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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

153: How to Be Present for Others Without Losing Yourself by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Mary Jaksch of GoodLifeZen.com is an authorized Zen master (Diamond Sangha lineage), psychotherapist, and author. She has two nationalities--English and German--and lives in New Zealand. She's the mother of a grown-up son and lives happily ever after with her partner David. She's been awarded an MA in Religious Studies, holds a 4th Dan Blackbelt in karate, started professional life as a flautist and loves dancing Argentine tango in skimpy dresses. Episode 153: How to Be Present for Others Without Losing Yourself by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen (The Art of Listening & Attention). The original post is located here: http://goodlifezen.com/how-to-be-present-for-others-without-losing-yourself Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily episode 153.

0:03.7

How to be present for others without losing yourself

0:06.2

by Mary Yuck of GoodLifeZen.com.

0:09.1

Get ready to maximize your potential

0:11.4

with Optimal Living Daily,

0:13.0

the podcast that brings you the best

0:14.8

in personal development and productivity

0:16.9

every day of the week.

0:18.3

Your Optimal Life awaits.

0:20.2

Now here's your host Justin Mollick.

0:22.8

What's going on, old friend?

0:29.2

Welcome to Optimal Living Daily.

0:31.5

I'm Justin Mollick, the guy who wears only

0:33.8

about three pairs of pants, 99% of the time.

0:37.1

Not including pajamas, of course.

0:39.2

It's actually very freeing and makes it so much easier

0:41.3

to decide what to wear.

0:43.2

Anyway, today's post is about being present for others.

0:46.0

And this is something that's really important to me.

0:48.4

I love it when a conversation is fully present

0:50.5

on both sides.

0:51.7

You know, when someone is really taking the words

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