The Radiant Soul

Are you constantly living from the neck up, bouncing from emails to traffic while ignoring a tight knot of anxiety in your chest? Welcome to the "over-optimization backlash". In a world that demands continuous adaptation to sudden life transitions, restructuring, and stress, your mind cannot think its way out of a physiological storm. In this episode of The Radiant Soul Podcast , host Br...

Ever had someone correct your spiritual vocabulary? In this intimate coffee shop chat, Br. Jay breaks down the invisible line between saying “God” and saying “the Universe”—and why this shift is happening for millions of people today. The Deep Dive (Semantic Richness for Apple/Spotify Search): Whether you find comfort in traditional faith or feel triggered by religious vocabulary, this episode is...

There’s a story many people expect when someone leaves church. Anger. Bitterness. Scandal. Collapse. But what happens when someone leaves not because they were rejected… but because they finally healed? In this deeply personal episode of The Radiant Soul Podcast, Jay Clark shares the story of returning to church after more than twenty years away following rejection from the Baptist church as a you...

Have you ever looked at a deck of Tarot cards and felt more "arcane-shy" than intuitive? In this episode, host Jason Clark welcomes back his very first podcast guest, the brilliant Emilie Muñiz, to strip away the "mystical fluff" of divination. Emilie, a NYC native and creator of the Simplicity Tarot and Simplicity Lenormand, shares her journey from reading coffee cups in a Bro...

Do you ever feel like the word "God" is a suit that doesn’t quite fit? In this deeply soulful episode of The Radiant Soul , host Br. Jay Clark explores the profound, often messy journey of finding a personal language for the Divine. We often think of spirituality as a fixed map handed down by others, but what if the "many names of God" are actually an invitation to discover the...

Why do so many of us keep collecting spiritual practices but struggle to stay consistent with any of them? In this episode, Jay talks about the difference between consuming healing content and actually being formed by a daily practice. From bookmarked breathwork videos and nervous system tips to the deeper need for rhythm, roots, and repetition, this conversation explores why the next shiny thing...

What if God isn’t somewhere far away… but already here? In this episode, Jay shares a story from his childhood in rural Oklahoma-standing at the edge of a canyon, leaning into the wind, and discovering a deep sense of peace that felt like being held. This is a reflection on embodied spirituality, presence, and the sacred found in nature. On noticing God not just in belief… but in breath, in the bo...

Do you feel that low-grade hum of anxiety in your chest? That’s the "Digital Hangover"—and it’s time for a revolution. In this episode of The Radiant Soul , host Jay Clark dives deep into the canopy to explore the radical, science-backed practice of Forest Bathing (Shinrin-yoku) . We aren’t just going for a walk in the woods; we are stage-managing a nervous system reset. In this episode,...

We often think of "spirituality" as something that happens in silence—on a mountaintop, in a hot spring, or in a perfectly quiet room. But eventually, we all have to come down from the mountain and get back to the "mud" of our daily lives. In this episode, Jay shares a personal journey from the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies to the reality of an Oklahoma backyard. He explores...

Peace isn't a destination you arrive at; it’s a frequency you tune into. In this episode of The Radiant Soul Podcast , Jason Clark tackles the exhausting world of "hustle culture" routines. We’re replacing high-pressure 5:00 AM cold plunges with Sacred Rhythms —simple, somatic habits that act as biological bookends for your nervous system. If you wake up reaching for your phone and g...

Once you’ve cleared the internal static, how do you protect that space? In part 2 of 3 of this series Podcast , Jason aka Br. Jay moves from the body to the bedroom (and the backyard), exploring how to curate a Sensory Sanctuary that acts as a restorative subsidy for your health. In a world of "over-optimization," we’re ditching the expensive biohacks for foundational nervous system regu...

Why does "finding peace" feel like so much work? In the debut episode of The Radiant Soul , Jason challenges the idea that we can think our way into stillness. If you’ve been feeling "off," restless, or like a "head walking around on a stick," this episode is your permission to stop performing and start releasing. In this session, we explore: The "In-breath"...

Many people today find themselves in a strange spiritual place. They are no longer fully at home in organized religion, yet they still feel drawn to something sacred. Maybe you’ve been through faith deconstruction. Maybe you’re reconstructing your beliefs. Maybe you simply consider yourself spiritual but not religious. In this episode of The Friary, Brother Jay shares a deeply personal reflection...

If you’ve ever walked into a sanctuary carrying questions heavier than the stones in the walls, this episode is a chair pulled up just for you. In this episode of The Friary , Br. Jay invites us out of the "library of the mind" and back to the heat of the fire. For many who have walked through spiritual deconstruction , the old maps of certainty have failed. We’ve unraveled the knots and doubted t...

We talk a lot about following Jesus. But we rarely talk about where he actually goes. In this episode, I speak plainly and unapologetically about a truth that runs straight through the Gospels. Jesus identifies himself with the poor, the marginalized, and the oppressed. Not symbolically. Personally. Drawing from Scripture, the witness of the saints, and everyday life, this conversation explores wh...

In this episode of The Friary , Brother Jay sits down with who friends Saxon and Dave for a brave, unguarded conversation about faith, loss, integrity, and the cost of staying when staying no longer feels honest. This is not a debate. It is not a deconstruction spectacle. And it is not an attempt to pull anyone back. It is a listening practice. Together, we explore what pushed them away, what the...

A gay Catholic told Pope Francis: “We just want Jesus Christ too.” In this episode, Daniel Tillson, Theology for the Unwanted , shares his journey from secrecy in a conservative parish to advising the Holy See, and the moment Pope Francis told him, “The Church does not condemn you.” We explore the blessing of gay couples, what’s happening in Belgium, and how Catholic doctrine develops over time. N...

In this episode of The Friary, we explore one of the heart questions of faith: What does it really mean to love God, ourselves, and others? Jesus’ teaching on the two greatest commandments — to love God and love your neighbor as yourself — points us into a deeper truth about spiritual vision, identity, and transformation. We trace this thread from the story of creation, through Christ’s call to ta...

In this episode, Br. Jay sits down with Bishop David Strong, presiding bishop of the Apostolic Catholic Church in America , to explore the Independent Sacramental Movement and the kind of ministry that takes shape beyond traditional parish walls. We talk about priesthood on the margins, the healing power of sacrament, and what it means to build a Church that makes room for LGBTQ people, African Am...

"God draws straight with crooked lines." We’ve all heard it, but what does it actually look like when your life feels more like a zigzag than a straight shot? This week at The Friary , Brother Jay dives deep into the "crooked lines" of his own journey-from the pain of being kicked out of a fundamentalist church to finding a radical, expansive home as an Episcopal Franciscan. It...

In this heartfelt episode of The Friary , Brother Jay sits down with The Very Rev. Br. Tyler C. Richards, OCS - dean of a cathedral, Dominican novice, preacher, writer, spiritual companion, and digital creator (@priestnthenorth). Tyler shares the story of a childhood encounter with God, leaving fundamentalism, discovering Anglicanism, and slowly realizing the shape of the vocation that had been ch...

In this episode, Br. Jay offers a brief message of hope - of a God willing to enter to muck to clean us, to wash our feet, and love us... warts and all.

What if the path to God isn’t up, but down? This episode is the second episode on Franciscan Mysticism and explores how the wisdom of St. Francis, the Letter of James, and the ancient teaching of non-dual seeing invite us to find the sacred in what we usually overlook-the ordinary, the broken, and the beautifully human.

What if God isn’t found in power or perfection, but in humility, simplicity, and the small wonders of daily life? In this episode, we explore the heart of Franciscan mysticism and spirituality-seeing Christ in creation, embracing poverty as freedom, and finding divine beauty in the ordinary. It’s an invitation to rediscover the good, the true, and the beautiful pulsing through everything.

In this episode Br. Jay explores what prayer is, and why the question "Does God answer prayer?" might better be asked, "Does God meet us in prayer?"