In this episode we explore the impact that our busy lives and the habitual practice of “multi-tasking” have on us mentally and physically, and how time spent in quiet solitude (whatever that looks like for you) changes the way our brain works and relaxes our nervous system, allowing us to focus, relax, and access deeper intuition and insight. We further ask the question, “How often have we given ourselves the freedom to just enjoy where we are in life, where we are in work, to be content with our lives without the pressure to be or do more?” and look at what might happen if we did ask ourselves this really valuable question.
Resources:
Peter A. Levine, PhD: Waking The Tiger, and In an Unspoken Voice
Michaela Boehm: Wild Woman’s Way
Ekhart Tolle: The Power of Now
Carolyn Myss: Sacred Contracts
NOTE:
This podcast is little more than a recording of a phone call between founders Stacy Litke and Signa Strom — so it’ll feel as if you’re listening in on an unscripted, casual conversation between friends, because that’s exactly what you’ll be doing. It is our hope that this format will feel friendly, relaxed, and inviting to you as the listener, and that it will illustrate how powerful a simple but focused conversation can be.
It is also our hope that you’ll be inspired to make time for conversations like these within your own life, and that in the process you will experience a deeper (re)connection with the people, community, and place that surround you, and a dawning awareness of how vital our conversations are to healing ourselves and our relationships…to healing our lives and communities…to healing the world around us.
Signa’s Voice: As you listen, you may wonder what is “wrong” with Signa’s voice. This is an example of a condition called Spasmodic Dysphonia, a spasming of the vocal folds which interrupts proper vocalization. Signa’s SD affects the adductor vocal muscles creating a breathy, wavery vocal quality. SD also can affect the abductor vocal muscles which creates more of a strangled, wavery vocal quality (think Robert Kennedy, Jr or Diane Rhem). For more information on SD, visit the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association.
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