Working for Your Soul with Thomas Moore, PhD

Program Description

If you’re feeling frustrated and exhausted by the way you make your living, or just have a gnawing question about whether something better might be waiting around the bend, Thomas Moore may have a solution for you. He says, “If your life is going along in a complete, unbroken straight line, it’s pretty hard to make a move in another direction. It’s when those breaks come along, where things don’t work out, and suddenly you’re left nowhere, not knowing which direction to go next; those can be very creative moments, simply because you have some space to make a move.” In this engaging conversation with an old friend, Care of the Soul author Thomas Moore explores how we care for our souls through the work we do. He points to unexpected signs that it might be time to reexamine your career choice, and offers reassurance with stories of how he and others have come through crises on the job to find fulfillment they never knew was lacking. If you’re feeling frustrated and exhausted by the way you make your living, or just have a gnawing question about whether something better might be waiting around the bend, Thomas Moore may have a solution for you.

Thomas Moore, PhD, has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist, and now lectures widely on spirituality, psychotherapy, ecology, and holistic medicine. His groundbreaking book, Care of the Soul: A Guide to Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life (HarperCollins 1992), was on the New York Times bestseller list for forty-six weeks. He writes columns for Resurgence and Spirituality & Health magazines and Beliefnet.com, and is the author of fifteen books including The Re-enchantment of Everyday Life (HarperCollins 1996), Soul Mates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship (HarperCollins 1994), and A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do (Broadway Books 2008). To learn more about the work of Thomas Moore go to www.careofthesoul.net

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• Why moving up the corporate ladder can be bad for your soul
• Why you might not trust your intuition
• What your relationships at home can tell you about the quality of your work
• How you can deal with a boss who overuses his or her power
• Why a terrible job might be the best thing that ever happened to you
• How times of chaos can give you the space you need to make a creative move

Program Number: 3246               Host: Michael Toms              Interview Date: 3/6/2008