Rev. Donna Apidone discuss our human tendency to overthink things, the stress that overthinking causes, and some ways to redirect our minds to ease that stress and allow for ease of flow in our lives.

Donna Apidone is well-known for her work with CapRadio as host of Morning Edition and CapRadio Reads. She is also an interfaith minister, ordained in New York in 2009. She is a speaker at a half dozen congregations, and the teacher/designer of the TransForMission Path.

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

When we ask the question, “Would you rather be right or be happy?”, do we mean that we must give up, roll over and play dead?  In “The Need to Be Right,” Rev. Deborah offers a different perspective and suggests ways to help us discover why we have the need to be right, understand that need, and fulfill it in healthy ways.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s Discovering Spirit Within podcast.  She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

During the pandemic lockdown, a lot of us were unable to deal with the grief and stress of loss. Now that we are emerging, we are confused and uncertain of who we are.  "Recovering Your Self" offers a process to help you discover ways to release the grief and stress by reconnecting with and reclaiming your inner Self.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s Discovering Spirit Within podcast.  She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

If you ever wondered if you are psychic, the answer is yes: those experiences that transcend the five senses are often called psychic.  Rev. Deborah makes the case, though, that there is a difference between psychism and Intuition; psychism relies on horizontal energy external while intuition is vertical energy that comes from within.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s Discovering Spirit Within podcast.  She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

When we talk about finding your “path” we usually think about that big Life Path and this can be overwhelming. In this podcast, Rev. Deborah posits the idea that the real path is a daily one. As you move through your day from one activity to the next, you are constantly finding your way and it is this path that runs parallel and ultimately blends into your Life Path. Join Rev. Deborah for hints on how to become more aware of your daily path process.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s podcast, Discovering Spirit Within.  She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.  

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

This week on Discovering Spirit Within Rev. Deborah and Rev. Donna Apidone come together to talk about what we have all learned during a year of isolation and general angst. It has been a long and interesting journey and we offer some deep, loving insights into how to use what we have learned as tools for moving forward in our lives.

Donna Apidone is well-known for her work with CapRadio as host of Morning Edition and CapRadio Reads. She is also an interfaith minister, ordained in New York in 2009. She is a speaker at a half dozen congregations, and the teacher/designer of the TransForMission Path.

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

Do you ever catch yourself trying too hard? In Doing your Best, Rev. Deborah discusses the difference between striving for perfection and simply doing your best in any one moment.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s podcast, Discovering Spirit Within She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.

Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.

In a nod to Easter and other Spring celebrations, Rev. Deborah offers insight into how resurrection is personal, accessible, and active in our everyday lives, and can help us rise in consciousness to remember who we are.  A World Healing meditation rounds out this episode.

Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s Discovering Spirit Within podcast.  She facilitates a Spiritual Exploration discussion group on Thursdays, where she calls upon her 45 + years of New Thought practice to help people discover their unique and personal relationship with the Divine.  She is minister, writer, artist, and nature intuitive.  

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Discovering Spirit Within, with Rev. Deborah Phillips is brought to you by Spiritual Life Center. Spiritual Life Center is an Interfaith, Unity community located in Sacramento, California for spiritual seekers and life explorers. We honor the many paths to God and support people of all faiths in learning and applying positive spiritual principles in their daily lives. Follow SLC on Instagram @spiritual.life.center and on Facebook at facebook.com/SpiritualLifeCenter.