Hey there it's Jessica Honegger founder of the socially conscious fashion brand

Nune Day Collection and this is the going scared podcast where we cover all things

social impact, entrepreneurship and courage. Today I'm sitting down with Belina Kurtz. Her most recent book, Mindful

Silence, has been saving my life lately. It's called the heart of Christian contemplation and

it's filled with insights and wisdom from her own experience and she

introduces us to themes and teachers of contemplative spirituality as well as several other prayer practices and

invites us to greater healing and wholeness by learning to practice faith through prayer.

And I know the kids are getting back in school and life is

picking back up again and those summer rhythms are becoming more routine and I

would just invite you to have contemplation and mindful silence be a part of your fall rhythms.

I have found that contemplation is what grounds me.

Getting alone and silent at the beginning of each of my days and not having any other

expectation than just quieting my soul is absolutely what is fueling me and

is what gives me energy and love in order to get me through the day. I love Felina because she has such a heart for social

justice. She led for 20 years at Word-Made Flesh. They work in more than 70

countries building community among victims of human trafficking,

survivors of HIV and AIDS, abandoned children and child soldiers and war brides.

And then she and her husband Chris who is an

inigram expert hit they are co-founders together of the

gravity center you're going to hear all about that in today's

conversation so just listen to it with an open heart, with an open mind, and I would

love to know what you are going to do in response to this conversation in particular. Okay, so I have to tell our listeners how this came to be because I have to tell our listeners

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