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The Lazy Genius Podcast

#404 - 10 Ways to Find Calm in the Chaos

The Lazy Genius Podcast

Kendra Adachi

Arts, Education

4.85.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

For whatever cocktail of reasons, life just feels like a lot right now. An extra amount of a lot. Constant chaos feels like the norm instead of the exception. Finding calm in the chaos is not just a cute alliterative podcast title. It’s required. It’s survival for me right now. It’s necessary spiritually and mentally healthy work for me to actively seek, create, and receive calm in the chaos of life right now, and I want to share ten ways you might try doing that, too. Helpful Companion Links Order my new book The PLAN or ask your library to consider carrying a copy. Rejoice by Andrew Peterson (YouTube) Episode #403: How I Get Stuff Done When I Don’t Feel Like It The Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren Get your Spring Playbook here or grab a “seconds” version at a discount here. Sign up for the Latest Lazy Listens email. Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links) Download a transcript of this episode. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:12.9

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0:17.7

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0:21.5

receive two times more qualified applicants. Go to LinkedIn.com slash agree to post your job

0:27.4

for free. Terms and conditions apply. Hey there, you're listening to the lazy genius podcast. I'm

0:34.1

Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter

0:38.0

and lazy about the things that don't. Today is episode 404. 10 ways to find calm in the chaos.

0:46.7

Y'all, I promise I do not start episode plans with a number 10. Like I put a hashtag placeholder in this title. I broke the episode and it

0:58.0

was 10 things. I love it when that happens, but also how does it always happen? Anyway, moving on.

1:04.5

So is anyone else feeling a little chaotic right now? Good gracious. Now, I am not assuming that everyone's chaos

1:13.8

looks or feels the same or comes from the same place. But anecdotally, based on my own life,

1:21.5

the lives of my friends, the lives of many of you who are sending emails and DMs,

1:26.2

we all feel underwater in a way that we haven't

1:30.7

felt in quite some time. For some folks, I know including myself, a portion of that chaos does

1:36.3

come from the news from the political climate right now. I won't presume upon anyone's politics

1:41.7

or beliefs here because I think we can all be kind to each other and disagreements. But knowing this audience, many of you, no matter your historical

1:49.1

political leanings are scared, you're confused, maybe even heartbroken. No doubt you're in relationships

1:55.5

with others who feel the same, even if it's for different reasons than you. So right now, being a person to me,

2:02.9

it kind of feels like an American Ninja Warrior obstacle course. You know, it's like it's just all

2:08.0

hard, but none of us can even make it past those angled steps at the beginning. They're supposed to

2:13.3

be the easy part. At least that's how I feel. Then you can add on to the constant news and the discord,

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