
Wise Heart
For listeners of any and all religious or non-religious backgrounds who have a committed spiritual practice, and who want to improve their relationships and see their values manifested in those relationships.
Latest episodes

Jul 9, 2022 • 34min
Family "Power With" and Life-Serving Boundaries
Examples of "power with" that we might expect to see in a family, and three areas in which we could imagine that "power with" is translating into life-serving boundaries.
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Jun 25, 2022 • 1h 4min
Interview with Elia - Empathy: MCD Relationship Competency 2
Special episode ~ join Elia (FKA LaShelle) and guests!
Wise Heart pre-recorded 90-min Empathy online course:
https://wiseheartpdx.thinkific.com/courses/empathy-mcd-relationship-competency-2
Wise Heart pre-recorded 8-week Empathy online course:
https://wiseheartpdx.thinkific.com/courses/empathic-listening
Matthew Lederman - https://weheal.health/
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www.wiseheartpdx.org
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Jun 11, 2022 • 36min
Part 2 - Spiritual Practice with Power Dynamics
Distinguishing between "power over" and "earned authority." Exploring earned authority and a "power with" consciousness.
www.wiseheartpdx.org
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May 28, 2022 • 41min
Part 1 - Spiritual Practice with Power Dynamics
How power dynamics effect your relationship with yourself and with others.
Defining terms regarding power dynamics, and anchoring those terms and understandings in a spiritual perspective.
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May 14, 2022 • 0sec
Acceptance as the Ground for Change
LaShelle defines acceptance and talks about its benefits, while also describing the opposite of acceptance: resistance. LaShelle also explains the cost of resistance, the signs and symptoms of resistance, and practices to cultivate for engaging the consciousness of acceptance.

Apr 30, 2022 • 25min
An Empowered Response to Suffering and Violence
Acknowledging your experience and the experience of those around you. A practice of acceptance, and a practice for getting grounded and taking action.
https://www.wiseheartpdx.org/
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Apr 9, 2022 • 49min
Interview with Elia - Appreciation: MCD Relationship Competency 1
Special episode ~ join Elia (FKA LaShelle) and guests!
Wise Heart pre-recorded 90-min course: Appreciation >> https://wiseheartpdx.thinkific.com/courses/appreciation-mcd-relationship-competency-1
Matthew Lederman >> https://weheal.health/
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Mar 26, 2022 • 37min
A New Understanding of Forgiveness
Reclaiming the word "forgiveness." LaShelle talks about replacing negative associations of forgiveness with more empowering ideas, and relates forgiveness to spiritual practice by naming three central elements of spiritual practice that forgiveness supports.
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Mar 12, 2022 • 43min
Meeting Conflicts With Big Businesses
A unique episode focusing on relationship to interactions with others who are representing big businesses or corporations.

Feb 26, 2022 • 28min
Setting Life-Serving Boundaries and Saying "No" With Care
LaShelle provides a definition of Life-Serving Boundaries relative to the framework of Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, connects Life-Serving Boundaries to spiritual practice, and identifies 8 key elements for saying no with care and connection.
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