Podcasts about sei shonagon

This week, on episode #141 Jane Tara visits all the way from Australia to discuss her first book written for adults, Tilda is Visible. We talk about self love during the aging process, what it's like to write over 100 children's books and of course, we both recommend books. Christine Murphy, author of Notes on Surviving the Fire also recommends a favorite read. Books Recommended:Pictures of You by Emma GreyThe Cafe with No Name by Robert SeethalerThe Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna JohnstonThe Hypocrite by Jo HamyaThe Pillow Book by Sei ShonagonChristine Murphy Notes on Surviving the Fire recommends Devolution by Max BrooksThe Great Divide Giveaway LinkOne-Day Choir Defying Gravity LinkRead Nickel Boys with me on Substack in MarchFind Jane on Social Media:instagram: @authorjanetaraFacebook: @authorjanetaraJane's bookclub: Book QueensSubstack: @janetaraSupport the showGet your Books Are My People coffee mug here!I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

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Ain't no party like a cloud moon party; this week Kim and Alice are discussing the gorgeous Japanese animation, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. We reveal our preferred method of baby-making (it's Bamboo-based), discuss some fierce Heian period fashion and congratulate Mt Fuji on sticking to her New Year's resolutions.Sound Engineer: Keith NagleEditor: Keith Nagle / Helen HamiltonProducer: Helen HamiltonSources'Sei Shonagon and the Heian Court'; Stuff You Missed in History Class 'Princess Kaguya'; Zusetsu.com'Slow on the draw: Takahata Isao's long road to the Tale of the Princess Kaguya'; Sight&Sound April 2015'Isao Takahata: Inspiring Visual Styles of Japanese Film & Anime Aesthetics'; Dahlan Bin Abdul Ghani, Nur Athirah Bt. Ahmad Azizi, Luqman Zulhilmi Bin Abdul 'Alim'; International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, Volume 8, Issue 11S2'

Recuperamos al gran Maese Ibarzabal hablando de dos escritoras japonesas cuya relación nos recordará a la de Quevedo y Góngora; será en El Camino del Samurái. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Welcome to Bri Books! From sexy fiction to fascinating history, here's a look at what I'm reading in 2024. For a book lover, the new year is the definition of a blank slate. The books of 2024 offer escapes of all kinds. Below, I'vm nominating 8 books I can't wait to read in January and February. In this episode, I'm rounding up 8 titles I can't wait to read. 1:05: ‘From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture' by Koritha Mitchell. I'm a cottagecore princess, and I wanted to get to the roots of domesticity in the US. In high school I was obsessed with domestic/ Victorian values during the Industrial Revolution, and noticed the glaring absence of free Black American women from this history. But that doesn't mean we weren't there. In the book, Koritha Mitchell analyzes canonical texts by and about African American women to lay bare the hostility these women face as they invest in traditional domesticity. Tracing how African Americans define and redefine success in a nation determined to deprive them of it, Mitchell plumbs the works of Frances Harper, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Toni Morrison, Michelle Obama, and others. These artists honor black homes from slavery and post-emancipation through the Civil Rights era to "post-racial" America. Mitchell follows black families asserting their citizenship in domestic settings while the larger society and culture marginalize and attack them, not because they are deviants or failures but because they meet American standards. ‘From Slave Cabins to the White House' illuminates the links between African American women's homemaking and citizenship in history and across literature. 4:15: ‘The Temp Economy: From Kelly Girls to Permatemps in Postwar America' by Erin Hatton. Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders—these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In ‘The Temp Economy,' Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons of the new economy—the temp industry—and finds that it is more than just a symbol of this degradation of work. Succinct, highly readable, and drawn from a vast historical record of industry documents, ‘The Temp Economy' is a one-stop resource for anyone interested in the temp industry or the degradation of work in postwar America. 6:50: ‘New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation' by Thomas Dyja. A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City's transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city's future. Dyja's sweeping account of this metamorphosis shows it wasn't the work of a single policy, mastermind, or economic theory, nor was it a morality tale of gentrification or crime. Instead, three New Yorks evolved. Dyja weaves New Yorkers famous, infamous, and unknown—Yuppies, hipsters, tech nerds, and artists; community organizers and the immigrants who made this a truly global place—into a narrative of a city creating ways of life that would ultimately change cities everywhere. 9:12: ‘Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion' by music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy was released in October of 2023. A cinematic narrative of glamour, grit, luxury, and luck, ‘Fashion Killa' draws on exclusive interviews with the leaders of the fashion world to tell the story of the hip-hop artists, designers, stylists, and unsung heroes who fought the power and reinvented style around the world over the last fifty years. In the book, Krishnamurthy explores the connections between the DIY hip-hop scene and the exclusive upper-echelons of high fashion. She discusses the sociopolitical forces that defined fashion and tracks the influence of music and streetwear on the most exclusive (and exclusionary) luxury brands. At the intersection of cultural commentary and oral history, ‘Fashion Killa' commemorates the contributions of hip-hop to music, fashion, and our culture at large. 11:10: ‘Prayer and Our Bodies' by Flora Slosson Wuellner. Written in 1987, this book explores the very real relationship that exists between the bodily self and the spiritual self. Readers will heighten their awareness of the interactions among body, mind, and spirit. If you're someone who struggles to appreciate your body, this book is an important touchstone toward healing our relationships with ourselves and others. It talks about how prayer isn't just what we say, but how we live our lives. Flora Slosson Wuellner, a retired ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, is well known throughout the United States and Europe for her writings and retreat leadership that focus on the inner healing that God freely offers through Christ. She has written 14 books on inner healing and renewal. 12:36: ‘You Learn By Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life' by Eleanor Roosevelt. This wise and intimate book on how to get the most of out life was gifted to me by a lovely friend named Carrie. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life—a powerful volume of enduring commonsense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, she takes readers on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity, civic stewardship, and more. 14:30: ‘The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon. Written by 10th century court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, ‘The Pillow Book' offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance. Moving elegantly across a wide range of themes including nature, society, and her own flirtations, Sei Shonagon provides a witty and intimate window on a woman's life at court in classical Japan. 16:30: ‘Homebodies' by Tembe Denton-Hurst is already a fantastic read. An insightful, propulsive, and deeply sexy debut novel about a young Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her coveted job in media and pens a searing manifesto about racism in the industry. A meditation on identity, self-worth and the toll of corporate racism, Homebodies is a portrait of modern Black womanhood with a protagonist you won't soon forget.

Ruth Ozeki, winner of the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction discusses the power of meditation, the importance of writing beautiful lists and how novels eventually take on a life of their own.  Not only an award winning writer, Ruth is also a filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She is the author of five novels, The Book of Form and Emptiness, My Year of Meats, All Over Creation, A Tale for the Time Being, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize and translated into 28 languages. She has also written a short memoir, Timecode of a Face. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she teaches creative writing at Smith College and is the Grace Jarcho Ross 1933 Professor of Humanities. Ruth's books: ** The Pillowbook of Sei Shonagon  ** A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara  ** Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh ** Piranesi by Susannah Clarke ** A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf  Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season six of the Women's Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women's Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women. Don't want to miss the rest of Season Six? Listen and subscribe now! This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.

Unrivaled is a co-production between Boston Court and Playwrights' Arena'. Interview with Unrivaled Director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck @ Boston Court Pasadena. The play runs from March 16 - April 23, 2023. www.latheatrebites.com Synopsis: 11th-century Ladies-in-Waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan's most beloved writers. They also kind of hated each other.  This play is about friendship, heartbreak, and what it means to be a female artist. Perhaps most of all, it's about how no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same… even after a thousand years.

"Zazen is not sensory deprivation — anything but. Birds and geckos and bullfrogs guide us. Be open to these natural teachers, wherever you may be practicing." -Aitken RoshiThis is the second of three Dharma Talks on 'Zen and Nature' given by Richard at teh Auckland Zen Centre.Texts used: Poetry and Zen: Letters and Uncollected Writings of R. H. Blyth by Norman WaddellPassing Through the Gateless Barrier by Guo GuThe Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon translated by Ivan Morris.

Alessia riospita Dafne in un episodio tutto dedicato alla letteratura classica giapponese, poco letta ma dal grande valore culturale e dalle tematiche incredibilmente attuali, nonostante più di un millennio dalla stesura dei titoli suggeriti.Segui Alessia e Dafne sui loro socialProfilo Instagram Alessia: https://www.instagram.com/orient_ale94/Profilo Instagram Dafne: https://www.instagram.com/dafneborracci/Canale Twitch Dafne: https://www.twitch.tv/mai_una_soyaCanale Youtube Dafne: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7swv4yn67iii9Yxce5N1vwCompra la rivista Kotodama su Amazon: https://amzn.to/38r1JvrTimestamps: Perché leggere la letteratura classica giapponese 2:00Si studia Dante in Giappone?? 6:00Il Kojiki 10:20Kokin Wakashu e Tosa Nikki 17:00Genji Monogatari 22:40Murasaki Shikibu e Sei Shonagon 32:25Makura no Soshi o Note del Guanciale 38:10Torikaebaya Monogatari 41:00Mamako Mono 43:00Le traduzioni di Dafne per Kotodama 48:00Consultazione del binran 1:00:05La makurakotoba Chihayafuru e i karuta 1:03:40

Support Topic Lords on Patreon and get episodes a week early! (https://www.patreon.com/topiclords) Lords: * Alex * Shannon Topics: * Regional Trash animals * Dynamic water features * The Pee Pee Dance is nowhere to be found on Wikipedia * The Bells, by Edgar Allen Poe * https://poets.org/poem/bells * Recipe essentialism * Sei Shonagon's Hateful Things are relatable * https://www.basicincome.com/bp/hatefulthings.htm Microtopics: * Striving to sound like a motor that has just been switched off. * A very healthy vasovagal response. * Separating the platelets from the plasma. * Donating blood to anybody on the street with a needle and some brownie brittle. * Determining the blood type of this synthetic fake blood. * Brownies except they shatter like glass between your teeth. * Trashimals. * Visiting a new place and delighting at all the local pests. * Living in Florida and just bumping into crocodiles on the street. * Monkeys climbing your body to steal your food and break your camera. * Fairy penguins nesting in your storm drains. * Scooping rattlesnakes into a bucket, going to a military base and dumping them into the tank cockpits. * Only realizing that it's weird to have a rattlesnake in a jar on your porch when a Frenchman wants to come see. * It's a Canyon Thing. * Finding out that a mongoose is not the size of a goose. * One of the more hazardous trashimals. * Looking out the window and realizing that someone forgot to close the garage door and you're just going to have to wait for that grizzly bear to leave. * The mountain lion who visited downtown Berkeley. * A regular household goose. * Turning off Niagara falls at night. * Seeing behind the veil of the world when Niagara falls gets switched off. * Going to Hawaii to see the milky way. * A universal human experience that remains completely undocumented. * The squeeze and grab strategy. * Something you wouldn't want to sample in Costco. * The tiny sommelier in your butt. * Recipes calling for eggs or milk but not specifying which kind. * Pee shivers. * A reading face for radio. * A sort of runic rhyme. * The rhyming and the chiming of the bells bells bells bells bells bells bells. * Edgar Allan Poe as an emo Dr. Seuss. * The gamut of all the things bells can be. * Adding more bells to the end of each verse. * The Jabberwocky rewritten in the style of incomprehensible in-jokes. * A cake recipe with two ingredients. * Keto-something something cookies. * Mashing the crosshatch shape with a fork. * The Easy Cookbook: Over 100 Satisfying Recipes Made with Four Ingredients or Less. * Ice cream made from eggs and peanut butter. * The fourth ingredient is your car. * Writing a book of listicles in the 11th century. * The way the snow looks on the roofs of the village under moonlight, and how the plebian villagers can't appreciate it. * When one is in a hurry to leave but one's visitor keeps chattering away. * Shameless old people putting their feet up on braziers. * One's attachment to a man depending largely on the elegance of his leave-taking. * Trying to maintain all your clandestine relationships in a palace where the walls are made of paper. * A person who recites a spell after sneezing. * When one is about to be told some interesting piece of news and a baby starts crying. * The exorcist staying up too late and falling asleep in the middle of the exorcism. * All the interesting poetry and prose from a historical era being written by women because the men were expected to write in their second language. * The Empress receives the gift of a phonograph at the dawn of voice recording, and she turns to and is like "uh, figure out something to do with this."

This week Vicky and Joe talk about extremely expensive poo and then move onto the writer's most important tool of all. Tune in to find out what it is—and discover why one of Vicky's habits is eavesdropping on strangers, what Joe's bedtime reading routine is, and why memory is a treacherous beast.   Key Takeaways:   [0:50] Vicky wants to do something different and not have a welcome preamble! [01:30] Now that Joe has given up on Umberto Eco, what is he reading? [02:40] Vicky defends Umberto from Joe and encourages him to read his essays on coffee pots. [04:00] All books are worthy but Joe wants to be satisfied with his six and a half minutes of reading time. [04:40] The Wheel Of Time Book 2 is annoying Vicky. Does she need to keep reading? [05:20] Vicky realizes that Georgia Pritchett is British! She's loving her book as it's very funny and morbid.  [7:10] Update on The Dingle: compost heaps and waste sewage treatment systems. [11:10] What is a writer's most important tool? [12:15] Vicky has many notebooks and she shares what each of them are. [13:20] Notebooks, sticky notes, and highlighter pens are all part of Vicky's complex system. [14:15] What are the things you need to capture as a writer?  [17:20] After stories and anecdotes that can also go in your notebook, Joe reads out “the list of transgressions by your husband” and Vicky explains. [18:50] Why do we write all these ideas down?   [19:55] Record the context of your ideas as well. Vicky expounds further. [21:40] These notes will be delightful when you read them in the years to come.  [22:55] Vicky shares her top tip explaining why she has a tiny notebook by her bed. [24:30] Vicky also records stuff that hurts and explains why she wants to remember that stuff. [26:05] Vicky tells a story through applying what she learned from the book, The Art Of Noticing. [27:00] Joe summarizes the key takeaways for today's topic and Vicky shares her recommendation for notebooks. [28:40] Vicky asks you to join Team Moxie, her wonderful writing group, and what it's all about. [30:35] It's gonna be Vicky's ten year business anniversary! What is she going to do on that day? [32:00] A little teaser for next week's episode.   Mentioned in This Episode: Website Creative Book Coaching Join Vicky's Power Hour Join Vicky's Masterclass Buy Vicky's Book That's What She Said: Tales of Business Success from Women Just like You by Vicky Fraser & Audiobook Join Vicky's Weird and Wonderful Writing Society Banish the Blank Page of Doom Fast Grab Vicky's Book Template Bundle Come Join Vicky's Writing Challenge Come Join Vicky's Write Night March Content Calendar Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, and Overcast Email Vicky about 1:1 coaching at: vicky@moxiebooks.co.uk Dingbats Notebooks The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, translated by Ivan Morris The Great Hunt: Book Two of ‘The Wheel of Time', by Robert Jordan My Mess is A Bit Of A Life, by Georgia Pritchett The Art Of Noticing, by Rob Walker

We set court politics aside in this episode to explore the life and work of Murasaki Shikibu, the eleventh-century lady-in-waiting who penned a work which is considered by many scholars to be the world's first novel: The Tale of Genji.For artistic renditions of Murasaki Shikibut and Sei Shonagon, check out the supplemental post!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/AHistoryOfJapan)

On this episode of the Books on Asia Podcast, sponsored by Stone Bridge Press, we have guest interviewer Lisa Wilcut speaking with award-winning writer and translator Meredith McKinney. McKinney is translator of many Japanese classics such as Sei Shonagon's 11th-century "The Pillow Book" and the 14th-century "Essays in Idleness," which was published along with "Hōjōki." She has also translated "Kusamakura" and "Kokoro" (see our review) by Natsume Sōseki, one of Japan's most celebrated modern writers. Today, she is going to talk about her long career and also about her just-released book on the wandering poet Saigyō called "Gazing at the Moon" (Shambala, September, 2021).The Books on Asia Podcast is sponsored by Stone Bridge Press, publisher of fine books on Asia for over 30 years. Subscribe to the Books on Asia Podcast.About the InterviewerLisa Wilcut is a writer, editor, translator, and educator based in Yokohama. She writes and edits works on Japanese culture for both scholarly and general audiences and teaches courses in Japanese society and culture as well as philosophy at the University of Maryland Global Campus in Yokosuka. She holds an MA in Japanese language and literature from Stanford University and an MA in philosophy from San Francisco State University. She also writes short fiction and poetry. Find her on LinkedIn.

In ihrem Bekenntnisbuch schildert die Hofdame Sei Sh?nagon ihre Erlebnisse bei Hofe, äußert sich kritisch über die Beziehungen zwischen Mann und Frau, analysiert deren Stärken und Schwächen, beschreibt die damalige Mode und höfische Eleganz. Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Verlags können wir die Sendung als kostenlosen Podcast anbieten.

En este primer episodio de la segunda temporada, hablamos acerca de Sei Shonagon, una de las escritoras más importantes de la literatura clásica japonesa. También hablaremos del género del "zuihitsu", uno de los géneros más curiosos de la literatura japonesa y por el cual esta escritora es más conocida. Para hablar de ello, contamos con la Prof. Rumi Tani, quien es Doctora en Filología por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Es también responsable de la traducción de grandes joyas de la literatura clásica japonesa al español, como: "Heike Monogatari", "Kojiki" y el "Sunamonogatari". Entrevistadora: Patricia Portillo Edición: Moisés Pérez Cortinilla: Jorge Aja Música: Hirokazu Akiyama (H/MIX GALLERY)

On this week’s episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are joined by Gretchen Rubin, and we are discussing: Bookish Moments: rereading an old favorite, a bookstore visit, and using the strategy of pairing Current Reads: we each share two books that we’ve read recently and what we thought about them Deep Dive: Read 21 in ‘21 and building a reading habit Book Presses: a book to dip in and out of, and some wonderful children’s literature As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode. These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 1:22 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 1:24 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 1:25 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 1:30 - Happier with Gretchen Rubin - the Podcast! Bookish Moments: 2:48 - The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon 5:13 - Changing Hands Bookstore in Arizona 5:47 - Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX 6:46 - The strategy of pairing - You can read about all 21 strategies HERE! Current Reads: 8:31 - Fledgling by Octavia Butler (Gretchen) 8:31 - Wild Seed by Octavia Butler 8:50 - The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (Kaytee) 10:14 - Flash Fire (Extraordinaries Book 2) by TJ Klune - due out this fall 10:20 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 10:54 - The Man from the Train by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James (Meredith) 14:42 - Piranesi by Susanna Clark (Gretchen) 15:27 - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 17:11 - Little, Big by John Crowley 17:57 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. 18:35 - The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas 19:27 - A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K Barnett (Kaytee) 19:40 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 21:34 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander 22:07 - Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston (Meredith) 24:33 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 24:56 - Geekerella by Ashley Poston Deep Dive - Reading for All Four Tendencies: 25:47 - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 25:53 - Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin 26:44 - Read 21 in ‘21 on Episode 305 of Happier with Gretchen Rubin 29:34 - The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin 29:49 - Free Quiz to find your tendency 35:31 - Don’t Break the Chain Printable Books We Want to Press Into Your Hands: 43:57 - A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (Gretchen) 47:02 - The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (Kaytee) 47:36 - The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry 50:05 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 50:07 - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 50:14 - The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye (Meredith) Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Gretchen is @gretchenrubin on Instagram and @gretchenrubin on Twitter. Her website is gretchenrubin.com, and her podcast is Happier with Gretchen Rubin Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

This week The Cultists Present Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book (1996). This film was marketed as your standard mid-90s soft-core erotic tale, and yet, in typical Greenaway form, there is nothing standard about it. A deeply insider film about calligraphy fetishism, formalist objectification, and 10th century Japanese literary references—all culminating in a climax of Ewan McGregor getting turned into a literal book because his skin is an art that's just too pretty to let go— The Pillow Book unfolds in a manner that is singular to itself. A film that despite it's bizarre premise and turns, remains indeed surprisingly hot. Deep dives include: film formalism; The 10th century Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon; the hemisphere cognition of sound processing; and how (not) to make a book out of human skin. Episode Safeword: “vanilla”

Ef Sei Shonagon hefði verið uppi í dag væri hún hugsanlega tískubloggari, pistlahöfundur eða hugsanlega bara fyndin á Twitter – en þessi hirðkona við hirð Ichijo keisara náði að skemmta lesendum sínum með skörpum athugasemdum, hárbeittu háði, safaríku slúðri og stundum opinberandi einlægni. Með því að glugga í Koddabókina sem hún skrifaði í kringum aldamótin 1000 getum við komist að því hvernig það var að vera kona við hirðina í Heian og um leið uppgötvað hvað þessi tiltekna kona elskaði, hataði og elskaði að hata – því hún bjó til lista yfir þetta allt saman.

Mindful Divine Podcast, Hosted by Shana BianchiWhat Money Can Teach Us about Self-Acceptance & Financial Abundance + How to heal your relationship with money, build your financial EQ and become a money magnet.// Introduction:I recently took a workshop through MindValley on money mindset, and I was so interested in the content I wanted to share it with you this week. The workshop was led by Ken Honda, author of over 50 books, including “Happy Money”, is a Japanese financial expert who trains professionals for no less than $30k for just a few months of support. Ken was mentored by the famed Wahei Takeda, who is known as the Warren Buffet of Japan... and btw did you know Japan has more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the world? Pretty impressive. So, the workshop talked a lot about targeting the ‘money wounds' embedded in your brain: which are similar to limiting beliefs that your mind holds onto. By releasing these beliefs, you'll shift your money mindset and uncover secrets from some of the world's wealthiest people.Get ready to get abundance on demand, by restructuring your money mindset, and finding peace with money. As you look at your relationship with money, your life will shift, and as you heal your money wounds your whole outlook on life will change. You'll have better sleep, relationships, and finances. Once your belief system changes, your life will change. You will be able to trust life more and do what you want and need - you can take risks, which really is just following your heart and intuition. It all starts with transforming your mind. Get ready to start your new money life today.Forgiveness for the past can be a fortune for the future. It's important to look at past pain and resentment that's silently dragging down your financial success in the present. A lot of our beliefs of money that take place are rooted in the house we grew up in. Our parents wounds and our younger wounds become our current woundsHow did your parents view money when you were a child? How did they talk about it? Did they say or imply rich people were mean, bad, and selfish? Did people who have little money try to take from those who “worked harder” for their money, thus making them less deserving? Did you come from a family that said you need to be careful of money, or beware of where you put it? Did you hear your parents always saying, “we don't have enough money for this or that?”I've found we need to recognize the knowledge in doses like this, I like to call it life's micro-learning. Through the exercises today you will learn why you may no thave the bank account you want, or are in debt because you don't have the right mentors to teach you about money.For most, our mentors are our parents or guardians, but remember they have their own wounds too (from their own childhood and life experiences)! We are not taught the skills to acknowledge and heal these wounds growing up, but it's important to learn them now, because it's never too late for your SHIFT.For my money wounds, for example, I'm reminded of my childhood when my dad would have to output money. My dad would always be very cranky and angry when it was that time of the month to pay bills. He would be visibly upset, and as a young girl my thought pattern was this:Well, money, and paying out money makes you mad and upset. So to be happy, I must get, make and keep my money. My fear of having too little became an obsession as I got older to strive to always make more and do more, thus leading to professional burnout and emotional fatigue.I now understand that I can remove the imprints and wounds of money from my family, and instead make my own new imprints.Maybe try to interview your parents, grandparents or whoever raised you -- and ask them their views on money (both when they were a kid and now). Then draw comparisons and see if you now fall into the same patterns and beliefs.See, money is energy. It's an exchange of energy. You can decide if you want it to be a good exchange or a bad exchange. If you want to get angry when it goes out, that's your choice emotionally. If you want to be grateful when it goes out, that's also your choice.IQ, as we know, has to do with intelligence, and you may have heard of EQ - connecting to emotional intelligence. It's important to know that EQ also pertains to money, since, as we just learned, money is energy. The methodology for Money EQ Will transform your relationship with money, and in turn skyrocket your success in money and in life. It's a proven process that countless people across the world have already benefited from, too.A high money IQ (meaning the hard skills of money like saving and investing) can help you grow your money in the short-term… But without a high money EQ (your relationship with money) you will never achieve lasting wealth or peace of mind with your money.// Method to Manifesting 101:As much as we want it, we are either afraid of money or obsessed with money. Why is it that when we need to make a decision to buy something, like a car or a house - we feel like you cant make any mistakes and are almost paralyzed in fear. It's because we don't have a good relationship with money, and we aren't accepting the input and output of energy itself.There are 3 Systemic Models, or money types that people fall into, often taken from when you were a kid, and stuck onto you like glue as the adult you are today. When you can identify your money EQ type - it will help you see where your money block may be, and when you recognize the block, you can start to clear it.The 3 money types are:1. Control2. Indifferent3. FearSo let's get into that a bit...- The “control” money type: Someone who wants to control everything and save money, make money and increase it. Do-ers. Anxiety-ridden sometimes, and often didn't come from a home that had money, so they want to control the amount they bring in, in order to control their happiness or emotions. May have thought if they had more money they could be happier or avoid pain or escape suffering.Statements that may resonate with the control money type are:*** I spend a lot of time thinking about what I will do with my money. Save it, earn it, spend it.*** I would like more money in my life and have many plans for what I would do with it*** I am happier when I am actively doing something to change my finances- The “indifferent” money type: Often school teachers, homemaker, volunteer workers. They don't really care about it, or don't know how to manage it, so they often do good, meaningful work in the world but can be broke or make less money than they're worth. Often brought up in a nice or okay middle class home. Given what they need, good presents, so they are indifferent and they don't have to worry about it much.Statements that may resonate with the indifferent money type are:*** I am generally not motivated by money*** Money seems to flow to me without much effort*** I don't spend much time thinking about money- The “fear” money type: They are afraid, judge or try to run away from money. They often think people who have lots of money are dirty or evil and people who have it are bad people, or had to step on others to make it to the top. They are often afraid, freeze or try to run away from systems - hippie types or anti-rule followers, and don't want to have anything to do with it, though they likely still complain about not having enough money.Statements that may resonate with the fear money type are:*** I spend a lot of time worrying about money*** I often find myself frozen when it comes to making financial decisions*** I will often ignore my finances or keep money at a distance.Ps. It's also important to remember that you can have more than one money type. I'm sort of a mix of control and fear, but control is more dominant for me. Now that I recognize that, I can understand when I receive or spend money, how I feel about it, and I can create my own financial freedom.Think about what money type you are, and say out loud, “I am not my past money wounds, as of today, I am lovingly healing my relationship with money, and welcoming it with positive energy, flow, appreciation and gratitude.”// Ancient Ancestors:Arigato is a Japanese word, meaning thank you. It directly translates to something being impossible or difficult, and to explain why this is, arigato is used to address a thank you to the person who has done something impossible for you.You'll find traces of the word arigato as far back as the 794-1192, in the Heian period, and you can even find it in the Pillow Book, also known as “Makura no Soshi”. The Pillow Book is comprised of a bunch of entries written by court lady Sei Shonagon. It was finished in 1002, and Shonagon included excerpts of musings and bits of her life; poems, quotes, passages, message bits, essays, etcetera. She also happened to write down “Arigatakimono”, which expressed some sentiments that she found it hard to exist in this world.The word would later evolve with the widespread religion of Buddhism in Japan. People connected arigato with the idea of gratefulness of the blessings given by Buddha. To this day, this is still the way people perceive the gratitude behind arigato.It's no secret that words have power, feel free to head back to episode 2 to listen to the reality of words for more info here… but the spiritual power of words is also a biggie in the Japanese Language and culture.Japan has a traditional philosophy called kotodama. People in ancient times referred to Japan as “The country where kotodama brings happiness”, and the idea still holds true today. Gratitude and thanks bring about happiness.Today, I want to tell you a secret technique, used by billionaires worldwide.It's called The Arigato Technique.Years ago, Takeda (remember the Warren Buffet of Japan) was asked - “What is the secret to wealth?” To which he replied, “There is only one secret: Arigato your money and smile.So we know now that Arigato means “thank you” in Japanese, and Takeda said the #1 secret to wealth is by saying thank you. You might be thinking, wait… that's it? That can't be it. Takeda is a billionaire, how is this the most important secret. But when was the last time you thanked your money? If ever? Can this method be that simple? Thes short answer is yes.When the money comes in, you must appreciate it. When the money goes out, you must also appreciate it. By thanking the money output, and input, you are recognizing the appreciation and gratitude of it, and also the circular flow of the money itself, thus making it “happy money”.“Arigato In. Arigato Out.”So here's the trick to the Japanese Art of Mastering Your Money - say out loud, “thank you” to the check, or money or whatever you get - and when I spend on money with your credit card online or at the store, or write a check for your rent or mortgage or bills, say out loud “thank you” and direct it to the money. You can say it in any language, it doesn't matter - the universe picks up on the ENERGY of gratitude… though I do say “Arigato” because that resonates with me personally. Try to say it out loud when you say it, but if you really are in a place where you can't, be sure to say it in your head.By using the Arigato Technique, you are blessing the money, and the next person and the next person - imagine the journey of it - think about - when you pay for food at the store, it goes to the farmer who made it, the cashier's hourly wage, the rent or electricity to have a store down the street from you. The money energy is something that connects all of it, and we never even think about it. If the energy is not appreciated, it will not flow.This way, it becomes a circular money - it will flow all around your, and you will realize you can access it at any time. It becomes easily accessible because there is a constant flow of money as if you are BREATHING it.It's such a healthy mental model! It will attract new opportunities and levels of money and financial abundance for you. The technique is simple, but the results are profound. Others will do it back and reflect it to you, too, if we're all appreciative of the money. The Mental models from our past hold us back, but with the Arigato Technique, you will begin to welcome miracles into your life, you'll see.// Mindful & Metaphysical:We now know that we must clear the money myths and shift our mindset, and we've learned that thanking your money with the Arigato technique is the secret to welcoming more of it, as we recognize the circular pattern of the energy of money.Now, I want you to think about your money mindset.I want you to think “money is air” …now say it out loud - “money is air”That's an easier concept for our younger generation to think about right? Money is air -- we use apple cards, venmo, and text people money. We rarely have cash or coins, and have leaned on plastic for years now. So it's not like we have to feel tied or connected to a dollar in our bank account. If we can imagine a room with plentiful air, could we imagine an account with plentiful funds. Yes, you can!According to Wahei Takeda and Ken Honda, there are 3 levels of money. I think of these like levels that you graduate through.Money is like ice, you will not move through it or get more of it if you fight itMoney is like a river, you can feel comfortable on it, but it could carry you awayIf you go to the highest level, money is like air, you don't even know you're breathing because it's everywhere, all around you, ever abundant.Think of it this way, we don't wake up in the morning thinking, “Is there going to be enough air for me to breath today?” Because it's ever-flowing all around us. Try to think of money that way.You may never feel rich UNTIL you shift your mindset around money to the mental model - If you level up, and think of the energy of money like air, then the money will come like air. Say right now with me, “The money I need flows to me whenever I need it.”I will say, money energy can't be selfish either. You can't be like… I want a million dollars to help myself and sit in a vat of gold while eating truffles and drinking champagne. Think about money, why you feel like you need it, or who/what it can help. Remember the importance of having a servant's heart, and how you can be living a life of altruism.There was a fascinating discovery revealed after Ken interviewed over 12,000 self-made millionaires in his home country of Japan. While many of these millionaires had more than enough cash in their bank accounts, some of them still did not feel financially secure. Keep in mind, some of them were multi-millionaires. Some even had private jets. And yet, these people were still fraught with financial worries. So if it's not the number in our bank accounts that can help us dissolve the stresses we so often experience with handling money, what can? That's when Ken pieced the puzzle together.You'll also be chasing but never feel fulfilled. Ya know, don't aim for a jet, because there will always be something else you want, like chasing a horizon. The closer you get, the farther it goes.All you need is the capability to thank the money and welcome it.It's not just the money - once you trust the universe is nice and friendly to you, it will come. I always say the universe is always conspiring with you, not against you. You can co-create your future in every aspect of your life! This is one of the most powerful things you can learn in this human life -- - - - - - - - - - -As always, thank you for reading along, listening to, sharing, and subscribing, and don't forget to stay Mindful & Divine.x.shanaMindful Divine WebsitePodcast • YouTube • Book • InstagramQuestions? Want to Work Together or Discuss a Future Project? Email shana@mindfuldivine.com- - - - - - - - - - -Additional Sources I enjoyed reading and researching while writing this episode / post:https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/money-energy-is-spiritual-energyhttps://blog.mindvalley.com/how-to-attract-money/https://shellybullard.com/blog-manifest-abundance/why-money-is-spiritualhttps://spiritualarts.org/blog/evolving-your-soul/the-spiritual-purpose-of-money/https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/things-i-learned-from-you-are-a-badass-at-making-moneyhttps://tobemagnetic.com/free-native-1/2017/9/11/the-energetics-of-money-manifestationhttps://www.thecut.com/2018/05/lacy-phillips-podcast-interview-youtube-review-manifestation-class.htmlI took the mini-workshop, but the full online course can be found here: https://www.mindvalley.com/money/masterclass

On our search for the good life, is there anything they we can focus on throughout the day to help us? Dr. Puff explores 2 key ingredients of living the good life. Two books meantioned in the talk were "Remembrance of Things Past" by Marcel Proust and "The Pillow Book" by Sei Shonagon. To learn more about the Happiness Podcast, go to: http://www.HappinessPodcast.org. To learn more about Dr. Puff's Corporate Workshops, go to: http://www.SuccessBeyondYourImagination.com

En una nueva emisión de Vidas Prestadas, Hinde Pomeraniec entrevistó al periodista y escritor Cristian Alarcón, editor de la revista Anfibia, para conversar sobre la crónica como género literario Además, en Mesita de Luz, el sociólogo, investigador y ensayista Alejandro Dujovne nos cuenta que libros está leyendo. En la sección El Extranjero, Hinde habló sobre  “The Splendid and the Vile”, de Erik Larson y en Libros que sí recomendó “Insomnio”, de Marina Benjamin publicado por Chai Editora y “Bienvenida a casa”, de Lucia Berlin editado por Penguin Random House En la sección En voz alta la locutora, periodista y Lic. en Historia Marcela Feudale lee un fragmento de “El libro de la almohada”, de Sei Shonagon.

In ihrem Bekenntnisbuch schildert die Hofdame Sei Sh?nagon ihre Erlebnisse bei Hofe, äußert sich kritisch über die Beziehungen zwischen Mann und Frau, analysiert deren Stärken und Schwächen, beschreibt die damalige Mode und höfische Eleganz. Mit Eva Gosciejewicz und Antonio Pellegrino

Clouds, Mountains, Birds, Different Ways of Speaking. Things That Matter, and Things That Do Not Matter. Things Found in a Local Grocery Store. Things Found in The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Billboards, Clouds. One Week in April. Beautiful Things. Fires.

This week, we cover the fascinating tale of Sei Shonagon and the Makura no Soushi, or Pillow Book. Why is a collection of anecdotes considered to be one of Japan's greatest literary classics? What mkes the Pillow Book so famous? And why does Isaac love it so very much?

Today's guest is an amazing embroidery and illustration artist from Singapore, Teresa Lim. This year she was awarded to be 1/50 on Singapore's list of brightest and most promising individuals that are innovators, creatives and leaders within their fields. Listen to her experiences thoughts on working as a full time artist. Learn French with Charly : https://www.patreon.com/charleshenry Her recommended books: "The pillow book" by Sei Shonagon and "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius Instagram: @teeteeheehee Website: www.teeteeheehee.com Music: @banjo_jimmy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charlesandelin/message

Sei Shonagan invents the internet! In this episode, we discuss different translations, Sei Shonagon's epic snobbiness, and how she may have also invented the humble brag. Essay: How Sei Shonagon Invented Your Tumblr by Sady Doyle Recommendations: Hanadai: Price of the Flower by Evelyn De Wolfe (forthcoming) The Bughouse by Daniel Swift (FSG, 2017) Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn Tokkaido Road by Lucia St. Clair Robson

Efni Lestarinnar í dag: Framtíðin kemur hvort sem þú vilt eða ekki. Eða svo segja þeir allavega. Í pistli dagsins bregður Atli Bollason upp svipmyndum úr sjálfkeyrandi langerðabíl framtíðarinnar. Við sögu í hraðlest á föstudegi koma einnig Sei Shonagon, Ursula Le Guin, Hermann Stefánsson, Þorsteinn frá Hamri, Japan, Halldór Armand Ásgeirsson, Soffía Bjarnadóttir og fleiri. Umsjón: Anna Gyða Sigurgísladóttir og Eiríkur Guðmundsson

Today we're revisiting a bit of Japanese history. Thanks to the pillow book of lady-in-waiting Sei Shonagon, we have a first-person account of court life in Heian Japan. It's a diary and essay collection that's thoroughly fascinating. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

My guest for the hour today is poet Rebecca Lindenberg. Clouds, mountains, flowering trees. Difficult things. Things lost by being photographed. Things that have lost their power. Things found in a rural grocery store. These are some of the lists, poems, prose poems, and lyric anecdotes compiled in “The Logan Notebooks,” a remix and a reimagining of The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, a collection of intimate and imaginative observations about place—a real place, an interior landscape—and identity, at the intersection of the human with the world, and the language we have (and do not yet have) for perceiving it.

Thanks to the pillow book of lady-in-waiting Sei Shonagon, we have a first-person account of court life in Heian Japan. It's part diary, part commonplace book, part essay collection, and thoroughly fascinating. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers