The Mystical Dance of Love and Suffering with Zach Beach - EP 326

What if death isn’t the end, but a doorway to discovering who we truly are? Dr. Brad Stuart—physician, innovator, and author—takes us from the halls of Stanford Medical School to the mysteries and stark realities of end-of-life care. He discusses what's missing in medical training, the challenges that doctors face to stay human in the current profit-centered medical paradigm, and the healing that happens to both doctor and patient through compassion and listening. Along the way, we uncover near-death experiences, visions at the bedside, and the surprising role of psychedelics in easing our fear of dying. Brad’s message is whether we start now or let death do it for us, letting go is the ultimate practice we all face. This is about more than death—it’s about awakening to your true self and perhaps having hope for the future of medicine and healthcare.  🔗 Connect with Dr. Brad at : https://bradstuartmd.com/ ✍ Amazon Link to buy Dr. Brad's book : https://www.amazon.com/Facing-Death-Spirituality-Science-Surrender/dp/1954920652/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1689378567&sr=8-1 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Bio - Brad Stuart, MD is a physician specializing in end-of-life care, a healthcare system innovator, and an author and international speaker. He created the first large-scale Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program in the US to care for the seriously ill at home, funded by a $13 million award from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Brad was featured in HBO’s Letting Go: A Hospice Journey. He has been recognized as Physician of the Year by the California Association of Health Services at Home, designated a Top 20 national difference-maker by HealthLeaders’ Media, and declared a Visionary by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. His book, Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life, shows how he came to discover that reality is not what you think, and death is not the end of who you really are.    #EndOfLifeCare #FacingDeath #Spirituality #HealthcareInnovation #PalliativeMedicine #NearDeathExperience #LettingGo #HealingJourney #Mindfulness #SelfDiscovery #Forgiveness #DeathAwareness #HospiceCare #ConsciousLiving #changingmedicine #nde 

What if love and suffering weren’t opposites, but secret partners on the path to awakening?  In this conversation, Zach Beach—yoga teacher, poet, therapist, and author of Love and Suffering: A Spiritual Guide for Helpers, Healers, and Humans—shares why love and suffering go hand in hand and how suffering (something we all don’t want for ourselves!) is the soil of transformation. We explore the teachings and personal sacrifices of the mystics, the paradoxes of God, why our deepest wounds surface in relationships, and the antidote to our nonstop thinking. This episode is an invitation to see suffering as sacred, love as universal, and every being as worthy of compassion. You’ll discover the path to stillness in a noisy, divided world and how this very moment is a gateway to awakening. 🔗 Connect with Zach Beach  at : http://www.zachbeach.com ✍ Amazon Link to buy Zach's book : https://www.amazon.com/dp/1803419288?tag=johnhuntpu0ef-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Bio - Zach Beach, MA, MS, AMFT, is an internationally renowned yoga teacher, best-selling author, poet, therapist, intimacy coach. He is the founder of The Heart Center Love School, which hosts compassion cultivation workshops, and the host of The Learn to Love Podcast. He recently graduated from the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Cal State University East Bay and is currently working as a mental health therapist. His writings have been featured in numerous publications and his most recent book is titled Love and Suffering: A Spiritual Guide for Helpers, Healers, and Humans. #LoveAndSuffering #SpiritualAwakening #Inspiration #Hope #IntimacyCoach #YogaTeacher #MentalHealthAwareness #CompassionCultivation #HeartCenteredLove #Mindfulness #EmotionalWellness #TransformingSuffering #PersonalGrowth #SelfLoveJourney #MeditationPractice #HealingRelationships #ConsciousLiving #SpiritualCommunity #AwakeningTogether #SelfDiscovery #InnerPeace #growthrougsuffering #nonstopthinking #tamethemind

Finding himself “never happy, never excited, but functional,” Robert Joseph boldly undertook the hero’s journey from disconnection and meaningless material immersion to spiritual awakening and authentic manhood rooted in divine love, and he now lives to help other men do the same.  In this episode he shares his understanding of Christ consciousness (beyond traditional religious interpretation) and how embodying Christ-like virtues will guide men to a life of purpose and higher calling. We discuss the role of the authentic man, the power of forgiveness, the importance of rites of passage, the impact of the father wound, and the power of brotherhood in healing and growth. This episode challenges cultural misconceptions about masculinity and offers a vision for new life-affirming communities and systems. Plus, you’ll learn a whole new way of looking at the critical role of parents. 🔗 Connect with Robert at : https://www.robertjosephcoaching.com/ 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Bio - Robert Joseph is a spiritual leader and founder of RaisedByMen, devoted to guiding men into authentic manhood rooted in faith, integrity, and Christ-centered values. He creates spaces for deep brotherhood, personal healing, and spiritual growth, helping men embody their highest calling as protectors, providers, and servants of God. RaisedByMen is a movement committed to restoring strength, integrity, and sacred brotherhood in the lives of men. Its mission is to support the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of men, while ensuring that boys are properly guided into manhood with honor and wisdom. In a time when masculine identity is often lost or misunderstood, Robert offers grounded pathways for men to remember who they are and stand shoulder to shoulder in truth. #Awakening #MasculineEnergy #DivineMasculinity #Brotherhood #MenSupportingMen #ChristConsciousness #EmotionalHealing #PersonalGrowth #NatureAndSpirituality #SacredPartnership #ForgivenessJourney #RitesOfPassage #Healing #MindfulnessPractice #CommunityBuilding #MenInService #AuthenticManhood #LoveOverFear #InnerPeaceJourney #TransformationalLeadership #beyondtoxicmasculinity #raisingsons 

In the late 1980’s, Thomas Radzienda awakened to the truth that no matter who our political leaders were, we still bombed people. He consequently left his corporate job and traveled the world seeking understanding, universal compassion, non-violent living, and simplicity before eventually settling in Thailand as a teacher and healer. In this conversation, Thomas shares how veganism and spirituality connect and how our culturally accepted masking of animal suffering damages our spirits. We also discuss the effect of media on our minds and how meditation restores clarity. Thomas seeks to inspire spiritual non-vegans to try plant-based living and non-spiritual vegans to pursue the spiritual path. Offering practical steps to transform mind, body and spirit, his approach is gentle, incremental, and encouraging for everyone. 🔗 Connect with Tom at : https://www.thomasradzienda.net/ ✍ Amazon Link to buy Tom's book : https://a.co/d/hG3ptBP 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Thomas Radzienda has dedicated nearly 30 years to spiritual transformation since moving to Thailand in the early 1990s. A former professor at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok, he also wrote two poetry columns for the Bangkok Post. In the 2000s, he deepened his practice through meditation, Reiki, and plant-based living, eventually founding Reiki Chiang Mai in 2008. Author of Personal Transformation through Reiki (English and Thai), and Vegan Health and Spirituality, Thomas continues to explore the unity of health, spirit, and consciousness. Living on an organic orchard in northern Thailand with his wife and dog, he integrates meditation, energy healing, veganism, and nature into daily life.  #VeganHealth #PersonalTransformation #SpiritualAwakening #Mindfulness #Meditation #ConsciousLiving #Veganism #PlantBasedDiet #NonViolence #ReikiHealing #CompassionateLiving #InnerPeace #EmotionalHealth #CulturalAwareness #UniversalLove #HolisticHealth #SpiritualJourney #EcoFriendlyLiving #SustainableLifestyle #WellnessRetreats #HealingThroughFood 

Internationally renowned yoga, Ayurveda, and emotional healing teacher Reema Datta shares how the events of 9/11 inspired her to leave her prestigious UN career and embark upon a soul-led journey to help people to find peace within themselves. Raised in a family of yogis and inspired by her grandmother’s quiet wisdom, Reema has committed over 20 years of her life to restoring yoga in the west to its original spiritual roots beyond body positions. In this episode she introduces us to her 12-week transformative program, which includes establishing a supportive community, examining our stories, and exploring how kleshas—delusion, attachment, jealousy and more—block our true nature and hinder our fulfillment. She also shares a breathing technique that calms the mind and heals the body and what it was like to lead yoga sessions with Sting and Paul Simon. In a world filled with distractions and dumbing-down technology, now is the time to reclaim our souls and live with presence, power, and peace.  🔗 Connect with Reema Datta at : www.ReemaDatta.com ✍ Amazon Link to buy Reema's book : https://www.amazon.in/Yogis-Way-Transform-Health-Reality/dp/1608689409 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Reema Datta is an internationally celebrated teacher of yoga, Ayurveda, and emotional healing. Her new book, The Yogi’s Way: Transform Your Mind, Health, and Reality, offers a powerful path to transform the mind and heal from within. Reema has been immersed in Vedic wisdom from birth. Her grandmother, an Ayurvedic practitioner, embodied resilience in the face of adversity, while her grandfather, a Vedic scholar, introduced her to yoga philosophy and pranayama (breathing techniques). As a woman in this field, she brings a much-needed and often missing female perspective, guiding students toward freedom and their unique purpose. Since 2002, Reema has led yoga and Ayurveda retreats in over 20 countries Reema has led yoga and Ayurveda retreats in over 20 countries, working with luminaries such as Sting, Paul Simon, Edie Brickell, Sujatha Baliga, and Zainab Salbi, as well as health professionals and students worldwide. She holds degrees from Vassar College and the London School of Economics and worked for the United Nations. She also holds trainings in Ashtanga Yoga, Tibetan Heart Yoga, and is an Ayurvedic therapist. #YogaJourney #AyurvedaHealing #EmotionalHealing #InnerPeace #MindfulnessPractice #CommunityBuilding #SoulConnection #MeditationJourney #HolisticWellness #TransformYourLife #ConsciousLiving #SelfDiscovery #NatureConnection #YogaInspiration #MindBodySpirit #GrandmotherWisdom  #TheYogisWay #PersonalGrowth #KleshasAwareness #DiaphragmaticBreathing #NasalBreathingBenefits #EmpowermentPractices #ConnectionToNature  

Tanzanian-born healer Euphrasia “Efu” Nyaki shares her incredible journey from ancestral rituals and herbal medicines to joining the Maryknoll sisters and founding a women’s healing center in Brazil. She discusses the healing modalities of Somatic Experiencing and Family Constellation Therapy and how they can help people quickly release trauma stored in the body. Through powerful real-life cases, Efu reveals how inherited trauma from ancestors can silently shape our lives and how honoring the "Orders of Love"—hierarchy, belonging, and balance—restores peace. She also explains how excluding miscarried or aborted babies can lead to depression in surviving siblings, and why honoring the life given to us by our parents, regardless of their faults, reconnects us to the natural flow of life. Are you feeling blocked, disconnected or stuck? Efu’s message is clear: healing is simple, natural, and your birthright.  🔗 Connect with Euphrasia at : https://linktr.ee/efunyaki 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Bio - Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki was born and raised in Tanzania where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree, trained as a science teacher, and later was trained as a healer using holistic methods. Efu is a Faculty Member of Somatic Experiencing®, and a Professor of Family Constellation System Therapy by Hellinger Institute. In the last 30 years Efu has been living in Brazil facilitating trainings and therapy for trauma healing using Somatic Experiencing® and Family Constellation System Therapy (Generational trauma healing). While living in Brazil, Efu has also been travelling in different countries such as India, Egypt, South Korea, China, Bolivia, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Tanzania, Philippines, and Hong Kong, USA, Polland, Kenya and Sweden facilitating trainings and workshops on different kinds of trauma healing. After the pandemic situation, Efu has been giving international trainings, workshops, summits, webinars, podcasts, conferences, and individual therapy sessions and case consults online; all about trauma healing using Somatic Experiencing®, and Family Constellation System Therapy. Efu is a co- founder of AFYA: Holistic Healing Center located in the northeast of Brazil. Afya supports many people from the local community as well as national and international individuals that approaches the center to receive support in healing, using different types of natural and holistic healing methodologies. Efu is a writer of the book titled Trauma healing using Family Constellation System Therapy and Somatic Experiencing®. This is the link for the book https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0BYXYGQ1V #TraumaHealing #SomaticExperiencing #FamilyConstellations #HealingJourney #HolisticHealing #EmotionalWellness #AncestralWisdom #HopeAndInspiration #MindBodyConnection #Wellbeing #SelfDiscovery #TraumaRecovery #WomenEmpowerment #RitualsForHealing #PersonalGrowth #EnergyHealing #SpiritualAwakening #ConsciousLiving #InnerPeace #HerbalMedicine #CulturalHealing #IntegrativeTherapy #DepressionRecovery #LifeCoaching #SelfCareStrategies  

Waterworld screenwriter Peter Rader shares his journey from Hollywood’s chaos to the world of conscious cinema. After meeting his wife, Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and TV producer Paola di Florio, his path was transformed, leading to soul-stirring films like Awake: The Life of Yogananda and My Father, the Healer, which unveils the secret life of a gifted Qigong Master healer who grew up under the harsh restrictions of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and healed generational trauma. Peter shares his insights on the toxic patterns of Hollywood cinema and why he now champions storytelling that awakens and heals. You will learn about the 3-step creative process—Creation, Manifestation, Transmission— that he and Paola teach in their Source to Screen workshops, and their plans to reboot Waterworld as a mystical eco-feminist tale tied to ocean activism. This episode is a deep call to artists, seekers, and visionaries ready to co-create a more awakened world.   NOTE: Master Li, the subject of My Father, the Healer, was a guest along with his wife and son on The Spiritual Forum podcast three years ago. Link to this episode on Spotify is https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GJD1VajS1N4Ex023783jO?si=a9049b6ddccd4992.   🔗 Peter Rader's website : https://www.peterrader.com/ Source to Screen workshop this August: https://sourcetoscreen.com/ 🎬 Peter's latest film features Master Li, a podcast guest that featured on The Spiritual Forum podcast show three years ago. Link to that podcast is: https://youtu.be/AzAv3iShhRc?si=iL9DFDHu5IYal0A0 👉 Link to the trailer for My Father, The Healer: https://vimeo.com/1080309772 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Bio - Peter Rader has worked as a film and television writer for 20 years. His first script, Waterworld, was produced by Universal in 1995. He has developed numerous projects for other studios, and industry leaders such as Steven Spielberg, Dino De Laurentiis and John Davis. He has worked as a cinematographer, editor  and producer on a number of award-winning documentary projects, including AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda, which THE GUARDIAN dubbed the Indie sleeper hit of 2014, following its extensive worldwide theatrical run. Rader's first book, Mike Wallace: A Life (St. Martin’s Press, 2013), was a critically acclaimed biography of the legendary CBS journalist. His second book, Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse and the Rivalry that Changed Acting Forever (Simon & Schuster, 2018), is a riveting story of the rivalry between the two most renowned actresses of the nineteenth century. Rader attended Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is accomplished in a broad range of fields, including music and photography.  He has taught classes and workshops in writing and filmmaking at Harvard, Los Angeles Film School, and Cal State Fullerton. Rader has also volunteered to teach writing to homeless people at Step Up on Second.    #ConsciousCinema #Awakening #HopeAndInspiration #MyFatherTheHealer #SpiritualJourney #Meditation #Yoga #DocumentaryFilm #CreativeProcess #IndependentFilmmaking #ConsciousCreativity #SourceToScreen #HealingJourneys #CulturalAwakening #SpiritualLeadership #MindfulMedia #StoriesThatMatter #TransformativeCinema #Waterworld #filmmaking #storytelling #spiritualhealing #herosjourney #healwithlight 

Are you struggling to get along with your adult daughter, or even with your own mom? Are you tired of being dismissed or dissed at even the most benign comments? Do you wish you could find a way to bridge the gap between the two of you? The Mother-Daughter dynamic requires a special kind of healing, and guest Dr. Debra Mandel is here to help. As a psychologist and author of Sassy and Rude - Her New Attitude, Debra offers tips on how to navigate restoring this crucial relationship. The conversation dives into roles of guilt and shame, the trap of wanting to be nice, the necessity of setting boundaries, the shadow our childhood casts on our mothering, the importance of taking responsibility for our part, and much more. Whether you're a mom, daughter, or are connected in some way to a mother-daughter family dynamic, this lively episode is rich with wisdom, humor, and hope to support you in generating love and connection again. 🔗 Dr. Debra Mandel's website : https://drdebraonline.com/ ✍ Amazon Link to buy Dr. Debra's book : https://www.amazon.com/Sassy-Rude-Debra-Mandel/dp/1953027245 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Bio - Dr. Debra, author of five books, including her new release Sassy & Rude: Her New Attitude, has been featured on multiple national television and radio shows as a relationship expert, and has co-hosted her own podcast achieving over a million listeners. Whether in print, on-air, or in her office, Dr. Debra delivers her message that it’s never too late to over- come adversity and learn to thrive. #HealingRelationships #MomAndDaughter #SassyAndRude #PersonalGrowth #SpiritualAwakening #RelationshipAdvice #ParentingTips #OvercomingAdversity #ThrivingNotSurviving #EmotionalHealing #ActiveListening #SelfLoveJourney #MindfulnessPractice #FamilyDynamics #VictimToThriver #ConnectionAndHealing #InspirationalStories #PracticalSpirituality #motherdaughter #adultdaughter #restoreconnection

Discover the inspiring journey of Helen Ye Plehn, founder of Helen Creates Beauty and creator of the Aura Color Wheel. Born in China and educated in the US, Helen experienced great success educationally and professionally in her data analytics career. But her success bred depression, not joy, which launched her on a spiritual journey of intense awakening. Through her daily meditation practice and Kundalini awakening, Helen discovered the Aura Color Wheel, a comprehensive system that reveals a person’s life purpose and soul gifts, wounds, and lessons through 36 aura colors and nine archetypes. In this episode she shares how discovering your life purpose opens you to universal flow, how you can use color to support your life, how to balance your aura layers, and how to manifest personal healing. Step into this dynamic journey of self-discovery, soul evolution, and living your life on purpose! 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/ Bio - Helen Ye Plehn is the founder of Helen Creates Beauty and the Creator of the Aura Color Wheel. Her new book The Aura Color Wheel: What Your Soul Aura Reveals Your Soul Gifts, Wounds, and Lessons, is available now from Hay House Publishing.  She is an aura reader, intuitive painter, certified crystal healer, angel channeler, third-generation Feng Shui master, certified Yoga and meditation instructor, and spiritual teacher. She is also an Ayurveda practitioner, Vedic astrologer, Theta healer, and passionate Flamenco dancer. Her mission is to help one million souls to find and live their souls’ purposes with joy and fulfillment. Take the Free quiz to discover your Soul aura color at www.helencreatesbeauty.com Book link: https://www.amazon.com/Aura-Color-Wheel-Reveals-Lessons/dp/1401995438 #SoulPurpose #AuraColorWheel #SpiritualAwakening #ConsciousLiving #Mindfulness #MeditationJourney #HealingJourney #EnergyHealing #IntuitivePainting #CrystalHealing #FengShui #Ayurveda #VedicAstrology #KundaliniAwakening #PersonalGrowth #SpiritualGuidance #SelfDiscovery #DivineFeminine #Manifestation #AbundanceMindset #HolisticHealth #SoulGifts #LifeLessons #PositiveVibes #Empowerment #CommunityOfLight 

Open your mind and explore Natural Law and “do no harm but take no shit” with voluntaryists Paul & Lauren Bell, who join Rev. Carol to discuss how the Golden Rule and sovereignty shape true freedom. We discuss conscious parenting, the joy of living in right livelihood, why organic food matters, and what the law of attraction needs to make it work. We also examine how many of our accepted societal structures enslave rather than free us, and what we can do about it. Learn how small actions, shared community, and idea-sharing gatherings spark awakening to a new world of self-actualization and empowered living. 🔗 Paul and Lauren Bell's website : https://truthloveandfreedom.com/ 🎙️ Listen on Apple Podcasts & rate us to spread the light! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-forum/id1357984858 📍 Join our upcoming retreat at Unity Village: https://thespiritualforum.org/retreat ❤️ Support this mission: https://thespiritualforum.org/   Bio - Paul and Lauren Bell are devoted to right-livelihood, conscious parenting and intentionally building community grounded in the fundamental knowledge of Natural Law. Paul is a carpenter, chef, entrepreneur, and yoga teacher. Lauren is a nature philosopher and certified teacher of permaculture design. Together they founded Truth Love and Freedom (a platform for activism, teaching Natural Law, morality, and voluntaryism) and Blue Hill Farm Organics, both of which operate from their certified organic permaculture farm in Southern California.    #NaturalLaw #ConsciousLiving #SpiritualAwakening #Anarchy #DoNoHarm #HolisticParenting #CommunityBuilding #Permaculture #OrganicLiving #Mindfulness #FreedomCells #HealingThroughNature #Empowerment #SustainableLiving #SpiritualGrowth #Ahimsa #IntentionSetting #CollectiveConsciousness #SacredMasculine #NonViolentCommunication