#119: The Try Softer Guided Journey (with Aundi Kolber)

By popular demand, Aundi Kolber returns to The Puddcast this week. Aundi and I discuss the success and impact of Try Softer, the brand new Try Softer Guided Journey companion book, and we riff at length on Jesus’ relationship to traumatic events. Expect to learn more about how your process pain and shift into the shame-free life that God has designed you for.

Jonathan PuddleOctober 22, 2021trauma, healing, jesus, self-love, compassion, aundi kolberComment

#108: How Far You Have Come (with Morgan Harper Nichols)

Artist and poet extraordinaire, Morgan Harper Nichols returns to The Puddcast this week. We talked all about compassionately reframing our memories of past events, a major theme in Morgan’s new book, How Far You Have Come: Musings on Beauty and Courage. Whether you’re already a fan of Morgan’s work or are discovering her for the first time, I think you’ll find beauty and encouragement to be who you are, where you are right now.

Jonathan PuddleApril 1, 2021story, life, morgan harper nichols, beauty, poetry, art, self-loveComment

#106: The Enneagram types under stress (with Ian Morgan Cron)

This week we are joined by Enneagram teacher, Ian Morgan Cron. Ian is a bestselling author, psychotherapist, and host of the Typology podcast. Ian’s book, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery is one I highly recommend, and so I was thrilled to welcome Ian to the show. We talked about the doctrine of original goodness, the mystery of God in our lives, the unconscious motivations of each Enneagram type, the Enneagram types under stress, dying to the false self and more.

Jonathan PuddleMarch 18, 2021enneagram, brokenness, healing, restoration, covid-19, buddhism, self-loveComment

#87: How to Love Yourself the Way God Loves You

To celebrate my book launch in a few days, you get a very special edition of The Puddcast this week where my friend Anthony McLean hosts the show and interviews me! We talked about trauma, vulnerability, courage, blackness, the importance of embodiment in our spiritual practice, performance vs identity, challenges Enneagram type 2s tend to experience, and we practiced some self-compassionate meditation together.

Jonathan PuddleSeptember 17, 2020covid-19, race, you are enough, trauma, self-love, vulnerability, wholeness, anthonymcleanComment

#69: You Are Enough (free Lenten devotional)

This week's guest on The Puddcast is yours truly! I'm introducing my new devotional through a free daily email during the season of Lent. In this episode, I explain how Easter is like heart surgery for Christians and why it’s worth preparing for surgery, and then I read the first daily reflection along with the accompanying meditation from my book. My invitation to you is to give up self-hatred, self-doubt and self-condemnation for lent this year and try on love instead.

Jonathan PuddleFebruary 20, 2020lent, trauma, self-love, compassion, therapy, healing, devotional, emotions, contemplativeComment