Every Act of Business Can Be an Act of Love

From Head to Heart: Healing, Sufism, and the Alchemy of Awakening with Latifah Lynn Hobin

What happens when a life-altering diagnosis becomes the doorway to a deeper relationship with the Divine? In this heartfelt and inspiring conversation, Dr. Habib sits down with spiritual teacher, healer, dentist, and author Latifah Lynn Hobin to explore her extraordinary journey from chronic illness and personal upheaval to healing, wholeness, and spiritual awakening. After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at age 34 and later told that conventional medicine had little left to offer, Latifah embarked on an unexpected path that led her beyond intellectual belief and into a living experience of Divine presence. Along the way, she discovered the transformative power of Sufi practice, compassionate self-witnessing, somatic healing, and the wisdom of the heart. Together, Habib and Latifah explore: * The difference between knowing God in your head and knowing God in your heart  * Living with chronic illness while cultivating hope, peace, and resilience  * The role of Sufi practices such as tauba (returning to the Divine)  * How trauma, healing, and spirituality intersect  * The healing power of the Divine Name Ya Salaam (The Peace)  * Moving from limiting beliefs and self-judgment toward compassion and wholeness  * Finding the Creator within creation and beauty within every experience  This conversation is a gentle invitation to soften, trust, and discover the love that has been present all along. Whether you are navigating illness, grief, uncertainty, spiritual longing, or simply seeking a deeper connection with the Divine, Latifah's wisdom offers both comfort and inspiration.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517130/support] To make an appointment with Dr. Habib, visit https://www.habibboerger.com/.

From Suicidal Ideation to Love & Light: Gina Cavalier's Journey of Healing

What does it take to move from despair to hope, from self-harm to self-love, from merely surviving to truly living? In this deeply personal and compassionate conversation, Dr. Habib sits down with entrepreneur, author, filmmaker, and sustainability advocate Gina Cavalier to explore her remarkable journey through childhood trauma, years of suicidal ideation, and the spiritual awakening that transformed her life. Gina shares how experiences of neglect, abuse, and profound loneliness shaped her early years, and how a crisis point eventually led her to embark on an intensive spiritual search. Drawing wisdom from multiple traditions and practices, she discovered tools that helped her reconnect with love, light, purpose, and what she describes as the soul's innate connection to Source. Together, Habib and Gina explore the relationship between spirituality and healing, the importance of having a personal toolkit of grounding practices, the power of service, forgiveness, and community, and the need to create spaces where difficult conversations about mental health can happen without shame or stigma. The conversation also highlights surprising resonances between Gina's experiences and Habib's Sufi understanding of the soul, heart, and Divine light, revealing how wisdom can emerge across traditions when we listen deeply. Whether you have struggled personally with despair, love someone who has, or simply seek a deeper understanding of healing and spiritual growth, this episode offers encouragement, practical insights, and a powerful reminder that transformation is possible. In this episode: * Gina's journey from suicidal ideation to spiritual healing  * The role of spirituality in recovery and resilience  * Building a personal toolkit for emotional and spiritual well-being  * Service, compassion, and reconnecting with meaning  * The relationship between soul, spirit, and inner light  * Creating safe spaces for honest conversations about mental health  * Why returning to love may be one of the most important spiritual practices of all  "You are the joy that nothing else is." — Gina Cavalier If this conversation resonates with you, please like, subscribe, share, and leave a review to help others discover the podcast. If you or someone you know is experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide, please call 988, text 988, chat online at https://988lifeline.org/ [https://988lifeline.org/], or contact local emergency services or a crisis support line in your area immediately. You do not have to face those struggles alone.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517130/support] To make an appointment with Dr. Habib, visit https://www.habibboerger.com/.

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/.