Contemplate This! Interview with Phileena Heuertz

Phileena is a founding co-director of Gravity Center: a Center for Contemplative Activism (in Omaha, NE), along with her husband Chris. She has spent her life in social justice work among the world’s poor. A member of the New Friar movement, for nearly 20 years she and her husband Chris served with Word Made Flesh in more than 70 countries building community among victims of human trafficking, survivors of HIV and AIDS, abandoned children and child soldiers and war brides.
Author, spiritual director, yoga instructor, public speaker and retreat guide, Phileena is passionate about spirituality and making the world a better place. With a rare gift for communicating the dynamics of the inner life, Phileena gracefully guides others toward growth and transformation.

Reviews

Amazing interview. Thank you, Tom, for bringing this forward. So much rich insight and wisdom captured here.

Great interview, loads of practical insights, timely for my spiritual journey, thanks. I will google and follow up on Gravity Centre🙏☀

Unedited and unscripted, some may find it a bit distracting especially at the start but the core message is worth sitting the entire session out. Covers a lot of ground including spiritual crisis and conditioning in females. Nuances not easily described, but mentioned here.

Successful in identifying markers in life which influence the ability to simultaneously perceive relationships with God, with others, and within oneself. Reminds me of learning to tango. First is control of oneself, learning to pair with your partner, and finally learning to navigate the entire floor. This is just my opinion.

Exceptional interview. Thank you.