Being the Only One

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

While mindfulness may benefit us, we can’t force our loved ones to share the same sentiment. Dora shares some tips on accepting the different mindsets around us. Dora Kamau holds a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Psychiatric Nursing. She is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and is working to complete her Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher training this fall. Before joining forces at Headspace, Dora worked as a psychiatric nurse in a women’s addictions facility and organized community events for BIPOC women in Vancouver, BC, Canada. You can reach out to Dora on Instagram @dorakamau. Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Let us know how we’re doing here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey yo, welcome to Friday, yet again another end of the week, and of course, welcome back
0:19.7	to Radio Headspace.
0:21.4	I'm Dora.
0:24.4	For today's episode, I wanted to share a question I received on Instagram and hopefully offer
0:29.6	some insight.
0:31.4	This community member asked, how do you relate with people in your life, close to you like
0:36.6	parents, brothers, sisters, or closer friends that do not meditate, even though you may
0:42.4	suggest they try or explain the benefits?
0:47.1	This is something I've definitely experienced before and can relate to.
0:52.1	Not only when it comes to meditation, but when I find things that have been super helpful
0:56.5	for me, I'm quick to stand on my pulpit and want to share the good news with every single
1:01.9	person I encounter.
1:04.3	The thing is, despite how great meditation can make us feel, we'll never be able to force
1:10.1	this feeling onto others.
1:13.2	When we force anything in life, this creates more resistance.
1:17.6	Not only resistance, but resentment.
1:21.2	When I look back at things I force myself to do, they also weren't sustainable.
1:27.3	Forcing myself to work out, forcing myself to go for walks, to use my phone less, the
1:32.7	list goes on.
1:35.0	Regardless of the benefits, when we force ourselves or others to do things, it becomes more of a chore
1:41.0	and less of a hobby, something that we actually look forward to.
1:48.9	There's a Zen story about a master penman who was known for his calligraphy.
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