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A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
A Cup of Cold Water is a 5 minute podcast that will nourish and refresh you each week with wisdom poetry, inspirational essays, life lessons, sage advice, and spiritual encouragement. Polly Castor, your host, is an artist, poet, and spiritual healer.
Episodes
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
94 - Happy Pumpkin Day!
What do you like about Halloween? Why scare yourself? Would you rather be tricked or blessed? Would you rather authenticity, or a masks fun? Polly Castor is an…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
93 - How Do You Do All that You Do
What gets in your way of accomplishing what you want to? What do you need to remove from your life to get things done? Beyond too much screen time, or…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
92 - Days are Getting Shorter
Do you delight in seasonal changes? Do you pay attention to nature's rhythms? Are you mindful of the intricate detail and beauty of creation around you? Polly…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
91- Big Bang or Inseparable Oneness
What premise are you starting from? What premise yields the best conclusion? What premise gives you the identity and world that you desire? What premise makes…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
90 - Companion with These
What do you companion with? Do you rely on what is always in your best interest? Do you even recognize a divine idea, let alone befriend them? Polly Castor is…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
89 - What We Appreciate About Christian Science
Ever wondered what people like about Christian Science? Want a quick summary of what Christian Science is like? Interested in hearing snippets of why people…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
88 - Well Ferilized
How do you fertilize your life? Do you do it in a pleasant, sweet way? Or is it done amuck in messy, odoriferous excrement? Are you choosing the best way to…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
87 - Beauty Right Out My Front Door
Do you notice the beauty right where you are? Do you take the time to be mindful of whatever beauty is present? How much detail do you notice in the beauty you…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
86 - Being a Guest is an Art Form
Do you know how to be a good guest? Do you understand that hosting and being a guest is a two way street? What can you do to make your visit more harmonious?…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
85- Some Advice on Getting Things Done
Are you procrastinating? Do you walk around under a black cloud of what you have yet to do? Are you waiting for motivation or inspiration? Are things piling up…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
84 - For an Audience of One and the Desire for Validation
Do you do things based on what others think of you? Do their opinions matter to you too much? Who is watching you and does it matter? Is it better to align…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
83 - Soul Spreads its Wings
Have you ever though about what Soul is doing? How do Soul's actions affect you? Do you feel protected, inspired, and safe tucked up under Soul's wings? If you…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
82 - Thoughts on Envy
Are you caught on a downward spiraling loop of envy? Can't you always find others who have what you want, even while knowing you are better off than many? Does…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
81- Your Own Devout Attention
What do you give your attention to? Is it a conscious choice or a default one? Are you outsourcing your life work? Does progress to you mean doing less and…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
80 - Let Yourself Trust
Do you think you are governing your own life? Or do you trust that God is in charge? Do you take on the whole burden of responsibility? Or do you think there…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
79 - The Ingratitude of Barren Lives
Are you happy, active, and engaged with life? Are you grateful and seizing the most of your opportunities? Do you have the retirement blues? Are you bored? Do…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
78 - Hydrangea Resiliance
Do you let things beyond you wipe you out? Do you find it hard to recover when you feel thwarted or defeated? Are you gracious about letting go of past…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
77 - Compassion
What is compassion? Where does compassion come from? Is it compassion difficult? What are the benefits of compassion? How does it feel to be compassionate?…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
76 - Summer Solstice
Do you feel the shift into summer with the longer light fulled days and balmy temperatures? Do you feel the same about this season as you did as a child? What…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
75 - Out on a Limb into the Next Fifteen Feet
Do you have the courage to do what is right for you? Do you feel like you are going further and further out on a limb? Can you trust the process? How confident…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
74 - Receiving
Are you receiving infinite, impartial supply? Do you have everything you need? Are you asking for more when you have not utilized what you already have? What…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
73 - Garbage Removal
Do you have garbage that needs removing? How does it get taken away? How does it get eliminated? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
72 - Indifference the Opposite of Love
What happens when you don't care? Why are you indifferent? How does the indifference of others make you feel? Are you taking personal responsibility for your…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
71 - Audition Your Thoughts
Do you believe all your thoughts? Do you originate your thoughts? Are you the author of what you think? Are you in control of your thoughts? Are you sifting…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
70 - How to Help Heal Dark Times
How to we love those who seem so violent, hateful and destructive? How can you see them as God's innocent children? What do you do or think about them in these…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
69 - Being a Parent of Adult Children
What is your role with your adult children? Is it your job to advise them? Who is in charge of what they should modify? What would your kids want you to do now…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
68 - Are You Using What You Already Know?
Do you collect ideas and information without doing anything with it? Do you realize getting inspiration is not an end in itself? What good are intentions…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
67 - Casting Down Imaginations
What are you envisioning? Success or failure? Is imagination good or bad? Is what you are imagining productive or detrimental? Polly Castor is an artist, poet…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
66 - Spring Morning After Rain
Do you feel like a watered garden? Does your soul feel moist, nourished, and ready to grow? Do you feel deeply cared for? Are your needs fulfilled, nurtured…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
65 - A New Definition of Trauma
Can you relate to having been traumatized? Have your needs sometimes not been met humanly? Is all trauma malicious? Does God heal trauma? Polly Castor is an…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
64 - What Cross Will We Hang From?
Is the world already saved or do we have a part to play in it? What will avert mass destruction? Should we just allow unGodlike forces to kill all that is…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
63- Constraints are a Catalyst for Creativity
Do endless possibilities bewilder you? Do you chafe at restrictions? What can you do within the constraints you are faced with? Polly Castor is an artist…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
62 - A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Are you a champion of healing and helping, civility and respect? How do I love radically enough to stop racism, theocracy, elitism, and chauvinism? How do I…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
61 - Use What You Already Know
Is doing more potent than knowing more or obtaining more? Is inspiration an end in itself? Are you always scrambling after new information, a different…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
60 - Beyond Selfie Culture to a More Balanced Self-expression
Are you looking for external validation? Have you learned the freedom of only looking for internal validation? Have you found your unique and precious identity…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
59 - Call to Action
Are you just a spectator in your life? What are you becoming? Are you born to bless and give graciously to others? Are you loitering on the fringes of life?…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
58 - More Than the Slightest Ways
What are some other ways to pray besides thoughts and words? Do you pray with your deeds and your outlook? How about putting prayer in action? Polly Castor is…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
57 - Reframe that Broken Heart
Are you broken hearted? Do you think you are to carry a load regarding their actions? How can you care for yourself better? Can you reframe how you identify…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
56 - Tips on How to Say No to Others
How do you be nice and helpful, as well as avoid conflict, while still saying no? Is it possible to say no in ways that build bridges more than tear them down?…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
55 - Lean on the Infinite
Do you feel like you are doing today all by yourself? Have you tried leaning on the infinite? Do you have rapport with it? Are you leaning with expectancy?…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
54 - Winter Blessing
Can you enjoy hunkering down? Are you harnessing this precious inward time? Are you seizing the blessing of this fleeting season? Polly Castor is an artist…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
53 - Between Aspiration and Realization
Do you follow the Ten Commandments perfectly? Have you actually endeavored to reach any high goal? What does it take to realize your aspirations? Polly Castor…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
52 - Measuring by Degrees
How do you measure what counts? Are you measuring up? Are you better than yesterday? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
51 - Resolutions: Up to or Out from?
Are you making New Year's resolutions? How will you keep them if you do? Is there a better way? Can an enlightened spiritual view of yourself bring about…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
50 - Welcome (a Christmas Poem)
Merry Christmas! What is reborn in your heart today? Who has been sent to us? Don't humble beginnings have the grandest portent? Polly Castor is an artist…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
49 - God Knows What You Need
What is your right place? Who is a blessing for you to be with? What is your best employment? Who governs the combination of ideas? How are your needs met?…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
48 - Advent : A Puzzle of Waiting
Are you surprised by grace in all its mercy and power? Are you holding your breath this season? Are you waiting for the pieces to fall into place and for the…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
47 - I am not the Source
What is your first thought in the morning? Do you think you are self-made? Arn't you grateful you can trust something higher and more enlightened than any of…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
46 - Psalm of Thanksgiving and Praise
Are you grateful for God? For hands and eyes, for sun and sea? I'm grateful for you! Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
Friendship as Witness
Are you grateful for your friendships? Do you invest in your friends and really witness to who they are? Do your friends make you feel seen? Polly Castor is an…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
44 – Quieting Mental Chatter
Do you have mental chatter going on all the time? Do you want a quieter thought? Do you need a few pointers on how to bring stillness to the internal noise?…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
43 - Bonding and Balance
How do you gain stability? What brings you balance? How do you find your completeness? Polly Castor is an artist, poet, spiritual healer, and blogger. Daily…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
A God I Can Believe In
Are you an atheist? Do you reject concepts of God? Or do you have a God you believe in? What is God but your estimation of what is supreme and ultimate. How…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
41 – Half Past October
Are you appreciate every season of the year? Do you dread winter? Are you noticing what is special around you right now? Let's be mindful of all the good…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
40 - I Don't Believe in Drudgery
Just because your hands are in the dish water does your mind need to be? Do you choose to let things be dull, drab, or boring? Are you trudging and toiling up…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
39 - Can We?
Can we throw inertia off? Can we figure out what we want? Can we chunk it down and start? Can we get moving towards it? Polly Castor is an artist, poet…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
38 – Ambition vs. Dominion
Do you think ambition is a good thing? Is there a better way to accomplish success? Was Jesus ambitious? What can pursuing dominion do for you? What can a…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
37 – Be Satisfied Now
Are you looking at the past with regret or wistfulness? Or are you looking at the future with longing or trepidation? Is God doing these things? How can you be…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
36-Noticing Good
Do you realize when notice good, you can't feel bad? The human mind can hold only one thought at a time. So how much good can you notice? Try it right now, and…
- A Cup of Cold Water: Nourishing You with Wisdom, Inspiration, and Encouragement
35-Treasure in Heaven
What does the sermon on the mount mean when it says lay up your treasures in heaven? What is heaven, anyway? Are answers in more or better materiality? Are…