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Spiritual Geography PodcastJoy Is Quietly SubversiveJoy.Perhaps the word brings up an image of dancing or sunshine or a tender moment.Joy can be misunderstood as something light or optional, a brief emotional lift. But real joy has depth. Joy expands our capacity to see and respond to the world differently, allowing imagination and possibility to return.In contrast, fear and anger narrow attention and create barriers between people.Expansive emotions like joy, love, compassion, and forgiveness create connection. They remind us that we aren’t meant to live in constant vigilance or exhaustion. Moments of sh...
2026-02-1003 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 77: When Silence Becomes the Price of BelongingWhen silence becomes the price of belonging, many people begin to shrink parts of themselves to stay connected. This is a reflection on conformity, exclusion, and integrity. What happens when disagreement is treated as danger and honesty costs belonging?Being pushed to the edges of community happens in religious spaces, workplaces, and families. And today, we’re seeing it prominently in politics. This episode offers a grounded way to stay rooted in love without self-erasure. When belonging becomes conditional, the work is not to disappear, but to remain whole.Joni Miller, Ph.D., is a wr...
2026-02-0310 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastWhen the Game Keeps ChangingIn a time of deep uncertainty, old strategies no longer work. This reflection explores why integrity, love, and values - not calculation - are what guide us when the game keeps changing.We are not living in politics as usual … or life as usual. The old instructions no longer work.In this uncertain time our instinct is often to calculate: How will this play out? What’s the smartest move? What protects my position, my people, and my future? But those calculations are built on assumptions that no longer hold. The game board has been over...
2026-01-2807 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 76: The Emperor is Still NakedWhat happens when telling the truth becomes dangerous? This episode explores integrity, coercion, and inner alignment in a time when many people see clearly—but fear the cost of speaking. A reflection on the naked emperor, quiet courage, and why love still calls us to remain whole.Joni Miller, Ph.D., is a writer, researcher, spiritual coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all things spiritual to help spiritual wanderers find a place they can call home, navigating by the light of Love. www.SpiritualGeography.netPhoto by Pervin: https://www.pe...
2026-01-2010 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 75: Standing Together in the UnknownWhen the future shifts faster than we can make sense of it, fear is a natural response. In moments like this – when language fails and certainty disappears – the question isn’t just what will happen, but how we choose to stand while we don’t know.This reflection explores fear without denying it, and hope without turning it into reassurance. Hope here isn’t optimism or escape; it’s a decision about how much of ourselves we’re willing to give away to fear. It’s a refusal to let fear write the story, a refusal to shrink our imagi...
2026-01-0611 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastSeeing Yourself with LoveAs we begin a new year, we often turn our attention outward - toward goals, relationships, and the world we hope to heal. But what if love for others, and even love for the Infinite, begins somewhere closer to home?In this New Year’s reflection, I share a personal story about the first time I truly saw myself — not through the lens of judgment or appearance, but through connection, presence, and soul. It was a moment that gently reshaped how I understand love for self, and why it’s not selfish, but essential.This reflec...
2025-12-3007 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 74: The Force of LoveIn times like these, choosing love isn’t easy — but it still matters.This stand-alone year-end reflection explores love as a practice and a direction we choose again and again, especially when fear and cruelty feel loud.A grounding meditation on staying human, cultivating compassion, and orienting ourselves toward what truly matters — even when the world feels unsteady.Joni Miller, Ph.D., is a writer, researcher, spiritual coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all things spiritual to help spiritual wanderers find a place they can call home, navigating by the light...
2025-12-1814 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 73: The Games Being Played with Our LivesIn a world where billionaires and governments can manipulate public opinion, bend economies, and move people around like expendable pieces, it’s easy to feel small. This episode begins with a stark image: a ruler with sticky fingers, pushing figurines across a game board as if human lives were nothing more than toys. From the boat strikes in the Caribbean to the circling of oligarchic interests in Ukraine, we’re seeing what happens when power becomes so detached that it forgets the humanity of the people underneath.But history tells a different story. When ordinary people remember who...
2025-12-0212 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 72: Time Travel GratitudeNostalgia can distort our memories of the past; gratitude can help us face the truth of the era we're actually living in. It's tempting to imagine earlier times as simpler or easier, especially when today feels heavy. But every period in history has help its own dangers, limitations, and heartbreaks. Time-travel stories, historical fiction, and even the small conveniences we take for granted remind us that no era is perfect ... and none can be chosen à la carte.Gratitude isn't about pretending everything is fine. It's about clear-eyed practice that helps us see the whole picture: what's working, w...
2025-11-2512 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 71: Choosing Who Counts ... and Why It's Time to Choose DifferentlyThe myth of the “self-made” person has shaped American culture for generations, but it’s also fueled a society suspicious of anyone who struggles. This episode looks at how that belief shapes our systems, our compassion, and our assumptions about who deserves help. From the familiar fence-and-boxes illustration to echoes of Star Trek’s “Sanctuary Districts,” we explore how easily a culture can slip into treating people in need as problems instead of human beings.Millions today are one crisis away from instability – job loss, illness, caregiving, or unexpected hardship – despite doing everything right. Yet our systems often make askin...
2025-11-1811 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 70: We are the Heroes We've Been Waiting ForWe’re taught to wait for heroes – for someone stronger, wiser, or braver to fix what’s broken. But history tells a different story. Every great movement toward justice has begun with ordinary people who refused to look away. People who turned heartbreak into courage, empathy into action, and love into something tangible.True heroism rarely wears a cape or holds a title. From Tarana Burke’s quiet beginnings with Me Too, to Clara Hale’s care for infants the world had forgotten, to Bryan Stevenson’s call to see our shared humanity – each reminds us that change is neve...
2025-11-1113 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 69: The Future is Not Yet WrittenIn a world that feels heavy and uncertain, it can be tempting to shrink our hopes to match our fear. But every meaningful shift in history began with ordinary people who dared to believe something better was possible – and lived as if it were already on its way. In this episode, we explore the quiet, resilient power of imagination and why choosing hope right now is not naïve, but necessary.Drawing from research, personal stories, and collective wisdom, we’ll look at how our expectations shape what we create … in our lives, our communities, and our nation...
2025-11-0611 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 68: The Cost of Silence - and the Courage to SpeakWe love to tell stories of heroic courage – of standing in front of tanks or marching toward danger. But the kind of courage our country needs most right now isn’t found in grand gestures. It begins in the small, everyday choices to speak truth, stay aligned with our values, and refuse to compromise what we know is right.This episode looks at how people drift away from their integrity – often quietly, through tiny rationalizations – and how they come back the same way: one honest step at a time. Those small steps don’t just transform us; they can g...
2025-10-2812 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 67: Strange BedfellowsWe are wired for safety, but we are called to curiosity. Curiosity opens hearts; grace allows people to walk through the door. People rarely transform when they're attacked; they transform when they're seen. This episode explores how fear can harden into judgment, how curiosity can bridge our divides, and how grace creates the space for healing. It's a reflection on choosing love over fear and cooperation over control ... and remembering the spark of the Divine within us that still believes love can weave justice and wholeness out of what's been torn apart. ***I preached this...
2025-10-2113 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 66: Hitching Your Wagon to a Sinking ShipWe’re living in a moment of reckoning – when certainty is cracking and the light of truth is breaking through. Many are realizing that the stories, leaders, or movements they once trusted aren’t holding up. That realization can be terrifying.This episode explores the sunk cost fallacy – how the more we’ve invested in a person, idea, or belief, the harder it becomes to let go – and what it means to unhitch from what no longer serves love, integrity, or truth. Through stories of misplaced certainty, from the Titanic to modern movements that promised safety and clarity, we’...
2025-10-0713 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 65: Let Gratitude Walk Beside Your PainThe world feels unbearably heavy right now. Shootings, mass layoffs, families torn apart by harsh policies, and the constant hum of anger and fear. Some mornings it feels like the ground beneath us is shifting, leaving us unsteady and overwhelmed.In this episode, I share one of the hardest days of my life – when my dad moved into memory care and gratitude for something as simple as a ceiling fan helped me breathe again. That moment became a reminder that gratitude isn’t about ignoring pain or pretending everything is fine. Gratitude doesn’t erase sorrow; it walks...
2025-09-3011 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 64: Confessions of a HypocriteWe all wrestle with our own contradictions. In this episode, I name mine. I call myself a hypocrite - because even though I talk about love, I catch myself judging, "other"-izing, and letting anger spill out. That honesty becomes the doorway into a deeper question: what does it mean to choose love in a world where fear is loud, cruelty is cheered, and tolerance itself has limits?Drawing on philosopher Karl Popper's "Paradox of Tolerance," I explore how love doesn't mean tolerating harm, yet it also doesn't abandon the truth that every human being carries the...
2025-09-2310 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 63: In the Name of ReligionSome call it “speaking the truth with love.” But too often, those words become weapons. In this episode, I explore what happens when the label Christian grows louder than the love it’s meant to embody – when words are used to correct and condemn rather than to comfort or heal.Drawing from 1 Corinthians 13’s description of love as patient and kind, I reflect on how easily faith can become performance, especially online, where disembodied words carry no relational weight or accountability. Detached from presence, even sacred language can become hollow. We forget that love isn’t proven by winning a...
2025-09-1811 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastThe Truth Shall Set You FreeI’d planned to finish a podcast episode and send it out this morning, but I woke up with this phrase deep in my heart: the truth shall set you free.With all the intentional disinformation circulating lately, I found myself wondering: what might change if people from all sides prayed for truth — without assuming they already know what that truth is?Many of you probably believe in the power of prayer, the power of intention, or the cosmic laws of the universe. If enough of us hold a shared intention around truth, perhaps we can...
2025-09-1605 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 62: Five Hundred Years of Disagreement (and Counting)Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther challenged the idea that one institution could control access to God – and in doing so, helped fracture Christianity into countless interpretations. Yet today, some lawmakers are trying to legislate uniform belief, from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms to beginning public meetings with Christian prayers.This episode explores the futility of legislating faith, weaving together history, current laws, and the paradox of certainty. A belief that comforts one person may devastate another – and when such beliefs are enforced by law, the harm multiplies. From communion debates to Texas courtrooms, we’re remind...
2025-09-0913 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 61: "Thoughts and Prayers"“Thoughts and prayers.” We hear the phrase after every tragedy—school shootings, natural disasters, moments of national grief. It’s meant to convey empathy, but for many it has become shorthand for doing nothing. The words can feel like a dismissal of the deep, complicated work needed to heal a broken world.In this episode, I explore what prayer really means and whether it “works.” Looking at both research and lived experience, I reflect on how prayer is often misunderstood – not a vending machine dispensing quick answers, but a practice that can lower anxiety, increase resilience, and deepen our con...
2025-09-0210 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 60: Cucumbers, Grapes, and the Stories We Tell About FairnessAt a Nebraska town hall this summer, Congressman Mike Flood tried to defend deep cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance by repeating a familiar phrase: “waste, fraud, and abuse.” Instead of applause, his constituents booed and shouted him down. After decades of being told that government programs are riddled with fraud, people suddenly realized those cuts weren’t about distant “undeserving” strangers – they were about their own lives, and the lives of their neighbors.Why does that phrase resonate so deeply, even when the facts don’t back it up? Part of the answer lies in our wiring. Like...
2025-08-2614 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 59: Why Some Think the Emperor is Wearing ClothesWhat illusions are we still clinging to – personally, culturally, politically – because the truth feels too costly to face? This episode explores The Emperor’s New Clothes as more than a children’s tale. It’s a mirror into the ways we deceive ourselves, whether in relationships, in public life, or in confronting realities like climate change.I share a story from my own life about the painful unraveling of my first marriage, where I convinced myself to see what wasn’t there and ignore what I feared. Choosing truth over illusion was hard, even heartbreaking, but it became the soi...
2025-08-1912 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 58: Where's My Flying Car?When I was growing up, I believed the future was an ever-expanding circle — one that would keep widening to include more voices, more cultures, more perspectives. The stories I loved, from Star Trek to Back to the Future, imagined not only flying cars and warp drive, but a world where humanity worked together across every kind of difference. I thought that kind of inclusion was inevitable.But lately, the circle seems to be narrowing. Diversity programs are being dismantled. Books are being banned. Laws target people for who they are. These aren’t just political battles over “issues...
2025-08-1211 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 57: I Still Don't Understand EvangelismWhat happens when certainty takes the place of compassion — not just in church, but at work? In this episode, I reflect on a new federal guideline allowing religious evangelism in the workplace and why it stirred something deep in me. From a surprising encounter in my college dorm room to the profound spiritual experience I had after my brother's death, I share the moments that shaped my understanding of God, faith, and what it really means to grow more love.This isn’t about debating theology. It’s about the kind of spirituality that bears fruit — the kind tha...
2025-08-0513 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 56: "Women Are So Scary"Why are women still being silenced, dismissed, or controlled – sometimes subtly, sometimes overtly? In this episode, we explore the lingering fear that surrounds women who don’t follow the script, tracing a line from 19th-century asylums to modern legislation, quiet social judgments, and the destruction of tools meant to support autonomy. When power feels threatened, it often tightens its grip – not just through policy, but through story, culture, and expectation.But when we begin to listen – to women, to trans voices, to disabled children, to anyone whose lived experience has been locked out – we gain more than perspectiv...
2025-07-2912 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 55: Fool's GoldWe all reach for something - whether it's money, achievement, control, or comfort. But so often what we're chasing isn't the thing itself; it's the feeling we think that thing will give us. In this episode, we explore what happens when we confuse the symbol of the source, and how that confusion shapes not just personal choices, but our entire culture.Drawing from Maslow's framework and the neuroscience of desire, we explore how our brains remember the high but forget the cost. In a world that profits from our sense of lack, it take quiet courage to...
2025-07-2211 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 54: This is not how the story has to endIn a world where empathy is mocked and hope dismissed as naïve, it’s easy to believe we’re powerless — swept along by cruelty, fear, and forces too big to change. But this isn’t how the story has to end. Even here, in this messy middle, we still have the quiet power to shape how we meet each moment: with more compassion, more steadiness, and a love that transforms us from the inside out.In this episode, I share reflections on Viktor Frankl’s hard-won wisdom about choosing our attitude no matter the circumstances, the neuroscienc...
2025-07-1511 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 53: "I Told You So! Why Didn't You Listen to Me!?!"There’s a unique pain in being right — seeing exactly where things were headed, trying to warn others, and then standing by as it all falls apart. Whether in families, friendships, or the broader world, it’s a heavy thing to watch the very harm you hoped to prevent become everyone’s shared reality.Yet that’s not where the story has to end. Even in the wreckage, we’re offered another choice: to lay down pride, soften our hearts, and build something more compassionate together — even with those who couldn’t see the danger before.This episode i...
2025-07-0811 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 52: Growing Beyond the Self-Made MythWe love the story of being self-made -- seeds that pushed through rocky soil by sheer will, needing no one. It's a myth that props up our worth: I did this alone, so I deserve to stand tall. But just beneath that story lies something more tender. Research shows we'll sometimes harm our own well-being just to keep those we see as "other" from getting ahead. We'd rather watch nothing grow than let someone else's sapling thrive.The truth is that no one stands alone. We're deeply intertwined and could learn lessons about thriving from nature. In...
2025-07-0211 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 51: Who Gets to Speak for God?What kind of faith are we being asked to follow? The kind that draws us deeper into love, or the kind that demands our compliance and silence?In this episode, we explore how religion has been used to enforce obedience and control, often in the name of purity or prophecy. From colonial history to modern-day politics, faith has too often been weaponized to divide. But spirituality rooted in love doesn't coerce - it invites. It doesn't demand certainty - it welcomes mystery.This is an invitation to notice the difference between "power over" and "power...
2025-06-2411 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 50: "Power Over" and the Politics of SilenceResources for those in abusive situations are included at the end of this textWe often think of emotional abuse as something that happens behind closed doors -- a private wound, a personal betrayal. But what if the same tactics that erode someone's trust in themselves also shape our public life? In this episode, we explore gaslighting, control, and the subtle emotional abuse we're being taught to accept -- not just in relationships, but in institutions, workplaces, and the political narratives we're handed.From shifting blame to silencing dissent, from rewriting events to punishing accountability...
2025-06-1810 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 49: Tearing Holes in HistoryHistory isn't a smooth, single thread - it's a patchwork of lives, voices, and experiences, many of which never made it into the official story. In this episode, I explore what happens when certain people - particularly queer, trans, and nonconforming individuals - are deliberately edited out of the historical narrative. From the revision of the Stonewall Uprising on official websites to the renaming of the U.S.S. Harvey Milk, we examine how erasure doesn't merely omit facts, it weakens the fabric of who we are. Drawing from the metaphor of a quilt, I reflect on...
2025-06-1012 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 48: Integrity in the Age of MisdirectionMisdirection doesn't always come in the form of a lie. Sometimes it's simply a shift in focus - an invitation to look over here, so we don't have to face what's difficult over there. Corporations, political systems, and even churches have used this strategy to protect power. But misdirection isn't only external. We do it to ourselves, too -- when we deflect, justify, or quietly look away from what our inner knowing tries to name. In this episode, I share the story of how the sugar industry shaped decades of health policy by paying scientists to redirect...
2025-06-0312 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 47: Love in a Time of CrueltyIn a world where cruelty often feels loud and relentless, it's tempting to retreat into comfort - to sit in the metaphorical beach chair while others struggle just beyond the shoreline. But love was never meant to stay seated. In this episode, Joni explores what it means to practice Love for Others as a form of active, embodied spirituality, not just a sentiment, but a force that shows up, speaks out, and stays human in the face of harm.Drawing on powerful historical examples and lived experiences, she reflects on the privilege of looking away, the human...
2025-05-2711 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 46: Collective CrueltyWhat makes ordinary people capable of cruelty? And how does it become not just accepted, but rewarded?In this episode, we explore how cruelty often begins – not with hate, but with distance, disconnection, and the quiet stories we’re told about who is worthy of care and who is not. From the devastating metaphors that fueled the Rwandan genocide to the sudden unraveling of community during the Bosnian conflict, to the dark history of public lynchings in the United States, we look at how societies lose their sense of shared humanity … and how easily neighbors can become enemie...
2025-05-2012 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 45: You've Changed ... and Other are UncomfortableWhat happens when a core belief falls apart? When something or someone you once trusted suddenly feels uncertain, the ground beneath you can feel like it's giving way. In this episode, we explore the disorientation of belief collapse, the dark night that follows the collapse, and why the urge to rebuild too quickly may cause more harm than good.The pressure doesn't just come from within. Friends, family, and communities can make it harder, often without meaning to. They may want you to stay the same, to go back to what feels familiar to them. In that...
2025-05-1309 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 44: When Belief Falls Apart: Loyalties in MotionWhat happens when the beliefs you once held sacred - about yourself, your faith, or your country - begin to unravel? Not in a moment of rage, but in the quiet ache of disillusionment. This episode explores the emotional and spiritual terrain of the dark night of the soul: that sacred, unsettling space where certainty dissolves and old truths no longer fit.Using the metaphor of a house - familiar, comforting, and built over time - we explore what it feels like when the ground beneath that house shakes. When the inner foundation cracks. When you're no...
2025-05-0609 min
Field Guide For Following JesusReading The SaintsSend us a textDiscover how reading biographies of saints and spiritual leaders can provide inspiration and guidance for your own faith journey.Pastor and author Charlie Miller explores the powerful impact of learning from those who have faithfully walked with God through history. You'll learn how to select meaningful spiritual biographies, read them with purpose, and apply the wisdom and examples of spiritual giants to your own life circumstances.By the end of this episode, you'll have practical steps for finding spiritual mentors through biography, along with specific book recommendations to get...
2025-05-0509 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 43 Growing Courage: the Quiet Strength that Awakens OthersCourage doesn't always arrive with a roar. Sometimes it comes trembling - wrapped in fear, uncertainty, and the quiet weight of knowing you can't stay silent any longer. In this episode, we explore how courage grows: not from fearlessness, but from loyalty to what matters most.Drawing from psychological research and the real story of Rosa Parks, we'll look at why even a small act of truth-telling can ripple outward, awakening others who have been silently holding the same question, the same convictions, the same fragile hopes. You don't have to feel brave to make a difference...
2025-04-2908 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 42: The Darkness Within Us and the Light We ChooseWe'd all like to believe we'd stand up to injustice - that we'd speak out, resist, and act with courage when it matters most. But history and psychology tell us something far more humbling: the line between good and evil doesn't separate us from others, it runs through each of us. In this episode, we explore the haunting lessons of the Nuremberg Trials, the Miglram obedience study, and the Stanford prison experiment to reflect on just how easy it is for ordinary people to do harm when authority or fear asks us to comply.Yet this isn't...
2025-04-2213 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 41: True North - Living with Integrity in a Compromised WorldToo many leaders have abandoned what they once claimed to believe. But what about us? This is about the quiet work of living our values - especially when it's hard.In this episode, we explore the quiet but powerful pull of integrity - the soul-deep alignment between what we believe and how we live. At a time when ideals are often distorted or abandoned, it's tempting to focus solely on the failures of public figures. But integrity isn't just for those in power. It begins in the everyday: in how we speak, how we choose, and how...
2025-04-1510 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 40: Why I Still Love America (but I don't like her much right now)Growing up just outside of Washington, D.C., many of my childhood memories are intimately entwined with U.S. history. My mother, an elementary school teacher, wanted us to see all the historic sights on the east coast and so we travelled every summer – to Williamsburg, to Plymouth Rock, to Kitty Hawk. But we also went to downtown D.C.: the hallowed halls of the Smithsonian where I saw dinosaur exhibits, the Star Spangled Banner, and the Spirit of St. Louis; the National Gallery of Art where I was mesmerized by the history of the world displayed through portraits an...
2025-04-0711 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 39: The Zoo of HumanityHave you ever noticed how we celebrate the diversity of the animal kingdom – marveling at the energy of monkeys, the color of birds, the quiet grace of giraffes – but struggle to offer that same appreciation to each other? In this episode, we explore the tension between how naturally we accept difference in animals and how often we resist it in people. From the sidewalks where dogs sniff their way into connection to the deeper wiring of our own nervous systems, we reflect on how instinct, conditioning, and culture shape our reactions to difference … and how we might begin to unlear...
2025-04-0110 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastTime Travel, Mr. Rogers, and the Future You’re Shaping Right NowIs it possible that we’re all time travelers? Not in the sci-fi sense – but in the way our smallest acts of kindness, presence, and integrity ripple into a future we’ll never fully see. In this sermon, we climb into a metaphorical time machine to visit a pivotal moment in 1969, when Fred Rogers testified before Congress – and changed history simply by being fully himself.From there, we journey into the present, exploring how each of us holds the same power to shape the world - not by strategizing or striving, but by living in alignment with who we a...
2025-03-2712 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 38: Choosing Love When Fear is LouderEvery decision we make moves us in one of two directions – toward love or toward fear. Love expands, even when it’s hard, while fear contracts and keeps us small. But how do we choose love when fear is loud? How do we find love even in the cracks of life, when everything around us tells us to retreat?In this episode, we explore how love, when practiced with courage, can change not just our own lives but the world around us. We revisit the powerful story of the Greensboro Four, young men who, in 1960, sat down at a...
2025-03-1810 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 37 Who Do You Want to Be: Breaking the Bystander EffectWhen we witness someone in distress, we’d all like to believe we’d step in to help. But research tells a different story – the more people around, the less likely anyone is to act. This phenomenon, known as the bystander effect, has played out in both small moments and tragic events, shaping the way we respond to crises. But hesitation is a choice – and so is action.In this episode, we explore why good people freeze in critical moments and, more importantly, how we can train ourselves to override that instinct. From real-world examples of inaction to inspi...
2025-03-0611 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 36: Beyond the Stereotype – The Invisible Workforce of Public ServiceGovernment workers play an essential yet often unseen role in our daily lives, much like the grocery clerks and truck drivers who were suddenly recognized as “essential” during the early days of the pandemic. Their work becomes visible only in moments of crisis—when food recalls happen, natural disasters strike, or infrastructure fails. From food safety inspectors and cybersecurity experts to meteorologists and disaster response teams, these public servants ensure our safety and well-being in ways most of us rarely notice. Their absence, however, would be deeply felt, revealing just how much we rely on their quiet dedication.Desp...
2025-03-0109 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 35 Celebrating the Courage to EvolveIn this episode, we dive into the heart of human transformation—exploring how our personal evolution is not a loss, but a sacred invitation to become our truest selves. Changing our beliefs can feel like shedding a protective shell, leaving us vulnerable yet ripe for growth. We delve into how every doubt, every moment of questioning, creates the possibility for deeper wisdom and a more authentic expression of who we are meant to be.Spiritual Geography is an email newsletter/podcast designed to help you find your unique home in the spiritual/religious universe. All content is...
2025-02-2511 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 34: Untying the Certainty KnotWe’ve all been there—reading a social media post that’s wildly inaccurate, feeling the urge to correct it with solid facts, only to be met with resistance or outright hostility. But why do people reject new information, even when it’s well-reasoned and clearly presented? The answer isn’t about intelligence or stubbornness—it’s about how deeply our beliefs are woven into our identity. When challenged, our brains instinctively defend rather than reconsider, tightening the knot of certainty rather than loosening it.In this episode, we explore why facts alone rarely change minds and how cognitive...
2025-02-1912 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 33: Mister Rogers, Small Moments, and the Ripple Effect of LoveWe often focus on what comes next—how to shape the future, how to make an impact. But what if the most powerful thing we can do isn’t strategizing or striving, but simply showing up, fully present and in integrity with who we are? In 1969, Mister Rogers did just that when he testified before Congress, not with forceful arguments, but with quiet authenticity. His presence alone shifted the energy in the room and secured the funding that would allow generations of children to grow up hearing the message that they mattered. He wasn’t trying to control the future...
2025-02-1410 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 32: Why Kindness Matters (More Than Ever)Have you been feeling somewhat bleak? Perhaps the chaos and uncertainty all around has led to feelings of powerlessness. Reducing our own stress and anxiety leads to better decision making. And we can do that by performing simple acts of kindness. Not only are we helping others and ourselves, even one act of kindness can create a ripple effect far beyond what we can see.As I drove through my neighborhood early Sunday I passed an ambulance, with cars pulled over and a group of people on the sidewalk surrounding someone. This wasn’t a car accident; it...
2025-02-0407 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 31 A Societal Regression to Middle School ConductI dragged my feet walking toward the cafeteria. As I entered through the doors my eyes darted from side to side as the smell of overcooked French fries and overapplied cologne assailed my nose. Where were my friends? My heart was pounding. I let out an audible sigh as I saw some friends at a table in the far back right corner of the cafeteria. Out of the way. Granting enough invisibility to let me pretend I had mastered being 12 years old. My step quickened as I moved to the table, greeted my friends and sat down with a...
2025-01-2808 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 30: The Power of PossibilityMy mother said I was a starry-eyed dreamer.She didn’t mean it as a compliment.She thought I looked at life through rose colored glasses and wasn’t being realistic about the world, other people, or my future. She worried for me because she thought I would be disappointed over and over again unless that idealism was nipped in the bud.I tried to be practical, I really did, but this persistent belief in a better tomorrow just kept peeking through. And continues to do so. I believe people can make a diff...
2025-01-1409 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 29: The Art of Creating How You FeelAt the start of every year many of us make resolutions. These resolutions usually involve us doing something: improving our waistlines, increasing our physical activity, or enhancing our financial situation. However, resolving to improve our emotional state might be the best resolution we can make. And that helps us with every other kind of resolution we could make.We often think that achieving goals will improve our emotional state. And it does … momentarily. Then our habitual emotional state takes over and we end up feeling the same way we usually feel.There are ways to ga...
2024-12-3110 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 28 "Betraying God"I have to admit that having political discussions right now is at the bottom of my list of fun things to do. People who voted differently than I did don’t seem to understand my perspective. And, honestly, I don’t understand theirs. I especially don’t understand the voters who feel as if their perspective is the one consecrated and sanctified by Jesus himself.When an issue is made sacred, logic seems to go out the window. “I must believe this or else I will be betraying my faith. Betraying God.”As you prepare to share m...
2024-11-2609 min
Zone of RiskSpecial Edition: Controversy Surrounding Third DCA JudgeOn November 11, 2024, the Miami Herald reported, "Miami Judge's Venomous Texts Come Back to Bite her in Crumbling Death Penalty Case." The article leads of: "An appellate judge at the center of one of Miami’s biggest criminal cases is facing intense scrutiny after text messages were released showing her pressuring Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle about how to handle the case, denigrating defense attorneys and badmouthing local judges."Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist, Brittany Wallman, who co-authored the article with Charles Rabin for the Herald, joined Robert to discuss the backstory of the capital murder case an...
2024-11-1431 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 27 What If I'm Wrong About Love?I conceptualized Spiritual Geography as a mountain, with infinite ways of climbing the mountain of spirituality to the top where one has a wider vista. What if I’m wrong? What if there is only one viable path to the truth?[Don’t worry - I’m not going rogue or anything. This is my thought exercise to get me back to where I started - love as the source of all.]Religions change over time. Spiritual beliefs change over time. And yet people talk about their faith as if they have the definitive Truth. Their...
2024-11-1311 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 26 A Religion of KindnessJanet, in whose spiritual development circle I sat for seven years, used to say that her only religion was a religion of kindness. What Janet didn’t know, and what science is starting to find out, is that acts of kindness, whether performed of witnessed, produce oxytocin, the hormone related to bonding and love. So merely doing a simple kind act, like holding the door for someone or picking up something someone dropped, can increase feelings of connection and decrease stress.There is no membership class to join the religion of kindness. The only requirement is to fi...
2024-11-0707 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 25: Writing a New ChapterSomeone asked a question this week that has stuck with me: If you could write the next chapter for humanity, what would you write?This week’s episode is focused on envisioning that world. In the midst of fear and anxiety about what might happen next, take a moment to imagine the world as you would like it.Joni Miller is a writer, researcher, spiritual coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all things spiritual to help others find their unique spiritual path. www.SpiritualGeography.net This is a...
2024-10-3109 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 24: Have Election Anxiety?Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), or “Tapping,” is an effective technique to acknowledge and release feelings in order to replace those crappy feelings with positive thoughts.If you listened to “What is ‘Miracles’ are Merely Science We Haven’t Figured Out Yet?” podcast episode, you may know that I don’t care how it works, merely that it does. I have faith science will eventually catch up.If you already know how to tap, the tapping starts at 01:35For return visits, the Power of Love quick tapping rounds start at 08:00Joni Miller is a writer, res...
2024-10-2211 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 23: We are Here! (meow, woof, oink, moo, neigh, caw, quack)Life lessons from Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss: “A person’s a person no matter how small” and if we stay very quiet, we may hear a cry of “We are here! We are here! We are here!” and discover an entirely new world on a speck of dust.What don’t we know about the co-inhabitants of our planet?In this episode I have a lot of examples from the incredible animal world, mostly from the three TED talks listed below and the book, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms...
2024-10-1512 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 22: What if "Miracles" are Merely Science We Haven't Figured Out Yet?Science can look like a miracle to those who have never seen it. Think of all the time-travel tropes in movies where the person traveled back in time with a lighter in their pocket. With every click and resulting flame, the person looked like a magician or a god to those who had never experienced that technology.We are surrounded by incalculable mysteries. For as much as we know about the human body, there’s more that we don’t know. And we don’t even know the breadth, depth, and full scope of all we have yet to...
2024-10-0811 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 21: A New Concept of Spirituality that HealsI created Spiritual Geography because I believe we each have our own way of comprehending and interacting with that something beyond our understanding and earthly experience. We may call this something that lays beyond names like God, Spirit, Source, or the Universe. Or the words I tend to favor: the Transcendent, the Divine, and the Infinite.I believe anyone’s spirituality can be a useful subset of the Infinite, as long as it passes two questions: 1. Are their spiritual beliefs and practices life-giving to the person themselves? By life-giving I mean do they bring joy, peace, love, fo...
2024-10-0111 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 20: When Spirituality Harms, Part 3I view the Bible as a sacred text, something that informs my understanding of the Divine but does not complete it. Everyone reading the Bible has their own interpretation of what the words mean – for their lives and their spirituality. There is no one definitive understanding of the Bible or the verses contained therein.The Bible is a strange book, comprising stories that were passed down in oral tradition for years before first being written down. The stories can be bloody and vicious like Cain killing his brother Abel, which occurs only 4 chapters in. The books of ru...
2024-09-2411 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 19: When Spirituality Harms, Part 2What happens after we die is one of the greatest mysteries of humanity. The religious traditions of the world have various beliefs, ranging from disappearing into nothingness to reincarnation to the Christian concept of heaven and hell. So who goes to heaven and who deserves everlasting punishment?Speaking as if you know with certainty that hell exists and some significant subset of the population will stay there for all eternity is a spirituality that harms. This focus on a theoretical distant future with rules that vary based on who is proclaiming someone is on the road to...
2024-09-1712 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 18: When Spirituality Harms, Part 1What kind of courage and conviction does it take to come out as gay when that revelation could mean blowing up your whole life? In most parts of conservative or evangelical Christianity this disclosure could - and often does - lead to rejection by family, friends, and the church community.The repercussion of this rejection is often a pervasive feeling that the person isn’t worthy of love. Isn’t worthy of God’s love. Statistics show that LGBTQ young people are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers, and statistics for those who experi...
2024-09-1014 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 17: Helping Ourselves Change Our MindsIf we want to understand our world better, to get closer to a more complete perspective, we need to be consciously open to changing our minds. It requires great vulnerability to say, “I see things differently now.” Or “I was wrong before and now I know better.” This is tantamount to saying, “I made a mistake,”words far too rare to hear in our society. In moments where we admit error, we become as vulnerable as a dog who rolled on his back, exposing his belly to be rubbed, trusting that his human friend will pet him and not do som...
2024-08-2811 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 16: Helping Yourself Change Your Mind- Embracing Cognitive DissonanceWe humans are programmed to resist changing our mind. People tense up when faced with cognitive dissonance, the psychological conflict that arises when new beliefs conflict with existing beliefs. Our brains want to bring us back to equilibrium so our beautiful brains seek out cognitive distortions to keep our world secure. Our physical reaction is the first step to awareness that our brain may not be responding logically and may be seeking out distorted reasoning. Pay attention to your body. If you feel that tension, take a breath and consciously relax. That helps bring your brain back on board.
2024-08-1311 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 15: Helping People Change Their MindsWe often act as if we dropped out of our mother’s womb with our current positions on things like racism, sexism, or the environment, but our positions have been shaped and informed by our life experiences, the information we’ve consumed, and the people around us.We sometimes respond in social media as if we believe one well-phrased argument will change someone’s mind, as if logic alone can lead someone out of a seemingly intractable position. This strange belief actually makes some sense. As humans we like to think we are ruled by logic, that we’re...
2024-08-0113 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 14 "God Saved Me for a Reason" (and other phrases I hate)Talking about your deeply held spiritual beliefs with someone is like walking into a room with the other person sitting in the middle and surrounded by eggshells. Some people have a small circle of eggshells around them. They can brush off things they don’t agree without any harm. However, some people have the whole room filled with eggshells so there is barely any space to tiptoe closer. And the eggshells are nearly always invisible.We never know the breadth and depth of someone else’s pain. We don’t know their history, especially their history around religi...
2024-07-2311 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 13: Transforming Hopelessness, Anger, Grief, and FearHopelessness is the emotion I fear the most, so I’ve found creative ways to get out of hopelessness without brushing aside any real issues that may have precipitated the feeling. I can’t fix the world. But I can make choices that help me deal with that world better. Spiritual Geography is an email newsletter/podcast designed to help you find your unique home in the spiritual/religious universe. All content is free. Sign up here:What I want from others should be what I give to others. This episode uses the conc...
2024-07-1411 min
Follow Your Dream - Music And Much More!Livingston Taylor - Renowned Singer/Songwriter For 50+ Years. Brother Of James and Kate Taylor. Talks About His Family, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Jethro Tull And More!Livingston Taylor is a renowned singer/songwriter for over 50 years. He’s the brother of James and Kate Taylor. In this interview Liv discusses his family, opening for Joni Mitchell and Jethro Tull, collaborating with Carly Simon and much more.My featured song is “New York City Groove” from the album Made in New York by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries!For more information and other episodes of the podcast click here. To subs...
2024-07-0543 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 12: Inter-Dependence DayWe are all interconnected and interdependent. Interconnected with those who came before us - for better or worse. Interdependent on those around us - for better or worse. Our lives weave in and out of each others, creating something no one person could imagine. More than the sum of its parts. Less than the ideal vision of what is possible.What I do today matters. If I bring my best self into every situation, perhaps I can look back and say that I had a positive impact. Small acts can ripple outward into bigger acts....
2024-07-0310 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 11: "Christian in Name Only" - Litmus TestsThe Europeans in the colonial era who landed on the shores of what is now the United States were often fleeing religious persecution. Many of the founding fathers may have considered themselves Christian, but what each meant by that was undoubtedly very different.Whose version of Christianity will prevail if religion is allowed to continue encroaching into our public spaces? And what do you do about the very real faith of those who believe differently, even other Christians? Those who spirituality is life-giving to them and benefits others?I suggest we follow the sentiment of...
2024-06-2509 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 10: Unpacking EvangelismI have never understood evangelism. How can someone be so certain? And not merely certain for themselves, so certain they know what is right and true that they believe everyone should think and feel the same way?I first encountered evangelism as a freshman in college. I was left with a negative impression. And I came away with one solid foundation that has ruled my faith ever since:If God excludes anyone from heaven, that’s not a God I want to worship.The assumptions upon which I base my beliefs are vastly di...
2024-06-1811 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 9: Faith, Doubt, and CertaintyEveryone’s spirituality contains elements that are not provable. Wondering whether what you believe is true is a perfectly understandable human reaction.[I reference the day my brother died in this episode. The full story is in Episode 1 Spirituality Doesn't Fit Into a Box ]Joni Miller is a writer, researcher, coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all things spiritual to help others find their unique spiritual path. https://www.SpiritualGeography.netInterested in learning more about and/or purchasing the Spiritual Geography Card Deck? Click here: https://www.Sp...
2024-06-1210 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 8: Life-giving SpiritualityThere are an infinite number of expressions of spirituality. Not all of them will resonate with us; some we might find uncomfortable … or think the belief or practice is silly. I won’t judge someone’s spirituality by whether it’s right or wrong, since that knowledge is far beyond my human capability. But I can look at someone’s spirituality to see the fruits of their beliefs and practices.Spirituality can be life-giving, helping inform and improve your relationship with yourself, your relationship with others, and your relationship with the Transcendent. Finding how someone’s spirituality is life-givi...
2024-06-0412 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 7: The Mathematics of SpiritualityOur belief systems are based on many assumptions that we rarely investigate. What you assume matters, because the rest of your beliefs sit on top of that foundation. Even if I were able to uncover and list all of my assumptions, I still wouldn’t be able to prove my spiritual beliefs.Although I can’t offer a proof as to the accuracy of my beliefs, I don’t need to fully see or understand all the mysteries of the universe to believe in the existence of an infinite love.Joni Miller is a writer, resear...
2024-05-2810 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 6: The Music of Our SoulsMusic is very personal. We each have songs we like, musical styles we appreciate. Our spirituality has the same sort of individuality. Some of us like to interact with the Transcendent through nature … others through ritual … others through deep prayer or meditation. Preferring one method over the other doesn’t make someone wrong or less spiritual or in any way inferior. Merely different.Spiritual Geography is an email newsletter/podcast designed to help you find your unique home in the spiritual/religious universe. All content is free. Sign up here:Perhaps if we invite...
2024-05-2112 min
Follow Your Dream - Music And Much More!Peter Erskine - Superstar Drummer. 2x Grammy Winner. Played With Weather Report, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Steps Ahead, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Many More. 10x Voted Best Jazz Drummer!Peter Erskine is a Superstar Drummer. He’s a two-time Grammy winner who has played on over 700 albums and film scores. He rose to worldwide fame with Weather Report, perhaps the greatest band of the 1970s Jazz Fusion era. He has also played with Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Steps Ahead, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan and many more. He was voted Best Jazz Drummer of the Year 10 times by the readers of Modern Drummer. And he’s an author too with several books to his credit including “No Beethoven”, which chronicles his career including his time with Weather Report.My fea...
2024-05-2046 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 5: Curiosity is our Best FriendYou can’t know someone’s spiritual journey merely by the room you find them in. Most of our judgments about someone else’s spirituality are based on assumptions that are probably not true.I have to continually remind myself to look at someone’s beliefs and see how these beliefs can be life-giving for them. I try to look at other’s beliefs with my two questions: (1) How does this belief help them? (2) Does this belief hurt them or anyone else? If it helps them and doesn’t hurt anyone else, then that belief somehow works for that per...
2024-05-1411 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 4: Defining God“God” is just a word. Why do I need to call the Divine “God”?We each have our own definition for words like God or religion or spirituality. These concepts are often impossible to put into words and yet we each have some intuitive understanding of what WE mean when we use the word. But we talk to others as if they share our unspoken definition, when - odds are - the person to whom you are speaking has a different understanding than you do.Joni Miller is a writer, researcher, coach, and speaker who uses her...
2024-05-0711 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 3: Feathers and Other SignsDo those in spirit form manipulate matter so we can find feathers or pennies? Or do they somehow lead us to see certain birds or rainbows? I don’t know. What I DO know is that seeing feathers as signs from loved ones helped me process my grief, letting me feel a continuing connection to those who have passed on. Some of the places and ways I found feathers were quite unusual … and do make me believe in signs.Joni Miller is a writer, researcher, coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all thin...
2024-04-3010 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 2: Finding All That Really MattersOur spiritual beliefs often become an anchor in our lives, keeping us steady in turbulent times. This second episode of the Spiritual Geography podcast continues my story of new spiritual experiences and understanding following a sudden death in my family. What happens when sharing our experiences leads to people pushing back on our interpretations?Joni Miller is a writer, researcher, coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all things spiritual to help others find their unique spiritual path.The Substack post this podcast episode is based on can be found at
2024-04-2314 min
Spiritual Geography PodcastEp 1: Spirituality Doesn't Fit into a BoxWhat is our connection to the Divine? This first episode of the Spiritual Geography podcast discusses our connection to that which is Transcendent. I’ll tell you a little bit about my winding, wandering road, including the day that changed my connection to the Divine completely. This helped me to find a spirituality that fits me uniquely. Through my stories, research, and other people’s stories, I encourage you to also create a spirituality that speaks to your soul.Joni Miller is a writer, researcher, coach, and speaker who uses her knowledge, education, and love of all thin...
2024-04-1612 min
Follow Your Dream - Music And Much More!Rob Stoner - All-Star Musician. Played On Don McLean's "American Pie". Toured With Bob Dylan. Played With Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Robertson, Carlos Santana, Robert Gordon And More!Rob Stoner is an All-Star musician who played on Don McLean’s mega-hit “American Pie”, one of the most influential songs of the rock era. He also toured with Bob Dylan on his Rolling Thunder Review. He’s worked with a Who’s Who of artists including Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Carlos Santana, Robert Gordon and Link Wray.My featured song is “I’m Falling Off Of The World” from the album East Side Sessions by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link. ---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Lis...
2024-03-0142 minZone of RiskCaselaw SmorgasbordThere is something for everyone on this episode. Robert and Lindsey breakdown the following cases:Stephens v. Stephens, 1st DCA (excusable neglect). Manheimer v. FPL, 3d DCA (punitive damages); Long v. Kroppke, 4th DCA (same). Goldstein v. UCF Bd. of Trs., 6th DCA (sovereign immunity). Scott v. State, 4th DCA (1st Amend.). TKH Coastal Prop. v. Talcor Grp., Inc., 5th DCA (appellate attys’ fees). State Farm v. Advanced X-Ray, 3d DCA (SMJ). Kawsar v. Alhamdi Group, LLC, 5th DCA (SMJ). State v. Wallin, 2d DCA (knock & announce). McConico v. Mo...
2023-09-1446 minZone of RiskJuly Caselaw UpdateRobert and Lindsey break down the following opinions issued in July.701 Palafox, LLC v. Scuba Shack, Inc., 1st DCA (amended complaint to add claim for punitive damages)Drazen v. Pinto, 11th Cir. (en banc) (standing under TCPA)Crocker v. Crocker, 5th DCA (trial court’s discretion to consider an argument for the first time on rehearing) K.R. v. DCF and Statewide GAL, 4th DCA (forfeiture of court-appointed counsel)Miller v. Gordon, 1st DCA (temporary timesharing)Casiano v. Casiano, 5th DCA (attorneys’ fees in a partition action; lack of transcripts) Thank you for listening. Please share the podcas...
2023-08-1028 minZone of RiskPreservation Landmines (May update)Lindsey and Robert break down five opinions from May. Three deal with preservation issues that can blowup your case. Litigators beware.Edenfiled v. State, 1st DCA (Second Amendment).Dupree v. Younger, US Sup. Ct. (Rule 50(b); preservation).Williams v. Lomeli, 5th DCA (preservation - appeal from non-final order).The Alfi A. Shahid and Patricia Allan-Shahid Family Trust v. Miller, 5th DCA (preservation - reconsideration of dismissal with prejudice).Rosell v. VMSB, 11th Cir. (Rule 41; stipulations; appellate jurisdiction).Thank you for listening. Please share the podcast with your friends and colleagues. Send your questions, comments, and feedback to...
2023-06-1320 min
Thoughts on Thoughts114. A Look Into Maternal Mental Health with Joni Lybbert, PMHNPIn this episode we have the opportunity to talk with Joni Lybbert! Joni is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and the host of "The Sad Moms Club" podcast and she is an expert in postpartum and maternal mental health. We chatted about recurrent struggles postpartum and in motherhood in general and how we navigate those struggles with our clients and in our own lives.
If you would like to hear more from Joni you can find her here:
Podcast- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sad-moms-club/id1651734468
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2023-05-3035 minZone of RiskThe Juvenile Brain and Criminal CulpabilityAccording to the U.S. Supreme Court, juveniles are different than adults when it comes to criminal culpability. This has ramifications at sentencing. For example, sentencing a person to death for a capital offense violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment if the person was younger than 18 years old at the time of the offense. But why are juveniles different? That is the topic of this episode. Robert is joined by Dr. Robert Kinscherff, executive director of the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Judge Jay Blitzman, law pro...
2023-01-261h 03
Väkevä elämä - Viisaampi mieli, vahvempi kehoJukka Harju - Miten parantaa hyvinvointia ja rakentaa ura hyvinvoinnin parissa?Jälleen kerran oli mahtava mahdollisuus istahtaa mikrofonien äärelle kollegan kanssa, jolla on kokemusta, näkemystä ja pitkä lista tuloksia, että se minkä puolesta saarnaa, myös toimii. Tässä jaksossa pureskeltiin mm., että mitä tehdä kun tietoa on vaikka miten paljon mitä pitäisi tehdä mutta ei saa tietoa siirtymään käytäntöön? Miten saada tartuttua toimeen, rakennettua uusia rutiineja arkeen ja sitä myöden olla hyvässä kunnossa ympäri vuoden?
Mitä tehdä kun "uusi elämä" tai hyvin käynnistynyt treeniprojekti tyssää 2-3 viikon jälkeen ja pitäisi päästä takaisin suunnitellulle tielle? Kun opettelee uusia asioita, olisi tärkeää ol...
2022-10-181h 14
NerdicOsa 175 - Keskinkertaisen castaamisen siedettävä kepeysJoni on painanut otsa hiessä elämän peliä kertoo yllättävistä kaupoista ja tulevista suunnitelmista. Petteri on tyytyväinen kesälomalainen suvivirren soidessa taustalla. Vai onko se sittenkin Anastasia ? Arvostelussa kevään kovimmat elokuvat: Nicolas Cagen kehuttu " Suurenmoisen lahjakkuuden sietämätön taakka" ja megahitti " Everything Everywhere All At Once" - Mukana tietenkin viihdeuutisia ja fiilikset Diablo Immortalsista!
Tervetuloa mukaan!
(00:17:44) Viihdeuutiset: Ezra "The Flash" Miller jälleen ongelmissa, Lady Gaga Jokerin kaveriksi, Justin Lin vauhdista turpaan vetoon, Castlevania jatkuu, legendaarinen hahmonäyttelijä Philip Baker Hall on kuollut, Sir Anthony Hopkins lainaa ääntään "snäk" Snyderin eloku...
2022-06-171h 27NerdicOsa 170 - Urku GoronViikon polttavin aihe on tietenkin Johnny Deppin ja Amber Heardin oikeudenkäynti mutta sen lisäksi Petteri huokaisee helpotuksesta saadessaan Elden Ringin päätökseen ja Joni on keskittyy kevään tullessa muuhunkin kuin nörtteilyyn. Mukana tietenkin viikon kuumimmat viihdeuutiset ja katsottuna mm. Better Call Saul, Moonknight ja Atlanta!
Tervetuloa mukaan!
(00:20:37) Viihdeuutiset: Ezra "Flash" Miller JÄLLEEN ongelmissa lain kanssa, Thor: Love and Thunder teaseri, Jason Momoa Minecraftiin, Dwayne Johnson tuottaa vuoden 2021 pelin elokuvaksi, klassinen Street of Rage palaa elokuvana, alkuperäiset Turtles-äänet palaavat rooleihinsa kesällä, onko Sega tuomassa klassikot takaisin isolla rytinällä ?
2022-04-221h 20NerdicOsa 168 - Formi kunnossaKevät on täällä!
Aurinko paistaa, kukat kukkivat ja maailmanluokan superstarbat läpsivät toisiaan miljoonien silmäparien
edessä. Elämme suurta renesanssia. Kaiken kaaoksen keskellä arvostelemme Marvelin tuoreimman sankarirevittelyn,
Moonknighting. Mukana myös viikon kuumimmat viihdeuutiset ja paljon muuta!
Tervetuloa mukaan!
(00:00:05) Viihdeuutiset: Oscar-gaalan jälkipuintia, Bruce Willis päättää uransa, Ezra "The Flash" Miller jälleen ongelmissa, Morbius on saanut kylmäävän vastaanoton, suomessa kuvatun DUAL-elokuvan traileri ilahduttaa, Diablo 4:ssa riittää pelaamista, Breath of The Wildin jatko-osa siirtyy ja Sony julkisti vastineen Microsoftin Gamepassille
(01:05:17) Pelattuna: Elden Ring, Tunic
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2022-04-011h 47Zone of RiskYou got minimum contacts?Welcome to Summarily—a podcast for busy lawyers. In this episode we review several criminal and civil cases from the DCAs and the Florida Supreme Court from January 2022. Links to the cases are listed below. In the next episode we will review cases from February before moving to bi-weekly updates. If you come across a noteworthy opinion, e-mail a summary of the opinion to summarilypod@gmail.com. I may include your summary in a future episode—with attribution, of course! Nota bene: next month I will host two very well-respected appellate judges for a discussi...
2022-02-2836 min
THE PODS & SODS NETWORKSteve Postell Picks the Essential David Crosby (and James, Joni, and Jackson) IMMEDIATE FAMILY WEEK! Steve Postell Picks The Essential David Crosby (and James, Joni, and Jackson) Steve Postell shares his essential David Crosby songs and more. Actually we start with James Taylor, then move onto Joni Mitchell, then Jackson Browne, and finally David Crosby. Through this chronological journey in song, Steve paints the vivid and emotional picture of how he first discovered and "became a fan" of his Immediate Family brothers. From a young musician reading the names of Danny, Russ, Leland, and Waddy in liner notes, to watching them live on stage with bo...
2020-05-081h 40
A Brave Space14. My Codependency and RecoveryJoni gets pretty open about her struggle with codependency within the context of her previous marriage. Jessica Miller, LCSW from Thoughts on Thoughts joins us to give us a helpful clinical perspective. We discuss what codependence looks like in romantic relationships, parent-child relationships, and a relationship with God. We talk about what a boundary looks like and what might happen as we put them in place. Finally, we talk about being a whole, happy person regardless of the time and season of life we are in.
2020-04-071h 41
Up and CONing ArtistsJoni Miller - MCFC 2014 Artist InterviewA video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCnMovrj6g&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Joni Miller is an illustrator and comic artist living in Memphis, TN. She attended Memphis Comic and Fantasy to promote her new full-color biographical comic, Evans Family Legends, a depiction of her families’ many eccentric stories. She also had the prequel to her upcoming Apoppytheosis comic, Slumber Party. Her illustrations, paintings, comics, and prints can be found at her Tumblr, http://jocosejoni.tumblr.com.??She plans on attending HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC on June 19-21, 2015 an...
2018-12-1712 min