The Light, the Thunder, and the Rain. But mostly the Light. A Pilgrim’s Odyssey is your daily dose of hope navigating family, faith, and living free. Silouan Green, The Pilgrim’s Odyssey host, began to find his own answers after a tragic jet crash on an epic 23-month, over 20,000 mile motorcycle trip. Since then, he has taught thousands to take positive action in facing the trials and traumas of life. Life is complicated. Where are you going?
Episodes
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
The Coffee Shop barista said, "I'm gonna go looking for my power place," and it ended up making all the difference in my decision to embark on an epic motorcycle journey for the answers to the questions I couldn't find answers.
What can you do right now in the middle of the coronavirus to find your power place? Today, on The Pilgrim's Odyssey.
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Use the eye of this current storm to focus on three things that can pay long-term benefits - simplify, quiet time, and family and friends. None of this is new, and to help drive what matters home, enjoy a gem from the Philokalia written 1700 years ago.
And pardon the baby racoons. They ended up being very agreeable.
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thomas Merton wrote 65 years ago in No Man is An Island how the noise of society obscured truth.
In this time of quiet, stop to think about all the noise in our lives from the news, media, politicians, businesses, schools, work, etc. Everybody selling something. What does it do to our ability to accurately and honestly examine our own lives? Where is truth?
Join me for some Merton soul food and a challenge for your life.
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Little did I know volunteering inside Pendleton Maximum Security Prison would change my life and the most important lesson I learned came from the most unexpected of sources - a monster or an angel? What keeps you imprisoned, and how do you escape?
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Driving the desolate streets of Indianapolis brought me an eerie peace and unexpected surprises. It hearkened me to a time when the mystery of what was around the next bend was enough to keep my spirits high and my soul in balance. It's a feeling I'd let the noise of the world hide from me for too long.
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
In this episode we discuss the science of hope and the steps I took to find it in my darkest of times. Hope is contagious and hope builds. The momentum of hope is as powerful as the momentum of despair, but it must be maintained. Meaning must be pursued to our last breath.
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
We conclude our suicide series with a motivating explanation of Viktor Frankl's theory of suicide. Viktor Frankl lost everything to the Nazis except his will to move forward and find hope in the worst of circumstances. His lessons have never been more valuable.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Part 2 of my 3 part series on suicide. I delve a little more into my own story while sharing a powerful theory of suicide development from a friend at the VA's Suicide Prevention office and Dr. Thomas Joiner's great book, Why People Die by Suicide. It's a powerful theory because the more we understand why people make unthinkable to us choices, the better we are able to help them and help ourselves. The key to suicide prevention is relationships that allow us to show people another path.
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Suicide leaves in its wake despair, pain, regret, and a ton of questions. Drawing on my years of experience helping those who feel like life isn't worth living, I share some of the lessons I teach on understanding suicide, and ultimately how to show someone another way to meet their pain and despair.
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
The best things in my life have often come when I was forced to face my worst fears: failure, shame, guilt, and loss. When I stayed in the dark the monster of fear grew, when I stepped forward I found hope and discovered I wasn't alone. In this episode you'll learn how I found my brightest light, my dear wife, in the darkest of times. They suck, but unexpected traumas often give us the push we need to make the changes that make life worth living.