Soul + Practice: Raw Conversations & Real Practices with Kathy Escobar & Phyllis Mathis

Episode 25: Long Haul Love and Learning…A Conversation with Suzann Mollner

Suzann Mollner has worked alongside Palestian Refugees for many years, and there’s so much we can learn from her about relationship, relief, and long haul love in the hardest places. More on her work at beirutandbeyond.org. 

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Episode 24: Self Care

Self Care is a word and practice that has gained a lot of much-needed traction over the past few years but what if we are approaching self-care in the same way the world works and it’s defeating some of the purpose. What if there’s a small, simpler, soulful way to take good care of ourselves? 

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Episode 23: Freedom To…A Conversation with David Hayward (Naked Pastor)

David Hayward, also known as Naked Pastor, is one of our kindred spirits and dear friend from afar for many years. In this episode we talk about all things freedom and could have talked for hours!  More on David’s work at nakedpastor.com. 

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Episode 22: Our First Guest! A Conversation With Jamison Escobar 

We had such a fun conversation with our first guest, Jamison Escobar, Kathy’s son and catalyzer of goodness related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work. He definitely gives us hope for a better future, and we need as much of that as we can find. 

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 Episode 21: Paradoxing 

We bring it up all the time but in this episode we focus in on the practice of paradox-ing, holding *all the things* despite their contradictions. It’s definitely an art, not a science. 

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Episode 20: All the Supremacies 

The lies of white supremacy, male supremacy, straight supremacy, Christian supremacy, thin supremacy, and all kinds of other supremacies are embedded into our culture, our DNA. Untangling from it is no easy task but recognizing it is a good first step.

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Episode 19: Spiritual Bypassing

In our desire to “be okay” in the world, we often do all kinds of things to skip over pain, find an easier solution, and bypass some of the deeper work. 

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Episode 18: Our Hope is in the Underground

The realities of war in Ukraine stir up a lot of feelings of powerlessness, fear, and hopelessness for the state of our world. What is our part to play in change? Our hope is in the underground. 

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Episode 17: Eldering

Don’t worry, we’re not talking about church elders, we’re talking about the wisdom that comes with aging, how we need each other–young and old mixed up together–and how crucial it is for aging people to not dismiss our contributions but step into what we have to bring to others, the world.

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Episode 16: Presence is Everything 

Living in the here and now instead of in the future of the past is no small task. In a fragile and fractured world, being present is our best shot at surviving it. But learning how to be present isn’t something that we can learn with our heads; it comes with practice.

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