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A podcast channel with weekly spiritual conversations, meditations, and affirmations helping you grow, prosper, and evolve.Depending on "the world" for a source of goodness or direction has become difficult. This difficulty has a spiritual purpose, though; to take us on a journey inward to our Soul. Â Navigating life today takes a great deal of wisdom, discernment, and fortitude. In an age of "information overload" and "misinformation", it is important to be able to have some way to re-center and support your Soul growth. Â Experience of the Soul will look at the individual and the collective while applying spiritual principles to...
How to Do a Feeling Check-In | Tip of the Week
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When was the last time you stopped to ask yourself how you were feeling?
For Throwback Thursday, we’re bringing back a Tip of the Week from Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson. She walks you through a simple feeling check-in: name what you’re feeling, ask yourself, “Is this mine?” and, if it is, give yourself some time to feel it.
In the middle of a busy day? Cynthia Alice suggests making a date with your feelings. Pick a specific time to come back to them and give yourself the attentio...
Sound Bath Meditation with Siery Perdomo and Nick Phillips
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Take a few quiet moments with this sound bath meditation from Sunday’s service at Unity of Daytona Beach. Siery Perdomo and Nick Phillips share a meditation with singing bowls and flute. Find a comfortable spot, take a breath, and let yourself listen.
This meditation from Sunday for the Soul is available here on its own, so you can come back to it whenever you’d like a little quiet.
For personal notes, spiritual encouragement, and invitations to upcoming classes, join Cynthia Alice Anderson’s mailing list at https://cynthi...
How to Practice Gratitude Every Day | Sunday for the Soul 62
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It’s easy to feel grateful when things are going well. What does gratitude look like when life gets complicated?
In this Sunday for the Soul from Unity of Daytona Beach, Eric Brook explores how to make gratitude part of everyday life. He shares the difference a thoughtful thank-you can make, reflects on finding something to appreciate in a difficult past, and offers a simple practice you can try today: write down three things you’re grateful for.
The episode begins with an opening prayer and closes with a guid...
The Silk Blouse Was Supposed to Be a Thank-You | A Moment for the Soul
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SamĂ Haiman-Marrero was two weeks into her first media job when her employer gave her a beautiful silk blouse to thank her for her hard work. That evening, she wore her own business suit to dinner. Then he told her to go upstairs and change.
In this A Moment for the Soul excerpt, Samà shares what went through her mind in that hotel room—and the decision she made about protecting her dignity.
Hear the full conversation with Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson in Experience of the Soul 438, where SamĂ talks...
How to Stand Up for Yourself at Work: Self-Advocacy and the Jefa Mindset with SamĂ Haiman-Marrero
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SamĂ Haiman-Marrero was two weeks into her first media job when she received a silk blouse as a thank-you for her work. Later that evening, she was told to go upstairs and put it on. Years later, she can still remember standing in that hotel room and thinking about how she wanted to handle what had just happened.
SamĂ, a Puerto Rican entrepreneur, communications strategist, and author of Becoming La Jefa, joins Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson for a conversation about belonging, dignity, and learning to advocate for yourself. She shares what sh...
Meditation for Healing: I Am Whole, Healthy & Free | Cynthia Alice Anderson
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“I am whole. I am healthy. I am free.”
Settle into a quiet, comfortable place and join Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson for a guided meditation centered on relaxation, gratitude, and spiritual wholeness.
Through gentle breathing and a body scan, you’re invited to release tension, visualize your body filled with golden light, and offer appreciation for the ways it supports you. The meditation closes by extending that vision of healing, love, and compassion to the world.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Originally released in 2021, this meditation is the first...
Doing Your Best Without Burning Out | Sunday for the Soul 61
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What if doing your best includes knowing when to rest?
In this Sunday for the Soul, Cynthia Alice Anderson explores “Always Do Your Best,” the fourth agreement in Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements. Rather than pushing ourselves toward exhaustion, we can learn to recognize what our best looks like in each moment—and include our own well-being in the equation.
Through humor and personal stories, Cynthia Alice reflects on small daily habits, healthy boundaries, releasing guilt and regret, and taking action when prayer opens a door. She also sha...
The Power of a Personal Thank-You | A Moment for the Soul
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When someone brings good into your life, how do you acknowledge it?
Welcome to A Moment for the Soul—a short selection from our weekly Experience of the Soul conversation, offering one meaningful idea to take into your day.
In this first feature, Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson shares why she still writes personal thank-you notes and what acknowledging someone’s generosity means to her. She then reflects on doing our part and resting in the assurance that God is working on our behalf.
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7 Steps to Unexpected Income, Part 2 | Experience of the Soul 437
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Continue exploring the spiritual practice of opening to unexpected income with Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson.
In Part 2 of 7 Steps to Unexpected Income, Cynthia Alice continues the conversation begun last week about participating in the flow of good through spiritual intention, gratitude, and giving.
If you missed Part 1, begin with Experience of the Soul 436, which introduces the first three principles and includes an Affirmative Prayer for Abundance, also featured in this episode.
Explore Cynthia Alice’s work, upcoming classes, and resources:
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Prayer for Abundance | Cynthia Alice Anderson
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Take a quiet moment to reconnect with gratitude, spiritual abundance, and the affirmation “God is my source.”
In this special standalone recording, Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson shares her Affirmative Prayer for Abundance, accompanied by gentle music.
Listen as Cynthia Alice reads the prayer, then join the second reading, inserting your own name where invited. The prayer embraces prosperity in finances, health, career, and loving relationships, along with gratitude and a willingness to share the good we receive.
At three minutes and 45 seconds, this recording offers a short spir...
Stop Making Assumptions: Ask, Don’t Guess | Sunday for the Soul 60
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“You should have known.”
Most of us have thought it—or said it. But what happens when we expect someone to understand a need we haven’t expressed?
In this episode of Sunday for the Soul, Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores “Don’t Make Assumptions,” the third agreement in Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements.
Through humor and personal stories, Cynthia Alice examines how we create stories, accept them as truth, and respond to people through the lens of those beliefs. She shares experiences from childhood and hospital cha...
7 Steps to Unexpected Income, Part 1 + Abundance Prayer | Experience of the Soul 436
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What does it mean to make room for abundance?
Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson begins 7 Steps to Unexpected Income with three spiritual practices: recognizing the space created by release, making room to receive with spiritual intention, and giving thanks for all money received.
In conversation with producer Shawn Kilgore, she shares personal experiences from ministerial school, a joyful memory of prosperity teacher Edwene Gaines, and simple ways to express gratitude through words and music.
Cynthia Alice also explains her unexpected-income practice—a personal commitment to tithe 10 percent of mo...
How to Stop Taking Things Personally | Sunday for the Soul 59
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What happens when someone else’s opinion becomes the measure of your worth?
Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores “Don’t Take Anything Personally,” the second agreement in Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements, in this episode of Sunday for the Soul.
Begin with a guided breathing meditation that invites you to release fear and self-judgment and reconnect with the light and love of God. Then join Cynthia Alice for a warm, practical message about recognizing old beliefs, stepping out of the need for approval, and remembering who you are and wh...
How Gratitude Changes What You See | Experience of the Soul 435
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What if your gratitude practice began with one small thing that is working?
Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson explores why she calls gratitude “the great multiplier”—and how actively acknowledging goodness can change the way we experience our lives.
In this conversation with producer Shawn Kilgore, Cynthia Alice shares the gratitude practice her mother brought to every run, from her first races to a marathon at age 70. She also reflects on how gratitude helped her navigate grief, a relationship ending, and a major ministry transition.
Drawing on scripture and he...
Release Resistance & Find Peace | Affirmations for the Soul 40
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What would it feel like to stop holding so tightly?
Join Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson for a two-minute affirmation inviting you to release resistance, move into acceptance, and reconnect with inner peace.
Through gentle repetition and a moment to breathe, this affirmation offers space for surrender, trust, and connection with the divine presence guiding you.
“I release resistance and move into acceptance.”
Take this quiet moment for yourself, and return whenever you need a reminder to breathe and make room for peace.
Let’s stay...
Be Impeccable With Your Word: The Power of Words | Sunday for the Soul 58
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What if the words you speak are shaping more of your life than you realize?
In this episode of Sunday for the Soul, Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson explores the first of Don Miguel Ruiz's Four Agreements: Be Impeccable With Your Word.
Drawing from the Gospel of John, personal experiences, and everyday examples, Cynthia Alice reminds us that our words are creative. They can build relationships, reinforce limiting beliefs, or become instruments of healing and love.
From the effects of gossip and judgment to the unconscious...
The Power of Real 70 x 7 Forgiveness | Experience of the Soul 434
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What if everything you were taught about forgiveness was incomplete?
In this episode of Experience of the Soul, Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson explores the spiritual meaning of “70 times seven” and why true forgiveness isn't about forgetting, excusing harmful behavior, or returning to unhealthy relationships.
Drawing from her own spiritual journey and the teachings of her mentors, Cynthia Alice shares how forgiveness can help release resentment, restore inner peace, and create room for a new consciousness.
She also walks listeners through her personal 70-times-seven forgiveness practice, a simple but...
I Rest in the Abundance of God | Affirmations for the Soul 39
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What if you could stop striving for abundance and begin resting in it?
In this two-minute Affirmations for the Soul reflection, Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson invites you to reconnect with the peace, trust, and spiritual abundance available in the present moment.
Take a gentle pause, breathe, and remember that you are supported by something greater than yourself.
Blessings on the journey.
Let’s stay connected! Visit CynthiaAliceAnderson.com and join my mailing list for weekly personal notes, spiritual encouragement, new meditations and podcast ex...
Finding the Light in Every Spiritual Tradition | Sunday for the Soul 57
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Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores the common threads among Toltec wisdom, Scripture, and Unity—and how remembering our true nature as light can transform the way we see ourselves, one another, and the world.
What if different spiritual traditions aren't pointing us in opposite directions—but toward the same truth?
In Sunday for the Soul 57, Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores the connections among Toltec wisdom, the teachings of Jesus, Scripture, and Unity.
Beginning with prayer and a meditation on our true nature as light, Cynthia Alice moves into...
What Are You Ready to Release? | Experience of the Soul 433
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What are you holding onto that may no longer support the life you’re creating?
In Experience of the Soul 433, Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson explores release as a spiritual practice—and the surprising connection between our physical surroundings, prosperity, and our willingness to receive something new.
From clothes and clutter to broken objects, workspaces, and possessions connected to old relationships or old versions of ourselves, Cynthia Alice invites us to notice what carries meaning and what may simply be carrying old energy.
This isn’t about getting rid of...
Healing Is Possible: Aligning Mind, Body & Soul | Sunday for the Soul 56
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Healing is possible—in mind, body, and soul.
In Sunday for the Soul 56, Reverend Cynthia Alice Anderson invites us into prayer, reflection, spiritual teaching, and meditation centered on healing and wholeness.
What are you believing about your ability to heal? What thoughts and words are you bringing to the places in your life that still feel wounded, unfinished, or in need of transformation?
Drawing from the teachings of Jesus, Charles Fillmore, Scripture, and Unity principles, Cynthia Alice explores healing as more than physical change. Healing is a mo...
Tithing, Trust & the Consciousness of Abundance | Experience of the Soul 432
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What does tithing have to do with trust?
Continuing her series on prosperity, Cynthia Alice Anderson explores tithing as more than a financial practice. It can become a spiritual exercise in abundance, gratitude, worthiness and putting God first.
Drawing from Scripture and more than 25 years of personal experience, Cynthia Alice shares why she gives to the places where she is spiritually fed, what helped her move through the fear she initially felt around tithing, and why “God is my source” became such an important affirmation in her own practice.
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The Law of Forgiveness: A Seven-Step Meditation
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Forgiveness can free us from carrying an old hurt, but does it mean we have to restore the relationship?
Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores that question through personal stories and the forgiveness practices she returns to in her own life. She explains how a simple mantra helps her pause before reacting, shares a writing practice inspired by “seventy times seven,” and makes an important distinction: forgiveness does not require condoning harm or reconciling with someone who continues to hurt you.
The episode closes with a guided meditation based on the...
Why You Struggle to Receive: Break the Beliefs Blocking Your Prosperity
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What if the beliefs you hold about yourself are affecting what you're willing to receive?
Cynthia Alice Anderson begins a new prosperity series with a foundational affirmation: I am worthy to receive.
Honoring the teachings of her longtime mentor Edwene Gaines, Cynthia Alice explores how our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and experiences create our consciousness—and how old ideas about struggle, lack, or unworthiness can quietly shape our lives.
Prosperity isn't simply about having more. It begins with recognizing your inherent worth, releasing what no longer se...
Spiritual Wisdom: Learning to Trust the Knowing Within | Sunday for the Soul 54
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What if the wisdom you need isn’t something you have to find—but something already within you?
In this edition of Sunday for the Soul, Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores the difference between knowledge and Divinee intuitive knowing that can guide our choices, relationships and spiritual growth.
Discover practical ways to deepen that connection by quieting your thoughts, practicing thoughtful self-inquiry, opening yourself through sacred music and spiritual reading, choosing selfless service, and using the creative power of your word.
The invitation this week is s...
Feeling Stuck? How to Find Your Next Spiritual Step | Experience of the Soul 430
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What if feeling stuck doesn’t mean you’ve done something wrong?
The spiritual journey isn’t a straight line. There are twists and turns, moments of exhilaration, periods of uncertainty, and sometimes a pause that leaves us wondering where to go next.
In Episode 430, Cynthia Alice Anderson invites you to see those moments differently. Rather than asking, “What did I do wrong?” she explores questions like, “What can I learn from this?” and “How is this helping me grow?”
From stillness and meditation to signs and symbols in the nat...
Prayer Is Still the Answer
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What if prayer isn’t about changing God, but changing us?
In this Sunday for the Soul, Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores the evolving understanding of prayer and the Unity perspective that prayer is not about pleading with God for a particular outcome. Instead, prayer brings us into alignment with the Divine presence already within and around us.
Cynthia Alice shares Unity’s five steps to effective prayer, explores the power of stillness, trust, surrender, and gratitude, and tells a remarkable story of two young girls whose faith reminds us w...
When Stillness Brings Things Up, Don’t Stop | Rev. Richard Maraj
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What happens when you finally get quiet enough to hear what’s really going on inside you?
Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson welcomes longtime friend and fellow Unity minister Rev. Richard Maraj for a conversation about meditation, spiritual practice, ministry, and the transformative power of stillness.
Richard shares what he learned during a 10-day silent meditation retreat, where hours of stillness began revealing patterns, thoughts, and buried emotions. His realization offers an important reminder: when difficult things begin to surface, we may think our spiritual practice isn’t working—when that m...
From Struggle to Surrender: What If There’s Good in This? | Sunday for the Soul 52
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What if the struggle you’re facing right now contains something you haven’t been able to see yet?
In this meditation, Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson invites you to bring whatever feels difficult into the light of God and ask a simple but powerful question:
“God, show me the good here.”
Rather than remaining caught in struggle, we are invited to surrender—to God’s goodness, grace, healing, peace and love.
Take a few quiet minutes to breathe, release, give thanks and remember how deeply you are love...
Cosmic Connections: When People Enter Your Life for a Reason
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Have you ever met someone and immediately felt like you already knew them?
In this episode, Cynthia Alice explores cosmic connections—the people who seem to enter our lives at exactly the right time, bringing friendship, guidance, love, inspiration, or an unexpected sense of recognition.
Through stories of family, friendship, spiritual teachers, and a mentor she never met in person, Cynthia Alice considers what happens when we stop dismissing these encounters as coincidence and begin recognizing the possibility of serendipity, divine order, and connection that reaches beyond ti...
My Mind and Heart Are at Peace | Affirmations for the Soul 38
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Take a few quiet moments to rest, breathe, and affirm peace and healing.
In this Affirmations for the Soul, Cynthia Alice Anderson invites us to rest in the light and love of God, welcome healing energy into every aspect of our being, and return again and again to a simple truth:
My mind and heart are at peace.
My body is healing.
Let the sound of flowing water, the beauty of the mountains, and these words create a space to simply be still and receive.
<...Spirit, Soul & Body Connection | Sunday for the Soul 51
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What does it mean to say that we are spirit, soul, and body?
In Sunday for the Soul 51, Rev. Cynthia Alice Anderson explores the connection between these three aspects of our human experience and why understanding that relationship can change the way we approach healing, emotions, stress, and spiritual growth.
In Unity teaching, the spirit within us is the divine presence that does not change. The soul encompasses our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, memories, and individual journey. The body is the physical expression through which we...
Past Lives & Future Healing | Experience of the Soul 427
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Can experiences from another lifetime still influence the life you're living today?
In the conclusion of this series on past lives, Cynthia Alice Anderson explores past-life regression and why she believes its real purpose isn't curiosity—it's healing.
Cynthia Alice explains what a regression can involve, why working with a skilled facilitator matters, and how recurring emotional patterns, dreams, relationships and unexplained experiences may invite us to look more deeply at what we're carrying.
She also shares insights from her own regression experiences and explores an important di...
4th Dimension Consciousness: What You’re Seeking Is Already Within You | John Stringer | Sunday for the Soul 50
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What if what you’re seeking is already within you?
Guest speaker John Stringer joins us for 4th Dimension Consciousness, originally shared as part of the Talks on Truth series at Unity of Daytona Beach.
John explores what it can mean to move beyond conditioned, limited thinking and begin experiencing life through greater awareness, possibility, intuition, and choice. Along the way, he considers the relationship between the quality of our thinking and the quality of our experience, the ways resistance can contribute to suffering, and wh...
Could Your Past Life Be Affecting You Now? | Experience of the Soul 426
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What if a fear, recurring dream, or emotional reaction that doesn’t make sense in your life today has a much older story behind it?
Cynthia Alice Anderson continues her exploration of the five questions everyone asks about past lives with two questions that bring the conversation directly into our present-day experience:
Can dreams be memories of past lives?
And can unexplained fears, phobias, anxiety, or recurring emotional patterns have roots in another lifetime?
Cynthia Alice explores recurring and vivid dreams, Carl Jung and the sy...
I Rest in Gratitude — Affirmations for the Soul 37
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Take a quiet moment to rest in gratitude.
In this Affirmations for the Soul, Cynthia Alice gives thanks for the life, love, joy, healing and good present in our lives and world—and invites us to do more than simply feel grateful.
May we live our gratitude through kindness, peace, support for others and the awareness of our oneness.
Thank you, God.
I rest in gratitude.
I am grateful.
I am at peace.
Affirmations for the Soul is part of Experience of th...
Reclaiming Jesus Christ | Sunday for the Soul 49
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What if your understanding of Jesus could become a source of healing rather than something weighed down by religious baggage?
In Sunday for the Soul 49, Cynthia Alice explores the Unity understanding of Jesus, the Christ, and our own divine nature. Jesus was fully human and fully divine—and Cynthia Alice invites us to consider what it means to recognize that same sacred nature within ourselves.
For anyone who has wrestled with traditional Christianity, experienced religious hurt, or wondered what Unity actually teaches about Jesus Christ, this message offers a pa...
Have You Lived Before? Signs of a Past Life | Experience of the Soul 425
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Have you ever wondered if you've lived before?
Maybe you've experienced déjà vu you couldn't explain. Maybe you've felt instantly connected to a person or place, carried a fear with no obvious origin, or felt strangely drawn to a culture or period of history you've never personally known.
In Episode 425 of Experience of the Soul, Cynthia Alice Anderson begins a fascinating exploration of past lives and reincarnation by asking two of the biggest questions: Are past lives real? And how would we know if we've lived before?
Can One Person Really Change the World? | Sunday for the Soul 48
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Can one person really change the world?
Guest speaker Rev. Lorna Owens shares powerful stories from her humanitarian work and reminds us that meaningful change often begins with one willing heart. Through stories of courage, compassion, and faith, she illustrates how saying "yes" to God's calling can ripple far beyond what we ever imagine.
This episode concludes with a peaceful guided meditation inviting you into the sacred space of the heart, where healing, forgiveness, and hope quietly unfold.
You may be only one person—but your one ac...
From Religious Fear to Spiritual Freedom with Tracey Spivey | Experience of the Soul 424
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What happens when the religion you were raised in leaves you feeling judged, restricted, or afraid—but your soul still longs for a genuine relationship with God?
Cynthia Alice welcomes entrepreneur Tracey Spivey for an honest conversation about growing up within a rigid church environment, being labeled a rebel, and eventually finding a spiritual path rooted in love rather than fear.
Tracey shares how religious judgment affected her childhood, why she began questioning inherited beliefs, and how she discovered that moving beyond dogma did not require her to move aw...
