Matt & Joy Newsletter

Why It's Hard Keeping Up With Spiritual Practices

Hi Lovebug, Most people abandon a spiritual practice for one reason: it did not deliver the experience they wanted fast enough. We treat meditation, prayer, breathwork, journaling, or energy work like a vending machine — insert twenty minutes, receive calm, clarity, a healed relationship, or a...

Aug 23, 2026

You Did Not 'Attract That' To Learn A Lesson

Dear Lovebug,Healing is not an itemized list of things wrong with us that must be corrected before life is allowed to feel good. Healing is the power of course correction — the ability to notice we have drifted a few degrees off, and to choose again. That distinction changes everything, becaus...

Aug 16, 2026

What To Do When Someone Gets You Wrong

Dearest Lovebug, Some moments don't go as imagined. We say something or do something and the response from others is unexpected. Misunderstandings are at the heart of most communication mishaps so we wanted to dive into that topic with you today. When someone gets you wrong, the instinct to corre...

Aug 09, 2026

The Difference Between Honesty and Oversharing

Dearest Emerging Healer,We often think transparency means giving every personal detail of our journey, but true honesty in leadership is not oversharing—it is condensing the truth into the value of a breakthrough. This is a huge issue for healers, guides, and sensitive people. We want so deeply t...

Aug 02, 2026

Are you one of the 690 million people who are feeling this?

Dearest Gentle Reader, We have a gift for you today. Before you excitedly scroll to the bottom to grab it, we wanted to share why it may be one of the most important gifts we've shared this year. Today, there are 690 million people in the world living with anxiety or depression. You may be one of...

Jul 26, 2026

Erasing "meant to be" from your vocabulary

One of the most common phrases in the spiritual community is also one of the most dangerous: "It was meant to be." We hear it all the time. When a relationship fails, when a business partnership collapses, or when a boundary is crossed, the immediate reflex is to say, "Everything happens for a re...

by Matt Kahn — Jul 19, 2026

Have you fallen into this trap?

One of the most common ways the spiritual ego hides is behind a single phrase: "I shouldn't have to want." Many sensitive, deeply spiritual people have been taught that wanting things is an attachment. We learn to transcend desire, to be okay with whatever happens, and to view wanting as a sign t...

Jul 12, 2026

Why we retreat when we actually crave connection

There is a painful, quiet dance that many sensitive people do: we crave deep, soul-nourishing connection, but we retreat into isolation because we are exhausted by the thought of managing other people's expectations. When we look closely at our patterns, it is very common to find that what we cal...

Jul 05, 2026

The Hidden Source of our Deepest Family Frustration

There is a quiet, profound dynamic that plays out in almost every family system, yet it is rarely spoken about until we are deep into our own healing journey. It is this: The parent we are most frustrated with is usually not the parent where the problem originated. When we look back at our childh...

Jun 28, 2026

Expanding Our Capacity to Receive - BRAND NEW Video

Dear Beloved Friends, Receiving more does not always feel peaceful at first. That may sound strange, because many of us imagine receiving as relief. We picture the money arriving, the relationship deepening, the body having more energy, the support finally showing up, and we assume our whole syst...

Jun 21, 2026

What a Lack of Boundaries May Be Costing You

Being nice is not the same as being kind. Dear Beloved Friend, May was a month of constant travel and busy teaching schedules. We took all of the precautions, rested well between trips, and still came down with the flu. But, this conversation feels too important to wait for the perfect condition...

Jun 14, 2026

The Manifestation Breakthrough We Almost Missed

Dear Beloved Friend, For years, we studied manifestation as both a mystical art and a practical responsibility. We explored the visible and invisible layers of alchemy. We looked at energy, intention, receptivity, nervous system patterns, prayer, devotion, timing, trust, and the mysterious ways l...

Jun 07, 2026

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