{"podcast":{"title":"Living Compass Spirituality & Wellness","slug":"living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987","podcast_index_feed_id":6054987,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/460689/rss","website_url":"https://livingcompass.org/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/9/8/f/898f60fadb6827a427a2322813b393ee/Living_Compass_Podcast_Art_Work_Final_Feb_20_2023.jpg","author":"Scott Stoner","episode_count":176,"summary":"The Living Compass Spirituality and Wellness Initiative is a non-profit that creates low-cost, often free, wellness resources, including this podcast, currently used by tens of thousands of adults, teens, parents, faith communities, and organizations around the world. The Rev. Dr. Scott Stoner, the founder of this initiative, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and Episcopal minister. He has over forty years of experience equipping individuals, couples, parents, and families with the tools and inspiration they need to navigate their lives and relationships with awareness and intention.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T10:19:37.527762+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987"},"episode":{"title":"\"Is Your Recreation Truly Re-Creative?\" Episode #175, May 26, 2026","slug":"is-your-recreation-truly-re-creative-episode-175-may-26-2026","published_at":"2026-05-29T15:21:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987/is-your-recreation-truly-re-creative-episode-175-may-26-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987","url":"https://06e04297-05c1-461f-9446-b2ef70070fa3.libsyn.com/is-your-recreation-truly-re-creative-episode-175-may-26-2026","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/06e04297-05c1-461f-9446-b2ef70070fa3/Living_Compass_Podcast_Re_Creation_May_29_2026.mp3?dest-id=3885363","summary":"Is Your Recreation Truly Re-Creative? As summer begins, host Scott Stoner invites listeners to reflect on a simple but important question: Is your recreation actually restoring you — or are you just zoning out? Scott distinguishes between mindlessly scrolling or numbing out (easy to do, but not truly restorative) and activities that create genuine flow — that quality of being so present and engaged that you lose track of time. For Scott, those activities are playing mandolin at bluegrass jams and riding his bike. Both draw him fully into the moment and replenish him body, mind, and spirit. This idea of true rest has deep roots. Sabbath — woven into the founding traditions of Judaism and Christianity — is ancient wisdom about the necessity of restoration. When we neglect it, the signs show up across all dimensions of our wellbeing: emotional flatness, spiritual dryness, physical depletion, relational withdrawal. A simple practice to try this week: Choose one dimension of your wellbeing — physical, emotional, spiritual, or relational — and do one thing that is genuinely replenishing for that area. You already know what it is. The challenge is simply remembering and then choosing it. Bonus points if one activity nourishes more than one dimension at once. The Living Compass app offers courses, self-guided retreats, and guided meditations. Find it at app.livingcompass.org or in any app store. Questions or reflections? Reach Scott at scott@livingcompass.org .","meta_description":"Is Your Recreation Truly Re-Creative? As summer begins, host Scott Stoner invites listeners to reflect on a simple but important question: Is your recreat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":461,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987/episodes/is-your-recreation-truly-re-creative-episode-175-may-26-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987/is-your-recreation-truly-re-creative-episode-175-may-26-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}