The Big Things in Life
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Meeting Hatred and Shamanic Practice
Hatred is a luxury we do not have. It costs too much, eventually destroying all that truly matters and leaving the soul lost as collateral…read more.
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Fear and Shamanic Practice
Feeling fear—whether real or imagined— initiates a variety of chemical responses in the body that support the needed physical response, either fight, flight, freeze, or…read more.
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Releasing Fear, Letting Evil Go
Everyday fear-based thinking is fertile soil for the seeds of evil to germinate and take root. Chronic fear and anxiety nourish the roots of the…read more.
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Shamanism and the Mess of Love
Humans are messy. And love is one of the messiest bits of human life. So what do we really mean when we strive to rise…read more.
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Dying Well: Shamanic Wisdom
Dying is part of life; it is that simple. When death is accepted as a natural part of our journey, an extraordinary amount of energy…read more.
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The Challenge of Love
Self-love is fundamental, but remains a Sisyphusian task for many. What would it take for you to respect, honor, and deeply value yourself? This is…read more.
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Giving Gratitude for the Hard Stuff
We are not actually entitled to anything, not the water we drink or the air we breathe. Everything is a gift. For the gifts to…read more.
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Awakening the Courageous Heart – Part Two
Why are we afraid to feel? Why do we fear the emotional intelligence of the heart? The heart affects mental clarity, creativity, emotional balance, and…read more.
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Awakening the Courageous Heart – Part One
The choice to love again precedes the healing. This is the confusion most share. The heart doesn’t heal so that it can love again. The…read more.
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Why Are We Afraid to Live Well: Part Two
We must first change what we want if we are to release our fears of living well. We must decide that we want the path…read more.
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Why Are We Afraid to Live Well? Part One
One of the biggest challenges for us to understand in the New World is sovereignty or the supreme power to govern yourself. The sense that…read more.
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Why Are We Afraid to Die?
The stories we have been told about where we go when we die shape our reality about death. Millions of people are terrified of death…read more.
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Finding True Love
The spirits teach us about love, one way or another, in each and every contact with them in journeys and out in nature, in dreams…read more.
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The Power of Joy
In a culture that can barely sort out the distinction between wants, needs, desires, addictions and obsessions, the power of Joy remains strong, but largely…read more.
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Love and Shamanism
Why would the spirits bother to teach us about love? Because love is all there is. Think you’ve heard that before? We don’t think so. …read more.
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Sex and Shamanism
“Sex is meant to be a mainline to Spirit for anyone,” explains shaman and host, Christina Pratt. “Spirit is constantly teaching that being in right…read more.
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Shamanism and Life with Martin Brennan
What are the powerful and precise teachings about living life that we learn from the practice of shamanism? Our most popular guest, Martin Brennan, joins…read more.
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Death and Shamanism
“The things we learn about life from working with the dead,” says shaman and host, Christina Pratt, “are timeless and priceless.” One of the shaman’s…read more.
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The Power of Blessing
“Blessings strengthen us, subtly or powerfully depending on the person giving the blessing and the strength of the blessing itself,” explains our host and shaman,…read more.
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The Power of Faith
“Faith is freefall. It is the liquid state of grace in which all change is possible,” explains shaman and host, Christina Pratt. “Without faith we…read more.
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The Power of Gratitude
“Gratitude as a function in life that makes things work out,” says our host, Christina Pratt. When we are without gratitude we are without perspective.…read more.
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Sin and Your Destiny
Your destiny is already present. It is here with you from the moment of your birth, and yet you are unclear. What you miss is…read more.
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Beyond Good and Evil
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.” With…read more.
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Freedom—use it or lose it
In honor of Independence Day we will speak this week of FREEDOM, but all patriotism stops there. We are speaking of freedom because it is…read more.