Almost Awakened

Britt comes back to update us on her life and to expound with Bill on the idea of how Religion helps us to deal with trauma. And How one receives such support outside a religious paradigm. They hope to help you see value in the mechanisms religions bring to the table and to help us all figure out how to not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Bad things are going to happen to each of us and if we are going to create a better world we need to consider how these systems were built in order to help humans survive and to have needs met.

Britt shares an update on her family situation and thoughts about spirituality in trauma after religion.To help Britt, her daughter and their family please consider the following options1.) You can donate to the Almost Awakened Podcast and where Britt receives a significant majority of the funds collected. https://almostawakened.org/donate-to-almost-awakened-podcast/ (Tax Deductable) 2.) You can send money directly to Britt through her Venmo @brittsterhartley (NOT Tax Deductable) 3.) You help in other ways such as providing meals as they navigate the early stages of this event that has turned their world upside down https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0444a4aa22a20-support

Britt and Bill take a look at spiritual practices on the edges of society. Tarot, Necromancy, Divination, Crystals, Clairvoyance, Reiki, and many others. What is real and what isn’t and how can we know. And if some or even all of these practices contain no real supernatural processes, can they still be useful?

Bill & Britt dive into some wisdom around friendship and what it takes to be in relationship with others. We discuss little intricacies that we have learned over the years that will contribute to healthy relationships and community

Bill sits down with Carol Hollowell, founder and Executive Director of SwitchPoint. Switchpoint is a non-profit whose goal is to tackle homelessness and poverty throughout the state of Utah. They are doing this in dynamic ways that hitting the issue head on. Today we sit down and talk about the problem of homelessness in the state of Utah and cover what Switchpoint is doing to make a difference. RESOURCES: Switchpoint WebsiteHomelessness in UtahFacets of Switchpoint ShelterLow income housingSoup KitchenThrift StoreBoutiquePet daycareRecovery CenterDomestic Violence ShelterChildcare during non traditional hoursCommunity Supported Agriculture/GardenMuffin TopsWays You Can Helphttps://switchpointcrc.org/donations/monthlygiving/https://switchpointcrc.org/in-kind-needs/https://switchpointcrc.org/volunteer-2/https://switchpointcrc.org/shop-amazon-smile/https://switchpointcrc.org/planned-giving/

Today Bill flies solo and discusses the mechanisms and process by which two parties in a shared social space relieve each other of the pain or trauma and the shame or guilt when one party disrupts another. Once we grasp how this process works and what is going on underneath, we are much more likely to show up in a way that allows for real accountability, safe space for processing, and an easier time releasing the discomfort or trauma RESOURCES:https://www.nature.com/articles/srep10639https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2018.00009/fullhttps://www.ijcai.org/Proceedings/13/Papers/036.pdfhttps://bioneers.org/the-power-of-apology-eve-ensler-ze0z1912/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwins-subterranean-world/201403/the-history-im-sorry

Bill and Britt sit down with Kimber Dutton, host of the podcast “Just Be Your Bad Self” to explore a conversation around being the bad ass person you are without the limitations the world places on you and even the limitations you place on your self. The topics we hope to center the conversation on are – Authenticity – Letting Go Of Perfection – Moving On From Patriarchy – Self Love and AcceptanceResources:https://www.justbeyourbadself.com/

Bill & Britt sit down with Jessa Bangerter to go over the Enneagram. The Enneagram is a model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of nine interconnected personality types. Understanding these types and where you are and where those in relationship with you are can be helpful to creating empathy and understanding for their humanityENNEAGRAM TESTS :https://globalleadershipfoundation.com/rheti/test.htmlhttps://www.truity.com/af/doyle.evan_2710315https://www.yourenneagramcoach.com/a/21487/QgAGbeCNhttps://cloverleaf.me/ https://s.crys.io/s/1RIzRwENNEAGRAM RESOURCES:https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/https://www.theenneagramworkshop.com/free-resourceshttp://inspireenvisioning.com/2017/05/01/favorite-enneagram-resources/https://www.yourenneagramcoach.com/free-resourceshttps://www.mormonmatters.org/podcast-item/521-524-the-enneagram-for-mormons/ App:EnneaApp in the app storeBooks:‘the enneagram of belonging’ – Chris Heuertz‘the wisdom of the enneagram’ – Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson‘the road back to you’ – Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne Stabile‘personality types: using the enneagram for self-discovery’ – Don Richard Riso‘the complete enneagram’ – Beatrice Chestnut PhD

David Peck, host of the podcast “Of Saints and Sufis” sits down with Bill Reel to explore the juxtaposition of Religion & Spirituality. They dive into what it means for Bill to describe himself as an atheist and a mystic and they then explore where Religion seems to miss the mark defining the undefinable while offering what Spirituality does in order to point the person to their own inner workings and own mystical experiences  and their own interpretation of those experiences.

The number one question heard by us from those who after having committed to stepping away from their religious system is “How am I going to raise healthy, wise, responsible children post religious deconstruction?” The answer to that is now easy…. UPLIFT.  Britt and Bill sit down with Jon Ogden, one of the creators of “Uplift”, a program designed to give your kids an inner compass utilizing resources designed to create weekly spiritual experiences that build wonder, resilience, and compassion without feeling the need to adhere to any religious dogma or belief system. RESOURCES: https://upliftkids.org/ https://upliftkids.org/our-approach/ https://upliftkids.org/lessons/