The bittersweetness of closing season three with the fifth conversation with each and every one of my meandering conversation-partners is matched by the seasonal shift that’s upon me – fall is coming. There’s still vegetables and fruit to harvest, the warmth from sunshine makes me toss my jacket aside, and trees are only just starting to change color and let go of their leaves…
All of which is part of the similarity, it’s in the letting go. That just so happens to be part of one of my favorite expressions: Let go, to let come.
I cannot find new people to meander with, if I didn’t let go (of recording conversations) of these five, in the same way I had to at the end of season two, and the end of season one.
“A lot of what I see is how we intellectualize things. We say, ‘how are you?’ and you go ‘I'm fine’. Even when you actually are not fine…
Am I fine? How's my body right now? What's my state of mind? Is there any aches? Is there any tingling, any bubbles? Is there anything that wants to move? There's so much more to find out both physically and emotionally about where I am, how I am.”
~ Helena
And this is just such a place, where I am fine, absolutely, but at the same time…
A bit sad. A touch of excitement for what’s to come, mingled with a slight sense of exhaustion. Should I consider taking a short break before starting season four? Or record a handful of episodes where I read my own blog posts, similar to the style of the first one hundred episodes of the pod?
As you can see, it’s possible to go deep and wide when asked How are you? regardless if the one asking is someone else or yourself. But there’s more goodies in this episode:
“One of Mark Stewart’s [coach in the altMBA] favorite questions to ask people is ‘How is your heart today?’ So he doesn't say ‘How are you doing?’ He says ‘How's your heart today?’ And every single time everyone's like ‘Huh!’ because it makes you go inside, and ask yourself ‘How is my heart today?”. ~ Mandell
How is my heart today?
I answered that question yesterday in my kernel journal. (A bit tender, that’s the state of my heart right now.) That question is a keeper for me. Perhaps for you too? Or maybe there will be some other tidbit in this episode that will be tankespjärn to last you a day, or week, or… a lifetime?
Links:
Find Mandell Conway through his website Giving is like or on LinkedIn
Kaninängen, communal gardening project
Svinnbruket, ‘grown-up dumpstering project’
Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank
Barefoot College and grandmother’s learning solar power
Rescued Fruits AB
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41. Do the work with your own triggers | with Izzy
40. Trademarked gifts aren’t really gifts | with Andy Mort
39. Finding our own roots through the roots of mountains | with Reddy
38. There needs to be gravity and optimism at the same time | with Inma & Matthew
37. The tankespjärn of removing to become rich | with Steve Emery
36. Unfolding intimacy on screen | with Izzy
35. Parenting for creative works | with Andy Mort
34. Play cuts through every single border there is | with Reddy
33. The entanglement of grief and gift | with Inma & Matthew
32. How do I let my body drive my creative work? | with Steve Emery
31. Body and mind both crucial to cope with ourselves | with Izzy
30. The everyday creativity of music, coaching and meandering | with Andy Mort
29. Constantly, presently relating to our bodies | with Reddy
28. To grow networking roots in the digital age | with Matthew Word Bain & Inma J. Lopez
27. Intermutual nakedness in loving company | with Gary Breads and Alison Coates
26. Spending magical spaces of time with people you love | with Frank, Mayke and Beverly
25. An amazing circle of friends is something you create and curate | with Gary Breads
24. Trusting the process of not always planning every single step | with Alison Coates
23. The decisive heart-searching is the beginning of a human way | with Mayke Vullings
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