The Spiritual Perspective

Doubting your goals doesn’t mean you’re failing—it usually means you’re growing.
In this episode, I break down why doubt shows up when you’re on a meaningful path, and why the assumption that things should feel easier is often what keeps people stuck. From a spiritual perspective, goals aren’t meant to unfold in a straight line. The friction, setbacks, and uncertainty are not detours—they’re the training ground.
We explore the difference between optimizing for comfort versus optimizing for growth, why external success alone never creates lasting fulfillment, and how inner work shifts what you focus on when things aren’t going your way. I also share a simple values-based filter you can use to make clearer decisions when you’re torn, overwhelmed, or questioning your direction.
Toward the end, I offer one powerful question you can ask anytime doubt creeps in—a question that reframes challenges as opportunities and helps you stay aligned even when outcomes are unclear. We’ll also look at why chronic complaining quietly drains your energy and how replacing it with awareness and appreciation can change the trajectory of your life.
If you’ve been questioning your goals, feeling behind, or wondering whether you’re still on the right path, this episode will help you see doubt in a completely different way.
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Most people think “playing it safe” means avoiding risk. Choosing comfort. Making the responsible choice. Doing what makes sense on paper.
But from a broader, spiritual perspective, that assumption is backwards.
In this episode, I explore why what we call playing it safe often turns out to be the most dangerous move we can make—not in a dramatic, blow-up-your-life way, but in a slow, almost invisible way. The kind where nothing seems wrong… until years later.
Comfort doesn’t just keep us where we are. It quietly changes us. It makes us more cautious, more rigid, and less willing to trust ourselves. Over time, we lose adaptability—and with it, resilience.
I break down why betting on yourself and moving in the direction of growth, even when it feels uncertain, is often safer than staying comfortable. And I explain how real safety isn’t created by avoiding risk, but by building the capacity to respond to change.
If you’ve ever felt stuck while doing “all the right things,” this episode offers a reframing that may help you see risk, growth, and safety in a completely different way.
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Do you ever feel like you’re behind in life—behind where you thought you’d be by now?
In this episode of The Spiritual Perspective, I explore what unfulfilled dreams really mean, and why feeling “behind” may not be a problem to fix—but a perspective to rethink. We unpack the quiet assumptions most of us carry about timelines, success, relationships, money, and purpose, and how those assumptions quietly shape the way we judge ourselves.
From a spiritual lens, I offer a different way to understand delays, detours, and outcomes that didn’t go as planned. Instead of rushing to label them as failures, we look at how these experiences often build wisdom, compassion, and discernment that couldn’t have been learned any other way.
If you’re navigating a season of uncertainty, questioning past decisions, or wondering whether you’ve missed your chance, this episode will help you slow down and make sense of where you are. Not with platitudes or pressure—but with clarity, context, and a grounded path forward.
This conversation isn’t about forcing optimism. It’s about understanding your life as it’s unfolding—and learning how to move forward without counting yourself out too soon.
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If you’ve been thinking about signing up for a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat—especially as your first experience with meditation—this episode might give you a perspective you haven’t heard before. I’ve been meditating for over 25 years and have had a daily practice for more than 20 of those years. 
While I’m not against retreats or Vipassana itself, I’ve seen some patterns emerge that raise a few important red flags—particularly for beginners. 
In this episode, I walk through those red flags one by one, culminating in the biggest one that often gets overlooked, even by seasoned meditators. I’ll also share what I’ve found to be a more realistic, sustainable way to build a practice that actually sticks. 
This isn’t a takedown—it’s a grounded, honest take on what works, what doesn’t, and how to choose a path that you’ll still want to be walking six months, or even six years, from now.
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Most people think their problem with wellness habits is a lack of discipline. They assume they just need to try harder, be more focused, or finally “get serious.” But if that were true, discipline would have worked by now.

In this episode, I challenge the idea that discipline is the missing piece. I explain why forcing yourself to stay consistent often backfires—and how that same effort is what creates resistance, burnout, and the feeling of constantly falling off track. The issue isn’t that you’re lazy or undisciplined. It’s that you’re fighting your own mind.

You’ll hear a different way to think about consistency, one that doesn’t rely on willpower or self-control. We’ll talk about why social media quietly sabotages progress, why doing less can create more lasting change, and how adopting a slower, more patient approach leads to habits that actually stick.

If you’ve ever felt frustrated with yourself for not being “disciplined enough,” this conversation will help you see that nothing is wrong with you—and that real, sustainable change is much simpler than you’ve been told.
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