ZLORD podcast

Carter and teZa have different ways of expressing their individual understanding, but agree that the universal Truth of Love is the ultimate core of all in existence. Their understanding came through life experiences. They present, sometimes in lively, hot (but always loving) exchanges how they have searched, and each found, this unchanging Truth: the Sacred in All. See tezalord.com for more

Carter and teZa Lord discuss how suffering is synonymous with being human. We all know what it's like to suffer, in all its many forms. But what can we do when we're in the thrust of its pain? This episode explores some spiritual approaches to helping relieve suffering, both our own and the empathy we feel about others' suffering. Visit tezalord.com for more

In this longer Mind-Stiller teZa shares how she quiets her busy mind, this time in a place she's never been before. She does this to demonstrate that no matter where one is, under what circumstances going on in the outside world, it is possible for virtually anyone to discover the inner place of calm, within one's consciousness. Awareness Acceptance Action. Being aware of something is the beginnin...

teZa offers listeners a 5-minute "mini" guided Mind-Stiller (see more of t eZa's Mind-Stillers on SoundCloud ) to calm your busy or agitated mind. In honor of our third year podcasting, use this short, and the next, longer guided-meditation, episodes 107 and 108 respectively, often to experience inner serenity. The more you visit this quiet and peaceful inner place, the more it becomes part of you...

Carter thought he didn't have much to share about boundaries. But when teZa begins about how she had to learn about boundaries early in her sober life, suddenly Carter can relate to this podcast's subject from his own experiences, and has a lot to say. As always, the focus is our spiritual life, but today we talk about more practical matters ... like how to enJOY washing the dishes, accomplishing...

Last episode was teZa's story of how she came to be a God-lover; this week it's Carter's. He uses the word "testimonial" because he identifies as a born-again Christian. One of the many subjects covered in his story is how he, as a single parent of two young children, reconciled marrying teZa, a self-proclaimed Christian Sufi soldier, a mystic. Lots of laughs, and lots of honest introspection from...

Like a caterpillar, I was once a hungry weird-looking thing, searching searching searching to fulfill myself. In this episode I'm solo (Carter's on a caper) and share the story of how I got involved with yoga and yogic philosophy. Telling our stories is such a magical part of being human. Join me, pull up a stool, and gather around the blaze of my fire of Joy, Love, and most of all ... Truth. This...

We all have them. Bad days, bad decisions, bad moods. Sometimes we experience them tribally, like the more-than-year-long pandemic everyone's tired of. Here, Carter and teZa honestly share about what they do when confronted with negative emotions. Digging inside their spiritual "toolbox" sometimes helps, sometimes not. Sometimes we just have to ... Be in a funk. Check out tezalord.com and carterlo...

What exactly is Success? What's the meaning of equality? And what about Oneness? These are some of the things that matter to cohosts teZa and Carter Lord in this week's ZLORD discussion. Recorded before Simone Biles pulled out of the Olympics, but relevant to her decision, nonetheless. Write us with comments zlordpodcast@gmail.com

Carter and teZa Lord discuss their spiritual point of view of one of the most controversial and divisive issues of our times: class and economic privilege. What does this buzz-word even mean to the average person? For spiritually-minded individuals? As always, this podcast approaches all subjects from the perspective of how we can be better humans, more useful, so we can achieve both inner peace a...

We're all humans. It's only natural we experience depression and anxiety, at some level, sooner or later. But what to do when this challenging time hits us, oftentimes right between the eyes! Sending us reeling! Carter and teZa Lord offer their methods in their 100th podcast of ZLORD, this time about how they deal with every human life's ubiquitous challenge of "negative emotions." And what lesson...

Carter and teZa Lord discuss the spiritual concept of self versus others. This applies to social obligations, being kind and respectful, and in today's ideologically divisive world, letting the "other guy" have their say without judgment. Anti-vaxers is, again, an unavoidable issue. So is "being not-neurotic." Respecting others is part of the healing power of Love. tezalord.com for more.

teZa Lord, author of 4 nonfiction books, explores how she ensures that each day is another opportunity to achieve the highest possibility available. Here, she shares how she takes time daily, to look at her own life. And weigh the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of what's going on around and within her, and make adjustments if she can. The goal is to promote a balanced life, especially whe...

Life is filled with both joys and sorrows. No one is free of hard times, yet we all try to focus on positives. Today teZa shares about how she's healing from the physical trauma of having had major surgery, earlier in the week. She relates this to how everyone gets to choose to experience the most out of life. Choices have a lot to do with recovery, and rebounding back from devastating events. Usi...

Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord reflect about how the unexpected happens, often causing us to use our ability of discernment. Or, wishing to improve our level of happiness, we are sometimes forced to let go of something, or someone. Some of us have had to learn how to discriminate, which is done without judgement. Here, the two Lords discuss some ways in which they use this spiritual tool, and how it...

Expect change in both big and subtle ways. Here, co-hosts teZa and Carter Lord introduce a new focus to their 2-year-old podcast. The new log-line announces specific subjects they'll explore: Spirit, Adventure, Our Interconnected Oneness, and the Magic That Exists In Our Everyday Lives. Instead of previous episodes' self-made musical intro (delightful to teZ, not so much for Carter) the pair discu...

Life is constant change with very little remaining the same. Some of us have difficulty with this so teZa and Carter discuss the big change handed them yesterday. An unexpected doctor's diagnosis that flabbergasted yet relieved not-knowing. No matter what type of change you're facing, you'll relate to the honest conversation the irrepressibly hilarious and forthright Lords reveal about how they ar...

teZa and Carter Lord are readying to take off on the continuation of their car-and-tent-camping adventure, the documenting of which inspired the creation of the ZLORD podcast two years ago. When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, everyone's plans went into disarray. For the Lords that meant staying at home, staying well, yet continuing to share the inner journey to their listeners instead of their oute...

Co-hosts teZa and Carter Lord discuss how children, especially, are suffering from the changes brought about by the ongoing Covid pandemic. Offering solutions to deal with things like depression and trauma, the pair emphasizes that as a blended family, humankind is facing the hardships brought on by -- change. Change is a constant in life. The sooner one accepts it, the easier life becomes. See te...

The "Rule of Thirds" is a concept that greatly helps in overcoming depression, sadness, and any kind of low feeling. We all have our "off" days. Here, Carter reveals he's having one. teZa asks questions,in hopes of drawing her longtime partner out of his funk. The pair talk about how life is mental, physical, spiritual, and how keeping a balance with all three helps when facing life's many disappo...

Carter shows up at the last minute and teZa easily adapts, having prepared to, once again, podcast solo. Their chosen discussion centers on the blended family: practically everyone's experience worldwide today. The microcosm of the macrocosm is each of our own daily life. teZa's audio book of ZEN LOVE is a metaphor of the blended family of humankind. tezalord.com for more

While Carter is busy digging a ditch with a friend today, teZa decides it's a "good day" to share the body-mind-spirit approach of how she lives, and works, as a Spirit artist, author, and activist. Visit tezalord.com for more of her creations.

From making music to making money, keeping things simple eases a person along the spiritual path. teZa and Carter enjoy another of their enjoyable (to them! maybe you too?) discussions about what makes life fuller, richer, more ... at ease. Confusion and chaos happen all around us, but at anytime anyone can claim inner peace. the Lord cohosts share how they do it, and for both, it wasn't exactly e...

ZLORD co-hosts teZa and Carter talk about the "greater good" amounting to choosing a "We" attitude over a personal "I" in terms of receiving the Covid vaccine to help gain universal herd immunity. Offering several examples of reasons that close, holistically-aware friends have put forth (no conspirators!), and resulting intimate conversations among respected members of the Lords' like-minded tribe...

It's spring, and Easter time, a time of renewal and rebirth. Carter and teZa discuss how it's so important for all of the world's blended family (including each one of us!) to think of ourselves as part of the "We" instead of just a small "me." Especially in light of certain people resisting getting the Covid vax. The discussion rises to the pertinent occasion of the importance of herd immunity.