You know……I have learned immensely from this today…..I need to think about this. Trying to be positive is good but not always…..we te not to try to fix it right…..just acknowledge the pain….and weep w them as well…..but I don’t cry easily……it’s like….I’m wired to resort to the blessing in the tragedy……yes I see this now. Thank you
This episode resonates so deeply with me. Thank you both for all your hard work on these difficult topics. You put words to the most complicated emotions. Thank you for passing on your knowledge so we can all progress.
This is an AMAZING episode! During the episode I realized how I put myself last because I felt that is what God wanted from me. I was to put off the natural man, and I thought that being spiritual and serving was what the goal was. Now I realize that I was putting off dealing with the exhaustion, my own needs and desires and difficult issues by being more righteous.
@ 1:13:09 When I hear - doesn’t matter how we treat this planet cause Jesus is coming, makes my head 🤯! The end times cop-out. Now I know what to call it. Spiritual bypassing. Thank you Brit. I appreciate so much, your ability to articulate your thoughts and feelings. Years ago growing up in Mormonism (before conservatism took over) I remember being told this earth is a gift from Heavenly Father. A gift we are to treat with respect and care. Haven’t been a member in years but that was at the time and still is something that made so much sense to me. Much much more of Mormonism did not. So glad I’m out. Wonderfully insightful podcast. 🧡
I completely relate to Bill and realizing that the wife actually doesn’t want the problem fixed. She just wants to be heard. It’s like a fight, you have to convince her that she won the discussion and then pull the rug out and end the conversation. Sometimes people don’t care how long a conversation is taking, or how much time they’re wasting talking, because they’re stuck in a mindset and rather than offer solutions we have to try to redirect the conversation and asap end it so we can get on with our life…
I enjoyed this conversation so much. Thank you. I can no longer stand Sam Harris. However, it wasn’t shocking because I’m old enough that he wasn’t my 1st hero to fall. Plus he wasn’t a super fav, but he does elicit a strong response in me. Like, I’m super disappointed in him. I’ve thought about why this is, haven’t figured it out all the way. I believe lots of people would become better off if they understood, even a little bit, the guru trap.
I hope that this is an open board to share my thoughts and experiences? I often like to relate life with music as they often express and explain the experiences of the song writer that resonates with each of us on some level and i am certain at one time in our lives. Your comment at 1:46:11 Bill, reminds me of this song from my childhood that I find resonates not only with what you said but how I sometimes think and feel about myself and my life as an adult and as an empath which I learned what it is as recently as last year. The ironic part about it is that there was a time in my life when I went fishing a lot on my little Boston Whaler to FADs (Fish Aggregating Device) as far as 26 miles from shore and often thought of disappearing into the depths of the ocean with the anchor tied to my ankles or simply letting the boat disappear into the distance while I swim aimlessly nowhere till I’m too tired to swim anymore. But 17+ years later and I’m still here but with different struggles and much more challenging issues ahead and have come to the conclusion that I’m just going to go on with life however I have to and go with the flow. In other words I’m just tired of fighting against the wind, another great song with a heart piercing message. th-cam.com/video/O4MDnTkZJ0c/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/aH8Ei9630QA/w-d-xo.html Thanks and Aloha 🌺
To be or not to be? That is the question. Is it nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to strike out and be bold?
This is so exhausting. The content is useful and/but the tone reminds me of "shoving should nots". Self comforting is a perfectly human(and an opportunity to be loving) thing for us to do, it's the form and intention of course of how whether it is healthy or not. We need better language to differentiate ego identification from our deeper selves. I like the concept of inclusive (self) compassion. Another thing that can't be ignored are the relationships, (partner, children), we are in, that help or hinder how healthy our choices are that available to us. We are seeking beings, making adaptations inside and outside of ourselves.
You know……I have learned immensely from this today…..I need to think about this. Trying to be positive is good but not always…..we te not to try to fix it right…..just acknowledge the pain….and weep w them as well…..but I don’t cry easily……it’s like….I’m wired to resort to the blessing in the tragedy……yes I see this now. Thank you
This episode resonates so deeply with me. Thank you both for all your hard work on these difficult topics. You put words to the most complicated emotions. Thank you for passing on your knowledge so we can all progress.
Thank you so much for this series. These podcasts are helping me grow and heal.
This video is decades ahead of the times
This is an AMAZING episode! During the episode I realized how I put myself last because I felt that is what God wanted from me. I was to put off the natural man, and I thought that being spiritual and serving was what the goal was. Now I realize that I was putting off dealing with the exhaustion, my own needs and desires and difficult issues by being more righteous.
@ 1:13:09
When I hear - doesn’t matter how we treat this planet cause Jesus is coming, makes my head 🤯!
The end times cop-out. Now I know what to call it.
Spiritual bypassing.
Thank you Brit. I appreciate so much, your ability to articulate your thoughts and feelings.
Years ago growing up in Mormonism (before conservatism took over) I remember being told this earth is a gift from Heavenly Father. A gift we are to treat with respect and care. Haven’t been a member in years but that was at the time and still is something that made so much sense to me.
Much much more of Mormonism did not. So glad I’m out.
Wonderfully insightful podcast.
🧡
Wow! Such new stuff here. Lots to digest. Thanks!
I completely relate to Bill and realizing that the wife actually doesn’t want the problem fixed. She just wants to be heard. It’s like a fight, you have to convince her that she won the discussion and then pull the rug out and end the conversation. Sometimes people don’t care how long a conversation is taking, or how much time they’re wasting talking, because they’re stuck in a mindset and rather than offer solutions we have to try to redirect the conversation and asap end it so we can get on with our life…
I enjoyed this conversation so much. Thank you.
I can no longer stand Sam Harris. However, it wasn’t shocking because I’m old enough that he wasn’t my 1st hero to fall. Plus he wasn’t a super fav, but he does elicit a strong response in me. Like, I’m super disappointed in him. I’ve thought about why this is, haven’t figured it out all the way.
I believe lots of people would become better off if they understood, even a little bit, the guru trap.
I hope that this is an open board to share my thoughts and experiences? I often like to relate life with music as they often express and explain the experiences of the song writer that resonates with each of us on some level and i am certain at one time in our lives.
Your comment at 1:46:11 Bill, reminds me of this song from my childhood that I find resonates not only with what you said but how I sometimes think and feel about myself and my life as an adult and as an empath which I learned what it is as recently as last year.
The ironic part about it is that there was a time in my life when I went fishing a lot on my little Boston Whaler to FADs (Fish Aggregating Device) as far as 26 miles from shore and often thought of disappearing into the depths of the ocean with the anchor tied to my ankles or simply letting the boat disappear into the distance while I swim aimlessly nowhere till I’m too tired to swim anymore. But 17+ years later and I’m still here but with different struggles and much more challenging issues ahead and have come to the conclusion that I’m just going to go on with life however I have to and go with the flow. In other words I’m just tired of fighting against the wind, another great song with a heart piercing message.
th-cam.com/video/O4MDnTkZJ0c/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/aH8Ei9630QA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks and Aloha 🌺
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To be or not to be? That is the question. Is it nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to strike out and be bold?
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This is so exhausting. The content is useful and/but the tone reminds me of "shoving should nots". Self comforting is a perfectly human(and an opportunity to be loving) thing for us to do, it's the form and intention of course of how whether it is healthy or not. We need better language to differentiate ego identification from our deeper selves. I like the concept of inclusive (self) compassion. Another thing that can't be ignored are the relationships, (partner, children), we are in, that help or hinder how healthy our choices are that available to us. We are seeking beings, making adaptations inside and outside of ourselves.
I don’t know about take the wheel but maybe hold my beer