Mediocre Mystic
Mediocre Mystic
Welcome to Mediocre Mystic - the podcast where we invite you to reconsider both mediocrity and the way it makes the world go ‘round, and spirituality and the way it works in mysterious ways. If you have survived fundamentalism, welcome to this wholly irreverent space. A sanctuary of sorts, for those of us who have broken free from all kinds of toxic high demand groups.Wrestling with our deconstruction and reveling in our reconstruction, we explore many perspectives sharing stories from all walks of life. Creating functional beauty and discovering practical magic right in the midst of the messy, the mu...
Lunar Aligned: Happy Lunar New Year! - Tarot Reading for the Year of the Snake 2025
Meliea of Lunar Aligned brings us a reading for the Lunar New Year 2025. The year of the Snake represents growth, flexibility, and tolerance. Amidst the heaviness of the year's beginning there is hope, and with these tools we can find the balance between being a doormat or a steamroller. With the Chariot as our guide, Meliea encourages us to put our energy into what we're for more than what we're against to move things forward.If you'd like to join Meliea for regular readings and inspiration fo
Trailer: Welcome to Mediocre Mystic
Welcome to Mediocre Mystic - the podcast where we invite you to reconsider both mediocrity and the way it makes the world go ‘round, and spirituality and the way it works in mysterious ways. If you have survived fundamentalism, welcome to this wholly irreverent space. A sanctuary of sorts, for those of us who have broken free from all kinds of toxic high demand groups.Wrestling with our deconstruction and reveling in our reconstruction, we explore many perspectives sharing stories from all walks
Sleep Like Starfish with Rachelle Atkins
On this episode, special guest Rachelle Atkins, is sharing stories from her memoir with us, and excerpts from her new book Sleep like Starfish.Sleep like Starfish chronicles how a couch-surfing, disassociated teenage high school dropout with debilitating chronic illness, a constant loop of intrusive thoughts, and a haunting abandonment wound goes on to marry an underage musician with a fake ID and become a loving, responsible mother of two who graduates from college with high honors.Rachelle Atk
Resilience Is Your Birthright with Meliea Black - October 2024 Tarot Reading
Join me we reflect on Meliea's 2024 October reading of the 10 of Air card from the Angel Tarot deck. This month we reflect on what it means to accept what it is and work with what we've got building resilience. Referenced:The Gentle Tarot Deck | 3 of ThunderInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter |
Inside Out with Meliea Black - September 2024 Tarot Reading
Join me we reflect on Meliea's 2024 September reading of the 3 of Thunder card from the Gentle Tarot deck. This month we reflect on the companionship of sadness and joy. Referenced:The Gentle Tarot Deck | 3 of ThunderInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & F
Quieted Mind: Bringing Back Warmth to the Room
James of Quieted Mind brings us a meditation to bring back warmth not only to the room, but to our souls. In the midst of a chaotic world, he helps us create peace and protect it in our corner.Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate &
Mindful Maraschino: The Practice of Yogic Energy with Mandi Brown
On this episode we're pausing to ponder the particular seed of truth on the topic of yogic energy - cherry picked by Mandi Brown.I invite YOU, cherry cobbler congregants, to drop me a voicemail or a text at 980.355.9665. Tell me about one of your own favorite practices - pretty please with a cherry on top!Interact with Mandi Brown via:Web | Instagram | Facebook Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:We
Making Friends with the Giant with Meliea Black - August 2024 Tarot Reading
Join me we reflect on Meliea's 2024 August reading of the Harvest of Stones card from the Gentle Tarot deck. I propose instead of trying to defeat the giant, we put our dukes down and shake hearts. Referenced:The Gentle Tarot Deck | Harvest of StonesInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | Ti
Mindful Maraschino: The Practice of Intentional Intuition with Meliea Black
On this episode we're pausing to ponder the particular seed of truth on the topic of trusting our own intuition through the practice of intention - cherry picked by Meliea Black.I invite YOU, cherry cobbler congregants, to drop me a voicemail or a text at 980.355.9665. Tell me about one of your own favorite practices - pretty please with a cherry on top!Referenced:The Traitors | Martha BeckInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport t
Taking Our Thoughts On A Walk with James Buckley - Meditation
Join me as we reflect on James's meditation Return to the Breath. I propose that those of us with wandering minds take our thoughts on a walk. My husky dog, Scout, approves this message. Referenced:Dan Brule | Breath MasteryInteract with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube
It is What You Say AND How You Say it with Meliea Black - July 2024 Oracle Reading
Join me as we reflect on Meliea's 2024 July reading of the Communication card from the Soul Trees deck. I discuss the semantics of it all, and share what I love most about communication - when our words fail us. Referenced:Soul Trees and Soul Seeds Oracles | Allyson Williams YeeInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagra
Normal Really is Just a Setting on Your Dryer with James Buckley - Dharma Talk
Join me as we reflect on James's Dharma Talk Perfect is an Illusion. I share my thoughts on releasing ourselves from the trappings of "normal" perfectionism to enter the freedom of love. Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Ra
Quieted Mind: Return to the Breath
James of Quieted Mind brings us a meditation focusing on our breath.Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & ReviewApple | Spotify | YouTubeMusic by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
What Would Bubba Sue (AKA The Cat in Black / The Boy Named Sue) Do? with Meliea Black - June 2024 Oracle Reading
Join me as we reflect on Meliea's 2024 June reading of the Inspiration card from the Soul Trees deck. I share about a recent trip I took for inspiration and all of the obstacles in it's path. The hero of the story was my biggest inspiration - the one and only Bubba Sue, my manx cat. Listen to how he helped me push through to find my creative sweet spot. Referenced:Soul Trees and Soul Seeds Oracles | Allyson Williams YeeInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok
Let it Go, Y'all with Meliea Black - May 2024 Oracle Reading
Join me as we reflect on Meliea's 2024 May reading of the Release card from the Soul Trees deck. I share a major Gen X way that isn't serving me so well, and my process of letting it go.Referenced:Soul Trees and Soul Seeds Oracles | Allyson Williams YeeInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Faceb
Quieted Mind: Perfect is an Illusion
James of Quieted Mind brings us a meditation on the illusion of perfection.Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & ReviewApple | Spotify | YouTubeMusic by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
Free Thinking, Free Feeling, and Free Being with Meliea Black - April 2024 Oracle Reading
Join me we reflect on Meliea's 2024 April reading of the Adventure card from the Soul Trees deck. I suggest all of our adventures without actually begin within. Referenced:Soul Trees and Soul Seeds Oracles | Allyson Williams YeeInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscr
Mindful Maraschino: The Practice of Compassion with James Buckley
On this episode we're pausing to ponder the particular seed of truth on the topic of compassion. Practicing compassion as meditation leads to being safe, being happy, and being free; both within ourselves and with the world around us - cherry picked by James Buckley.I invite YOU, cherry cobbler congregants, to drop me a voicemail or a text at 980.355.9665. Tell me about one of your own favorite practices - pretty please with a cherry on top!Referenced:Sharon Salzberg | Karen Armstrong Liste
Renewal and Restoration with Meliea Black - March 2024 Oracle Reading
Join me as we reflect on Meliea's 2024 March reading of the Healing card from the Soul Trees deck. I use the metaphor of plants to discuss how we can heal and grow wholistically. Referenced:Soul Trees and Soul Seeds Oracles | Allyson Williams YeeInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok
Quieted Mind: Life Springs Up Again
James of Quieted Mind brings us a meditation on the life that springs us again after the long winter.Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & ReviewApple | Spotify | YouTubeMusic by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
Mindful Maraschino: The Practice of Pause with Dani Young
On this episode we're pausing to ponder the particular seed of truth on the topic of pausing as practice and the healing it can bring when we simply slow down - cherry picked by Dani Young. I invite YOU, cherry cobbler congregants, to drop me a voicemail or a text at 980.355.9665. Tell me about one of your own favorite practices - pretty please with a cherry on top! Interact with Dani Young via:Instagram | Facebook | TikTok Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or
Mindful Maraschino: The Practice Itself (Slowing Down)
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Lunar Aligned: Happy Lunar New Year! - Oracle Reading for the First Half of 2024
Meliea of Lunar Aligned joins us today with a tarot reading for the first half of 2024. Are you in chaos or flow right now? Let's find our rhythm together with our intuitive cyclical living guide as she offers support and guidance for people to go within and find their own strength and magic. For the Winter through Summer months of 2024, Meliea shares a 6 card spread with us from the Soul Trees and Soul Seeds oracle decks by Allyson Williams Yee. Join Meliea as she guides us through this f
The Best Thing That Never Happened - Part 3
On this episode we're concluding the story of my greatest failure, and just beginning the story of its turn to my greatest success. Raise your cup of kindness with me one last time to celebrate old things being made new. This is episode 3 of 3 in this series arc. Referenced:Interfaith Ordination | Community ChaplaincyContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook |
Quieted Mind: Dark Times and the Present Moment
James of Quieted Mind shares reflections on our current era at the beginning of 2024, and hopes that we find the peace and happiness that are available now, in the present moment.Featured in this Episode:Stream The Wakeup CallInteract with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Sub
Lunar Aligned: Tarot Reading for May 2023
Meliea of Lunar Aligned joins us today with a tarot reading for May 2023. Are you in chaos or flow right now? Let's find our rhythm together with our intuitive cyclical living guide as she offers support and guidance for people to go within and find their own strength and magic. For the month of May, Meliea shares a 6 card spread from the Wayhome Tarot deck by Bakara Wintner and Autumn Whitehurst. Do you want to do more than set your intentions, and act on them? Join Meliea as she guides
Quieted Mind: Be Something for Peace
James of Quiet Mind gives a life update, offers thoughts about the latest escalation between Israel and Gaza and how we can help, and shares a song from his latest EP. Featured in this Episode: "When Asked Whose Side I'm On..." by Alicia T Crosby Good Citizens by Thich Nhat Hanh Global Citizen: Israel-Palestine: How to Help Victims of the Conflict The Wakeup Call: Walk Each Other Home (from Arrivals and Departures) Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instag
Lunar Aligned: Oracle Reading for April (Spring) 2023
Meliea of Lunar Aligned joins us today with a tarot reading for Spring 2023. Are you in chaos or flow right now? Let's find our rhythm together with our intuitive cyclical living guide as she offers support and guidance for people to go within and find their own strength and magic. For the spring month of April, Meliea shares two special 3 card spreads with us from the Soul Trees and Soul Seeds oracle decks by Allyson Williams Yee. Join Meliea as she guides us to hope out of a sense of hea
The Best Thing That Never Happened - Part 2
On this episode I'm entering spring not trying to keep up my New Year's resolution, rather on with the story of my greatest failure. If you're looking for a story about old things being made new, get your cup of kindness ready to toast my friends! This is episode 2 of 3 in this series arc.Interact with Dr. Zoë Lumiere, Eric Lumiere, and Fenix Lumiere of Allowing Love :Dr. Zoë Lumiere - Coach Instagram | TikTokEric Lumiere - Muscian Instagram | TikTokFenix Lumiere - Canine Coach I
Quieted Mind: Mara the Guest
James of Quieted Mind discusses an old story about the Buddha and Mara and what we can learn from it in this Dharma talk.Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & ReviewApple | Spotify | YouTubeMusic by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizr
Lunar Aligned: Tarot Reading for March 2023
Meliea of Lunar Aligned joins us today with her tarot reading for March 2023. Are you in chaos or flow right now? Let's find our rhythm together with our intuitive cyclical living guide as she offers support and guidance for people to go within and find their own strength and magic. For the luck month of March, Meliea shares a special 5 card spread with us from the Modern Witch tarot deck. Join Meliea as she guides us through a story out of our perfectionist boxes and into the energy flow
Quieted Mind: If You Don't Understand, You Can't Love
James of Quieted Mind discusses the connection between understanding suffering and the ability to be able to truly love in this Dharma talk.Referenced In This Episode:Please Call Me By My True Names by Thich Nhat HanhMetta (Lovingkindness) MeditationInteract with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook
Lunar Aligned: Inaugural Tarot Reading for February 2023
Meliea of Lunar Aligned joins us today with her inaugural tarot reading! Are you in chaos or flow right now? Let's find our rhythm together with our intuitive cyclical living guide as she offers support and guidance for people to go within and find their own strength and magic. For the love month of February, Meliea shares a Mind / Body / Spirit spread with us from the Gentle Tarot deck. Welcome to the podcast family, Meliea! Congratulations on your inaugural reading. We're so gratefu
Quieted Mind: Bringing Warmth Back To The Room
James of Quieted Mind shares his own practice to bring back the warmth into life in this Dharma talk. When external conditions cause us to feel hopeless, helpless, or depressed, when reality turns dark and cold, stopping and mindfully engaging in small change can be the start of turning things around.Referenced in this episode:Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat HanhThe Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat HanhInteract with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeSupport the
The Best Thing That Never Happened - Part 1
On this episode I'm starting the New Year not with a resolution, rather with my greatest failure. If you're looking for a story about old things being made new, get your cup of kindness ready to toast my friends! This is episode 1 of 3 in this series arc. Interact with Dr. Zoë Lumiere, Eric Lumiere, and Fenix Lumiere of Allowing Love : Dr. Zoë Lumiere - Coach Instagram | TikTokEric Lumiere - Muscian Instagram | TikTokFenix Lumiere - Canine Coach Instagram | TikTokContact UsSupport the
The Christmas Guest
The Christmas Guest presented by my family. Of all the gifts, love is the best. I'm happy to be your Christmas podguest. Support the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a Coffee Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Email | Blog |Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Music by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
Mystic Maintenance
On this episode we're discussing how to find anchors to help us keep focus on the practices that work for us.Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & ReviewApple | Spotify | YouTubeMusic by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
Quieted Mind: The Thanksgiving Address
For those of us in the United States, the autumn holidays can also be seen as Colonization season, with the dominant culture celebrating occasions like Columbus Day and Thanksgiving, both of which have direct ties to settler colonialism and the suffering of Indigenous people. In this edition of The Quieted Mind, James leads us in a recitation of the Haundenosaunee Thanksgiving Address. Despite the title, this address has no connection to the North American Thanksgiving holidays. It is an invocat
Quieted Mind: Everything is Pretending to be Born and Pretending to Die
James of Quieted Mind explores the change of seasons, that for some of us, can bring to the surface any number of thoughts and emotions in this Dharma talk. Times like these are a perfect opportunity to stop and breathe, to unite our body and mind as we acknowledge that our true home is the here and now. In that lull between summer fun and the hustle and bustle of the holidays, and even in the midst of these things, we can always return to our true home. This is the heart of our practice. Refere
Mystic Mingling
On this episode we’re taking on the challenge of how to squeeze in our practice when it just seems like it’s impossible, and, how other people help us do just that!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & ReviewApple | Spotify | YouTubeMusic by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
Mindful Maraschino: The Practice of People
Thank you for joining me on this mini-sode. Take a moment to pause and meditate on a particular seed of truth cherry picked by me...or you! I invite you to drop me a voicemail or a text at 980.355.9665, and tell me about one of your own favorite cherry picked maxims.Support the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a Coffee Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Email | Blog |Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Text or Voicemail: 980.355.9665 Music by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
Quieted Mind: Metta (Lovingkindness)
James of Quieted Mind introduces us to the practice of Metta, or Lovingkindness meditation, and its origins in early Buddhist teachings. Metta meditation practice can be a useful technique in breaking down our notions and concepts of separateness, and realizing the interconnectedness of all sentient beings.Refereced in this Episode:The Power of Metta: A Buddhist Story — from MountainHermitage.orgHow to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships by H.H. Dalai LamaInteract with Quiet
Midsummer Maintenance
After a string of holiday episodes and a summer break, on this episode we're returning to our exploration of maintaining our mystic in the mundane of our everyday messy, muddled lives. Whatever we may be cherry picking that works for us, it is important to maintain the balance of being sure it is indeed working for us. That we are using the practice, and not the other way around. When the practice uses us, we're on the path to fundamentalism. Support the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a Coffee In
Mindful Maraschino: The Practice of Cherry Picking
On this episode we're pausing to ponder the particular seed of truth on the topic of cherry picking itself. I invite YOU, cherry cobbler congregants, to drop me a voicemail or a text at 980.355.9665. Tell me about one of your own favorite practices - pretty please with a cherry on top!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe &
Quieted Mind: I Am The Universe
James of Quieted Mind guides us through a meditation in which we practice identifying as the Universe. Referenced in this episode:Thich Nhat Hanh: No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for LifeThich Nhat Hanh: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and LiberationInteract with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre My
Y'all Means All!
On this Queer Pride episode, I'm sharing my own coming out story. Our stories matter. As I’ve continued to do this podcast I’ve realized my story matters not because it’s extraordinary, but because it’s like so many of yours, and your stories matter. In this sharing of our truth, we can find safety in each other, as one of my favorite Black Non- Binary artists Kah Yangni illustrates. I celebrated my partnership in a ceremony in 2011 when I never thought I’d see legalization of gay marriage in my
Quieted Mind: You Are The Universe
James of Quieted Mind shares the significance of identifying as the Universe, and how it can expand our capacity for love and compassion in this Dharma talk.Referenced in this episode:Thich Nhat Hanh: Please Call Me By My True NamesBayard RustinRam DassInteract with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Faceb
The Quieted Mind: Life Springs Up Again
In this edition of The Quieted Mind, James offers reflections on Spring as a marker and reminder of renewal and rebirth and leads a guided meditation.Interact with The Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a Coffee Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Email | Blog |Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Music by '86 Aerostar | Logo by Bizri Creative Group
Happy St. Patrick's Day From The Thin Space
On this St. Paddy's episode, I'm inviting you to come along with me on a journey to the thin space - from the shores of the Scottish Isles to the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC in the US. My favorite part of a holiday is sharing the highlights of history, and connecting what we can cherry pick today that works for us. Continuing with traditional celebrations, and making our own new traditions brings us closer to our ancestors of yore and to ourselves and our beloved ones in the here and now.Support
Lunar Living with Meliea Black
On this episode, special guest Meliea Black, is sharing her lunar living method with us. We're going to talk about how to live by the cycles of the moon phases with the queer, ex-vangelical, mystic, midwife, moon maven, intuition activist herself. She’s here to help smash oppressive influences and build up radical self-trust.Interact with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Intera
Mediocre Works in Mysterious Ways
On this episode we make the official baton pass from Fundamental Shift to Mediocre Mystic with Quieted Mind and Lunar Aligned as network partners. And, I tell you about that one time my wife and I almost plunged to our deaths off the side of a cliff in Arizona. Spoiler alert! We made it!Interact with Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeInteract with Lunar Aligned via:Web | Instagram | Facebook | TikTokContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or
Quieted Mind: A Cloud Never Dies
James of the The Quieted Mind shares thoughts on the recent passing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist teaching on impermanence, and leads a guided meditation.Thich Nhat Hanh quotes in this episode come from:No Death, No FearAt Home in the WorldWatch Thich Nhat Hanh's memorial ceremonies on YouTubeInteract with The Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a Coffee Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Email | Blog |Instagram |
Romancing Yourself with Dani Young
On this Valentine’s episode, special guest Dani Young, is sharing her "How To Romance Yourself" series with us. We’re going to talk about how to love yourself radically with the food artist herself. Its not all Michelin stars, y’all don’t want to miss out on our Taco Bell secrets! Dani and I both know the pain of food insecurity. I would like to encourage those of us who are able to love with action on Valentines Day. In addition to romancing ourselves and our loved ones, let’s look up our loca
Future Shift
Grace & James talk about a major shift for the podcast. We welcome a collaboration between Mediocre Mystic & Quieted Mind.Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Interact with The Quieted Mind via:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a Coffee Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Email | Blog |Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Tik
Quieted Mind: Happy New Year 2022
James returns in The Quieted Mind to set an intention for 2022: widening the circle of our compassion and love for those around us.Links:The Power of Metta: A Buddhist Story — from MountainHermitage.orgHow to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships by H.H. Dalai LamaInteract with Fundamental Shift on:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | 704.665.7473Interact with The Quieted Mind on:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeMusic by '86 AerostarSupport the showSupport the S
Mediocre Mystic - Merry Mystic
Grace returns in this Holiday edition of Mediocre MysticBe sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Email | Blog |Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTubeInteract with Fundamental Shift on:Facebook | Twitt
TBT: The Quieted Mind: Home (for the Holidays)
Note: This meditation originally appeared in the Fundamental Shift feed on December 22, 2020.A gift to you from Fundamental Shift and The Quieted Mind. Many of us this year are dealing with the reality that we cannot return home for the holidays. When we talk about going home, it is helpful to be reminded that our true home is in the here and now. The practice of mindfulness is one of constantly arriving in the present moment.This guided meditation is adapted from one described by Zen master Thi
TBT: This Land Is Whose Land?
Note: This episode was originally featured in the Fundamental Shift feed on November 24, 2020.Grace and James reflect on the history of Columbus Day and Thanksgiving as we continue our focus on Decolonization.Trying out an Indigenous recipe this season?If you decolonize your table this Thanksgiving, be sure to share it with us on social media using the hashtag #FSPFocus!Whose land am I on???To find out which Indigenous nation once lived on the land you now occupy, check out NativeLand.ca; text y
TBT: Decolonize! With AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez
NOTE: This episode originally played in the Fundamental Shift feed on November 17, 2020.It's Colonization Season in America! The U.S. recently observed Indigenous Peoples' Day, a.k.a. Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving is around the corner. This week, special guest AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez sits down with James to talk about the importance of Decolonization.Recommended Resources from AnaYelsi:1. Anything from Kimberlé Crenshaw and her Theory of Intersectionality for those working to underst
Mediocre Mystic - Happy Samhain & Live Reading!
Our own Mediocre Mystic, Grace, talks about all things Samhain, Halloween, All Saints/Souls, and offers a live tarot reading in this special episode!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Email | Blog |Instagr
That's Some Spooky Shift
Grace and James reminisce about Halloweens past, sharing fun stories and some horror stories about what Halloween was like for evangelical Christians growing up in the '80s and '90s.Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with Fundamen
So, What Exactly Is Fundamental Shift?
Grace and James discuss the new direction of Season 3, your comments about the premiere episode, and what Fundamental Shift is all about.Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with Fundamental Shift on:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Insta
We're Baaaaaack!
Fundamental Shift returns with a video edition on YouTube. Subscribe there to get our video content! This is the Audio edition. Grace and James talk about the shifts that have been going on with the pod and in their own lives.Referenced in this Episode:Krishna Das: Web | Facebook| YouTubeIf you want to explore more about modern media as sacred texts, music, film check out these podcasts:Hot and BotheredHarry Potter and the Sacred TextThe Real QuestionBe sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on
Fundamental Shift: Am I Performing My Manhood Correctly? with Darren Calhoun
We're closing our three part series sharing your stories and ours about purity culture. In this third and final episode of the arc, special guest Darren Calhoun, sits down with James to share his story out of toxic masculinity and the shift to becoming a good man. Referenced and Recommended in this Episode:Good Men ProjectWhat's Good, Man?Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma OluoInteract with Darren via:Darren CalhounBe sure to subscribe, rate, and review us
Who's Issuing These Man Cards?
Today James is talking about the controversial and often divisive topic of Toxic Masculinity. Will this be the episode that finally unlocks the Hate Mail achievement for our show? Take our survey about your Ultimate Man at http://bit.ly/fundamentalmanReferenced and Recommended in this Episode:Good Men ProjectWhat's Good, Man?Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It
Fundamental Shift: A Mormon, A Couple Catholics, and A Couple Exvangelicals Walk Into A...Discussion About Purity Culture
We're continuing our three part series sharing your stories and ours about purity culture. In this second episode of the arc, three special guests sit down with Grace to share their stories of growing up with purity culture in the Catholic and Mormon faith traditions. Grace and James share their stories of growing up with purity culture in the evangelical sphere. All of us share our shift of deconstruction out of that mindset and reconstruction into relationships built on love and respect,
When Purity Culture Kills At The Atlanta Spa Shootings
What feeds the consciousness of someone who becomes so hateful and fearful of his own sexual desire that he would turn against those whom he has been led to believe are the source of his sinful desires and temptation? How many more out there are subject to the same influences? In this episode we are taking a closer look at the doctrines and teachings that fed the consciousness of a murderer. We’re talking about the dangers of purity culture in light of the recent spa shootings in Atlanta. We wil
For Women's History Month
Grace shares thoughts about Women's History Month and the recent Atlanta spa shootings.Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with Fundamental Shift on:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | 704.665.7473Music by '86 Aerostar
The Quieted Mind: Return to the Breath
In our everyday lives, we spend so much of our waking hours running away from the present moment. We run around making ourselves busy, chasing whatever’s next. When we have a chance to stop this rushing and running, our thoughts are often consumed with fears about the future or regrets about the past. The practice of conscious breathing is a way for us to stop running, quiet our minds for a moment, and fully inhabit the present moment with our body and mind. It can help bring us into a state of
Mediocre Mystic - Mediocre Works In Mysterious Ways
"I'm at my best in a messy middle-of-the-road muddle," said Harold Wilson, 2x Prime Minister of England. In this introductory episode, Grace talks about all things messy, muddled, and mystic.Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with
Introducing Mediocre Mystic!
Fundamental Shift is proud to present our latest offspring, Mediocre Mystic, starring our very own Grace! In it, Grace invites us to reconsider both mediocrity and spirituality through storytelling and conversations that will carry us over a wide range of life experiences and practices to uncover the ways in which we can find beauty and significance in mystery and in the mundane. Check it out and let us know what you think!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your
Fundamental Shift: WTF is "Better"? with Meg Vallee
We're kicking off a three part series sharing your stories and ours about purity culture. In this first episode of the arc, special guest Meg Vallee, sits down with Grace and James to share her story of navigating addiction, sex work, and purity culture as a person of faith. She offers us a shift in perspective from purity to compassion. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to he
Announcing Season 2!
Grace and James are excited to announce Season 2 of Fundamental Shift!
Quieted Mind: Perfect Is An Illusion
This week on Fundamental Shift, we’re featuring a dharma talk from The Quieted Mind. If you are able, find a quiet, meditative space to sit and listen. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with Fundamental Shift on:Web | Facebook |
A Union With Purpose
Grace and James offer comments on last week's Presidential Inauguration in the U.S.Referenced in this Episode:The Hill We Climb by Amanda GormanOn The Pulse of Morning by Maya AngelouBe sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicemails with your questions and comments. We want to hear from you!Interact with Fu
How Long?
Today we honor Martin Luther King, Jr Day by paying tribute to black societal and culture leaders we lost in the past year and remembering those killed in acts of systemic racial violence. Referenced in this EpisodeThe King CenterBlack Lives MatterSay Their NamesDismantle CollectiveMusic RecommendationAndre Henry: How Long?Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our
Quieted Mind: Home (for the Holidays) 2020
A gift to you from Fundamental Shift and The Quieted Mind. Many of us this year are dealing with the reality that we cannot return home for the holidays. When we talk about going home, it is helpful to be reminded that our true home is in the here and now. The practice of mindfulness is one of constantly arriving in the present moment.This guided meditation is adapted from one described by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in a Dharma Talk he delivered at Plum Village, France on July 16, 1996. You can
The Struggle Is Real - Holiday Edition
The holidays aren’t always so jolly for many, especially in the age of COVID-19. Today James & Grace talk about ways we can take care of ourselves during the holidays. We’ll hear from Alison Moore with suggestions on coping techniques. Referenced In This Episode:Moore Magic Organizing, Clearing & Organizing, Inside & OutWeb | Facebook | Instagram | ContactThe Quieted MindCDC: Holidays and StressBe sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasti
Fundamental Shift: Moore Magic! with Rev. Alison Moore
Fundamentalism exists everywhere - even in small seemingly idyllic environments. On this episode, special guest Alison Moore, sits down with Grace to talk about deconstructing from Fundamentalism, and reconstructing to get not only her shift together, but also to help others to do the same.Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you! Interact with Alison & Moore Magic v
Fundamental Shift: All Aboard! James joins Grace on the Boat
In this follow up episode Grace & James continue the conversation on friendship. Hear their shift from high school mates who barely spoke, to dear friends who start a podcast!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X
A Message About Universal Masking
An important message about universal masking as a means to control the spread of COVID-19. Regular listeners may remember this as it appeared originally in Covid Elect (or Be Informed, Wear a Mask, and VOTE).COVID Resources:The Hamster ModelWhy the economic value of a face mask is $56.14USA COVID-19 Mutual AidCenters for Disease Control and PreventionAmniotic Fluid Could Reduce Acute Symptoms, Long-term Risks of COVID-19Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your pref
Fundamental Shift: Boat Friends Forever with Grace & Fania
20 Years is a long time! On this episode, special guest Fania, sits down with Grace to talk about all the shifts in their two decade long friendship. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Recommendations:BlackWomensBlueprint.orgSisterSong.netContact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:W
This Land Is Whose Land?
Grace and James reflect on the history of Columbus Day and Thanksgiving as we continue our focus on Decolonization.Trying out an Indigenous recipe this season?If you decolonize your table this Thanksgiving, be sure to share it with us on social media using the hashtag #FSPFocus!Whose land am I on???To find out which Indigenous nation once lived on the land you now occupy, check out NativeLand.ca; text your zip code or city/state to (907) 312-5085 or to LandAcknowledgement on Messenger; or downlo
#FSPFocus: Decolonizing Our Tables
In this first edition of #FSPFocus, Grace talks about shifting the way we view our tables during the Thanksgiving season and how we can decolonize the experience.Please share your dishes with us and post them with the hashtag #FSPFocus. We look forward to seeing them!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or your preferred podcasting platform! It helps new listeners find us more easily. Also leave comments on our social media pages, email us, text us, and leave us voicem
Decolonize! with AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez
The U.S. recently observed Indigenous Peoples' Day, a.k.a. Columbus Day, and Thanksgiving is around the corner. On this episode, special guest AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, sits down with James to talk about the importance of Decolonization, and how we can shift to an anti-racist celebration.Recommended Resources from AnaYelsi:1. Anything from Kimberlé Crenshaw and her Theory of Intersectionality for those working to understand multiple forms of oppression and oppressive systems. Begin with her 2016
Fundamental Shift: Q&A Casserole
Grace & James read and respond to listener comments and questions!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & ReviewApple | Spotify | YouTubeMu
The People Have Spoken
Grace and James offer brief comments on the outcome of the 2020 Presidential ElectionInteract with Fundamental Shift on:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | 704.665.7473Music by '86 Aerostar
Covid Elect (or Be Informed, Wear a Mask, and VOTE)
On this Election Day, James talks media literacy, bias, and the politics of librarianship with special guest Emilie Buckley; and Grace talks about how to shift the way we view tracking and preventing the spread of COVID-19.Recommendations on Media Literacy and Open Access:Project Information Literacy: How Students Engage With NewsDirectory of Open Access JournalsReading Assignment from James:Letter From a Birmingham JailCOVID Resources:The Hamster ModelWhy the economic value of a face mask is $5
Fundamental Shift: And...Keep Calm
In this follow up episode, Grace responds to your comments and questions.Recommendations from Grace:Your own intuitionYour own experienceYour own truthBe sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok
Fundamental Shift: Carry On, Grace
In this episode, we'll introduce you to our co-host, and get to know Grace. Don't miss it!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate & Rev
Fundamental Shift: Nothing Comes From Nothing
In this follow up episode, James responds to your comments and questions.Recommendations from James: Thich Nhat Hanh :Peace Is Every Step Good CitizensLiving Buddha, Living ChristGoing Home: Jesus and Buddha as BrothersAri Hest : Facebook // Spotify // Amazon MusicBe sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or
Happy National Coming Out Day!
A brief message from Grace and James on National Coming Out Day. If you want to talk about your coming out (past, present, or future), please consider us a safe space.Interact with Fundamental Shift on:Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | 704.665.7473Music by '86 Aerostar
Fundamental Shift: Becoming James
In this first episode, we'll introduce you to our co-host, and get to know James. Don't miss it!Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or anywhere you find your podcasts. You've heard from us, we want to hear from you!Contact UsSupport the showSupport the Show | Buy Me a CoffeeText or Voicemail | 980.355.9665 Interact with Mediocre Mystic via:Web | Email |Instagram | X Twitter | Facebook | TikTok | YouTube Subscribe & Follow | Rate &am