Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
| Titre | Date | Durée | |
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| 23- Compassion Not Criticism | 19 Jun 2025 | 00:03:17 | |
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. | |||
| 22 - Like a Peony | 12 Jun 2025 | 00:03:01 | |
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. | |||
| 21 - Where Sheep May Safely Graze | 05 Jun 2025 | 00:03:44 | |
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, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 20-Respond Instead of React | 29 May 2025 | 00:08:17 | |
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. | |||
| 19-The Panoply of Love | 22 May 2025 | 00:03:19 | |
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, and blogger. | |||
| 18- Where is Your Third Place? | 15 May 2025 | 00:04:32 | |
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. | |||
| 17 - Our Mother Which Art in Heaven | 08 May 2025 | 00:05:03 | |
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. | |||
| 16-The Wisdom of Plants | 01 May 2025 | 00:06:07 | |
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 successful, while being unconcerned and unassuming? What can coach you to value yourself, regardless of what other people have to say.? Try emulating plants! Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 15 - Muddy | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:02:50 | |
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. | |||
| 14-Resurrection a Reminder of Hope and Renewal | 17 Apr 2025 | 00:07:55 | |
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 blogger. | |||
| 13 – Discipline | 10 Apr 2025 | 00:03:05 | |
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 an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 12 – Silence Your Inner Critic | 03 Apr 2025 | 00:07:31 | |
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. | |||
| 11 – Not Disconnected | 27 Mar 2025 | 00:02:31 | |
Do you feel isolated and alone? Do you feel left out or unimportant? This short poem shares a couple metaphors to help you to realize how included and integral you are. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 10 – Joy Is an Act of Resistance | 20 Mar 2025 | 00:04:17 | |
Is error impersonating veracity? Are you standing aghast? Or are you amplifying good instead? This poem considers what is the most effective form of resistance. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 9 – How to Overcome Regret | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:06:48 | |
Do you know how to overcome regret and let it go? Can you forgive yourself that you don't have a perfect past? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 8 – Live Larger | 06 Mar 2025 | 00:04:08 | |
Are you wondering why you are so uninspired? Slip out of your anxious smallness and live larger. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 7 – Freedom from Yourself | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:07:28 | |
Does how you identify yourself make you happy? Are you living in the present? Or are you fearful about the future, or living in the past? Does the future or past keep you from being all you can be right now? Listen now to see how you can experience your "unselfed better self." Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 6 – Employ Courage | 20 Feb 2025 | 00:02:46 | |
Could you use a little courage right now? Today's episode is a poem about how to employ courage in your life. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 5 – I Am From | 15 Feb 2025 | 00:05:00 | |
Do you wonder who is talking on this podcast? Get to know me a little bit in this episode, where I share some of the experiences that made me who I am. Click the contact button below and share with me a bit of who you are. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 4 – From Atheism to Believing in Divine Love | 08 Feb 2025 | 00:07:24 | |
Are there many versions of God you don't believe in? In this episode, I share how I went from rejecting the whole concept of God, to finding what genuinely resonated for me. You can do this too. Be encouraged to think through what definition of God you can agree with. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 3 – Cross Pollinating and Butterfly Chasing | 08 Feb 2025 | 00:06:13 | |
Has anyone ever insisted you need to focus on only one thing, and stop "chasing butterflies"? This episode challenges that narrow outlook and encourages you to diversify your interests instead, and see how they combine and support one another. Opening your thought will not only make you happier, but more successful as well. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 2 – 25 Life Lessons | 08 Feb 2025 | 00:04:51 | |
What makes the most difference in your life? Do you love hearing someone sum up what they've learned that makes the most difference in their life? Since I can remember, I've loved reading and collecting these, as well as pondering and considering what I would include on mine. Listen in for my current list and get a print out of it here on the show notes page. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||
| 1 – Giving a Cup of Cold Water | 08 Feb 2025 | 00:03:57 | |
Welcome to Episode 1 of A Cup of Cold Water podcast. How do you feel when someone gives you a cup of cold water? Sometimes you need just a little refreshment in a way you can use it, instead of trying to drink from a fire hose. Normally, in this podcast I'll be sharing a cup of old water with you, but this episode is about the blessings of you sharing one with others. Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. | |||