Living Compass Spirituality & Wellness

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The Living Compass Spirituality and Wellness Initiative is a non-profit that creates low-cost, often free, wellness resources, including this podcast, currently used by tens of thousands of adults, teens, parents, faith communities, and organizations around the world. The Rev. Dr. Scott Stoner, the founder of this initiative, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and Episcopal minister. He has over forty years of experience equipping individuals, couples, parents, and families with the tools and inspiration they need to navigate their lives and relationships with awareness and intention.

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"Wholly Listening...Part 4"

May 09 2024 6 mins  
Continuing the series on "Holy Listening," this week Scott talks about "Wholly Listening." This involves listening to God not just through prayer and meditation but also through our bodies, emotions, and relationships. It is a whole-person approach to listening, one where we listen with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind.

"Holy Listening, Part 3: Centering Prayer/Meditation" May 1, 2024

May 01 2024 6 mins  
One expression of Holy Listening is contemplative prayer. In this form of prayer, our primary focus is to be still and listen to God. In this episode, Scott talks about how practices like centering prayer and meditation can help us listen more deeply to what theologian and civil rights activist Howard Thurman calls "the sound of the Genuine."

"Holy Listening, Part 2," Episode 79

Apr 22 2024 7 mins  
Continuing the discussion on holy listening, Scott talks about how "believing is seeing," in that our filters can often interfere with our ability to truly hear one another, and to hear the presence of the Holy in one another.

"Holy Listening, Part 1," April 16, 2024, Episode 78

Apr 16 2024 6 mins  
In this episode, Scott makes the case that listening is at the heart of both a deeper spiritual life and a life of wellness. He invites each listener to reflect on their own practice of listening--to themselves, others, and the presence of the Divine.

"Softening Our Hearts and Our Start Ups," April 8, 2024

Apr 07 2024 6 mins  
The concept of Soft Start-Ups is one of the most helpful practices for enhancing all of our relationships. Learn about it in this episode.

"Happy Easter, 2024" Episode 76

Mar 30 2024 5 mins  
There are many signs of Easter and Spring around us this time of year. In this episode, Scott talks about one sign that is especially meaningful to him and one that others may not have thought of before-- the image of the ground beginning to soften.

"Holy Week and Forgiveness, Part 2" March 29, 2024

Mar 28 2024 6 mins  
In this episode, Scott explores the connection between Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and forgiveness.

"May Our Words Be a Blessing" March 21 2024

Mar 20 2024 6 mins  
Scott continues a discussion of practicing forgiveness with family and friends. He offers some thought and application from these words from James 3: "How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire.... From the same mouth can come blessing and cursing."

Forgiving Family and Friends

Mar 11 2024 6 mins  
In our ongoing focus on forgiveness this week, Scott focuses on forgiving our family and friends. Sometimes, the people we are closest to provide both the most important and the most challenging opportunities to practice forgiveness.

Forgive Others As You Forgive Yourself

Mar 11 2024 5 mins  
The reasons for forgiving ourselves are the same as for forgiving others. It is how we become free of the past. It is how we heal and grow. It is how we make meaning out of our suffering, restore our self-esteem, and tell a new story of who we are. If forgiving others leads to an external peace, forgiving ourselves leads to an internal peace. —Desmond and Mpho Tutu, The Book of F