One of the questions I’ve been thinking about lately is where God fits in self help. Do those who believe in God find the self-improvement journey easier? In this episode, I’m excited to welcome back Jenny Blake. She recently enrolled in Divinity School.  My own undergraduate degree was in world religions, so I'm excited to have this conversation with Jenny about God, spirituality, and self help.

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Episode 71 Show Notes

[00:00] Welcome and Intro

[2:44] Featured interview with Jenny Blake

Jenny Blake is author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One.

In this conversation, Keith and Jenny discuss:

• Jenny's pivot into Union Theological Seminary
• How Jenny made the decision to step away from school
• How Jenny realized atheism wasn't for her
• Keith shares his experience growing up in Catholicism
• What does it mean to be agnostic?
• The dogmatism of atheist
• The golden rule
• Do we need religion or spirituality of faith to grow?

Books mentioned in this episode:

• Outrageous Openness: Letting the Divine Take the Lead by Tosha Silver
• Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto by Lesley Hazleton
• Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian L. Weiss
• How to Be, Do, or Have Anything: A Practical Guide to Creative Empowerment by Lawurence G Boldt
• Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao by Wayne W. Dyer
• Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian by Paul F. Knitter
• Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
• God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Mirabai Starr
• Byron Katie

[42:00] Jenny's Instruction Manual, Part II