My dear friend Lani returns to the podcast to talk about her latest book, Mindfulness, published under the Conscious Care Guides imprint.
We had our usual freewheeling conversation, with some tears and lots of laughter.
We discussed:
- how mindfulness can help us overcome the sin of narcissism, especially as activists
- when "zone-out" time is totally fine
- the difference between "McMindfulness" and ethical mindfulness
- how coaching trains me to engage in mindful listening
- how to make any activity mindful
- the benefits of "artificial" meditation in developing mindfulness skills for everyday life
- how true mindfulness can alert us to the harm we're doing in the world
- a useful revelation: "everyone is suffering"
- how to approach mindfulness if you have a history of unresolved trauma
- the gift of listening to the people in our lives without preconceptions
- we're all smacking people with our bags wherever we go
- balancing mindfulness with heartfelt anger at the state of the world
- the difference between acting like a Buddhist and acting like a Buddha
- and much more...
Links
Mindfulness, by Lani Muelrath and Domyo Sater Burk
Lani's website
My conversation with Stephen Nachmanovitch about spontaneity and improvisation
My conversations with Tyson Yunkaporta about the "original sin" of narcissism: First | Second