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A Sacred Journey Podcast

A Sacred Journey Podcast

By Thomas Maples

Dr. Thomas Maples explores our personal and collective journey to realize our potential through the lens of psychology, personal development, and the myths that drive the journey to advance confidently in the direction of our dreams.
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Creating Inner Peace

A Sacred Journey PodcastSep 18, 2023

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Unlock the Means 4 Inner Peace

Unlock the Means 4 Inner Peace

Welcome to "Unlock the Means 4 Inner Peace". In today's episode, we embark on a transformative journey toward inner peace, happiness, and well-being. As parents, consumers, avid podcast listeners, and good human beings, we understand the importance of finding balance and harmony in our fast-paced lives. Join me on this sacred journey as we explore practical strategies to see the flowers in the meadow and attain that sense of inner peace and well-being we crave. Discover your way to create a more fulfilling and joyful existence while advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Sep 29, 202320:16
Creating Inner Peace

Creating Inner Peace

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores ways to create an inner sense of peace, calm, and happiness, even in moments of wandering the dark meadows of depression.

#peace #depression #drthomasmaples #happiness

Sep 18, 202318:19
The Simple Pleasures: 3 Rules for Happiness
Sep 07, 202318:34
2 Find Balance is 2 Cultivate Happiness

2 Find Balance is 2 Cultivate Happiness

In today's episode, Dr. Thomas Maples explores a fantastic citation from John Lennon, who reminds us that finding happiness is a balancing act to create balance, inner growth, and potential.

Aug 21, 202311:36
Beauty Now: God's Whisper 2 the Soul
Aug 10, 202311:03
A Journey of 1000 Miles: A Tenfold Path Towards Wellness

A Journey of 1000 Miles: A Tenfold Path Towards Wellness

Do You Have Dreams? In this episode, Dr. Thomas Maples explores the concept of the #1 best-selling book The Secret and lays out a tenfold path towards ideal health, wealth, and happiness. 


Feel free to leave a voice comment below, and your question may become the topic of his next podcast.

Jul 29, 202306:04
A Sacred Journey: The Path to Wellness of Body, Mind, and Spirit
Jul 14, 202302:19
Believe: Choose 2 See Light in the Face of Depression

Believe: Choose 2 See Light in the Face of Depression

In today's podcast, Dr. Thomas Maples explores how harnessing faith and belief in one's inherent strengths can create inroads to the personal journey of advancing confidently in the direction of our dreams.

Jul 06, 202313:47
Faith: An Oasis 4 the Heart

Faith: An Oasis 4 the Heart

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores hope as an antithesis of depression and anxiety, exploring a simple exercise to move from hopelessness to inner belief and the grit needed to advance confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Jun 30, 202316:20
Faith, Psyche, and Inner Peace

Faith, Psyche, and Inner Peace

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the importance faith plays in our personal development, paying particular attention to the idea of how beliefs, dreams, and engaging a plan of action can create esteem and a realized state of being.


References

"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."

~Saint Thomas Aquinas

Jun 13, 202312:35
A Guiding Light: Peace and Engaging the Shadow

A Guiding Light: Peace and Engaging the Shadow

In today's podcast, Dr. Thomas Maples explores the archetypes of the sun and shadow, using an inspirational quote by Walt Whitman, who reminds us to always keep our face to the life-giving sun, so that shadows will fall behind.



Jun 03, 202313:48
Philosophical Inspiration: A Necessity 4 Fact

Philosophical Inspiration: A Necessity 4 Fact

Dr. Thomas Maples produces a wonderful video using quotes of inspiration from Mark Twain, who reminds us that we should be aware of how media attempts to influence us through statistics to distort reality into ungrounded facts.

May 24, 202300:44
A Necessity 4 Fact: Statistics and Reality Created

A Necessity 4 Fact: Statistics and Reality Created

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom derives inspiration from Mark Twain, who reminds us to be weary of lies, statistics, and the distortion of reality they create. To be informed is to know how to decipher between the good, the bad, and the ugly of the information we are exposed in this journey to realize our dreams.

May 24, 202313:05
Perseverance: Slow and Steady wins the Race

Perseverance: Slow and Steady wins the Race

In today's episode, Dr. Thomas Maples explores the archetypal underpinnings of Aesop's Tortoise and Hare, examining the role that planning, engaging, and perseverance play in reaching untouched Self-potential.

May 13, 202313:07
An Awakened State: Guided Meditation and Affirmation.
Mar 09, 202304:36
Promises to Keep, Before I Sleep: Health, Psychology, and New Beginnings

Promises to Keep, Before I Sleep: Health, Psychology, and New Beginnings

In today's podcast, Dr. Thomas Maples explores the psychology behind resolutions, the need to set measurable goals, and ways to identify with the Self versus self as he analyzes the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. 

Jan 24, 202314:58
Harness Your Inner Flame
Jan 11, 202304:01
A Guiding Light Meditation

A Guiding Light Meditation

In today's #meditation Dr. Tom explores how our inner light, that guiding voice that has been with us our entire life, can create a space of #healing our inner spirit and #wellbeing.

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Dec 13, 202204:35
A Bandaged Space for Healing Meditation
Nov 12, 202204:45
Siddhartha: Out of the Shadow, Light... Our Archetypal Beginnings
Nov 11, 202211:50
Siddhartha: Falling into the Shadow, Kissed by the Light
Nov 02, 202221:09
Practical Parenting 4 a Successful Future Generation

Practical Parenting 4 a Successful Future Generation

Children will live up to what you believe in them. How can you show that belief when you teach them what to think and not how to think? In this podcast, Dr. Tom explores a philosophy of parenting where the village bases its childrearing behaviors on a shared and mutual vision. A vision where parents' dreams and children's dreams are allowed to co-exist in harmony with the positive and negative events life throws our way. 

Oct 19, 202213:28
Practical Psychology: News, Social Media, Psychology, and Living 4 the New Millenia

Practical Psychology: News, Social Media, Psychology, and Living 4 the New Millenia

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores how ways we can use the psychology of the 5 senses we have been given to counteract the Negative Skew phenomenon offered us by traditional and social media outlets. 

https://drthomasmaples.com/2018/07/18/practical-parenting-oh-no-the-sky-is-falling/


Oct 13, 202210:21
Working the Shadow Within: Find Your Inner Light
Sep 24, 202216:39
Finding Joy: Exploring the Truth of Our Inner Happiness Habits
Aug 31, 202216:12
Surfing the Paradox of Psyche

Surfing the Paradox of Psyche

Working with intrapsychic and interpersonal relationships, Dr. Tom Explores the power of setting #boundaries for optimal #psychological #development

For more great inspiration, affirmations, and general psychological knowledge to pursue your inner potential, please visit me at https://drthomasmaples.com

Aug 25, 202214:59
Beauty in Faith
Aug 25, 202201:48
A Sacred Journey Called Parenting - Sleep Schedules and Children's Mental Health

A Sacred Journey Called Parenting - Sleep Schedules and Children's Mental Health

In this podcast, I'm going to be discussing the sacred journey of parenting and how sleep schedules can play a role in your child's mental health.


Introduction: Hey everyone! Dr. Tom here. Parenting is one of the most rewarding but challenging journeys that we undertake in our lives. In this video, I want to talk about something that is often overlooked when it comes to our children's mental health- their sleep schedule. Believe it or not, getting enough sleep is crucial for optimal brain function and can help prevent conditions like ADHD and depression from developing. So please join me as I explore the link between sleep and children's mental health.

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Aug 20, 202218:05
An Affirmation for Dreaming Destiny Forward

An Affirmation for Dreaming Destiny Forward

What's your hidden potential? What future does your destiny hold for you? In this affirmation, Dr. Tom conducts a guided meditation to dream our destiny forward, so that we may open gates from where Self and self can create inroads to personal potential. 

https://drthomasmaples.com/podcast-2/

Aug 17, 202205:35
Psyche as Soul: Letting Go of the Old and Welcoming the New
Aug 10, 202214:02
Celebrate Curiosity: An Affirmation 4 Personal Potential
Aug 04, 202203:56
Psyche as Breathwork
Jul 28, 202213:11
Psyche, Myth, and Inner Potential

Psyche, Myth, and Inner Potential

Discover how myths can help you realize your inner potential for transformation and renewal by looking at how their symbols reveal the human psyche's capacity for growth during our lifetime. This podcast explores the archetypes common to myth and fairytales as an agent for body, mind, and spiritual growth potential. 

Jul 20, 202207:31
The Story of Narcissus: Echo, Mental Health, and the Journey to Find Purpose

The Story of Narcissus: Echo, Mental Health, and the Journey to Find Purpose

In this podcast, we explore the story of Narcissus and how it parallels mental health and the journey to find purpose. We discuss narcissistic personality disorder and what can happen when someone is afflicted by it. Finally, we offer hope for those who are struggling with these issues and provide ways to find help.

Jun 29, 202219:15
Echo and Narcissus - Perceptions of Self Development Amongst Social Egocentrism

Echo and Narcissus - Perceptions of Self Development Amongst Social Egocentrism

In today's episode, Dr. Tom continue his exploration of the mythological characters Echo and Narcissus from a lens of social and cultural egocentrism and its effect on personal development. 

Jun 02, 202216:01
Finding Purpose through Strength, Courage, & Direction

Finding Purpose through Strength, Courage, & Direction

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the archetypal underpinnings of finding purpose by examining a wonderful quote from former President John F. Kennedy. 

May 27, 202218:12
Echo - Navigating the World of Distractions to Find Self

Echo - Navigating the World of Distractions to Find Self

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores the myth of Echo, Hera, and Zeus from the lens of contemporary distraction. How can we find the nature of Self in a world that so buys for the ego's attention. 

May 25, 202212:53
Perceptions of Infinity

Perceptions of Infinity

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the archetypal symbols of infinity, eternity, and heaven as written about in William Blakes poem Auguries of Innocence. Perception and our capacity to overcome its sensory deficit towards understanding the miracles abound are examined. How can we find the divine? Sometimes we need to let go and let God work us through infinite intelligence versus our perceptual experience. To read more, visit Dr. Thomas Maples

https://drthomasmaples.com/2021/12/13/perceptions-of-infinity/

Dec 16, 202118:44
A Seedling of Faith

A Seedling of Faith

In today's article, Dr. Tom explores an inspirational verse from Matthew, who reminds us of the true power behind faith. 

https://wp.me/p70H5p-e8E

Dec 08, 202109:54
ReCycling History

ReCycling History

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the cyclical nature of history, the father archetype as portrayed in the blowing wind and warming sun in Aesop's classic entitled the NorthWind and the Sun, and its effects on personal development. 

Dec 01, 202110:59
The Mythic Masculine: Practical Parenting and Teaching Accountability

The Mythic Masculine: Practical Parenting and Teaching Accountability

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores how to link daily life lessons to core values as an integration tool to create core memories and a strong foundation for family values for your children. 

Oct 21, 202107:40
Nurturing the Mythic Masculine - Engaging the Father Within

Nurturing the Mythic Masculine - Engaging the Father Within

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the lived experience behind the mythic masculine, linking our personal actions to creative methods of nurturing the next generation forward. 

Oct 16, 202110:01
Nurturing the Courage Within

Nurturing the Courage Within

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the foundation of courage and ways to use it to overcome inherent fears within the soul. 

Oct 13, 202119:29
Siddhartha: Leaving The Shadow of the Family Home

Siddhartha: Leaving The Shadow of the Family Home

In today's segment, Dr. Tom explores the journey Siddhartha undertakes to leave the shadow of his family home. Archetypal themes explored include the ego, self, Self, the mother, father, river, forest, and social support systems the protagonist has to undertake his journey to realize his emergent Self. 

Sep 08, 202113:16
Siddhartha... Journeys Towards a Realized State of Being.

Siddhartha... Journeys Towards a Realized State of Being.

In today's episode, Dr. Tom explores the introductory paragraphs of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, laying the foundation of an archetypal journey to realize higher states of conscious awareness. 

Sep 01, 202112:48
Old Sultan, The Young, Old, Ugly, and Bold: Wisdom in Today's Society...

Old Sultan, The Young, Old, Ugly, and Bold: Wisdom in Today's Society...

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom ends the exploration of the symbols behind Old Sultan, focusing on consciousness as an exercise of maturation, from youth to old age, immaturity to wisdom, and the deals we must make in order to grow upon our natural life course. 

Jul 16, 202121:52
Dr. Tom on Trust...

Dr. Tom on Trust...

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom analyzes the concept of trust and its effect on intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships. 

Jun 22, 202109:53
Out with the Old, In with the New... Goodbye to a Year Gone By!

Out with the Old, In with the New... Goodbye to a Year Gone By!

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom says goodbye to a year gone by. Oh what sorrows, joy, pain, and love there was shared in homeschooling children during a year of pandemic education. 

May 27, 202107:09
The Wolf, The Golden Child, and a Deal with the Shadow

The Wolf, The Golden Child, and a Deal with the Shadow

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores childhood initiation, the need for old time wisdom, and rites of passage from the perspective of the Brother's Grimm Story Old Sultan.

May 19, 202109:43
Old Sultan... The Value of Wisdom Unfolded

Old Sultan... The Value of Wisdom Unfolded

In today's podcast, Dr. Tom explores a Brother's Grimm story Old Sultan, which reminds us that there is value to be added from aged old wisdom.
May 18, 202112:35