Beyond Names: Spirituality for Anyone and Everyone

Every Act of Business Can Be an Act of Love

What if we stop treating our work as separate from spirituality and start treating it as a place where we can make love manifest? In this episode of Beyond Names, Dr. Habib sits down with Mark Silver—founder of Heart of Business, spiritual teacher, and longtime student of Sufism—to explore a radically different vision of work, success, and liberation. Mark shares his deeply personal spiritual journey through Judaism, queer community, earth-based spirituality, and ultimately into Sufism—revealing how each path opened him more fully to connection, embodiment, and the sacred. Together, they explore regenerative agriculture, healing from systems of domination, bringing compassion into business and marketing, and what it means to live from oneness in a world that often teaches separation. This conversation also offers wisdom for navigating difficult times, making space for grief, protecting joy, discovering your gifts, and finding your place in the work of healing the world. A conversation about spirituality, liberation, business, ecology, and returning again and again to love.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517130/support] To make an appointment with Dr. Habib, visit https://www.habibboerger.com/.

How to Heal Your Grief: Thomas Attig on Loss, Meaning, & Relearning Life

In this deeply moving conversation, Dr. Habīb Boerger sits down with philosopher and grief scholar Dr. Thomas Attig to explore grief not as something to “get over,” but as an invitation into deeper humanity, meaning, and connection. Drawing from decades of work in grief studies, Thomas Attig shares his understanding of grieving as “relearning the world” after profound loss. Together, Habīb and Tom reflect on death, love, spirituality, interconnectedness, and the ways loss reshapes our understanding of who we are and what matters most. The conversation weaves together personal stories of family loss, spiritual transformation, applied philosophy, Sufism, gratitude, mystery, and the sacredness of being alive. Along the way, they explore questions many of us carry: * How do we continue living after devastating loss?  * What can grief teach us about love and meaning?  * How do we move from sorrow toward gratitude?  * What does it mean to live wisely in a fractured world?  * How can grief reconnect us to our shared humanity?  Rather than offering simplistic answers, this episode invites listeners into a compassionate and honest reflection on suffering, healing, connectedness, and hope. Whether you are grieving, supporting someone who is grieving, questioning organized religion, or searching for deeper meaning in life, this conversation offers wisdom, tenderness, and profound insight. Topics Include: * Grief as “relearning the world”  * Spirituality beyond dogma  * Loss, meaning, and existential philosophy  * Sufism and the religion of love  * Gratitude as a path through grief  * Interconnectedness and human compassion  * Emotional pain as guidance toward healing  * Hope, humility, and the mystery of existence  About the Guest Dr. Thomas Attig is an applied philosopher and internationally respected voice in grief studies. He is the author of How We Grieve: Relearning the World, The Heart of Grief, and Catching Your Breath in Grief. His latest collection, Seeking Wisdom in Death’s Shadows, brings together decades of reflection on grief, healing, and what it means to live well. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517130/support] To make an appointment with Dr. Habib, visit https://www.habibboerger.com/.

Everything Is a Conversation with God: Breathwork, Love, and Awakening with Dr. Colleen Quinn

In this deeply expansive and intimate conversation, Dr. Habib Boerger sits with psychologist, mystic breathwork practitioner, and author Dr. Colleen Quinn to explore the transformative power of breath, love, and spiritual awakening. Colleen shares her extraordinary journey—from childhood spiritual sensitivity and profound trauma to two near-death experiences that reshaped her understanding of life, love, and the Divine. What emerges is a path rooted in direct experience where everything becomes a conversation with God. Together, Habib and Colleen explore: * Breathwork as a gateway to healing, presence, and mystical union  * The idea of “love squeezes” — how pain and challenge become catalysts for growth  * The integration of trauma through somatic and spiritual practices  * The shared wisdom across mystical traditions pointing toward oneness  * The difference between knowing spiritually and experiencing truth  * How everyday moments can become portals to the sacred  Colleen also offers a guided breathwork practice and shares insights from her book Essence Merging, including a powerful story of awakening into unity beyond the illusion of separation. This episode is an invitation to soften, to listen, and to remember: love is not just a feeling—it is our deepest nature, our greatest teacher, and the legacy we are here to create. Pause, breathe, and notice what within you is ready to come home. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517130/support] To make an appointment with Dr. Habib, visit https://www.habibboerger.com/.

From Wounding to Wholeness — Embodied Islam, Healing, and the Path of Rahmah with Dr. Rose Aslan

In this deeply honest and expansive conversation, Dr. Habib Boerger is joined by Dr. Rose Aslan—community healing practitioner, former professor, and guide in somatics, breathwork, and embodied spirituality. Together, they explore the powerful intersection of trauma, healing, and faith. Dr. Aslan shares her remarkable journey—from a childhood marked by fear to a passionate spiritual seeker, to her conversion to Islam through Sufism, and into the complexities of spiritual abuse, academia, and ultimately, profound healing. Her story is one of courage, unraveling, and reclamation. This episode dives into: * The impact of trauma and disconnection from the body  * Spiritual abuse and reclaiming personal agency  * The relationship between somatics and embodiment in faith practices * Relearning prayer (salat) as a source of presence and regulation  * The deep wisdom embedded in Islamic ritual  * Rahmah (divine compassion) as the heart of Islam  Together, Habib and Rose reflect on their shared and divergent paths, exploring how embodied spirituality can open the door to deeper connection, healing, and intimacy with the Divine. This is a conversation for anyone who has struggled with faith, questioned inherited beliefs, or longed to experience spirituality as something lived, felt, and embodied. May this episode help you reconnect—with your body, your breath, your heart, and the compassion that flows through it all. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517130/support] To make an appointment with Dr. Habib, visit https://www.habibboerger.com/.

The Repetition of War & the Call to Consciousness

In this powerful and timely conversation, Dr. Habīb Boerger is joined by returning guest Abdul-Karim Pinckney—musical artist, former imam, and spiritual thinker—to explore the deeper meaning behind his unreleased single, “Here We Go Again.” Together, they reflect on the repeating patterns of war, the emotional and spiritual toll of global conflict, and the systems that perpetuate division and injustice. This episode invites listeners to look beyond headlines and ask deeper questions: What is really happening? How are we participating—consciously or unconsciously—in these cycles? And what is ours to do? Through honest dialogue, personal stories, and spiritual insight, this conversation moves from global issues to deeply personal responsibility—highlighting the importance of awareness, truth-telling, and cultivating mercy in our own lives. Rather than offering easy answers, this episode holds space for complexity, encouraging each of us to begin where we are: within our own hearts, our choices, and our communities. Topics include: * The repetition of war * Media narratives, fear, and perception  * Personal responsibility within systemic injustice  * The power of awareness and inner work  * Community, connection, and collective change  * Spiritual clarity in times of uncertainty  May this conversation invite you into deeper reflection, greater compassion, and a renewed commitment to truth and justice.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517130/support] To make an appointment with Dr. Habib, visit https://www.habibboerger.com/.