EP316 Radical acceptance and the power of "we'll see"
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Feeling unnerved by the unpredictability of our world right now? You're not alone. This ep dives into how to practice radical acceptance as we navigate uncharted territory as educators (and as a society.)
Join me as I share practical strategies I'm using right now for staying grounded, making my world smaller, and focusing on what's within my control.
We'll explore how to shift from fear to hope by embracing the opportunities hidden within unpredictability. You'll hear about my own struggles with anxiety, my word of the year (serendipity), and how unexpected blessings can arise when we let go of needing to plan and control everything.
As we move forward, let's commit to focusing on possibility.
Let's not judge situations when it's too soon to see the ripple effect of what's good and bad.
Let's release the limitations of black-and-white, all-or-nothing thinking, and of judging everything as a positive thing or a negative through an immediate reaction.
Let's release judgment of the situation altogether, and practice radical acceptance.
Let's choose to see unpredictability not as a threat but as an invitation.
Let's keep showing up, creating, and building a future rooted in hope.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 316 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm your host, Angela Watson, and I'm here to speak encouragement into the hearts of educators |
| 0:13.0 | and get you informed and energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:17.4 | Today, I'm talking about radical acceptance and the power of we'll see. Visit truth for |
| 0:25.6 | an easy to read, easy to share version of this podcast episode. Instead of a sponsor message today, |
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| 1:07.2 | single review. Thank you so much to those who have already shared your feedback. You are the |
| 1:12.2 | reason that this show continues to grow and thrive. So welcome back to Truth for Teachers. This is |
| 1:20.0 | the first episode of the new year in 2025. I took December off from the podcast and from social media, as I usually do. |
| 1:30.0 | And now I'm back with an episode to set the tone for the year ahead. |
| 1:35.1 | And the direction that I want to take for 2025 is about practicing radical acceptance |
| 1:40.6 | in a world that feels increasingly unpredictable. |
| 1:47.6 | It's no secret that the past few years for our world, and certainly here in the U.S., things have been marked by uncertainty. What we thought |
| 1:55.7 | was stable has shifted. Plans that we made were upended. Stuff that we thought we could count on. |
| 2:03.3 | Norms that would be upheld, things that we believed would be dependable, got shaken up. |
| 2:09.0 | I've seen memes that say, I wish we could live in precedented times again. And I feel that, |
| 2:15.5 | truly. As we step into 2025, I think many of us are feeling the weight of |
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