ZLORD podcast

Is There a Dance In Disappointment?

Life is filled with with all different forms of disappointment. In this episode Carter and teZa, cohosts of ZLORD, share how they have learned to use the inevitable lows to help access the available highs everywhere. Just like everyone else can too. #awareness #perseverance #resiliency #theDanceOfLife

Expectations vs. Goals

Cohosts Carter and teZa Lord give examples of how they use goals to keep centered, but how important it is to not have expectations. Projecting is a dangerous occupation. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more. 

The Bridge Tender, teZa Lord’s New Eco-Novel

Just released this week!  THE BRIDGE TENDER, find it on Amazon.  Fiction is the only way for some truths to be told. Yann Martel, NY Times bestselling author of LIFE OF PI: “teZa Lord leads the charge against dark times.” A #visionaryStory of one woman’s #transformation that leads us all closer to #enlightenment   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CV2KX72B    

The Power of Choice

 Cohost Carter is back after a weeks-long sabbatical. With cohost teZa, the Lords have a lively discussion the spiritual discipline of making mindful choices. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more about hosts. 

For the Mentally and Spiritually Distressed, Young and Old —choose Love!

teZa going solo another episode, but glad to have a heart-to heart about what’s been increasing obvious—people being anxious, sad, depressed, angry, confused—filled with fear in all its many guises. Here are some effectual suggestions to make to reverse hopelessness. See tezalord.com. Her new book THE BRIDGE TENDER is on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/yv4w9zfu #spreadLove #nofear

The BRIDGE TENDER

teZa introduces her new book, a novel that will blow your mind. Visit Amazon and type in the search “The Bridge Tender, teZa Lord” and pre-order your 99-cent ebook TODAY. On Feb 26 join the launch party and put up a short n SWEET review! If you want a PDF to read before the ebook is available, the same day your review is requested to be posted after your Purchase, write and ask for it: [email protected]

Choose Not To Be Overwhelmed

In this episode teZa goes solo while cohost Carter is on sabbatical with other projects. She shares how to still an overwhelmed mind, with methods that work for her long experience delving into the Ocean of Bliss. See tezalord.com for more info. 

The Best Cure for Anger

Many people are emotionally strained these days. With both national and worldwide events escalating daily, many are nervous, many are angry, some are contemptuous of others on “the other side.” In this episode cohosts teZa and Carter Lord discuss what is the obvious solution: civility. And detachment from toxic people and situations. How to practice these choices though, when face to face with others’ incivility is the solution for changing negative-dark situations into more positive, light-...

The Greatest Obstacle

It's virtually impossible to feel connected to others, to love another, or to feel the happiness of a spiritual life without first learning to love oneself. How? ZLORD Cohosts share their experiences, past and present. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for host info.

Going Higher

After a month-long hiatus, cohosts Carter and teZa Lord return. In this episode they discuss the recent article about the benefits of being kind by Elizabeth Bernstein featured in the Wall Street Journal. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com about hosts. 

Worry is Just More Selfishness—Turn It Around

Carter and teZa discuss the futility of worry and other negative thoughts and self-speak. From their own experiences they offer solutions how they deal with this very human tendency. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more about ZLORD’s cohosts. 

ZLORD is author-artist teZa Lord

In this solo episode, teZa speaks of being a creative. What does that mean? How does the process of being a creative look like? Intimate glimpses are here as teZa readies to publish her next book. Join her info-email list at tezalord.com Cohost Carter will be back next episode: carterlord.com

What Matters Most TODAY

Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than Knowledge.” Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord share how they navigate through life’s smorgasbord of current issues facing humankind: Global and Local Leadership Challenges. Fear vs Encouragement. Localized Wars Escalating. Personal Growth. Social-Racial-Religious Conflicts. Environmental Discoveries. Negative Thinking.  Constructive Debates. Celebrations. Hope. Love. Harmony. Human Neurosis. The Sacred in Everyday human existence is as div...

The Weapon of Mass Illumination

Life on planet Earth is getting more tense by the moment. Some of us though, see all challenges as opportunities for choosing how to live in conflicted times — responding, not reacting, with peace and calm instead of revenge and violent solutions. Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord share their perspectives on the hyper-explosive situation in the Middle East, compounded by the ongoing conflict between the dominance of Russia over the fighting-for-survival Ukraine. See tezalord.com and carterlord.co...

When is Revenge Acceptable?

Whether a world crisis or a personal resentment, we all contribute to elevating our world (or not) by the action we choose to take. In this episode, cohosts Carter and teZa Lord talk about the recent atrocities in the Middle East’s Gaza, and how we can relate this show-down between extremist-Hamas and Israel in the bigger world arena—to having a resentment against our neighbor, something all of us can relate to. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more about hosts. 

Is Religion Relevant?

After last week’s unprecedented violence by Hamas extremists in Israel’s Gaza Strip, cohost teZa and Carter Lord attempt to explain their relationship with the Divine, the blatant cause of too many wars. For these two long-marrieds, they experience the Sacred through both personal inner experiences, like meditation and serving others, as well as through spiritual teachings, such as “The Word” offered in religious texts. Both defend their very different stands on the modern question of: “Is G...

Facing Our Immortality In Peace

All of us face many unknowns. Our health could be threatened or we might lose a loved one suddenly, or any of a long list of worrisome “could be’s” accompanies each of us, every day. In this episode Carter reveals to cohost teZa his concerns over a serious surgical complication that has arisen from his recent joint replacement. With good cheer the pair discuss the endless possibilities of both life—and death. The hosts agreed with Warf the feisty Clingon of Star Trek fame, who says at any gi...

Stay Positive in Face of Crushing Reality

Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord discuss a subject everyone can relate to these days—how not to despair over the many crises our world has: the bio-diversity gloom, the threat of escalation over the Ukraine war, the crippling political divide, ongoing racial and economic imbalance. Here we offer REAL and true ways of not allowing these realities to overwhelm either our personal life—or the fate of our beloved planet Earth. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com 

Thoughts Are Energy: Watch YourSelf!

Yea, we can! Yes, we can help transform any challenge by changing the way we think. Cohosts Carter and teZa Lord discuss specific steps we can all take to change fear and disappointments into hope, loving energy—and by so doing—discover positive creative solutions for virtually any difficulty we meet personally or collectively. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com 

Are You Listening?

Human communication keeps getting better the more we become aware, and practice in our everyday happenings. Being aware of awareness is key to self-growth as well as to interacting with others. In this episode cohosts Carter and teZa Lord share insights, experiences, and proven techniques they use that have helped this long-coupled pair get better at listening, the basis of true, unbiased communication skills. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com 

Today’s Climate Reality

After a much-needed break, with time to heal and reflect, ZLORD’s cohosts teZa and Carter Lord return, refreshed and renewed! With a new focus that was announced in the last episode: sharing about the environmental crisis. The conversation’s energy is vivacious and soul-baring. Both hosts are in unique positions to disseminate their individual perspectives. Carter, who is a barefoot entrepreneur, has made two feature films honoring humankind’s relationship to Nature, and currently created ...

NEWS FLASH: The Environmental Tipping Point Has Been Reached

There comes a time in everyone’s life—and in this case, our four fun years of podcasting about life’s journey itself—when a crossroads is reached. In this episode cohosts teZa and Carter discuss her recent period of reflection, and how she’s made an important and necessary decision (she is, after all, the motivating force behind the creation of ZLORD podcast). So now—the tipping point of human awareness and openness to expressing compassion for our planet has been reached. It is time (it’s n...

The Most Powerful Tool of Change

From the smallest change to the ultimate, everything in our life—everything!—rests on how aware we are of the immense power of the mind. Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord discuss how they came to learn this, and share how to make even so-called “bad” things into joyous experiences. See carterlord.com  and tezalord.com for more info. 

Is It Good or is It Bad

How we think is how our individual life evolves. Thoughts influence our health, happiness, and peace of mind—or bring discomfort, imbalance, even disease to our physical and mental states. In this episode teZa and Carter Lord discuss the reasons why they choose (after experiencing discouraging effects of erroneous thinking) to accept differences without judgement. Reasons are given why the common labels of “good or bad”—about anything —ought not be used for things/people/ideas different than...

Being Cooperative, the Way of Saving The Planet—and You!

It’s “old and selfish thinking” to strive only for personal fulfillment. The current state of our glorious world, toxic in so many respects, is for us to cooperate as a united blended family of humankind and focus on reversing the human-made damage to our planet’s environment. Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord offer listeners workable ways as suggestions to make this spiritual quest a reality. This is a call to Act NOW. Commit to cooperative environmental efforts of your particular choosing. See ...

The Ultimate Freedom: Our Free Will

No matter what’s going on externally, everyone has free will and can create a sense of acceptance, gratitude, and forgiveness with even non-free situations. Helpful ways to focus on this inner freedom are shared by cohosts Carter and teZa Lord.  

The Number One Advantage of a Human Birthright

Going solo in this episode, teZa speaks profoundly about choosing Love over fear and some ways in which she finds ease in this spiritually uplifting practice. See tezalord.com for more 

Is It Possible to Keep Things Simple?

teZa and Carter Lord discuss this week how choosing to be happy instead of wasting precious energy—takes effort. tezalord.com and carterlord.com for info about cohosts of ZLORD. 

The Joy In Trauma

Choose kindness over being right ALWAYS, and your life and our entire world benefits. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for info about cohosts. 

Using Ideals to Be Mindful

Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord have a spirited conversation about a method for Self-improving through using targeted mindful techniques. Both comment on using Ideals can be viewed from different perspectives. Join the beautiful dance of this 3O+ year partnership. Gemini and Sagittarius, Christian and mystic, both ardent lovers of each other and the Mystery of the Divine. Welcome to ZLORD. write [email protected] 

The Spirituality of Politics

For four years ZLORD podcast has remained aloof of matters both political and religious. Here, the cohosts are compelled to dive head-first into the murky waters of a divided nation—in the hopes of bringing positivity and clarity to a continuing human drama. Is this episode about politics an anomaly? Or a sign of a radical, transformative shift in the Lords’ conversation? Stay tuned to see. tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more. 

Tuning into The WOW

Carter and teZa Lord discuss the how and the why we can access the Magic of Life anytime we wish. See tezalord.com and carterlord.com for more of ZLORD’s cohosts. 

You Choose: Heaven or Hell, Right NOW

No matter what happens, we get to choose whether it affects us positively or negatively. Once we realize this, our here and now shifts from hell to heaven instaneously. See tezalord.com for books illuminating this. Carterlord.com for insightful images and films. 

Are We Part of The Solution — or Part of The Problem?

Healing the divisiveness of our current complex world starts with how each of us THINKS. Thoughts are energy. This conversation covers a vast expanse of issues that everyone alive today faces. Living harmoniously, without violence or war, starts with each one of us taking responsibility for having inclusive, non-violent (judgmental) thoughts. Comments welcome: [email protected] More about cohosts at tezalord.com and carterlord.com 

Is Meditation Hard To Do?

Cohosts teZa and Carter Lord share their very different stories about how and why they both meditate—or keep trying to. Life is busy for everyone! Practicing self awareness, meditation, brings joy and clarity to chaos and confusion. See teZa Lord’s YouTube channel and listen to her Mind-Stillers. Read “in the I” and experience how each of us has an inner calm: available on Amazon or tezalord.com Enjoy Carter’s films and images at carterlord.com - All Comments welcome: [email protected] 

Striving to BE Our Best Self

Is There One Truth?

What About AI?

Courage With Wisdom

Dissatisfaction Is a Powerful Spiritual Tool

Dissatisfaction Is a Powerful Spiritual Tool

Precious Time: The Greatest Currency

Knowledge is Not The Same as Understanding

Do The Next ‘Right Thing’

Can We Really Love—or is it all BS?

This episode features Carter and teZa Lord, long-time lovers and seekers of higher choices, discussing many different aspects of the verb-noun word in English: Love. A HUGE topic. 

We’re All In This Together

A Big Idea: Help The World Change

You can make a difference. We all can help heal the world’s brokenness, and in doing so—we experience contentment, happiness, fulfillment. See tezalord.com for her books filled with these ideas. 

Time to Know: Continuing to Assess the Journey

The Importance of Assimilation as Well as Experiencing

Can We Actually Create Happiness?