{"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":"\"No Ahead, No Behind: What Trees Can Teach Us About Sacred Timing,\" Episode #173","slug":"no-ahead-no-behind-what-trees-can-teach-us-about-sacred-timing-episode-173","published_at":"2026-05-11T23:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987/no-ahead-no-behind-what-trees-can-teach-us-about-sacred-timing-episode-173","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987","url":"https://06e04297-05c1-461f-9446-b2ef70070fa3.libsyn.com/no-ahead-no-behind-what-trees-can-teach-us-about-sacred-timing-episode-173","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/06e04297-05c1-461f-9446-b2ef70070fa3/Living_Compass_Podcast_Trees_bud_in_own_time_May_11_2026.mp3?dest-id=3885363","summary":"Show Notes In this episode, Scott reflects on one of spring's most quietly profound lessons: that trees bud in their own time, on their own internal rhythm — and that the same is true for each of us. Walking near the Ice Age Trail and in his own neighborhood, Scott has noticed that even two trees of the same species, standing side by side, can be weeks apart in their budding. One is fully leafing out while the other shows barely a sign of life. And yet neither is ahead or behind. Each is simply following its own inner clock. This observation opens into a deeper invitation: to release the pressure we place on ourselves — and on others — to bud on our timeline. Whether we're longing for clarity, resolution, healing, or change in our own lives or in someone we love, the wisdom of the trees reminds us that we cannot force the budding. We can only trust it. Scott draws on several threads woven throughout the Living Compass community: The Quaker saying \"Way will open\" — revisited from a recent episode, and deepened here through the image of a tree's patient, unhurried unfolding. Coaching youth soccer — a vivid reminder that children, like trees, bud in dramatically different ways and timeframes, physically, emotionally, and in skill — and that the difference is not a deficit but a beautiful symphony. The hidden life of trees — recent research showing that trees in distress are actually supported by neighboring trees through their root systems, sending nutrients underground. Not competition, but communion. That underground network becomes a metaphor for the Living Compass community itself — people whose roots, Scott reflects, are by divine design interconnected, supporting one another as the life force moves through each of us in its own time. The episode closes with a gentle…","meta_description":"Show Notes In this episode, Scott reflects on one of spring's most quietly profound lessons: that trees bud in their own time, on their own internal rhyth…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":447,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-compass-spirituality-wellness-6054987/episodes/no-ahead-no-behind-what-trees-can-teach-us-about-sacred-timing-episode-173/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/no-ahead-no-behind-what-trees-can-teach-us-about-sacred-timing-episode-173.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}