The Soul-Directed Life

The Call to Awaken Born a child of the Vietnam War, Marie-Rose Phan-Lê moved to France and the United States, and built a successful career in film and television production with Northern Exposure, Ace's High, and more. She traveled from Hawaii to the Himalayas in hopes of preserving ancient healing practices-and in the process awakened to her own healing abilities. The result was the award-winning documentary and companion book, Talking Story. Marie-Rose joins us to awaken our hearts to the ancient tradition of story.

The Call to Courage and Joy The Soul-Directed Life Book Club for March: This Life Is Joy Dr. Roger Teel is a beloved spiritual leader to the members of his church-Mile Hi in Denver, the largest New Thought church in the world-and to thousands more who participate online. Dr. Roger cofounded the Association for Global New Thought, facilitated the Synthesis Dialogues with leaders such as His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, and represented the New Thought movement at the Parliament of the World's Religions. He joins us to talk about the seven pillars of truth and the nnie portals of transformation to a heart-centered life, described so beautifully in his new book, This Life Is Joy.

The Call to Courage and Joy Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher, speaker, and author of 15 books, including the No. 1 New York Times best-seller The Book of Awakening. You've seen him with Oprah on Super Soul Sunday and in her live events, and on Good Morning America with Robin Roberts. He joins us on The Soul-Directed Life to talk about how leaning into life as it is-not as we want it to be-takes courage, yes, but also uncovers the startling truth: In the end we are all Reduced to Joy.

The Call to Courage and Joy Tami Simon is the founder and publisher of Sounds True, an independent multimedia company. Sounds True began in 1985 with a woman and a tape recorder, growing to publish more than 1,500 titles of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time. From the beginning, Tami had a clear mission: to disseminate spiritual wisdom-not just as information, but as the transmission of the essential living wisdom in the teacher-student relationship. Tami joins us to share her multifaceted dance with courage and its many surprising leaps into joy.

The Call to Courage and Joy HeatherAsh Amara has a rich multicultural spiritual background. She is the founder of Toci-the Toltec Center of Creative Intent-and the author of The Toltec Path of Transformation and No Mistakes. In her newest book, Warrior Goddess Training, she marries her two beloved traditions of Goddess and Toltec warrior to serve us in our inner transformation. What does it take? Courage. What does it yield? Unexpected joy!

The Call to Practice the Presence The Soul-Directed Life Book Club for February: Desert Wisdom One of the first treasures in my library was Desert Wisdom, a compendium of profound prayers and poems from the Middle East, translated by Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz. It is divided into three questions: Diversity-Why am I here and what is my purpose? Interiority-Who am I and who is the self? Communion-How do I live and how do I die? The questions don't get any bigger than that! Dr. Klotz joins us from his home in Scotland to share ways to practice the Presence of the divine feminine, Hokman-Holy Wisdom-Sophia, and body prayer from I AM: The Secret Teachings of the Aramaic Jesus CD set.

The Call to Practice the Presence What are angels? What can science tell us about them? What's their role? Would you like to know some startling and deep truths about angels? Would you like to stop talking about angels and start practicing their presence? Renowned theologian Matthew Fox wrote a most unusual book The Physics of Angels with scientist Rupert Sheldrake. Dr. Fox joins us for a radical conversation about the reality of angels. In honor of our Medicine Wheel walk, he'll tell us which angels are the guardians of the four directions!

The Call to Practice the Presence We begin our walk around the Medicine Wheel in the stillness of the North and silence of Winter where our souls hear the subtle call to practice the Presence. Episcopalian priest and mystic Cynthia Bourgeault has a profound connection with the season of winter and the call of Presence. Twenty winters ago, she left everything she had to live near a hermit monk, teacher, and soul mate in Colorado. Her book Love Is Stronger Than Death is the richest, strangest, most beautiful love story I've ever read. Join us for a deep conversation on the living presence of love that continues after death.

The Call to Practice the Presence Audacity and Linda Martella-Whitsett must be great friends. Her first book has an audacious title How to Pray without Talking to God. In it she says her dearest wish is for us to realize "all that God is we are." In her new book Divine Audacity, Linda delivers on that wish and guides us to practice the Presence of who we really are and what we're really here to be-the Light of the Divine in the world.

The Call to Be Still One day on a cold Cape Cod beach, Anne LeClaire clearly heard the words, "Sit in silence." The next Monday she decided to not say a word for the whole day. Her husband didn't like it. Her friends didn't like it. But the next week, Anne stayed silent for another Monday. Twenty years later, she is still silent two Mondays a month. In a rare media appearance, Anne joins us live from her Cape Cod home to share what she discovered Listening Below the Noise-The Soul-Directed Life Book Club selection for January.

The Call to Be Still In this winter season, just as the earth rests under her white blanket under the pale light of the North, we too feel the call to be still and be fed by the Silence. There is no better primer on the gifts of silence than Holy Silence by J. Brent Bill, who lightly bears his moniker "imperfect Quaker." Brent will explain why silence is the Quaker "sacrament," what happens and doesn't happen in the Silence, how to find silence in a noisy, noisy world, and what Meister Eckhart meant by "Nothing in all creation is so like God as Silence."

The Call to Be Still Marlise Wabun Wind cofounded the Bear Tribe community with the famous Native American teacher, Sun Bear. She coauthored six books with Sun Bear, including The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology, which sold more than 2 million copies. Marlise helped me develop 12 themes for The Soul-Directed Life, following gently one after the other according to the natural rhythm of the seasons. Join us for this rare conversation on the great wisdom of the Medicine Wheel.

The Call to Listen to the Angels Lorna Byrne was born into a poor family in Dublin, Ireland, in 1955. Long before she could talk, she was seeing, communicating, and playing with angels. She sees them physically as the rest of us see someone in front of us. She has continued to see and talk with the angels throughout her life. In her international best-selling books Angels in My Hair, Stairways to Heaven, A Message of Hope From the Angels, and her newest, Love From Heaven, Lorna shares the loving messages of the angels. Their first and foremost message: You are never alone. She joins us live from her home in Ireland. This is the perfect conversation with which to close 2014.

The Call to Listen to the Angels Jean Slatter is a certified traditional naturopath, nutritional consultant certified in herbology, and a practitioner of allergy elimination and applied kinesiology. In Hiring the Heavens, she introduced a unique and practical perspective on how to connect with the power of your spiritual team to work on your smallest daily needs and your largest life goals. If no request ever goes unheard, then the big question is what gets in the way?

the Call to Be Grateful Susyn Reeve has 40 years of experience as a self-esteem expert and coach, interfaith minister, award-winning author, and cohost of On Purpose Radio Show. Since childhood, she has pursued the answer to a question she wrote in her journal: What would the world look like if everyone loved themselves? Her latest book, The Wholehearted Life, holds the answer.