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  • Your Artistic Theology: Spirit, Science, and Creativity with Larry Jordan
    Sep 3 2025

    What does it mean to create your own personal theology? In this episode, CJ Miller sits down with author and spiritual explorer Larry Jordan to review and unpack his book The Way and to discuss the journey of questioning, searching, and embracing a wide spectrum of wisdom traditions.

    Raised Catholic in Western Pennsylvania, Larry found himself in midlife asking life’s biggest questions: Why are we here? Where do we go when we die? His search led him through Christianity, mysticism, Eastern faiths, and even science—discovering along the way that no single tradition holds all the answers.

    Together, CJ and Larry explore:

    • Why holding beliefs lightly opens space for deeper truth.
    • The surprising ways East and West have influenced each other.
    • How mystics, quantum physics, and prayer all point toward oneness.
    • The difference between faith as certainty and faith as curiosity.
    • Larry’s eclectic spiritual practice—drawing from Zen, Quaker meetings, and interspiritual communities.

    At the heart of the conversation is Larry’s invitation: “You Might Be Right.” Instead of rigid dogma, he calls for dialogue, openness, and humility in the face of mystery.

    If you’ve ever wondered how to honor your roots while remaining open to other traditions, or if you’re curious about blending science, mysticism, and spirituality into your own practice, this conversation will expand your perspective.

    Larry Jordan is the author of The Way, contributor to the Patheos column You Might Be Right, and an interspiritual teacher encouraging seekers to ask questions and embrace wonder. Learn more at larryjordanauthor.com.

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    1 h et 7 min
  • The Four Walks: Awakening Your Creative Rhythm
    Aug 31 2025

    What if your creativity was already written into the rhythm of the Earth?

    In this conversation, Spiritual Artist CJ Miller sits down with visionary guide Moon Tucker, whose past work with the Spiral Return reawakened a living remembrance field carried by the Earth. Building on that foundation, she now shares her new framework called The Four Walks, a practice that helps artists and seekers dissolve layers of conditioning and return to their original creative tone.

    🌿 Earthwalk restores connection to body and land
    ☀️ Skywalk opens higher direction
    🎶 Voicewalk returns authentic expression
    🌙 Dreamwalk reweaves forgotten memory

    Together, these walks awaken a natural creative rhythm safeguarded by the Earth. Along the way, Moon also discovered that even modern tools — like artificial intelligence — can serve as mirrors for our inner resonance, helping us fine-tune our consciousness and expand our flow.

    This episode invites spiritual artists to remember their Creative DNA, reconnect with their natural rhythm, and walk their path back home.

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    57 min
  • Self Healing; Your Body, the Planet, and Making Art
    Aug 26 2025

    Podcast Host CJ Miller shares how both the body and the planet carry within them an incredible, built-in self-healing mechanism. Drawing from his own journey with back pain and insights from a neurosurgeon, CJ explores how Creative Intelligence restores balance when we learn to step aside and remove obstacles—whether those obstacles are false beliefs, unhealthy habits, or the ego’s need for control. With simple examples, like how a Band-Aid doesn’t heal but only protects, CJ reminds us that healing is already wired into our design. He also references Louise L. Hay’s classic book Heal Your Body, which connects physical symptoms with limiting belief systems, showing how shifts in consciousness can support physical healing.

    Extending this wisdom to the Earth itself, CJ reflects on how our planet has been fine-tuned for nearly four billion years with self-balancing systems. From flies as unexpected pollinators to the dangers of disrupting nature’s delicate harmony, he reveals how Creative Intelligence continually works to restore balance. And this is relevant to an artist: what belief or behavior is limiting you from expressing your Creative Intelligence fully? CJ encourages listeners to trust Creative Intelligence, honor the balance of life, and get out of the way so that both body and planet can do what they do best—heal themselves.

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    16 min
  • How Thoughts, Traumas, and Toxins Shape Your Body’s Health with Dr. Colby Lovelace
    Aug 16 2025

    Your body is always speaking—through pain, posture, and even memory. In this episode, Dr. Colby Lovelace joins CJ to explore how neuromechanics, fascia, and neurotags reveal the hidden roadblocks to healing. Discover how listening to your body restores balance, wholeness, and flow.

    In this episode, CJ welcomes Dr. Colby Lovelace, a highly accomplished chiropractor with a background in Nutritional Sciences, Health and Wellness, and a Doctorate of Chiropractic from Parker University. With certifications in sports injury management, concussion treatment, rehabilitation, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Dr. Colby brings a wealth of knowledge about how the body heals, adapts, and restores balance. Together, they explore what it truly means to listen to your body and honor its innate wisdom through the lens of neuromechanics.

    Dr. Colby explains the fascinating science of fascia—the connective tissue that links every part of the body in patterns of motion. He reveals how movement, even in simple forms, shifts fluid dynamics, stimulates neurological input, and restores the body’s natural symmetry. A release in one part of the body can affect another far away, reminding us that healing is always about wholeness. CJ connects this to his own creative practice, where he encourages art students to move before they paint—because movement unlocks not just physical energy but mental and emotional flow.

    Listeners will also discover how movement can awaken memory, spark creativity, and shift brain function. Dr. Colby discusses how senses like smell and motion activate different regions of the brain, enhancing learning and dissolving blocks. He introduces the concept of neurotags—stimuli that can trigger old memories, emotions, or pain responses—and explains how movement and myofascial release can help rewire those patterns. Pain, he reminds us, is not just a nuisance but a message—a call from the body to pay attention and move differently.

    At the heart of Dr. Colby’s philosophy is the belief that the body is a self-healing mechanism, equipped with innate intelligence. Sometimes, all it needs is for us to remove the roadblocks—whether they stem from thoughts, traumas, or toxins—the three T’s that most often disrupt balance. This conversation is a powerful reminder that health is not about forcing the body, but about listening, aligning, and allowing it to return to its own symmetry. For more information, visit lovelacechiropractic.com.

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    49 min
  • Painting Angels Intuitively with Santa Fe Artist Eneida Valverde
    Aug 9 2025

    On this episode, CJ sits down with Santa Fe artist Eneida Valverde, whose life journey spans from her roots in Costa Rica to decades of teaching art in Maryland, and now, to the creative sanctuary of New Mexico. Surrounded by hollyhocks, peaches, and the ever-changing desert light, Eneida shares how her intuitional transcendental practice became the gateway to her current body of work—13 luminous angel paintings inspired by traditional retablos.

    Her process blends meditation, free-flow journaling, and intuitive mark-making, where shapes, patterns, and words emerge organically. Using watercolors, acrylic pens, and gold leaf, she transforms panels into spiritual expressions labeled with words like “Sanctuary,” “Attunement,” and “Alignment.” “I am following my soul and my spirit,” Eneida says. “I am connected to Spirit no matter what, and I am sharing it with everyone else in the universe. We are small, and yet we are huge.”

    Raised Catholic and deeply connected to nature, Eneida reflects on the importance of slowing down, sitting quietly, and letting each breath be a connection to Spirit. From teaching students to create loose, line-rich floral arrangements with sticks from the yard, to following her own soul’s direction, her story is a testament to the beauty that arises when we stop judging ourselves and allow inspiration to flow.

    Learn more about Eneida and her classes, by visiting https://www.eneidasomarriba.com

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    58 min
  • Why Artists Don’t Need to Fear AI
    Jul 31 2025

    After returning from a one-month sabbatical in Santa Fe, CJ Miller shares a fresh perspective on the growing conversation around AI and creativity. In this thought-provoking mini episode, CJ invites spiritual artists to release black-and-white thinking, drop their defenses, and stay curious. Rather than viewing AI as a threat, he asks: What if it’s simply another tool in the creative toolbox—like a brush, a ruler, or a camera? With a calm and centered voice, CJ explores how true creativity arises not from the tools we use but from the presence, intention, and feeling we bring to the process. You are a unique expression of Spirit, and nothing can threaten that.

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    18 min
  • The Right Question Can Free Your Art
    Jun 26 2025

    In this episode, CJ Miller explores key insights from Michèle Cassou’s book Point Zero: Creativity Without Limits. He discusses her powerful approach to overcoming creative blocks by asking the right question—a question rooted in the specific fear or resistance at hand. For example: “What would happen if I didn’t care whether this painting sold or not?”

    CJ shares a personal story about working on a new circular painting. Feeling stuck in one section, he realized his block stemmed from a fear of losing something he found interesting. When he asked himself, “What would happen if I didn’t care if I lost this shape?” the resistance lifted, and creative flow returned.

    He also reflects on Cassou’s concept of “Point Zero,” her version of what he calls “being in the Gap.” She identifies three inner dragons that often block creativity: the Dragon of Product, the Dragon of Meaning, and the Dragon of Control. CJ explains these dragons and how they manifest in both art-making and everyday life.

    As he prepares for a break in July, CJ invites listeners to embrace their own pause—and be willing to spend some time in the Gap this summer.

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    16 min
  • Scribble First, Heal Later: Three Creative Tools for Inner Growth
    Jun 21 2025

    Magdalena Westman is a Czech art therapist and author whose innovative approach helps people reconnect with their innate creativity through intuitive mark-making and collaborative reflection. With over a decade of experience—and roots in both corporate marketing and art therapy—she leads transformational workshops and seminars across Europe. Her acclaimed book explores how spontaneous, unconscious doodling can open doors to emotional insight, personal healing, and creative freedom.

    A former marketing strategist turned art therapy pioneer, Magdalena draws on childhood memories, emotional exploration, and the wisdom of scribbles to guide participants back to a childlike state of wonder. Inspired by Victor Lowenfeld’s developmental stages of artistic growth and thinkers like Tim Ingold and Giora Carmi, she emphasizes the power of simple lines to unlock deeper connections—within ourselves, with others, and with something greater.

    Her teaching blends deep listening, non-judgmental facilitation, and open group reflection. Rather than interpreting her students’ art, she invites them to find their own meaning—often sparking moments of clarity and transformation. Together with fellow spiritual artist CJ Miller, she shares a passion for helping students release control, marvel at the present moment, and trust the creative process.

    Magdalena’s Three Core Methods:

    • The Postcard Method
      A playful warm-up designed to conquer the fear of the blank page and open the flow of intuitive mark-making.
    • The House/Home Method
      A deep emotional process that centers around the symbolic image of “home,” helping participants explore identity, memory, and belonging.
    • The Triangle Method
      A two-phase group activity where participants co-create on shared paper—cultivating trust, collaboration, and creative synergy.

    Magdalena often begins with the simple instruction: “Don’t think. Just scribble.” With eyes open or closed, students begin to tap into a subconscious visual language that becomes the foundation for more expansive artwork—and, ultimately, more expansive living.

    Want to learn more about CJ Miller? Check out his Spiritual Artist Retreats, 1:1 Personal Coaching, and Speaking Engagements at www.spiritualartisttoday.com. His retreats are designed to help you reconnect with your Creative Intelligence and express your true artistic voice. You can also find his upcoming schedule there, and his book, The Spiritual Artist, is available on Amazon.

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    1 h et 11 min