112: The Gift of Discomfort: Growth Through Change
AG University
Anna Grace Newell
5 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Professor AG shares how a Joe Dispenza meditation retreat challenged her in ways she didn’t expect and how sitting with discomfort led to real growth. She talks about building resilience, learning from hard moments, and the power of showing yourself compassion along the way. Her story is a reminder that even life’s toughest seasons carry meaning and can guide us toward change, trust, and everyday joy.
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Timestamps
00:23 Facing the Unknown: A Personal Journey
02:47 The Meditation Retreat Experience
06:02 Navigating Change and Transformation
08:55 The Power of Community and Connection
12:06 Reflections on Healing and Growth
14:56 The Aftermath: Grounding and Rebirth
25:57 Navigating Intense Emotions
29:43 The Power of Surrender
34:37 Resilience Through Hardship
39:05 Embracing Change and Growth
44:18 Finding Clarity in Chaos
Keywords
personal growth, meditation, emotional healing, resilience, self-discovery, transformation, anxiety, support, life lessons, mindfulness
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| 0:00.0 | There has to be reverence for hardship. |
| 0:03.0 | Reverence for not getting everything you want right when you want it all the time, okay? |
| 0:06.4 | Because there is a greater plan in place. |
| 0:13.3 | Holy canoli, manoli, guacamole. |
| 0:16.8 | That is how I feel right now getting on the microphone. |
| 0:20.2 | Because, boy, are you guys in for a wild ride? |
| 0:23.3 | And I have mixed feelings about recording this podcast, honestly, because I'm still so in the thick of it. |
| 0:30.4 | Usually I'm the type of gal that I'll go through something. |
| 0:32.9 | I'll, you know, analyze it. |
| 0:34.7 | I'll sift through it. |
| 0:36.2 | I'll talk about it in therapy. And then I share |
| 0:38.8 | with the world because I always want to give takeaway and perspective and make it into a beautiful |
| 0:45.8 | lesson, right? Because I feel like I have a platform to share my life and to connect people, |
| 0:53.1 | connect to community, and also maybe bring some understanding |
| 0:57.1 | or some lightness to what may feel like otherwise unknown or dark or scary or unfamiliar |
| 1:02.9 | places, right? Because I truly do believe we can transmit anything into lightness and brightness. |
| 1:08.4 | So I say all of this because I'm still in the thick of |
| 1:12.0 | what feels just like a murky unknown. And this is not scary, by the way. This is just |
| 1:17.3 | like experiencing uncomfortable situations and emotions in my body and how I process and navigate |
| 1:23.3 | them and how we can always look at hardship through certain lenses, right? So I'm going to take you |
| 1:29.9 | guys back to August 1st when this all started. I have been sharing on the microphone in the previous |
| 1:36.9 | weeks as well that I have, you know, I'm reorganizing my whole business. I've hired people. I've let |
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