Bliss Happens

201 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings

Welcome to "Bliss Happens: Your Journey to Joy” a vibrant podcast where diversity meets unity, and spirituality intertwines with soulful beats. Expect infectious, uplifting energy and meaningful conversations on living an authentic life of joy. We'll share a mosaic of experiences, perspectives and well-being practices including special guests. Let's celebrate the bliss that happens when we open our hearts, expand our minds, and connect authentically with the world and others around us.
Your Co-hosts: Meet Faith Rivera, Emmy award winning music mom with melodies to ignite your spirit and raise the vibe. Chad Bradford, a theatre artist, and director bridges the world of classic art and modern dilemmas. Rev. Skip Jennings, a gay black Reverend with a deep love for house music whose wisdom and beats are a balm for the soul.

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Episodes

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 17, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes

Rev. Jacquie brings Hispanic Heritage Month to Voices of Unity, celebrating Latinx leaders of Unity and their ministries. We will explore culture, hot issues, humor, and what it means to be a Latinx leader in the Unity movement and in the world and especially during the current sociopolitical climate. We kick off this four-part series with Rev. Christina Garza, associate minister at Unity on the North Shore, and Gabriela Rivero, prayer chaplain at Unity Chicago. Learn more about your ad choic...

The New Silent Unity Virtual Prayer Vigil

September 10, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes

Rev. Jacquie is joined by Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett to kick off World Day of Prayer week! Rev. Linda serves as vice president of Unity Prayer and Practice, which includes Silent Unity®, and is excited to share about the launch of the virtual prayer vigil. The virtual vigil is a way for anyone to participate in the Silent Unity prayer vigil from anywhere in the world by going to unityprayervigil.org. Won’t you join Silent Unity and “take a shift” in the prayer vigil chapel? Learn more about...

A Month of Healing, E4: Social Justice

August 27, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes

Rev. Jacquie is delighted to be joined by Rev. Masando Hiraoka, assistant minister of Mile Hi Church in Denver, Colorado. Wrapping up A Month of Healing, Episode 4 will focus on healing through social justice and the power of community connection. Masando leads Social Uplift Ministry, which focuses on interfaith engagement, environmental responsibility, nonviolence, and human dignity for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Month of Healing, E3: Healthy, Happy Relationships

August 20, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes

Don Miguel Ruiz Jr. joins Rev. Jacquie to reveal the seven secrets to healthy, happy relationships. Don Miguel is a Nagual, a Toltec Master of Transformation. He is a direct descendant of the Toltecs of the Eagle Knight lineage and is the son of don Miguel Ruiz. By combining the wisdom of his family’s traditions with the knowledge gained from his own personal journey, he now helps others realize their own path to personal freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Month of Healing, E2: Being Present

August 13, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes

Rev. Myra McFadden is back to share how she uses the Presence Process and the spiritual practice of being present in her current journey of healing through an experience of colon cancer. Rev. Jacquie and Rev. Myra explore the layers of healing beyond just the physical and how it all works together for good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Month of Healing, E1: Put a Myrtle on It!

August 06, 2019 21:00 - 54 minutes

Host Rev. Jacquie Fernandez invites Rev. Anne Tabor, senior minister at Unity of Arlington, Texas, to kick off this series on healing. Rev. Anne will tell us why she coined the phrase "Put a Myrtle on it!" and how she applies this affirmation to the healing principles demonstrated by Unity cofounder Myrtle Fillmore. We will explore the work of healing as personal practice and in ministry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Matter of Words, E4: What Did I Say?

July 30, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

David Lewis-Peart will be connecting from Capetown, South Africa, where he is currently traveling to discuss the power of words. David is a poet, playwright, and educator whose work explores grief, loss, and truth-telling. Formerly an ordained New Thought/metaphysical minister and ordained ministerial counselor, David was once cofounder of the interspiritual arts community Sunset Service Toronto Fellowship, the interfaith, bridge-building ministry he began in 2012. Learn more about your ad ch...

A Matter of Words, E3: Radical Wholeness

July 23, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Born in the 1950’s with a rare form of dwarfism, her doctors said she wouldn’t survive. Rev. Joy Wyler is here today to challenge ideas of what healing and wholeness look like and invites us into a language of radical wholeness! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Matter of Words, E2: Standing on the Bridge of Faith

July 16, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Myra will share how she uses the power of words and faith to remain centered in her current experience of cancer. Jacquie and Myra will explore how affirmations and other spiritual practices are working for Myra on her healing journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Matter of Words, E1: What Do We Mean?

July 09, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

The vice president of Unity World Headquarters Communications Department and editor of Daily Word magazine join me to discuss the power of words and what we mean when we say what we say, spiritually speaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pride Series: The Music of Transformation

June 25, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Music has the transformational power to heal, to inspire, and to comfort. New Thought singer-songwriters Amy Steinberg, Kit Holmes, and John Loux use this power to compose messages of hope, love, and advocacy for the LGBTQ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pride Series: Gay Parents, Gay Kids

June 18, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

This week, we talk about all kinds of families—gay parents, parenting gay kids, and growing up with gay parents. Our guests are Rev. Ken Daigle and ministerial candidate Maggie Alderman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pride Series: Worthy and Welcome

June 11, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Imagine being told you will never be acceptable to God! Special guest Bishop Yvette Flunder preaches instead the radical inclusivity of Jesus and presides over The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, a group of primarily African-American ministries that insist all are welcome at God’s table. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pride Series: Working With Young and Marginalized Communities

June 04, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

We welcome David Lewis-Peart, a New Thought minister based in Toronto who works with LGBTQ youth and marginalized communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Pain to Pride

May 28, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Rev. Jacquie Fernandez joins as cohost to kick off Pride Month with special guest Mark Anthony Lord, a minister and author who has worked for years to coach LGBTQ people from pain to pride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myrtle Fillmore: Spiritual Practices

May 21, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Experience Myrtle as Rev. Kelly Isola brings to life a few of her healing modalities. Listen and practice healing and wholeness through Myrtle’s words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myrtle Fillmore: Social Justice and Sacred Service

May 14, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Myrtle focused her life’s work on healing, which Rev. Kelly Isola tells us required prayer as well as being in service to humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myrtle Fillmore: Threefold Healing

May 07, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

A fundamental thread runs throughout Myrtle’s work: Healing must be addressed in body, mind, and spirit. Rev. Kelly Isola expands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myrtle Fillmore: The Women’s Movement

April 30, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

The feminist movement in the U.S. began about the time of Myrtle’s birth in 1845. Rev. Kelly Isola looks at Myrtle’s contribution to the women’s movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myrtle Fillmore: Then and Now

April 23, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Unity minister Kelly Isola shares Myrtle’s story—which is not a single story—including some Unity history and works that influenced her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Receive Your Life: Parenting

April 16, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Coach and Unity teacher Janice Campbell says raising your kids is a prime opportunity to practice spiritual principles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Receive Your Life: Relationships

April 09, 2019 21:00 - 55 minutes

In two sections, we’ll hear from coach and Unity teacher Janice Campbell about finding a relationship then how to handle it once you have one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Receive Your Life: Money

April 02, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Coach and teacher Janice Campbell talks about soul-satisfying success and our complicated relationships with money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Receive Your Life: Purpose

March 26, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

Your purpose is to be the love you are, but what does that mean in practical terms? Coach and teacher Janice Campbell has suggestions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Receive Your Life

March 19, 2019 21:00 - 58 minutes

A new series begins with coach and Unity teacher Janice Campbell, who leads people in transforming their lives through a system called Receive Your Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dying Process

February 26, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes

Rev. Patricia Gulino Lansky explores the hard questions: What happens to us when we die? Are we truly souls? Why does God allow us to suffer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Developing a Practice of Letting Go

February 19, 2019 23:00 - 56 minutes

We weren’t taught how to relate to impermanence and often believe change is wrong. Rev. Patricia Gulino Lansky explains how to let go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Befriending Your Feelings of Grief and Loss

February 12, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes

“Give sorrow words,” Shakespeare implored us. Rev. Patricia Gulino Lansky helps us understand how to handle grief—our own or someone else’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Death: The Great Taboo

February 05, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes

Are you comfortable talking about death and dying? Rev. Patricia Gulino Lansky begins a new series based on her book, Accepting Death, Embracing Life: How Death Teaches Us to LIVE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Metaphysics of Manifestation

January 29, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes

It all begins with our understanding of the Holy Trinity, says Rev. Dr. Paul Hasselbeck. What part do principle and law play in the process? What gets in the way and what helps us manifest? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Twelve Powers

January 22, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes

What does it mean to say we are divine beings? It means we are equipped with attributes of God that, according to Rev. Dr. Paul Hasselbeck, regenerate Christ consciousness in us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Affirmative Prayer?

January 15, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes

Charles Fillmore said prayer does not change God; it changes us. Rev. Dr. Paul Hasselbeck tells how that simple truth can overturn our view of God, ourselves, and our prayer lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Absolute Fillmore

January 08, 2019 23:00 - 58 minutes

Back on the network! Our guest Rev. Dr. Paul Hasselbeck begins a four-week series with the absolute teachings of Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spiritual Education, Metaphysical Guilt, and Community

December 11, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes

Wrapping up our time with Ben Jamison, we look at how to further our spiritual education, work with metaphysical guilt (What is that?), and discover the benefits of an active spiritual community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gratitude, Compassion, Forgiveness, and Visualization and Manifestation

December 04, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes

Ben Jamison helps us look at deep and powerful practices like compassion and forgiveness. And we’ll have some fun with gratitude, visualization, and manifestation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Affirmative Prayer, Affirmations, Meditation, and Love

November 27, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes

Ben Jamison guides an exploration of specific spiritual practices and how to get started with them. What makes prayer affirmative? Why do so many people endorse meditation? How can we be spiritual? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Church-Free Spirituality

November 20, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes

New series with Ben Jamison, author of Church-Free Spirituality. You say you’re “spiritual but not religious,” so what do you actually DO? We explore practices that can be used anywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy and Celebrate

November 13, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes

You’ve been learning in this series with life coach Carla McClellan how to play the game of life. Now she tells us how the game ends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the Mind Works

November 06, 2018 23:00 - 58 minutes

Whether you know it or not, you’re looking at the world through a window of specific beliefs, opinions, and conclusions. Are they serving you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Secret Ingredients for a Designer Life

October 30, 2018 21:00 - 58 minutes

You have a dream for your life, and you’ve set an intention for the experience you want. Life coach Carla McClellan will reveal a few more necessary steps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Powerful Questions That Expand Possibilities

October 23, 2018 21:00 - 58 minutes

Did you know the questions you ask yourself determine the type of experience you will have? Some questions heal the past and others move us toward our dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Got the Dream. Now What?

October 16, 2018 21:00 - 58 minutes

Having a big vision for your life might not be enough to get you moving. Life coach Carla McClellan explains the power of intention and how to use it effectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting the Monkey off My Back

October 09, 2018 21:00 - 58 minutes

How can you tell whether the voice in your head is “monkey mind” or divine wisdom? Special guest Carla McClellan will teach us how to discern the difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Waking Up

October 02, 2018 21:00 - 58 minutes

Life coach Carla McClellan returns to Unity Online Radio with a new series about designing an extraordinary life. If you’ve gotten too busy to enjoy life, this will help you rekindle your dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wash, Rinse, Repeat—The Power of Tenacity

September 25, 2018 21:00 - 58 minutes

We know there is a time for everything under heaven, yet we may be constantly looking for instant results. Rev. Ken Daigle looks at the work of Angela Duckworth and the amazing power of grit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Placebo Effect

September 18, 2018 21:00 - 58 minutes

Science is proving what Unity cofounder Myrtle Fillmore knew: “I am a child of God, I do not inherit sickness.” Rev. Ken shares his journey of healing and offers some simple life hacks to evolve your health mindset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s Your Divine Identity?

September 11, 2018 21:00 - 57 minutes

We are created in the image and likeness of God, but do you feel that way? Do you look in the mirror and see flaws? Rev. Ken Daigle looks at the work of Brene Brown and The Gifts of Imperfection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How the Mind Works

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