Discovering Spirit Within

What is the difference between Joy and Happiness? Join Rev. Deborah Phillips as she explores the idea that you can feel real joy even when you don’t necessarily feel happy.    Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s podcast, Discovering Spirit Within and facilitates a Spiritual...

Jon Merriman has been thinking about the question of God for many years. He only recently came to the personal insight that God is our own protentional and it is faith in that potential which keeps us all going. Join Rev. Deborah and Jon in this exploration of how to shift our perspective of an exterior God into the knowing of internal Faith.   Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought mins...

While we all prefer to live in our comfort zones, it is when we stumble that we learn the most. Rev. Deborah suggests that discomfort is Spirit speaking to us, egging us on to higher consciousness. Join her as she discusses the benefits of feeling uncomfortable and how to become comfortable with that discomfort.     Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assi...

Worry can tunnel through your mind like a worm in an apple causing anxiety and confusion. Join Rev. Deborah Phillips for insights and suggestions on how to tame that worry worm and open to new possibilities in your life.   Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She is the host of SLC’s podcast, Discov...

Do you plan your spiritual path or is it something that unfolds as you open to possibilities? Join Patty Peters and Rev. Deborah Phillips for a conversation about how their spiritual awakening, subsequent studies, and inner reflection changed their lives.   Rev. Deborah Phillips is an ordained New Thought minster currently serving as Assistant Minister at Spiritual Life Center in Sacramento. She i...

Do you want someone’s perspective, or do you want them to tell you that you are right?  “The Sacred Witness” discusses what it means to simply witness another person’s story, without comment or judgement. The sacred act of listening provides the space for a person to tell their story, which if often the first step in healing a situation. Because sometimes all we really need is to feel heard and se...

“Just Do It” has been around for a long time, so when you hear “Do It Anyway,” you might think it is just another way of saying the same thing, but there is a difference.  In this episode, Rev. Deborah explores our motives behind what we do and encourages us to determine if our actions come from outside pressure or from within. She suggests that when we listen to our hearts, our souls, we develop...

If someone is negative, we can walk away feeling that way too so many people believe that we “take on” other people’s energies.   In this episode Rev. Deborah Phillips examines the idea that all life is vibrational and, while we don’t “catch” other energies, we do tend to vibrate, or resonate, with each other much as one bell ringing activates the one next to it.  When we become aware of the Reson...

How much of your life do you live on autopilot? Are you going through life following a script, never truly conscious of your actions? In “I Don’t Read the Script, I Just Pay Attention,” Rev. Deborah Phillips talks about importance of becoming conscious of our automatic responses and the advantages of going off-script. This is when we take the helm and become experts on our own lives.   Rev. Debora...

How often have you had something come together just after you let go of it then realized it was just a matter of timing?  Or have you not understood something you read only to have meaning dawn on you a week later? Join Rev. Deborah for It’s All in the Timing, as she looks at why we need to take time to integrate new ideas before we can put them to use and that taking that time is not only ok, but...

Aren't I just the greatest? Yes, you are because not all ego trips are bad. In this episode, Enjoy Your Ego Trip, Reb. Deborah Phillips ponders the concept of Ego, its origins, and how overuse of the word can render it meaningless. She explains that we need Ego to function in this world and that there is a big difference between trying to destroy your ego and accepting it and refining it. Join Rev...

We are “framed” from the time we are born. We each perceive the world from our own frames of reference that come from our training and life experiences.  And sometimes they hold us back.  “I Was Framed” explores the question of how we can change our view of something. Does it mean that you pretend that “nothing happened?” Or is it about forgiveness, releasing blame, and understanding the differenc...

No. Nope. Nein. لأ. नहीं. Нет. 不. Why yes, in whatever language you speak, 'No' is a complete sentence! In this episode, Rev. Deborah Phillips talks about the power and potency of simply saying 'No', and how we can get used to saying it without needing to justify ourselves, hearing it without judgment, and most importantly, why we don't need to apologize for saying 'No.'   Rev. Deborah Phillips i...

Wait, don't click away! We swear this isn't a scam! In this episode, Rev. Deborah Philips talks about the history of prosperity teachings in New Thought and what it truly means. Do you have everything that you need just for the moment? Is prosperity more than money, is it a state of mind? How do you get there? Tune into Become Prosperous in Less than 5 Minutes and find out how prosperity has more...

We really shouldn't beat ourselves up for not understanding things before we've learned them. Why do we expect ourselves to know everything all at once? In this episode, Reverend Deborah discusses how our consciousness rules our knowledge about the world. Dive into this episode and learn about learning, the power of perception, and the existential terror of third grade.   Rev. Deborah Phillips is...

Are we talking to the people in front of us or the events behind us? In this episode, Rev. Deborah discusses the tendency to react immediately to what we hear, or what we think we hear. Who are you talking to and who are you hearing? Do we respond to what people say, how they say it, or do we react to their words, filtered through our experiences? How often do our conversations with one person bec...

Wait, what? There's a lot of power in those two little words! In today's episode, Rev. Deborah talks about the power of language, and how this two-word phrase can tell a story about communication, miscommunication, the need for clarity and our unconscious assumptions when speaking with strangers and friends alike. Join Rev. Deborah in a conversation...about conversation.   Rev. Deborah Phillips is...

Do we deserve what we want for ourselves? Why do we stop ourselves from getting what we want, spiritually and materially? Do you stop yourself from doing what you want to do for yourself?  In this episode, Rev. Deborah takes a dive into the word "Deserve," finding the difference between earning and deserving, and how to develop acceptance of what we want for ourselves. Join Rev. Deborah as she off...

How do you know if you are succeeding at being spiritual? Does falling short of your spiritual ideas make you a spiritual imposter? In “Am I a Spiritual Imposter?” Rev. Deborah Phillips examines the dynamics behind this feeling: discomfort with being human, the tendency to compare ourselves to others, our level of Should and Have-to. Join Rev. Deborah for insights into how these dynamics came into...

Join Rev. Deborah Phillips as she uncovers our fear of grief and how we try to run from the pain of loss. In this episode you will learn that the “7 stages of grief” is a myth and trying to adhere to stages only keeps us stuck longer.  When we participate in our own grief, allow ourselves to feel, we release pent up energy, thus clearing the mind and heart. It is then that we are able to move forw...

New Thought teaches that there is good to be found in every circumstance. But does it mean that if we “live right” we won’t ever have problems? In “Remembering Your Good” Rev. Deborah Phillips explains that living in a material world means that there will always be challenges, but there are ways to discover good in almost any circumstance.  It is when we forget who we are, divine beings with enorm...

Hold or Fold is a poker term that is often used as a metaphor for making decisions in life. In this episode, Rev. Deborah Phillips uses this metaphor to examine how we can understand what is ours to do and release the rest without guilt, fear, or shame. When we develop appropriate boundaries in our lives, we have more mental, emotional, and spiritual space which then allows our true Selves to emer...

We live in such a loud, distracting world that most of us are “tuned out” a lot of the time. Rev. Deborah Phillips offers a podcast that offers insights into how and why we tune out, why listening to really hear is important, and suggestions on how to develop deep listening and hearing skills that contribute to a more balanced, spiritual relationship with your world.   Rev. Deborah Phillips is an...

Rev. Deborah Phillips discusses the difference between being secure with your relationship with the Divine, what she calls Spiritual Confidence, and spiritual arrogance. Spiritual arrogance is a sign of inner stagnation, the need to live from the outside in, from ego, and the need to always be right. Spiritual Security gives you a sense of well-being, safety, and confidence. You live from the insi...

  The Law of Attraction is a standard teaching within New Thought. In The Myth of the Law of Attraction, Rev. Deborah Phillips explores the mixed message which says everything we need is right here, right now then turns around and tells us how hard we must work to attract that very same “stuff.” If modern physicists are correct, that everything exists in potentiality, then perhaps is it is more a...