The Art of Living with Living Beings

Zoom In and Zoom Out

When shit goes sideways at your level of the Universe, you can zoom in and zoom out to see what's good at the other levels of the Universe. Topics Discussed: * How to use the process of zooming in and out in your personal life * How zooming in and out from the individual to the collective can be useful for those of working for social change Quotables: * Do it up! Resources: * The Big History Project [http://bighistoryproject.com/] Next Steps: * Subscribe [https://www.gaialives.com/email] to my email list! * Subscribe [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gaia-lives-podcast/id1531633162] to the Gaia Lives Podcast * Connect with me on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/doula4thenewage] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/doula4thenewage/] -  @doula4thenewage! * Get Your Seven Ways to Calm spiritual resilience training and toolkit at gaialives.com/getseven [https://www.gaialives.com/getseven/]

Open to Awareness

Open to awareness, the ground of all being -- and your consciousness -- by developing mindfulness. Topics Discussed:​​ * What are awareness, consciousness, and mindfulness; and their benefits * Four ways to build awareness into your routine with or without a formal meditation practice Quotables: * With awareness, we can get in touch with the magical side of life. * Consciousness is awareness embodied. * Mindfulness is a tool for us to tap into awareness in order to witness our consciousness. * Mind training is not optional. * By recognizing emptiness, that is the interconnectedness of all life, all of life becomes that much more sacred and due reverence. Resources:​ * Itay Shani and Joachim Keppler, Beyond Combination: How Cosmic Consciousness Grounds Ordinary Experience [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-american-philosophical-association/article/beyond-combination-how-cosmic-consciousness-grounds-ordinary-experience/DBFAD5F0F70A4ACE5E3FD464581B2FF5], Cambridge University Press (Dec 2018). * Andrew Holocek, Dreams of Light: The Profound Daytime Practice of Lucid Dreaming [https://www.andrewholecek.com/dreams-of-light-practice-of-lucid-dreaming/], Sounds True (Aug 2020). Next Steps:​ * Subscribe [http://www.gaialives.com/email] to my email list! * Subscribe [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gaia-lives-podcast/id1531633162] to the Gaia Lives Podcast * Connect with me on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/doula4thenewage] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/doula4thenewage/] -  @doula4thenewage! * Get Your Seven Ways to Calm spiritual resilience training and toolkit at gaialives.com/getseven [https://www.gaialives.com/getseven/]

Come Home to Yourself

Summary: Come home to yourself to heal the first wound at the core of our culture. Topics Discussed:​​ * Coming home to ourselves is a way to heal the first wound of our culture. * Coming home is a practice, an art, and even a journey. * It can often proceed in a cyclical fashion, from the gross level to the more subtle levels. * We can deepen our art of homecoming through awareness. * Ultimately, coming home to ourselves leads us to the realization that we are, at our core, whole beings. * Coming from Self energy, we meet the world as our core selves: calm, curious, compassionate, connected, clear, creative, courageous, and confident. * We can access our Self energy whenever we need it. Quotables: * But the funny thing about this journey of homecoming is that you find out, spoiler alert, nothing is wrong with you. * You are Life, you are Nature itself. Perfectly imperfect, your becoming -- your remembering -- is exactly the point. * Ultimately, we are coming home to loving awareness. * Remember, your self energy, your loving awareness, is as close as your breath. You can reach for it whenever you need it. You are, in truth, always home. Resources:​ * Self-Compassion [https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-kristin-neff/], Neff * Mindful Self-Compassion [https://chrisgermer.com/mindful-path-self-compassion/], Germer * Self-Therapy [https://selftherapyjourney.com/], Early * Internal Family Systems Therapy, 2nd ed. [https://marthasweezy.com/project/internal-family-systems-therapy/], Schwartz, Sweezy Next Steps:​ * Subscribe [http://www.gaialives.com/email] to my email list! * Subscribe [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gaia-lives-podcast/id1531633162] to the Gaia Lives Podcast * Connect with me on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/doula4thenewage] or Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/doula4thenewage/] -  @doula4thenewage! Get Your Seven Ways to Calm spiritual resilience training and toolkit at gaialives.com/getseven [https://www.gaialives.com/getseven/]

Moving through Eco-Anxiety

In this episode, I share with you how I move through eco-anxiety and other difficult emotions to find equanimity and possibility on the other side.

The Art of Living with Living Beings

In today's episode I want to share with you some of what I’ve learned of the art of living with living beings. We actually have the potential for relationship with so many different beings in this world: plants, animals, ourselves, and, of course, other human beings. As we deepen these relationships, we heal those core wounds, those core fragmentations we discussed in the second episode. As we reconnect with ourselves and the world around us, as we become active participants in this world, we heal the alienation at the heart of Western culture. This is the art of living with living beings. And it’s an art we are all here to learn and relearn. And while I know there’s so much more to share, here are three things that I’ve learned from practicing this art.