Awakenings in Real Life

Welcome back to Awakenings in Real Life! Conversations about the spiritual journey of women and mothers in contemporary life. This podcast is hosted by integrative psychotherapist and meditation teacher Kathryn Chaya Lubow, and actress and transformational life coach Ruby Mercado. Join us as we share insights, challenges and laughs on what its like to dive… Continue reading #3 Waking up thru Divorce with Elizabeth Winkler

Welcome to Our Stories of Awakening Part 2 For this episode, Ruby interviews me about my adventures on the spiritual path. I share how the universe gave me a huge wake up call at age 19 when I was a passenger in a car that went off a pier into the Puget Sound. I share the impact it had on my life and path, from deep realization to a planetary search to heal from PTSD. I explore some of the practices that have helped my own path as well as inspired me to work with others as a psychotherapist, including the surprise insight (that happened on a treadmill) that changed the playing field for my life and spiritual practice.

We are so excited to share our very first podcast and hope that you will join us on this adventure where we open up about our journey and our day to day lives while living this spiritual path. In this first episode, I, Ruby Mercado, open up about my journey and how my daughter's diagnosis… Continue reading Our Stories of Awakening Part 1