Parhaat Contemplative Podcastit (2024)

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E 205 Beyond The Christmas Carol 16:05

3d ago16:05

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Send us a text Join us today as we talk about the backstory of Charles Dickens and his creation of this classic. We explore the creative process, shadow sides and more. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Let the Earth Be Glad: Psalm 96: Lectio Divina 22:28

4d ago22:28

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A 22-minute guided meditation with Psalm 96, using Lectio Divina. Psalm 96 is a Psalm of rejoicing, celebrating in the greatness of the Lord. It is a Psalm for Christmas. This guided audio meditation invites you to be aware of your body and your breath as you meditate, allowing the words of the Psalm to wash over you and through you. “Tell it out a…

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Dale Borglum PhD on Conscious Dying 40:41

8d ago40:41

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Dale Borglum has a BS from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Stanford. I was worked with, lived with, and was close friends with Ram Dass. RamDev Dale Borglum is the founder and Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a pioneer in the conscious dying movement and has worked directly with thousands of people with…

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Post-Election Thoughts from Julian of Norwich 39:46

21d ago39:46

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Some people, feeling unsettled by the election, have wondered what the wisdom talked about on The Pocket Contemplative might offer us. Dave Schmelzer looks to Julian of Norwich, who lived during her own unsettling time (the Bubonic Plague), for some thoughts. In his introduction, he also talks about "Faith Part 2," a new 8-week online course about …

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People Are Good For You 17:21

25d ago17:21

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A cultural critique coupled with a reflection from the 1st Sunday of Advent. The passage: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13.

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New Song: Come Lord, Veni Emmanuel, a Color arrangement of O Come O Come Emmanuel 5:31

26d ago5:31

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Welcome to the season of Advent! This song a Color original, a new arrangement of the Christian hymn, O Come O Come Emmanuel and four of the O' Antiphons. We hope that you enjoy this different version as you journey over advent. For more about Color, go to our website: www.colorbb.orgKirjoittanut Color

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E 204 Revisiting the Winter Solstice 17:56

10d ago17:56

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Send us a text Winter seasons, whether they be literal or figurative, have much to offer us. Join us as we revisit the topic of Winter Solstice and how we are engaging this transitional time in the Northern Hemisphere. (For listeners in the Southern Hemisphere, feel free to check out episode 74 when we talk about the Summer Solstice.) Support the s…

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Finding Your O Antiphon: An Advent Meditation 14:35

11d ago14:35

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A 15-minute guided meditation for Advent. The Antiphons are short chants which appear throughout Christian liturgy, and feature in Ambrosian chant and Gregorian chant. The O Antiphons are sung in the final seven days before Christmas. Each short verse – one per day – calls on the Lord by a specific name (O Wisdom, O Adonai, O Key of David..), descr…

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108. Christina Donnell, PhD: Sowing the Seeds of Consciousness 45:58

15d ago45:58

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Christina Donnell and I talk about her latest book, her utterly profound mystical experiences, and non-duality. Her award-winning book: Encounters with Living Language describes a series of illuminations she received in holy language. Think Eat, Pray, Love meets Carlos Castaneda with a twist of Rilke! Her adventures give readers glimpses of her lif…

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E 203 Value of Masterminds 20:18

17d ago20:18

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Send us a text Join us as we talk about mastermind groups. We explore some of the key elements and benefits of these groups and hope you feel inspired to check out some of our offerings. Learn more at christina@foundrysc.com Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Preparing Space: A Guided Meditation for Advent 19:37

18d ago19:37

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A 19-minute audio meditation for Advent. The opening image of Caryll Houselander’s book The Reed of God, describes Mary’s “virginal quality” as emptiness. Not a formless or useless emptiness, but a shaped emptiness, prepared to hold something specific. She relates this emptiness to the hollow of the reed, which is prepared to “receive the pipers br…

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107. Dr. Mark Forman On Trauma And Spirituality 51:41

21d ago51:41

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Is Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey possible for those with traumatic childhoods? Actually, for those with complex PTSD, Dr. Forman identifies a different path and points the way towards growth. Contemplative Light is a community of writers and teachers providing resources for the healing of persons. Contemplative Light: Silence, Practice, Heal…

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E 202 Wanting For More 15:12

24d ago15:12

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Send us a text Today we explore the concept of wanting for more and how desire is not necessarily selfish or greedy. We discover ways gratitude and wanting for more co-exist. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Thy Kingdom Come: Advent: A Guided Meditation 16:33

25d ago16:33

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A 15-minute audio guided meditation for Advent. During Advent, we remember that Christ has come, Christ is coming (now, among us) and Christ will come again. For those who seek to follow Christ, this meditation offers space to reflect on the Kingdom of God: what it is, what it does and how you are uniquely invited to participate in its coming. Open…

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Ep 201 Limited Eating 13:37

1M ago13:37

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Send us a text Join us as we delve into the topic of limited eating and its various causes. We explore situations like food allergies, dietary choices, religious practices, and situational constraints like travel and emotions that often follow. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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106. Dr. Mark Pitstick: Proof of the Afterlife 49:11

1M ago49:11

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Clint talks with Dr. Mark Pitstick about empirical studies that find proof of the afterlife. Contemplative Light is a community of interspiritual writers and teachers providing resources for the healing of persons. Support the showKirjoittanut Clint Sabom

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Preparing for Advent: A Guided Meditation 13:55

1M ago13:55

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A 13-minute guided meditation to help you settle on how you will observe Advent this year. If you’re not quite sure what your advent observance will look like this year, or how to balance the sacred time of waiting with the jolly buzz of December, let me accompany you as you pray through these questions. This guided intention-setting meditation cam…

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Christ the King Sunday 17:31

1M ago17:31

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Also know as ‘One Anothering 2.0’. Because radically countercultural messages deserve to be updated and proclaimed twice.

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Ep 200 Spirituality of Healthy Eating with Betsy Gonwa 22:18

1M ago22:18

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Send us a text Today, we are joined by spiritual guide Betsy Gonwa to discuss the intersection of food, spirituality, and health. We hope you find inspiration from her story and the ways healthy eating impacts our daily lives. Learn more at listeningspacemke.com Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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One Anothering 13:01

1M ago13:01

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A homily reflecting on the importance of being there for and being there with one another.

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Ep 199 4 Ways We Relate to Food 19:51

1M ago19:51

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Send us a text We are continuing our series about food, looking at 4 common ways we relate to food. Check out Ep 198, Spirituality of Food, for the first part of the series. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Your Life is Speeding Up! Try “Resonance.” 33:44

2M ago33:44

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Hartmut Rosa is a German sociologist whom many Christians have been looking to as a guide to how our lives seem to be accelerating. Do we somehow need to opt out of this acceleration if we want a happy life, much less a life with God? Rosa says no, opting out isn’t possible. But he does have a contemplative answer: “resonance,” a kind of paying att…

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Ep 198 Spirituality of Food 15:56

2M ago15:56

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Send us a text Food is something every single one of us interacts with regularly. Join us as we take what might seem like a mundane part of life and explore some of the spiritual implications. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Memento Resurrectio 13:32

2M ago13:32

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A reflection on the readings for All Saints.

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E 197 Contemplative Practices in An Election Year 21:32

2M ago21:32

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Send us a text As the US is in an election week, we are reminding ourselves of some helpful spiritual practices Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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E 196 MythBusters, Part 2 16:42

2M ago16:42

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Send us a text Join us for Part 2 where we continue the conversation from last week around common questions and ideas about spiritual direction and contemplative spirituality. For part 1, please check out Episode 195. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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On Second-Half-of-Life Spiritual Growth 27:50

2M ago27:50

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Dave Schmelzer is in touch with many people who are, to a greater or lesser degree, deconstructing their earlier faith experience, a common process for midlife people of faith. HIstoric Christian spirituality tells us there's a unique second-half-of-life flowering of faith. Dave lets us in on a series of conversations he's been having about how we …

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E 195 MythBusters, Part 1 18:10

2M ago18:10

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Send us a text We have collected a few common questions and ideas about spiritual direction and contemplative spirituality. Join us as we address some myths and help expand our understanding around the benefits of spiritual guidance. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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E 194 Spiritual Direction in Europe 19:26

3M ago19:26

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Send us a text Today we have the honor of interviewing one of the leaders of Spiritual Directors Europe, an organization that networks and trains spiritual guides across that continent. Join us as Rafael Maria Theuvenet shares about spiritual direction in the Netherlands, as well as other parts of Western Europe. Support the show…

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E193 God Showing Up At Work: 3 Stories 15:14

3M ago15:14

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Send us a text Today we hear from an interior designer (Carol), bus driver (Chris) and non profit worker (Abbie) about ways they are seeing God show up in their work and everyday lives. We hope you find inspiration in your own life and work. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Discovering Your Untapped Potential: Embrace Your True Nature 11:41

3M ago11:41

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Welcome to another episode of Contemplative Living with David Bennett. In this episode, we delve into the concept of untapped potential that resides within each of us. Spirit once said, "Dance with the light of being. Know your potential is moving toward wholeness." Join us as we explore how to move towards wholeness by connecting with our true nat…

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Ep 192 Fifth Season: Late Summer 16:06

3M ago16:06

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Send us a text Today we learn wisdom from Ancient Chinese Medicine about the shortest season and how we might engage with it. Even though most of us follow a four- season calendar, we hope you find ways to contextualize this fifth season. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Why You Love Nature (with Howard Thurman) 37:02

3M ago37:02

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Howard Thurman was the great behind-the-scenes spiritual leader of America’s civil rights movement. Martin Luther King was said to carry a copy of Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited with him for inspiration on each march. But Thurman starts by being among the great nature mystics in the Christian tradition. Why do you (like everyone) love nature …

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Ep 191 The Importance of Place 18:28

3M ago18:28

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Send us a text There is something deeply spiritual about places and our orientation to particular places. Poets, photographers, and families remind us of their importance and meaning. Join us as we explore our relationship with place through a contemplative lens. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Episode 43: MOVING FROM FEAR AND DESPAIR TO HOPE 20:03

3M ago20:03

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The apostle Paul in First Corinthians 15 makes the argument that without the resurrection of Christ our faith is worthless. The resurrection is the basis our hope in this life and in the life to come that we affirm in our creeds and in every mass. (This podcast was originally posted on the YouTube channel "Virtue and Vise" Chris Ranly)…

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Episode 42: A Catholic Response to the New Apostolic Reformation 43:58

4M ago43:58

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The false teaching of the new apostolic reformation is anti-Catholic and should be recognized as cultic.

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Ep 190 Seeking Shalom in our Neighborhoods (With Justin Markofski. 22:07

4M ago22:07

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Send us a text Today non-profit community director, Justin Markofski, shares insights on what it means to love our neighbor as ourselves. He dives into the delight of deepening our love of God and how that overflows into the community around us. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Steadfast Love : Lamentations 3 : Guided Meditation 11:25

4M ago11:25

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A 11-minute audio guided meditation with mindful breath awareness. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning Great is Thy Faithfulness. All blessings as you pause with these profound verses. May they be new to you as you pray. Lissy Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative pray…

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Ep 189 Speed of Life 15:33

4M ago15:33

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Send us a text Today we talk about the speed of life. Join us as we explore a topic that comes up over and over again and has relevance for our daily living. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Mary and Martha: Luke 10: Imaginative Contemplation 25:46

4M ago25:46

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A 25-minute audio guided meditation in Luke’s Gospel, Luke 10:38-42, using Imaginative Contemplation. “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparat…

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Ep 188 Resource Netting 17:14

4M ago17:14

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Send us a text Today we explore the idea of resource netting, a term first heard by the author Greg McKeown and then built upon by Martha Beck & poet, David Wythe. Join us as we look at our resource rich world and the contemplative invitations for us in it. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Discovering Your True Essence: The Light Within 14:51

4M ago14:51

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Welcome back to another episode of Contemplative Living with David Bennett. This week, we delve into the profound concept of 'being' and explore our divine nature, our true essence. What does it mean to truly be? How can we uncover the authentic core of our existence amidst the chaos and distractions of everyday life? David shares insights on findi…

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Ep 187 Interruptions or Invitations? 18:53

4M ago18:53

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Send us a text Today we explore various times in our lives when we face interruptions, both small and large. We discuss ways we’ve found helpful in reframing them. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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The Interior Castle: The First Dwelling: Lectio Divina 19:28

4M ago19:28

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A 19-minute audio guided meditation with text from Mirabai Starr’s translation of The Interior Castle. In this meditation I invite you to pray with the wisdom of St Teresa of Avila. Listening prayerfully to the text, you are invited to ask: How is the Lord speaking to me in these words? Teresa was given a picture of her inner self, her soul, as man…

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The Art of Giving Back: Illuminating Lives Through Generosity 14:13

4M ago14:13

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Welcome back to another episode of Contemplative Living! After a brief hiatus due to moving, David Bennett returns with his 200th episode, focusing on the profound topic of giving back. Join David as he explores how acts of generosity, whether big or small, can create ripples of kindness that transform lives and communities. In this episode, David …

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Ep 186 Empaths 20:30

5M ago20:30

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Send us a text Today we discuss some of the benefits and challenges of those who identify as Empaths. We also note people who do not identify that way but live, work or regularly relate to those who do and how we can learn and grow together. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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Episode 41: THE AUTHORITY CRISIS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 29:39

5M ago29:39

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Like many Protestant denominations, the Catholic church faces a crisis of authority. The primary reason for this is postmodern thinking that places ultimate authority in the thinking of the individual and not in an institutional church. This thinking is hardly new since it manifested itself soon after creation.…

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Ep 185 Seasons of Life 14:07

5M ago14:07

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Send us a text Join us as we reflect on the cyclical nature of life and the wisdom our seasons offer us. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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We Are One: John 17: Lectio Divina 17:14

5M ago17:14

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A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 17:1-4, 10-11, 13, 23, 26, using Lectio Divina. In Jesus’ final prayer/teaching before he arrested, in John’s Gospel, there is both a summary and climax of the primary messages of John. These messages include: the intimacy or one-ness that exists between Jesus and the Father, the invitation…

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Ep 184 Activating & Reactivating 15:33

5M ago15:33

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Send us a text Today we explore aspects of activating something new and reactivating former parts of our lives. Discover how these 2 aspects build off each other. Support the showKirjoittanut Chris & Christina Roberts

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