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Who are your wisdom sages? Who are the people you point to and say, I have grown in wisdom because of her or him? I have been blessed with many wisdom sages…some who lived long ago and some who still live today. They take me to a deeper place of thinking and to a place where God can grow wisdom within me. Join me today as I share my learning from wisdom sages, Mirabaii Starr and Greg Boyle.

Who are your wisdom sages? Who are the people you point to and say, I have grown in wisdom because of her or him? I have been blessed with many wisdom sages…some who lived long ago and some who still live today. They take me to a deeper place of thinking and to a place where God can grow wisdom within me. Join me today as I share my learning from wisdom sages, Joan Chittister and Richard Rohr.

Welcome to my wisdom series…in the next four episodes, I’ll be sharing insights from several of my wisdom sages. What is a wisdom sage you may ask? For me, it’s the people whose insight and knowledge…their way of looking at God and the virtues of love, hope, and faith…teaches me in ways that expand my mind and my heart. They take me to a deeper place of thinking and to a place where God can grow wisdom within me.

Today, I’m talking about wisdom…growing in wisdom specifically. The scripture I quoted in the last episode from Luke 2, says that Jesus grew in age, wisdom, and grace. Just like Jesus, we too grow in age, wisdom, and grace. With all that’s going on in our world right now, we need wisdom.

God has shown me what it looks like to age with grace. I’m doing my very best to lean into this and to embrace and share the wisdom I’ve gained. In this episode, I’m sharing a reflection of the insights God gave me even as God is still growing me in wisdom, age, and grace. Are you aging with grace? 

I picked this topic back in the summer when I couldn’t have known what would be going on in my life nor what is going on in our world. I’m not even sure, if I’m being truly honest, what the heck I was thinking about when Empower Freedom came to mind. What I do know is that these themes and topics are inspired on my heart by the Spirit of the Living God. Listen in to hear what Spirit has breathed into my soul and out through my words.

Stillness is anti-cultural. Most of us are wired to go, go, go, and do, do, do, rest a little and then repeat. Stillness is how we unite with the Spirit of the Living God. Resting in and with the Spirit of God. In this episode, I’m sharing with you my practice of breathing prayer which brings me to a state of stillness or what I call coming soul to soul with the Divine.  

Surrender…it’s not easy to surrender but it is necessary for our well-being…spiritually, physically, emotionally, mentally. Today, I’m sharing my conversation with a young man named Carlos who was diagnosed with brain cancer. Carlos shares his insightful wisdom about surrendering and trusting in God’s promise to walk with us through the good and challenging times of life.

New Year, New Word. Yes, this is sort of a repeat episode from last year…but I’m adding in new wisdom and noticings about 2024 and my word, “believe.” I’ll reveal my new word for 2025 and what I learned already and the hope of my growth in the new year. What is your word for 2025?

This episode was inspired by the quote from Thomas Merton, “Christ is born to us today in order that he may appear to the whole world through us.” Perhaps this is what Advent is all about…we arrive in this season tired, worn out, exhausted from the shenanigans of the world over the last year. And we’re looking for refuge, stillness, quiet, light, peace, joy, renewal, rest…why? Because the mission is not over. Yes, we may be weary but we can’t stop leaning into our God-given purpose to bring Christ to the world. It’s up to us.

We all know the iconic song by Mariah Carey, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” It plays several times each day as soon as Christmas songs begin playing on the radio. It’s on every Christmas playlist. But it begs the question…what do I want for Christmas? How about you? How would you complete the line, all I want for Christmas is…? Listen in to Kim’s reflection on all she wants for Christmas.

Advent seems to be a time when we are invited to intentionally focus on LIGHT - bringing light, being light, and praying for light to come - to the darkness of our world, and of our lives. Join me for a reflection on “how the light comes.” I’ll give you a hint…it comes through us.

I usually begin to intentionally reflect on what I am thankful for over the last year once November arrives. As always, I have much to be grateful for...what about you? What are you giving thanks to God for this year? Join me for this short episode about giving thanks!

Ignatius believed that God can be found in all things and in all people. One of the tenets of Ignatian spirituality is that we can encounter God at every moment of our existence. In this episode, I’ll be talking with a friend of mine, Sonja Stewart and how she encountered God in faraway places, in varying cultures, and in all people. 

I have spoken often about the Spiritual Exercises given to us by Ignatius of Loyola some 500 years ago. Ignatius would say that just as the physical body needs exercise so does our spiritual body - our soul - needs exercise. What does that mean? In this episode, I will introduce you to Ignatius and share an overview of the exercises for our soul and spiritual life.

Wednesday, November 13, is designated as World Kindness Day! The world needs more kindness so I thought dedicating an episode to this topic might empower and inspire listeners to be especially kind this week. How can you pay it forward and bless someone’s day?

Today is known as All Saints Day and is celebrated in many Christian Churches to honor all the saints of the church - both known and unknown. Thomas Merton wrote, “For me to be a saint means to be myself.” Let’s explore this today as we talk about the gift of being yourself. 

A New Chapter…yes indeed…that’s what I’m talking about in this episode. So what does that mean anyway? A New Chapter…a new lease on life; a new beginning; a new stage; how about a new phase…well listen in to hear about the new chapter of my life.

For years, I’ve been busy with work, family, and life. Days seemed to come and go with such haste that there was little time for inner reflection. And yet, our inner life has so much to say about who we really are and paying attention to our inner life is fundamental to operating from our essence and not our ego. In today’s episode, I hope to unpack this and to inspire listeners to take time out to listen to their inner being.

This is one of my favorite things to talk about - forgiveness. I think it’s because I wasn’t taught how to forgive; instead what was demonstrated was the silent treatment for days and then eventually everything blows over. But this isn’t healthy and it’s detrimental to relationships. Joining me today is author Paula Huston, who wrote a book called Forgiveness: Following Jesus into Radical Loving. 

Has anyone ever asked you what you would say to your younger self? Someone asked me once a few years ago and I didn’t know what to say but I bluffed my way through it rather than to say, “I don’t know.” That ego for you! But it’s a question that has haunted me for years and I finally wrote down my thoughts in a letter format to my younger self. Today, I’m sharing the contents of that letter. May it inspire you to do the same. 

I don’t know about you but when I say good night to my family and go to bed, I expect to wake up tomorrow. But there’s no guarantee of another day. Each and every day is a gift. So how can we make today matter? If today was your last day, what would you hope to accomplish, what would you want to say or do? Listen in as Kim shares ideas for making today matter. 

Welcome to the first episode of Season Two! Empower Your Life is all about the amazing journey of transformation I experienced this last year. A journey that led me through loss, suffering, humility, and eventually coming face to face with my ego, and finally to rediscovering my soul and realizing my authentic self. It is a journey of falling from my old life to the inmost searching and suffering, then to an awakening and accepting, and finally to a cleansing and arising to my new empowered life. 

I am excited to announce that Season Two of the Spots of Time Podcast is launching on Friday, September 20th! Listen to the trailer for all the details. Are you ready? Let's Go!

We are celebrating the Season Finale of the Spots of Time Podcast! Listen in to discover what Kim has learned from her first season, her favorite episodes, and what she has planned for for Season Two. Kim will also answer the questions she asks of her podcast guests!

It’s officially summer!! What are your plans - kick it and relax, some grand vacation, trips to the beach, hitting the pools, staycations, or business as usual? Whatever is on your docket, enjoy and embrace this wonderful and relaxing season of summer! Listen in to hear what Kim has planned for the summer. 

It’s Father’s Day this Sunday! Ties, slippers, soap on a rope, Old Spice after shave lotion…these are gifts Kim used to give to her dad for Father’s Day! What gifts did you give? Today, Father’s Day has a deeper meaning for Kim…as she celebrates the father figures in her life and the man that is the father of her daughter, her husband Gary. This is a special episode celebrating fathers.

Kim is sharing insights and memories from her thirty years of marriage. There have been many ups, some downs, lots of laughter and plenty of tears, great adventures and countless ordinary moments. But through the years, she and her husband have grown up, grown closer, grown wiser, and grown in their understanding of true love.

Celebrate Good Times! What are you celebrating? Graduations, weddings, baby showers, First Communion, the end of the school year, life. There is so much to celebrate, both exciting and extraordinary events, as well as obscure and ordinary occasions. Listen in to discover all that Kim is celebrating! 

In today’s episode, Kim celebrates her 65th birthday! She shares insight about where she’s been and where she is headed. As she works to let go of negative and limiting beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors, she is ready and able to take God’s hand and allow God to lead her into the further journey - into what she believes are the better years and that the best is yet to come.

This Sunday, we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit. In today’s episode, Kim shares a reflection on the Spirit of the Lord and how the Holy Spirit has spoken to her and through her. She also shares the gifts we receive from the Holy Spirit and how to determine if the Spirit is guiding us and working in us.  Come Holy Spirit! 

In today’s short episode, Kim shares her insight about celebrating all women on Mother’s Day. Kim discusses the difficulty of this day for some women, for one reason or another. She explores her belief that “mothers” come in all forms - as mentors, guides, caregivers, those who have paved the way. For all those women who have left a loving and inspiring imprint on someone’s life, we celebrate YOU! 

I think most if not all of us strive to achieve serenity. The definition of serenity is being in the state of calmness, tranquility, peace, contentment and being untroubled.  In this episode, Kim reflects on how to get to serenity. She also shares a contemplative practice in hopes of experiencing a moment of serenity sitting in the presence of God. Are you looking for peace and serenity in your life? Listen in.

Today’s episode is about Finding the Treasure In You. Joseph Campbell wrote, “ The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” We find our treasure - our light - by peeling back the layers of our habitual and unconscious reactions and responses. Buried inside of each one of us is our treasure - our God-given gifts to help us accomplish our destiny and to show the rest of us a brilliant facet of God. What’s your treasure?

Welcome back! We are continuing the reflection on the Enneagram. Today we are looking at each of the nine Enneagram types. The purpose of the Enneagram is to discover the highest and truest expression of ourselves. This is important work because what we don’t know about ourselves can hurt us and others. Understanding the nine types of personality provides the kind of self-knowledge we need to understand who we are and why we see and respond to the world the way we do…as well as understanding why others see and respond to the world the way they do. This is a journey to building compassion for ourselves and for others.  

Welcome to our 20th Episode!! Today’s episode is for anyone who is on a journey of self-transformation and who wants to grow in self-awareness. This is for those who want to build better, healthier, and more insightful relationships with others. Welcome to the Enneagram! 

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Today’s episode is called On the Road of Life and is based on the Gospel scripture from Luke known as The Road to Emmaus. In one way or another, each one of us is on the road to Emmaus. The story unfolds in a way that resonates in the heart of every Christian. It is a story of disillusionment, encounter, discovery, and joy. Sound familiar? It is a story that runs parallel to our own lives - on the road of life as we experience disillusionment, encounter, discovery, and joy. 

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Today (Good Friday) is about self-giving, unwavering love. A love that brings forth goodness - even in the worst and darkest of times. This episode is a reflection of what is known as the Seven Last Words of Jesus but I’m calling this reflection the Seven Promises of Hope and Healing. They are the seven final phrases or words from Jesus as he hangs on the cross. I pray that this reflection will fill your heart with the unconditional and unlimited love of God and will nourish your soul with the promise of hope and healing. 

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Today’s episode is a short reflection on the gospel story, Jesus Raises Lazarus From The Dead. It is a short episode to allow listeners to engage in quiet self-reflection about what continues to keep you bound and from living fully alive. The story is about a man named Lazarus. But the story is also about each one of us. A message is sent to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is ill.” We are the ones whom Jesus loves. We are the loved ones who need healing. We are the loved ones who need new life. 

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Today’s episode is a reflection on the gospel story, the Man Born Blind. It’s a story of moving from darkness to light, from blindness to seeing the truth about ourselves and about God. It’s a story of transformation, freedom, and enlightenment. As we journey closer to Easter, may our eyes be opened to whatever changes we are called to make so that we might show up on Easter Sunday as a light for the world.

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Today’s episode is a reflection on the gospel story, the Woman at the Well. It’s a story of redemption and healing…mercy and inclusion. It is a story full of powerful lessons. The woman who is nameless which theologians say that whenever a main character is unnamed, we should insert our own name. I am the woman at the well. You are the woman or the man at the well. The story is about us…each one of us where Jesus offers us Living Water to quench our thirsty souls. 

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Today’s episode is a follow-up to last week’s Empowering Hope and Healing. It is a message of hope especially for those who are in the healing process. Surround yourself with people who have walked through the healing journey…they will help you. Don’t isolate - we were broken to be given as bread for the world. This is communion. We keep healing (ourselves) as we keep healing (others). We are here on this earth to empower hope and healing for one another. 

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The Spots of Time tagline is "Empowering Hope and Healing." In this important episode, Kim talks about why hope and healing is important to her and why we all need to empower hope and healing for ourselves and for others. 

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What does Lent mean to you? Join Kim for a reflection about the journey of Lent leading us to face our unhealed pain and sorrow moving us to rediscovering the riches of God's grace and the promise of new life. Kim introduces the next seven episodes as part of this journey through unhealed pain and to new life. 

Quote by Bishop Robert Barron

"You want to destroy yourself? Cling to your warring emotions; they will devour you. You want to save yourself? Hook those passions onto the infinite purposes of God and you will find yourself elevated, transfigured, enlightened. Pressed in the direction of sanctity, you will save your life."

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Join Kim for this very special and unscripted episode as she tells the story about her journey to adopting her daughter who happens to be celebrating her 19th birthday today. It is a story of answered prayers and literal miracles. It is a story of faith, life, love, and grace. 

Join Kim for our 10th episode! The topic is prayer.  This podcast is the fruit of prayer. Kim offers insights to what prayer really is, what gets in the way of prayer, and ways to pray. Kim offers real and tangible suggestions on getting started in prayer or going deeper in prayer. 

Quotes:

"There is a moment between intending to pray and actually praying that is as dark and silent as any moment of our lives. It is the split second between thinking about prayer and really praying. For some of us, this split second may last for decades." Emilie Griffin - Clinging

"Prayer is, after all, a very dangerous business. For the the benefits it offers us of growing closer to God, it carries with it one great element of risk - the possibility of change, In prayer we open ourselves up to the chance God will do something with us that we had not intended." Emilie Griffin - Clinging

“IN prayer, the soul is purified from sin, charity is nurtured, faith takes root, hope is strengthened, the spirit is gladdened. IN prayer, the soul melts into tenderness, the heart is purified, the truth reveals itself, temptation is overcome, sadness is put to flight. IN prayer, the senses are renewed, lukewarmness vanishes, failing virtue is reinvigorated, the rust of vices is scoured away; and in this exchange, there comes forth living sparks, blazing desires of heaven, in which the flame of divine love burns.” Jacques Phillipe - Thirsting for Prayer

Books:

The Better Part by John Bartunek

The Lord's Prayer by Romano Guardini

Living the Lord's Prayer by Albert Haase

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We are a work in progress...it's a journey...trust the process. Kim shares an alternative way of thinking and processing for everyone, especially her fellow perfectionists by reflecting on Henri Nouwen's book, "Life of the Beloved."

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Today's episode is special! Listen in to Kim's inspiring story about her battle with perfectionism. It's a constant battle, an addiction really. The more we are aware of our triggers leading us to the vicious cycle of perfectionism, the more we become our whole selves. And wholeness is the path to our deepest and most authentic self. 

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions! Life is full of them - some big, some small, some in-between but all significant. Join Kim and her niece Alexis as they discuss their journey of making decisions that may not fall into societal standards but that serve their emotional, mental, and spiritual needs. How do you make decisions? On a whim, pros and cons, lots of input? Do you invite God into the process? Kim and Alexis talk about the ways they process making big life decisions and what they have learned in the process. 

Perhaps instead of making resolutions that you probably won't keep, how about discovering ONE WORD to focus on in your life this year. Kim will walk you through the idea and the process of finding One Word that can transform your life. 

The book title and author Kim refers to is: "One Word That Will Change Your Life by Jon Gordon, Dan Britton, and Jimmy Page.

The questions for working through the process of discovering your One Word:

1. What do I need?
2. What's in my way?
3. What needs to go?

Feel free to reach out to Kim via her website if you have any questions or need some coaching to work through the process for yourself, your family, and/or your team.