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Sept. 11, 2025

35-Treasure in Heaven

What does the sermon on the mount mean when it says lay up your treasures in heaven? What is heaven, anyway? Are answers in more or better materiality? Are harmony and bliss possible? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist websit…

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Sept. 4, 2025

34-Some Questions

Asking good questions is important. Here are some to examine, think about, and answer. Consider writing out answers in a journal. Have your answers to the questions changed over time? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritua...

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Aug. 28, 2025

33 - I'm a Vehicle

I'm in service to a higher idea, that makes the plan, and does the doing. I'm open to being utilized, ready to trust the process, and function seamlessly. My engine is ready to roar into action. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Ar…

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Aug. 21, 2025

32 - Circulation of Ideas

Are you experiencing the ceaseless outpouring of infinite good? Are you accessing the divine economy of liquid recycled currency? Are you enjoying the equality of demand meeting supply? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spirit...

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Aug. 14, 2025

31 - Getting Rid of Bland Denials of Truth

Do you notice the fallacious claims you inadvertently give voice to? Are you aware how much you thwart yourself with mistaken assertions? Do you predict or expect error or downward spiraling? Are torn down or distracted by minor false beliefs? Abolishing these irritating wrong beliefs is very benef…

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Aug. 7, 2025

30 – Small Talk is too Small

How do you have more meaningful conversations? What are some better questions to ask than the surface ones? Would you rather really get to know someone? Here are some ideas to get you started. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Arti…

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July 31, 2025

29 - Finding Margin

Do you relish the feeling of empty? Can you stop craving anything that's superfluous? Do you feel the expansive feeling of being all poured out? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Contact her here

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July 24, 2025

28 - For Improved Relationships Shine

Let the contemplation of this metaphor free up your human relationships. Can you trust all others to God and focus on what your are about? Learn to love with a universal, noble love, connected with your source. Polly Castor i...

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July 17, 2025

27 - No Agenda

Can you simply listen with no agenda? Are you flexible and content when plans change? Are you unhurried, calm, and savoring each morsel of life as it comes? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Conta…

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July 10, 2025

26 - Daily Routine

Have you mastered a standard morning routine? Have you scheduled in the blessing of a stable baseline with which to start your day? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Contact her here

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July 3, 2025

25 - You Were Never Unwanted

Do you own how pivotal you are to God? Do you realize how essential, needed, and approved of you are? Do you know that you are the best part of the fiber of forever? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blog...

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June 26, 2025

24 - Outsmarting Inertia and Overcoming Avoidance

Do you get frozen when you are out of your depth? Is your self talk helping you, or do you need to change your inner conversation? How do you get moving on what makes you trepidatious? Have you realized yet that actually doin...

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June 19, 2025

23- Compassion Not Criticism

Do you think you are being righteous or helpful when you criticize? What would the world be like with only compassion instead of criticism? Can you see that others are dealing with more than you understand? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyC…

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June 12, 2025

22 - Like a Peony

Aren't peonies wonderful? I just love their open armed generosity, exquisite fragrance, and humble flamboyance. Don't you want to be like one? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Contact her here

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June 5, 2025

21 - Where Sheep May Safely Graze

What can we learn from sheep? How do we behave in a herd? Are we as docile, frolicking, and contemplative as sheep? Can we likewise can rely on our divine shepherd to care for us and protect us? Polly Castor is an artist, poe...

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May 29, 2025

20-Respond Instead of React

Are you reactionary and want to know how and why to stop it? What is better than you flying off the handle? What are the blessings of responding instead of reacting? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.…

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May 22, 2025

19-The Panoply of Love

How do you protect yourself from human hatred? How do you get safe inside Love's protection? Is there an aspect of love you've let lapse that is allowing you to be vulnerable? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer...

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May 15, 2025

18- Where is Your Third Place?

Where do you go for a sense of belonging? Where do you go to engage with other people? Where do you go to know and be known? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Contact her here

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May 8, 2025

Our Mother Which Art in Heaven

Is the idea of God as Mother more accessible to you than God as Father? How does the idea of God as Mother differ from the concept and feeling of God as Father? What kind of relationship with God is most useful to you? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle …

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May 1, 2025

16-The Wisdom of Plants

What can show you how to be content with where you are? What can teach you how to pace yourself, and own your inherent fabulousness? What can tutor you to be deeply authentic? What can instruct you to be resilient and success...

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April 24, 2025

15 - Muddy

Do you feel stuck in a muddled world? Are you just barely muddling forward? It is time to wash off all that mud! Listen to my poem about getting out of the mud! Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. ...

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April 17, 2025

14-Resurrection a Reminder of Hope and Renewal

What is the meaning of Easter? I used to think it was about chocolate bunnies and jelly beans. In this episode I share what I've learned that is far more encouraging. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blo...

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April 10, 2025

13 – Discipline

How do you define discipline? Is discipline your friend, or something you chafe against? How can a good definition of discipline empower you? Can you use a better sense of discipline to manage yourself better? Polly Castor is...

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April 3, 2025

12 – Silence Your Inner Critic

Are you critical of yourself? Is your inner critic bullying you? How can you control all that negative chatter in your head? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.co...

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