The Soul-Directed Life

The Call to Honor the Wisdom of the Elder Barbara Marx Hubbard is a futurist, social innovator, evolutionary thought leader, creator of the Birth 2012 event, and author of eight books including the essential primer for the future: Conscious Evolution. She joins us to talk about how evolution has, well, evolved. For eons, evolution was something that happened to creatures. But now we stand at the threshold of a new awareness and for the first time can contribute to conscious evolution. Where could this take humanity and our planet?

The Call to Recognize Guides and Guidance Robert Moss describes himself as a dream teacher, a path for which there is no career track in modern culture. So he forged it for himself. He is the creator of Active dreaming, an original synthesis of dreamwork and shamanism. Born in Australia, he survived three near-death experiences in childhood. Robert leads seminars around the world and joins us to talk about his newest book and the perfect book club selection for our theme: Sidewalk Oracles. We'll talk about how to recognize and understand the signs, symbols, and synchronicities happening all around us. The Soul-Directed Life Book Club for October: Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols, and Synchronicity in Everyday Life

The Call to Recognize Guides and Guidance Marcus Katz has been working with and teaching tarot for more than 30 years. He was the first student to gain a master's in western esotericism from the University of Exeter. He cofounded the Tarosophy Tarot Association with Tali Goodwin in 2009. He and Tali have a new book, Secrets of the Waite-Smith Tarot: The True Story of the World's Most Popular Tarot. We'll talk about how to consult the tarot for guidance and I'll ask him to do a short reading on air! Plus, he'll share newly revealed stories about the artist behind the tarot, Pamela Colman Smith.

The Call to Recognize Guides and Guidance Ellen Debenport is the minister of Unity of Wimberley in Wimberley, Texas, author of the Unity best-seller, The Five Principles, and brand-new this month, Hell in the Hallway, Light at the Door. Ellen's first career was journalism, working as a reporter for UPI, then as a political editor for the Tampa Bay Times. She joins us to talk about the spiritual path through change and transition. Is the hallway hell? Oh, yeah. And is it guidance? You bet it is. Ellen's been on the show before and each time is a revelation.

The Call to Recognize Guides and Guidance Belinda Womack has been channeling angelic wisdom to support individuals, couples, and families for more than 25 years. She is the creator of the 12 Archangels University and the author of the brand-new Lessons From the 12 Archangels. A scientist by training, Belinda has dual master's degrees in microbiology and environmental science. The angels will talk about how to work with them to recognize guidance. Belinda is making angelically directed candles for the show! Listen to find out how to get them.

The Call to Recognize Guides and Guidance Anodea Judith is considered the country's foremost expert on the chakras and therapeutic issues. Her Wheels of Life is the chakra classic and still a best-seller decades after publication. Anodea has master's and doctoral degrees in psychology and human health, with advanced certification in yoga and lifelong studies of mind-body medicine, mythology, history, psychology, systems theory, and mystic spirituality. Her brand-new book, Chakra Yoga, delves deeply into the guidance of the chakras expressed and healed through yoga. What an honor it is to welcome Anodea Judith to The Soul-Directed Life.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Masculine The Soul-Directed Life Book Club for August: To Be a Man Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D., is a pioneer of the evolving men's movement and the author of 14 books including Emotional Intimacy and Spiritual Bypassing. He has helped thousands of men work through issues of dissatisfaction, disconnection, lack of happiness in intimate relationships, and standing in power without being a jerk. (Oh, how I wish a few of my male bosses had worked with Robert on that last one!) His newest book, To Be a Man, is a guide to true masculine power-fully integrated, sacred masculine power.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Masculine Paul O'Brien wrote The Visionary I Ching to disengage the I Ching from its original patriarchal orientation into a more universal form to serve all. He joins us to talk about the ancient teaching of yin and yang, why men express their spirituality so differently from women, how to understand the "man spirit," and what the I Ching can teach us about the sacred masculine. He is the founder of tarot.com, the first interactive website for astrology, tarot, and the I Ching.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Masculine Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. is a nagual, a Toltec Master of Transformation. He is a direct descendent of the Toltecs of the Eagle Knight lineage. He apprenticed with his grandmother Madre Sarits when he was 14, translating her lectures into English. Her questions awakened something inside and started him on his path. He also apprenticed with his father, don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. wrote The Five Levels of Attachment to bring Toltec wisdom into the modern world.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Masculine Matthew Fox's breakthrough teachings on Meister Eckhart got him in big trouble with the Catholic Church for honoring the divine feminine and creation spirituality. He was the first to speak of Original Blessing-not original sin. Matthew is a beacon of light on the path to reawaken mysticism and protect Mother Earth. He is reinventing education and restoring spiritual practice to its mystic heart in the Cosmic Mass. Imagine my delight when the first book I discovered on honoring the sacred masculine was Matthew's The Hidden Spirituality of Men. Thanks to Matthew, it need be hidden no more.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Feminine The Soul-Directed Life Book Club for August: The Woman With the Alabaster Jar I heard Margaret Starbird speak in 2011. As she told the story of Mary Magdalene-the tower-and how the church suppressed her role as the Bride for 2,000 years, my world shifted beneath my feet. I sat on the edge of my seat as Margaret went through slide after slide of medieval paintings and tapestries that clearly bear the symbols, colors, and codes for the archetypal bride. I bought every book Margaret had with her. I read them and reread them, and recently, I read them again. In this conversation, Margaret will discuss her famous book, The Woman With the Alabaster Jar, but also what Gematria, the ancient art of coding words with numbers, can tell us about who Mary Magdalene was. This will be a rich conversation and the perfect culmination of a month honoring the sacred feminine.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Feminine You've read Rabbi Rami Shapiro's "Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler" in Spirituality & Health magazine for years. You've listened to his Unity Online Radio show, How to Be a Holy Rascal, and his new Spirituality & Health podcast, Essential Conversations. And you've read many of his books. He's famous for his modern, evocative translations from the ancient Hebrew. He joins us to talk about his new translation of "The Song of Songs" in Embracing the Divine Feminine. Is "The Song of Songs" an ancient love poem? A metaphor of God's love for his people? The secret story of Mary Magdalene? Join us as we dive into the ancient Hebrew with a scholar, self-proclaimed luftmensch, and beloved Holy Rascal.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Feminine Do you have a seat belt on your chair? You better get one for this wild, raucous, and absolutely essential conversation with the two-time winner of the National Poetry Slam-Dominique Christina. Dominique is a master poet with a mistress message for the Queen in you. She joins us to talk about her second book This Is Women's Work: Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves. Get ready to call up The Third Eye Woman, The Bone Woman, The Wombed Woman, and (my favorite) The Woman of Words, plus many more.

The Call to Honor the Sacred Feminine I bet Mary Anne Radmacher's words and images already have a treasured place in your home. You've received uplifting greeting cards she designed. You've been inspired by her books, such as Live With Intention. And your refrigerator proudly sports at least one of her sayings, like "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." When you hear Mary Anne talk about the inspiration for her new book, She: A Celebration of Greatness in Every Woman, you'll be adding She to your bookshelves too. What a way to kick off a month honoring the sacred feminine!

The Call to Live From the Heart The Soul-Directed Life Book Club for July: The Spiritual Power of Empathy You know Cyndi Dale as a great teacher of the energy system of the chakras. She is a master at helping us perceive the subtle energy fields. In her newest book, The Spiritual Power of Empathy, she helps us tune in to the subtle-energy gifts of empathy. We have naturally empathic bodies; we are wired to connect. But we often miss the cues. Join us to learn the six empathic styles and how to activate your natural gifts of clair sentience, clair audience, clair voyance.