One of the main arguments I hear against spirituality, or even religion in general, is that someone doesn't need to believe in supernatural beings to be a good person. And that's correct. Being kind to one another, treating someone the way you'd like to be treated, that's all part of having empathy and human decency.…
It can be easy to think that it's not spiritual to be anger, to have rage, and yet, if we're thinking about our lives as fully embodied beings, then of course we're going to be furious. We're going to experience anger, rage, and all those negative emotions. There are plenty of stories from religious traditions…
As the temperatures are finally turning warmer after an extremely cold week this week and I can start to breathe a sigh of relief that I got myself, my spouse, the horses, chickens, pigs, (not to mention the cats including the two strays I trapped and have inside so they didn't have to brave below…
It can sound cliched to say "be kind" or to talk about kindness, especially in the face of overwhelming oppression, fear, and anger. This podcast isn't about that. Instead, we look at how we can be kind to ourselves, and how seeing everyone as having human dignity means we can be kind to them too.…
Mid January 2024 the world changed in an instant. And for many communities, it just got a lot more dangerous to be your true, authentic self. Now, we know who we are regardless of what proclamations are signed or what others say about us. But also, I can't deny it hurts to have such hate…
There are three things that have to go hand-in-hand for us to step into our authentic, embodied selves. The first two are authenticity and embodiment. The last one? Nervous system regulation. If we're stuck in fight or flight mode, then we're not going to be able to unpack the stories that are keeping us from…
When I was going through my dark night of the soul after spiritual abuse, just thinking about spirituality didn't feel safe to me. The idea of contemplating spirituality, blogging about it, talking about it, being public with it in the ways I had been prior to the abuse (now over a dozen years ago), filled…
The term autispiritual picks up on the tradition of such words as neuroqueer and autigender where our neurodiversity and/or autism directly impacts our experiences as queer individuals or our experience of our gender. Autispiritual means that our autism impacts our spirituality. To broaden it we can talk about neurospiritual where our neurotype impacts our spirituality.…
When the Right Rev. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde spoke this week, her words caused a lot of controversy in political circles, which I suppose is the point that I'm trying to make in talking about spirituality as separate from religion. For a lot of us, especially neurodivergent, queer, and/or disabled people, religion, specifically certain denominations…
A lot of people think labels can be bad things, but there are ways in which you can claim labels and use them to create new stories and reclaim your power. This episode covers a lot of territory from labels, the questions you ask when someone labels you (Is it true? What power do they…
I just started a class this semester on religion and trauma, and one of the most impactful and traumatic actions in my life was when a local food bank said that "they couldn't tell if I deserved food" when I'd asked for help. Apparently my self-employment made it difficult for them to read my tax…
As we begin our journey together through Feathermane Soul Wisdom, my first full episode discusses what I mean when I talk about living as an embodied being. Remembering that we are "a being" and not "a doing" has been the fodder for a lot of memes online and a lot of pop psychology. And yet,…
We don't often think about how stress affects spirituality, but along with anxiety being in a disregulated nervous system state can affect your spirituality. Let's talk about how spirituality and your nervous system are connected and why I'm a huge proponent of ways to relax, find some serenity in the middle of a hectic day…
Welcome to the official launch of the Feathermane Soul Wisdom podcast. I begin this show by talking about my process, my work, my goals, and what I hope to bring to you. If you're listening to this there's a good chance you are neurodivergent, might be queer, and you may experience a chronic illness or…
If someone talks to you about healing, first it implies that you have something wrong with you, that you're broken and need "fixed". I'm a firm believer that no one is "broken", that we are all whole and complete. This realization helps us to take back our power and examine why we believe we might…
The Feathermane Soul Wisdom podcast is launching on January 6, 2025. Listen to this short episode to learn what we'll cover. This podcast is distributed by the Musecharmer Network.
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