Spiritual Onion

Farewell and Thank You brings the final podcast from Spiritual Onion.  It's been a good run, but all good things come to an end....

Darkness Descending focuses on the Dark Night of the Soul, the Dark Night of Society, and the Dark Night of the World.  Using archetypal lenses of the Anti-Christ and the Apocalypse, Spiritual Onion provides a thoughtful and sobering look at the world around us.

A painful and heart-breaking compilation of this administration's destruction.  This is no political attack.  Rather, we examine Trump's decisions through both a psychological and spiritual lens.  Be forewarned.

Village of Idiots explores the increasing number of uneducated and ill-informed Americans.  The lack of critical thinking, the inability to self-reflect, and our declining public schools leave us open to authoritarianism and meaningless lives.

Subversive Spirituality takes a look at how capitalism and its cronies capture and consume everything, including subversive spiritual ideas, counter-cultural movements, psychotherapy and, dare I say, YOU.

This episode explores books, music, the loss of community, the re-imagining of vocation, and a visit by Obadiah the crusty, smelly shepherd.  

Hear an in-depth and honest analysis of how the culture is self-destructing as the False, the Bad, and the Ugly replace the True, the Good, and the Beautiful.  The podcast concludes with a look at how we can all take a small step in the right direction.  Let people of good will join together!

Shame Kills the Soul, Part 2 examines the connection between shame and envy—the connection between shame and bullying—the Church's complicity in shaming—​its failure to follow Jesus' teaching on non-judgment—and the power of acceptance.​

No other feeling does as much damage to our unique personality as does shame.  Our second stage of development as toddlers offers us the challenge of Autonomy versus Shame and its kissing cousin Self-Doubt. Autonomy allows us to be self-motivating—to freely explore ourselves and the world around us.  Controlled by others, Shame and Self-Doubt kill the soul and keep us confined within a prison constructed by others.  

WHEN YOU WERE BORN, WHO WAS THERE TO MEET YOU? We're looking at three initial building blocks for life, beginning with Trust versus Mistrust.  Let Spiritual Onion aid you in reflecting on your beginnings in the world.  Experience is key to shaping our ability to trust and our access to health mistrust.  And, when it comes to trust and mistrust of God, we reflect on the difference between belief and experience.