How to Become the Spiritual Leader of Your Family

How to Become the Spiritual Leader of Your Family

Author: Jennifer Hadley November 14, 2025 Duration: 44:03
Jennifer Hadley explores Chapter 7's teaching on "The Extension of the Kingdom," revealing how our only function is to extend God's love—not through effort, but by recognizing we cannot contain the fullness of our divine nature. She vulnerably shares her journey from believing she was "fundamentally bad" and incapable of joy, to understanding that judgment and complaints create a split mind that blocks both our function and our joy. Through practical examples, including the miraculous healing of her family relationships without ever discussing spirituality with them, Jennifer demonstrates how doing our inner work ripples out to heal everyone around us, emphasizing that willingness—not perfection—is all that's required as we complete this nine-year cycle and prepare for an extraordinary awakening in the years ahead. To learn more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Course in Miracles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Powerofloveministry.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. For the transcript of this episode and more please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LivingACourseinMiracles.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. LivingACourseinMiracles.com We can be truly helpful in our family's healing and awakening Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Hadley hosts A Course in Miracles, a weekly conversation that explores the practical application of spiritual principles in daily life. This isn't a theoretical discussion; it's about the real, often messy work of aligning actions with deeply held beliefs when faced with traffic jams, difficult conversations, and personal doubts. Each episode offers a sense of companionship for anyone who has ever felt a gap between what they believe and how they manage to live it out in real time. Jennifer grounds the teachings in her own ongoing journey of transformation, sharing candid stories from her life that listeners often find mirrors their own struggles and aspirations. She regularly brings in guests who contribute their unique perspectives and experiences, creating a rich dialogue about moving from a place of internal suffering toward a more consistent experience of peace. The podcast serves as a supportive guide, breaking down how the core ideas of A Course in Miracles can directly influence our relationships, work, and inner world. Tuning in feels less like attending a lecture and more like joining a thoughtful, compassionate circle where the focus is on living the love we wish to see. It’s for those seeking tangible steps and heartfelt encouragement on a spiritual path, making profound concepts accessible and immediately relevant to the ordinary moments that make up our days.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

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You Don't Know What Will Make You Happy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:03
In this episode, Jennifer Hadley explores ACIM teachings on happiness, certainty, and trust. Fresh home from an A Course in Miracles gathering in Stony Point, New York, she opens Lessons 361 to 365 and the Workbook Epilo…
Why You Can't Skip Forgiveness with Keith Kavanagh [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:16
In this episode of A Course in Miracles: Walking the Talk, Living the Love, Jennifer Hadley welcomes Keith Kavanagh, joining from just outside Dublin, for a conversation on ACIM, forgiveness, and true identity. Keith rev…
I Took God to Couples Therapy - Neda Boin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:18
You've said the forgiveness lines. You've read the passages. Underneath, you're still boiling, and you've started to wonder if you're doing this wrong. Neda Boin, A Course in Miracles teacher and voice liberator, took th…
What To Do When Someone Blames You [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:24
Someone gets upset and tells you it's your fault. That happened to Jennifer Hadley with a family member on a recent visit, and what she didn't do next is the whole teaching. No attacking back. No defending herself. No ma…
No More Bad Days, with Maria Felipe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:47
Jennifer Hadley says she doesn't have bad days anymore. Not fewer. None. Challenging days, yes, and recently a fractured finger that hurt plenty, but the whole category is gone, and it didn't go because she got better at…
The Decision to Forget with Leon Joel Russell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:21
One ordinary morning, Leon Joel Russell opened A Course in Miracles and hit a single paragraph that stopped him cold for six days. This week Jennifer Hadley sits down with her fellow ACIM teacher to follow where that par…
Let Them Wake Up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:16
What if the person who irritates you most is holding the light you've been looking for? Jennifer Hadley picks up where she left off in Chapter 13 of A Course in Miracles, where ACIM makes a claim that sounds backwards un…
Where the Love Is Now [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:19
What if what's keeping you from love isn't what happened to you, but where you keep looking for it? Just back from a week of teaching at the Quantum Counseling Training Intensive, Jennifer Hadley opens A Course in Miracl…
Learning to Trust Yourself with Author Tama Kieves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:09
Jennifer welcomes back her friend Tama Kieves - Harvard Law honors graduate turned best-selling author and longtime A Course in Miracles teacher - to talk about the one thing Jennifer says trips up nearly every ACIM stud…
Mark Anthony Lord:  The Work That Heals Us [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:46
Jennifer Hadley and Mark Anthony Lord met as Agape Science of Mind Practitioners in training in 1999, and they've walked the same road ever since: prayer practitioner training, becoming ministers, starting their own mini…