Intention vs. Expectation

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

This week, Kessonga answers listener questions! Today, he shares an inquiry about avoiding strong emotions, and how we can approach them in a skillful way. Kessonga holds a Masters degree in Social Work, and is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher. He also serves as an adjunct Mindfulness instructor at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Prior to joining Headspace he had his own private practice as a licensed acupuncturist and an outpatient psychotherapist. You can reach out on Instagram here! Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	That space there!
0:14.1	Greetings everyone, welcome to Radio Headspace.
0:17.3	My name is Kaisanga and it's a wonderful Thursday.
0:22.4	As we head into the end of this week, I will continue answering some of the questions
0:26.7	that you have sent my way.
0:28.3	I want to reiterate how much I enjoy receiving your questions.
0:32.5	I actually always learned something also.
0:35.4	Alright, so let's get into today's question.
0:38.4	It goes as follows.
0:40.7	I've been meditating for a year now and I love it.
0:44.2	I want to keep meditating so that I'm never sad or low or anxious or scared again and
0:50.4	I won't experience any more suffering.
0:52.8	However, when I focus on this idea, I feel disconnected to the present.
0:58.1	I'm asking for your guidance, Kaisanga.
1:00.6	Thanks in advance.
1:04.4	So let's call this listener Stacey.
1:07.1	I think it's great that you've been able to adopt a consistent practice for a whole
1:11.4	year Stacey.
1:13.0	Definitely keep it going.
1:14.9	What's giving me a red flag is your motivation and intention that you're setting up for
1:20.2	your practice.
1:21.5	You stated that you never want to feel sad, anxious or scared again and not experience
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