A more spacious response to life, by Judith Grisel
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Judith Grisel is an internationally recognized behavioral neuroscientist and professor of psychology known for her research on the role of the brain in drug addiction. She is also a former addict. Years into her sobriety, Judy still labors to escape the painful feelings of loneliness and emptiness that have been with her since childhood. But when a friend presents her with a puzzling gift – an empty bowl – she is finally able to embrace the difficult feelings she’s spent a lifetime evading, and make peace with them.
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| 0:00.0 | As a |
| 0:07.0 | The As I place the dishes on the counter, I ask her, |
| 0:29.4 | Why are you crying, Mommy? |
| 0:32.5 | And she says, |
| 0:34.9 | I'm crying because I'm so happy. |
| 0:39.4 | And it feels as if a hole begins to open in my stomach. |
| 0:44.5 | A pit. |
| 0:46.7 | It starts out the size of a mustard seed and grows quickly into an almond. |
| 0:57.9 | Yeah. and grows quickly into an almond. By the time she finishes the sentence, it's infinite. Judith Griselle is a behavioural neuroscientist whose fascinating studies about endorphins |
| 1:19.7 | and addiction led her to make discoveries about the neural explanation for irrational choices |
| 1:24.7 | around mind-altering chemicals. |
| 1:30.3 | In her New York Times bestseller, Never Enough, |
| 1:33.9 | she places her very personal experiences with addiction into a science context |
| 1:35.6 | and explains where the brain and behaviour |
| 1:37.8 | are products of multiple influences, |
| 1:40.5 | many coming from outside our heads. |
| 1:43.7 | Judith's meditative story today is compelling and challenging, mostly though it's full of wisdom. |
| 1:50.0 | I do hope you get as much out of it as me. |
| 1:53.8 | In this series we combine immersive first-person stories and breathtaking music |
| 1:58.2 | with the science-backed benefits of mindfulness practice. |
| 2:03.1 | From Wait What, Thrive Global, this is meditative story. |
| 2:09.9 | I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed. |
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