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The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast

Episode 118: A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain Into Power with Dr. Shefali

The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast

Kate Anthony

Relationships, Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture

4.4 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Shefali, an expert in family dynamics and personal development and NY Times Best-selling author, joins me this week to talk about how to radically awaken yourself from the fear-based patterns women have been raised into and instead embrace our truths and live free. 

We explore many of the glitches in psychological armor that keep women from daring to speak up. Dr. Shefali also helps us to understand why we are giving up our power every day of our lives—to food, to self-loathing, or to other people. As Dr. Shefali says, "If we don't see it and name it, we will forever be devoured by it."

Show Highlights

  • A radical awakening to cultural conditioning women have been raised into. (5:57)
  • The childhood abduction of our authentic self. (8:40)
  • Why women are prone to living on a hamster wheel of life and how to stand in the power of your worth instead. (13:38)
  • The tug of war between listening to our inner being versus what culture expects us to be. (17:20)
  • How to get to a place of radical awakening—there is no shame in asking for help. (22:22)
  • Why it is important to break the image of being good, perfect, superwomen. Baring our truth shouldn't be a maverick move. Being ordinary/average is good. (24:05)
  • The lies about love, marriage, and divorce.  (29:49)
  • What Dr. Shefali means when she says, "Your ego can be betrayed but your essence cannot be." (31:53)
  • Women have been culturally trained to doubt themselves. We explore how self-doubt gets in the way of deciding whether you should stay or go. (34:37)

Learn More About Dr. Shefali:

Dr. Shefali received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University. Specializing in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy, she brings together the best of both worlds for her clients. She is an expert in family dynamics and personal development, teaching courses around the globe. She has written four books, three of which are New York Times best-sellers, including her two landmark books The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family. 

Oprah has endorsed her work as revolutionary and life-changing. Dr. Shefali's ground-breaking approach to mindful living and parenting has taken her books to the top of the NY Times best-sellers list. Her blend of clinical psychology and eastern mindfulness sets her apart as a leader in the field of mindfulness psychology. 

As an international speaker, she speaks at events around the globe, spreading her message of conscious parenting and mindful living. She also has a private practice where she consults with families and couples. 

Resources & Links:
Dr. Shefali's website
Dr. Shefali on Facebook
Dr. Shefali on Instagram @doctorshefali
A Radical Awakening - Deep Dive


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Divorce Survival Guide podcast, where we have open and honest conversations about co-parenting, separation, divorce, and the hardest question of all, should you stay or should you go.

0:17.7

I'm Kate Anthony, your divorce survival guide, and I'm here to help you navigate

0:22.8

some of the roughest waters you've ever swum in and answer some of your toughest questions.

0:28.5

I've been to hell and back, and now it's my mission in life to help you get to the other side

0:34.2

of this process with your sanity and your heart intact.

0:44.6

Welcome back to another episode of the Divorce Survival Guide podcast.

0:49.2

I hope you had a phenomenal Mother's Day.

0:51.9

Whether you had to plan it for yourself or you actually had someone

0:58.0

honoring you. I hope it was wonderful. I had a great time. My dad is here. I haven't seen him in almost

1:04.0

two years, thanks to the Rona. And it was his 80th birthday. So we had a big party. We actually had people over, all of them

1:13.6

vaccinated. But there was a gathering of 10 people in my house for the first time in over a year.

1:20.4

And we were hugging and getting to celebrate my dad. It was just really special. That was mine.

1:26.9

And I hope you guys had a really nice one as well.

1:31.3

Today on the podcast, I am so excited to bring you my conversation with Dr. Sheffali. You may know

1:41.2

her from Oprah, but today you're going to hear her here. Dr. Sheffali, for those who don't know, is an incredible New York Times bestselling author. Her two landmark books are The Conscious Parent and the Awakened Family. If you have not read those books, go get them. She's actually here today to talk about her new book, A Radical

2:03.0

Awakening, which is very exciting. Dr. Sheffali received her doctorate in clinical psychology

2:08.9

from Columbia University, specializing in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern

2:14.8

philosophy, she brings together the best of both worlds for her clients.

2:20.0

She's an expert in family dynamics and personal development, teaching courses around the

2:25.0

globe.

2:26.0

And as I said, she's written four books, three of which are New York Times bestsellers.

2:31.7

And Oprah has endorsed her work as revolutionary and life-changing. So it's really

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