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Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Spiritual Sense is a weekly conversation between Michael Mackintosh and Shireen Chada, two longtime meditation teachers, on how to quiet an overthinking mind, recharge your soul, and bring more peace into everyday life. Each episode takes one real spiritual idea and turns it into something you can actually use, drawing on ancient wisdom and decades of practice. Warm, practical, and grounded: wisdom you can live, not just think about.
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- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Self realization and god realization
What is the difference between self-realisation and God-realisation? Are they two stages of the same spiritual journey, or do they represent fundamentally…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why you are afraid to disappoint people?
Why are we afraid of disappointing people, and how can we stop people-pleasing and live more authentically? In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore the…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The voice that says you are not good enough
Have you ever noticed that the harshest voice in your life can sometimes be the one inside your own head? That inner critic tells you that you're not good…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Stop Reacting to Difficult People (Take Back Your Power)
Do difficult people constantly push your buttons? Do you find yourself getting angry, defensive, or emotionally drained after dealing with certain people?…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Wake up from your old story
What if the story you've been telling yourself about who you are isn't the whole truth? We all carry stories from our past — about what we're capable of, what…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Love your parts - stop fighting with ego
Love Your Parts — Stop Fighting With Ego What if you didn't have to fight the parts of yourself you don't like? We often treat our fear, anger, insecurity…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
What If You Don't Have to Work So Hard?
What If You Don't Have to Work So Hard? What if the answer isn't always to work harder? We can become so used to pushing, striving, achieving, and trying to…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Stop Giving Away Your Power
Stop Giving Away Your Power How often do you give your power away without even realising it? Every time you allow someone else's opinion to determine your…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why your mind won't leave you alone
Why does your mind keep talking, analysing, replaying conversations, imagining what could go wrong, and searching for answers even when you desperately want to…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The hidden cause of overthinking
Why do we overthink so much, even when we know it isn't helping? Sometimes overthinking isn't really about the problem in front of us. Beneath the endless…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Stop Overworking When You Cannot Switch Off
Do you ever feel like you’re constantly doing something, but never truly resting? Even when the work is finished, your mind keeps going. You’re thinking about…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Hand over your worries to God
What if you stopped trying to carry every worry, fear, and uncertainty on your own? In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore what it means to truly hand…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Feel your Feelings
YouTube Description What if the emotions you've been trying to avoid are actually the doorway to your greatest healing? Many of us spend years distracting…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Celebrating Progress On Your Spiritual Path
Every spiritual journey has moments when it feels like nothing is changing. But true transformation often happens quietly, one small step at a time. In this…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Stop Letting Other People Steal Your Peace
Everyone encounters difficult people, criticism, negativity, and emotional challenges—but they don't have to control your inner world. In this episode of…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
I’ve Read So Many Spiritual Books… So Why Am I Still Stuck
You've read the books. You've listened to the podcasts. You've watched countless videos on spirituality, mindfulness, and personal growth. So why does it still…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Secret to Living With Ease
FREE Thought Worksheet (the 5 types of thoughts) → [your Google Drive link] Go deeper, free — Shireen's Insight Timer course "Free Yourself From Overthinking &…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Truth About Why You Wake Up Tired
Struggling to fall asleep or wake up feeling truly refreshed? In this video, you'll learn how to achieve deep, restful sleep by understanding the habits…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Quiet a Mind That Won't Switch Off
Your mind won't switch off. You lie down exhausted — and that's the moment it comes alive: the replays, the to-do list, the 3am loop. If you've tried…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why People Pleasing Makes You Tired
Why do so many kind and caring people end up feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained? In this episode of Spiritual Sense, Michael McIntosh and…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Make Your Mind Your Friend
Your mind can be your greatest ally—or your greatest obstacle. In this powerful episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore how to transform your relationship with…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Reprogram Yourself
Can we truly transform our lives by transforming our inner world? In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore the profound journey of reprogramming yourself…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Stop the Wandering Mind and be Happy
Step into a powerful conversation on meditation, consciousness, and the wandering mind with Michael McIntosh and Sister Shireen on the Spiritual Sense Podcast…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Use AI Without Losing Yourself
What happens when artificial intelligence becomes part of everyday life — but your inner awareness starts fading into the background? In this episode of…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
When Force Stops Working
In this week's episode of Spiritual Sense, we dive deep into the concept of force—that internal drive to push and control outcomes in our lives. Have you ever…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Full Weight of Karma
In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we reflect on a powerful and often misunderstood truth—the full weight of karma. Karma is not simply about reward or…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Power of Enough
Link to Sabstack: https://shireenchada.substack.com/ I n a world that constantly tells you to want more, earn more, and become more… When do you finally decide…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Life is Better as a Guest
What if this life isn’t something you own… but something you’ve been invited into? In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore the idea that you are not…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Mind's Infinite Capacity for Self-Deception
The mind is a powerful instrument—but it is not always aligned with truth. It has an extraordinary ability to protect itself through subtle forms of…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
It's Time to Go Home
Welcome to Spiritual Sense. There comes a moment on the journey inward where everything begins to change… not on the outside, but within. Meditation is no…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Main Thing — Introduction & The Spiritual Breath Meditation
Welcome to Daily Meditations With Michael — a daily 5-8 minute guided meditation series built around two truths that change everything: you are a soul, and you…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Main Thing (new daily meditation podcast)
I'm doing a NEW short meditation podcast. If you want to do short daily meditations to connect with who you are go here APPLE…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why Self-Awareness Isn't Enough
Many people believe that once they become self-aware, their problems will disappear. But awareness alone does not create transformation. In the spiritual…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why You Can't Put Your Phone Down (And How to Finally Do It)
Why is it so hard to put your phone down—even when you want to? In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore the deeper psychological and spiritual reasons…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why do what we do
In this powerful episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore the invisible battle happening inside all of us — the war between discipline and indiscipline. Every…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
When you are feeling lonely . . . The Silent Companion
Silent Companion | Finding Comfort in God When No One Else Understands In a world full of noise, opinions, and constant distraction, there is One presence that…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Who is God, Really?
Who is God, really? Is God a person, a presence, a force… or something beyond all definitions? In this profound episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore the…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
What If You're Not Broken?
What if there’s nothing wrong with you? What if the pain, confusion, and setbacks you’ve faced were never signs of being broken—but signals of growth? In this…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why Some People Have More (And It's Not What You Think)
Why do some people seem to have more—more success, more peace, more opportunities? It’s not luck, talent, or favoritism. In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why You Keep Trying Alone (And Why It Never Works)
You keep telling yourself you’ll change, heal, and grow on your own—but something always pulls you back. This isn’t weakness, it’s a reminder that real…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Protection Nobody Talks About
The Protection Nobody Talks About explores how living in alignment with dharma creates a quiet but powerful form of protection—one that comes from right…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The 90-Second Rule: Why You Quit Too Soon
Most people quit not because they’re incapable, but because they don’t understand how emotions work. In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we explore the…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The One Sentence That Triples Your Follow-Through
Most people don’t fail because they lack talent or ideas — they fail because they don’t follow through. This one sentence creates a powerful mental shift that…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
This Is How You Manifest Your New Year Goals
The New Year is a powerful portal for intention, clarity, and manifestation. In this video, you’ll learn how to align your thoughts, emotions, and energy to…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to talk lovingly to yourself
Discover how changing your inner dialogue can transform your relationship with yourself. In this episode, you'll learn to replace harsh self-criticism with…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Why You Keep Repeating the Same Painful Patterns and How to Stop
Why do you keep attracting the same painful situations, relationships, or emotional cycles? In this video, we explore the deeper reasons repetitive patterns…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Relationships and seeing clearly
The Real Reason Relationships Hurt | Spiritual Sense Why do relationships hurt so deeply, even when love is present? In this episode of Spiritual Sense, we…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Real Source of Your Suffering
In this episode of the Spiritual Sense Podcast, we explore one of the deepest spiritual truths: Your suffering doesn’t come from the world outside you… it…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The 3-Second Gap That Changes Everything
Before your emotions take over, there’s a tiny moment — a 3-second gap — where your entire reality can shift. Most people react instantly to their first…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Owning Nothing — Not Even Your Thoughts
So many of us struggle with negative thoughts and repeating habits that seem to come back again and again. You don’t want to think them, you don’t want to feel…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How Are You Really? A Spiritual Check-In for Your Soul
In the rush of daily life, it’s easy to say “I’m fine” without ever pausing to listen to what your spirit is truly feeling. Today, I invite you into a moment…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Perfectionism: The Silent Enemy of Inner Freedom
Perfectionism looks like striving for excellence — but beneath it often hides fear, self-doubt, and the illusion of control. From an awakened perspective…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
You’re Not Waiting — You’re Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be
This is God’s blessing for you. Trust the divine timing of your life. Everything that is meant for you is already making its way — not too soon, not too late…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Overcoming Fear
In this episode of Spiritual Sense, Michael and Sister Shireen explore the deeper roots of fear — not just as an emotion, but as an energy that clouds our true…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Overflow Principle- How Giving Fills Your Soul
What if the secret to feeling full is to pour yourself out? In this heart-opening episode, we explore the divine mathematics of fulfillment — how sharing your…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
How to Stop Overthinking
Do you ever feel trapped in your own thoughts? In this episode of the Spiritual Sense Podcast, Michael and Sister Shireen explore the real reason we overthink…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
When Life Gets Too Much (Little Things Can Add Up To A Crisis)
Sometimes, life doesn’t fall apart because of one huge event — it’s the accumulation of small, unnoticed stresses that quietly drain our energy. The little…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Having Too Many Opinions Is Bad for Your Health
In today’s noisy world, everyone seems to have an opinion about everything—politics, relationships, spirituality, even how others should live their lives. But…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
Meditation Advice That Actually Works
Meditation is one of the most powerful tools we have for inner peace, clarity, and awakening—but so many people struggle to make it work in a way that feels…
- Spiritual Sense: Practical wisdom to quiet an overthinking mind and recharge your soul
The Third Eye Explained (So It Actually Helps)
Welcome to our podcast all about the Third Eye and how we can open it. We'll be exploring the many benefits of this practice, such as gaining a deeper…