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Special Episode: Resilience During Challenging Times

61 min • 27 oktober 2020

Due to the ongoing global pandemic, devastating natural disasters, contentious elections, and instances of heartbreaking violence and injustice, challenging times continue. To help you strengthen your resilience, we’re releasing this special episode which features all-new interviews with 4 previous guests of the show. The guests of this special episode are Ellen Bass, Parker Palmer, Spring Washam, and Ralph De La Rosa.

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In This Interview, We Discuss Resilience During Difficult Times and…

How art can help us connect with our inner experience during challenging times
Ellen Bass’ motto to cultivate resilience: “work more, worry less”
That if we can get the step small enough, there’s always a positive step we can take to help
The impact of taking care of ourselves on other people
The importance of cultivating gratitude for small things
When our hearts are broken open, they grow larger
Learning to value small actions
The motto: “if you can’t get out of it, get into it
The importance of literally changing the channel to limit our intake of distressing news
How to be in the world but not of the world
Working with fear skillfully
How mind and body parallel themselves
Making time to allow, be with, and be in our emotions
The importance of metabolizing and digesting our emotions
How we’re designed to go through stress and bounce back