PODCAST
Ep.19 Say What You Mean With Oren Jay Sofer
The Road Home with Ethan Nichtern
Oren Jay Sofer visits the Road Home Podcast for a conversation about integrating our spiritual practices into how we communicate.
FULL SUMMARY
Oren Jay Sofer visits the Road Home Podcast for a conversation about integrating our spiritual practices into how we communicate.
Listen on:
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TEACHER
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Self-Mastery (69)
- Meditation (58)
- Mindfulness Practices (51)
- Psychology and Spirituality (50)
- Awareness (46)
- Life Challenges (44)
- Healing Approaches (42)
- Dharma (39)
- Mindfulness Meditation (38)
- Self-Discovery (37)
- Self-Development (36)
- Compassion (35)
- Building Character (30)
- Tibetan Buddhism (29)
- Marriage (28)
- Conflict Resolution (26)
- Spiritual Growth (26)
- Mind-Body Connection (25)
- Self-Reflection Practices (25)
- Presence (24)
- Spiritual Awakening (24)
- Inner Life (23)
- Intimacy (23)
- Emotional and Mental Health (22)
- Activism/Service (20)
- Spiritual Life (20)
- Inner Peace (19)
- Resilience (19)
- Self-Healing (19)
- Stress Management (19)
- Intention (17)
- Neurodiversity (17)
- Nonviolence (17)
- Spiritual Development (17)
- Spiritual Practices (17)
- Consciousness (16)
- Happiness (16)
- Leadership (16)
- Suffering (16)
- Transformation (16)
- Authenticity (15)
- Friendship (15)
- Self-Control (15)
- Self-Expression (15)
- Social Justice (15)
- Anxiety (14)
- Buddha Nature (14)
- Divorce and Breakup (14)
- Focus (14)
- Gratitude (14)
- Parenting (14)
- Self-Realization (14)
- Values (14)
- Anger (13)
- Honoring Emotion (13)
- Human Potential (13)
- Letting Go (13)
- Love (13)
- Self-Actualization (13)
- Work Relationships (13)
- Breathwork (12)
- Cancer (12)
- Community Healing (12)
- Empowerment (12)
- Enlightenment (12)
- Forgiveness (12)
- Identity (12)
- Inner Strengths (12)
- Passive-Aggressive Behavior (12)
- Self-Acceptance (12)
- Self-Care (12)
- Self-Love (12)
- Speaking Your Truth (12)
- Zen Buddhism (12)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (11)
- Personal Development (11)
- Search for Purpose (11)
- Self-Compassion (11)
- Sex (11)
- Withholding (11)
- Women’s Well-Being (11)
- Work-Life Balance (11)
- ADD/ADHD (10)
- Ego (10)
- Empathy (10)
- Family Dynamics (10)
- Grit (10)
- Imagination and Creativity (10)
- Joy (10)
- Neuroscience (10)
- Well-Being (10)
- Finding Meaning (9)
- Freedom (9)
- Habits of Mind (9)
- Offering Support to Others (9)
- Science and Spirituality (9)
- Self-Reckoning (9)
- Spiritual Healing (9)
- Autism (8)
- BIPOC Well-Being (8)
- Confidence (8)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (8)
- Entrepreneurship (8)
- Fear (8)
- Goal Setting (8)
- Negative Self-Talk (8)
- Perception (8)
- Racial Justice (8)
- Relationship with Time (8)
- Trauma Healing (8)
- Acceptance (7)
- Black Well-Being (7)
- Courage (7)
- Integrative Medicine (7)
- Motivation (7)
- Psychology (7)
- Racial Healing (7)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (7)
- Self-Reliance (7)
- Self-Worth (7)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (7)
- Social Presence (7)
- Spiritual Direction (7)
- Toxic Relationships (7)
- Trust (7)
- Vulnerability (7)
- Work Challenges (7)
- Anger Management (6)
- Athlete Well-Being (6)
- Climate Change (6)
- Connection with Nature (6)
- Disconnection (6)
- Failure (6)
- Female Empowerment (6)
- Gender and Spirituality (6)
- Habit Formation (6)
- Insight (Vipassana) Meditation (6)
- Jungian Analysis (6)
- Living with Illness (6)
- Lovingkindness (6)
- Moral Philosophy (6)
- Talk Therapy (6)
- Aging (5)
- Altered States (5)
- Caregiver Well-Being (5)
- Chronic Health Conditions (5)
- Connection (5)
- Criticism and Rejection (5)
- Death and Dying (5)
- Decision Making (5)
- Dysfunctional Childhood (5)
- Global Challenges (5)
- Grief (5)
- Growth Mindset (5)
- Humility (5)
- Integrity (5)
- Motherhood (5)
- Narcissism (5)
- Naturopathy (5)
- New Relationships (5)
- Peak Performance (5)
- Racism (5)
- Soul Mission (5)
- Stoicism (5)
- Stress (5)
- Wholeness (5)
- Addiction (4)
- Child’s Emotional Growth (4)
- Diamond Approach (4)
- Embodiment (4)
- Energy Healing (4)
- Facing Own Death (4)
- Functional Medicine (4)
- Indigenous Well-Being (4)
- Interdependence (4)
- Loneliness (4)
- Neuroplasticity (4)
- Optimism (4)
- Passion (4)
- Physical Health (4)
- Positive Psychology (4)
- Positive Self-Talk (4)
- Problem Solving (4)
- Productivity (4)
- Spirituality and Politics (4)
- Yoga (4)
- Accepting Love (3)
- Access to Education (3)
- Addiction Recovery (3)
- Brain Health (3)
- Burnout (3)
- Child’s Trauma (3)
- Christianity (3)
- Collaboration (3)
- Competition (3)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (3)
- Death or Loss of a Parent (3)
- Depression (3)
- Ego Dissolution (3)
- Ego Transcendence (3)
- Fellowship and Community (3)
- Guided Meditation (3)
- Guilt (3)
- Hinduism (3)
- Holism (3)
- Illness and Injury (3)
- Jealousy/Envy (3)
- Judaism (3)
- Karma (3)
- Kindness (3)
- LGBTQIA Relationships (3)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (3)
- Masculine/Feminine Dynamics (3)
- Nutritional Medicine (3)
- Personality Typing (3)
- Philosophical Approaches (3)
- Poetry (3)
- Positive Thinking (3)
- Quantum Physics (3)
- Relationship with Money (3)
- Sacred Feminine (3)
- Self-Esteem (3)
- Sexuality (3)
- Shame (3)
- Social Anxiety (3)
- Social Responsibility (3)
- Spirituality and Health (3)
- Storytelling (3)
- The Divine (3)
- Transitions (3)
- Transpersonal Psychology (3)
- Trauma (3)
- Walking Meditation (3)
- Willpower (3)
- Youth Activism (3)
- Adaptability (2)
- Attachment Theory (2)
- Awe (2)
- Belonging (2)
- Body Scan Meditation (2)
- Children’s Well-Being (2)
- Codependency (2)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (2)
- Compassion Meditation (2)
- Conscience (2)
- Conscious Evolution (2)
- Creative Well-Being (2)
- Curiosity (2)
- Disabled Well-Being (2)
- Enneagram (2)
- Epigenetics (2)
- Fate (2)
- Gender Challenges (2)
- Generosity (2)
- God (2)
- Higher Calling (2)
- Highly Sensitive People (2)
- Homeopathy (2)
- Hope (2)
- Indigenous Healing Approaches (2)
- Infidelity (2)
- LGBTQIA Sexuality (2)
- LGBTQIA Well-Being (2)
- Longevity (2)
- Men’s Well-Being (2)
- Mental Health Challenges (2)
- Mythology (2)
- Near-Death Experience (2)
- Non-Duality (2)
- Patience (2)
- Play (2)
- Prayer (2)
- Psychedelic Journey (2)
- Psychological Approaches (2)
- Racial Discrimination (2)
- Rebirth (2)
- Regret (2)
- Retirement (2)
- Ritual (2)
- Self-Discipline (2)
- Shadow (2)
- Sleep (2)
- Sleep Disorders (2)
- Spiritual Crisis (2)
- Spiritual Quest (2)
- Sutras (2)
- Taoism (2)
- Whiteness (2)
- Work Ethic (2)
- Young Adult Well-Being (2)
- Zen Meditation (2)
- AAPI Well-Being (1)
- Abandonment (1)
- Academic Struggles (1)
- Alcohol Addiction (1)
- Archetypes (1)
- Asking for Help (1)
- Autoimmune Disease (1)
- Ayurveda (1)
- Boundary Confusion (1)
- Building Culture (1)
- Bullying (1)
- Celibacy (1)
- Challenges with Teens (1)
- Channeling (1)
- Chanting (1)
- Child’s Challenging Behavior (1)
- Christian Mysticism (1)
- Chronic Pain (1)
- Clairvoyance and Precognition (1)
- Cognition (1)
- Collective Trauma (1)
- Cross-Cultural Parenting (1)
- Death or Loss of a Loved One (1)
- Death-Positive Movement (1)
- Diet and Nutrition (1)
- Digital Life (1)
- Divination Systems (1)
- Domestic Abuse (1)
- Doubt (1)
- Dream Analysis (1)
- Drug Addiction (1)
- Ecospirituality (1)
- Emotional Labor (1)
- Endurance (1)
- Energy Balancing (1)
- Exercise (1)
- Faith (1)
- Fatigue (1)
- Following Bliss (1)
- Gender Justice (1)
- Generational Healing (1)
- Genetics (1)
- Guided Imagery (1)
- Handling a Child’s Illness (1)
- Handling a Loved One’s Illness (1)
- Healthy Eating (1)
- Herbal Supplementation (1)
- Holotropic Breathwork (1)
- Household Labor (1)
- Inflammation (1)
- Inner Child (1)
- Intuition (1)
- Kabbalah (1)
- Kids and Sports (1)
- Learning Styles (1)
- LGBTQIA Parents (1)
- Life Force Energy (1)
- Life-Altering Injury (1)
- Lifestyle Medicine (1)
- Living as an Empath (1)
- Loss of an Animal Companion (1)
- Love Languages (1)
- Managing Energy (1)
- Manifestation (1)
- Memoir (1)
- Midlife Crisis (1)
- Misophonia (1)
- Mysticism (1)
- Native American Beliefs (1)
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (1)
- Oneness (1)
- Othering (1)
- Past Lives and Reincarnation (1)
- Performance Pressure (1)
- Post-Traumatic Growth (1)
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (1)
- Raising Daughters (1)
- Reiki (1)
- Reproductive Health (1)
- Runes (1)
- Sexual Health (1)
- Shamanism (1)
- Social Psychology (1)
- Somatic Experiencing (1)
- Spiritual Fasting (1)
- Subconscious (1)
- Sustainability (1)
- Synchronicity (1)
- T’ai Chi (1)
- The Feldenkrais Method (1)
- The Unconscious (1)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (1)
- Transcendent Experience (1)
- Transgender Well-Being (1)
- Unconscious Bias (1)
- Unfulfilled Career (1)
- Visions and Hallucinations (1)
- Visualization (1)
- War (1)
- Weight Concerns (1)
- Women’s Rights (1)
- Yoga Therapy (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- The Dalai Lama (12)
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (12)
- C. S. Lewis (11)
- Joseph Goldstein (10)
- Esther Perel (9)
- Marshall Rosenberg (9)
- Reginald Ray (9)
- Sylvia Boorstein (9)
- Buddha (8)
- Scott Shute (8)
- Bhikku Anālayo (7)
- Jack Kornfield (7)
- Mark Epstein (7)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (7)
- Amishi Jha (6)
- Andy Puddicombe (6)
- Chögyam Trungpa (6)
- Julie Schwartz Gottman (6)
- Bernie S. Siegel (5)
- don Miguel Ruiz (5)
- Ellen Langer (5)
- Ken Wilber (5)
- Miles Neale (5)
- Norman Fischer (5)
- Pema Chödrön (5)
- Sharon Salzberg (5)
- Stan Tatkin (5)
- Tara Brach (5)
- A. H. Almaas (4)
- angel Kyodo williams (4)
- Anna Sale (4)
- Chan Khong (4)
- Daniel Goleman (4)
- Deepak Chopra (4)
- Gary Chapman (4)
- Gay Hendricks (4)
- John Gottman (4)
- John Welwood (4)
- Lodro Rinzler (4)
- Lori Gottlieb (4)
- Queen Afua (4)
- Rick Hanson (4)
- Adam Grant (3)
- Brendon Burchard (3)
- Elizabeth Lesser (3)
- Gaylon Ferguson (3)
- Harville Hendrix (3)
- Helen LaKelly Hunt (3)
- James Baraz (3)
- Jan Willis (3)
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (3)
- Louise Hay (3)
- Oprah Winfrey (3)
- Ramani Durvasula (3)
- Ruth Denison (3)
- Sandy Boucher (3)
- Shauna Shapiro (3)
- Amma (2)
- Ashley Neese (2)
- Carl Jung (2)
- Charles Johnson (2)
- Charles Tart (2)
- Charlotte Joko Beck (2)
- Craig Hamilton (2)
- Daniel Amen (2)
- Daniel J. Siegel (2)
- Debbie Ford (2)
- don Jose Ruiz (2)
- Elaine Aron (2)
- Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel (2)
- Ethan Nichtern (2)
- Forrest Hanson (2)
- Gabor Maté (2)
- Gary Zukav (2)
- Huston Smith (2)
- Jay Shetty (2)
- Jeff Foster (2)
- Jeffrey Mishlove (2)
- Joanna Macy (2)
- John Bradshaw (2)
- Judith Orloff (2)
- Judson Brewer (2)
- Kamilah Majied (2)
- Kathlyn Hendricks (2)
- Kim Eng (2)
- Konda Mason (2)
- Lama Rod Owens (2)
- Larry Dossey (2)
- Lorin Roche (2)
- Marcus Aurelius (2)
- Marie Forleo (2)
- Marie-Nathalie Beaudoin (2)
- Mark Manson (2)
- Martha Beck (2)
- Martin Seligman (2)
- Matthieu Ricard (2)
- Maya Angelou (2)
- Melanie Joy (2)
- Mirabai Bush (2)
- Moses (2)
- Myokei Caine-Barrett (2)
- Noah Levine (2)
- Pema Khandro (2)
- Ralph Metzner (2)
- Ram Dass (2)
- Rhonda Magee (2)
- Robert Augustus Masters (2)
- Rumi (2)
- Ruth King (2)
- Shakti Gawain (2)
- Shefali Tsabary (2)
- Stephan Bodian (2)
- Stephen Cope (2)
- Sylvia Wetzel (2)
- Terri Cole (2)
- Toni Bernhard (2)
- Tony Robbins (2)
- Virginia Satir (2)
- Wim Hof (2)
- Amit Goswami (1)
- Amy Morin (1)
- Andrew Holecek (1)
- Andrew Weil (1)
- Angela Duckworth (1)
- Arianna Huffington (1)
- bell hooks (1)
- Biet Simkin (1)
- Brené Brown (1)
- Brian Tracy (1)
- Bruce Lipton (1)
- Chalene Johnson (1)
- Chip Conley (1)
- Connie Zweig (1)
- Daisaku Ikeda (1)
- Dan Millman (1)
- David Steindl-Rast (1)
- David Whyte (1)
- Deena Metzger (1)
- Diane Stein (1)
- Dorothy Day (1)
- Dorothy Firman (1)
- Eckhart Tolle (1)
- Edgar Cayce (1)
- Edward Hallowell (1)
- Elisa Shankle (1)
- Elizabeth Gilbert (1)
- Elizabeth Stanley (1)
- Ervin László (1)
- Frank Ostaseski (1)
- Frans Stiene (1)
- Gary Gach (1)
- Helen Palmer (1)
- Helen Weng (1)
- Iyanla Vanzant (1)
- J. Krishnamurti (1)
- Jack Canfield (1)
- Jacqueline Carter (1)
- James Hillman (1)
- James Hollis (1)
- Jane Hirshfield (1)
- Jean Shinoda Bolen (1)
- Jennifer Peepas (1)
- Joan Halifax (1)
- JoAnna Hardy (1)
- José Shinzan Palma (1)
- Joseph Campbell (1)
- Joseph M. Marshall III (1)
- Julia Cameron (1)
- Karen Casey (1)
- La Sarmiento (1)
- Lama Surya Das (1)
- Lama Tsultrim Allione (1)
- Larry Ward (1)
- Larry Yang (1)
- Linda Graham (1)
- M. Scott Peck (1)
- Marc Ian Barasch (1)
- Mark Victor Hansen (1)
- Mark Wolynn (1)
- Mary Oliver (1)
- Matt Kahn (1)
- Matthew Fox (1)
- Moshé Feldenkrais (1)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (1)
- Natalie Goldberg (1)
- Nikki Mirghafori (1)
- Noah Elkrief (1)
- Oshoke Pamela Abalu (1)
- Otto Scharmer (1)
- Panache Desai (1)
- Phil Jackson (1)
- Phillip Moffitt (1)
- Piero Ferrucci (1)
- Poppy Jamie (1)
- Rachel Naomi Remen (1)
- Raymond Buckland (1)
- Rich Roll (1)
- Richard Bandler (1)
- Richard Davidson (1)
- Richard Saul Wurman (1)
- Rick Fields (1)
- Robert Thurman (1)
- Roberto Assagioli (1)
- Roxanne Dault (1)
- Rudolph Ballentine (1)
- Russell Brand (1)
- Saeed Jones (1)
- Sally Kempton (1)
- Sandra Ingerman (1)
- SARK (1)
- Shinzen Young (1)
- Shunryu Suzuki (1)
- Sigmund Freud (1)
- Simon Sinek (1)
- Sister Jenna (1)
- Sri Dharma Mittra (1)
- Stanislav Grof (1)
- Stephen Covey (1)
- Stephen Levine (1)
- Stephen Mitchell (1)
- Sue Morter (1)
- Ta-Nehisi Coates (1)
- Ted DesMaisons (1)
- Terry Real (1)
- Thomas Hübl (1)
- Thomas Moore (1)
- Tony Gaskins Jr. (1)
- Wendell Berry (1)
- Will Cole (1)
- Yung Pueblo (1)
- Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi (1)
Learning any new skill involves relatively brief spurts of progress, each of which is followed by a slight decline to a plateau somewhat higher in most cases than that which preceded it . . . the upward spurts vary; the plateaus have their own dips and rises along the way. . . .