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Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Dr. Habib Boerger
21 episodes
2 days ago
In this profoundly tender conversation, Dr. Habīb speaks with Dr. Frank Rogers Jr.—author, teacher, and co-founder of the Center for Engaged Compassion—about healing from trauma through the steady presence of Divine compassion. Together, they explore the lifelong process of recovering from abuse, the courage to face betrayal and rage, and the transformation that comes from knowing we are held—always—in compassion. Frank shares how his own journey led him to reimagine God beyond patriarchal im...
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In this profoundly tender conversation, Dr. Habīb speaks with Dr. Frank Rogers Jr.—author, teacher, and co-founder of the Center for Engaged Compassion—about healing from trauma through the steady presence of Divine compassion. Together, they explore the lifelong process of recovering from abuse, the courage to face betrayal and rage, and the transformation that comes from knowing we are held—always—in compassion. Frank shares how his own journey led him to reimagine God beyond patriarchal im...
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Episodes (20/21)
Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Held in Compassion: Healing Trauma and Reimagining God with Dr. Frank Rogers Jr.
In this profoundly tender conversation, Dr. Habīb speaks with Dr. Frank Rogers Jr.—author, teacher, and co-founder of the Center for Engaged Compassion—about healing from trauma through the steady presence of Divine compassion. Together, they explore the lifelong process of recovering from abuse, the courage to face betrayal and rage, and the transformation that comes from knowing we are held—always—in compassion. Frank shares how his own journey led him to reimagine God beyond patriarchal im...
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2 days ago
58 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Self-Care for Mind, Body, Heart, and Soul
What does it mean to care for ourselves in a way that’s truly spiritual? In this episode, Dr. Habīb explores self-care as sacred practice — a way of honoring the holiness of our minds, bodies, hearts, and souls. Drawing from Sufi wisdom, contemplative psychology, and interspiritual insights, he offers practical guidance for nurturing each dimension of our being. From noticing and nurturing our inner life to somatic grounding and heart-centered prayer, this episode is an invitation to return t...
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1 week ago
58 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Finding God’s Truth: Love, Unity, and the Healing of Our World
Dr. Habīb Boerger welcomes Dr. Ibrahim Jaffe — physician, Sufi master healer, and Chancellor of the University of Sufism — for a profound conversation about healing, truth, and divine unity in a polarized world. Together they explore how to discern God’s comprehensive truth amid conflicting narratives, how personal healing mirrors global healing, and why mercy, compassion, and love are the only paths to peace. Dr. Jaffe shares Sufi insights and spiritual practices for awakening the heart, cul...
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2 weeks ago
55 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Friendship as Spiritual Practice: Compassion, Justice, and Oneness with Drs. Seth Schoen & Christopher Carter
What if friendship itself could be a spiritual practice? In this deeply moving conversation, Dr. Habīb is joined by Dr. Seth Schoen and Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter—co-creators of Racial Resilience—to explore how compassion, contemplation, and community sustain the work of racial and social justice. Together, they reflect on moral injury and healing, the role of the Compassion Practice, and the unitive experiences that remind us we are all part of one sacred whole. A conversation about courage...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Returning Home to Love: A Conversation with Felicia Murrell
Author and spiritual director Felicia Murrell joins Dr. Habīb for a luminous conversation about awakening to Divine Love, releasing inherited images of an angry God, and rediscovering the boundless compassion at the heart of all being. Together, they explore the practice of stillness, the wisdom of the body, and the invitation to return home—to Love itself. Drawing from Felicia’s book AND: The Restorative Power of Love in an Either/Or World, this episode invites you to soften into receptivity...
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1 month ago
42 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Can We Be Family in a Godly Way? Practicing Spirituality in Our Closest Relationships
In this episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habīb is joined once again by artist and former imam Abdul-Karim Pinckney (The Man of Real) for a heartfelt conversation inspired by his song “Can We Be Family.” Together, they explore the challenges and beauty of family life—our biological family, our family in humanity, and our family in creation—and how to approach these relationships “in a manner that’s Godly.” Through stories, scripture, and song, they reflect on forgiveness, mercy, and the call to ho...
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1 month ago
53 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Tasting Love, Living Surrender: A Conversation with Rahima Schmall
In this heartfelt episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habib is joined by Rahima Susan Schmall, a psychologist, healer, and Sufi teacher who has spent over four decades weaving together psychology, spirituality, and embodied wisdom. Rahima shares her remarkable spiritual journey—from early awakenings in Al-Anon to the St. Francis Prayer, Buddhist practice, and finally the Sufi path. Together, she and Dr. Habib explore surrender as a doorway to love, the role of hardship in deepening trust, and the he...
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1 month ago
1 hour 1 minute

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
No Separation: Spirituality, Therapy, and the Journey of Love
In this heartfelt conversation, Dr. Habīb is joined by psychotherapist and family therapist Vanessa McNamara to explore the deep overlap between spirituality and relationships. From Vanessa’s Irish Catholic upbringing and mystical encounters to her discovery of Sufism, Buddhism, and shamanic traditions, she shares how personal crisis and ego-death opened her to an integrated path of spirit and healing. Together, Habīb and Vanessa reflect on marriage and partner relationships as a crucible for...
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1 month ago
57 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Music as a Path to Wisdom: Yuval Ron on Sound, Spirit & Healing
What if music could be more than entertainment — what if it were a doorway into wisdom, healing, and the unseen world of Spirit? In this episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habīb sits down with award-winning composer and world music artist Yuval Ron to explore the intersection of sound and spirituality. Yuval shares his multi-path journey through Kabbalah, Sufism, Buddhism, yoga, and psychoacoustics, and how each deepened his understanding of music as a universal language of the heart. From mystical...
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1 month ago
1 hour 4 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Healing Through Spirit, Body, and Nature with Dr. Ron Banuelos
In this episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habib sits down with Dr. Ron Banuelos, licensed acupuncturist and spiritual seeker, for a heartfelt conversation on the intersections of healing, spirituality, and nature. Dr. Ron shares his journey of reclaiming cultural identity, exploring men’s work and shadow healing, and learning from shamanic traditions of South America. Together they reflect on the ways body, emotion, and spirit are intertwined, how grief and ancestral wounds can transform into wisd...
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2 months ago
50 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Slowing Down to the Still Center: Dr. Dana Maxwell on Nature, Health, and Heartful Living
In this episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habib is joined by Dr. Dana Maxwell, a family medicine physician, yoga teacher, and retreat leader in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Together they explore the intersections of spirituality, nature, and health—how slowing down, connecting with the body, and spending time outdoors can bring us back to our still center. Dr. Maxwell shares her journey from growing up in an agnostic home to finding meaning through yoga, wilderness medicine, and community retreats. S...
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2 months ago
44 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Trauma, Renewal, and the Love That Holds Us: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Aizaiah Yong
In this moving episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habīb sits down with Rev. Dr. Aizaiah Yong—minister, scholar, healer, and author of Trauma and Renewal. Together they explore how profound suffering and ecstatic encounters with the Divine can coexist, how communal care transforms trauma, and how love and interconnectedness invite us to begin again and again. Drawing on Aizaiah’s story of surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident and the mystical experiences that followed, this conversation opens i...
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2 months ago
53 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Finding a Bigger Tent: Queer Faith, Embodied Faith
In this heartfelt conversation, Dr. Habīb Boerger sits down with Rev. Julie Davis and Rev. Madison Jones McAleese to explore the journey from exclusion to belonging in faith communities. They share their personal stories of leaving—and then reimagining—the traditions they were raised in, finding inclusive spaces that affirm their full humanity, and rediscovering the beauty of ritual and embodiment in spiritual life. Together, they reflect on mysticism, community, and the call to live with lov...
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2 months ago
56 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Your Body Is Sacred: Spirituality, Safety, and Self-Knowledge with Julia Considine Pierce
In this powerful and tender episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habīb Boerger is joined by educator, author, and spiritual health advocate Julia Considine Pierce. Together, they explore the deep connections between spirituality, nature, public health, and the sacredness of the body. Julia shares her spiritual journey—from the mountains of Appalachia to mysticism and public health research—and how it led to her writing My Body Is Sacred, a book that blends spiritual affirmation, accurate reproductive...
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3 months ago
45 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Gratitude as a Way of Being: A Conversation with Abdul Karim
In this deeply moving episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habīb is joined by guest co-host Abdul Karim Pinckney—artist, former Imam, and spiritual teacher—for a rich conversation inspired by his powerful song Grateful. Together, they explore the depths of gratitude: not just as a fleeting feeling, but as a lived practice that shapes the heart, mind, and body. Abdul Karim shares personal stories, spiritual insight from the Qur’an and Sufi tradition, and the transformative moment of recording with his...
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3 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Too Sorry to Say “I’m Sorry”: Forgiveness and the Work We Avoid
In this powerful and heart-centered episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habīb Boerger sits down once again with artist and former imam Abdul Karim Pinckney (aka The Man of Real) to explore the deep terrain of forgiveness and reconciliation. Inspired by Abdul Karim’s soulful country song “Sorry” from his AI-performed album Manipulations of the Unreal, this conversation dives into why the simple act of apologizing is often so hard—and why it matters so much. From the everyday difficulty of saying “I’m...
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3 months ago
58 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
What Does It Mean To Be Human? with Abdul Karim Pinckney
In this deeply moving and thought-provoking episode, Dr. Habib Boerger is joined by artist, former imam, and spiritual thinker Abdul Karim Pinckney to explore one of life’s biggest questions: What does it mean to be human? Blending personal stories, spiritual insight, neuroscience, and poetic reflection, the conversation travels through themes of compassion, purpose, trauma, identity, and the soul’s longing to return to its True Self. Abdul Karim shares the inspiration behind his new AI-assis...
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3 months ago
57 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Sensing the Sacred: Food, Chant, and the Spirit of Hospitality with Aliye Aydin
In this heartfelt and nourishing conversation, Dr. Habīb welcomes chef, spiritual facilitator, and podcast host Aliye Aydin (@soulspacechef) to explore the deep connections between food, spirituality, and the senses. From her Turkish-American heritage to her spiritual awakening through cooking, chant, and movement, Aliye shares how she experiences connection—her definition of spirituality—in every ingredient, sound, and shared meal. Together, they reflect on the sacredness of nourishment, the...
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4 months ago
50 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
The Path of Love: Inconvenient Inner Work and Service with Jamal Rahman
What does it mean to live from the heart in a world full of hardship, division, and longing? In this soul-nourishing episode, Dr. Habīb speaks with beloved Sufi teacher and interfaith minister Jamal Rahman about the mystical path of Islam, the sacred work of transforming the ego, and how laughter, silence, music, and service can all become gateways to the Divine. Together, they explore “the inconvenient inner work,” how to polish the heart, the power of unity across difference, and why tellin...
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4 months ago
49 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
Cultivating Mercy: Music, Spirituality, and the Man of Real
In this episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habib welcomes artist, former imam, and spiritual teacher Abdul Karim Pinckney — also known as The Man of Real — for a heartfelt conversation on faith, transformation, and his latest project, Project Inspire. From his journey through Islam and Sufism to his love of music as a vehicle for sacred expression, Abdul Karim shares how life itself becomes a spiritual practice. Together, they explore themes of remembrance, mercy, culture, and connection — and how ...
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4 months ago
35 minutes

Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone
In this profoundly tender conversation, Dr. Habīb speaks with Dr. Frank Rogers Jr.—author, teacher, and co-founder of the Center for Engaged Compassion—about healing from trauma through the steady presence of Divine compassion. Together, they explore the lifelong process of recovering from abuse, the courage to face betrayal and rage, and the transformation that comes from knowing we are held—always—in compassion. Frank shares how his own journey led him to reimagine God beyond patriarchal im...