Evan Braun is a Canadian book editor, novelist, and journalist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. From growing up evangelical to pursuing a career in faith-based publishing, he has spent the entirety of his life walking in Christian circles, thinking deeply about questions of spirituality, science, meaning, and personal significance. I briefly crossed paths with Evan over 20 years ago at Church and Bible School in Huntsville, Alabama. Unbeknownst to me at that time, Evan had come out as being gay and was in the process of coming out as a non-believer of the faith and traditions in which he grew up. In this conversation Evan demonstrates that it is possible to be true to oneself without having to fight. Living your best life, whatever that is for you, can be done with graciousness, kindness and inclusion even when you are surrounded by those who have differing points of view from yours. If you have ever had your own coming out or are in the process, whether it be religion, sexuality or any other area of life, this conversation is filled with gems that may be quite useful to you. Welcome to Guilty of Heresy: Being True to You.

Do you find yourself feeling burnt out often? Do you have a hard time saying no? Do you LOVE to help others, sometimes to a fault? Do you often exclude you from your own life because you are too busy taking care of others? All of these things can lead to burnout and overwhelm. Corinna Stoeffl who is a life coach, photographer, speaker, writer, podcaster , facilitator of workshops, as well as group and individual sessions, sat down with me to talk about how deeply the need to help is for many women and what one can choose to begin to include themselves in their lives rather than always putting themselves last. Join us in this exploration Guilty of Heresy: Burnout and Loving to Help

What if you could trust yourself and go for what you desire in your life even if nobody agrees or understands? What if you could choose something, take away what works for you, leave behind what doesn’t and simply keep going? You are the only one who can do what you do and be what you be so don’t hold that back from the world. These are the brilliant words of Kalpana Raghuraman who has a dance company called Kalpanarts, is a Worldwide Facilitator of Access Consciousness tools and classes, a multilingual communicator and so much more. You are invited to join us in a beautiful conversation about the gracefulness of the universe in contributing to you and the creation of your life in this episode of guilty of heresy “Choice and the willingness to simply keep going.”

Suicide of a child is one of the most difficult situations anyone could endure. How do you go on? How do you deal with tormenting thoughts of, “How did I miss this? Was there something I could have done?” Steve Mogck openly talks about the suicide of his son and the ways in which he is navigating his life today, in this episode of Guilty of Heresy: Life After a Child’s Suicide.

What do you do when your partner, lover, or person with whom you have spent most of your adult life dies?

How do you move forward?

Recently widowed Carolyn Sinclair speaks about her relationship with her husband, how she came to see and receive that he was far greater than she thought, and how she has and continues to navigate life after his passing.

Join me and Carolyn in this heartfelt, eye-opening conversation on relationships. Guilty of Heresy: The Gift of Men

Cara Wright is a Certified and an X-Men Facilitator for Access Consciousness. In her early career years, she was a prenatal yoga instrutor as well as a doula. With much of her life centered around pregnancy and birth, and a strong desire to have children of her own, navigating her personal journey with infertility was at times challenging and intense. Join Cara and I in unfiltered conversation. Guilty of Heresy: Dealing with Infertility

Imagine receiving a phone call from someone asking if your brother was ok. Not only was he not with you, you knew in an instant that he was gone, no longer living on the planet. This is exactly what occurred for Cindy Duke and as the events unfolded she discover that her intuition was correct and that her brother had been brutally murdered. In this episode Cindy talks about how she has and continues to be with this. She looks from a different perspective as she shares this part of her journey. Guilty of Heresy: I Always Knew. 

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who struggles with addiction? Are you in one now? How do you know if you need to leave? How do you walk away if you decide to? Amy Shine made the choice to leave a marriage after several years. Rather than leaving from a place of anger or resistance, it became clear that leaving was the kindness she and her body required. As she brilliantly stated, “Choosing what is kind for you, is also what is kind for them whether they know it or not.” Welcome to this beautiful conversation: Guilty of Heresy: Letting go of addiction. 

Christel and I met over 20 years ago at a Bible School. Fast forward, we have both journeyed in our own ways away from the religion of our childhoods. If you have ever walked away from a church, cult or religion, you may be familiar with the challenges it can bring. Christel and I sat down to talk all about it in this episode of Guilty of Heresy. Loosing My Religion.