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2 episodes with when things fall apart heart advice
2 episodes with when things fall apart heart advice
2 episodes with when things fall apart heart advice
In this compelling episode of Crackin' Backs, we sit down with Christopher Dooley, a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) with extensive research and clinical experience in trauma and resilience. Together, we explore the multifaceted nature of trauma, acknowledging that it manifests uniquely in each individual. Key Discussion Points:Human Evolution and Learning: Despite our advancements, our primal instincts remain influential. We discuss how our evolutionary roots impact our responses to trauma and our ongoing journey of growth.Military Dynamics: The military is known for forging strong leaders but can also leave lasting scars. We examine how its structure fosters resilience in some while leading to challenges in others.Nature's Healing Power: Amidst our technology-driven lives, we consider how reconnecting with the natural world can restore mental clarity and balance.The Role of Suffering: Is suffering an essential component of personal growth? We delve into how processed trauma can become a catalyst for strength rather than destruction.Authentic Leadership: True leadership extends beyond authority; it's about inspiring and nurturing without oppression. We discuss the core principles that distinguish effective leaders from tyrants.Counterintuitive Insights: Christopher shares unconventional lessons from his practice that challenge traditional beliefs and offer fresh perspectives on healing and growth.Recommended Readings:Christopher references two influential books by Pema Chödrön that offer profound insights into facing fear and adversity:"The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times"This book provides tools to awaken our basic goodness and connect deeply with others, teaching us to accept ourselves and our imperfections. FIND HERE "When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times"Chödrön offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy. FIND HERE Connect with Christopher Dooley:For those interested in learning more or seeking guidance, Christopher DooleyWe are two sports chiropractors, seeking knowledge from some of the best resources in the world of health. From our perspective, health is more than just “Crackin Backs” but a deep dive into physical, mental, and nutritional well-being philosophies. Join us as we talk to some of the greatest minds and discover some of the most incredible gems you can use to maintain a higher level of health. Crackin Backs Podcast
Camille Fournier is the author of The Manager's Path, which many consider the definitive guide for navigating one's career path in tech. Camille was previously the CTO of Rent the Runway, VP of Technology at Goldman Sachs, Head of Platform Engineering at Two Sigma, and Global Head of Engineering and Architecture at JPMorgan Chase. She is about to release new newest book, Platform Engineering: A Guide for Technical, Product, and People Leaders. In our conversation, we discuss:• What product managers do that annoys engineers• Why major rewrites are a trap• Why you should have fewer one-on-ones• Strategies for organizing and working with platform teams• Tips for new managers• Advice for transitioning from individual contributor to manager• Much more—Brought to you by:• DX—A platform for measuring and improving developer productivity• CommandBar—AI-powered user assistance for modern products and impatient users• Coda—The all-in-one collaborative workspace—Find the transcript and show notes at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/engineering-leadership-camille-fournier—Where to find Camille Fournier:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camille-fournier-9011812/• Website: https://skamille.medium.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Camille's background(02:17) Common annoyances between PMs and engineers(07:09) Avoiding the telephone game(08:05) Hoarding ideas and over-engineering(09:55) The importance of involving engineers in ideation(11:37) The middle-person dilemma(14:21) Rewriting systems: a big trap?(20:40) Engineering leadership lessons(36:02) Moving from IC to management(40:32) One-on-one meetings(45:10) Pushing beyond comfort zones(45:27) Building a balanced work culture(48:01) Effective time management strategies(54:15) Advice for platform team success(01:02:42) Platform team responsibilities(01:04:43) When to form a platform team(01:07:02) Thriving on a platform team(01:12:48) AI corner(01:17:03) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Platform Engineering: A Guide for Technical, Product, and People Leaders: https://www.amazon.com/Platform-Engineering-Technical-Product-Leaders/dp/1098153642/• The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change: https://www.amazon.com/Managers-Path-Leaders-Navigating-Growth/dp/1491973897• 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts: https://www.amazon.com/Things-Every-Engineering-Manager-Should/dp/1492050903• Avoiding the Rewrite Trap: https://skamille.medium.com/avoiding-the-rewrite-trap-b1283b8dd39e• Levelsio on X: https://x.com/levelsio• Pieter Levels on the Lex Fridman Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtjKbXKqbg• GraphQL: https://graphql.org/• New Blue Sun by André 3000 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/33Ek6daAL3oXyQIV1uoItD• Musk's 5 Steps to Cut Internal Bureaucracy at Tesla and SpaceX: https://icecreates.com/insight/musk-s-5-steps-to-cut-internal-bureaucracy-at-tesla-and-spacex-you-may-say-it-s-his-algorithm/• Ian Nowland on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/inowland/• Studio Pulls ‘Megalopolis' Trailer Using Fake Quotes from Famed Movie Critics: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/studio-pulls-megalopolis-trailer-using-fake-quotes-from-famed-movie-critics_n_66c74046e4b0f1ca469413c7• Claude 2: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-2• What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful: https://www.amazon.com/What-Got-Here-Wont-There/dp/1401301304• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times: https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1611803438• Alien: Romulus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18412256/• Whoop: https://www.whoop.com—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe
Hey, it's Ever! I'm talking shit about squirrels and leading a loving kindness mediation. I hope that this mediation helps and I hope that you open your heart to the many ways you deserve to be loved. Please enjoy! “The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.” ― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Here's a special, (limited time) deal for our listeners. Right now get up to 60% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at Babbel dot com slash YALLGAY. Get up to 60% off at Babbel dot com slash YALLGAY. Spelled B-A-B-B-E-L dot com slash YALLGAY. Rules and restrictions may apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön, supplies the context for this episode, and was in no small part inspired by a staggering act of kindness Abby experienced in her own life.One of the inevitabilities of life is that at some stage or another, things will fall apart, so how can this book teach us to survive and learn from these times? Main source:When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times a book by Pema Chodron.Also mentioned on the podcast:Zen and the art of stand-upMore about Pema ChödrönBecoming Pema A List of All Our Books HereSubscribe to our Patreon for extra bonus episodes!Help Hole is on Instagram and TikTokSofie is on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, Twitter and FacebookAbby is on Instagram, TikTok and ThreadsBUY SOFIE'S BOOK WILL I EVER HAVE SEX AGAIN? HERE!EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Sofie Hagen and Abby WambaughPRODUCER AND EDITOR Amanda RedmanSPECIAL PRODUCERS Lillie and MamaWambaJINGLE by Nicky ElsonARTWORK by Sofie Hagen (temporary, don't worry)
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3050: Kylee Lessard's candid exploration of anxiety sheds light on its prevalence and personal impact, offering practical strategies for managing it. Her insights, bolstered by lessons from a Buddhist nun and personal coping mechanisms, provide valuable guidance for navigating life's anxious moments. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.ablueskymind.com/blog/mental-health-anxiety Quotes to ponder: "Accept non-permanence and change. Security is an illusion." Episode references: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Hard Times by Pema Chodron: https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1611803438 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3050: Kylee Lessard's candid exploration of anxiety sheds light on its prevalence and personal impact, offering practical strategies for managing it. Her insights, bolstered by lessons from a Buddhist nun and personal coping mechanisms, provide valuable guidance for navigating life's anxious moments. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.ablueskymind.com/blog/mental-health-anxiety Quotes to ponder: "Accept non-permanence and change. Security is an illusion." Episode references: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Hard Times by Pema Chodron: https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1611803438 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3050: Kylee Lessard's candid exploration of anxiety sheds light on its prevalence and personal impact, offering practical strategies for managing it. Her insights, bolstered by lessons from a Buddhist nun and personal coping mechanisms, provide valuable guidance for navigating life's anxious moments. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.ablueskymind.com/blog/mental-health-anxiety Quotes to ponder: "Accept non-permanence and change. Security is an illusion." Episode references: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Hard Times by Pema Chodron: https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1611803438 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brought to you by Mercury—the powerful and intuitive way for ambitious companies to bank | Coda—Meet the evolution of docs | Miro—A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life—Andy Johns is a former tech exec and VC who had a successful run at several startups—including Facebook, Twitter, Wealthfront, and Quora—but left it all behind a few years ago to take a new direction in life. Now a mental health advocate, he aids military veterans with PTSD, guides burnt-out high achievers to new paths, and shares his healing journey from childhood trauma and mental illness through his newsletter, Clues Dot Life. In this episode, we discuss:• Why Andy left his seven-figure VC career behind• The four-step process of deep personal transformation• When suffering is necessary vs. unnecessary• Tips for finding a good therapist• How a writing practice can help you heal• When you're in need of radical transformation—Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/when-enough-is-enough-andy-johns-ex-fb-twitter-quora/#transcript—Where to find Andy Johns:• Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/cluesdotlife• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjohns/• Website: https://www.clues.life/• Newsletter: https://andyjohns.substack.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Andy's background(04:45) His personal burnout story(12:55) The high incidence of mental health struggles in tech(14:41) Why Andy walked away from a seven-figure VC job(20:29) His work in mental health advocacy (23:32) The four-step process of deep personal transformation(31:40) The ego's involvement(33:23) Necessary vs. unnecessary suffering(37:01) First steps in understanding your suffering(38:59) Advice on finding a therapist(42:11) How a writing practice can help you heal(43:47) Two methods for writing to gain self-understanding (47:47) Signs you're dealing with more than just typical job stress(52:22) How to move into a place of self-compassion(57:16) The unpredictable timeline of healing (59:59) How to develop compassion for others(1:02:19) Why not everyone needs a radical transformation(1:04:10) The story of Pema Chodron's transformation (1:06:06) What holds people back from making changes(1:13:29) Finding your own unique path to healing(1:17:32) Andy's closing message to anyone feeling pulled toward a new chapter(1:18:59) How Andy is doing now—Referenced:• How to know when to stop: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-know-when-to-stop• Heroic Hearts Project: https://heroicheartsproject.org/• Panic attacks and panic disorder: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4451-panic-attack-panic-disorder• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748• Vipassana meditation: https://www.dhamma.org/en/index• The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808• Moby Dick: https://www.amazon.com/Moby-Dick-Herman-Melville/dp/1503280780• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times: https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1611803438—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe
[Ep. 13] Khe tackles his 26 year history of drinking in this solo episode. You'll hear about “Blackout Island,” being a functional heavy drinker, his favorite substances, the emotions he's avoiding, drinking-related problems and his eponymous “Khe-garitas” (aka Skinny Margaritas). References from the show: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron Why did Khe leave Wall Street? Khe's Skinny Margarita Recipe Join an upcoming group coaching cohort: Are you looking to ask deep, introspective and provocative questions about your own life (with Khe and likeminded peers) Apply today BECOME A RADREADER:
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, a time series data platform that's raised over $170 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Evan's background and his unconventional path to CEO as someone with an environmental science degree The excitement and challenges of being a first-time CEO and the disappointment of a failed IPO due to a market crash The increasing demand for data and AI, and InfluxData's position as a market leader in the time series database space InfluxData's growth prospects and their rise as a market leader in the sector Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities as the foundation for moving forward in business Favorite book: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
You made it! You are here on earth,with earth, and with us“Here" is a place we spend our livesdiscovering and coming intoWhen you pauseto comment on the clouds to your loveramazed at the miracle of sky blue andwhite poofs that make you smile When you point at the moonto your child, and make the shape of moon with your lips...drawing out the mooooooon, like this When you take a picture of yourselfin a beautiful garden to send to your friendWhen you sip this cup of coffee with something close to reverence When you ask the Divine for a sign,even a small one,just a teensy weensy one(because you don't want to be rude)and an entire person revealsthey are the sign sent!Then you are practicingBeing HereMaybe you stopped believing in the divine order of things because you mistook the hard stuffas some kind of lack of affirmationI don't know who made up the storythat it shouldn't be hard here but clearly that isn't the case Just being in a body requires so much care and it often hurts to be in here and it also feels so good tooWe were given pain and pleasureStill…you are hereThis is where here isIt is a wild garden of a place, isn't it? Who knew? You aren't a stranger hereeven though it is sometimes strangeto be here, like this with all our curiosity and confusionand unmet needs for big loveand our desire to be seen as we learn to see ourselves Being here is precious and precarious but here we are and I just wanted tomention that being here with youis way better than being here without youYou make here a wonderful place to beShiloh Sophia Painting in process - A Ribbon of Hope Running through Her Mind"The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn't mean that something is wrong. What a relief. Finally, somebody told the truth. Suffering is part of life, and we don't have to feel it's happening because we personally made the wrong move." ~ Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times❤️For those I love and that love meShiloh Sophia P.S. a few complimentary calls coming right up if you want to be on a live line with me and us…https://musea.org/university/ Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe
JONZ IS BACK! It's been a year since the last episode, time for the next round of new episodes, let's do it! What is true wealth? Should we get rid of big and little anxieties that knock on the door? Surfing in Alaska is cold, frigid, painful, but an amazing way to surf life better. How do you know if an opportunity in your life is 'good' or 'bad'? How to make decisions. You don't know as much as you think you do! Finally we talk about why the podcast is called, 'The Invisible World of Jeremy Jonz', thanks Picasso. Join me for flashbacks when I use to surf in LA and how it helps me surf in my invisible world today. Show notes: Great quote mentioned half way through, full quote here: “The teachings tell us that obstacles occur at the outer level and at the inner level. In this context, the outer level is the sense that something or somebody has harmed us, interfering with the harmony and peace we thought was ours. Some rascal has ruined it all. This particular sense of obstacle occurs in relationships and in many other situations; we feel disappointed, harmed, confused, and attacked in a variety of ways. People have felt this way from the beginning of time. As for the inner level of obstacle, perhaps nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. Maybe the only enemy is that we don't like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away fast. But what we find as practitioners is that nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. It just keeps returning with new names, forms, and manifestations until we learn whatever it has to teach us about where we are separating ourselves from reality, how we are pulling back instead of opening up, closing down instead of allowing ourselves to experience fully whatever we encounter, without hesitating or retreating into ourselves.” ― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Research links: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/wavesinocean.html https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Wave_(physics) https://www.ducksters.com/science/physics/waves.php https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/waves.html Topics we cover: Forgiveness, hope, faith, motivation, losing weight, self-help, strategies for winning, inspiring others, being friends with anxiety and depression, strategies for success, overcoming fear, super powers, motivation, trust your gut, losing a loved one, death, real estate, health, investing, entrepreneurs, growing business, family, practices makes permanent, perfection, self-improvement, business, entrepreneurs, starting business, parenting, uplifting, spiritual, self-development, not giving up, mindfulness, meditation, Jesus, Buddha, stoic, stoicism, history, Buddhism, yoga, meditation, trusting yourself, be.…..freedom, no limits, living free, founding fathers, living free, trusting your gut, building business, health
#062 - Join Jennie for the "coping strategies " episode where she talks with Meditation and Well Being Accountability Coach, Wendy Nash. Wendy has a somatic psychotherapy diploma, is currently studying for a Mindfulness & Compassion diploma, and has been practicing loving-kindness among other types of meditation for almost 20 years. Prior to that, she worked for a Swedish law firm in London, and for Microsoft while living in France. The ladies discuss:using meditation as a coping mechanism,the Zen practice of koans,how long and how frequently you should meditate,how meditation can help with restraint and weight loss,how entrepreneurs can use the practice to better hear their own voices.The book Wendy references is When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron. To learn more about Wendy, check out her website KindlyCutTheCrap.com or you can connect with her on LinkedIn.Follow Jennie on Facebook and Instagram and come watch the video version of these episodes on YouTube!✨✨If you think this content is deserving of a tip, I'd be ever so grateful if you'd leave one here. I plan to use all proceeds for magick supplies and I promise to use my powers for good.
Join us as Carol A. Newsom (Candler School of Theology) talks to us about Job's response and the epilogue in Job 42. We discuss a number of things including: how to understand Job's enigmatic response to God, why the translation of 42:6 in your English Bible is likely wrong, God's surprising approval of Job's speech, how the epilogue fits (or doesn't) with the rest of the book, why readers find it disturbing, Job's re-embrace of life, and the significance of Job's daughters.Relevant Work by Carol NewsomThis post contains affiliate linksCarol Newsom is the author of numerous influential works, including two particularly relevant to our discussion:“The Book of Job.” Pages 317–637 in 1 & 2 Maccabees, Introduction to Hebrew Poetry, Job, Psalms. New Interpreters Bible 4. Abingdon, 1996. The Book of Job: A Contest of Moral Imaginations. Oxford University Press, 2003.This Week's BlurbIn this episode, Carol Newsom recommends:Chödrön, Pema. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Shambhala, 2016. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetwotestaments.substack.com
This episode dives into Human Design. Human Design is based upon the date, time, and place you were born. Combining ancient systems and modern science, it reveals your individual genetic design. Are you a Projector, Manifestor, Generator, Manifesting Generator, or Reflector? Tune in and I'm sure your archetype guess will be a match! Or, reach out to Teresa Brenneman for a chart of your own. Theresa Brenneman: How to Be a Lion Website Teresa Brenneman on Instagram Teresa's Fav's: Phill Good (Influencer) Lorie Ladd (Influencer) Pema Chödrön's book, “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times” Still motions (Post Rock Band) Sip Garage (Coffee shop) Source: Spiritsong Tarot Deck by Paulina Cassidy Heavenly Pennies: Heavenly Pennies on Facebook Heavenly Pennies on Instagram Heavenly Pennies also gives HUGE THANKS to our Sponsors- for without their support and gracious donations, prizes of gratitude would not be available. Living Room Yoga Penn Pizza Restaurant South Mountain Cycle Jolts For Colts Black River Farms Scentsy with Debbie Weikert The Joint Coffee Co. The House and Barn Goddess Essentialz Mindy Beth- Hearts from Heaven One on one yoga and reiki readings are available! Email heavenlypennies1111@gmail.com for booking inquiries. Namaste! Heavenly Pennies Corporation is not a licensed health care practitioner and does not offer professional medical advice or mental health treatment. Always consult with a licensed medical professional and seek medical attention or advice if you are suffering from any mental and physical ailments, injuries, or diseases prior to taking part in any available sessions. Offers and discounts mentioned available for a limited time only.
In the book, “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times,” Pema Chödrön expresses the idea of not causing harm to yourself or others. Of course, she means causing no physical harm, but just as important, not causing harm to ourselves by the ways in which we think about ourselves. For example, not being self-deprecating when we don't believe in ourselves and not being overly self-critical.If we don't love ourselves, it may be that we haven't questioned the beliefs we hold about certain things in our lives. We may go about our lives based on these uncritically held beliefs — also not knowing what we value. When something happens that's perceived as a negative, we blame ourselves. For example, a gay man dealing with gay shame or anyone who identifies as queer dealing with the shame of being othered — having felt like they never fit in growing up as a child and adolescent. Not having seen yourself properly represented in a meaningful, thoughtful, loving, and self-accepting way while growing up during your formative years can play havoc with your self-love.Read the complete post at Think Queerly on Medium.If you would like to have a more in-depth discussion about how you can become more mindful — and how that can have an impact on your skillfulness as a queer creative or thought leader — let's meet for a conversation.
Episode #40: The vast majority of adults in the U.S., more than 70%, have experienced some type of traumatic event, and research shows that trauma survivors have a high incidence of physical and mental health illnesses. Trauma has such a severe impact on the body because of the way it affects, and ultimately rewires, the brain. The good news is that the human nervous system has the capacity to recover. Joining us is yoga teacher Abbey Asher, who describes how she learned to attend to her own mental health and nervous system while she was caring for her husband through his 4-year illness and eventual death from brain cancer. Psychotherapist and trauma specialist Karen Ouse, LMFT joins us to share her knowledge of nervous system physiology and to discuss how to grow awareness, calm the nervous system, and build resilience to facilitate trauma recovery. Broadcast: 3/6/22 Special thanks to Jeanne Baldzikowski for audio production, to Jennifer Young for research and outreach, and to Izzy Weisz for marketing. And thanks to acoustic guitarist Adrian Legg for composing, performing, and donating the use of our theme music. LISTEN ANYTIME or subscribe to get new or past episodes delivered to your listening device: Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / TuneIn JOIN EMAIL LIST Want to know our interesting topic each month? Simply SIGN UP for our email list! FOLLOW US Facebook @stateofmindksqd Instagram @state_of_mind.radio SUGGEST A TOPIC If you or someone you know has topic ideas for future shows or a story of mental health recovery to share, please email debra.stateofmind@ksqd.org SHARE YOUR STORY In Your Voice are short segments on the show where a listener gets to share their experience of the topic we are discussing. You can call us at 831- 824-4324 and leave a 1-3 minute message about: a mental health experience you've had, something that has contributed to your mental health recovery journey, or share a resource that has helped you. Alternatively, you can make a 1-3 minute audio recording right on your phone and email that file to debra.stateofmind@ksqd.org. Your voice may just become part of one of our future shows! SUPPORT OR UNDERWRITE If you like what you're hearing here on KSQD, also affectionately called K– Squid, you can become a “Philanthropod on the Squid Squad” by becoming a supporting member and help keep KSQD surfing the air waves! Consider underwriting your business or agency and showing our listeners your support for State of Mind. RESOURCES Books & Articles The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (2014) by Bessel Van Der Kolk — This book explores how the body retains the imprints of trauma. The author is a neuroscientist who explains why we suffer and opportunities for healing from the trauma. There is a wonderful chapter on yoga and learning how to inhabit your body. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (2005) by Pema Chödrön, an American Tibetan Buddhist. — According to traditional Buddhist teaching, we must learn to stop running from suffering and instead actually learn to approach it — fearlessly, compassionately, and with curiosity. Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self Image, and the Capacity for Relationship (2012) by Dr. Laurence Heller and Dr. Aline LaPierre — A practical guide to help understand the principles involved in the NARM™ model which draws from somatic-based psychotherapy and neuroscience to offer tools for healing—and moving past—early trauma. In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness (2010) by Peter Levine —Poses the idea that idea that trauma is neither a disease nor a disorder, but rather an injury caused by fright, helplessness and loss that can be healed by engaging our innate capacity to self-regulate high states of arousal and intense emotions. Explains the theory of Somatic Experiencing® and learn how physiology is dysregulated by trauma. Man's Search for Meaning (2006) by Viktor E. Frankl — This is a seminal book that is a must read for anyone experiencing trauma. The book recounts Viktor Frankl's experiences in the concentration camps of WWII and the school of therapy he invented to help us confront our trauma and losses. What if There's No Such Thing As Closure by Meg Bernhard / New York Times / Dec. 15, 2021 Updated Dec. 19, 2021 — The article describes the groundbreaking research by social scientist, Pauline Bass, who invented the term “ambiguous loss” to describe absences that are often not unacknowledged. You can also listen to this article using this link. Podcast New York Times Ezra Klein Podcast: That Anxiety You're Feeling; It's a Habit You Can Unlearn / New York Times Ezra Klein Podcast / April 20, 2021— Jud Brewer is an associate professor of psychiatry at Brown University, where he is the director of research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center. He has a new book called “Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind,” In this interview with Ezra Klein, Brewer discusses his research on anxiety, which he sees as a kind of addiction. Websites Somatic Experiencing® — Dedicated to supporting trauma resolution and resilience through culturally responsive professional training and education, research, and outreach around the globe. The NARM™ Training Institute — Descriptions of offerings for this therapeutic modality, including how to become a member of the NARM™ Inner Circle Community. Greater Good Magazine — The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and hosts this online magazine that teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society. The online magazine offers no-cost videos, articles, and The Science of Happiness, a podcast on the science and skills of well-being. More Info Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) - An overview from the US Department of Health and Human Services of the ACEs model of understanding risk factors contributing to developmental and relational trauma, common responses and the impacts of such experiences on later physical and mental health. This page also links to numerous other resources. ACEs Fact Sheet - by the Centers for Disease Control Take The ACE Quiz — And Learn What It Does And Doesn't Mean - NPR Article / March 2, 20152:57 PM ET / by Laura Stareccheski Self-Care for Trauma Yoga with Adriene — A wonderful way to access free yoga videos for all levels, including beginners. Community Counseling Family Service Agency (FSA) of the Central Coast is a dedicated underwriter of State of Mind. FSA provides resources, support, and counseling services to adults and children. FSA believes in the power and potential of people of all ages and backgrounds to discover their own creative solutions and welcomes people of diverse cultures, genders, sexual orientations, ages, faiths, socio-economic backgrounds. FSA Counseling Offices offer Medi-Cal, Medicare, and low-cost, sliding scale services in both downtown Santa Cruz 831-423-9444 x200 and in Soquel 831-346-6767 x200. Contact Guests Abbey Asher — Iyengar inspired yoga teacher; classes held in person at the Vet's Hall in downtown Santa Cruz, on zoom or privately in Abbey's home. Email: aasher@ucsc.edu Phone: 831-334-5919 Karen Ouse, LMFT — Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, NARM Therapist. Offering online sessions to individuals and couples; specializing in healing trauma from a heart-centered, relational approach. Email: karenouse@santacruztraumatherapist.com Phone: (831)-689-7676
Naoness is here. Inspired by Pema Chödrön, an American Tibetan Buddhist, and her wisdom that "thoughts, emotions, moods, and memories come and they go, and basic nowness is always here." Naoness is about 30+ years of friendship between two Asian American women in the present - as wives, working mothers, and feminists in our 40s. We begin the conversation with introductions and how we arrived at this podcast as a celebration of the power of storytelling. Join us as we open with Naoko's birthday month, chat about being at a crossroads, and chart our exploration of identity. We always end on a light note by sharing recipes because they are our expression of love, family, and connection with community. Explore our recipes at NAONESS: A PODCAST. "When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times" by Pema Chödrön --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/naoness/support
Certified Clinical Hypnotist Valerie Grimes is the creator of hypnotictrip.com, virtual and real-life experiences that blend hiking, hypnosis, and nature to inspire powerful transformations. Valerie explains how hiking creates a natural hypnotic state; the repetitive movement slows down the conscious mind so her clients can access their limiting subconscious beliefs. The conversation reveals the benefits of journaling, painting, walking, or any repetitive household chore to quiet the mind. She also uses visual, auditory, and kinesthetic cues while performing walking meditations to reach her patients. Valerie reassures that hypnosis is only suggestive therapy; the client always remains in control during the process while accessing subconscious beliefs that may be sabotaging their lives. Podcast host, Christopher Miller, revisits the concept of a “Dark Night of the Soul.” This spiritual crisis occurs in someone's life in which they are challenged to make dramatic changes in their life. Valerie and Chris refer to Gary Chapman's book “The 5 Love Languages” and Pena Chodron's book “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.”Valerie shares her journey to realizing that our beliefs are merely patterns that can be revisited and altered to serve our goals. Podcast concludes by reviewing the many different symbolic ways we interpret our life events and the ability to reassign meaning to those symbols.For more information on Valerie's services, visitwww.hypnotictrip.com or www.theflowcenter.com.
#041 We're undergoing a huge shift once again as we being to re-engage with the world, not just in terms of getting back into our social routines, but readjusting to the pace of change.Author Ray Kurtzweil, who is also the Director of Engineering at Google, has written about the acceleration of change, predicting a doubling of paradigm shift rate each decade. That's a staggering rate of increase, translating to 20,000 years of technological advance in the 21st century instead of 100, based on his models.How do we navigate these relentless seismic shifts and how can we fortify ourselves for oncoming waves of change that will inevitably speed up as the years continue?That's what we'll be exploring in this episode. We'll cover:The difference between change and transition;The lesson of impermanence; andHow to keep well in mind, body and spirit in the acceleration.Change will inevitably occur. It's part of our human experience. How will you choose to respond and stay well?Links:Book: When Things Fall Apart – Heart Advice for Difficult Times – Pema ChodronWebsite: Pema Chodron FoundationIf you'd like to join our circle and never miss a weekly episode, please hit subscribe.For episode materials, show notes or to submit a question for a future episode, visit: https://athenawellness.com/podcast
Based on Pema Chödrön's book "When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times," we will begin our spiritual journey to face the many adversities in our lives with a level of gentleness and kindness we may still be inspired to explore. This Sunday, Jean-Marie will share his take on the first four chapters of Pema Chödrön's book, mixed in with Unity teachings and those of other religions and spiritual practices. You are welcome to read along or just come along for the ride. Join us for another thought-provoking service on the many opportunities we have in our lives to find ways to see ourselves and others in a brighter Light. Website: UnityFortWorth.org Facebook: Facebook.com/unityFW YouTube: YouTube.com/UnityFortWorth
Join us in this episode as Bill I. shares the ups and downs in his 19 years of sobriety, from a cardiac scare, divorce and the death of his son to finding acceptance, happiness and serenity by working the SAA program of recovery. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron The Outer Circle Newsletter: https://saa-recovery.org/news-events/saa-newsletter/ Music used in the episode for educational purposes. (I do not own the copyright and will delete if necessary). Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends Be sure to reach us via email: feedback@sexaddictsrecoverypod.com To find meetings in the San Francisco Bay Area, be sure to visit: https://www.bayareasaa.org/ The content of this podcast has not been approved by and may not reflect the opinions or policies of the ISO of SAA, Inc.
Here’s what we explored:noticing that teachers who are humble, light-hearted, and really grounded, you can experience a deep heart to heart connection without the usual personal detailsit is our thinking that takes us out of an awareness of connectionwhen we feel a sense of connection: space opens up, in our heart, in our minds, in our daywhen we seem to have 'lost connection', we go looking in our toolbox for techniques to help us out but they're not always helpful because they are old and stale.whereas there is fresh, helpful thinking available for this moment, right here, right now'going into our head' is a place where we are cut off from connection. There's - not much joy, nothing fresh there but it feels safeCarla is noticing how that disconnection response takes the joy and engagement out of all parts of life and that doesn't feel okaywe can take a moment to be in awe of the creative nature of or coping mechanisms brought to us via the power of Thoughtthen our minds rush in to ask, 'I don't feel connected, how do I feel more connected?'the only thing that takes us out of a feeling of connection is the thinking that says, "I am not connected"notice the moments when our problem thinking just dissolves for example when we get on a call with a client or colleague - that was a change of thoughtyou can just let it be, if you can and if you can't, let that be!once we decide how we feel is a problem, that is when we can get really stuckwhen depression lifts (often it feels like it just dispersed) is when we get fresh thinkingfresh thinking can happen at any timewhether we fight it, we collapse into it, surrender to it or transcend it, either way, it will passanalysis and judgment can plunge us into shamesometimes when we're struggling, we can realise perhaps it is lack of sleep - we're exhaustedit's helpful when you remember all the things you've come through in the pastthink of the ancient live oaks, still standing for 3-400 years, through hurricanes and all kinds of weatherthey began as tiny acorns. In an acorn is the blueprint of the mighty oak. But it didn't happen overnightthink of the rosebud: you can't force open that bud, it will open in its own timerelax, let life unfold, we don't need to figure it out.life is living the tree, the bloom and us'let wisdom come to you', says Christine HeathJuliet tells her story of experiencing depression and her seeing the stages she went throughmassive resistance ensued and she was in battle but she noticed how the feeling is a guideexhaustion and numbness followedthen the collapsing began to happen and it started to look hopelessshe noticed the fine distinction between collapsing and surrenderingsurrendering was a kind of acceptance and there was a releaseshe strummed her ukulele and the tears came (which also looks comical in retrospect)the less we care about how we feel the less it matters and the less it sticksJuliet was obsessed with how she felt and believed there was a lot of valuable information in how she feltit looked like there was useful information in my feelings: about myself, about the world, about other peoplewhen we realise there is something bigger than our feelings then our feelings don't matter so muchas our heart opens and we connect with something bigger - it's that which cleans up our stucknessyou can't make yourself surrenderyou can't make yourself have an insightbut we can settle down and open to the possibility of insightthe song 'Don't worry, be happy' used to make Carla so mad as it felt so dismissive and invalidating of her emotionsknowing that when our thinking changes we will see things differently is helpful even if it doesn't immediately pop us out of our moodacceptance and allowing are hugely helpful and as we see deeper these naturally arise moreexcessive gentleness, listening, and curiositywhen someone is in distress and we meet them and our heart is open, we don't know what we're going to say but we can trust that people will feel the loveyou can't think your way or force your way into acceptance and surrenderthere is a deeper feeling and connection available to usknowing something else will come around is so helpfulwhen we all caught up, we can't feel our divinity, only our heavy humanness. What Juliet and Carla can do is see and connect with the divinity in their clientswe want to share and explore the divinity we see in each other and our listenersJuliet appreciates Carla's willingness to show the listeners how we can be in our messy human-ness one minute and then pop out of itJuliet shares how much energy she put into hiding how she felt, hiding how much of a mess she was and how exhausting that wasJuliet sees that in the act of trying to hide her messiness (or human-ness), she created so much sufferingQuotes and References“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times"Every storm runs out of rain" Maya Angelou"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." Albert EinsteinHow deep can we go? Exploring the edge of our grounding and looking beyond. 3PGC online 3-day event, recordings available to purchase."Let wisdom come to you", Christine HeathDon't worry, be happy, song by Bobby McFerrin 1988Sending love to all our listeners. If you enjoyed this episode, please do leave a review and share on your networks.CONNECT WITH CARLACarla is a mindset & performance coach working with high achieving, high-performance entrepreneurs who are dealing quietly with anxiety.Website - CarlaRoyal.comFacebook - Carla Royal CoachLinkedin - Carla RoyalInstagram - CarlaRoyalCoachSign up to receive Carla's weekly newsletter for inspiration, motivation, and tips for living with more ease and flow - Subscribe CONNECT WITH JULIETPoet & 3 Principles facilitator, Juliet loves exploring and pointing towards freedom of mind for those curious to engage more fully with all aspects of their life. Sign up for her latest insights, essays, poems, and inspirational programmes direct to your inbox - SubscribeWebsite - SolcareInstagram- Juliet FayeFacebook - SolcareCONNECT WITH US!If you love The Riffing on Realness Podcast, rate the podcast and/or write us a review! You can do that HERE ! 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Have you ever felt like your world is falling apart and things are beyond your control? Pema Chödrön's When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times is a short but powerful book based on Buddhist teachings. It provides gentle, comforting guidance for navigating difficult times.
On this episode of the Defence Deconstructed Podcast, David Perry is joined by Australia's Ministry of Defence Ms. Celia Perkins and Air Vice Marshal Steven Roberton to explore the country's 2020 Defence Update and Force Structure. Participant Bios: - Ms. Celia Perkins is First Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy, at the Australian Ministry of Defence. - Air Vice Marshal Steven Roberton is the Head of Force Design for the Australian Defence Forces. Host Bio: - Dave Perry (host): Senior Analyst and Vice President with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (www.cgai.ca/david_perry) R&R - Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer, No Rules Rules (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606529/no-rules-rules-by-reed-hastings-and-erin-meyer/) - Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (https://pemachodronfoundation.org/product/when-things-fall-apart-book/) - Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/20549/a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-illustrated-edition-by-bill-bryson/9780385663557) - Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00U6SFUSS/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) Recording Date: 22 Sep 2020 Defence Deconstructed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network and is brought to you by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI). Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips
Welcome to the first episode! Today's topic is all about knowing when or how to take a moment to reflect on tough situations and how to slowly heal your mind and soul. I will go into detail on what "lifeboating" means for me! We want to stay motivated and fulfilled in any & all parts of our lives, so shake those uncertainties off your shoulders and start to take some steps in the direction of your goals and aspirations. Let's keep an extensive selection of mini lifeboats at our disposal! (You know, for sanity's sake). I hope you all enjoy! Stay tuned and subscribe for a new episode next week!! Follow @lifeboatingpod on Instagram! Check out the book I reference! --- "When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times" by Pema Chodron: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BBXJH2C/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 ---- Intro Music Credit: Son of a Rocket" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifeboatingpod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lifeboatingpod/support
This week, Patricia talks about a couple great backlist titles including an older nonfiction she learned about years ago! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Books mentioned on the show: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
In Episode 32, the ladies tackle sex, sexuality, and sensuality as it relates to Black women. How growing up shapes our views, "the talk," and learning our own values when it comes to sex and sexuality. Life Hack: Workona (a tab manager for Google Chrome to keep your projects separated) In Our Own Words: (general what we’re reading right now?) G: Old in Art School by Nell Painter, a book by a Black woman about going to art school after having a thriving career as a historian at Princeton and what it takes to reinvent oneself and start over. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön, who is an American Tibetan Buddhist Nun. This one is just helping me get some perspective and be more zen, less emotionally swayed to and fro. A: The Memo, What Women of Color Need To Secure A Seat at The Table by Minda Hart Caption This (Music): G: even though I don’t wanna show emotions, I’m open, Deeper x Summer Walker A: “I’ll take your issues, baby, if you take mine,” Look of Things, Ro James
Our guest on the podcast is Carl Richards, who specializes in conveying sophisticated financial concepts in an easy-to-understand way--specifically, using a Sharpie. Carl is a Certified Financial Planner™ and creator of the Sketch Guy column in The New York Times. He’s also author of two books, The One-Page Financial Plan: A Simple Way to Be Smart About Your Money and The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money. In addition, he hosts the “Behavior Gap Radio” podcast and also co-hosts a podcast with financial-planning guru Michael Kitces called “Kitces and Carl.”BackgroundCarl Richards bioCarl Richards' booksCarl Richards articlesCarl Richards “Sketch Guy” column in The New York Times Behavior Gap Radio podcastKitces and Carl podcast“12 Simple Sketches That Perfectly Illustrate the Path to Wealth and Financial Happiness,” by Libby Kane and Libertina Brandt, Business Insider, July 22, 2019.The Behavior Gap“The Behavior Gap,” by Carl Richards. Medium.com. Oct. 18, 2018.“To Avoid the Biggest Investing Mistake, Stay Strong,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, March 26, 2013.“Yes, Numbers Matter in Financial Decisions, but So Do Emotions,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, May 8, 2017.Articulating and Achieving Goals“Goals As Guesses,” by Carl Richards, YouTube, Jan. 16, 2018. “The Magic of a Single Micro-Action,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2017. “A Simple Formula for Making Dreams Come True,” by Carl Richards, Medium.com, June 28, 2018.“Hal Gregersen Interview: Asking the Right Questions,” YouTube.com, April 8, 2018. Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life, by Hal Gregersen, Harper Business, 2018. The Dan Sullivan Question, by Dan Sullivan, The Strategic Coach, 2009. “Your Future Should Be Bigger Than Your Past. Here’s How to Do It,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, Sept. 14, 2018. “The First (and Last) Step to Financial Satisfaction? Defining ‘Enough’,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, May 1, 2017.“Setting Aside Shame and Blame in Financial Decisions,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, Sept. 8, 2015.“How to Talk About Money,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2018.“Look Inward to Determine Your Financial Values,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, April 20, 2015. “Where Does the Time Go? You Can Find Out, If You Dare,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, July 5, 2017.“Seeking More Fun? Examine the Returns on Your Time Investments,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, July 10, 2017. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron, Shambhala, 2016.“We Are All Normal,” Meir Statman, Morningstar The Long View podcast, Oct. 30, 2019. Finance for Normal People, by Meir Statman, Oxford University Press, 2019.Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman, FSG Adult, 2013. “The Benefits of Getting an Icy Start to the Day,” by Carl Richards, The New York Times, March 14, 2016.
In today's episode, I tackle a topic most of us work hard to avoid: pain. It's the fourth reality about life we cannot change that author David Richo writes about in his book, The Five Things We Cannot Change and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them. I also draw some wisdom from Pema Chodron's book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, which I highly recommend. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion. If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts! Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review. Want to work with me privately on developing your leadership content & publishing strategy? Book a call with me here to see if we’re a good fit.
You've Got This | Tips & Strategies for Meaningful Productivity and Alignment in Work and Life
On this podcast episode, I'm sharing a digital round table on transition to remote teaching, learning, students support, and work in higher education organized by @laurapasquini with podcast hosts @Profpatrice, @jeffjacksonTX, @bonni208, & myself. This conversation is a reflection about the state of things we are doing, thinking about, and planning for as college and university institutions shutdown across the US. We talk about a range of plans, support, and strategies to be implemented and how we are “doing the best we can” as COVID-19 impacts our campus communities.I'm grateful for show notes and transcript provided by @laurapasquiniMentioned in this episode:Katie's Tweet about Care: https://twitter.com/Katie__Linder/status/1238868536979832834Advice to take care of yourself, family & work team: Take a walk or run Get outside Keep a full-nights' sleep & rest Meditation: Apps to try? Calm, 10% Happier (free), & Headspace Eating healthy Get silly & social with those at home Clean your house Ask who needs help – childcare, tech support, etc. Read books Relax from your typical routines Keep to your fitness routine Enjoy the quiet/down time nowHow do you ensure your remote plan to go digital is accessible and does not exclude anyone? This might be remote teaching, learning, student support, or work for your staff/faculty. How are you preparing for these potential barriers and needs to accommodate your campus stakeholders? Closed captioning for Microsoft Streaming for Teams MS PowerPoint present with live-captioning or subtitles Zoom Setting: Auto-record transcript (option for paid version) timed transcript side-by-side OR use Zoom closed captions Need to adjust course deadlines & radical flexibility for learning expectations Trust Your Learners! Pivot to Online: A Student Guide via Grading Considerations: Is pass/no pass an option for your course? At your campus? Rely on the resources at your campus for support & suggestions: instructional designers, accessibility office, librarians & more! Do what you can & know you're doing the best you can right now Phone tree system with team to check-in, share information, & answer questions What if Someone Gets Sick: plan & design courses one week ahead of time; set up a buddy teaching or “on call” system Email: Online teaching with the most basic tool What if the technology or remote ____ plan fails? Do the best you can and think about how you might need to shift to some alternative solution Be transparent and open with your communication – inform them the best you can!Resources to “Go Remote”: ECEC - Remote Teaching | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln Keep Teaching: Resources for High Ed Might Network from Kansas State Online Zoom (web conference) WebEx (web conference) Microsoft Teams (web conference and collaboration) Discord (voice chat) Slack (communication channel) Pinboard (social bookmarking) Diggo (social bookmarking) is (annotation) Descript (podcast + transcriptions) Otter (transcriptions for audio & video) Droplr (record screen and annotation) Remind (text messages) Qualtrics (survey) Poll Everywhere (survey & meetings) EMAIL – use tools you already know/have to communicate with campus stakeholders! OR message on your website, learning management system, etc. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – “Plus-One” – what's the one thing you can do? When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema ChödrönCurated docs: Higher Ed Support & Guidance During COVID-19: Teaching, Learning & Student Support [Share this URL: http://bit.ly/higheredcovid19] Remote Learning: Digital Tools to Quickly Transition Teaching & Student Support OnlinePlease offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Twitter @Katie__Linder or by emailing me.If you listen to the podcast on iTunes, please take a moment to rate and/or review the show.
You've Got This | Tips & Strategies for Meaningful Productivity and Alignment in Work and Life
On this podcast episode, I'm sharing a digital round table on transition to remote teaching, learning, students support, and work in higher education organized by @laurapasquini with podcast hosts @Profpatrice, @jeffjacksonTX, @bonni208, & myself. This conversation is a reflection about the state of things we are doing, thinking about, and planning for as college and university institutions shutdown across the US. We talk about a range of plans, support, and strategies to be implemented and how we are “doing the best we can” as COVID-19 impacts our campus communities.I'm grateful for show notes and transcript provided by @laurapasquiniMentioned in this episode:Katie’s Tweet about Care: https://twitter.com/Katie__Linder/status/1238868536979832834Advice to take care of yourself, family & work team: Take a walk or run Get outside Keep a full-nights’ sleep & rest Meditation: Apps to try? Calm, 10% Happier (free), & Headspace Eating healthy Get silly & social with those at home Clean your house Ask who needs help – childcare, tech support, etc. Read books Relax from your typical routines Keep to your fitness routine Enjoy the quiet/down time nowHow do you ensure your remote plan to go digital is accessible and does not exclude anyone? This might be remote teaching, learning, student support, or work for your staff/faculty. How are you preparing for these potential barriers and needs to accommodate your campus stakeholders? Closed captioning for Microsoft Streaming for Teams MS PowerPoint present with live-captioning or subtitles Zoom Setting: Auto-record transcript (option for paid version) timed transcript side-by-side OR use Zoom closed captions Need to adjust course deadlines & radical flexibility for learning expectations Trust Your Learners! Pivot to Online: A Student Guide via Grading Considerations: Is pass/no pass an option for your course? At your campus? Rely on the resources at your campus for support & suggestions: instructional designers, accessibility office, librarians & more! Do what you can & know you’re doing the best you can right now Phone tree system with team to check-in, share information, & answer questions What if Someone Gets Sick: plan & design courses one week ahead of time; set up a buddy teaching or “on call” system Email: Online teaching with the most basic tool What if the technology or remote ____ plan fails? Do the best you can and think about how you might need to shift to some alternative solution Be transparent and open with your communication – inform them the best you can!Resources to “Go Remote”: ECEC - Remote Teaching | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln Keep Teaching: Resources for High Ed Might Network from Kansas State Online Zoom (web conference) WebEx (web conference) Microsoft Teams (web conference and collaboration) Discord (voice chat) Slack (communication channel) Pinboard (social bookmarking) Diggo (social bookmarking) is (annotation) Descript (podcast + transcriptions) Otter (transcriptions for audio & video) Droplr (record screen and annotation) Remind (text messages) Qualtrics (survey) Poll Everywhere (survey & meetings) EMAIL – use tools you already know/have to communicate with campus stakeholders! OR message on your website, learning management system, etc. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – “Plus-One” – what’s the one thing you can do? When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema ChödrönCurated docs: Higher Ed Support & Guidance During COVID-19: Teaching, Learning & Student Support [Share this URL: http://bit.ly/higheredcovid19] Remote Learning: Digital Tools to Quickly Transition Teaching & Student Support OnlinePlease offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Twitter @Katie__Linder or by emailing me.If you listen to the podcast on iTunes, please take a moment to rate and/or review the show.
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On this podcast episode, I'm sharing a digital round table on transition to remote teaching, learning, students support, and work in higher education organized by @laurapasquini with podcast hosts @Profpatrice, @jeffjacksonTX, @bonni208, & myself. This conversation is a reflection about the state of things we are doing, thinking about, and planning for as college and university institutions shutdown across the US. We talk about a range of plans, support, and strategies to be implemented and how we are “doing the best we can” as COVID-19 impacts our campus communities.I'm grateful for show notes and transcript provided by @laurapasquiniMentioned in this episode:Katie’s Tweet about Care: https://twitter.com/Katie__Linder/status/1238868536979832834Advice to take care of yourself, family & work team: Take a walk or run Get outside Keep a full-nights’ sleep & rest Meditation: Apps to try? Calm, 10% Happier (free), & Headspace Eating healthy Get silly & social with those at home Clean your house Ask who needs help – childcare, tech support, etc. Read books Relax from your typical routines Keep to your fitness routine Enjoy the quiet/down time nowHow do you ensure your remote plan to go digital is accessible and does not exclude anyone? This might be remote teaching, learning, student support, or work for your staff/faculty. How are you preparing for these potential barriers and needs to accommodate your campus stakeholders? Closed captioning for Microsoft Streaming for Teams MS PowerPoint present with live-captioning or subtitles Zoom Setting: Auto-record transcript (option for paid version) timed transcript side-by-side OR use Zoom closed captions Need to adjust course deadlines & radical flexibility for learning expectations Trust Your Learners! Pivot to Online: A Student Guide via Grading Considerations: Is pass/no pass an option for your course? At your campus? Rely on the resources at your campus for support & suggestions: instructional designers, accessibility office, librarians & more! Do what you can & know you’re doing the best you can right now Phone tree system with team to check-in, share information, & answer questions What if Someone Gets Sick: plan & design courses one week ahead of time; set up a buddy teaching or “on call” system Email: Online teaching with the most basic tool What if the technology or remote ____ plan fails? Do the best you can and think about how you might need to shift to some alternative solution Be transparent and open with your communication – inform them the best you can!Resources to “Go Remote”: ECEC - Remote Teaching | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln Keep Teaching: Resources for High Ed Might Network from Kansas State Online Zoom (web conference) WebEx (web conference) Microsoft Teams (web conference and collaboration) Discord (voice chat) Slack (communication channel) Pinboard (social bookmarking) Diggo (social bookmarking) is (annotation) Descript (podcast + transcriptions) Otter (transcriptions for audio & video) Droplr (record screen and annotation) Remind (text messages) Qualtrics (survey) Poll Everywhere (survey & meetings) EMAIL – use tools you already know/have to communicate with campus stakeholders! OR message on your website, learning management system, etc. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – “Plus-One” – what’s the one thing you can do? When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema ChödrönCurated docs: Higher Ed Support & Guidance During COVID-19: Teaching, Learning & Student Support [Share this URL: http://bit.ly/higheredcovid19] Remote Learning: Digital Tools to Quickly Transition Teaching & Student Support OnlinePlease offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Twitter @Katie__Linder or by emailing me.If you listen to the podcast on iTunes, please take a moment to rate and/or review the show.
On this @InVinoFab episode we bring you a timely conversation in light of the evolving situation and events due to the Coronavirus. We have a digital roundtable all about going remote, that is, what it is like to transition to remote teaching, learning, students support, and work in higher education with @ Katie__Linder, @jeffjacksonTX, & @bonni208. Based on the issues we are all facing to prepare, we decided to come together for a purpose to reflect and share about the state of things and how college and university institutions might prepare as they shutdown face-to-face operations and encourage everyone to move online. We talk about a range of plans, support, and strategies to be implemented and how we are “doing the best we can” as COVID-19 impacts our campus communities. Advice to take care of yourself, family & work team: Take a walk or go for a run Get outside for fresh air Keep a full-nights' sleep & rest Meditation: Apps to try? Calm, 10% Happier (free), & Headspace Eating healthy Get silly & social with those at home Clean your house Ask who needs help – childcare, tech support, etc. Read books Relax from your typical routines Keep to your fitness routine Enjoy the quiet/down time now Just breathe Show gratitude How do you ensure your remote plan to go digital is accessible and does not exclude anyone? This might be remote teaching, learning, student support, or work for your staff/faculty. How are you preparing for these potential barriers and needs to accommodate your campus stakeholders? Closed captioning for Microsoft Streaming for Teams MS PowerPoint present with live-captioning or subtitles Zoom Setting: Auto-record transcript (option for paid version) timed side-by-side OR use Zoom closed captions Need to adjust course deadlines & radical flexibility for learning expectations Trust Your Learners! Pivot to Online: A Student Guide via @slamteacher Grading Considerations: Is pass/no pass an option for your course? At your campus? Rely on the resources at your campus for support & suggestions: instructional designers, accessibility office, librarians & more! Do what you can & know you're doing the best you can right now Phone tree system with team to check-in, share information, & answer questions What if Someone Gets Sick: plan & design courses 1 week ahead of time; set up a buddy or “on call” system Email: Online teaching with the most basic tool from @tanbob What if the technology or remote ____ plan fails? Do the best you can and think about how you might need to shift to some alternative solution Be transparent and open with your communication – inform them the best you can! Resources to “Go Remote”: ECEC - Remote Teaching | College of Engineering | University of Nebraska–Lincoln Keep Teaching: Resources for High Ed Might Network from Kansas State Online Zoom (web conference) WebEx (web conference) Microsoft Teams (web conference and collaboration) Discord (voice chat) Slack (communication channel) Pinboard (social bookmarking) Diggo (social bookmarking) Hypothes.is (annotation) Descript (podcast + transcriptions) Otter (transcriptions for audio & video) Droplr (record screen and annotation) Remind (text messages) Qualtrics (survey) Poll Everywhere (survey & meetings) EMAIL – use tools you already know/have to communicate with campus stakeholders! OR message on your website, learning management system, etc. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – “Plus-One” from @thomasjtobin – what's the one thing you can do? When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön Curated docs with resources:Higher Ed Support & Guidance During COVID-19: Teaching, Learning & Student Support [Share this URL: http://bit.ly/higheredcovid19] Remote Learning: Digital Tools to Quickly Transition Teaching & Student Support Online [Share this URL: http://bit.ly/remotelearningcovid19] How are you dealing with COVID-19? What's happening during these evolving times? Do you want to talk about it? Let us know & stay in touch -- send us a social tweet/private message or email at invinofabulum@gmail.com ----In Vino Fabulum! In Wine, Story!Find the #InVinoFab podcast on Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, & Apple PodcastsTo subscribe and listen to the next episode of #InVinoFab on: https://invinofab.transistor.fm/subscribe https://twitter.com/invinofab with hashtag: #InVinoFabhttps://www.instagram.com/invinofab/ Connect with your co-hosts on Twitter:https://twitter.com/laurapasquini (she/her)https://twitter.com/profpatrice (she/her)
Wow world! As we live this beautiful life alongside the current events of our world (you know, like the pandemic we have happening), we have a really wonderful opportunity to deepen our compassion practice to help make the world, and inside our own hearts, a better place. We discovered the power of a practice called Tonglen from Pema Chödrön’s book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, and we have LOVED incorporating it into our lives! It is a practice that helps you process negative emotion (anyone feeling any of those right now?:) in an amazingly loving way. In this episode, we walk you through the practice, and share how we have found it helpful in our own lives. When it is often so challenging to melt together compassion and kindness that we feel personally into the anxiety of every day. It is so powerful, and we hope you love it as much as we did. If you’d like summary of the steps taken from Chödrön’s book to refer back to after listening, here is the link to our website: https://www.findthemagic.co and click on episode 65. Books that inspired us: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times // Pema Chödrön Gifts of Imperfection // Brené Brown Find us on instagram: Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/ Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/ Lastly, here is the link to the Gentri music video that opened Taralyn’s eyes to actually SEEING the need in homeless people without turning away. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/support
My guest this week is Laura McKowen, author of the memoir, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life. This was great discussion not just about the pervasiveness of alcohol in our culture and the challenge of leaving behind alcohol addiction, but about the urge we all have to escape in some way. As someone who gave up alcohol myself about three years ago, I can say from experience that a sober life has many advantages, even if you don't consider yourself a "problem drinker." Just keep in mind as Laura mentioned that it's very dangerous to stop alcohol cold turkey if you're a heavy drinker. Always work with your doctor on a safe plan for quitting alcohol. Some of the topics Laura and I touched on included: The struggle all of us have with something, whether alcohol or something else My own decision to stop drinking alcohol What led my guest to stop drinking The problem with waiting until the point in time when we’ll be “100% ready” to make a big life change The many ways we seek escape from discomfort, whether through substances or something else Why we try so hard not to be with ourselves and with each other The “Big Energy” Laura felt in herself from a young age The fear we have of the power within us The lie that alcohol brings us closer to our true experience The pervasiveness of alcohol in our culture The 85% increase in alcohol-related deaths among women from 1999 to 2017 (here's the study; the rates continued to be higher for men than women, and men showed about a 40% increase) The massive industry that pushes alcohol into every corner of society The wide spectrum of alcohol use disorder Ways that alcohol can actually increase anxiety If you'd like some easy daily practices to help manage anxiety, my e-guide “10 Ways to Manage Stress and Anxiety Every Day” is available for free when you sign up for my newsletter. The negative effects of alcohol on sleep How to deal with the fear of missing out on drinking occasions (e.g., champagne at New Year’s) The romanization of alcohol in our culture The danger of quitting alcohol cold turkey if you’re a heavy drinker The benefits of giving up alcohol on a trial basis The right questions to ask ourselves when we’re thinking about our relationship with alcohol The freedom we can find when we leave behind our addictions The necessity of honesty How to connect to the truth within and around us Being with ourselves in solitude Treating major life changes like you’re saving your life Laura and I share a love of Pema Chödrön's work; here are the titles she mentioned and one of my own favorites: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Getting Unstuck The Pema Chödrön Audio Collection The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness And here's the book by Annie Grace that Laura loves: This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life Laura also mentioned this book by Cal Newport: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Photo by Kim Indresano Photography Laura McKowen is a former public relations executive who has become recognized as a fresh voice in the recovery movement. Beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing, she now leads sold-out retreats and courses, teaching people how to say yes to a bigger life. Laura lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Find her online at her website, on Instagram, and on Facebook. Please note that the links on this page to Amazon products may be affiliate links, meaning a small portion of any sales made through them will be used to support the podcast, at no additional cost to you.
The guided visualisation this week comes from a mysterious desert island. The visualisation will begin with a quote from Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. You are walking on the beach of a mysterious barrier island. Blond dunes stretch away in every direction. It's almost like being in a faraway lunar landscape, with all the edges rounded off and smooth. The sea is glimmering. You walk to the edge of it and splash your hand in the warm water. When you do, your fingers form contrails of purple, yellow and silver phosphorescence.
In today's Sunday Soother Advicecast, Catherine interviews Jillian Anthony, author of the Cruel Sommer Book Club, a weekly newsletter about grief, loss, healing, and more. Catherine and Jillian talk about romantic grief, shame and grief, the mind-body connection in enabling healing, resources for loss, and a whole lot more.The Sunday Soother Advicecast is a spin-off the popular newsletter, The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews. Submit your questions anonymously at this link; or email your question to Catherine here.Resources mentioned in this episode:Cruel Summer Book ClubJillian on TwitterJillian on InstagramCatherine's Sunday Soother on stopping negative thoughtsPema Chodron's book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult TimesFocusing in Clinical PracticeJoan Didion's books The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue NightsLink to review the Sunday Soother on iTunesThe Sunday Soother Facebook group
Keeping it raw and honest as usual, today’s guest Olivia Noceda from the instagram @olive.eeeats shares her very personal story of growth and transformation throughout the years. From an ‘aloof’ mindset and struggling with health to the vibrant and energetic woman she is today, Olivia discusses the high and low times, past issues, obstacles overcome, and the power of self discovery. We chat about the one year instagram hiatus that changed her life; her approach to routine and rituals; how she overcame limiting beliefs; past and present struggles with IBS and acne; the wonders of CBD; and so much more! Olivia was gracious enough to discuss her relationship and share how she navigates having a partner not interested in health. Also providing the tips and advice she’s followed to maximize their relationship. We also delve into Olivia’s health battle with Idiopathic Angioderma; covering her journey with it, how she’s healing, and the lessons she’s learned from it. The subject of instagram and community are brought up often in this episode with both of our interactions and opinions shared on it! *** The books that Olivia recommends are “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times” by Pema Chodron and “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho. If you liked today’s episode please leave a rate, review, or even subscribe on iTunes; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-thrive/id1450703792 You can connect with Olivia @olive.eeeats and myself @emilyfeikls
In this episode we chat with Kerri Mulqueen, an Assistant Professor of Education at Manhattan College in the Bronx, New York. She’s had a robust career in education, working as a high school teacher and administrator before shifting towards educating future teachers in her work at an institute of higher education. Kerri shares some amazing insight on the ins and outs of being an educator who teaches future educators and the empowerment that comes from being open to learning throughout your career. Kerri also reflects on the challenges that she’s faced as a mother with a child with severe food allergies, how she advocates for her son (and models advocacy to others), and the importance of asking for help. She shares the meaning that comes from approaching your career as a process and finding value in being vulnerable. If you’re curious about Kerri’s book recommendations, check out The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron, and Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit at a bookseller near you.
This episode concludes our conversation with Sister Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D. Sister Kathleen is an Irish-American theologian, author and sacred song writer who has been engaged in the ministry of liturgical musicianship for over forty years. She is currently composer-in-residence of Schola Ministries and is the founder and director of Iona Spirituality Institute at Iona College, New York, and previously directed the Iona Institute for Peace and Justice Studies in Ireland. Sr. Kathleen is a GreenFaith Fellow who recently completed an intensive training in religious environmental leadership. Her work in this area focuses on the prophet legacy of Father Thomas Berry and The Great Work of our time. She has previously served as president of the International Thomas Merton Society, and currently sits on the board of the American Teilhard de Chardin Society. We can't lose our real connection to the vitality that's brought everything into being; the genius that brought everything into being; the hard work that every single creature which is part of my body — I am cell of their bodies, they are cells of my body — that all these cellular dimensions of this one planetary body we are, are working hard to get well. So I lean into that radically incarnate, visceral, physical, cellular kind of hope. — Sr. Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D. Note: The featured image on today's post is from Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky. Photo by Patricia Turner is used by permission. Learn more about her and her photography by clicking here: www.aphotographicsage.blogspost.com Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode: Sr. Kathleen Deignan, ed., Thomas Merton: When the Trees Say Nothing — Writings on Nature Sr. Kathleen Deignan, ed., Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Thomas Berry, The Great Work Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing Charles Péguy, The Portal of the Mystery of Hope Pope Francis, Laudato Si' Thomas Merton, Mystics and Zen Masters Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas Paul Hawken, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming John Moriarty, A Moriarty Reader: Preparing for Early Spring John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us Sister Kathleen notes that her music is freely available online. But if you are interested in purchasing her music on CD, here are a few titles that feature the music of Sr. Kathleen: Ave: Songs of the Congregation of Notre Dame A Garden Once Again: Songs in Celebration of Creation The Gift: Songs of the Grateful Heart For me, I feel my spiritual work is to live within radical unknowing, so my prayer is in "the cloud of unknowing." Speaking of silence, you know that in the school of the cloud of unknowing, it's all about silence. The only thing that you let spring up is a passionate word of love. That's it. For me, it's also mercy. — Sr. Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D. Episode 67: Silence and Nature: A Conversation with Sr. Kathleen Deignan (Part Two) Hosted by: Kevin Johnson With: Carl McColman, Cassidy Hall Guest: Sr. Kathleen Deignan, C.N.D. Date Recorded: April 22, 2019 I've been reading Thomas Merton since I was a young teenager. I was introduced to him during detention. At school I was always acting out in religion class, and the nun was always throwing me out of the classroom, down to the library. And the nun who was the librarian, we had this thing going, and she'd say, "In detention again, Kathleen Deignan?" and I'd say, "Yes, mother," and she'd say, "Well, read that." Boom! "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander." The next couple of days, she'd slam something down, it would be my favorite — "The Sign of Jonas" — or something... and then I joined the Congregation, and I was blessed to have an old training, and we had a lot of silence, and I had a lot of Merton.
This episode concludes our conversation with Sister Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D. Sister Kathleen is an Irish-American theologian, author and sacred song writer who has been engaged in the ministry of liturgical musicianship for over forty years. She is currently composer-in-residence of Schola Ministries and is the founder and director of Iona Spirituality Institute at Iona College, New York, and previously directed the Iona Institute for Peace and Justice Studies in Ireland. Sr. Kathleen is a GreenFaith Fellow who recently completed an intensive training in religious environmental leadership. Her work in this area focuses on the prophet legacy of Father Thomas Berry and The Great Work of our time. She has previously served as president of the International Thomas Merton Society, and currently sits on the board of the American Teilhard de Chardin Society. We can't lose our real connection to the vitality that's brought everything into being; the genius that brought everything into being; the hard work that every single creature which is part of my body — I am cell of their bodies, they are cells of my body — that all these cellular dimensions of this one planetary body we are, are working hard to get well. So I lean into that radically incarnate, visceral, physical, cellular kind of hope. — Sr. Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D. Note: The featured image on today's post is from Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky. Photo by Patricia Turner is used by permission. Learn more about her and her photography by clicking here: www.aphotographicsage.blogspost.com Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode: Sr. Kathleen Deignan, ed., Thomas Merton: When the Trees Say Nothing — Writings on Nature Sr. Kathleen Deignan, ed., Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Thomas Berry, The Great Work Anonymous, The Cloud of Unknowing Charles Péguy, The Portal of the Mystery of Hope Pope Francis, Laudato Si' Thomas Merton, Mystics and Zen Masters Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander Thomas Merton, The Sign of Jonas Paul Hawken, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming John Moriarty, A Moriarty Reader: Preparing for Early Spring John O’Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us Sister Kathleen notes that her music is freely available online. But if you are interested in purchasing her music on CD, here are a few titles that feature the music of Sr. Kathleen: Ave: Songs of the Congregation of Notre Dame A Garden Once Again: Songs in Celebration of Creation The Gift: Songs of the Grateful Heart For me, I feel my spiritual work is to live within radical unknowing, so my prayer is in "the cloud of unknowing." Speaking of silence, you know that in the school of the cloud of unknowing, it's all about silence. The only thing that you let spring up is a passionate word of love. That's it. For me, it's also mercy. — Sr. Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D. Episode 67: Silence and Nature: A Conversation with Sr. Kathleen Deignan (Part Two) Hosted by: Kevin Johnson With: Carl McColman, Cassidy Hall Guest: Sr. Kathleen Deignan, C.N.D. Date Recorded: April 22, 2019 I've been reading Thomas Merton since I was a young teenager. I was introduced to him during detention. At school I was always acting out in religion class, and the nun was always throwing me out of the classroom, down to the library. And the nun who was the librarian, we had this thing going, and she'd say, "In detention again, Kathleen Deignan?" and I'd say, "Yes, mother," and she'd say, "Well, read that." Boom! "Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander." The next couple of days,
Pema Chodron Quote How about that quote from Pema Chodron, “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know?” Today I want to spend some time unpacking a quote that I often hear in yoga classes and splashed across social media. Every time I hear it or see it it makes me bristle. Short sound bites taken out of context often are that way for me. Give this video a thumbs up if you ever get upset by quotes taken out of context. Subscribe if you would like to see more videos like this. If you are new here, hello, welcome. Thank you for joining me. I have been a serious student of the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche since summer of 2017. I have a teacher here in Victoria, Neil McKinlay who is a senior teacher of Dharma Ocean. I work closely with him and attend weekly dharma talks and meditation with him. I have take several courses and have taken both refuge vows and bodhisattva vows with Dharma Ocean. All this to say I have some understanding as a student of Buddhism and the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche of which Pema Chodron is a part. After recently hearing this sound byte in a yin yoga class I thought, you know what, I am going to do some detective work and look at the context of this quote. It just doesn't seem like something that Pema Chodron would say to me. One of my favourite books of hers is Start Where You Are. I have it on permanent repeat as I am also a student of lojong - they are a set of 59 slogans in Tibetan Buddhism used for mind training to open our hearts and awaken our mind. This book about lojong and I return to it again and again and so I have an ear for Pema Chodron. I guess I should talk about what bothers me about this quote out of context: “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches you what you need to know.” To me it is antithetical to Tibetan Buddhism in general in that we are training in opening to everything - our thoughts, emotions, situations, people.... We are not training in pushing things away. And secondly, it feels like it lacks compassion. To the person who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, this quote on its own, is actually quite cruel. The terminal illness is not going away, even if they learn all the lessons in the world from it. So first thing I did was to look at what book this quote was in. The quote comes from her book: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Even the title gave me some space around the quote: heart advice. I actually did not have to go very far into the book to find the compassion that I felt was missing from the sound byte. At the very opening of the book Pema Chodron talked about how the overarching theme of her book was the need for awakening a fearless compassion toward our own pain and the pain of others. On page two there was a quote I had highlighted saying, “please do not think meditation is a vacation from irritation.” As I read on there were more and more, “Buddha nature kicks our ass into being receptive,” “stop running away” and “move closer” and that was just chapter one. But for the sake of keeping this video short I will move right to the context of the quote which comes from Chapter 11 Non Aggression and the Maras, halfway through the book. Maras are obstacles. There are inner obstacles and outer obstacles. Leading up to the quote, Pema Chodron is talking about inner obstacles. Specifically she is talking about our own inner confusion. Right before the quote she says, perhaps there is no obstacle except our need to keep ourselves from being touched. The rest of the quote says: “Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. It just keeps returning with new names, forms,
Pema Chodron Quote How about that quote from Pema Chodron, “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know?” Today I want to spend some time unpacking a quote that I often hear in yoga classes and splashed across social media. Every time I hear it or see it it makes me bristle. Short sound bites taken out of context often are that way for me. Give this video a thumbs up if you ever get upset by quotes taken out of context. Subscribe if you would like to see more videos like this. If you are new here, hello, welcome. Thank you for joining me. I have been a serious student of the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche since summer of 2017. I have a teacher here in Victoria, Neil McKinlay who is a senior teacher of Dharma Ocean. I work closely with him and attend weekly dharma talks and meditation with him. I have take several courses and have taken both refuge vows and bodhisattva vows with Dharma Ocean. All this to say I have some understanding as a student of Buddhism and the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche of which Pema Chodron is a part. After recently hearing this sound byte in a yin yoga class I thought, you know what, I am going to do some detective work and look at the context of this quote. It just doesn’t seem like something that Pema Chodron would say to me. One of my favourite books of hers is Start Where You Are. I have it on permanent repeat as I am also a student of lojong - they are a set of 59 slogans in Tibetan Buddhism used for mind training to open our hearts and awaken our mind. This book about lojong and I return to it again and again and so I have an ear for Pema Chodron. I guess I should talk about what bothers me about this quote out of context: “Nothing ever goes away until it teaches you what you need to know.” To me it is antithetical to Tibetan Buddhism in general in that we are training in opening to everything - our thoughts, emotions, situations, people.... We are not training in pushing things away. And secondly, it feels like it lacks compassion. To the person who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, this quote on its own, is actually quite cruel. The terminal illness is not going away, even if they learn all the lessons in the world from it. So first thing I did was to look at what book this quote was in. The quote comes from her book: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Even the title gave me some space around the quote: heart advice. I actually did not have to go very far into the book to find the compassion that I felt was missing from the sound byte. At the very opening of the book Pema Chodron talked about how the overarching theme of her book was the need for awakening a fearless compassion toward our own pain and the pain of others. On page two there was a quote I had highlighted saying, “please do not think meditation is a vacation from irritation.” As I read on there were more and more, “Buddha nature kicks our ass into being receptive,” “stop running away” and “move closer” and that was just chapter one. But for the sake of keeping this video short I will move right to the context of the quote which comes from Chapter 11 Non Aggression and the Maras, halfway through the book. Maras are obstacles. There are inner obstacles and outer obstacles. Leading up to the quote, Pema Chodron is talking about inner obstacles. Specifically she is talking about our own inner confusion. Right before the quote she says, perhaps there is no obstacle except our need to keep ourselves from being touched. The rest of the quote says: “Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps there is no solid obstacle except our own need to protect ourselves from being touched. If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we find the very same problem waiting for us when we arrive. It just keeps returning with new names, forms,
Cassandra Lam is on a mission to change the way we live and work from the inside out. After a series of traumatic work experiences followed by healing through yoga and meditation, she found the courage to listen to her own voice and create her own career path. A former consultant turned entrepreneur, activist, and wellness advocate, Cassandra is passionate about creating spaces that empower people of color. She currently serves as CEO and cofounder of The Cosmos, a community that creates content for Asian women to flourish and thrive. In this episode, you'll hear from Cassandra on: What each of us brings into our yoga practice, and how yoga can inspire us to embrace our ancestral identities 3 simple steps People of Color can take to feel more confident and valid in uncomfortable environments, including homogenous yoga studios What it means to flourish and thrive vs simply survive, and how the Cosmos is helping Asian American women come together and celebrate their power Announcements: [SPONSOR] Come with me to the upcoming 50-hour Rocket Yoga practice intensive with David Kyle at Yoga East Austin. Register now: yogaeastaustin.com/rocket Join me for workshops this March in NYC at Yoga Fitness Herald Square, Yoga to the People, and Three Jewels: henrywins.com/events Links from this episode: Fund the Cosmos Summit — make a donation to support a historical gathering of 500 Asian women creators and rule breakers, coming to New York in late summer 2019. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron — Grab a copy of Cassandra's recommended book Get in touch with Cassandra: JoinTheCosmos.com — Learn more about Cassandra's organization and movement Follow @jointhecosmos on Instagram
“All Addictions stem from this moment, when we meet our edge and we just can’t stand it.” More wise words from Pema Chodron as I continue reading from Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. In this episode, I read Chapter 3: This Very Moment is the Perfect Teacher. At the end, I talk about a recent meeting I had with my edge as I was making an attempt at Marie Kondo-ing my bedroom and check out from overwhelm with a bag of chips. And I share an analogy about the importance of feeling the feelings instead of eating the chips. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chödrön Jess Lively - IG: @jessclively Podcast: The Lively Show Katie Dalebout - IG: @katiedalebout Podcast: Let it Out Episode 248: How to Not Always Be Working and Following Correct v Right or Wrong with Marlee Grace Let’s unravel together on IG! Join me @unravelingrachel.
In this episode I read Chapters 1 and 2 from Pema Chödrön’s When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times. This book called to me one night and the message was so relevant and useful that I wanted to share it here with you. The first chapter, Intimacy with Fear, for me speaks right to the heart of what Unraveling is for me. The wisdom flows on into Chapter 2, titled the same as the book, which poses a big question for our lives, “Am I going to practice peace or am I going to war?” When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chödrön Let’s unravel together on IG! Join me @unravelingrachel.
Works and Concepts DiscussedPsychopathia Sexualis, Richard Freiherr von Krafft-EbingFranz Kakfa, The MetamorphosisPema Chodron (Link to the Pema Chodron foundation)When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, Pema ChodronTonglen (Link to Chodron’s Tonglen meditation)Healing Back Pain, John E. Sarno, MD (book)All The Rage (link to film’s website)You Were Never Really Here ( film, based on the book by Jonathan Ames)You Were Never Really Here (book, link via Amazon, please use local book seller if possible)Wake Up, Sir! A NovelI Pass Like NightI Love You More Than You Know: EssaysBlunt Talk, Seasons 1 & 2 (available on Prime video) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
About our Guest: Elise Schuster is the Co-Founder of okayso, an app that provides quick, personalized answers from experts concerning life’s most intimate questions. Her experience working in the field of sex education spans over 15 years, beginning as a sex educator at Babeland. During her time at the company, Elise taught hundreds of workshops and answered thousands of questions. She previously worked on youth development at The Door, the country’s largest development agency serving over 10,000 marginalized youth each year. With a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University, Elise has extensive training and consulting experience in LGBTQ issues, pleasure, sexual health, and adolescent development. Episode Summary Elise Schuster’s company, Okayso, provides clients with confidential access to experts who cover topics from sexual health to self-image. Using a non-traditional path for a startup, Elise and her co-founder were able to create an innovative app that not only supports positive mental health, but also is funded by a federal grant. The distinct way in which she has achieved success is an inspiring account for any CEO looking for new methods for establishing and operating their business. Insight from this episode: Secrets to enhancing your business by analyzing other industries. Strategies for building a productive relationship with your co-founder. How to find and embrace your company’s unique path to success. Elise explains how she used skills learned in graduate school when she started her company. Strategies for evaluating the goals of your business using Elise’s “Fantasy Island” technique. How to embrace self-compassion and use it in your life. Why CEOs who are just starting out should seek out the company of other new CEOs. Quotes from the show: “It’s really always helpful to have kind of those touchstones. I think you can get so in it, that you, kind of pulling back and seeing that bigger picture, every little bit is incredibly helpful.” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 “I think that, often when you read things about startups or you read about successful businesses, you don’t see the messiness behind them. You also often see only a couple of paths.” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 “There’s not one way of helping people. You have got to figure out what is going to work right for you.” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 “Everybody deserves to lead happy and healthy lives. And that includes sexuality. It’s just as much a part of our lives.” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 “I think that we get so many messages in the world about what it means to be a woman and how you’re supposed to behave and act. So I think most of it, for me, is really just to realize you have everything that you need within yourself to do this.” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 “Even in those moments that it feels like you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s okay to not know what you’re doing, you don’t have to have every single thing figured out, but you probably have it a lot more figured out than you realize. So keep pushing.” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 “Self forgiveness is the biggest thing. That’s the only way you can really move forward.” - Kevin Y. Brown, Episode 139 “It’s okay to take shortcuts. Because everyone takes shortcuts.” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 “The things that I thought made us unappealing are the things that made us appealing, Sometimes the things that you think are your weaknesses are actually your strengths” - Elise Schuster, Episode 139 Resources Mentioned: Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño React Native Favorite Book: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron Favorite Quote: Motto by Brene Brown that everyone is doing the best that they can with what they have. 3 keys to Create Your Best Life: Self-compassion Determination Love Stay Connected: Create Your Life Series: https://www.facebook.com/cylseries/ https://www.instagram.com/cylseries/ Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Elise Schuster: www.okayso.co/ www.eliseschuster.com/ www.instagram.com/heyokayso twitter.com/akadallas twitter.com/heyokayso www.facebook.com/akadallas www.facebook.com/heyokayso www.linkedin.com/in/eliseschuster www.linkedin.com/company/okayso elise@okayso.co Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast
Owner of Wonder Woman Media, two time author, award winning entrepreneur, female empowerment advocate and self-proclaimed work in progress Hope Alcocer gets real about: + the winding road back from heartbreak+ coping with (aka accepting) her persistent tendency toward depression+ early memories of self-sabotage+ being deemed “too much” for a man+ rearranging the thrones in her new relationship+ the beautiful chaos of keeping up with a partner+ romanticizing not only our exes but our identities within a past relationship + cutting cords with friends+ setting firm boundaries and asking for help+ writing the demon out of yourself+ deciding enough is enough and knowing when to put a story to bed + the current yearning amongst women for more “in-between stories” + plus, so much more.Mentioned during this episode:Hope Alcocer’s Mogul Spotlight: https://onmogul.com/stories/thank-you-heartbreak-spotlighting-creatives-14-3635cac0-8b1b-4fe3-8839-76b6bc368194“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know,” by Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times— Hope’s website: www.hopealcocer.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/hopealcocerFacebook: www.facebook.com/hopealcocerTwitter: https://twitter.com/hopealcocerLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/hopealcocerHope’s books:30 Things Before 30: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0692058958/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0Where Hope Lies: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Hope-Lies-Alcocer/dp/0692608893/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=—Sign up for Chelsea’s newsletter at: bit.ly/tyhbletterFind Chelsea’s website at: www.breakupward.comWork with Chelsea at: www.breakupward.com/shopConnect and send in your questions and/or letters on Instagram.com/thankyouheartbreak or by email Chelsea@breakupward.com
Episode 39 of Every Sing Podcast with Nancy Bos A Career in Singing - You know you want it. How do you get it? What is standing in the way of you pursuing a career, or a combination of careers, related to your deep passion for singing and music? Is it fear? Is it not being sure what your dream is? No matter what the reason, you have only one life. Give it your best shot - no regrets! But be smart. Plan ahead and focus your skills to reach your desired target. In this episode Nancy explores ways to defeat fear, how to frame your career path, and steps to take to reach the final destination. Nancy references her book, The Teen Girl’s Singing Guide. She also references the Inner Game of Tennis by Tim Gallway Sally Palmer’s Six Word Lessons for Exceptional Music Lessons and a story about defeating fear by Pema Chodron from When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Join the Every Sing podcast group on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/1711090705861666/ Every Sing on Twitter: @Every_Sing_Pod Nancy’s website: NancyBos.net Support this podcast through a small monthly donation and receive great rewards at https://www.patreon.com/everysing Podcast Cover Art by Ken Feisel at kenfeiseldesign.com
This week Cut The Crap Podcast features the book, "When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times," by Pema Chödrön. The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemporary American spiritual authors among Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. A collection of talks she gave between 1987 and 1994, the book is a treasury of wisdom for going on living when we are overcome by pain and difficulties. I took 4 Golden Nuggets away from this book! ---------- Go to CutTheCrapPodcast.com and signup to receive a summary from each episode that will highlight all of the golden nuggets shared in the podcast. ----------- Follow Ryan on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and SnapChat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's Mindful Expat Guest is Jodi Harris! Jodi is a life coach who specializes in working with expats and others living abroad, helping them work through life changes, define their priorities and goals, and build a satisfying and meaningful life for themselves! Originally from the United States, Jodi has lived in Northern Ireland, Spain, the Dominican Republic, Madagascar, and she now lives in Tokyo, Japan (for the 2nd time), with her husband and 3 children. (See below for more information about Jodi's work and how to follow up with her.) What you'll hear in today's episode: • Jodi's approach to helping her expat clients begin to integrate "everyday mindfulness" into their lives. • The importance of making room for all emotions (not labeling emotions as "bad" or "good"). • Jodi's approach to helping expat parents integrate mindfulness into their own lives and model mindful awareness -- and acceptance -- of their emotions to their children. • Jodi's approach to helping expats develop a sense of "home" within themselves wherever they go. Resources mentioned in today's episode: • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chödrön (the source of Jodi's inspirational quote). • Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn. (This book is a wonderful introduction to mindfulness, written for beginners and seasoned mindfulness practitioners alike and with short, approachable, bite-sized chapters.)• Jodi's chapter, "The Oxygen Mask: Mindfulness for Expat Parents," which she is currently sharing as a free download from her website (and which comes from the book Raising Kids in the Foreign Service). • Jodi's article in Global Living Magazine, "Tools for Cultivating Mindfulness in the Expat Lifestyle," which I mention toward the end of the episode. • Jodi's book, The Expat Activity Book (see below for more information). • Coming soon! Jodi mentioned an exciting new project that she is starting to work on with a friend and fellow foreign service spouse -- an insight/mindfulness-based activity book for youth! (Jodi plans to share more information on her website when this resource becomes available, so be sure to check back in the future!) More about Jodi and how to follow up with her: Jodi's coaching business is World Tree Coaching. If you'd like to get in touch with her you can do do so through her website. To learn more about the various coaching services and workshops she offers, go to this page. As she mentioned in the episode, she does offer discounts for members of the US Foreign Services community, and she also offers one sponsored coaching session per month for people with lower incomes. You can also check out Jodi's book, The Expat Activity Book: 20 Personal Development Exercises for Gaining Insight and Maximizing Your Potential Wherever You Are, which can be found through Amazon and on Kindle. (Visit this page of her website to learn more and read some reviews of the book.) Stay in Touch! To make sure you don't miss future episodes of Mindful Expat, you can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app. To receive monthly summaries of podcast episodes and stay up to date on other announcements and resources, sign up for the Mindful Expat Podcast Newsletter!
"The word is out... gratitude has incredible benefits." ~Glenn Fox In this entertaining interview, Glenn covers his journey toward graduate school and beyond. Citing stories of getting his top-level mechanics degree and his love of cars and, how being a mechanic served much of his mindfulness development. His eclectic background combined with an element of chance ultimately leads Glenn to find a great mentor who recommendeds that he study an emerging field, "affective neuroscience". Glenn shares wonderful insights and studies related to neuroscience and gratitude and how for him he must "win the home field" — a great metaphor to help him remember it's really about having healthy, quality relationships —that foster success. Glenn R. Fox earned his PhD from USC’s Neuroscience Graduate Program and his extensive research regarding gratitude is widely published. Just some of what Martin and Glenn cover: -How across nearly all religions and philosophies Glenn has noticed that gratitude is a fundamental theme -How mindfulness and gratitude are practices -How emotion can help us to narrow the range of options -How the brain process emotion -How emotion influences our decisions and behaviors -How we might better understand the value of emotions to make better decisions -His influences like Antonio Damasio and Pema Chodron even, -Why Glenn sees envy as a positive emotion And much more... The point is emotion narrows the decisions we can make so we're not just frozen... it's useful and helps us make decisions — it probably exists for a reason. Subscribe Don't miss a single episode. Subscribe to the podcast today to have each episode show up automatically! Resources Glenn's Book list: -When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics) - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Glenn's Blog: http://glennrfox.com/TheEmpiricistBlog/ . The Habit Factor app TheHabitFactor template The Habit Factor book Big Brothers Big Sisters
"NOTHING EVER GOES AWAY UNTIL IT TEACHES US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW" with PAUL MORRIS Penny Cohen, LCSW is a transformational psychotherapist, relationship counselor and the author of “Personal Kabbalah: 32 Paths To Inner Peace & Life Purpose.” Find her at www.pennycohen.com. The quotation above is from the book, “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times” by Pema Chödrön. On this show I, your host, will be discussing how and why we learn our life lessons and what happens when we fail to do so.
With this episode I’m off and running on my 9th year of podcasting. Did I think that I’d still be at it after all this time? To be honest I didn’t really think about it...I just kept on producing the shows. Clearly, this isn’t the same Phedippidations that it was back in 2005...alot has changed with the writing, recording, production, sound quality, processing, sound effects, music sounders and beds...not to mention the changes in the life of the host. We homo sapiens are funny when it comes to change, and I’m not talking about “Funny Ha Ha”. I think to a certain extent, many of us go through the course of our lives in blissful or less denial on the topic of change...I know I’m guilty of that...so I’ll speak for myself. Intellectually I understand that change is constant, but in my heart I try to ignore that truth. I have always preferred to belive that I live in a secure, understandable, familiar and unchanging life and lifestyle...but that’s a fantasy...the truth is that every day and every hour brings change. The way to become happy in life, is to be mindful of this change. Parents with young children experience such change to the extreme. Those of you with new born and young kids must cherish these moments...for when I warn you that they will pass by much faster than you can possibly imagine, you have to belive me. I don’t mean to bum you out...but almost literally tomorrow your babies will be full fledged adults, and you’ll have the nest to yourselves...it’s a little freaky at first, but it gets better...it really does. It’s these transitions in our lives that shock and awe us...but they shouldn’t. I’m talking about our “fear of change” here, something that the buddist nun Pema Chodron writes about in her book “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times” She writes: “We’re always trying to deny that it’s a natural occurrence that things change, that the sand is slipping through our fingers. Time is passing. It’s as natural as the seasons changing and day turning into night. But getting old, getting sick, losing what we love—we don’t see those events as natural occurrences. We want to ward off that sense of death, no matter what. When we have reminders of death, we panic. It isn’t just that we cut our finger, blood begins to flow, and we put on a Band-Aid. We add something extra—our style. Some of us just sit there stoically and bleed all over our clothes. Some of us get hysterical; we don’t just get a Band-Aid, we call the ambulance and go to the hospital. Some of us put on designer Band-Aids. But whatever our style is, it’s not simple. It’s not bare bones. Can’t we just return to the bare bones? Can’t we just come back? That’s the beginning of the beginning. Bare bones, good old self. Bare bones, good old bloody finger. Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that things have no lasting substance,that everything is changing all the time...” She’s right of course...I’m hardly an enlightened soul, but I do understand that everything is changing all the time...and that includes Phedippidations. I’ve recieved thousands of comments about this show over the years, and one of the common subject lines mentions a listeners unhappiness with the many changes that I’ve made with the show. I cannot, and will not apologize for that, because it’s not something that I have control over...part of the reason I have no control over this is because we’re going through a journey here, together. Like it or not, you’ve been listening not only to my rambling diatribes and presentation of road races and running related topics...but you’ve been listening to the story of my life, and the lives of my friends and family. I could have made a better effort to sheild you from all that...having worked in commercial radio broadcasting, I know first hand how the private lives of Dee-Jays and Talk Show Hosts are often hidden from the audience. But I didn’t want to do that here, because this is a conversation for and about runners. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Too many of the professional and corporate production houses who have entered this space...as I knew they one day would...continue to follow the tired, old way of broadcasting content. Many or most are afraid of being complely open and honest, and until they do...they’re always just going to be a radio show pretending to be a podcast...or netcast...or RSS driven audio enclosure....whatever you want to call it. Can we agree that the “pod” in “podcasting” is no longer relevent? As my life has changed, this show has changed. As this show has changed, our relationship as host and listener has changed...and I like to think that this change is, or will be, for the better. Someone asked me recently “How long will you continue to produce Phedippidations”...and there is an answer to that: “until I’m finished”. That could mean until I’m physically unable to produce the show, or it could mean until I’ve reached the end of our journey together...it doesn’t really matter. I’ll miss you, you might miss me...but rest assured, somewhere up ahead of us in the near or far flung future, is the last episode of this podcast. We should find comfort in that as we should find comfort in all the alpha and omega moments of our lives. When Ani Pema Chodron suggests that we return to the “bare bones” in our response to change, she is suggesting that we live for the moment, every moment...that we learn to relax and not resist the fact that change is constant and that everything comes to an end. Nothing in our lives remains the same, ever...so if you like something, hell...if you LOVE something or someone, an experience you’re having or once had...cherish that thing, person or moment, now...right now...and relax...be better for the experience and move on as the world moves on. And yes, I am the pot pointing out that the kettle is of a darkened hue...but as runners we have an opportunity to think deeply about change...change in our lives, change in our friends and families lives...and even something as goofy as the changes with a podcast. Links: Friend, Fellow Runner & Wine Freak: Song Episode Date Published Song Title Artist 1 Fdip295: Dr. George Sheehan – Facing the Future Sept 8th, 2012 All My Days Alexi Murdoch 2 Fdip296: Motivational Gadgetry Sept 20th, 2012 Let Them Feel Your Heart Beat A Silent Film 3 Fdip297: What is this thing called, Love? Oct 13th, 2012 Tomorrow Black Lab 4 Fdip298: The Problem with NSAIDs Nov 10th, 2012 The Day Moby 5 Fdip299: An Honor to Run with You Dec 2nd, 2012 Further Long-View 6 Fdip300: A New Hope Feb 1, 2013 Run, Run The Rivals 7 Fdip301: Unwrinkling the Runners Soul Feb 28th, 2013 Good Men A Boy and His Kite 8 Fdip302: As Fast as We Can March 22nd, 2013 As Fast as You Can Our Lady Peace 9 Bonus Track Learn to Dance Andrew McMahon Intervals between episodes can be found at steverunnerblog.com In Vino Veritas with at ONLY IF YOU LIKE IT: (But PLEASE, only if you can afford it!) Phedippidations is supported monthly through the kind and sincerely generous financial support of 70 friends and fellow runners: William, Vera, Katie, Heather, Ryan, Chaise, Gordon, Scott, Mike, David, Jeff, Colin, Jason, Diane, Cheryl, Ron, Mark, Martha, Greg, Jim, Tim, Bill, Michael, David, Doug, Vance, Brad, Marcelo, Shawn, Roberto, Zaki, Jan, Margaret, James, Norm, Simon, Albert, Janice, Andrew, Pam, Rob, Teresa, Glenn, Trey, Steve, John, Angie, Al, Toni, Martin, Lynn, Nancy, Matt, Eric, Claudia, Jim, Kara, Robert, Dino, Joe, Martin, Rich, Sarah, Tom, David, Pierre, Maria, Hisham, Andrea and one Anonymous fellow runner! THANK YOU! {} Follow me on: Blog: Stream: Apple App: Android App: Support:
To pursue the radiant life... Rev. Patrick reveals how facing fear and issues from our past helps us to break the repetitive cycles we're in and live a radiant life, joyfully in the present moment. Pema Chodron's book When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times teaches that to live radiantly is to accept ourselves fully, not declaring war on the parts of ourselves we don't like. The role of consciousness is to help us face our "demons" and realize that we are not alone.
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