In this episode, Dr. Judith explores how longing for the past or fixating on the future can keep us from recognizing what God is doing now, introducing the “rememberer” and the “tomorrow woman” as two forms of attachment. She reframes life transitions by distinguishing the personality’s attachment to roles from the soul’s enduring capacities (love, wisdom, service), drawing on Buddhist teachings about clinging and added suffering. Using Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the resurrected Christ (“touch me not”) and the Israelites’ manna as examples, she suggests we may cling to the familiar forms through which we once experienced God rather than the divine source. Through stories of Margaret at a changed Christmas and Jacqueline approaching retirement, she invites viewers to carry forward the sacred essence of past seasons and ask how God is inviting them to recognize, receive, and express faith now.

00:00 What You’re Missing Now

02:56 Freedom Of Non Attachment

05:47 Rememberer And Tomorrow Woman

10:52 Personality Versus Soul

14:57 Buddha On Clinging

19:45 Mary Magdalene Meets Christ

26:55 Life Transitions Reframed

30:37 Margaret And Christmas Change

36:08 Manna And Trust Today

39:09 Jacqueline And Retirement Anxiety

45:59 Chalice Image For Growth

50:45 Closing Reflection And Practice

Dr. Judith explores the difference between having a powerful spiritual experience and developing spiritual attainment—what actually remains in you after the feeling fades. Using examples like peace in prayer versus peace under pressure, she explains that experiences can inspire, but attainment changes character through daily practice in ordinary life. She reflects on the Transfiguration, where the disciples must come down the mountain to real human need, and asks whether anything from the revelation becomes usable in everyday challenges. Through the story of Grace returning to a retreat and the image of Elisha picking up Elijah’s mantle, she highlights three signs of growing attainment: something remains when emotion is gone, your responses slowly change under pressure, and what you’ve received becomes something you can give. She closes with a prayer to embody what God has already shown.

00:00 Chasing the Spiritual High

01:13 Experience vs Attainment

03:11 How Growth Becomes Real

03:48 Coming Down the Mountain

07:48 Measuring Real Change

10:31 The Music Keeps Moving

12:00 Grace and the Retreat

14:36 Three Signs of Attainment

16:00 Carrying the Mantle Forward

17:58 From Inspiration to Embodiment

19:47 Reflection and Closing Prayer

24:14 Where to Find More

In this episode, Dr. Judith explores how God’s love is not only meant to comfort us but to transform us, especially when circumstances and people don’t change. She invites listeners to shift from asking God to fix situations to asking what is being activated and developed within the soul—patience, humility, forgiveness, courage, discernment, or truth without cruelty. Through the story of Evelyn and her sister Marilyn, she shows how divine love can help us keep the wisdom from painful experiences without continuing to carry the wound, set boundaries without denial, and release the need to be understood or proven right. Drawing on Jesus washing Peter’s feet, she emphasizes expanding our understanding of love, choosing a higher response in daily moments, and bringing honest struggles to God without self-judgment as the path of ongoing soul refinement.

00:00 Comfort Or Change

01:30 Soul Growth Questions

02:54 Curiosity Over Judgment

03:46 Evelyn And Marilyn

06:30 Wisdom Not Wounds

07:48 Peter Learns Love

10:12 Love Meets Real Life

13:06 Personality Versus Soul

15:33 Evelyn Finds Freedom

18:11 Grace Not Self Critique

20:10 Practice The Next Step

23:09 Closing And Resources