Spirit of Recovery

How many times have we found ourselves doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results? Some call this the definition of insanity, but it is driven by thought habits—the habits of thinking we formed in childhood, many times as a survival mechanism. We enter recovery and learn a new way of thinking and being in the world—and yet the same old thought habits can still drive us crazy. What’s going on? How do we change this? Join us this week as Rev. Lonnie and Rev. Dan share how to break old patterns of thought and discover new levels of freedom, happiness, and joy in our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest this week shares her journey through a childhood and adolescence confused by relocation, changing family dynamics, and new family religious traditions. Living on the beach in California, supporting four daughters—living the dream, right? It all came crashing down with an arrest and rehab. Karla L. shares her story of faith and courage that led her out of the darkness of addiction to become an addictions counselor, a youth and family director, and finally to answer the call to ministry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we give up our addictions, we often lose our coping mechanism. What we handled with a drink or drugs just doesn’t work anymore. Sometimes we feel a big gaping hole, a void in our lives as we try to find a new path. Recovery doesn’t have to be boring and lifeless. Rev. Lonnie Vanderslice and special guest Rev. Dan Beckett explain how to breathe new life into your recovery through the power of imagination. Join the show with your question or comment at 816-251-3555. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We tried really hard, but could not stop. Recovery literature states, “Our whole trouble had been the misuse of willpower.” Could that be true? Join us this week as we explore the many facets of the power of will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Her family was looking good on the outside, but things were crazy on the inside. Isn’t every family like this? Is it just mine? Join us as Trish B. shares her journey to wholeness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This show brings awareness to a growing movement to celebrate those in the creative arts who have made the decision to live a life that is happy, joyous, and free of addictive substances. Artists and musicians typically have an elevated exposure to addictive substances while on the job. Signature™, an extravaganza for artists and musicians in recovery, is an event that featured dozens of recovering individuals, highlighting art and music in a free concert and art exhibition, thus proving the words of 12-step program cofounder Bill W.: “Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do.” Join us as Signature founder Betty Dicken shares her passion about celebrating art and music produced by recovering individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join our host for a rousing discussion about development of spiritual consciousness throughout the recovery process. You will have an opportunity to call in with questions and comments! What is the fourth dimension of which Bill Wilson and Charles Fillmore speak? Are they talking about the same thing? How can we tell if our consciousness is progressing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sober, but suffering in isolation, our special guest knew she had to find the right community to feel connected to God. Join us as she shares her continuing spiritual evolution through Unity, two 12-step groups, Yoga, Buddhism, and yes, even (especially) her work as a hospice nurse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He thought he was just a helpful kind of guy, working with people in recovery, until one day someone asked him, “When are you going to get into recovery? You are an enabler!” With no active addict in his life, could this be true? Join our host as we hear Tom P. share his spiritual journey of recovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Church was the sanctuary from a violent alcoholic home. With a strong church background, while he really wanted to believe—something wasn’t quite right. Stuck for years in his own addiction, after 12-step recovery, our special guest Charles P. found peace through service, to God, to country, and to fellow humankind when he discovered Unity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The bottom fell out when her perfect family fell apart. Alcoholism in the family set the stage for addiction to drama and emotional enmeshment. Feeling victimized was a normal reaction to unexpected life changes. Raised Catholic, she had to “fire” her concept of God. Join us as our special guest shares her journey back from her “crucifixion experience” to a faith that works as she recovered her personal power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest Rev. Barry Vennard, who has 41 years in recovery, was propelled into that personal transformation by the catalyst of challenging life circumstances. Since that time he has authored a guide (Stepping Through the Narrow Gate) to lead others into making the most of the challenges of life. Join us as he shares his personal spiritual journey and transformative evolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you know you are “done” when everyone around you is comfortable? What do you do when your childhood faith walk reinforces the shame and guilt of a family mired in addiction? What happens when you hit the end of your rope? Join us as this week’s guest, Rev. Karen Tudor shares her journey of courage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lifetime of apathy to spiritual traditions left our special guest agnostic and disconnected. Even after finding spiritual principles at a local Unity church that resonated with him, Dan B. still felt something was missing. After discovering spiritual prosperity teachings, he received the wake-up call that led him to 12-step recovery. Join us to learn how our special guest came to a faith that works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes we get “stuck” on our journey. What once offered us so much hope has gone “flat”—or worse, crawling out of our skin—leaving us wondering, “Is this all there is?” Where do we find the motivation to keep going? On today's episode, special guest Michael B. shares how he escaped the trap of “stupid, boring, and glum” and found his life’s calling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Faith in “something” is the bedrock of recovery. It may be faith in a group (12 Step or church), a set of principles, a mentor or sponsor, or a concept of a higher power. Kelly Isola is a person in long-term recovery from substance abuse and has coupled her keen understanding of recovery principles, spiritual principles, and personal healing to form an unshakable basis for life. “Life happens”—and creates new understandings as we live our experience. On today's episode, join Lonnie and Kelly as they explore the different experiences of faith Kelly has walked in her 29-year journey of recovery and hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gratitude is the superhighway to spiritual growth. Spirit of Recovery host Anna Shouse is in long-term recovery from the family aspect of the disease of addiction. She shares how gratitude has motivated her to find ever more fully her relationship with God and herself. Anna also shares in this, her final Spirit of Recovery program as host, how Spirit of Recovery started and her gratitude for and memories of the amazing guests who have so generously shared their lives throughout the past seven years. Lonnie Vanderslice, the upcoming new host of Spirit of Recovery, will interview Anna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our commitment to life-affirming fulfillment of our God-given calling is the real gift of recovery. We carry the message of recovery by living in wholeness ourselves. That requires us to pursue the truth of our lives wherever it may take us. Special guest Rev. Lonnie Vanderslice, M.Div., a person in long-term recovery, is the founder of Unity of Spirit, cofounder and executive director of The Sewing Labs, providing job skills to women who have been marginalized and blocked from the work force, and coowner of the mission based business Weave Gotcha Covered! Lonnie shares how fully living her own recovery has propelled her into carrying the message in a variety of ways. Lonnie will become the new Spirit of Recovery host starting March 6. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery issues us the invitation to open up to our human vulnerabilities. We get to give up our ironclad defenses and live from the spiritual light within us. Special guest Marilyn Davis shares how this works in her life, why vulnerability is the key to recovery, and how it challenges us. Marilyn is a recovery curriculum author who advocates for and writes to the addicted population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-term recovery invites us into creativity, connection, and joy. Special guest Sandy McKinney, Unity minister celebrating more thsn 43 years of recovery, has a passion for women’s empowerment, social justice, community healing, and interfaith community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Food addiction is a serious disease—and there is hope and help for recovery. Special guest Kay D. is in long-term recovery from the disease of food addiction and is a self-described “Unitic.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the point of recovery? Richard C. blogs to describe how his life has evolved throughout the past four decades while participating in a 12-step program. Richard shares how recovery continues to invite him into the joy of living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Communities for Recovery is dedicated to supporting long-term recovery. Special guests Robin Peyson, executive director, and Peggy Robinson, family program coordinator, share how community-based support makes a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes a new year new? Our action to bring something new to it. Join host Anna Shouse and special guest Chris Shea, author and addiction counselor, as they discuss looking outside of ourselves with the willingness to see with fresh eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The more we realize we are one in Spirit, the stronger our recovery and the more fully we can bless others. Special guest Grandmother Mary Lyons, Ojibwe Elder, Grandmothers Council Member, and member of Women of Wellbriety International, shares wisdom teachings on the spiritual oneness of all people. Grandmother Mary is Niiah-Nibi-Ikwe “Second Water Woman,” Elder of Mitigwakk-Daywaygus-Giwstashskad “Water Drum Circle,” senior member of the “Top Hat Medicine Dress/Long Skirt Society,” spiritual advisor, storyteller, and wisdom teacher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s it like to be a student working to maintain quality sobriety within a college campus party culture? Challenging! Special guest Sierra Castedo, director of the Center for Students in Recovery at UT-Austin, shares how CSR provides a safe space and supportive community for students in recovery or seeking recovery from addiction. CSR demonstrates that recovery works and can be part of a genuine college experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Positive psychology focuses on principles and practices that keep us grounded in appreciation of the good in ourselves and in our lives. Special guest David Houke, LMSW, LCDC, director of programs at Austin Recovery, shares how this positive approach empowers long-term recovery. With 26 years’ experience as a clinician and as a person in long-term recovery, David brings a wealth of experience in supporting individuals and the recovery community. Dedicated to helping clients embrace change, David is unequivocal when it comes to his philosophy on treatment. “I believe that 100 percent of the people who seek treatment can stay sober,” he says. “I do not believe that relapse is a requirement.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery changes our lives. Before recovery, special guest Jacquelyn Woodroffe had been a successful professional singer, published songwriter, and musician for many years. Her resume included being a recording artist for Capitol Records and a couple of indie labels. In a difficult divorce, she lost all her music—and turned her life around. Coming into recovery and into the spiritual principles of Unity, Jacquelyn let go of how it had been. She kept writing music, recording, and singing—but a very different kind of music! Jacquelyn, a person in long-term recovery, is the music director of Unity Way Church in Vista, California. She shares her music and what makes her life today full of joy and gratitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why practice Step 11? Because it grows your relationship with spiritual power—and that’s what recovery is all about. Conscious contact with our higher power gives us direction, guidance, love, and peace. Special guest, author and Unity minister Allen Liles, shares the profound, loving bond he developed with his higher power when life circumstances brought him to a renewed commitment to daily time in the Silence with God. Allen claims no special relationship with God. He believes that each of us can access the holy presence by becoming open and receptive to sitting with God in meditation on a regular basis. Allen’s book about this experience is titled Sitting With God: Meditating for God’s Divine Guidance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery is not always a straight path. Spiritual growth is a spiral touching into our spiritual core and then reaching out into our human experience, always bringing the two together. Our higher power keeps us growing—we just need to stay willing and open. Special guest Rev. Paul Fitzsimons, a person in long-term recovery, shares how his life quest for spiritual fulfillment led to recovery and a life of spiritual service. Paul is the recently ordained spiritual leader of Unity Fellowship Church in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is a retired U.S. Army civilian, having returned to work for the Army in training and audiovisual engineering following 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery and creativity demand that we have a connection with our inner life. Yes, many people do create even when they are in active addiction or active enabling of a loved one’s addictive behavior. Yet something shifts when we get into recovery. We learn to walk through the darkness rather than camp out in it. We come out on the other side into a new experience of light. Special guest Leonard Buschel, CADCA, publisher, and substance abuse counselor, is the founder of Writers in Treatment, the Reel Recovery Film Festival, and Recovery/Addiction eBulletin. He shares what it means to find the divine connection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spiritually, we are all sisters and brothers. Recovery invites us to act like it! When we stop fearing other people and start communicating with them, life gets a lot more fun. Special guest Greg Tamblyn has pondered this invitation through music and laughter for many years. An award-winning speaker-humorist-singer-songwriter for more than 20 years, Greg combines outstanding audience rapport with an irreverent sense of humor. He captivates audiences with a wealth of powerful material about the relationship of lifestyle, music, and laughter to effectiveness and wellness. Greg shares his music and original perspectives on how we get out of fear and into connection. Be prepared to laugh, cry, and just plain enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Trying to navigate that paradox can sometimes feel like we are heading for a big crash! Therapist and author Jill Haire has created a supportive guide to living our spiritual values in our human expression. Her program “Relax on Impact” guides and supports 12-step recovery and relationship communication. “Inner children” and teachable adults will discover the solid connection between body, mind, and spirit. She offers emotional literacy and communication skills that support dimensional 12-step recovery and psychotherapy to process family-of-origin issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A.A. pioneers used Two Way Prayer as a daily practice—in fact, they considered it more essential for recovery than attendance at meetings. By listening each morning and following their guidance, these women and men entered into a new and transforming relationship with their God. Grounded in this practice, they achieved recovery rates far higher than today’s. Throughout the years, Two Way Prayer was gradually lost as a component of contemporary 12-step programs. Special guest Father Bill W., an episcopal priest, shares how Two Way Prayer works, how it has been adapted to a more contemporary form, and the promising results of a recent study. Father Bill is a person in long-term recovery from alcohol addiction since 1972. He is the former chair of recovery ministries for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, a recovery and family therapist, and retired president and CEO of Austin Recovery. Learn more at twowayprayer.org and friendsofdrbob.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery from a substance use disorder is challenging for anyone—but even more so for teens. They face the regular pressures of moving from childhood into adulthood, while also learning how to stay clean and sober. Rev. Anna Shouse is joined by Julie McElrath, LMSW, LCDC, who is the executive director of University High School in Austin, Texas, a school dedicated to supporting teens in recovery from drug and alcohol dependency. Julie and a student currently enrolled in UHS share what a recovery high school is and how it supports students’ abilities to fulfill their personal and academic potential. Learn more at uhighschool.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery happens as we know that although we may have the disease of addiction or the family disease of enabling, the disease does not have us. This is what special guest Bill Worth told his doctor 28 years ago when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Spiritual principles of recovery and healing apply, no matter what the concern. Bill shares his personal story in his latest book Outwitting Multiple Sclerosis: How Forgiveness Helped Me Heal My Brain by Changing My Mind. How did he change his mind? By intentionally making forgiveness of himself and others his healing path. Bill spent almost 30 years as a newspaper journalist in Ohio and Hawaii. He then became a Unity minister, retiring from active ministry in 2009 to devote the “third half” of his life to writing inspirational fiction and nonfiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery invites us to discover and sing the song of our heart. Since it has the power to uncover truths that lay deep within our heart, music is an essential part of our recovery tool kit. Special guest Alan Peterson, New Thought singer/songwriter, poet, speaker, activist, and life coach, made a courageous decision many years ago to sing the song of his creative heart. It changed his life. With his playful, positive, and sometimes rebellious approach, Alan shares some of the songs of his heart and how music calls us into healing, creativity, and joyful awakened living. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making conscious connections with wholeness and well-being is the key to healing and recovery. Self-awareness, self-responsibility, prayer, and meditation are the building blocks of those connections. Twelve-step programs, influenced in part by Unity and other New Thought approaches, make powerful use of these methods. Special guest Mark Hicks, founder of truthunity.net, a place for the study, practice, and sharing of classic Unity teachings, is steeped in the understanding of Unity healing methods and how they have influenced the recovery movement. He shares Unity healing principles, how they were developed, and how to put them to use in recovery and beyond. Mark provides live classes, online audio, and video streaming of many great Unity teachers and pioneers. The site also offers novel ways to study Unity classic teachings through hyperlinking and multimedia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery means a whole new way of learning to love yourself. Addiction or enabling someone’s addiction makes us fearful and selfish. And that’s very different from being self-loving! Special guest Chris Shea, M.A., CRAT, CAC-AD, addiction counselor, campus minister, life coach, nationally recognized speaker, and author, shares what loving yourself means and why it is a powerful spiritual action. Chris shows how psychology and spirituality work together to create self-respect and self-valuing that add up to healthy self-love. Chris’s personal and professional philosophy focuses on two basic concepts that bring self-awareness and inner peace: keeping our thoughts on the present moment and practicing some form of daily meditation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entering recovery from alcoholism started a powerful transformation for special guest Scott Shepherd. By taking a long, honest look at himself ,he began to move from racist to active nonracist. As a very misguided, unhappy young person trying to escape the pain of family alcoholism, Scott chose a life of racism. Even though he didn’t really feel the racist things he preached, Scott wanted to belong, to fit in, to be part of a family. Today Scott is grateful to be free of what had trapped him. He is on a mission of education and self-education with the hope of helping prevent other people, mainly younger people, from falling victim to the racist recruitment traps and tactics used by racist organizations. Scott shares how recovery transformed his life and how he helps others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Practice doesn’t necessarily make perfect—but spiritual practices make whole! Loosening our grip on how we think things “ought” to be frees us to surrender into love and wisdom. Taking action through service to others is the joyful “rent” we pay for expanding recovery. Special guest Margaret Flick, a person in long-term recovery and a Unity minister, believes that prayer, gratitude, compassion, and an open and receptive mind are prime ingredients for a heart-centered, thoughtful, peaceful, and joyful life. Rev. Margaret is the minister of Unity of Santa Rosa and a 2010 graduate of the Unity Institute® and Seminary Master of Divinity program. Rev. Margaret volunteers for the Lake County Hospice bereavement program and is a frequent guest speaker. Learn more about her ministry at unityofsantarosa.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every person is God’s light in human form. Recovery is about discovering it, uncovering it, and letting it shine! Special guest Joanna Gabriel is a survivor of classism, sexism, and racism. She has overcome cancer, mental health issues, and two rocky marriages. Rev. Joanna is a retired Unity minister, a hospital and hospice chaplain, a powerful singer, and an inspiring songwriter. Happier and emotionally healthier at age 71 than she has ever been, she shares how living her life on a spiritual basis has given her the strength, love, and wisdom to let her life shine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s more to recovery than staying sober and clean or free of obsession with another person. The 12 steps of recovery are a wisdom path to spiritual living. Special guest Rev. Dr. Jane Galloway is a person in long-term recovery, an ordained minister, and a highly successful stage and screen actor. Her book The Gateways: The Wisdom of 12-Step Spirituality presents the 12 steps squarely in the context of 21st-century spirituality with breadth, skill, sensitivity, and practical actions. These ideas help readers of any faith (or of none) experience profound spiritual awakening. Rev. Dr. Galloway shares her perspective on a new way of working the 12 steps that incorporates the full spectrum of spiritual practices available to us today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even in long-term recovery, life can throw us curveballs. How can we use our spiritual recovery tools to face life with faith in joy? Special guest Ray Nelson, Unity minister and person in long-term recovery, was diagnosed in 2014 with end-stage kidney disease. While living with a chronic disease can be difficult, he has found that a full, happy, and joy-filled life is all about making choices. Ray shares how he chooses to see his condition as a gift—an opportunity to live life to the fullest—and as a way to help others do the same. A 2011 graduate of Unity Institute® and Seminary and an ordained Unity minister, Rev. Ray is the senior minister at Unity of Louisville, Kentucky. He is a member of the National Speakers Association and has spoken at Unity churches and to community groups throughout the Midwest and Great Lakes' regions. Ray is an alternate member of the Great Lakes Unity Regional Board and on the Board of Directors for the House of Ruth, a social service agency serving HIV/AIDS homeless men and woman in Louisville, Kentucky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One out of every five people struggles with mental illness. Too often, it can feel like a dark secret that isolates those suffering from it. Ignoring it is not an option. As friends and family members, we want to help but don’t know how. If we ourselves are experiencing mental illness, we want to find the way to healing. Special guest Felicia Johnson is the author of the best-selling novel Her, a story of endurance, survival, and finding hope from within. She is also a speaker, child abuse survivor, and mental health advocate with more than 10 years' experience in the mental health field. Johnson is committed to reducing the stigma and isolation of mental illness through community education, youth advocacy, and supporting families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery gets us out of self-centeredness and into living. We are freed and strengthened to participate fully in our communities. Special guest Sandy McKinney, Unity minister celebrating more than 42 years of recovery, has a passion for social justice and interfaith community. She shares how recovery supports and motivates her active engagement in leadership to create a healthier, just, inclusive world. Having run a successful political campaign, Sandra represents District 2 of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, County Board Supervisors. She also serves as the interfaith chaplain for the Luginbill Children’s Foundation. Recently retired from 15 years as senior minister of Unity Christ Center of Eau Claire, she also participates in Joining Our Neighbors Advancing Hope (JONAH) interfaith communities and It Can Be Done Africa—a project bringing clean water to the villages of Uru in Tanzania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of what we learned about love relationships we learned in our family or circumstances of origin. Recovery makes it possible to learn new ways of relating. With awareness and commitment, we can recover our sense of self and our ability to develop truly loving, fulfilling relationships. Special guest John Herald Lee is an international best-selling author and speaker and one of the founding members of the men's movement. He shares how men and women can clarify and dismantle counterproductive dynamics of male-female relationships in a nonshaming, nonblaming way. John’s latest book is Breaking the Mother-Son Dynamic: Resetting the Patterns of a Man’s Life and Loves. Also, on March 24, in Austin, Texas, John will be the keynote speaker at the ninth annual It Happens to Boys Conference, the premiere conference addressing the effects and healing tools for male survivors of sexual abuse, their partners, and families. Learn more at creativechangeconferences.com and johnleebooks.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to grow spiritually—and by the way, how do you do it? Recovery pioneers, the early members of Alcoholics Anonymous, wondered the same thing. Burned by traditional religion, they sought new ways to understand spirituality. One of their guides was Emmet Fox’s Sermon on the Mount. Special guest Roxanne Graves, a person in long-term recovery of 31 years and a Unity minister, shares how the wisdom from this profound book gives fresh, powerful insights for recovering people today. Rev. Roxanne serves as associate minister at Christ Church Unity in Orlando, Florida. She facilitates a spiritual education program that serves Unity students, both nationally and internationally. She also mentors ministerial students and congregants as they travel along their individual spiritual journeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery makes it possible for us to focus our minds and hearts on constructive living—and that means losing our fear of economic insecurity. There’s no magic formula for “getting rich,” yet there are spiritual attitudes that open us to financial partnership with our higher power. Security and fulfillment of our divine purpose are the results. Special guest Greg Barrette shares spiritual approaches to abundance that bring us into a reassuring, closer relationship with our higher power. Greg has been practicing spiritual principles for most of his life, and has known and learned from many authentic spiritual teachers. He was born and raised in Unity and has been a Unity minister for 35 years. Formerly the director of the International Youth of Unity, he served as first vice president of the International New Thought Alliance, was elected president of four Unity regions, and has led some of our most successful churches. His audio CD, The Gift of Healing/Sleeping, is the Unity all-time best-seller. Greg is currently senior minister of Unity Northwest Church in Des Plaines, Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery opens the door for us to grow into who we truly are—to express our innate talents and potential. To fulfill that potential, we are called to face up to and release old limiting beliefs about ourselves. Special guest Greg Franklin, a leader in business and a spiritual teacher, shares how incorporating spiritual principles into his daily life has led him to business success surpassing his expectations. A graduate of Morehouse College and two-time class president, Greg is currently enrolled in ministerial studies at the Hillside International Truth Center under the leadership of Bishop Dr. Barbara Lewis King. Greg studied at Unity and has served on the board of Unity Palo Alto Community Church. With the volatile race relationships in our country, Greg, as an African American man, has as his mission to show up as the face of love, bringing spirituality to people of all colors, gender identifications, and sexual orientations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices