Episode 216: baby bunnies and what they have to do with you.

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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A couple months ago my daughter walked into my office holding the iPad and crying. My first thought was a bit of panic-- what had she stumbled upon that had so clearly upset her? I opened my arms and asked her what was wrong. She climbed into my lap and showed me the iPad. On it was a video of a baby bunny. “Oh noooo” I thought. “She watched an animal cruelty video” and I braced myself for it. But, that wasn't it. As I watched the video with her, it was a person holding a baby bunny in their hand. Then, they pet the tiny bunny. Then, another bunny. Then, a group a little bunnies. And all the while we watched this, my daughter didn’t just cry, she wept. “Honey, why are you crying?” I asked her. “They’re just so cute, mama. They’re so cute and I love them so much.” Weeping. Just weeping. And I let her weep. I held her and we watched more baby bunny videos, then some newborn puppy videos, where she wept some more. And it got me thinking, how often to we let it all in like that? How often to we let all the feelings in, let all the cute baby bunnies in and just feel it? And if we do, how often to we invite other people in to be with us in that? My hope is that my daughter, only eight years old, will continue to come to me in her joys, her sorrows, and everything in between to not only tell me about it, but to allow me to witness her feelings-- as uncomfortable as it may be for me sometimes. It’s an honor for me and for anyone who let’s me in on their experience. And my hope is that you do too. That you find the courage within you to let all those cute baby bunny feelings in, feel it, and that you can find the courage to let someone witness it. http://yourkickasslife.com/216 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	This is your kickass life podcast episode number 216.
0:35.0	And here's your host.
0:36.6	The girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy, Andrea Owen.
0:42.9	Hey there, Ask Kickers. Welcome to another episode of The Daily Diaries. I am so glad and grateful that you are here.
0:50.3	Thank you so much for choosing to spend your time with me. This is an episode I was going to
0:56.3	actually talk about in the very first week, but ended up pushing it back here. And I, this happened to
1:04.0	me and I was like, oh my gosh, I've got to talk about this on the podcast. It was the sweetest thing
1:08.9	ever. And of course I can pull a life lesson out of this. Of course I can.
1:14.4	So it's kind of a quick one today. It happened a few months ago. It must have been right around
1:22.4	Christmas time. My daughter walked into my home office holding the iPad and crying. And my first thought was a bit
1:33.8	of panic. I was like, oh shit, what has she stumbled upon that had so clearly upset her? Because
1:41.1	my daughter, she's eight and she is the kid who, I was very much like this too,
1:48.8	very much affected by media and just sensitive, just highly sensitive. I remember, did you guys
1:56.0	see? I'm definitely aging myself with this one, but if you are my age, then you probably remember the never-ending story.
2:03.1	And do you remember the scene where the horse drowns in the quicksand?
2:08.8	Okay.
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