1347: How to Find Peace and Calm in a Chaotic World by Dr. Elana Miller on Developing Equanimity & Compassion

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🗓️ 19 August 2019

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Elana Miller of Zen Psychiatry shares her thoughts on how to find peace and calm in a chaotic world. Episode 1347: How to Find Peace and Calm in a Chaotic World by Dr. Elana Miller on Developing Equanimity & Compassion Elana Miller is a psychiatrist based out of Los Angeles, California. She loves to write, read, and make music. Elana received her B.A. in psychology at Harvard University before studying at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. I completed my psychiatry residency training at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was nominated as a UCLA Exceptional Physician. The original post is located here: https://zenpsychiatry.com/equanimity/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 1347, How to Find Peace and Calm in a Chaotic World,
0:06.9	by Dr. Alana Miller of ZenSyciatry.com, and I'm just a maulic, the guy that reads to you every single day
0:13.3	of the year, including weekends and holidays, to have you live a more meaningful and positive life,
0:18.1	covering personal development-related subjects like minimalism, happiness, and more.
0:23.4	Now today's author is one we recently got permission from. I've narrated guest posts of hers before,
0:28.4	but got permission to narrate from her own site, ZenSyciatry. Alana is a psychiatrist based out
0:34.9	of Los Angeles. She went to both Harvard and UCLA, lots of experience, and I'm really happy that we
0:40.4	have her permission to narrate directly from her, so thank you Alana, and with that let's get
0:44.8	right to it, as we optimize your life. How to Find Peace and Calm in a Chaotic World by Dr.
0:55.4	Alana Miller of ZenSyciatry.com
0:59.2	Many years ago there was a farmer who had a horse that was very valuable to him. One day the
1:04.9	horse ran away and the townspeople commented, oh no, how terrible for you! The farmer responded,
1:11.4	maybe yes, maybe no. The following day his horse returned with six dallyons alongside it.
1:18.4	The townspeople said, how wonderful you have six new horses! The farmer responded, maybe yes,
1:24.5	maybe no. A few days later the farmer's son was trying to break in one of the stallions when he
1:29.5	was bucked off, breaking his leg. The townspeople said, oh how awful your poor son! The farmer said,
1:37.0	maybe yes, maybe no. A week later the army came through town, drafting all the young men to fight
1:43.0	in war, except the farmer's son was injured, and so couldn't go. The townspeople cried out,
1:49.2	you're so lucky your son is saved! The farmer responded, maybe yes, maybe no.
1:55.9	The problem of reactivity. We can all see in this parable that it would have been a mistake for
2:01.6	the farmer to overreact to his circumstances, either good or bad, because in the end he did not
2:07.1	know how things would turn out. The problem is though that most of us are more like the townspeople
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