Join Janine for a final episode as she steps away from the podcast for the foreseeable future. More than just the close of a season, this moment marks a turning point—an honoring of the ways this past year has reshaped her, and a response to the pull in new directions. In the spirit of following the aliveness, Janine shares candid reflections on change, uncertainty, and trusting life’s unfolding. The episode closes with a guided meditation on transitions—an invitation to honor the thresholds we each encounter and the wisdom that emerges as we move through them.

Following the Aliveness doesn’t end with this final offering. The complete season—featuring 32 main episodes and 32 mid-week breathers—will remain available to listen to and revisit anytime. May it continue to accompany you on your spiritual path. While there are no new episodes planned for now, We hope you’ll continue to share the series with others, allowing it to keep moving in the world through you.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

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Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

Today's mid-week breather offers a guided meditation designed to help listeners explore multiple, co-existing planes of reality. We’ll explore the emotional landscape, our sense of space and time, the underlying stillness beneath it all—and how these layers interweave into a single, lived experience.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

“Awareness spread out across all time and space, into the Eternal Now where the mystics dwell.” In this episode, we explore multiple dimensions of existence—reflecting on the emotional landscapes that shape our inner worlds, the interwoven realities of human and geological time, the sacred stillness that underlies experience, and the unfolding present moment, among other subtle planes of being. 

Today’s contemplative reflection, “In the Light of the Rising Sun” was written by Janine Schipper on April 23, 2024.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

Today’s Mid-Week breather aims to help listeners deepen their awareness of their environment through their senses, fostering a richer connection with the present moment.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

“I realize that searching for what’s hidden is quite different from opening up to the unseen.” Join Janine on a Forest Walk as she shares how opening her senses allowed her to connect with the forest’s hidden surprises.

Today’s contemplative reflection, “Hidden in Plain View” was written by Janine Schipper on September 9, 2024.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

Join us today for a Mid-Week Breather Reharvest—a fresh practice drawn from a past offering that continues to invite reflection and connection with the aliveness in your everyday life. 

Today's mid-week breather offers an extended version of the closing meditation from this past Sunday's episode titled “These Wild Thoughts.” 

May this meditation help you to connect with the sacred in everyday life. May you find peace and wellbeing. As you move through your day, may you Follow the Aliveness!

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

Join us today for a Reharvest — fresh insights from a favorite past episode. 

“I wonder, as with the ways of the forest, might the thinking mind simply reflect the wild within?” In today’s episode, Janine delves into the wild terrain of thoughts, drawing parallels to the untamed nature she encounters on her morning walks. Join us as we explore the wild nature of our thoughts.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

This guided meditation guides you from “witnessing consciousness” to the subtle, luminous presence to what Janine calls the “light of being.” This is a gentle exploration that invites listeners to sit in the radiant stillness of your own being.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

“In pondering these trivial moments, I wonder, are they any less valuable than the moments of profound realization that tap into a greater sense of wholeness?” In this episode, Janine reflects on how a search for something more profound led her instead into a deeper attention to the fleeting and often overlooked moments of daily life—where she began to encounter the sacred in the small.

Today’s contemplative reflection, “A Speck of Barley” was written by Janine Schipper on April 25, 2023.

Reference:

Hafiz. “The Ear that Was Sold to a Fish,” and “Cupping My Hands Like a Mountain Valley.” The Gift. Translations by Daniel Ladinsky.  

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.

Today's mid-week breather invites you to connect with the unseen, subtle energy that exists in each of us—the life force that shapes our thoughts, feelings, and actions, yet often goes unnoticed. It encourages you to embrace the mystery of what’s hidden beneath the surface, and to honor the depth within.

Please listen in a quiet, safe space where you can focus. If you’re driving or need full attention, wait until you're in a safe environment. 🙏🏼

Explore the “Following the Aliveness” website at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/

Contact Janine at: https://www.followingthealiveness.com/contact

Find “Following the Aliveness” on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562083661158
and on Instagram at: @following_the_aliveness

Read a selection of "Following the Aliveness" contemplative essays at:
https://www.followingthealiveness.substack.com/

Jay Glick's music can be found on Spotify at: https://www.open.spotify.com/artist/2RSfo0s4K4BniwzDrkzRni

These contemplative reflections and meditations are offered as companions on your inner journey. They are not meant to replace professional medical care.