Life is the Practice

In healing ourselves, we begin to heal the world. But what is the path to get there? This episode of Life is The Practice, the last of the season, focuses on the foundational role of forgiveness – what it takes, why it’s so hard, and how we can learn to manage through our fears. My goal is to help you identify and get beyond the egoic mind, the resentments it perpetuates, and negative thought patterns that keep us stuck in a scarcity mindset. You’ll hear from two of my clients whose experiences have been very different but who share a common – and liberating – understanding of the human vulnerabilities that drive us to harm ourselves and others. We witness what it is to accept our truest selves, shedding recrimination through self-awareness and healthy boundaries. Learn about some of the practices you can use to find forgiveness, not through blind surrender but through a powerful commitment to consciousness, humility, and grace. In the words of the celebrated Russian author Leo Tolstoy: “To understand everything is to forgive everything.” And in that forgiving, we find freedom. Welcome to The Practice!

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Further information, sources, and special thanks:  

• Life is the Practice, Episode 5: The Ego: Taming the Inner Critic.
• Life is the Practice, Episode 9: Conscious Relationships.
• Get The Practice online for free at this link.
• "Perdonar" by Juan Manzanera.
• Quran recitation provided by quran.com.
• "The Force of Forgiveness" Rabbi Sacks.
• "The story of Joseph and the purposes of God for the sick." Dominican Healthcare Ministry.
• “The Story of Prophet Yusuf” — A tale of betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption in Islamic scripture. Muhammad Ahmad via Medium.
• Special thanks to Wynn, the kid reading Mark Twain’s quote at the end of the episode. 

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