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The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Meghan Smith
33 episodes
5 months ago
A podcast for the spiritually homeless, reluctant, questioning and / or curious. Real conversations about living a spiritual life when you live in a skeptic's body.

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A podcast for the spiritually homeless, reluctant, questioning and / or curious. Real conversations about living a spiritual life when you live in a skeptic's body.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Spirituality
Education,
Religion & Spirituality,
Self-Improvement
Episodes (20/33)
The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Spirituality is Self-Love with Kristin Baker

Kristin is an executive coach, facilitator, trainer, a joyful mom to both a human child and a dog child and, most importantly, a friend and colleague of mine.  She’s a self-described spiritual NON skeptic, the yin to my yang.  We discuss how her pipeline to deeper spirituality was through radical self-love and acceptance and how starting to talk to God during her daily dog walks got her through a deep depression in the middle of both the covid pandemic and the tragic daily news cycle playing out in the US.


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2 years ago
43 minutes 58 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Solo Episode: The One Where ChatGPT Interviews Me

In this slightly unhinged solo episode, brought to you by my spiritual funk, I let ChatGPT interview me about my spiritual world.  

 

The Untethered Soul

Conversations With God

Mel Gibsons / Jesus Meme

Bo Burnham Inside


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2 years ago
30 minutes 49 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Tapping Into Your Intuition With Sara Wegwitz

Sara shares about how her intuition and spiritual gifts were dampened as a child and how she came to slowly turn them back up to full volume.  We talk about the learnable skill of accessing your intuition, particularly distinguishing it from the voice of fear.  And at the end she does a Tarot reading for all those listening, sharing what the Universe wants each of you to hear.

 

Sara is a coach, trainer, and intuitive who helps people (individuals and groups) shift their mindsets and heartsets through "bite-sized"  immersive events, training sessions, and coaching programs. She's a Truth Seeker; Peace Promoter; Light Emitter; and Love Giver.

 

Instagram: @coachsarafina

LI: Sara Wegwitz

FB: Sara Wegwitz

YouTube: Sara Wegwitz

Website: sarawegwitz.com


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2 years ago
42 minutes 55 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Solo Episode My So Called Food Addiction

In this vulnerable solo episode, I talk about my journey in choosing to identify as a food addict.  I share my hesitance about sharing it, all the miracles it has brought into my life, and all the ways it is very fraught - including the internalized fat-phobia that just will not quit. 


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2 years ago
30 minutes 43 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Angela Han Talks About Anger

Angela Han is a lawyer and coach, currently referring to herself as The Anger Coach.  She shares about the misunderstanding of emotions generally, but especially anger.  We talk about radical self-acceptance–in all things, can you have your own back? Can you even have your own back when you can’t fully have your own back?  When you’re at your absolute “worst”? As someone who is committed to self-acceptance but often find myself sneakily trying to fix myself in a million different ways, Angela and this episode were a much needed breath of fresh air.

 

Find Angela:

Angela-han.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsangelahan/


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2 years ago
45 minutes 54 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
The Spirituality of Friendship with Michelle Aubrey

On this one year anniversary of my podcast, I have a most special guest. My close friend, soul sister, and magical human Michelle Aubrey.  We talk candidly about our friendship, some of the bumps we’ve experienced, how we’ve navigated them and the spiritual side of all of it.  Michelle also shares her conception of God and about her current work exploring her relationship to her masculine and her feminine sides.

 

RESOURCES

Find Michelle:

michelle@michelleaubrey.com

Insta: @michelleaubreycoaching

 

Michelle’s Resources:

Avatar

The Shack

The Egg Andy Weir http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html 

One Strange Rock - Netflix (Will Smith Narrated) 

Teo Alfero https://www.teoalfero.com/

Kendra Cunov https://kendracunov.com/

John Wineland https://www.johnwineland.com/


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2 years ago
42 minutes 3 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Solo Episode: Five Lessons I've Learned After Five Years as a Coach
It is my 5 year coach-aversary!!!! To celebrate five full years in business as a life / business / spiritual coach / healer / guide / mentor, I am sharing five bits of wisdom I have gained along the way.  This is NOT intended to be business advice, just a sharing of my own experience as a solopreneur (many of which I’ve noticed are shared by my clients and coaching colleagues).  Enjoy!

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2 years ago
24 minutes 53 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Spirit, Coaching and Guiding our Babies w/ Elena Arecco Bridgmon

Elena and I talk our take on the relationship between spirit and coaching, our respective quests to find a version of spirit and worship that resonates with the current versions of who we are, and our desire for our babies to have loving, wise spiritual teachers in their lives.

Elena is passionate about supporting women to create their version of an epic life and works to model for her two daughters, Zara and Zoë, that being a fulfilled working mother is not only a possibility, but a reality they get to see in their own home every day. When at home in Charlotte, NC, Elena can be found working in her home office, reading a smutty novel, watching movies with her family, playing piano or having impromptu karaoke session. She is passionate about food, her family (both given and chosen), and travel, and is dedicated to the daily practice of consciously living an epic life.

 

Where to Find Elena:

lumoleadership.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenaareccobridgmon/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumoleadership/about/?viewAsMember=true

@elenaarecco_lumoleadership (on insta)


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2 years ago
35 minutes 13 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Mei Ling Tsui: From Black Sheep to Soul’s Purpose

Mei Ling tells the story of going from the family golden child to the family scapegoat practically overnight.  She shares the trauma it caused her, her rock bottom and ultimately her journey not only to heal from it but to turn it into her soul’s purpose. At the center of her journey - Kwan Yin, The Goddess of Mercy.

 

Mei Ling is an intuitive medium and guide. She supports mindful and brave women who hear the call to break away from familial and societal expectations and live their soul agendas.  Her specialty is reconnecting women to their inner guidance system to help navigate transitions, and to create the soul fulfilling lives that they deserve.

 

Instagram: @meiling.intuitive

Website: www.meiling-intuitive.com


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2 years ago
38 minutes 13 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Dionne Nicholls Germain: A PhD in Forgiveness

Dionne shares generously about how her spiritual world has grown and evolved throughout her adult life. She talks about navigating infidelity, single parenthood, re-building her professional life, moving cities, the ending of a second marriage (and the subsequent recent reconciliation) and, of course a pandemic.  The linchpin to it all: forgiveness and faith.

 

Dionne Nicholls Germain, also known as The Joy Coach, is the Founder of Live Your Best Life for You, a Life & Leadership Coaching Service for busy working moms.  She is the creator of The RESET: How to Pivot from Powerless to Purpose workshop, a regular Contributing Writer for Jobs.mom and a Brand Ambassador for The 5-Minute Journal, the gratitude journal that changed her life.

 

Resources

 

Dionne has an upcoming offering called The Conquering Unforgiveness Mastermind which can be found here: https://www.liveyourbestlifeforyou.com/product-page/the-conquering-unforgiveness-mastermind

 

The Sanctuary: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1554114023

 

Instagram:  @dionnenicholls

Facebook:  @dionnenicholls

website:  liveyourbestlifeforyou.com

email: dionne@liveyourbestlifeforyou.com


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2 years ago
43 minutes 21 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Coming Home to Her Truest Expression w/ Sarah Rankin

A creative, clairvoyant and intuitive, Sarah shares how her suppression of her gifts and her truest self manifested in physical illness.  She tells the story of getting quiet and coming back to herself and she helps me understand what it is to be clairvoyant and where souls come from.  Sarah is a true gift and pleasure to listen to.

 

You can find her here:

Web: https://www.arcana-intuitive.com

Insta: @arcanaintuitive 


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2 years ago
44 minutes 4 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Solo Episode: Setting and Achieving Goals from a Spiritual Perspective
In this episode, the first recorded in 2023, I talk about goal setting (and achieving!) from a spiritual perspective.  Something that is likely top of mind for many of you this time of year. If we believe in a higher power greater than us and that that power is indeed powerful and life is unfolding for our good and the greater good…then why would we even set goals?? And how? I don’t have it figured out, but I’ll tell you what I’ve learned.

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2 years ago
19 minutes 58 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
The Flow of Spirit with Malcolm White

Malcolm and I discuss the things that are nearly impossible to put into words - what it means to be in a spiritual “flow” (and the impossibility of making that happen) - and what it is like to straddle the spiritual and the religious.

 

Malcolm is a Success Coach for Men with a holistic approach to development.  He supports men to go deeper in their personal discovery and increase their access to emotions so they can live more freely in their own skin and succeed as partners, fathers, and leaders.  He also works as a partner coach with LUMO to create success for working parents (we work together there - yay!).  In addition to coaching, he has a background in Human Services and mental health, focusing on creating housing opportunities for people who are homeless.  And he has a Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies.

 

Malcolm can be found on LinkedIn or you can email him at malcolm@lumoledadership.com


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2 years ago
38 minutes 34 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Melanie Paez: The Mercy of Being Human

Melanie talks about her experience growing up Catholic, un-becoming Catholic (and which parts she kept), and her journeys with psychedelic therapies, reiki, human design, her own intuition and what it means to connect with God.

Melanie can be found on Instagram @cheifexecutiveangel


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2 years ago
38 minutes 50 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Solo Episode: The Power of Not Knowing

Today is a solo episode about one of my favorite prayers - The Set Aside Prayer.  Growing the part of my brain that can sit in true curiosity has been LIFE CHANGING and this prayer is one I turn to several times a day when I find myself “knowing” how life goes.  Learning to set aside everything I think I know, for a new experience, as changed every aspect of my life and has made room for miracles to unfold.  Please enjoy!

 

Dear God, please help me set aside everything I think about ______, about myself and about you, God - so that I may have an open mind and a new experience with these things.  Please let me see the truth.

 

For you non-God / Higher Power Folks:

 

I am willing in this moment to set aside everything I think I know about _____, about myself and about how the universe I live in works.  I am willing to have an open mind and a new experience with these things.  I am willing to see the truth.


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2 years ago
18 minutes 58 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Craig Cassey: A Sex Coach Talks About Coming Out in a Sex-Negative Church Culture

Craig talks about coming out at 16 years old in a sex-negative church culture, staying in relationship with his parents through the process, and the place spirituality has in his life now.  

Craig is an executive life, business, and sex coach committed to his clients creating pleasurable lives everywhere - from the boardroom to the bedroom and beyond.

 

@craigcasseyjr

www.craigcassey.com


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2 years ago
42 minutes 46 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Fayzan Rab: From Islam to Christianity and back + the Beauty of being both a Skeptic and Deeply Spiritual

It was hard for me to name and describe this episode because like Fayzan himself, it’s not easily defined or put into a box–which is the beauty of it. In his own words, he exists at the border of many different worlds, Islam and Christianity, medicine and coaching–to name but a few. A lovely human with so much to share and with nothing but gentle humility while he shares it.

Fayzan Rab PCC is a personal and professional development coach who has 100+ hours of experience working with engineers, designers, and executives to improve their presence, navigate their career, and to have the home run moments that allow them to have the fullest experience of their life and work. Prior to becoming a coach, Fayzan worked at Google as a Product Lead and was the most rapidly promoted person in his organization for his tenure. He was asked by the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health to build out the product team at Mindstrong Health, a Series C $100M biotechnology startup. Fayzan found his way into Accomplishment Coaching's yearlong training program when he felt a draw to work closer to people to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. Fayzan is currently in medical school looking at the intersection between coaching and healthcare. When Fayzan is not coaching, he is going for a bike ride, helping someone register to vote, or reading the most recent Haruki Murakami novel.

Resources Mentioned

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté


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2 years ago
46 minutes 17 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Bob Conlin: From Stealing Meds at Work to Transforming Lives as Work

Bob shares his story of addiction, including his rock bottom, and his journey to embrace the spiritual.  He talks about his miracle baby, life as a father and how his conception of God has changed over time.

Bob Conlin is a men’s alchemist, coach, author, leader, husband, and father. Bob believes the relationships we have with ourselves, those we love, and those we lead have the greatest impact on our life experiences. Powerful and fulfilling relationships are created once we get connected to, and responsible for, our generational traumas, triggers, and limiting beliefs about what is actually possible in our lives. Bob's unique and courageous approach to creating relationships has been featured on ABC World News Tonight, CBS, NBC, Good Morning America, and most popular social media outlets. Bob has extensive training as an ontological coach, is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, Gottman trained, Founder of The Alchemy of Men, and the Co-Founder of the Living In Love Incubator program.

Where to Find Bob

www.conlincoaching.com


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3 years ago
36 minutes 14 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Lisa Almquist: Portals, Polarity & Soul Contracts, Oh my!

We talk about portals, the spiritual role of the extreme polarity happening in the world right now, and the tough pill it is to swallow that the current "villains" in our earthly world are actually serving their ultimate spiritual purpose.  Eek!  Enjoy the magical Lisa Almquist.

LISA ALMQUIST BIO

As a Personal Consciousness Guide, Quantum Clairvoyant, Multi-modality energy healer, intuitive and Divine channel,  I guide people through how the changing energy of our planet, their personal and collective consciousness affect their daily experience of life.

Sometimes they have experienced an awakening to a realization that there may be something more, but don’t hold a history of connection to spirituality or their soulful self in the past and are unclear how to move forward. 

Oftentimes, I support individuals in understanding, accepting and healing their past traumas/transitions including all of the residual effects ie: anxiety, worthiness, frustration, lack of boundaries, anger, limiting beliefs, lack of self love, identity loss, lack of purpose and/or blocks. 

I find that they are realizing that their old way isn’t serving them, so they are seeking new tools and avenues to rebuild.

Learning that this journey isn't all unicorns and rainbows, we walk together through triggers, shadow work, connect to guidance, find divine wisdom and follow sovereign self to listen, heal and live the highest expression of self in the highest timeline. 

Having earned a BA in psychology and philosophy, I have over 15 years experience in the mental health service profession. It was during that time of fine-tuning my active listening and problem solving skills, that I was drawn toward learning more about my innate gifts. 

I am not a newcomer, having been a healer for over a decade and been on this path for most of my life. Having studied various spiritual modalities and practices through other wonderful soul teachers and healers, I was led to formalize my long standing personal life approach of being a helper and healer; this time from a spiritual, soul-filled dance. 

Through self-love, self-healing and working through past hurts/traumas and life experiences, I opened my heart and now offer you a different way to experience the world; through LOVE.

I have offered my services as a soul-filled "business" now for over six years.

WHERE TO FIND LISA

http://lisaalmquist.com/

https://www.lisaalmquist.com/awakening-spirit-membership

https://www.instagram.com/lisaaalmquist/

https://www.facebook.com/lisaaalmquist/


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3 years ago
56 minutes 57 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
Candace Primack: an Artist and Reiki Master shares about her Mystical Experiences, Faith Crises, and Being an Empath

Candace holds a Master of Christian Studies (concentration on Christianity and the Arts) from Regent College, Vancouver, BC, and currently works as a Professional Artist, was a Reiki Master and Practitioner.  She was a stay at home mom for 14 years (came to her career in her 40s), is addicted to researching, reading and learning. While she’s practiced and studied the Christian faith for much of the first 50 years of her life, much of the doctrine and dogma of the evangelical faith left her feeling inauthentic and unsatisfied. The memory of a mystical experience at the age of 12, (as well as a couple more in her 20s) left her with so many more questions than answers, leading her to a faith crisis at the age of 51. 

Art Website: www.candaceprimack.com

Instagram: @candaceprimackart


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3 years ago
53 minutes 53 seconds

The Skeptic's Guide to a Spiritual Life
A podcast for the spiritually homeless, reluctant, questioning and / or curious. Real conversations about living a spiritual life when you live in a skeptic's body.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.