A Quiet Voice

I used to believe that everyone was trying to scam me, and steal from me, whether time or money I didn’t want to be hoodwinked into becoming a fool. But a real fool believes that and surrenders their strength to that illusion. As I started to open to a more spiritual interpretation of the world, I ventured into a crossfire between how my intellect wants to interpret the world and how my intuition...

Don’t just listen but practice with me. In this short meditation, we put into practice what I discuss in episode 018: 18th Century Deep Sea Diving & 3 Powerful Focus Points for Finding Calm amidst Chaos . This is your invitation to start a new and powerful practice on your own terms and in the best way for you. Thanks for listening. Stay in touch with me by following the newsletter at www.aqui...

If you have ever brushed off meditation as something that’s “too hard” or felt like you “can’t focus,” this podcast is for you. Diving deep into a meditation practice can be a daunting idea. Just the word “practice” seems to stop me in my tracks, as I believe meditation is not ever something we “should” or “must” do. “Focus” is too strong a word for what we are aiming for. Instead, if we can find...

I'm finding it easier to talk about my past but still hesitant to go into details. Nonetheless, I share about my previous work and life in Washington D.C. and how what I’ve learned living in Ireland helps me see through perfectionism and toward more mindful living. Taking on a different pace of life and learning to let go more and more each day. This episode discusses how culture pushes us to prio...

Technical podcast problems are afoot, which is why we’re talking about self-doubt today. Even the strongest among us have bouts where belief is hard to find, where we don’t see the point anymore and start to lose sight of the journey for fear of the destination. It’s not just me, right? In this episode, we are finding wisdom from a supermarket teller, chai lattes, and going to try a little exercis...

This is a deep one, I'll admit. It's all about the in-between places, the threshold between an ending and a new beginning can be the most frightening parts of life. Periods of great change can be the points at which we quit and try something else or feel we must give up entirely. Yet, if I can try to sum up in one word how to make it through such tenuous times without being stuck paralyzed. Detach...

Have you ever followed a nice creative streak only to break down the closer you came to being finished? The finished product can elude us like the moving finish line - always one step further until exhaustion defeats us. Are we making headway or chasing our own tail? The way out of our creative blocks may be as simple as reexamining our sense of standards. In this episode, we are looking at how ec...

Sometimes we need a little help to get back into the swing of inspiration. We may like to think that we can pick ourselves up and walk back to the path but our thoughts can get in our own way - keep our heart trapped in a cage. The calling to open the cage often comes from others - friends, family - who share their wisdom often without even realizing their effect. In this episode, I reflect on why...

Hello, again! Spring is here and the Sun is burning through the clouds. What better time to start a creative project? We are not back from the dead but resurrecting with Spring’s rebirth energy . Do you feel the sun and see optimistic faces? Are you seizing renewal energy and moving towards all you desire? In this episode, we dive into a creative rebirth by dipping a toe into why this Podcast was...

A storm on an Irish island rattled me to my core but taught me a powerful lesson in forgiveness and healing. All of us have memories, people, places we long to forget and can snatch us from even the sunniest of days when we least expect it. The storms between our ears can be stronger than anything around us but we can’t navigate our world or become our strongest self - much less listen to the quie...

“My spine feels like its splintering.” Am I meditating correctly? If you’ve ever thought about meditating or tried it and thought you did something wrong, then this episode is for you. It’s a vulnerable dive into my first time trying just a 15 minute meditation in a Shamabalan Center in Asheville, NC. When I thought that pain is part of the process and my pride got in the way - and still often doe...

The end of January usually brings some disappointment as all my New Years Resolutions start to lose their shine. I begin to think that this year will be no different from the last. February, though, brings a shift in energy away from Winter’s survival mindset and closer to Spring’s rejuvenating light. Imbolc, one of the seasons on the Celtic calendar, the Wheel of the Year, gives us all an opportu...

Between the flashing fluorescent lights, zoom calls, putting on a friendly face for customers, or being on our feet for 8 hours, we all give away our energy at work. If we are not careful, then we will carry the drained feeling of the workday into our homes and pass them onto our friends, family, and loved ones. With just a little slow-breathing, visualization, and intention we can wash away the “...

What do a first kiss, a step onto the stage, and a job interview have in common? Leaps into the unknown . Hurling ourselves into an abyss but feeling the intensity of life flow through our bodies. Many of life’s most magical moments require us to trust our inner strength to perform and not overthink. Too much thinking or digesting information can bring stress and a myriad of health problems along...

Whether the doorway to the boss’s office, the first morning of a healing journey, or any such moment when your chest quickens and shoulders tighten, where do we look to find enough courage to trust the abyss? How do we start to see the universe, as saints and sages do, to be a feather bed? The more we can disconnect from our past , the less trauma and pain begin to become ideas of our future. We b...

What happens when we let go of expectations and allow for the unpredictable and unexpected to brighten our journey? In this episode, we continue to explore the deeper ideas in threshold thinking.  Artists, poets, and philosophers tell about what happens to your life when you learn to leap off the abyss . My hope is that as you see ledges in your own life - new jobs, new relationships, new opp...

In this episode, I invite you to take a few minutes to discover a way into the felt experience of being you. When was the last time you let yourself just be in your complete wholeness rather than a part of something else? It is a gift that comes without expectations but as a time to sit just outside your frame of scattered stresses, worries, and wonderings. Try this short, 10 minute, meditation fo...

As we all finish out a dynamic 2021 I, and likely you, tend to reflect upon progress since the beginning of the year. Dangerous questions like: Where am I compared to January? How do I feel on an average day? Seem to spin in my mind. I didn’t record this podcast near the end of the year, but it seems very appropriate, and I hope that it offers you some peace in what can be a stressful time of refl...

December 21st is the Winter solstice day and though overlooked by our Modern calendar, it can be a secular way to ring in the holiday season. We can welcome balance by exploring the darkness during these long nights until the day brings us into spring and abundance. In this short extra episode, we dive into how the Celts and pre-modern Irish people observed the solstice through megalithic structur...

What can fairy forts, Irish hares, and campfires teach us about our inner voice?  In this episode, I share a story of a skirmish between my logical and intuitive minds near a fairy fort and I begin to wake up to mysterious wisdom contained in a flame. You will learn how looking is the first step to seeing and how wisdom is all around us if we just take a moment to look without judgment. Taked...

First off, welcome to the beginning of A Quiet Voice. Thank you for listening.   There are many places I want to take you, the listener, from how Nature presents hidden wisdom to my shamanic studies in Western Ireland. “A Quiet Voice” is not a podcast about me, Colin. I’m nobody special. It’s about you, and I hope these podcasts can be a positive kickstart for you to open your introspection a...