Doing Enough- Podcast #625
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Todd and Cathy discuss why we sometimes need to disappoint others so we don’t disappoint ourselves, and how we need to stay curious and open when it comes to connecting with our children. They discuss the writing of Thomas Merton, Anne Lamott, and Mary Oliver, and share why doing enough and doing more is always a work in progress.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do do do do do do do do here we go my name's Todd and this is Kathy |
| 0:08.2 | Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio this is podcast number 625 |
| 0:13.0 | Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio because you'll feel outstanding and always remember the motto |
| 0:18.9 | Which is that the best predictor of a child's will |
| 0:21.7 | being is a parent's self-understanding. |
| 0:24.8 | On today's show, will you tease the topic, especially since I don't even have a clue |
| 0:28.8 | of what it is that we're talking about this morning? |
| 0:30.4 | So we're going to talk a little bit about Thomas Merton and a quote from him. |
| 0:36.5 | I don't know if we'll spend a lot of time talking about Merton. |
| 0:38.9 | I'll give an overview of who he is, but I really wanted to talk about one of his quotes because |
| 0:43.5 | I think it's kind of something you and I dealt with recently, and it also, I think, applies to |
| 0:49.9 | parents and kids. All right. Let's figure that out here. After we talk about the Zen |
| 0:55.2 | Parenting Moment, you wrote one and you wanted me to mention to our audience that it's now |
| 1:00.4 | coming out on Fridays. Yes, just Friday. It used to be Tuesday and Friday, and because of |
| 1:05.3 | some upcoming events that Todd and I have, which we'll tell you about soon, And because of my book release and everything, I can only write one a week now. |
| 1:16.2 | Which is not a problem. |
| 1:17.3 | It's not a problem. |
| 1:18.5 | People can focus all their energy on the Friday email. |
| 1:21.0 | That's right. |
| 1:21.5 | So it comes out on Friday now. |
| 1:23.1 | So the one that you just wrote was called Anxiety Monkey. |
| 1:26.1 | Yeah. |
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