There are a few universal experiences that everyone shares: death, taxes … and stress. While fleeting stress can be a motivator, long-term stress can impact your health and relationships and become a barrier to experiencing joy. Through a psychospiritual lens, circumstances don’t bring stress—our relationship to the circumstances does. Responding with your peaceful Buddha mind vs. reacting from your monkey mind can make the difference between freedom and suffering. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert present a fresh perspective on stress, distinguish between ways to process it, and offer steps to lean in in the name of inner peace.

They say that forgiveness is a greater gift to the person granting it than the one on the receiving end. But that doesn’t make it easier to do. Forgiving someone requires a level of grace, surrender, and even compassion that can ultimately lend itself to everything from inner freedom to developing tools for conflict resolution. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert will delve into the behaviors of grudge holders and forgivers, share stories of deep forgiveness and offer ways to more easily move into a willingness to forgive.

How much risk do you take in your life? Risks don’t have to come from jumping out of airplanes or betting in Vegas. We can engage in small risks every day by the way we make decisions, change routines, and tackle challenges. Abraham Maslow talks of safety choices and risk choices, the latter of which can lead to great growth. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert discuss different versions of risk-taking, the benefits, and how to find small ways to raise your risk quotient every day.

While acknowledging our IQ is the mainstream gauge of our intelligence, do you know about your EQ or emotional intelligence? Being able to recognize our emotions and those of others helps us navigate life, and it serves as a guide to our thoughts and behaviors. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert will discuss ways to use your emotional awareness as a compass to guide you through your own journey and to help recognize how to read the room to best relate with others.

In Japanese culture, it’s called “wabi-sabi,” the acceptance of transience and imperfection. We humans tend to strive for perfection, not realizing that what we really need to do is forego our perfectionistic tendencies and embrace a deeper acceptance of who we really are. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert point out where we lean toward perfectionism and how we can opt for ways to know we are enough just as we are.

Loneliness is an epidemic that has been plaguing us and our physical health for a long time. COVID-19 has broadened its scope, impacting people in relationships and families as well as those who live alone. Do you know how to distinguish between loneliness and being alone, and how to see the latter for its virtues and benefits? Spiritual psychotherapist Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert will present some unique ideas that will help you transition from the isolated and painful experience of loneliness to a warm and reconnected state of aloneness.

Do you believe in coincidences or occasionally experience the divine magic that’s really operating behind the scenes? When we are in flow with life, synchronicities can show up to remind us of the interconnectedness of all things. These surprise happenings can make us smile, feel a sense of well-being, and ensure we encounter the right people and situations at the right time. Psychiatrist Carl Jung, who put the concept on the map, believed these “meaningful coincidences” are meant to call attention to the relationship of our deeper selves to the workings of the universe. Spiritual psychotherapist Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert will share their riveting stories and help you to recognize synchronicities in your own life as a tool for finding inner peace.

Perhaps the most important item that we can carry in our spiritual toolbox is loving-kindness. When life doles out challenges, opening our hearts and cultivating kindness toward ourselves and others can guide us through the most difficult situations. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert help listeners define what loving-kindness is, take them through a full practice session, and talk about its application in everyday life.

For millennia, people have had NDEs and returned from their short time on the other side of the veil with profound wisdom about life on earth. From indigenous wisdom keepers to modern day neurologists, NDE survivors share common descriptions of what they saw, felt, and heard, and they are universal in the messages they bring back. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert share extraordinary NDE stories, an understanding of why they happen, and the three most important lessons that survivors carry with them.

It is said that we should treat ourselves as we would treat our best friend. So why is that so difficult to do? We know how to love our partners, families, and friends freely, yet the reflex to love oneself is often the last muscle to develop. We need to foster self-love because it is truly the baseline that anchors everything we seek, from happy relationships with others all the way to pure enlightenment. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert explore the blocks we have, share stories about their personal lessons on the road to self-compassion and self-love, and offer up tips to better become your own best friend.