“Angeles Arrien has the mind of a scholar and the heart of a friend.” This was Sounds True producer Mitchell Clute’s reaction when he recorded Angeles’ audio program Gratitude: The Essential Practice for Happiness and Fulfillment. As both a cultural anthropologist and a spiritual teacher, Angeles has a gift for seeing how diverse global traditions […]

How do you face the “wounds and suffering of the human heart”? Perhaps the greatest gift from Saint Francis of Assisi was this insight: that we learn the mystery of ourselves only at the price of our own innocence. The word “innocent,” teaches Father Richard Rohr, literally means “unwounded.” Producer Mitchell Clute chose this audio […]

In Karla McLaren’s experience as an empathic counselor and researcher, emotions have more to tell us than we often realize. When Sounds True producer Randy Roark was recording Karla’s audio learning program, The Language of Emotions, he gained a whole new appreciation for the depth of information that our emotions contain. As Randy puts it, […]

Perhaps no one person has done more to prove the clinical value of mindfulness practice than Jon Kabat-Zinn. His groundbreaking research on the use of mindfulness to address chronic pain and accelerate healing has helped bring meditation into the world of conventional medicine. Yet perhaps his greatest gift is his ability to make mindfulness immediately […]

pOne of the things that makes Caroline Myss such an exceptional and provocative teacher is her unique vision. As a medical intuitive, she developed a singular ability to accurately perceive health issues in the human energy field. When Tami Simon recorded Caroline's new program, a href=http://www.soundstrue.com/shop/The-Power-of-Prayer/3617.productdetails target = _blankThe Power of Prayer/a, she was particularly captivated by a vision that Caroline shared with her audience—an image of how each of us is a light in a divine matrix of being, connected to one another in a field of grace. In this week's excerpt, Caroline shares this exquisite vision, and reveals how our connection to the divine matrix activates when we pray for healing./p

John O’Donohue was a one-of-a-kind force of nature: a genius with words, a brilliant thinker, and a professional excavator of the soul. When Sounds True producer Stephen Lessard worked to re-release A Celtic Pilgrimage with John O’Donohue on DVD, he was deeply moved by how John’s poetic insights and wisdom could enhance our appreciation of […]

Often we think of healers as those with special abilities that only a few possess. What impressed Sounds True producer Mitchell Clute about Master Stephen Co’s first encounters with pranic healing, as he describes in his audio program Power Breathing, is he initially felt nothing as he did these practices to heal his wife—in fact, […]

Buddhism and psychotherapy both share the same ultimate goal: the alleviation of human suffering. Yet it can be puzzling for therapists and practitioners alike to try to integrate these two very different approaches. When Tami Simon was recording the new audio learning program Already Free with Bruce Tift, she was impressed by the depth of […]

What would modern psychiatry and medicine look like if they had been invented by Native American people? This is a question that particularly intrigued Sounds True producer Mitchell Clute when he was recording the audio program Native American Healing Meditations with Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona. As someone who has a deep connection to his Cherokee and […]

Stress is a normal and even necessary part of life, but when we can't let go of our feelings of worry or fear, stress becomes anxiety. And persistent anxiety can easily lead to significant health issues. So how do we keep everyday stress from turning into long-term anxiety? When Sounds True producer Stephen Lessard recorded […]