It's Not About Food Podcast with Laurelee Roark

April 18, 2025

Episode 185: Divinity with Special Guest Kelsey Keenan

<p>If you know the word divine means holy or sacred, then you have a clue to the meaning of divinity, which can be a god or other religious being. Anything very holy is full of divinity. Divinity is also the subject of religion itself: divinity students are studying theology. But if you're not into religion, don't worry — you can still enjoy divinity, a type of white, creamy fudge made with egg whites that probably goes well with angel food cake.</p><p>The definition above was something I could totally get behind. I  found it by googling divinity on the website, “vocabulary.com.” Loved it. Especially because there are other god-like-angelic things that are divine could also taste good…like…<br>Yummmmmy white creamy fudge and Angel food cake. Yes please. </p><p>When I was able to recover from my addictions, my disorders and my need to control everything frigging thing in my life, but also let go of the idea that being divine was something outside myself, I was able to truly step into who I really was.  What I learned was all parts of me and every thing else in the universe was already divine. We all are body, mind and spirit. We may forget that fact but there it is. No matter who, what or where we are on our journey we are the essence of love, acceptance, peace and joy. </p><p>Of course we can choose to deny our divinity and go towards a much darker place but we will never really be happy or successful because it’s not our true self. <br>As I’ve been writing about some of the profound things my brother and I talked about as he lay dying was the idea of grace and being pure love as a much easier way to live our lives. <br>One night as I sat with him we talked about how hard our childhood had been. <br>We’d been abused, abandoned, and hurt by the grown ups in our lives. And the pain of it was, for no other reason, than it was probably the way they had been treated by their caretakers. So it was generational, and we eventually we had the power to stop that cycle of suffering ourselves as did they, even though they did not. <br>So the discussion was why? <br>My brother said with tears rolling down his cheeks,” It was so easy to do the right thing. Much much easier than the hard thing which is the wrong thing.”<br>Now I have to say he said this as he was dying of Alzheimer’s, as he had not eaten in days and as he was so very sick. If this is not the definition of being in the divine, of experiencing divinity, of being in the state of grace, I don’t have any idea what would be. <br>My takeaway is we all have a choice. To realize all parts of us are divine because we are pure divinity just by existing. Or, of course, we can step aside our true nature and force ourselves to not be divine. <br>But where’s the fun in that? No where. That’s where. </p><p>Here is a wonderful article and obituary about my wonderful brother Keith St Clare from Cynthia Laird of the Bay Area Reporter Newspaper. So grateful to the LBGT community for their support and dedication to the truth. <br>Kelsy Keenan, NDTR<br>Director of Outreach, Nutrition Counselor<br>Willa Wellness Center<br>Direct: 707-755-1174<br>Office: 707-780-5323<br>Fax: 707-780-5322</p> <strong> <a href="https://patreon.com/ItsNotAboutFood" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

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Visualization: Expressing Your Divinity

March 28, 2025

Episode 184: Purpose with Special Guest Deborah Price

<p>Author and Founder/CEO, Certified Business Archetype Coach™, Certified Money Coach (CMC)®</p><p>Deborah Price is the Founder and CEO of the Money Coaching Institute, which provides money coaching services and training to individuals, couples and families.</p><p>Deborah Price is the Founder and CEO of the Money Coaching Institute and the pioneer of the field of Behavioral Money Coaching. The Money Coaching Institute provides money coaching services and training to individuals, couples, families and business owners.  A former financial advisor for over twenty years with firms such as Merrill Lynch, Mass Mutual, AIG and London Pacific Advisors, Deborah left the financial industry in 2001 to create an entirely new field dedicated to helping people more deeply understand and change their underlying money patterns, emotions and behaviors around money.</p><p>Coping with money issues, both practically and psychologically, continues to be a major life   struggle for millions of people and yet, there is very little help available. As a result, people often manifest money patterns, beliefs and behaviors that can prevent them from experiencing their full financial potential. Deborah has developed a unique, step-by-step coaching program that helps clients move beyond barriers to their personal and financial success. As a result, client’s experience renewed hope, restored relationships, increased confidence, and enhanced personal and financial success.</p><p>Through education and awareness, Deborah is committed to empowering others both personally and financially. She is the author of Money Therapy: Using the Eight Money Types to Create Wealth and Prosperity; Money Magic: Unleashing Your Potential for Wealth and Prosperity; and her latest book, The Heart of Money: A Couples Guide to Creating True Financial Intimacy. She is considered one of the foremost experts in her field and speaks and teaches globally. She has trained thousands of Certified Money Coaches (CMC)® in over 36 countries around the world including the USA, Canada, Singapore, England, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Holland, and New Zealand and more.</p><ul><li> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li><li> <a href="tel:(415)%20895-1069">(415) 895-1069</a></li></ul> <strong> <a href="https://patreon.com/ItsNotAboutFood" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>