Talking Joy Podcast

Susan S. Phillips is Executive Director and Professor of Christianity and Sociology at New College Berkeley (an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union in California). Susan is keenly interested in how engaging the caring practices will shape us spiritually. She is a certified spiritual director (Mercy Center, Burlingame, California) and has practiced spiritual direction since the early 1990s.

The book Candlelight offers an intimate view of spiritual direction through written re-enactments of actual spiritual direction sessions.

The experiential practice is accompanied by theoretical and theological foundations guiding it. The book includes the stories of nine men and women whose stories illustrate how the journey of Christian discipleship is helped by spiritual direction.

Want a deeper connection to your Higher Power, others, and your true self, as well as greater peace, meaning, and purpose in your life? A Spiritual Director can be your trusted guide. So, what exactly is Spiritual Direction anyway? In spiritual direction relationship you explore your spiritual journey in an accepting and nonjudgmental environment. It can take place for just a few sessions or many years, as long as you find it beneficial. My guest, Dr. Bruce Tallman is a full-time spiritual director and marriage coach in private practice since 2002. He has written hundreds of articles on the topic and is passionate about his mission, which is to help people grow in wisdom and love. In this episode we will discuss his book, Finding Seekers.

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Join host Pam Robertson for an inspiring conversation with bestselling and award-winning author and retreat leader, Joyce Rupp--one of the great spiritual thought leaders of our time. Joyce's newest book, Jesus, Guide of My Life offers reflections for the Lenten Journey. The Lenten season is framed as a spiritual journey that prepares us to celebrate Easter and new life. Joyce invites us to set aside a few minutes each day to read a verse of scripture and prayer response. Then sitting quietly, allow the Spirit’s wisdom to speak to you and, if you choose, write a brief prayer reflection yourself.

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Father Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ, was born and raised in the town of Church Point, Louisiana. He entered the Jesuits in 1988. He holds degrees in Philosophy, Psychology and Theology from Loyola University of New Orleans and Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After his ordination to the priesthood, he worked in Jesuit secondary schools for nine years. In 2007, he began working for the Jesuit Novitiate in Grand Coteau, La. In 2018, after a decade of service as Novice Director, he left that work to become pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Church in New Orleans. He is the author of six books on prayer and spirituality, including the Armchair Mystic and Ascending with Ignatius

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Healer. Coach. Leader. Teacher. Intuitive. Author. Rosanna M. Lo Meo is an Intuitive and Certified Life Transformed Coach, Breathwork Facilitator, Sound Healer, Author, Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) Master/Teacher, Energy Healer, Usui Reiki Master, Licensed Massage Therapist, Angel Card Reader, B.A. in Psychology & Italian from Rutgers University: She is healing our hearts with contagious enthusiasm! Connect with her here: https://www.newbeginningswithrosanna.com

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HOW DID YOU BECOME AN ENERGY LEADERSHIP MANIFESTATION EXPERT?

Since I was 5 years old I have been exposed to metaphysics and the science behind manifestation, thanks to my mom who always loved the magic of science and spirituality combined. It was through my own healing journey that I realized the power of working simultaneously with the mind, body, and spirit to manifest results and sustain them. During this time I went deep into my own subconscious to heal emotions trapped in the body and to regulate my nervous system. Through my healing journey, the SOUL Aligned Success Method™️ was born. sonialopezcoaching.com

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My guest Pam Muller specializes in dreams, she facilitates dream group gatherings and gives lectures on tending to one’s dreams as a spiritual practice. She will unpack your dream and give you many new ways to explore its meaning in your life. Working with your own dreams is a process of curiosity and inquiry. As dreams come forward enter into a relationship with them in a variety of ways to honor what is coming forward. The Haden Dream Institute: Three basic principles to remember:

1) There is no such thing as a dream with only one meaning or level of meaning.

2) No dream comes to tell you, the dreamer, what you already know.

3) All dreams come in the service of health and wholeness.

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Reverend Sherry Blackman is the pastor of The Presbyterian Church of the Mountain in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, home to the oldest, continuously running Hiker Hostel on the Appalachian Trail. She is an award-wining, internationally published journalist, poet, and author of Call to Witness, Tales from the Trail, Stories from the Oldest Hiker Hostel on the Appalachian Trail, Rev-It-Up: Tales of a Truck Stop Chaplain that chronicles her adventures as a Truck Stop Chaplain, and Letters to Our Daughters, focusing on finding one's passion and purpose. Rev. Blackman is also a chaplain with the Pennsylvania State Police. www.talkingjoy.org

It definitely feels like a strange coincidence when you see the same series of numbers popping up everywhere! Meet my guest, Vivi Stockwell author of Know Your Numbers. She shares an introduction to numerology. The meaning and history of Numerology and the spiritual significance of numbers. General description of important numbers derived from your birth date. The personal benefits of understanding your Numerology blueprint. What is a Life Path number, how to calculate yours and what it says about your personality and life’s purpose. What is a Personal year cycle, how to calculate yours and how it maps out the best times for you to travel, to begin a new project, to change careers, to repair, decorate, move or build your home. www.talkingjoy.org

The life force or energy that animates everything in the universe and your body is the very essence of Qigong. It’s a Chinese practice that uses movements and postures and can create many physical healing benefits, but it’s important to realize that Qigong is not physical exercise. It moves beyond the muscle and tissue and works in your body at the level of energy, or Qi. Meet Allison Lim: Allie is the Editor of Online Media at Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation in New York. And guestElaine Katen: Elaine is the Program Director at Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation in New York where she shares her passion for self-healing through Qigong practices. She is a Medical Qigong practitioner and teaches the advanced training of Dragon’s Way Qigong® instructors. www.talkingjoy.org