Finding Your True Self in a Distracted World with Jan Lundy

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Janice Lundy discusses finding your true self in a distracted world, which is that part of you that isn’t weighed down by fear, busyness, or the endless demands of modern life. She calls this place “my deepest me” – the inner space that already knows we’re whole, even when everything around us insists otherwise. Jan explores what it means to return to that wiser, truer self, how to trust the quiet voice within, and why stillness, gentleness, and presence are the real pathways to peace.

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Key Takeaways:

Exploration of the concept of the "good wolf" and "bad wolf" as representations of positive and negative forces within individuals.
Examination of the "over culture" and its impact on personal identity and spiritual expression.
Definition and exploration of spirituality as a deeply human quality and its connection to meaning and connection.
The importance of recognizing and trusting one's unique spiritual path or "thumbprint."
Challenges of spiritual practice in the context of modern distractions and societal pressures.
The balance between spiritual exploration and depth in practice.
The role of self-compassion and patience in spiritual journeys.
The significance of cultivating presence and openness in spiritual practices.
Encouragement to engage with fundamental existential questions and the pursuit of inner peace.

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0:00.0	The beautiful part about our spiritual life is that if we give it time and attention, it does reach back.
0:07.0	We are met in some way.
0:08.8	And I would say relief is actually one of the first things.
0:20.0	Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like,
0:27.8	garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity,
0:39.6	jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold
0:45.4	us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes
0:51.6	conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:56.1	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:04.6	There's a version of ourselves that isn't weighted down by fear, distraction, or the endless demands of the world.
1:12.1	Jan Lundy calls it My Deepest Me.
1:15.2	It's the place inside that knows we're already whole, even when everything around us insists otherwise.
1:22.6	It's what I often like to think of as my wiser, truer self.
1:26.4	Her new book by the title of My Deepest Me,
1:29.3	is an invitation to return to that place, to remember that beneath the noise and the striving,
1:35.5	there is a self that we can actually trust. I'm Eric Zimmer, and this is the one you feed.
1:42.2	Hi, Jan. Welcome to the show. Oh, hello, Eric. It's so nice to be here. Thank you for having me. Yeah, I am very happy to have you on. You are a, I guess I'd consider an old friend at this point, not in your age, but we've been friends for a while. I went through a program that you run called the Spiritual Guidance Training Institute, where I became an
2:01.6	interfaith spiritual director. And so we got to know each other then. And as I said before we talked,
2:06.7	I really think of you as a kindred spirit. And I learned so much from you. So I'm really happy to
2:10.9	have you on and talk today. Oh, thank you. And it was so good to get to know you better, too.
2:16.2	I got to know your heart a bit and your passions and your joy in serving others. So that's lovely. Yeah. And we're going to be talking about, among other things, your latest book, which is called My Deepest Me, a 30-day retreat to nourish your inner life. But before we get to that, we'll start like we always do with the
2:34.5	parable. In the parable, there's a grandparent who's talking with their grandchild, and they say,
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