Mysticism & Longing

In this episode, we turn the tables! Our guest host Karl Thienes puts Kelly in the hot seat to ask her all sorts of burning questions about the interior life.Join us to discover:🔸 What Kelly considers the best kept secret of Christianity🔹 The role of suffering in the spiritual life🔸 How we can use inner work to respond to fear (or anger, or judgment, or…)🔹 What Kelly recommends as the best starting place for contemplative practice🔸 Why the mystics say community life is critical - even the hermits!🔹 What our deepest longings can reveal🔸 The two defining qualities of the mystical lifeJoin us for our first ever interview of Kelly!_______________________WELCOME TO SPIRITUAL WANDERLUST.Contemplation. Embodiment. Mysticism. Mischief. Join former nun and neuroscience aficionado Kelly Deutsch as she interviews contemplative teachers, embodiment experts, psychologists, and mystics about the untamed frontiers of interior life. Each episode is jam packed with life-changing stories, spiritual practices, and powerful insight to support your journey toward wholeness and divine intimacy.For FREE resources for your own spiritual journey (like the Psycho-Spritual Maturity Assessment!) - check out www.spiritualwanderlust.org.Leave us a voicemail at https://www.spiritualwanderlust.org/ask for the chance to have your spiritual question answered live!