Navigating the Unknown - a podcast by Carla Royal, Juliet Fay

Here’s what we explored:

• has your day ever really gone to plan? Aren't interruptions the norm?
• woman plans God laughs
• Juliet shares her own sense of melancholy being separated from her partner
• when we don't accept what is; we suffer
• going through the feelings, being prepared to feel all the feels
• if you fight what is, inner or outer, the resistance builds up and we suffer more
• with so much uncertainty, it's as if we are all sitting on the edge of our seats
• we've been turned upside down and for many of us there's no new normal yet
• the illusion has been shattered. We were comfortable in that illusion
• when the wave of overwhelm is heading my way we have a few options
• stand against it and get flattened; dive under it, or ride the wave
• we don't have to try to fight it you can go into the soft body of our human-ness
• we can innocently let our stressful thinking build, like in a psychological thriller
• we do this especially when we are uncomfortable with how we feel
• when the mind clears, there's an opportunity for fresh thinking
• you only have to deal with what's right in front of you, right now
• when we drop our stories, we're able to move more easily through life
• we get present all the time, but we just don't notice
• here, now the two of us speaking, everything's fine, we're in a state of curiosity
• social media gives us the stories that match our own
• when you feel irritated, if you go on Facebook, you'll feel more irritated
• a symptom of stress is a sense of urgency and not thinking clearly
• we either go scatter gun and try to solve problems or withdraw and feel overwhelmed
• Juliet says how she couldn't see how exhausting that was
• she thought she was exhausted because of all the things she had to do
• when you understand your feelings are real but what they are telling you is not, you can take them less seriously
• we're not saying, we're okay because we don't have so-called challenges in our life
• we're okay because there is something deeper and fresh thinking is always available
• when our system floods with stress chemicals we have less clarity but those chemicals are meant to be released when we are ACTUALLY in danger
• what happens is those chemicals get released when we IMAGINE danger
• the birds don't have a commentary running about their circumstances
• we can learn from the birds
• Carla talks of a story in Mara Gleason's book, One Thought Changes Everything, wherein a holdup, all Mara's fear dropped away and she felt a feeling of expansive love rush in
• we see the possibility of our stories dropping away at any moment
• you can't think your way to a state of no thought
• we drop out of our self-conscious thinking all the time, we just don't notice
• when we are being and doing, we aren't thinking about ourselves
• it is changes in our thoughts that change our experience not changes in our external world
• the more we can take things off our mind, the easier it is to deal with the unknown
• when we have lots on our mind, social media can just amplify that busy mind state
• as we learn to ride the waves, we get really good at being flexible and find more ease
• when you don't accept what is, you suffer
• it doesn't mean being a doormat or acquiescing to being badly treated
• if you don't like what's going on, change it or accept it as Eckhart Tolle says
• when our minds run away with thoughts of fear and insecurity, we get exhausted
• if we don't know what's going on we innocently add to the pressure with our thinking
• our actions follow our thinking.
• Carla gave an example of badly slicing her fingers when doing a task while exhausted
• attending to letting our minds settle is the single most important thing we can do

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Quote/sources

One Thought Changes Everything, Mara Gleason

Dicken Bettinger - search YouTube for his videos

Eckhart Tolle - search YouTube for his videos

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