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We have four âcharactersâ in our brains: two in our left hemisphere and two in our right. These characters have vastly different concerns and focuses, and when we find ourselves mired in the more self-absorbed or anxious characters, we can feel really stuck. In this episode, following the work of Jill Bolte-Taylor, we explore a way of getting unstuck. By knowing these characters and addressing them directly, we can toggling between them. And by toggling, we can shift our experience in any given moment to broader perspective, stories, and possibilities.
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Imposter syndrome is a very specific type of tyranny, under which many labor. It is the fear of being found out, of being exposed, of being revealed a fraud. It destroys freedom and consumes energy, leading to exhaustion. In this episode, we explore the roots of imposter syndrome and a pathway for confronting itâeven stopping it right in its tracksâfor the sake of freedom, courage, and hope.
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The goal of life is, in some sense, simply to become present. In this episode, we explore micro mindfulness, through which we can train and habituate our bodies to live in a relax, restful, and regulated state (in polyvagal theory, what is called a ventral-vagal state). By recognizing âglimmer momentsââmoments of everyday beauty and peaceâand then training our brains and bodies to be fully present for them, we can change our lives in simple but endlessly profound ways.
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In this second conversation with John Philip Newell, we explore how Celtic spirituality informs a movement back to the soul and to the earth. By framing our core human essence as well as the material world as good (contra much of the dualistic philosophy and theology that has guided Western history), we can discover deeper ways to be human beings. Guided by thoughts from Newellâs newest book, The Great Search: Turning to Earth and Soul in the Quest for Healing and Home, we explore big concepts as well as daily practices for grounding and centering our lives.
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In this short, we explore the power of immersing oneâs self in a simple four-word phrase:
âItâs not about me.â Itâs a mantra that has the power to reorient our thinking and our entire neurobiology, as we learn to see ourselves as a small part of something much bigger, removing the pressure that can build up when we take our ego, our emotions, or our sense of self too seriously. In the second half of the short, we explore different ways of engaging âItâs not about meâ on a most practical level in order to cultivate a fully flourishing life. -
We live in a left brain world. The brainâs left hemisphere is generally concerned with being explicit, certain, and in control. The right hemisphere, in contrast, is focused on story, metaphor, space, and connection. Shifting to the right brain can open up a world of possibility, as we become more concerned with what we experience and how weâre connected and less concerned with being right. In this episode, we explore how to shift from left brain to right brain, with a specific meditation practice designed to help you engage this shift.
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We all have automatic negative thoughts and beliefs that can keep us stuck. What's to be done? In this episode, we explore how the unresolved arousal in our stories can lead to beliefs that produce terrible fruit in our lives. And we explore the resource within our agency to renounce those stories, advocating for our freedom. Finding this âhell noâ energy within us can be challenging and vulnerable, but it is a road to radical flourishing.
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Meditation is great, its benefits incredible. AndâŠmost of us resist it. Not just because we are busy, but because meditationâlike any space of quietâwould have us face stories and beliefs that we prefer to avoid. In this episode, we explore our resistance to meditation and, hand-in-hand, a practice that may help us look forward to learning meditative practice like never before. This episode launches a mini-series made up of short episodes about meditation for people who know little about meditation, resist meditation, or feel bad at meditative practice.
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Every story is an arousal story, because arousal is the soulâs ultimate energy: we long for connection and become panicked at the possibility of disconnection. Arousal, in this sense, is far greater than sexual arousalâit is the energy animating all things. In this episode, we explore the idea of resolved arousal and unresolved arousal, with plenty of story examples and illustrations. Ultimately, we invite you to name how you experienced fulfillment or frustration in your story, and the beliefs which became operative in you because of it. In this naming, there is a world of agency, action, and potential freedom.
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In this short, we explore the importance of naming our emotions at a granular level as well as exploring how ânegative emotionsâ may be (1) protecting us while (2) keeping us from what we long for. The more fluency we gain in naming our emotions and how they function to protect but also limit us, the more agencyâwhich expresses itself as choice and freedomâwe will have in our lives.
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In this Short, we confront our human and cultural tendency to focus on what we donât have rather than what we do. This pressure keeps us from being here and now, in reality, which is the only place we can experience joy. Through focusing on what we have rather than what we want, we can shift everything about our perspective. As always, we explore tangible practices to catalyze this shift in mindset.
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In this Short, we confront the pervasive pressure that the word âshouldâ can exert in our lives. In considering how we actually changeâbecoming the people we want to beââshouldâ has very limited power to transform us at our deepest levels. Instead, we must practice being held, which requires a different energy and orientation to life. As always, we explore practical ways to put such a shift in mindset into action.
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This conversation with Daphne Larkin and Dr. Christy Bauman is an exploration of the importance of knowing and telling our hard stories. Through real life-examples, we survey how telling stories creates greater flexibility in our perspective, resilience in our attitudes, and kindness in how we hold our own narratives, as we become empowered to live well. Ultimately, telling hard stories leads us to re-parent ourselves and re-story our lives, leading not only to our flourishing, but to a flourishing world around us.
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In this Short, we explore a simple two-step practice for seizing the day rather than letting the day seize you. The practice is straightforward: a commitment to spend a few moments in a slow, unhurried posture combined with a consistent engagement of your âgrounding story.â In this episode, we explain what a grounding story is, how to create one, and how you can use it to pursue freedom and clarity every morning.
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In this Naming the Real Shortâa bonus episode in our Storytelling Seriesâwe explore the idea of âdischarging a loyal soldier,â which is releasing a belief/part of us that kept us safe but now keeps us stuck. By thanking the part, releasing the part, and re-assigning the part to a new role, we can transcend the places where weâve got mired and move to greater flourishing.
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The person that we are includes many parts, organized around our true Self. But many times we feel stuck, because we believe our most frustrated or seemingly dysfunctional part is our actual identity, or because we donât how to integrate our parts into a greater whole. In this episode, we consider the reality that you arenât crazy for talking to yourselfâfar from it! That, in fact, dialoguing with our various parts can release us into freedom. To that end, we consider a rubric for having mindful conversations with our parts, which can call our entire being into wholeness and flourishing.
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In this episodeâour first Naming the Real SHORTâwe explore the two primary ways that Celtic spirituality helps us see the world differently than the way promulgated by Western Imperial Christianity.
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Human beings tend to resist and avoid; itâs a default state for us. But resistance and avoidance lock us into a life of gray horizonsâon automatic, far from the thrill of fully feeling or fully flourishing. And yet we are never without tools to get us unstuck. In this episode, we explore the incredible power of telling hard stories for reinventing what we see as possible. We dive into some fascinating data and science around what telling hard stories does for our bodies. And we lay out practical steps for taking on your own stories. Finally, we close with an example of a hard story.
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Most people feel, to some degree, that they are on trial, that they must prove themselves and âbe enough.â Some people experience such accusations in the form of an inner critic who torments and even terrorizes. How do we transcend such inner accusation? In this episode, we look at ancient wisdom as well as modern neuroscienceâincluding the research of Jaak Pankseppâto understand how our brains work, which can point us to a path of freedom. Through intentional practices such as naming, learning to feel emotions more deeply, and playfulness, we can transcend the inner voices of accusation and cultivate a liberating peace within.
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In this conversation with Dr. Christy Bauman, we explore the wisdom of the womb and the infinite guidance it offers us. In a world where God has largely been conceived of as male, what does it mean to embrace the divine feminine and the wisdom of womanhood? Ultimately, Christy invites us to become those who do not look awayâfrom reality, from life, from sufferingâ learning instead to become ourselves through it.
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