Soul + Practice: Raw Conversations & Real Practices with Kathy Escobar & Phyllis Mathis
Soul + Practice: Raw Conversations, Real Practices, is hosted by Kathy Escobar and Phyllis Mathis. It’s centered on raw conversations about our crazy world, and real practices that keep us grounded deep in our souls. Kathy Escobar and Phyllis Mathis write, speak, pastor, and counsel, and are dedicated to creating spaces that foster healing and change. Keep listening to your soul. Keep practicing.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 114
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Ep 74: Presidents Day and Truth Telling
For President's Day this year in the US we decided just to ramble a bit about what we're learning about the truth of our history and what that's doing inside of us as we grow and change. It's all a h…
00:40:11 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Ep. 73: Awkward Spirituality and more with Ryan Taylor
We love playing with friends and in this episode Ryan Taylor joins us for a fun conversation about the power of simple, unplugged, wild, and free spirituality that looks nothing like what a lot of th…
00:44:48 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Ep 72: A Shallow Conversation about the Oscars
Yeah, we decided to mix it up this week and just have a light and easy convo about the Oscars. Even though at the time of recording Phyllis had only watched 3 of the movies (ha!) we had a lot to tal…
00:31:50 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
Ep. 71: The 4 Food Groups of the Sovereign
We always love talking about the 4 Gateways (we did 5 episodes on it several seasons ago)--Lover, Magician, Warrior, Sovereign or Feeling, Thinking, Doing, Being. As we enter into a new year, it's a …
00:38:23 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Ep. 70: A "Certain Kind of Family" Supremacy
We've talked a lot about the lies of white supremacy, Christian supremacy, male supremacy, and a lot of other supremacies over the last few years, but this episode is about one of them that doesn't g…
00:35:43 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Out of Focus with Amber Cantorna-Wylde
We love playing with kindreds and in this episode we interview Amber Cantorna-Wylde, author of several books including her most recent--Out of Focus: my story of shame, sexuality, and toxic evangelic…
00:41:10 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
Starting 2024 with Existential Angst
Sometimes, thinking about the human condition and the reality of suffering in the world is just too overwhelming, especially when the stories we rely on to keep our balance no longer hold up. How do …
00:45:57 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
Ep. 67: Holiday Healing
Oh, the holidays stir up so much for so many. In this last episode of 2023 we process some ways we can all find our way in as healthy of ways as possible as we keep practicing, together.
00:35:04 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Ep 66: Nonviolent Communication with Joanna Douglas
We loved hanging out and learning from our friend Joanna Douglas, who nurtures soul care and spiritual formation at The Refuge and facilitates workshops, groups, and teams using non-violent communica…
00:51:38 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Ep. 65: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Realities with Jamison Escobar
It's always fun to play with Jamison Escobar, Kathy's son. This year he is now working as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator for the LA Lakers and so this episode is about learning, lis…
00:54:12 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
Ep. 64: Politics & Election Ugh and Staying Healthy
It's November 2023 and we're less than a year away from a big ugly election. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves but we also want to make sure we recognize what's ahead and what's at stake and wh…
00:41:05 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Ep. 63: The Subversive Soul
Phyllis's book--The Subversive Soul: the gentle revolution everyone needs--is now available on her website for download and we're so grateful it's in the world. In this episode she shares more about …
00:38:13 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Ep 62: Real Life Rambles & Regroup
This episode is our real transition into the new season. Last week's conversation was so important to not wait on and so in this one we do what we normally do after a break--ramble about real life, w…
00:35:30 |
Sun 12 Nov 2023
Episode 61: Season 5 Kick Off--War, Palestinian Refugees, and Reality with Suzann Mollner of Beirut and Beyond
Content Warning: Gaza War through the lens of Palestinian refugees. It's been a while and a lot of horrifying things are happening in the world. We decided to skip over the intro episode and just sta…
00:47:16 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Episode 60: Season 4 Wrap (and now a Summer Break!)
Wow, this is our 60th Episode of Soul + Practice and our Season 4 Wrap, where we look back at the last 5 months of conversations and reflect on all the goodness before a 3 month summer break. Thanks …
00:36:59 |
Mon 22 May 2023
Episode 59: Truth, Transformation, and Patriarchy with Melvin Bray
What an incredible conversation we had with our friend Melvin Bray, author of the 12 Steps Truth and Transformation Model, and co-catalyzer of a group of black men walking through the steps together …
00:45:58 |
Mon 15 May 2023
Episode 58: Internalized Misogyny
Years ago at an event centered on Toxic Masculinity at The Refuge, someone asked the speaker, Regan Byrd, a Denver-based organizational consultant and black community organizer, what work related to …
00:36:59 |
Mon 08 May 2023
Episode 57: Let's Talk about Power with Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz
We loved this conversation with Rabbi Charna Rosenholtz, who facilitates trainings and workshops for The Right Use of Power Institute in addition to her extensive work as a teacher specializing in ps…
00:37:59 |
Mon 01 May 2023
Episode 56: Death Care with Becky Davis
Yeah, we need more honest conversations about death. We've had a few since Soul Practice started and were honored to hang out with our friend Becky Davis with The Natural Funeral for a conversation a…
00:41:27 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Episode 55: Curiosity! with Lori Wilson
Our friend Lori Wilson embodies curiosity and questions that connect humans together in simple but profound ways! The art of presence and remaining in a posture of curiosity takes practice (and is re…
00:37:00 |
Mon 17 Apr 2023
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