by Lily Forester | Feb 4, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 161 Remember to Recognize As you sit in meditation, you might find that your mind starts wandering to some fantasy or some topic of the day. Perhaps you try to bring your mind back to the object, but find that your desire to fantasize is just too strong. Then...
by Lily Forester | Feb 3, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 160 Explore Your Emotions Getting caught up with life, we might go months without making the effort to feel what’s going on inside ourselves. When we do, it might even seem something foreign. We will likely find some kind of unease sitting in the background....
by Lily Forester | Feb 2, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 159 Speak of the Dead When a political figure dies, people sometimes celebrate. In the case of Thatcher, they ever took to the streets and sang “Ding dong, the witch is dead!”. They ask, “Why shouldn’t we speak ill of the dead? Why shouldn’t we criticize those...
by Lily Forester | Feb 1, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 158 Walk Out Psychologist R.D. Laing used to tell a story of a prisoner who was sitting in his cell. One day the guards come and open the gate and say “Your time is up. You’re free to go.” Unusually, the prisoner says “No, I’m not going anywhere. I’m not...
by Lily Forester | Jan 28, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 1 Set a Precedent In sales, people talk about the idea of “going first”, meaning that if you want someone to feel a certain emotion, you can feel it yourself. If you want someone to be happy, you can set an example by being happy. If you’d like people to...
by Lily Forester | Jan 27, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 15 Comfort in the Uncomfortable In many situations, we might find ourselves with a level of healthy stress – practicing yoga, in the gym, in our professional lives and even in our hobbies. The stress is good for us; it will help us grow. But if we only...
