On the Path with Kissiah Young

What are you thankful for in this moment? Who resides at the tender place of your heart that perhaps this time of year brings to the surface? How is your heart right now? I find myself thinking about…

As much as this time of year brings many joy and happiness, it is also a time of deep grief, loneliness, and sadness for so many. We just never know what a person is going through. So, as we go about…

Do you ever think about dying? Have you planned for when that inevitable time comes? As someone with a hospice and palliative care background, I know how difficult it is for many to even begin consid…

We are at a time of great dismay for many. Our thoughts and feelings may be overwhelming, and so much so, that we find ourselves being pulled deeper and deeper into the dark of the injustices, disbel…

It isn't always easy to receive feedback, yet it is the key ingredient needed to change. What do we do when we receive feedback, and if we truly feel sorry, are we willing to change? If so, are we ta…

When the rubber meets the road, who do you become? Are you someone who practices openly and fully expressing what is true for you, or are you someone who tends to shut down?

I've been thinking about c…

Feedback is essential to our growth and expansion. It's a key ingredient in change, yet it's one of the hardest things for people to practice being with. We are often concerned with not wanting to up…

As actor, Uzo Aduba releases her memoir, The Road Is Good, I am brought to reflect upon the grief that rests within me, a grief rooted in what does not exist between my mother and me: a connection.

Wh…

Communication, and the many ways of its importance, has been in the air for me these days. I see how easily we miss opportunities when we choose not to communicate. We lose, and others lose because o…

I am often in thought or conversation about time and how it's the one thing we do not get back. It's something I contemplate regularly in my practice to stay alert. I appreciate time, and yet so ofte…

Communication is important and yet so lacking. The consequences can be weighty, particularly when we aren't being seen clearly by those in positions of power and privilege. I've been dealing with thi…

We're not always gonna be on the path. That's impossible. The nature of being human has a connection to imperfection. So we seek instead to be as aligned as we are able by way of being alert, awake t…

Take a moment to pause the happenings and drop into yourself. It's far too easy to get swept up and away by the tasks and to-dos of life, that we give little to know thought to ourselves. It isn't su…

Grief is such a little word of magnanimous power and presence. In the same way that it can bring us to collapse, it can crack our hearts so wide open that we see the beauty and gift of each moment. G…

Yes, you read that correctly. This episode is about the experience of having an inner-ruption. It's that dis-ease or angst or unsettled feeling or stress or insert the very thing that is disrupting y…

In 2017, I quit my job and career in hospice care and moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. I did this without any real planning, plan, or financial abundance. I felt moved, called, and so I left.

W…

Too often we do ourselves a disservice by keeping our wants and needs quiet, and not making them known. Interestingly, we somehow still manage to believe the other person should know. I guess it's ea…

Gratitude is such a game-changer. I have found the practice of gratitude to create the kind of openings in life that it's hard not to turn toward its way. Join me for this BONUS episode where I invit…

What happens when we choose not to pause and look within in order to see ourselves and our lives more clearly? Well, for certain we are destined to miss a truth that needs to be seen. We may also cau…

Welcome to On the Path, your weekly podcast dedicated to exploring life, accessing truth, and finding clarity amidst the complexities we all face. I'm Kissiah Young, your grateful host. I come to you…