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This past year, life's felt a little more cluttered and confusing to me than usual.  As I was starting to do some of my end-of-year reflections and planning forward, I asked myself some of my usual questions: "What do I want in the coming year? What do I want to create? What do I want in my LIFE?"   And a lot of my answers weren't really satisfying or deeply fulfilling. They were based largely on what I wanted to do and accomplish, and didn't really get into who I wanted to be. Looking for more depth and clarity in what was REALLY burning inside me to create, I discovered Bonnie Wan (today's guest), author of The Life Brief: A Playbook for No-Regrets Living. Today's episode is my conversation with Bonnie as she shares her own story and gets into what a life brief is and what it can do in your life.  It's surprisingly simple and yet, lends itself to endless possibilities.  In our interview, Bonnie Wan shares:  Her personal story and breaking point: what inspired her in this work of helping people with their Life Briefs and writing her book. What is a life brief and who should try writing one?  The power of a daily brain dump  What to do if you're keeping yourself stuck by playing small  How to bring to light the places you're hiding  "Chase your goosebumps!" "Actions are a byproduct of clarity"  And so much more!  Quote by Roger Housden (paraphrased) "Writing is like rearranging the furniture of your mind." Connect with Bonnie Wan:  BONNIE WAN is an author and speaker, as well as partner and head of brand strategy at the world-renowned advertising agency, Goodby Silverstein & Partners. As creator of The Life Brief, Bonnie helps people live with greater clarity, creativity, and courage by teaching them how to write creative briefs for their lives. The Life Brief has evolved from a SHORT FORM BIOGRAPHY agency talk into a workbook, workshops, and speaking appearances at Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop, Jane Goodall's Activating Hope Summit, the 3% Conference, SXSW, Accenture, Apple, Google, Change.org, and more. Website  Instagram Pre-Order the Book: The Life Brief: A Playbook for No-Regrets Living is a hands-on guide for boldly living with intention and imagination, from the inside out. It's available now from Simon Element, Simon & Schuster's division dedicated to personal transformation. About the Host, Emily Aborn Content Copywriter  Emily Aborn is a Content Copywriter, Speaker, and Podcast Host of Content with Character and She Built This. Since 2014, she's had experience running brick-and-mortar as well as online businesses. She's worked with 97+ industries and loves helping others increase their visibility with clear messaging and strategic content. She lives in New Hampshire and for fun, enjoys nerdy word games, reading, listening to podcasts, and hiking with her husband, Jason, and their dog, Clyde. Website Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Content with Character Podcast Note for listeners: Please censor accordingly as there is some explicit language used.

We are continuing the conversation today with Steve and Roger Housden. It was Roger who opened the portal for Steve to get and understand poetry. Roger is a prolific writer, poet, speaker and teacher and speaks with a grace and appreciation of self-discovery and exploration . Thank you for joining us today! Our Special Guest - Roger Housden Roger Housden is an author and has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and as of 2018, he has published twenty six books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, and the best-selling Ten Poems series, which began in 2001 with Ten Poems to Change Your Life and ended with the publication in 2018 of Ten Poems  for Difficult Times. A native of England, he lives in Marin County, California, and teaches around the world. Roger's Website Roger's Books   Mentioned in Podcast Come Before Winter Retreat A Brief for the Defense by Jack Gilbert Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies are not starving someplace, they are starving somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils. But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants. Otherwise the mornings before summer dawn would not be made so fine. The Bengal tiger would not be fashioned so miraculously well. The poor women at the fountain are laughing together between the suffering they have known and the awfulness in their future, smiling and laughing while somebody in the village is very sick. There is laughter every day in the terrible streets of Calcutta, and the women laugh in the cages of Bombay. If we deny our happiness, resist our satisfaction, we lessen the importance of their deprivation. We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil. If the locomotive of the Lord runs us down, we should give thanks that the end had magnitude. We must admit there will be music despite everything. We stand at the prow again of a small ship anchored late at night in the tiny port looking over to the sleeping island: the waterfront is three shuttered cafés and one naked light burning. To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboat comes slowly out and then goes back is truly worth all the years of sorrow that are to come. ————- From Collected Poems by Jack Gilbert. Copyright © 2012.   Unholy Sonnet 11 by Mark Jarman Half asleep in prayer I said the right thing And felt a sudden pleasure come into The room or my own body. In the dark, Charged with a change of atmosphere, at first I couldn't tell my body from the room. And I was wide awake, full of this feeling, Alert as though I'd heard a doorknob twist, A drawer pulled, and instead of terror knew The intrusion of an overwhelming joy. I had said thanks and this was the response. But how I said it or what I said it for I still cannot recall and I have tried All sorts of ways all hours of the night. Once was enough to be dissatisfied. —————— From Questions for Ecclesiastes by Mark Jarman. Copyright © 1997.   MUSIC USED IN PODCAST Music Break at 47:35 - Armenian Tradition: Surb (Holy, Holy, Holy) - Performed by Harpa Dei.   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Please consider a gift to support our ministry. We have a few ways to make it easy for you: Use our Donation Page on our Website Donate using our new App Send by mail (Potter's Inn, PO Box 35, Divide, Colorado 80814 - make sure you make note that your gift is for the podcast)   FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM Facebook Soul Care Conversations Group Page Potter's Inn Main FB Page Instagram CONTACT US podcast@pottersinn.com INTERESTED IN MORE SOUL CARE RESOURCES? Check out our recommended reading, books on spiritual growth, and our soul care blog. Want to experience soul care in person? Learn more about our soul care intensives and retreats. 

Todays podcast has very special meaning for Steve as he had the opportunity to speak with Roger Housden. It was Roger who opened the portal for Steve to get and understand poetry. He's a prolific writer and poet and the podcast became a soul enriching experience. We pray you are enriched as well!   OUR SPECIAL GUEST - ROGER HOUSDEN Roger Housden is an author and has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and as of 2018, he has published twenty six books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, and the best-selling Ten Poems series, which began in 2001 with Ten Poems to Change Your Life and ended with the publication in 2018 of Ten Poems  for Difficult Times. A native of England, he lives in Marin County, California, and teaches around the world. Roger's Website Roger's Books   MUSIC USED IN PODCAST Music Break at 38:13 - Minha Alma tem Sede de Deus (My soul thirsts for God) - with Juliano Ravanello. LYRICS (in English) My soul thirsts for God And longs for the living God Pilgrim and happy walking To the house of God Amid shouts, praise and joy Of the jubilant multitude Send your light your truth They will be my guide Lead me to your holy mountain To your dwelling place Then I will go to the altars of the Lord God of my joy I will sing Your praise with the sound of the harp My Lord and my God When I shall have the joy of seeing The face of God.   SUPPORT THE PODCAST Please consider a gift to support our ministry. We have a few ways to make it easy for you: Use our Donation Page on our Website Donate using our new App Send by mail (Potter's Inn, PO Box 35, Divide, Colorado 80814 - make sure you make note that your gift is for the podcast)   FIND US ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM Facebook Soul Care Conversations Group Page Potter's Inn Main FB Page Instagram CONTACT US podcast@pottersinn.com INTERESTED IN MORE SOUL CARE RESOURCES? Check out our recommended reading, books on spiritual growth, and our soul care blog. Want to experience soul care in person? Learn more about our soul care intensives and retreats. 

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Out here, on the other side of church land, how do we give voice to the deepest longings of our hearts? Might poetry help us? Reading poems, might they become our sacred texts; writing them, our personal prayers? Poet Richard Osler believes that poetry delivers us to the deep and holy places of our own souls, places of healing, of inspiration, and of profound Mystery. In this conversation, Richard reintroduces us to the power of poetry ... which, he warns, is not for sissies. LinksRichard's web site & blog: http://www.recoveringwords.com/site/My web site (and blog sign-up form): https://www.brianepearson.caMy email: mysticcaveman53@gmail.comResources mentioned in this episode (and a few others):Roger Housden, ed, Ten Poems to Last a Lifetime _____________________, Ten Poems to Set You FreeAlso, by the same editor: Ten Poems to Open Your HeartTen poems to Change Your Life Risking Everything: 110 Poems of Love and RevelationGarrison Keillor, ed., Good Poems______________________, Good Poems for Hard TimesMusic Credits"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison, performed by Colin James, from the album, Limelight, 2005; licensed under SOCAN 2022

In this episode of "What Does Poetry Have To Do With Leadership?", JMJ consultants Kathyrn Schindler and Kelli Bettenhausen explore "Cutting Loose" by poet William Stafford.Kelli and Kathryn discuss the leadership quality of empathy and what it means to remain in touch with shared sorrow while bringing people from there they are. When a breakdown occurs, what can be done differently to achieve breakthough?"Cutting Loose" by William Stafford, Copyright 1982. Permission granted by Kim Stafford. The poem is available in a collection titled "Dancing with Joy: 99 Poems" by Roger Housden, published by Harmony; First Edition (March 13, 2007).For more episodes and insights head to JMJ.com

Roger Housden is a second time guest on the show – you might remember him from episode 152. He founded The Open Gate which is a conference and workshop center in England that introduced the work of Ram Dass and Thich Nhat Hanh and many others into Europe. You also might have seen his work featured in places like O Magazine, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. In this episode, Roger and Eric discuss his beautiful book, 10 Poems for Difficult Times.Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Roger Housden and I Discuss…His book, 10 Poems for Difficult TimesSaying “there is happiness happening” or “there is anger happening” rather than “I am angry” or “I am happy”How poetry helps us in difficult timesThat poetry gives voice to that which is unsayableThe poet Ellen BassHow suffering can soften us if we bow down to itThat you can’t fake surrenderThe opportunity in suffering is growthHow poetry points us in the direction of possibility in sufferingThe poet Maggie SmithThe poet Marie HoweAnnunciation by Marie HoweThe specific pointing to the universal in poetryRoger Housden LinksHomepageTwitterFacebookPhlur makes stunning, non-toxic perfumes, listing every ingredient and why it’s there www.phlur.compromo code WOLF 20 off first custom sampler setQuip has guiding features that are a built-in support system for better brushing www.getquip.com/wolfand get your first refill pack for free

Roger Housden is the author to the best-selling Ten Poems series, which began in 2001 with Ten Poems to Change Your Life. He offers writing workshops, both live and online, with an emphasis on self-discovery and exploration. Visit him online at www.RogerHousden.com

If you've ever wanted a healing window into your soul, then do we have the Ten Poems for Difficult Times show for you! Today I'll be talking with Roger Housden, the author of at least 23 books including Dropping the Struggle, and the best-selling Ten Poem Series, including his latest, Ten Poems for Difficult Times. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about the power of poetry, to illuminate our souls. How Poetry Heals the Soul Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include How did Roger Housden come to write a 10 poem series? How do Poems help us to heal? What's the power in a poem? Why is a poem a window to the soul? How do we use poetry to help heal our soul? What's the importance of listening? How do we bring more compassion into the world? What are good bones? What can we learn from William Stafford and Cutting Lose? What can we learn from How the Light Comes In? What can Thoreau teach us about light and the soul? What can we learn from Wendell Berry about loving one another? What's the importance of childlike joy and why must it be defended? How can we learn to be hopeful, no matter what? How can journaling and automatic writing help heal the soul? For More Info visit: RogerHousden.com Roger Housden on How Poetry, Journaling & Reading Can Reveal, Illuminate & Heal Your Soul! Health | Fitness | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Mindfulness | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help  For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

s it possible to love the life you have — acknowledging and accepting the conditions of your life exactly as they are — and drop the struggle to make you and your life different? Today’s guest—Roger Housden— sent me a sneak preview of his book, Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have, which actually came out the day we recorded this! I was so touched by his work; and it resonated with me on many different levels and in various areas of my life—that I thought it’d be an honor to have him come on the show and talk more about it. Roger Housden (whose-den), is the author of Dropping the Struggle and numerous other books, including the best-selling Ten Poems series, which began in 2001 with Ten Poems to Change Your Life and ended with Ten Poems to Say Goodbye in 2012. He offers writing workshops, both live and online, with an emphasis on self-discovery and exploration. Roger wrote Dropping the Struggle from first hand experience as someone who, up until just a few years ago, spent much of his time in a covert struggle with life. Despite his success as the bestselling author of the Ten Poems to Change Your Life series, he often felt that something, which he couldn’t quite put his finger on, was missing. Like many of us, he struggled with the past, the future, relationships, his desire to improve himself, and his own mortality. His inner struggle continued until he got to know himself at a level deep enough that he was able to see how he was making his life needlessly difficult and make a conscious choice to let go. What I love is that he shares lessons from his own experience as he offers readers seven ways to love the life they have by dropping the struggle to be special, dropping the struggle for a perfect life, dropping the struggle for meaning, dropping the struggle for love, dropping the struggle with time, dropping the struggle with change, and dropping the struggle to know. And in our interview here together, Roger talks about the difference between “effort” and “struggle,” how it is that our struggles all tie back to our sense of identity, and how we can use that intel to shape our life choices—including careers, relationships, etc. And he even recounts how he was captured and interrogated for two days in Tehran, and how that experience had a MAJOR impact on him and his view of life. Roger brings so much clear wisdom to the show, and I’m so honored to dive into his story together. Let’s listen in…

In our culture of “get more, have more, be more,” is there any place for “thanks, I’m good”?  In this interview, Darren talks with Bestselling author and acclaimed teacher Roger Housden who says yes in this alternative to nonstop striving and self-criticism.   Resources Roger's Website Purchase Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You HaveLearn More about Roger's other books

Roger Housden's work has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and he has published over twenty books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, and the best-selling Ten Poems series. He now runs live and online writing workshops with an emphasis on self-discovery and exploration. Episode 414: Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have by Roger Housden (Gratitude & Mindful Living). You can find his book and learn more about him here: http://RogerHousden.com Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts!

Roger Housden's work has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and he has published over twenty books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, and the best-selling Ten Poems series. He now runs live and online writing workshops with an emphasis on self-discovery and exploration. Episode 414: Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have by Roger Housden (Gratitude & Mindful Living). You can find his book and learn more about him here: http://RogerHousden.com Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts!

Roger Housden's work has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and he has published over twenty books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, and the best-selling Ten Poems series. He now runs live and online writing workshops with an emphasis on self-discovery and exploration. Episode 414: Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have by Roger Housden (Gratitude & Mindful Living). You can find his book and learn more about him here: http://RogerHousden.com Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger Housden's work has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and he has published over twenty books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, and the best-selling Ten Poems series. He now runs live and online writing workshops with an emphasis on self-discovery and exploration. Episode 414: Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have by Roger Housden (Gratitude & Mindful Living). You can find his book and learn more about him here: http://RogerHousden.com Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/optimal-living-daily/support

Who:  Roger Housden - Author of Dropping the Struggle: 7 Ways to Love the Life You Have What We Talked About:  Dropping the struggle for a perfect life.  Roger shared how to get present in your own life and actually enjoy the journey that is your life.  He revealed a powerful method for quieting your mind chatter and releasing stress that you can use in any moment of any day.   Why I Like Roger:  When you visit with Roger, you get the feeling that you're talking to someone really wise.  He just has that air about him.  You want to hear what he has to say and he keeps you leaning forward.   Great Line:  The joy IS in the journey. Where to Learn More:  http://www.rogerhousden.com http://www.themindawareshow.com

Is it possible to love the life you have—acknowledging and accepting the conditions of your life exactly as they are—and to drop the struggle to make it different? That question is at the heart of this interview with internationally best-selling author Roger Housden. He encourages us to offer a persistent, deep, and courageous yes to life as it is unfolding right now, no matter how dark or light it happens to be. 

Hard work doesn't have to be a struggle. Pouring your energy into a project isn't the same experience as struggling, although it can feel like you can't have one without the other. The truth is, it's when we're not fully focused on what we're doing that the struggle comes in – we start to worry or listen to our negative assumptions, and stop being present in the current moment.   Our expert guest, Roger Housden, is here to talk about what it means to struggle and how we can release ourselves from it by welcoming our own reality and addressing our assumptions.Struggle is an internal challenge that will cause us pain if we don't work through it. Roger Housden is an author, a speaker, and a writer. He has published more than 27 books and has had work appear in Oprah Magazine, the New York Times, and the LA Times. His most recent book is Dropping the Struggle, 7 Way to Love the Life You Have. He currently runs writing workshops online and in person, with a focus on personal discovery and exploration. WARRIOR of Stillness “So much of our struggle actually consists in trying not to have what we do have and trying to have what we don't have.” - Roger Housden Highlights - When effort and hard work become struggle Welcoming and allowing fear into your experience Accepting the unknown as an important part of the creative process Addressing the difference between your assumptions and reality Feeling the pressure of constantly focusing on the future Resources - BlueHost Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Acuity Scheduling If you want more of your most valuable resource back, automate your calendar with our top pick, Acuity. No more back and fourth, no-shows or multiple calendars to manage. All appointments, reminders, cancellations, even payments happen with 1-click. Acuity helps you gain time! Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/acuity for our offer or click the link in the show notes. Grammarly In our fast-paced world, we still need to clearly and confidently communicate what we want to say. Grammarly is our private editor 24/7 checking our spelling and grammar whenever we write something online to help avoid embarrassing mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates! Grammarly is a Better Way To Write. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/grammarly for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. Audible BooksThe easiest way I know to get inspired when reading is not an option is with AudibleBooks. You can regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/audible for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. New Free MasterClass:Warriors, if 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients, 80% of your clients are the wrong clients! Imagine what it would be like to have almost 100% of your income come from all your clients because you're working with the right clients. Learn how knowing their secret language will attract your RIGHT clients— people who value what you do and are eager to pay you what you're worth. To register for this new masterclass, go to YourRightClients.com, and I'll see you in the masterclass! Guest Contact - Roger's website Roger on Twitter Roger on facebook Books - Dropping the Struggle: 7 Ways to Love the Life You Have Other books by Roger Housden Mentions - “Be helpless, dumbfounded, unable to say yes or no, then a stretcher will come from grace to gather us up” – Rumi “Amor fati” – Friedrich Nietzche

Are you gloating over the election results or are you feeling regret, anger, resentment, guilt, blame or paralyzing fear, worry, sadness or depression? Or are you able to stay in the now and appreciate the gifts available to you in this very moment? When we lose the present by letting our thoughts worry about the future or replay the past, we become frozen in fear. Yes, you read that right. We allow our thoughts to take charge, but we can flip the dynamic and regain control. My guest encourages you to drop the struggle and love the life you have. If ever there were a time to take right action, the time is now. Staying stuck in negative thinking and fear only adds more negative energy to the already overwhelming fear that is growing. You can choose to be part of the problem or part of the solution. You may be thinking, easier said than done, but there is a path to joy, peace and happiness even in the midst of challenging times. Please join us Thursday to learn how.

  Get more information on The One You Feed Coaching Program. Enrollment open until November 22nd Please Support The Show With a Donation   This week we talk to Roger Housden about dropping the struggle Roger Housden founded and ran The Open Gate, a conference and workshop center in England that introduced the work of Ram Dass, Thich Nath Hanh, and many others into Europe. His work has been featured many times in The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times. His first book was published in the U.K. in 1990, and as of 2014, he has published twenty two books, including four travel books, a novella, Chasing Love and Revelation, and the best-selling Ten Poems series, which began in 2001 with Ten Poems to Change Your Life and ended with the publication in 2012 of Ten Poems to Say Goodbye. His latest book is called Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have  In This Interview, Roger Housden and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable His new book, Dropping the Struggle: Seven Ways to Love the Life You Have The power of poetry to reach deeper than the rational mind That struggle is not the same thing as effort That struggle is not the same thing as work That struggle is an extra push that really originates in fear, adding a note of desperation, that rarely ever works For more show notes visit our website  

This week on StoryWeb: Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Sunset.” In memory of Dr. Kathryn Hobbs On Saturday, I was privileged to attend the memorial service for Dr. Kathryn Hobbs, my beloved doctor and dear friend. A vital, vibrant, phenomenally alive woman, Kathryn was just six months younger than me. We first met ten years ago this month, when I had just moved to Colorado and needed a new doctor. I had done extensive research, and when I came across Kathryn’s professional online profile, I knew in some deep and intuitive way that I had found the one. And oh, what a doctor she was! She was smart and caring, an internationally renowned practitioner in her specialty and a doctor who hugged her patients hello and goodbye at each visit. Outside of her practice, she was an accomplished pianist, vocalist, and equestrian (with a specialty in dressage). Kathryn rushed forward to embrace life. She lived deeply and with zest. What a blow to everyone when Kathryn was diagnosed with a rare terminal disease. Of course, her diagnosis was a blow to Kathryn and her husband, Dr. Marc Cohen. But all who knew Kathryn, those who were fortunate enough to be her patients and those who joined her in her out-of-work pursuits, those who were part of her family and those who had been long-time friends – all of us were devastated by the news. When Kathryn finally had to step away from her medical practice, I knew it was time to say goodbye. Kathryn and I shared a love of poetry. For her wedding to Marc, I had given them a copy of one of Roger Housden’s curated collections of poems. Now with her impending death, I sent another Housden collection, this one titled Ten Poems to Last a Lifetime. Over this past summer, Kathryn and I struck up a brief email exchange, she writing to thank me for the book of poems and me writing to thank her – as I had so often in the past – for being such a wonderful doctor. We affirmed our deep affection for one another. Not long after, she wrote to tell me she had selected one of the poems for her memorial service. Rev. Brian Henderson, who officiated at her service, said that Kathryn had been fully involved in planning all the details of her service. And in the remarks she made at the service, her friend Rena Bloom reported that Kathryn was planning the service while in her hospital bed, bedecked with her tennis bracelet. She was, Rena reported, living while she was dying. The poem Kathryn selected was Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Sunset,” and Rena gave a beautiful reading of it. Since this summer when Kathryn told me the poem she had chosen and especially since the memorial service on Saturday, I have read and reread the poem many times. It is about the ordinary – but paradoxically the extraordinary and magical – happening of every day: a sunset. As Rilke watches the sunset, watches as the sinking sun spreads its “new colors” on “a row of ancient trees,” he dips a toe both into this world, the heavy earth of stone, and into the other world, the heaven of stars. Where do human beings belong? Are we part of the earth, the ancient trees, the stone? Or are we part of the eternal, the heavens, the stars? Rilke seems to want to have it both ways. As he says in the poem’s conclusion, “one moment your life is a stone in you, and the next, a star.” As I reflect on this poem Kathryn chose for her service, I imagine how it must have spoken to her in these last months when she was both in this world – living with all her heart and might – and in the next world – preparing to die. To learn more about the wonderful Dr. Kathryn Hobbs, you can read her obituary. To learn more about the masterful German poet Rainer Maria Rilke (who was born in 1875 and died in 1926), you can read his biography at the Poetry Foundation website. In addition to “Sunset,” you might want to check out The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke: Bilingual Edition. Also very much worth a read is his wonderful book Letters to a Young Poet, especially appropriate for anyone who pursues a creative life. Rachel Corbett’s brand-new book, You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, looks intriguing indeed. And if you just can’t make up your mind where to start with Rilke, consider buying A Year with Rilke: Daily Readings from the Best of Rainer Maria Rilke. For links to all these resources, visit thestoryweb.com/rilke. As the sheer beauty of coincidence would have it, as Kathryn leaves the stone of this world and becomes a star, Earth’s moon will be a super moon tonight. As I watch the sun set tonight and the moon rise, I’ll be looking to the heavens and thinking of my dear Kathryn Hobbs. Listen now as I read Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Sunset.” Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors which it passes to a row of ancient trees. You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth. leaving you, not really belonging to either, not so hopelessly dark as that house that is silent, not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing that turns to a star each night and climbs-- leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads) your own life, timid and standing high and growing, so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out, one moment your life is a stone in you, and the next, a star.  

My guest today is Roger Housden, an author, speaker, and writing guide. He writes for “living and writing wild.” He has authored 22 books and has been featured everywhere from the New York Times to the LA Times. His latest book is titled, “Dropping the Struggle.” The topic is his book Dropping the Struggle: 7 Ways to Love the Life you Have. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Reflective contemplation The moment of now The fantasy of control Imperfections with love Buddhist culture Individuality in western culture Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Roger Housden is an author, speaker, and writing guide. He writes for “living and writing wild.” He has authored 22 books and has been featured everywhere from the New York Times to the LA Times. His latest book is titled, “Dropping the Struggle.” Michael and Roger start the episode by breaking apart Roger’s book title, “Dropping the Struggle.” Roger looks at different areas of life where struggle doesn’t work such as the struggle for meaning or purpose of life, the struggle for love, and the struggle against change, just to name a few. Next, Roger expands on the idea of “the moment of now.” He says that the idea of “fate” does not mean that your life is predetermined. The love of ones fate, and embracing fate as your life is how you write your own story. Planning for the future has its place, but when it preoccupies current life completely, then it can be problematic. Next, Michael and Roger talk about the always occurring “end of the world” debate going on. They use the upcoming election as an example. Once the presidential election is over, the debate will move onto something else. Life is a constant river. There will always be ups and downs. It is just the way the world works. It is how people respond to the ups and downs that define how things work out. Love is the next topic of conversation. Roger says that there will always be imperfections with love but even those imperfections contribute to who we are as people. If you take those imperfections out, then we wouldn’t be the people that we are. It is part of the process of humility. Michael and Roger finish up discussing the differences between eastern and western cultures. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: Reflective contemplation The moment of now The fantasy of control Imperfections with love Buddhist culture Individuality in western culture

Roger Housden is the author of Dropping the Struggle and numerous other books, including the best-selling Ten Poems series, which began in 2001 with Ten Poems to Change Your Life and ended with Ten Poems to Say Goodbye in 2012. He offers writing workshops, both live and online, with an emphasis on self-discovery and exploration. Click here to visit the show notes page! Like this episode? Please leave an honest rating on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. P.S: Just takes a minute! :-)   SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES  Click here to leave us a rating & review on iTunes Follow us on social media:  | Facebook | Twitter | Join our Facebook Tribe  

If you've ever grown tired of the pushing, struggling or striving, whether to survive or get ahead, the do we have the Dropping the Struggle show for you.  Today I'll be talking with Roger Housden, acclaimed teacher and author of 22 books, including the best-selling Ten Poems series and his latest Dropping the Struggle. And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about how to fully accept and love the life that you have. That plus we'll talk about Chinese teacups, spiritual materialism, Rocco and Athena, Poonja and Nanagaru, and what in the world two iranians in baggy suits have to do with anything. Loving Your Life Self-Improvement & Self-Help Topics Include: What happened to him in 1998? What happened to all of his journals? What synchronicity and intelligence of the universe has to do with anything Why there's no such thing as a failure What is surrender? What can we learn from Rick Hanson and what happened to him at 16 Why we struggled with meaning and purpose early in his life What it means for each moment to be fulfilling and fulfilled What is trust Why we get to drop who we think we are What happened in 2009 when he was in Iran What happened with possible espionage, double-espionage, and 007??? What it means to get lost for your greater good How do we drop the struggle with time? rogerhousden.com – writing class in Grenada Spain next year ‘writing your way home'. http://rogerhousden.com/product/writing-way-home-company-mystics-granada-spain/ Roger Housden on How to Drop The Struggle & Set Yourself Free to Love the Life You Have! Health | Inspiration | Motivation | Mindfulness | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Inspirational | Motivational | Career | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Roger Housden, best-selling author and speaker, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! Roger talks about the 7 major struggles that we as humans face in our lives, and how we can let them go! He shares with us his profound advice on how to let go of these obstacles […] The post 7 Ways To Love Your Life – Roger Housden (Episode 90) appeared first on Elite Man Magazine.

I interview Roger Housden about his latest book on releasing anxiety and stress.

Roger Housden, New York Times best-selling author of the Ten Poems series, which started with Ten Poems to Change Your Life in 2001, will delve into this month's look at why creativity matters by reflecting on the power of poetry, and other creative expressions, to keep our sense of the sacred alive every day, in every way.

Best-selling author Roger Housden talks about his latest book.

Roger Housden is the author of 20 books, including the New York Times bestseller Ten Poems to Change Your Life. Housden’s work has been featured in O: The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The … Continue reading →

The call to find the poem inside: Roger Housden has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to the joys of poetry. He is famous for the Ten Poems series that began with Ten Poems to Change Your Life in 2001 and ended in 2012 with Ten Poems to Say Goodbye. Join Janet and Roger to hear poetry at its finest and discover why poetry is essential food for the soul.

The call to live the life you have been given comes to a perfect conclusion with Roger Housden. You know Roger through his many “Ten Poems” books. He joins us today to help us embrace our good friend “Trust.” In his newest book, Keeping the Faith Without a Religion, Roger introduces us to trust in her seven beautiful guises: Knowing, Mystery, Dark, Joy, Changes, Imperfection, and Letting Go. And none is dependent on a religion. It'll be a sparkling conversation with a master of beauty and words.  

On this week's Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon interviews author and poet Roger Housden, creator of the New York Times bestseller Ten Poems to Change Your Life. With Sounds True, Housden has recently published the book Keeping the Faith Without a Religion. Tami and Roger have a conversation regarding the extraordinary access contemporary peoples have to different faiths, as well as why increasing distrust of authority has driven many away from traditional religious practice. They also discuss how it's possible to maintain one's faith even in the midst of pain and suffering. Finally, Housden speaks on poetry and its inherent relationship to faith. (67 minutes)

Do you think of yourself as spiritual but not religious? More and more people identify in this way. So without religious tradition, how do you access your faith? How does faith grow in a world that values certainty? In this episode, Rev. Kevin Ross is joined by special guest Roger Housden, author of the book, Keeping the Faith Without a Religion. Join us as we learn how to trust and develop your inner power of faith.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Every Tribe, Every Tear: "The Healing of the Nations"* for Sunday, 29 April 2007; book review: *Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living* by Roger Housden (2005); film review: *The U.S. vs. John Lennon* (2006); poem review: *The Child Dying* by Edwin Muir.