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Episodes

April 30, 2026

68 - Are You Using What You Already Know?

Do you collect ideas and information without doing anything with it? Do you realize getting inspiration is not an end in itself? What good are intentions without action? Are you using what you already have? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyC…

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April 23, 2026

67 - Casting Down Imaginations

What are you envisioning? Success or failure? Is imagination good or bad? Is what you are imagining productive or detrimental? 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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April 16, 2026

66 - Spring Morning After Rain

Do you feel like a watered garden? Does your soul feel moist, nourished, and ready to grow? Do you feel deeply cared for? Are your needs fulfilled, nurtured, and hydrated with living water? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, sp...

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April 9, 2026

65 - A New Definition of Trauma

Can you relate to having been traumatized? Have your needs sometimes not been met humanly? Is all trauma malicious? Does God heal trauma? 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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April 2, 2026

64 - What Cross Will We Hang From?

Is the world already saved or do we have a part to play in it? What will avert mass destruction? Should we just allow unGodlike forces to kill all that is good? Why do we not work harder against mass destruction? How do we br...

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March 20, 2026

63- Constraints are a Catalyst for Creativity

Do endless possibilities bewilder you? Do you chafe at restrictions? What can you do within the constraints you are faced with? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor...

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March 19, 2026

62 - A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Are you a champion of healing and helping, civility and respect? How do I love radically enough to stop racism, theocracy, elitism, and chauvinism? How do I support women and the marginalized? I follow a Jesus that let others...

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March 12, 2026

61 - Use What You Already Know

Is doing more potent than knowing more or obtaining more? Is inspiration an end in itself? Are you always scrambling after new information, a different opportunity, or change for the sake of change? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.co…

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March 5, 2026

60 - Beyond Selfie Culture to a More Balanced Self-expression

Are you looking for external validation? Have you learned the freedom of only looking for internal validation? Have you found your unique and precious identity within? Conformity to someone else's ideal should never be the go...

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Feb. 26, 2026

59 - Call to Action

Are you just a spectator in your life? What are you becoming? Are you born to bless and give graciously to others? Are you loitering on the fringes of life? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Conta…

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Feb. 19, 2026

58 - More Than the Slightest Ways

What are some other ways to pray besides thoughts and words? Do you pray with your deeds and your outlook? How about putting prayer in action? 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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Feb. 12, 2026

57 - Reframe that Broken Heart

Are you broken hearted? Do you think you are to carry a load regarding their actions? How can you care for yourself better? Can you reframe how you identify your heart? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorA…

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Feb. 5, 2026

56 - Tips on How to Say No to Others

How do you be nice and helpful, as well as avoid conflict, while still saying no? Is it possible to say no in ways that build bridges more than tear them down? Can you decline the task, without rejecting the person who is doing the asking? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blog…

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Jan. 29, 2026

55 - Lean on the Infinite

Do you feel like you are doing today all by yourself? Have you tried leaning on the infinite? Do you have rapport with it? Are you leaning with expectancy? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Contac…

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Jan. 22, 2026

54 - Winter Blessing

Can you enjoy hunkering down? Are you harnessing this precious inward time? Are you seizing the blessing of this fleeting season? 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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Jan. 15, 2026

53 - Between Aspiration and Realization

Do you follow the Ten Commandments perfectly? Have you actually endeavored to reach any high goal? What does it take to realize your aspirations? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle...

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Jan. 8, 2026

52 - Measuring by Degrees

How do you measure what counts? Are you measuring up? Are you better than yesterday? 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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Jan. 1, 2026

51 - Resolutions: Up to or Out from?

Are you making New Year's resolutions? How will you keep them if you do? Is there a better way? Can an enlightened spiritual view of yourself bring about radical change? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastor…

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Dec. 25, 2025

50 - Welcome (a Christmas Poem)

Merry Christmas! What is reborn in your heart today? Who has been sent to us? Don't humble beginnings have the grandest portent? 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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Dec. 18, 2025

49 - God Knows What You Need

What is your right place? Who is a blessing for you to be with? What is your best employment? Who governs the combination of ideas? How are your needs met? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com Contac…

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Dec. 11, 2025

48 - Advent : A Puzzle of Waiting

Are you surprised by grace in all its mercy and power? Are you holding your breath this season? Are you waiting for the pieces to fall into place and for the picture to become clear? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website…

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Dec. 4, 2025

47 - I am not the Source

What is your first thought in the morning? Do you think you are self-made? Arn't you grateful you can trust something higher and more enlightened than any of us? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog: PollyCastor.com Artist website: PollyCastorArt.com …

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Nov. 27, 2025

46 - Psalm of Thanksgiving and Praise

Are you grateful for God? For hands and eyes, for sun and sea? I'm grateful for you! 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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Nov. 20, 2025

Friendship as Witness

Are you grateful for your friendships? Do you invest in your friends and really witness to who they are? Do your friends make you feel seen? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily Lifestyle Blog...

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