In this episode, host Kelly Deutsch shares frankly about her difficulty accepting her chronic illness, while returning guest Karl Thienes shares his momentary identity crisis.

Join us to explore questions like:

🔸 What does an identity crisis have to do with detachment? 

🔹 What does it mean to accept even the most difficult experiences - like accepting our own resentment?

🔸 How do you slow down your reactions so you can tell what’s triggering you?

🔹 How does your shadow reveal your addictions?

🔸 Why we need to take care of our bodies like house plants

🔹 What kinds of behavior should we never accept?

And above all: Why does the divine show up in the least expected places?

Quotes from Ruth Burrows, shared in this episode:

“God is always working to bring us to an awareness and acceptance of our poverty, which is the essential condition of our being able to receive him.

And the petty frustrations, the restrictions, humiliations, the occasions when we are made to feel poignantly and distressingly hedged around, not in control of the world, not even in control of that tiny corner of it we are supposed to call our own, are his chosen channel into the soul.”

“It is born in on me more as the years go by, how profound is this theme of human helplessness and our loving acceptance of it. It is truly mystical.”

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Contemplation. Embodiment. Mysticism. Mischief. Join former nun and neuroscience aficionado Kelly Deutsch as she interviews contemplative teachers, embodiment experts, psychologists, and mystics about the untamed frontiers of interior life. Each episode is jam packed with life-changing stories, spiritual practices, and powerful insight to support your journey toward wholeness and divine intimacy.

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