Ep. 242 – Emma Seppälä

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

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

For episode 242, Emma Seppälä, Ph.D. returns to the Metta Hour to speak about her new book, “Sovereign: Reclaim Your Freedom, Energy, and Power in a Time of Distraction, Uncertainty, and Chaos.”

Emma is a best-selling author, Yale lecturer, and international keynote speaker. She teaches executives at the Yale School of Management and is faculty director of the Yale School of Management’s Women’s Leadership Program. She is also the Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. A psychologist and research scientist by training, Emma’s expertise is the science of happiness, emotional intelligence, and social connection.

In this episode, Sharon and Emma discuss:

Emma’s definition of the word “Sovereign”
Self-loathing hiding out as self-criticism
The toxic relationship with ourselves
The myths of high-achievers
Sharon’s story of facing self-imposed beliefs
How Emma has worked with self-loathing
Emma’s first meditation experience
You have to name it to tame it
Internalizing the stories told about us
Awareness + courage
Emma’s definition of the term “self-compassion”
The disempowerment of shame
The research around lovingkindness
How intuition supports sovereignty
What research reveals about meditation
The science of happiness
Emma’s study of breath-work for veterans

Emma closes the conversation with a guided meditation. You can learn more about Emma’s work and get a copy of “Sovereign” on her website right here.

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0:00.0	To be enlightened is to be intimate with all things, Dogan Zenji.
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1:06.4	visit romdos.org forward slash today intimacy.
1:11.0	It is Sharon, and it's so crazy to me, and that's why I wrote that first chapter,
1:26.0	that we are programmed for the opposite
1:28.0	and it could you know program through our families through our community through our society
1:31.9	you know even you give someone a compliment they're like oh no no no no no you know we don't
1:36.0	even take it in hello Hello and welcome to the Meta Hour podcast with Sharon Salzberg.
1:53.9	I'm Lily Kushman. I produce this podcast.
1:57.7	And today we're here with episode 242, the return of Emma Sepola, Ph.D.
2:06.0	Emma's not been on the podcast for quite a long time since about 2017.
2:11.3	She returns this week to talk about her new book, Sovereign.
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