Spiritual life coach Matthew Foley leads listeners on a guided inner journey to discover clarity about their life path & purpose. This guided meditation uses the power of the imagination to help you "walk your soul path" and form a deeper relationship with who you really are. It will also provide insights into what tools & forms of support that can help you maintain that connection and live a more soul-inspired life. To join Matthew on the life coaching journey, head to his website: apathtocallyourown.com

In this solo episode released in honor of the Winter Solstice, host Matthew Foley shares ideas & inner resources for making this winter an intentional & soulful experience. "In symbolic terms, I see this winter as an opportunity to enter into our Inner Cave. Looking towards the wisdom of the natural world, we might think of bears & other creatures who seek out caves to spend their winters in hibernation. In many spiritual traditions, caves are often symbols of contemplative retreat from the world. Spiritual hermits of all kinds - Buddhist monks, Indian sadhus, and early Christian monastics - were known for seeking out caves for periods of silence, solitude, and deep meditation. Caves are also a mythological symbol for dark places where we fear to look. Heroes in myths & fantasy novels are likely to find dragons and other monsters waiting in the depths of deep, dark caves. But in these stories, it is precisely those dragons & fearsome monsters who are guarding the treasure the hero seeks. These stories point towards a deep psychological truth: when we peer into the depths of ourselves during times of deep solitude and introspection, we do run the risk of discovering dragons - our fears, our doubts, our unhealed wounds. But it is precisely beneath those fears, doubts, and wounds that we also discover gold - specifically, the gold of a deeper self-knowing. Joseph Campbell was absolutely right: 'The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.' So, let me offer some tools for entering into this season of the Inner Cave - resources for uncovering the inner treasure that awaits you. May these be like torches that help light your way through the dark."

Host Matthew Foley talks with Tina Lambert about the sacred use of psychedelic plant medicines, particularly ayahuasca. Tina teaches us about the history of Ayahuasca, how it is prepared, and experienced among shamans in South America. We trade stories of some of our first profound spiritual experiences with psychedelics, me recounting my first experience with mushrooms and Tina sharing her first time drinking ayahuasca. Tina also opens up about the personal healing she has experienced through ayahuasca, including repairing relationships with her family. We talk about ayahuasca’s relationship to the divine feminine, and how many people experience this plant medicine as MOTHER Ayahuasca. Finally, we talk about the future of psychedelics, including possible legalization and both the promises & perils of more mainstream acceptance of plant medicines. To learn more about the podcast, head to apathtocallyourown.com

Host Matthew Foley talks with Ashley Mizzell, a yoga teacher & social activist in Charleston, South Carolina. We dive into the racial history of Charleston & Ashley’s experience growing up in that community as a woman of color. Ashley shares how she discovered yoga & stepped into her power as a yoga teacher with a mission to create welcoming spaces for folks who may often feel alienated from mainly white, privileged yoga studios. We get into some real honest conversation about the legacy of cultural appropriation in Western yoga, the spiritual bypassing that occurs within wellness communities, and the misuse of spiritual concepts like Oneness to stifle honest conversation about issues in our communities. We talk about the potential for spiritual practice to help heal ancestral trauma & trauma created by oppression and the importance of self-care among activists to prevent burn-out & feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world. This conversation will leave you feeling inspired & fired up combining spiritual practice with a practice of social awareness & standing up for justice. To learn more about the podcast & Matthew's work as a spiritual life coach, head to apathtocallyourown.com

Host Matthew Foley talks with Nicole Yallum, creator & founder of Boundless Beings, where she serves clients through what she describes as a “soulful & energetically focused alternative to traditional therapy.” They discuss navigating 2020 as a spiritual healer & entrepreneur, leaning into the unknown, the history & practice of Reiki, integrating Eastern & Western medicine, the balance of the spiritual & the human experience, and how we can best get out of our own way & let the healing process happen.

In this solo episode, Matthew Foley talks about the shamanic practice of "soul retrieval" and how this ancient art of finding soul can speak to us in the modern world. To learn more about the podcast, head to apathtocallyourown.com/podcast

Host Matthew Foley chats with Sarah Familar-Ragsdale - a witch & high priestess of the divine feminine living in Charleston, South Carolina. Sarah & I explore the rebalancing of masculine & feminine in the spiritual life, our shared experiences in the Southern Baptist church as children, the history of pagan religions before the emergence of Christianity, the wisdom of the seasons, and the growing interest in witchcraft, magic, and spiritual paths that deeply honor the earth, our Great Mother. To learn more about the podcast, head to apathtocallyourown.com

The day after the first presidential debate in 2020, host Matthew Foley shares his thoughts on the role spirituality can play in taking social action. To learn more about the podcast, head to apathtocallyourown.com

Host Matthew Foley chats with musician Tanner Kirk about creativity, protest art, current social justice issues in America, the changing definition of masculinity, and Tanner's year in Mr. Foley's English class. The episode features Tanner's new song "Wear Your Colors On Your Face". To learn more about the podcast, head to apathtocallyourown.com

In this solo episode, host Matthew Foley explores how we can experience joy at the center of our lives, not just on the margins. "When we were young, we dreamed of lives where our happiness and inspiration, our curiosity and creativity would be at the very center of our life. But somewhere along the way, we buy into the idea that this is all a fool’s dream, a childhood fantasy we inevitably have to wake up from on the path to adulthood.We resign ourselves to finding our joy in the margins, in those tiny slices of time between work, making dinner, folding the laundry, and getting to bed at a reasonable hour. Reasonable. Responsible. Realistic. But how is your soul? How is your heart? Are you living the life you actually want to be living?" To learn more about Matthew's coaching work, head to apathtocallyourown.com