What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality

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What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality episodes

January 17, 2024Ep. 141 Part 10 We're Here for Love and Grief
In this 10th episode in the grief travel series we visit the city of Sorrento and the ruins of Pompeii for the final novena prayer. This episode includes:
The disappointment that comes from being attached to expectations

The universality of loss and grief throughout time and space

The inevitability of death and the need for self-forgiveness
25 min
January 11, 2024Ep. 140 Part 9 Accepting Disappointment
In this 9th episode from the series on grief travel in Italy we travel to the beautiful city of Assisi and learn about the beloved St. Francis of Assisi. This episode includes:
The story of St. Francis

His message of love, simplicity and care for nature being usurped by commercialization

How life is not meant to go according to our plans and we have to learn to surrender
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35 min
January 03, 2024Ep. 139 Part 8 Lifting the Weight of Guilt
In this episode of my ongoing series on grief travel through Italy I visit the village of Cortona Italy and learn how to carry the guilt that accompanies my grief. This episode includes:
How an artist portrayed his grief in his paintings

A patron saint who overcame guilt and shame to bring blessings to the poor and sick

How nature can depict our losses and grief and inspire us to keep on
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33 min
December 27, 2023Ep. 138 Part 7 Finding Purpose in Grief
This episode is Part 7 of my ongoing series on grief travel through Italy. If you haven't done so already I recommend you listen to the previous 6 episodes first! Today we travel to Siena Italy where I came face-to-face with the depths of my grief. This episode includes:
How Siena became "frozen" in time after the Black Death

Finding peace in an ancient hospital chapel

Wisdom from St. Catherine
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33 min
December 20, 2023Ep. 137 Part 6 The Healing Power of Nature
In this episode of my series on grief travel through Italy we journey to the Cinque Terre region, which is a stunningly beautiful collection of 5 small villages along the Ligurian coast. This episode includes:
How nature reminds us to be fully present in the moment

Nurturing the 5 senses can help us carry grief

Why we need community to deal with death and dying

Death brings darkness but the light is always still present
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33 min
December 13, 2023Ep. 136 Part 5 Grace and Growth
In part 5 of the series on my grief travel through Italy we visit more sites in the great city of Florence and learn about grace, gratitude and growth. This episode includes:
The great flood of Florence

The 5 gratitudes

Sacred geometry at San Miniato
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30 min
December 06, 2023Ep. 135 Part 4: Rising from the Ashes
In part 4 of the ongoing story of my grief travel through Italy we arrive in Florence and learn about the history of the Renaissance which began in this beautiful city. This episode includes:
How the Black Death influenced the birth of the Renaissance

The remarkable expansion of consciousness that took place during the Renaissance

Michelangelo and his sorrow
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28 min
November 29, 2023Ep. 134 Part 3 Grief is All Around Us
Part 3 of the grief travel story takes place in Trastevere, the Jewish Ghetto of Rome, and an island in the Tiber River. This episode includes:
A funeral in one of Rome's oldest churches

A 2000 year old bridge

Heroism at a hospital during WW2
19 min
November 22, 2023Ep. 133 Part 2 Light in the Darkness
Part 2 of this grief travel story takes place in Rome and at the Vatican. Be sure to listen to Part 1 if you haven't already! This episode includes:
Learning about chiaroscuro

The loving embrace of the Divine Feminine

Losing my identity
23 min
November 16, 2023Ep. 132 Grief Travel in Italy Part 1
In this episode I begin a series of stories from a trip to Italy I took several years ago that was "ruined" by grief. I'll share the amazing insights and lessons I learned on that journey over the next several weeks. This episode includes:
The H1N1 influenza epidemic

Getting lost in Rome

The Novena inspiration
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31 min

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