Ep. 204 – Real Life Series with Zainab Salbi

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

Be Here Now Network

Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

For episode 204 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we have the second in a special series celebrating Sharon’s new book, “Real Life.” This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Zainab Salbi, pulled from the Living An Authentic Life Summit.

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Zainab is a humanitarian, author and journalist. Oprah Winfrey identified her as one of the 25 women changing the world to People Magazine and Foreign Policy Magazine called Zainab one of “100 Top Global Thinkers”. She is the co-founder for DaughtersforEarth.com, Chief Awareness Officer at FindCenter.com, and host of Redefined podcast. Zainab is also the author of several books, including the national bestseller Between Two Worlds.

To learn more about Zainab’s work, you can visit her website. To hear this interview in it’s entirety, you can sign up for the Living an Authentic Life Summit right here, which runs online from March 29th – April 2nd and is free to join: https://summit.wisdomforlife.life

In this conversation, Zainab and Sharon speak about:

• How Zainab came to her field

• Joy in the midst of wartime

• Inner turmoil in times of great success

• Zainab sitting first meditation retreat

• Facing our shame with love

• Issues that stem from not knowing our worth

• Zainab’s revelations in her brush with death

• The balance needed for caregiving

• Accepting the shadow of ourselves

• Seven rules for a happy day

• Zainab’s epiphany to tell her own story

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0:00.0	To be enlightened is to be intimate with all things, Dogan Zenji.
0:05.0	What if every relationship, whether with a friend, a partner, a stranger, or even nature, was an opportunity for awakening?
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0:29.1	offers daily Dharma talks, guided teachings, and wisdom from Ram Dass, Sharon Salzburg,
0:35.2	Krishnodos, Frank Ostayesky, David Nichtern, and Gary Zukoff.
0:40.2	Learn to break down the walls of separation and experience life through love and connection.
0:47.0	Discover how to see the divine in yourself and others.
0:50.8	Deep in intimacy beyond surface-level relationships.
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1:03.4	sign up now to begin your journey of connection
1:06.4	visit romdos.org forward slash today intimacy.
1:19.6	I always think of Wilma Mankiller, an indigenous leader who once was seen wearing a necklace with two horses, a dark one and a bright one.
1:29.6	And someone asked her, what was that? And she said, they're both part of me, my shadow and my
1:33.6	lights. And I would lie to you if I tell you, I'm only the light horse and not the dark horse
1:38.1	as well. And I would say the same thing, that our shadows, like being in a horse carriage
1:42.7	with a light horse and a
1:44.3	shadow is and if we don't put the rain on both horses the shadow is going to keep on coming
1:49.0	out.
1:59.9	Hello, hello and welcome to the Meta Hour podcast with Sharon Salzberg, where Buddhist wisdom meets all the everyday life.
2:11.6	My name is Lily Kushman, and I'm the longtime producer for this podcast.
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