How to Rise From the Ashes and Find Incredible Resilience! Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
Inspire Nation Show with Michael Sandler
Michael Sandler
4.7 • 974 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2020
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
If you've ever wanted to rise and heal to a level beyond what you ever thought possible or thought you needed, then do we have the Blue Mind resilience show for you.
Today I'll be talking with a dear friend and hero, the true keeper of the sea, Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, a visionary, entrepreneurial scientist, renowned marine biologist, voracious earth and idea explorer, wild water advocate, and the best-selling author of one my favorite must-read books and documentaries, "Blue Mind"
Today I want to talk with him about a topic that is near and dear to both of our hearts, rising from the ashes, what it means, how we do it, and why it's most important to have a mission now more than ever.
Key Points Discussed:
- Losing his home in a wild fire right after his daughter left for college and the letter he wrote her about it that went viral (06:17)
- Building a mighty home where every single thing was meaningful and thoughtful (11:45)
- The stunning and humbling experience of losing all of his material accumulations over his lifetime (16:33)
- Rediscovering his home in a new format and the idea of writing to the spirit of his home and doing some more journaling (19:45)
- The beautiful, unusual, and unexpected storm in California that they were inadequately prepared for (27:31)
- The epitome of resilient beings that is red wood trees (31:07)
- Learning from the cleansing and destructive aspect of fire and how it differentiates from learning from water (35:12)
- Being an activated Pine seed sitting on top of a deep Manzanita root (42:01)
- Understanding the dynamic of the fire, earth, water connection (48:55)
- How he is more clear now on his short and long term mission for healing the water and land (52:06)
- Have you spent time in the water yet and what does it mean to you? (54:47)
- The deep response that all living beings have to "Water or lack of water" (58:29)
- The importance of honoring urgency and recognizing the stress and anxiety it causes (1:01:20)
- What does breath and resilience mean to you? (1:04:48)
- The meaning of the Phoenix rising from the ashes (1:09:39)
- Recognizing when it's time to get out instead of lingering and losing (1:16:14)
Additional Resources:
- Blue Mind By Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
- www.WallaceJNichols.org
- www.InspireNationUniversity.com
- www.AutomaticWriting.com
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