Soul Matters
What is soul? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with living a joyful and whole human life? Psychotherapists Juliana Pope and Mark Goodman will engage with these questions and will engage others as they explore what it is to live a joyful and soulful life. Along the way, they will bring their over 50,000 hours of clinical experience, as well as their commitment to contemplative and mindfulness-based life practices to these questions. They hope to bring a wide range of perspectives to these questions looking at both right brain and left brain methodologies, cognitive therapy and mindfulness, the latest finding in neuroscience and the ancient teachings from eastern philosophy and practices. They invite you on this journey of exploration with them because these are essential and important questions, questions that often get overlooked in the rush and stress of the day. They invite you to explore and engage with them because Soul Matters.
Episodes
28 episodes
(Day5) "Body Scan" Meditation - 20 Min
A powerful practice to really invite you to come more deeply in to your body. And really become aware of your embodied experience as a human being...
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Episode 5
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21:15
Season 2 Ep#8: Relentless Grace: Meeting Trauma with Mindfulness and Radical Self-Care
In this episode, we speak with Elizabeth Spring. Elizabeth is survivor of horrific traumas in her life. She speaks so eloquently, courageously and vulnerably about her traumas and the journey from some very dark places to a life wit...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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53:40
Season 2 Ep#7: Social Media, Technology & Soul
Join Jules, Mark and special guest Peter Larson for a fascinating discussion on Social Media, Technology, & Soul.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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46:25
(Day4) 10 Min Daily Meditation Series - Walking Meditation Instructions
For Day4 of this meditation series, Mark explains how to perform a walking meditation and the difference between formal and informal practice. Go outside and experience your moment. Post on Instagram @soul.matters.podcast
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Episode 4
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13:13
(Day3) 10 Min Daily Meditation Series - Giving and Receiving
Join us on a meditation to learn the Tonglen practice of giving and receiving... breathing in suffering ... breathing out love and kindness and ease and relief...breaking your heart...and breaking your heart open ... This is part of a dai...
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Episode 3
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12:18
(Day1) 10 Min Daily Meditation Series - Come Exactly As You Are
Join us on a mindfulness journey to be in the moment and hold whatever it is inside of you that needs to be held... This is part of a daily 10 minute meditation practice to help renew the soul. Let us know your feedback on Instagram...
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Episode 1
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11:16
(Day2) 10 Min Daily Meditation Series - Home Coming
Ground yourself in a beautiful meditation where we take you in to the depths of relaxation to find your home... This is part of a daily 10 minute meditation practice to help renew the soul. Let us know your feedback on Instagram @soul.mat...
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Episode 2
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12:16
Coming Home to Yourself
In a world full of distraction and challenge, how do we find our way back home to ourselves. This is such a crucial question because if we are going to live our lives from our most authentic and powerful selves and if we are going to trul...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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32:30
A Tourist in Nature: Music, Activism & Soul
In this episode we interview singer, songwriter, music producer and activist Valerie Orth. She talks honestly and vulnerably about her journey in the music industry, the deep and painful challenges of being a woman in that industry,...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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55:50
Ask a Therapist
Join Jules and Mark as they answer soul questions they are commonly asked as psychotherapists. "What are the main regrets you hear people talk about...?", "What's the secret to being happily married...", "How do I fin...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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38:34
Soul's Thirst
In this episode, we, Mark & Jules, interview artist Carol Meckling. She is a full-time working artist living on the island of Kauai. During the interview we talk to Carol about her journey to fully listen to her soul's longing t...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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36:14
Radical Presence and the Emerging Moment
In this episode Jules and Mark experiment with not having an agenda and trusting the emerging moment in their conversation. The idea here is that sometimes our agendas and our desire to control things gets in the way of soul emerging.&nbs...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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37:37
The Playground of Science & Spirituality
Welcome back to Season Two! In this episode, Mark and Jules discuss the intersection of science and spirituality in an interview with Ricco Bonicalzi, Ph.D. Ricco is a scientist, physicist , Buddhist practitioner and a professor of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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38:52
Fall Special #2 - Gift Box of Darkness
In this final episode of the year, Mark and Jules delve in to healing and renewal after a tumultuous 2020.
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38:54
Fall Special #1 - "Lean In" - Election polarization
Join Mark and Jules during this election season on a soul journey to "Lean In..." In this first of two fall specials they talk about and struggle with how to have soulful and fruitful conversations with friends/family/partners/neighbors w...
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Episode 1
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37:48
Episode #14 - Soulful Masculinity
In this episode Mark and Juliana reflect on Season 1 of this podcast as they come to the end of the season. They talk about what they have learned on this journey. Then, in honor of upcoming Father's Day, they explore what healthy m...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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53:41
Episode #13 - A Warrior's Heart
This episode is a mini-episode where Juliana and Mark discuss the inherent, potential hope in the act of protest. They go on to introduce the practice of TONGLIN, which comes from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and is practice of developi...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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22:23
Episode #12 - Soul Reaction - Responding to George Floyd and Institutional Racism
In this improvisational episode Mark and Juliana wrestle with their own white privilege and institutional racism in response to George Floyd's murder, the history of police brutality in this country, and the protests that have broken out in man...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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42:24
Episode #11 - Soul Connections
Mark and Juliana interview special guest Sam Lamb who seems to have a gift of building community and connection. They discuss what it takes build a life and business through "soul connections".
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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41:21
Episode #10 - Motherhood & Soul
A special Mother's day episode about the soulfulness of motherhood.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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41:56
Episode #9: "Fresh Crayons" - Soul & Creativity
In this episode, we have an inspiring conversation with Barb Lucas, an expressive arts therapist living in Montana. We talk about how creativity can be a doorway into the soulful areas of human life and we talk about the radical idea that...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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40:16
Episode #8: Living a Soulful Life
In this episode, Mark and Juliana talk about the definition of soul and then explore practical ways of connecting with soul in our everyday lives. Soul is beautiful, meaningful and elusive, which is what this episode points to.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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27:28
Episode #7: Light on the Other Side: A Healing Journey
Former head coach for Team USA’s Paralympic tennis team and wheelchair tennis ambassador Dan James tells his story of trauma and healing in this touching episode. Join us, for a soul's journey to "light on the other side..."
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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51:50
Episode #5 - Luminous Heart
Special guest Tahir Bhatti, a UC San Diego Wellness Physician and psychiatrist joins Mark and Juliana to talk about practical practices that help us clear our hearts and minds of the wounds, constrictions and painful clutter we have accumulated...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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43:09