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AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

#258: My Family Doesn't Understand Me • The Work of Byron Katie®

AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

Byron Katie International, Inc.

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

My guest today, Elizabeth, is nearly divorced. Her soon-to-be ex is telling her kids that she isn't paying for things that she's supposed to pay for. Elizabeth thinks she needs her daughter to understand, but her daughter only wants to be cared for. Join Elizabeth and me as together we sit in this powerful inquiry into family.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the work. My guest today is Elizabeth, and I think you're going to love this lady. She is so open. Her mind is she's extraordinary. I think you'll probably fall in love with her as deeply as I did.

0:23.6

She's just a bit upset with her daughter and family because she sees them as not respecting her and appreciate all that she does for them.

0:33.6

And if this is familiar, you're in the right place. If you find it valuable,

0:39.4

please pass it on. Let's do the work with Elizabeth. Open your mind. Open your hearts.

0:45.0

Let's do self-inquiry together. Hello, dears, hello, hello, hello.

1:05.4

Those of you new to the work today, those of you new to this community, welcome here.

1:10.4

Together, we identified the thoughts that cause all this suffering in the world.

1:18.6

What world would it be?

1:20.6

Ooh, I know my world, my world.

1:23.6

You have yours, you have yours, I have mine.

1:30.5

No people, no two people live in the same world.

1:34.7

When you're asleep at night and you're not dreaming,

1:42.7

what wakes up in the morning identity, I, I am, I am awake, late for work.

1:53.2

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. I'm tired. So am I being thought or am I thinking on purpose? Something's going on. Is that I?

2:01.5

Is that I?

2:03.4

That I is out of control.

2:09.1

So where is my compassion?

2:13.3

Where am my mercy for what wants to live that can never live?

2:21.1

As I, I. I listen very carefully to my ego.

2:26.2

If it gets rough or I just want to check in,

2:33.0

I move the thoughts that are running in my head, from my head to paper,

2:41.5

and there is my mind stopped.

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