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Soul School – Lesson 13 (The 3 Main Types of Meaningful Work)

Welcome to Soul School which comes out each WEDNESDAY!

Since it’s a new year I need some help to know who’s listening.

Will you spare 90 seconds…

and take this quick, anonymous survey?

In January (2016) I’ll concentrate some time on the podcast talking about the concepts of meaningful work, vocation, service, and related concepts during Soul School and with my guests.

For more on that visit the #synCREATE page.

What has meaningful work looked like for you?

Has your vocation shifted over time?

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Soul School – Lesson 12 (Starting NEW-symbols and the brain)

Soul School is released each WEDNESDAY. Thank you for listening.

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SHOW NOTES
A new year gives us a chance at a new start at life and this episode is all about how that works.

Resolutions are common and they are commonly broken quickly. U2 (the band) sings that “nothing changes on New Years day” and it seems painfully true. But, there is more hope than we realize.

Here’s the Daily Ritual resource to start your new year right. You can download both for free. Click the images to go to the links. If you’d like to say “thank you” for the work I put into them, you can tip me a few dollars.

Symbols, brain chemistry, perception, placebo, and the way a re-start can work can truly give us a new chance. There’s science behind it too. Today’s episode highlights the work of Ellen Langer.

Dr Ellen Langer

WEBSITE
http://ellenlanger.com

Her Research Institute

wikipedia article entry

Soul School – Lesson 11 (The Luminaria Story)

This week of Soul School is evergreen content, however I wish you a Happy Christmas week if you are celebrating it.

Here are some gallery images of luminaria: paper lanterns, usually white paper bag, filled in the bottom with some sand and a tea candle or a small candle in the bottom too. There might be a cut out decoration, but the glow of the light lights up the darkness in a North American Christmas Night. (you can click on them to get a larger view)

This Soul School homework is to name the lights in the people in your world.

HOLIDAY TREAT!

DECEMBER 24th -30th 2015 my discernment book is on a Christmas discount special. Snap up a copy. The first 2-3 days it should be 99¢ or so and increasing daily back up to the normal price each day.
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Soul School – Lesson 10 (The Secret Power of…)

Soul School Episodes are released on Wednesdays.

Longer interview and conversation style episodes are released on Fridays.

Today’s homework involves a little planning on your part. If you are up for it, I hope you’ll post photos of what you PLAN to do and then LATER what you did at the Facebook Spark My Muse group page HERE. Okay?

Enjoy the whole thing!

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Soul School – Lesson 9 (Discernment Book)

Soul School Lesson 9 includes selected excerpts of my new book on Discernment.

From December 9th-December 15th 2015, the Kindle book will be on special, starting at just 99¢ and increasing daily back to the original price. Snap up a few copies now and hand them out for the holidays or whenever you notice someone at a crossroads in their life.

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Everyone gets forked in life…That point where your path comes to a split and you have to choose carefully which way to go.

Watch the new book trailer and get a taste of what it’s about!

Navigating the territory of crossroad or difficult decisions is also called, in many faith traditions, discernment.

My new book works like a practical pocket guide based on time-tested spiritual exercises that have helped people for over 400 years (The Spiritual Exercises by Ignatius of Loyola, originally written to help men make a wise decision about vocational priesthood).

FORKED: A Discernment Pocket Guide is a guidebook and an integrated process approach that includes all aspects of you: body, mind, and spirit in a prayerful way.

When we find a fork in our road we tend to dis-integrate from our whole and leave out key parts of us when we decide things. Keys things like the intuition, the imagination, the nature talents we have, or the godly passions of the heart that have been germination and waiting to sprout in fertile ground.

Seven key exercises in the book guide you through introspective questions that help you understand yourself and your situation better in a way you’ve never encountered.

There is no one way to accomplish the process. That means, you can progress through all of the the exercises, or pick the ones that make the best fit for you and your situation. Just grab a notebook and pen and begin.

Don’t be afraid to get started. Give it a try.

NOW AVAILABLE click here!

FORKED A Discernment Pocket Guide Amazon page allow you to take a peek inside too.

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