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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

How To Find Inspiration Everywhere You Look with Light Watkins #195

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

4.810.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

CAUTION: This episode contains mild swearing. My guest today is internationally acclaimed meditation teacher, speaker and author, Light Watkins. I first spoke to him back on episode 23 of the podcast, when I know he inspired many of you to start a practice of meditation by breaking down common misconceptions and stripping away some of the rules and rigidity around meditation. So we begin this episode by talking about how our own approaches to meditation have evolved. We discuss the importance of consistency and how meditation is a catalyst for change even when you’re not meditating. Light explains how he committed to sending out a Daily Dose of Inspiration – a positive story, anecdote, or learning - to his email list back in 2016. Now, some of these emails have come together in Light’s latest book, Knowing Where To Look: 108 Daily Doses Of Inspiration. We talk about how he managed this huge undertaking – by approaching writing in the same way he meditates: consistently. The process quickly showed him that it’s possible to find inspiration everywhere you look. It trained him to look at life through a different lens and find life’s silver linings. In this conversation, Light shares how we can all find the inspiration that is all around us by training ourselves to look for it. We talk about how you can learn to trust your inner guide by starting small - Light calls it his ‘divine GPS’, a power greater than himself that’s showing him the way to go. Whether you believe in a higher power or not, just being open to the idea that there’s a different way to view every situation is a powerful skill to cultivate. Think, ‘Why is this happening for me’ not ‘Why is it happening to me’, he advises. This conversation is full of inspiring anecdotes and advice that I hope will give you a new perspective.  Show notes available at https://drchatterjee.com/195 Follow me on https://www.instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on https://www.facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on https://twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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All the magic is happening outside of the comfort zone.

0:03.0

But as you get to the edge of your comfort zone,

0:06.0

that's where the fear becomes the loudest.

0:09.0

And if you can just get more courage than you have fear, then you can take the leap.

0:15.0

Hi, my name is Rangan Chatsji.

0:19.0

Welcome to Feel Better Live More.

0:27.6

Hey guys, how's it going? My guest today is the internationally acclaimed meditation teacher

0:33.6

and the best-selling author Light Watkins. Now, I first spoke to Light back on episode

0:39.5

23 of this podcast, and I know that episode inspired many of you to start to practice of

0:45.6

meditation, because Light broke down common misconceptions, and he stripped away some of those

0:51.6

rules and that rigidity that often exists around meditation.

0:55.9

Now, I really enjoyed that initial conversation with Light and was delighted to invite him back onto the show

1:02.1

to talk about the ideas behind his latest book, knowing where to look, 108 daily doses of inspiration.

1:10.2

Now, this conversation is pretty diverse and wide ranging.

1:15.5

We start off revisiting some of the light, wisdom and ideas around meditation and discuss

1:21.0

how our own individual practices have evolved over the years. We also talk about the importance of consistency and how meditation

1:29.7

can be a catalyst for change, even when you're not meditating. We also talk about the big

1:36.6

commitments that Light made to himself a few years back in 2016. He decided to send out a daily dose of inspiration, so that could be a positive

1:48.3

story, an anecdote, or a learning to his email list. Now, if you really think about it,

1:54.2

sending out a daily email, it's quite a big undertaking and light explains some of the

1:59.8

backstory behind this decision

2:01.6

and what he learned by doing so.

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