Poema Podcast
Episodes
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Poema S7 055 | Kristyn DeNooyer on Singleness and Hospitality
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Today I talk with fellow singleton Kristyn DeNooyer about the challenges of singleness and stigma around this, and the importance of hospitality to and by single people in order to have healthy support networks.
Kristyn shares her own story and the challenges she's faced and how its impacted her mental health. She also discusses the stigma single people can often face in spiritual communities and even society and how it can affect us.
And she gives us hope and insight into how we can make the world and churches more welcoming, and accepting of singleness.
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Poema S7 054 | Trace Bell & Tina Olsen on Living the Spiral
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Today my friends Trace Bell & Tina Olsen join me to talk about everything spiral dynamics - and how we can apply the concept of spiral dynamics to our every day living and grow in awareness and consciousness.
We talk about what spiral dynamics is, and Trace and Lisa unpack some very practical lessons they've learned about how we can use spiral dynamics as a tool. They explain how living the spiral can help us live more creative, healthy lives, as well as growing in our own level of consciousness.
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
My geek philosophy series continues today as writer Doug Humphries and I spend time reflecting on the season one of 'Loki' and the lead characters personal journey.
We explore how Loki confronts his past, his actions, and his grief and goes through an incredible personal deconstruction & transformation, and how his journey is often reflected in our own.
We also talk about the similarities between TVA and evangelicalism/capitalism, - a system we are part of and seems friendly, but has a sinister side - and a lot more too. This is one of my favourite shows, and one of my favourite episodes in this series.
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Poema S7 052 | Geek Philosophy : Drew Brown on Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Today my geek philosophy series continues, as my friend Drew Brown and I sit down to discuss the series 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier'.
We explore the character arcs of the two central characters, their processing of grief and trauma from the events of Avengers Endgame and loss of Steve, and how this journey helps them discover themselves.
We also explore the issues around systemic racism and white supremacy in the US and how these manifest themselves in the show, and the lessons they can teach us.
This was a fascinating conversation which covered a number of important topics, and Drew has some great insights to share.
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Poema S7 051 | Deborah Brunt on Spiritual Abuse & Escaping Toxic Religion
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Today on the podcast, another in our occasional series of deconstruction / spiritual transformation journeys, this time blogger and author Deborah Brunt.
Deborah shares with us her experiences of growing up in a toxic religious environment and the spiritual abuse she experienced, and how it impacted her faith & her mental/emotional health.
She tells me how in order to follow what she believed to be a call to ministry and be free of this abuse and toxicity, she had to make tough choices, and let go of everything she'd known in relation to her life and faith.
**TW: Spiritual abuse, toxic religion**