Why You Can’t Heal — Caroline Myss
Don't meet your idols, they say, unless your idol is Caroline Myss.
For the first interview of our Chicago stop on the East Coast tour, Robin sits down with one of her lifelong idols and one of the women whose writing has shaped the very foundation of her spiritual practice. Robin first encountered Caroline's work as a teenager with the book Anatomy of the Spirit, then Sacred Contracts and nothing about the way she understood love, the soul, or the invisible world has ever been the same since.
Caroline Myss is a five-time New York Times bestselling author, a medical intuitive, and a mystic whose work has shaped the way millions of people understand who they are and why they are here.
In this episode, they explore what sacred contracts actually are and why the people we love were never accidents. They talk about woundology — the way we use our pain as currency — and why liars don't heal. Caroline breaks down what it means when a relationship loses its life force, how to tell when a contract has reached completion, and why your soulmate may not be the person who loves you most, but the one who recognizes your soul.
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IN THIS EPISODE
(00:01:15) Intro: Love as a Spiritual Force
(00:05:42) Medical Intuition and Mysticism
(00:12:20) Western Medicine vs. Spiritual Intuition
(00:16:36) Intuition: Is it Gendered?
(00:21:33) Why Sacred Contracts Exist
(00:34:32) Robin's Matchmaker Journey
(00:38:08) Why Relationships Are Rocky Right Now
(00:42:36) When is a Sacred Contract Complete?
(00:50:11) Bringing Your Soul Into a Relationship
(00:57:32) Woundology: Why We Hold Onto Wounds
(01:03:40) Choice, Grace, and the Power of Words
(01:12:16) Why Liars Don't Heal
(01:17:34) Debunking Myths About Love
QUOTES
"Love is what God feels like to us while we are in the human form. We have no other way to experience love except with each other." — Caroline Myss
"We are spiritual beings having the human experience, not the other way around." — Robin Ducharme
"Your soulmate isn't the person who loves you the most — it's the person who recognizes your soul the most. And that could be the greatest adversary you ever meet." — Caroline Myss
"Sacred Contracts was a book that made me understand that the people I loved were not accidents, that my heartbreaks had a purpose. That love, real love, is a spiritual act." — Robin Ducharme
ABOUT THE GUEST
Caroline Myss is a five-time New York Times bestselling author, medical intuitive, and mystic whose work has shaped the way millions of people understand the soul, healing, and personal power. She is the author of Anatomy of the Spirit, Sacred Contracts, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can, Entering the Castle, and Defy Gravity, among others. She holds graduate degrees in theology and mysticism and has spent decades teaching at the intersection of science, spirituality, and human consciousness.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinemyss/
Website: https://myss.com/
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