The Morning Share

What do we do with our feelings when they feel loud, urgent, or completely convincing? In this episode, Angela and Deanna continue the journey from instinct to intuition by exploring discernment — the space between feeling and action where we learn to sort, sift, and respond with more clarity. With stories about Frosty, Scrabble-style word games, misplaced objects, and the gift of waiting 10 secon...

After weeks of travel, mountain air, and meaningful reflection, Angela and Deanna are back in rhythm and diving into one of life’s deepest questions: how do we become wise? In this episode, they unpack the difference between instinct, intuition, and wisdom—and why our first reaction isn’t always our best one. If you’ve ever felt stuck in survival mode, this conversation offers gentle tools for cre...

This final episode in our Practice Series: Prayer Across Traditions is a gentle invitation to pause and receive. Angela guides listeners through words and rhythms that have carried people for generations—reminding us that prayer is less about performance and more about presence. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re “doing it right,” this episode offers a softer way forward: inhale, exhale, be op...

Day four of our 5-part Inner Formation practice series is all about prayer—but not the kind with perfect words. This is an invitation into honesty, presence, and meeting God exactly where you are. If prayer has ever felt intimidating, dry, or performative, this episode offers a softer way. Just breathe, listen, and let truth become your prayer. Timestamps: 00:00 - Welcome to this week of daily pra...

Episode 42 is the third installment in our Practice Series, where we stop talking about spiritual practices and actually step into them. Today’s gentle invitation is to practice attention through sight—slowing down long enough to notice what draws you in, what feels alive, and what stirs beneath the surface. No pressure, no performance… just presence. Timestamps 00:00 – Welcome to Practice Week 00...

This week, we’re shifting from talking about formation to actually practicing it—together. Instead of our usual rhythm, we’re offering five simple daily invitations to slow down and notice what’s shaping you. Today’s practice is a gentle meditation: “I am enough for this moment.” Timestamps: 00:00 – A Different Kind of Week 00:18 – Why Practice Matters 00:32 – Letting Go of Performance 01:00 – Tod...

This week, we’re doing something different—five short, daily practices to move from talking about formation into actually living it. In this first mini-episode, we gently guide you into silence through breath, creating space to simply notice and be present. No pressure, no performance—just a few moments to return to yourself. Timestamps: 00:00 – A Different Kind of Week 00:18 – Why Practice Matter...

This week, we close out our series on prayer and meditation with a deeply honest and grounding conversation with our friend Molly. Together, we explore what it means to move from performative spirituality into something embodied, personal, and real. If you’ve ever felt like you’re “doing it wrong,” this episode is an invitation to simply be—and discover connection in a whole new way. Timestamps 00...

Prayer isn’t something to perform—it’s something to experience. In this episode, we explore prayer as a natural response to awareness, like an exhale flowing from the inhale of meditation. Wherever you find yourself—grateful, questioning, or even frustrated—you’re invited to bring your whole, honest self into the conversation. Timestamps 00:00 – A different kind of episode (and why) 02:00 – Medita...

This week, we slow down and explore meditation—not as something to achieve, but as a way to return to awareness. Angela and Deanna unpack the myths around meditation, talk about why sustained attention feels so hard, and share simple practices that move us from reaction to presence. If you’ve ever felt shaped by noise, speed, or expectations, this conversation invites you to breathe, notice, and b...

Silence can feel uncomfortable — but what if it’s actually where clarity begins? In this episode, we explore how intentional quiet creates space for awareness, creativity, and deeper inner formation. Join us as we share a simple 10-minute silence practice and practical ways to integrate stillness into everyday life. Timestamps 00:00 — “Nobody puts Dee in the corner” (Silence vs punishment) 02:39 —...

Silence sounds peaceful — until it isn’t. In this episode, we talk about what actually rises to the surface when we stop filling every moment with noise, from unprocessed grief to restlessness and identity questions. This conversation explores the difference between life-giving solitude and self-protective isolation — and why silence may be the doorway to meeting yourself again. Timestamps 00:00 -...

This week we begin a new series on practices that shape a healthier inner life, starting with something simple—and surprisingly difficult: silence. When the noise around us fades, we often discover just how loud the inside of us really is. Together, we explore how practicing silence can become a gentle resistance to chaos and a way to return to presence, clarity, and love. Timestamps 00:00 - Openi...

This month we sat with some heavy things — fear, anxiety, allegiance, and the quiet despair that can form us without us even realizing it. In this recap, we reflect on what’s been shaping us and introduce a powerful image: the stones we carry don’t have to crush us — hope can become the fulcrum that helps us move them. Hope doesn’t magically remove the weight, but it gives us breath, perspective,...

This week we sat in the tension between despair and hope — not rushing past the hard parts, but learning how to stay present inside them. Angela and Deanna talk about why fixing, dismissing, or spiritualizing pain often isolates us, and how simple presence can become a lifeline. Hope, they discover, isn’t soft — it’s brave, defiant, and something we practice together, one shared breath at a time. ...

What happens when life feels heavy and hope feels far away? In this episode, we talk honestly about despair—the narratives that trap us, the numbness that isolates us, and the quiet belief that nothing will change. Through a deeply personal story and a grounded conversation, we explore how hope sometimes returns in the simplest way: one breath at a time.  Timestamps 00:00 — Hope vs. optimism: what...

Hope often gets mistaken for wishful thinking—but what if it’s actually one of the strongest postures we can take? In this episode, Angela and Deanna explore why hope isn’t soft, sentimental, or naive, but grounded, resilient, and deeply rooted in reality. Together they unpack the difference between hoping for outcomes and hoping in who we are becoming , and how our past experiences can anchor us...

All week we’ve explored how our minds drift into what was and what if . But today we ask the practical question: how do we actually come back to the present moment?   In this episode, Angela and Deanna unpack what presence really looks like—openness, gratitude, empathy, and the courage to feel what’s happening right now. They share simple practices for returning to the moment and introduce a pract...

In this episode, Angela and Deanna explore why staying present can feel so difficult. Our brains naturally replay what was or rehearse what if , and those well-worn mental pathways can lead us into anxiety, rumination, and disconnection. The invitation is simple but powerful: through awareness, acceptance, and naming what we feel, we can return to the present moment. And the hopeful truth remains—...

This week we begin exploring The Land of What Ifs and What Is - the tension between the imagined future, the remembered past, and the present moment where life actually happens. In this opening episode, Angela and Deanna unpack how our minds often try to create safety by predicting outcomes or replaying old conversations, keeping us stuck in “what if” and “what was.” But real connection, healing,...

In this episode, Angela and Deanna explore the difference between allegiance and devotion and why that distinction matters for our communities, relationships, and faith. They unpack how loyalty culture can silence honest questions, while true devotion creates space for courage, compassion, and belonging. Through personal stories and thoughtful reflection, they ask a powerful question: What if devo...

Allegiance sounds noble until it asks you to stay silent. In this episode, Angela and Deanna explore the tension between allegiance to systems and devotion to truth, values, and people. Together they unpack the hidden costs of groupthink, the courage it takes to ask honest questions, and how choosing devotion - rooted in compassion, truth-telling, and relationship - can lead us toward deeper commu...

We’re taught loyalty long before we understand what it really means—at school, in church, in politics, and inside our families. But what happens when allegiance to systems begins to replace devotion to deeper values? In the first episode of our Allegiance series, Angela and Deanna explore the difference between allegiance and devotion—between the loyalty we inherit and the commitments we conscious...

Fear isn’t the enemy — but when fear takes the driver’s seat, it distorts how we see the world and each other. In this episode, Angela and Deanna explore what it looks like to put fear back in its proper place and allow our values to guide our responses instead of our reactions. Together they unpack practical ways to identify the fears shaping our behavior, reconnect with grounded trust, and culti...

On Monday we named fear. Today, we slowed down long enough to sit with it.  Fear isn’t just an idea—it’s physiological. It tightens your chest, narrows your thinking, and rushes you toward certainty. In this episode, we explore how fear acts like a smoke alarm in our brains, why it simplifies people into “us vs. them,” and how staying in a constant state of alarm is shrinking our capacity for conn...