pain – Lisa Colón DeLay | Spiritual Formation and the Way of the Desert Elders

Finding a Buried (emotional) Corpse [SSL 343]

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Nearly healed from nasal surgery, I’m back to talk about emotions I didn’t know I had buried and how they pop up (in all of us).

Don’t forget to get your copy of The Way of the Desert Elders

VIDEO of this podcast can be found on the YouTube Channel here

The Inner Terrain of Love [SSL 342]

I was delighted to be a return guest to Jasmine Bellamy’s monthly occasion called “The Call to Love Experience”—a live online gathering that provides spiritual grounding, learning, deep listening and where we discussed themes in my first book (The Wild Land Within) and my upcoming book (The Way of the Desert Elders).

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The audio episode this week is a slightly edited and curtailed edited of the experience offered to you in hopes you connect with Jasmine, her work, and the recording of the full event.

I give you the embed of it here below. Dig deeper into Jasmine’s work here:
https://love101ministries.com

Bio:
Jasmine is the Founder and Spiritual Director of Love 101 Ministries, and dedicated to helping individuals foster more loving relationships with themselves, God, and others. Through examining the theology and cultivating the daily practice of love, she serves as a spiritual companion, guiding you on a path to a life filled with deep and abiding love, peace, and joy. She views life through this lens, believing that the spiritual journey shapes us to become more like Love and to discover our truest selves.

An Altar in the World: Feeling Pain [SSL 326]

A powerful reading and short reflection on the incarnational aspects of pain from the fantastic book An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor.

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More on Barbara Brown Taylor and additional reflections await subscribers here ⬇️
https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/150461240

Find me also on YouTube and subscribe ⭐️ at the main channel HERE,
especially if you already enjoy YouTube.

What a Spiritual Challenge this month with some accountability and soul care?
It’s not strenuous, it’s free, it’s a way to get us thinking, dialoguing, and moving toward better ways of being. Come on board!

❇️ The October Challenge Patreon post ⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/posts/4-4-quarterly-113008968

Has Life Ever Felt NOT Real? [SSL 309]

Let’s start understanding how Dissociative experiences happen and understanding the Spectrum of Dissociative Identity Disorder which can be experience at least once by up to 75% of the population.

Please use these resources to find help if you need it.
NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis,callor text 988 (24/7).

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After you listen, you can find really useful info here on the substack page ⬇️ : https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/144543594

• Please remember you can be an ongoing Patron (supporter) by going here ⬇️:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/104373718

This kind of support unlocks for you many extras on that site (at the patreon $5 and up level); PLUS everything on the paid level at the Substack site.

For more info scroll down.

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Get the spiritual formation book I wrote (The Wild Land Within)… 🎁 ❤️
just click the book or google search the title to get one, or a few for a book club.

• You can find out about my publisher Broadleaf Books here

⭐️What is a Patron? Here are the DETAILS:

Patron supporters chip-in a bit each month to help me offset my expenses and continue creating episodes. Supporting this way ($5 +) entitles you to many posts, perks, and goodies that unlock once you begin.

Want to come along side me with support regularly?
This kind of help makes a big difference. It is with great appreciation that I create for my patrons as my “inner circle”.

• OF COURSE Patron supporters ALSO get ALL ACCESS to the Substack (paid) extras! Start here: https://www.patreon.com/

OR make a one-time contribution at PayPal.me/lisacolondelay

• Listeners like you make this work possible.

Here’s how to help out:

1. Share the program with another person today.

2. Leave a good Rating/ Write a Review on iTunes for the podcast.

Who Were You Before? [SSL 305]

An exploration of the wounded inner child and how certain temptations and misguided desires start early on in us when we are vulnerable and young and then experience instability, loss, or pain.

After you listen, go to PART II at the substack page here ⬇️ for more: https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/143641616

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• Please remember you can be an ongoing Patron (supporter) by going here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/102459869

This kind of support unlocks for you many extras on that site (at the patreon $5 and up level); PLUS everything on the paid level at the Substack site.

For more info scroll down.

To get the spiritual formation book I wrote (The Wild Land Within)… 🎁 ❤️
just click the book or google search the title to get one, or a few for a book club.

• You can find out about my publisher Broadleaf Books here

⭐️What is a Patron? Here are the DETAILS:

Patron supporters chip-in a bit each month to help me offset my expenses and continue creating episodes. Supporting this way ($5 +) entitles you to many posts, perks, and goodies that unlock once you begin.

Want to come along side me with support regularly?
This kind of help makes a big difference. It is with great appreciation that I create for my patrons as my “inner circle”.

• OF COURSE Patron supporters ALSO get ALL ACCESS to the Substack (paid) extras! Start here: https://www.patreon.com/

OR make a one-time contribution at PayPal.me/lisacolondelay

• Listeners like you make this work possible.

Here’s how to help out:

1. Share the program with another person today.

2. Leave a good Rating/ Write a Review on iTunes for the podcast.

More on Barbara Brown Taylor and additional reflections await subscribers here ⬇️https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/150461240

This kind of support unlocks for you many extras on that site (at the patreon $5 and up level); PLUS everything on the paid level at the Substack site.

For more info scroll down.(feature image was made with the use of AI)

• OF COURSE Patron supporters ALSO get ALL ACCESS to the Substack (paid) extras! Start here: https://www.patreon.com/

• Please remember you can be an ongoing Patron (supporter) by going here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/102459869

This kind of support unlocks for you many extras on that site (at the patreon $5 and up level); PLUS everything on the paid level at the Substack site.

For more info scroll down.

• OF COURSE Patron supporters ALSO get ALL ACCESS to the Substack (paid) extras! Start here: https://www.patreon.com/

More on Barbara Brown Taylor and additional reflections await subscribers here ⬇️
https://sparkmymuse.substack.com/publish/post/150461240

For more info scroll down.

(feature image was made with the use of AI)