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Spirituality for the Politically Incorrect

Spirituality for the Politically Incorrect

Written by: Nancy Showalter
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 Hi, I'm Nancy Showalter. And this podcast is for you if you instinctively know that there is more to life than what you have been taught and you're not afraid to explore beyond conventional belief systems. Remember how everyone thought the world was flat and if you challenged that you were crazy? Or how people said if we were meant to fly God would give us wings? What about, "civilization is only four thousand years old," but science tells us differently? Very few of us are living to our fullest potential. I believe that is because most of us do not access the divinity within--the part that is one with our Creator. And how do we do that? That, and more, is what this podcast is all about.

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  • The Year of Conscious Victory

    The Year of Conscious Victory
    Jan 6 2026



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    8 mins
  • Responsibility — The Ability to Respond

    Responsibility — The Ability to Respond
    Nov 18 2025
    Hello everyone, and welcome back to Spirituality for the Politically Incorrect. I’m Nancy Showalter, and today we’re unlocking one of the most liberating spiritual principles there is:Responsibility — not as blame, but as the “ability to respond.”This episode is about reclaiming your power, mastering your reactions, and remembering that no one controls your inner world except you.So let’s dive in.1. Responsibility Is Not Blame or Burden— It’s PowerMost people associate responsibility with burden, guilt, duty, or blame.But the deeper spiritual meaning is something entirely different:**Responsibility = Response-Ability, the Ability to Respond vs. ReactThe ability to consciously choose your response.**Reaction comes from fear, conditioning, or old habits.Response comes from awareness and inner mastery.Remember the spiritual adage, “You are never a victim of circumstances unless you choose to be.”Responsibility is not about fault.It’s about freedom — the freedom to choose how you think, feel, and act.No government, parent, partner, boss, or stranger can force you to think or feel anything.They can influence — but only you decide what enters your consciousness.2. Reaction vs. ResponseLet’s look at the difference:Reacting* Automatic* Triggered* Emotional* Fear-based* Disempowering* Rooted in old patterns* Reinforces victimhoodResponding* Aware* Thoughtful* Grounded* In alignment with your Higher Self* Empowering* Creates karma consciously* Builds masteryElizabeth Clare Prophet taught that every moment we choose between the human ego and the Higher Self within.When we react, the outer self leads.When we respond, the I AM Presence leads.3. Wayne Dyer’s Orange Example: “No One Makes You Angry Without Your Consent.”Wayne Dyer loved to tell this story:A woman once said to him,“Dr. Dyer, my husband makes me so angry.”He smiled gently and said:“No one can make you angry unless you allow them inside.What they do is what they do.What you feel is what you choose.”Then he gave his famous orange analogy:If you squeeze an orange, what comes out?Orange juice.Why?Because it’s what’s inside.And when life “squeezes” you — through criticism, stress, or conflict — what comes out of you is what you’ve been storing inside:* Peace* Anger* Patience* Love* Fear* JudgmentThe “squeeze” doesn’t put it there.It simply reveals what’s already inside.This is responsibility in action:You don’t control what others say or do.You do control what you hold within, and how you respond.“No one may enter the chamber of your consciousness unless you open the door.”Responsibility is inner sovereignty.4. No One Can Control Your Inner WorldJesus said:“The kingdom of God is within you.”— Luke 17:21The kingdom is not outer circumstances — it is your inner consciousness.He never taught:* “You will be blessed if Rome behaves.”* “You will have peace when everyone else stops irritating you.”Instead he taught:* “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” — Proverbs 23:7* “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2* “Choose you this day whom you will serve.” — Joshua 24:15You cannot be a victim and a creator at the same time.Responsibility is choosing to be the creator.5. Viktor Frankl: The Power Between Stimulus and ResponseViktor Frankl, the great psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, wrote one of the most profound statements on responsibility ever recorded:“Between stimulus and response there is a space.In that space is our power to choose our response.In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”Frankl lived through horrors beyond imagination — and yet he realized:* they could control his environment* they could control his body* they could control his food, his work, his freedom…but they could not control his inner world.He wrote:“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude.”Circumstances do not dictate your consciousness.Only your choices do.Responsibility is not blaming yourself for the outer conditions —it is claiming the supreme power of choice within those conditions.6. Responsibility and the I AM PresenceThe I AM Presence — is the true responder.When you choose to respond rather than react, you are literally allowing your Higher Self to act through you.Try affirming:“I AM the Presence choosing my responses with wisdom and love.”or“I AM the master of my world. Nothing moves me from my center.”And one of my favorite ones is, whcn facing a difficult situation that you cannot readily see a solution, “Might I AM Presence, you take command of this situation. I shall not be moved!And you stay anchored in your Higher Self and allow God to work it out in the best interest of all concerned.Responsibility isn’t heavy —it’s empowering.It’s the moment you stop giving your power away.7. Practical Tools: Training Yourself to Respond, Not ...
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    13 mins
  • Was I Born in the Wrong Body?

    Was I Born in the Wrong Body?
    Oct 14 2025
    Hello and welcome to today’s episode where we’re talking about one of the most sensitive and personal topics of our time — gender, identity, and the soul.Maybe you’re a teen or a young child listening who has wondered, “Was I born in the wrong body?” Maybe you’re a parent hearing those words from your child. Wherever you are in this conversation, I want you to know — this is not about judgment. This is about compassion, about truth, and about remembering who you really are.“When spirit meets science, something remarkable happens… take a look.”The Heart of the StruggleIt’s not unusual for young people to look in the mirror and feel out of place. Maybe you don’t like your body, or maybe you’ve experimented with clothes or roles that don’t fit what people expect. Those feelings are real, and they can be confusing.When you’re young, it’s natural to explore. Some young children like to dress up as the opposite sex or play games that are usually associated with one sex or the other but don’t necessarily think about wanting to become the opposite sex. As a teenager with all the physical and emotional changes that teens typically face, it is not unusual to even question who you are. Sometimes that also shows up as wanting to dress like the opposite sex, or wishing you were born different. But psychologists have noticed something important: many children and teens outgrow those feelings when they’re simply given space, love, and time.For example, psychiatrists like Dr. Susan Bradley, a Canadian psychiatrist, and her colleague Dr. Kenneth Zucker worked with children who felt uncomfortable in their birth gender. What they observed is that most of these kids didn’t carry those feelings into adulthood. The desire often faded as they matured, especially when no one rushed them into permanent changes.Even today, voices like Dr. Stephen Levine, a psychiatrist who has worked with gender-distressed patients for decades, remind us that these feelings often point to deeper emotional wounds. He says it’s vital to explore the psychology and the soul first, because changing the outside won’t necessarily heal the inside.What this shows us is that your feelings are real—but they don’t have to be forever. What seems like the only answer right now may shift as you grow, as you discover more of yourself, as you heal. And that’s okay. You are not broken—you are in process. And don’t let society or peers pressure you into anything permanently that will affect your future.The Spiritual DimensionIt’s important to address the spiritual perspective, which is often overlooked or not even be considered. You are not an accident. You didn’t just land in a random body. Your soul chooses — or is karmically required— to embody as a male or female for a purpose.Here’s something you may not have heard before: no matter your body, you are both masculine and feminine. If you’re in a female body, you are 51 percent feminine and 49 percent masculine. If you’re in a male body, you are 51 percent masculine and 49 percent feminine. That means you already carry both sides within you because you were made in the image and likeness of God.“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” …”So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. - Genesis 1:26-27So if you feel some imbalance, or like you don’t fully fit in your birth gender, that’s not a mistake — it’s part of your growth. There are lessons, strengths, and energies to master in the gender you were born into. Changing your body on the outside doesn’t heal the lessons your soul came here to learn on the inside.Why Might Someone Feel Like They are in the Wrong Body?Again, from a spiritual perspective, in addition to the societal trends or pressures we see put upon individuals, teens and even children, there are several reasons why someone may not feel comfortable in their birth gender.For instance, an individual who has had many lifetimes in one gender may not feel comfortable in the opposite gender, even though their karma or their divine plan dictated it. Or an individual might be rebelling against his or her karma and refuses to fulfill the purpose for that lifetime.Whatever the reason, changing your gender can have a serious impact on your ability to balance karma and fulfill your life’s plan. In the case of children who have recently arrived in the physical dimension, they are still feeling their wholeness, which is also a reason why they might innocently dress as the opposite sex or play with toys or engage in sports typically associated with the opposite sex. This does not mean that the child should be encouraged to change his or her gender. In fact...
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