Desire to Destiny

Compassion is one of the virtues we can exercise towards one another, but it can also be exhausting to share with everyone who needs it. We may want to share it, but it's easy to lose heart and wonde…

Breathing.  We do it automatically, from when we first wake up, through every moment of the day, and even after we go to sleep at night.  Except for the occasional "breathing experts,"  few of us giv…

Regardless of life experience,  every one of us has a worldview that involves beliefs about God and everyone of us has an innate desire for happiness. While we all seek after happiness, many of us ar…

Fulfilling our desires is a lifelong endeavor. Sometimes this pursuit will bring joy and celebration, while other moments will be marred by disappointment and despair. Regardless of the season, we al…

What do you want? It's a simple question, but it can be incredibly difficult to answer. We can find ourselves mesmerized by flashy new opportunities or unappreciative of the many fulfilling options a…

Following the recent death of George Floyd, the world was reminded of a normal in America many of us didn't want to believe. As the reality of this tragedy sinks in, apathy has become unacceptable. F…

When shame gets hold of desire it can run out of control and lead us on the path towards a very dangerous development: a hyper-focused attention on meeting a singular objective at the expense of any …

Each day, every one of us deals with an influence that prompts us to question or self-worth, fixate on our insecurities and foster in us a sense of inadequacy. This presence is what we know as shame.…

When we talk about desire we often think of the objects of our affection: fast cars, big houses, beautiful bodies. Even if we don't know why we want these things, they can consume our energy and atte…

Recent discoveries from the field of neuroscience teach us that what we believe and what we believe in can greatly impact our well-being. This episode explores some different kinds of stories about G…

This episode explores the challenges we face in trying to manage our diverse and wild desires, our "Madness from the Gods." 

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