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What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Karen Wyatt
147 episodes
1 day ago
Dr. Karen Wyatt shares the life wisdom she learned from her hospice patients as they faced their last days. Learn how to navigate life's challenges and become your best self in the process as Karen shares what she's learning from day to day on her own journey. You'll discover tools, practices, wisdom, and stories to help you figure out what really matters in your own life.
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Dr. Karen Wyatt shares the life wisdom she learned from her hospice patients as they faced their last days. Learn how to navigate life's challenges and become your best self in the process as Karen shares what she's learning from day to day on her own journey. You'll discover tools, practices, wisdom, and stories to help you figure out what really matters in your own life.
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What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 146 The 7 Lessons from the Dying: A Spiritual Path for These Times

Today I'll be sharing with you the 7 Lessons from my book 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying. We'll look at how each of these lessons help form a soul map for our spiritual growth that is death-aware, ego-wise, and love-rooted. This episode includes:

  • How understanding impermanence helps us cope with change
  • Why we need to let go of ego control and surrender to what life brings us
  • Our inner purpose vs. outer purpose
  • The value of practicing presence
  • Why forgiveness is key to spiritual evolution
  • Love is really all that matters
  • How suffering initiates us on the spiritual path


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1 week ago
43 minutes 40 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 145 Why Spirituality Matters Now More than Ever

In this episode I'll share some thoughts on why we need to talk about spirituality and its importance - apart from religion and even from belief in God. I'll share why I'm relaunching this podcast right now at this time in history. This episode includes:

  • Why we all need to look inward at this time
  • Collectively we are facing crises of grief, meaning, and moral guidance
  • We need spirituality that is: Death-Aware, Ego-Wise, and Rooted in Love
  • 3 simple practices for each of those goals
  • Why I returned to this podcast
  • How it differs from EOLU Podcast
  • What to expect in future episodes


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1 week ago
35 minutes 27 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 144 Where I've Been

I'm back and in this first episode of the relaunched podcast I'll fill you in on where I've been for a year and a half. This episode includes:

  • Why I had to leave the mountains
  • How I'm approaching my heart issue
  • The benefits of somatic therapy
  • Spiritual practices for the heart
  • Low sodium life
  • Why I'm grateful for my expanded heart

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2 weeks ago
31 minutes 2 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 143 Following My Heart

I'm back briefly after a long hiatus! In this episode I describe some health issues that began shortly after the previous episode and how I set out to manage them. I have been listening to my heart as a messenger for my soul and have been making some big changes in my life. You'll hear an update of what's going on right now and what to expect in the near future. I love sharing my own journey of spiritual growth and healing on this podcast so I will probably continue to provide updates from time to time.

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1 year ago
18 minutes 38 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 142 Part 11 Only Love is Eternal

In this concluding episode of the series on my grief travel through Italy I share some insights I gathered on a subsequent trip that introduced me to a doctor who became a saint. This episode includes:

  • The life of Dr. Giuseppe Moscati who was later canonized as a saint
  • Embracing the fact that death comes for everything and only love lasts
  • Why I'm saying goodbye to this podcast for awhile

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1 year ago
23 minutes 21 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 141 Part 10 We're Here for Love and Grief

In this 10th episode in the grief travel series we visit the city of Sorrento and the ruins of Pompeii for the final novena prayer. This episode includes:

  • The disappointment that comes from being attached to expectations
  • The universality of loss and grief throughout time and space
  • The inevitability of death and the need for self-forgiveness
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1 year ago
24 minutes 59 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 140 Part 9 Accepting Disappointment

In this 9th episode from the series on grief travel in Italy we travel to the beautiful city of Assisi and learn about the beloved St. Francis of Assisi. This episode includes:

  • The story of St. Francis
  • His message of love, simplicity and care for nature being usurped by commercialization
  • How life is not meant to go according to our plans and we have to learn to surrender

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1 year ago
34 minutes 1 second

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 139 Part 8 Lifting the Weight of Guilt

In this episode of my ongoing series on grief travel through Italy I visit the village of Cortona Italy and learn how to carry the guilt that accompanies my grief. This episode includes:

  • How an artist portrayed his grief in his paintings
  • A patron saint who overcame guilt and shame to bring blessings to the poor and sick
  • How nature can depict our losses and grief and inspire us to keep on

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1 year ago
32 minutes 50 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 138 Part 7 Finding Purpose in Grief

This episode is Part 7 of my ongoing series on grief travel through Italy. If you haven't done so already I recommend you listen to the previous 6 episodes first! Today we travel to Siena Italy where I came face-to-face with the depths of my grief. This episode includes:

  • How Siena became "frozen" in time after the Black Death
  • Finding peace in an ancient hospital chapel
  • Wisdom from St. Catherine

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1 year ago
32 minutes 7 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 137 Part 6 The Healing Power of Nature

In this episode of my series on grief travel through Italy we journey to the Cinque Terre region, which is a stunningly beautiful collection of 5 small villages along the Ligurian coast. This episode includes:

  • How nature reminds us to be fully present in the moment
  • Nurturing the 5 senses can help us carry grief
  • Why we need community to deal with death and dying
  • Death brings darkness but the light is always still present

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1 year ago
32 minutes 23 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 136 Part 5 Grace and Growth

In part 5 of the series on my grief travel through Italy we visit more sites in the great city of Florence and learn about grace, gratitude and growth. This episode includes:

  • The great flood of Florence
  • The 5 gratitudes
  • Sacred geometry at San Miniato

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1 year ago
29 minutes 34 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 135 Part 4: Rising from the Ashes

In part 4 of the ongoing story of my grief travel through Italy we arrive in Florence and learn about the history of the Renaissance which began in this beautiful city. This episode includes:

  • How the Black Death influenced the birth of the Renaissance
  • The remarkable expansion of consciousness that took place during the Renaissance
  • Michelangelo and his sorrow

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1 year ago
27 minutes 41 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 134 Part 3 Grief is All Around Us

Part 3 of the grief travel story takes place in Trastevere, the Jewish Ghetto of Rome, and an island in the Tiber River. This episode includes:

  • A funeral in one of Rome's oldest churches
  • A 2000 year old bridge
  • Heroism at a hospital during WW2
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1 year ago
18 minutes 4 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 133 Part 2 Light in the Darkness

Part 2 of this grief travel story takes place in Rome and at the Vatican. Be sure to listen to Part 1 if you haven't already! This episode includes:

  • Learning about chiaroscuro
  • The loving embrace of the Divine Feminine
  • Losing my identity
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1 year ago
22 minutes 45 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 132 Grief Travel in Italy Part 1

In this episode I begin a series of stories from a trip to Italy I took several years ago that was "ruined" by grief. I'll share the amazing insights and lessons I learned on that journey over the next several weeks. This episode includes:

  • The H1N1 influenza epidemic
  • Getting lost in Rome
  • The Novena inspiration

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1 year ago
31 minutes

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 131 Knowing vs Believing

In this episode I talk about the difference between knowing and believing when it comes to spiritual awareness and why that's an important distinction right now with what is happening in the world. This episode includes:

  • The "knowing" that comes from consciousness-expanding experiences
  • How to live from that knowing rather than regressing to tribal desires for vengeance and retribution
  • Why we should be grateful and humble for the opportunity to see life through an expanded lens
  • How to keep shining a light and radiating love when the world is falling apart
  • The importance of maintaining a center of calmness and stillness in the midst of the world's darkness

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1 year ago
30 minutes 56 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 130 How Transformation Can Follow Tragedy

In this episode I discuss the history of a devastating earthquake in Lisbon in 1755 that I learned about on my recent trip to Portugal. The outcome of this tragedy reminded me that even the horrific wars that are taking place right now contain a tiny seed of hope for transformation. This episode includes:

  • The devastation caused by the triple disaster in Lisbon in 1755
  • How the entire world was affected by this disaster
  • How the Age of Enlightenment was hastened by this event
  • Why we need to carry all the pain of the world right now and still continue to spread love

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1 year ago
24 minutes 45 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 129 Wisdom of Tao: Life is a Paradox

In this episode we explore another theme present in the Tao of Death: life is a paradox. This episode includes:

  • What does paradox mean
  • How things tend to get worse before they get better
  • Why things are not as they seem from the outside
  • Surrender is necessary for spiritual growth
  • We need to rise about fear of death to make a difference in the world

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1 year ago
32 minutes

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 128 Wisdom of Tao: Love is the Greatest Lesson

In this episode the beautiful theme of love is traced through some of the verses of the Tao. This episode includes:

  • How love is like water
  • Why we need to focus on "being love"
  • Only love will remain because it is the creative force of the Universe
  • Choose love over fear
  • Ultimately there is only love

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1 year ago
27 minutes 11 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Ep. 127 Wisdom of Tao: The Middle Path

In this further exploration of The Tao of Death we look at another theme that runs throughout the text: finding the "middle path." This episode includes:

  • Life is a mystery and you can't control it
  • Everything has its own flow and balance
  • The middle path leads to harmony and the integration of opposites
  • Nothing is left out and nothing is wrong in the wholeness of creation
  • How to "Be" on the middle path

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1 year ago
29 minutes 31 seconds

What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality
Dr. Karen Wyatt shares the life wisdom she learned from her hospice patients as they faced their last days. Learn how to navigate life's challenges and become your best self in the process as Karen shares what she's learning from day to day on her own journey. You'll discover tools, practices, wisdom, and stories to help you figure out what really matters in your own life.