Koshin Paley Ellison on Becoming Wholehearted

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Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

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

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison is a Zen teacher and co-founder with his partner, Sensei Chodo Robert Campbell, of the New York Zen Center of Contemplative Care. He’s also an author, a Jungian psychotherapist, and a Certified Chaplaincy Educator. In this episode, Koshin Paley and Eric discuss his newest book, Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up, and how we can live in such a way that we integrate all of the parts of ourselves into a loving, wholehearted being. As we approach a new year, there’s no doubt that 2021 will have its challenges, but there is so much you can do to make it a wonderful year for you on a personal level. If you’d like to start out this new year restoring some balance and putting some healthy habits in place, or if you’re tired of waiting for the right circumstances to make progress towards your goals, Eric, as a behavior coach, can help you. To book a free, no-pressure 30-minute call with Eric to see if working with him in The One You Feed Personal Transformation Program is right for you, click here. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Koshin Paley and I discuss Becoming Wholehearted and… His book, Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up The comment from a stranger that helped shape his path The problem with being a “lone wolf” How to work with your preferences in a skillful way The importance of being open to learning from whatever is happening Learning to see your friends and enemies as equals The bridge of compassion His practice to cultivate unconditional love Wholehearted as integrating oneself and one’s life Life as a journey of endlessly unfolding “Good enough” community and sangha Learning to be at one with our own pain because it is the place of freedom Koshin Paley Ellison Links: zencare.org Instagram Facebook Twitter Best Fiends: Engage your brain and play a game of puzzles with Best Fiends. Download for free on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Calm App: The app designed to help you ease stress and get the best sleep of your life through meditations and sleep stories. Join the 85 million people around the world who use Calm to get better sleep. Get 40% off a Calm Premium Subscription (a limited time offer!) by going to www.calm.com/wolf If you enjoyed this conversation with Koshin Paley Ellison on Becoming Wholehearted, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Koshin Paley Ellison (Jan, 2017) Being Heart Minded with Sarah Blondin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going to make 2021 different than 2020 for you?
0:04.7	The path to creating the life you want for yourself is paved with smaller steps than you might think.
0:10.5	In fact, the key to making impactful lasting change is through small doable steps,
0:16.9	taking an environment with the right support and know-how.
0:20.7	In the one-you-feed personal transformation program, I work one-on-one with people to build healthy habits
0:26.7	and achieve their goals through applied behavior science.
0:30.5	For example, Barb started working with me at a time when she knew she needed some additional support in her life.
0:36.6	Primarily, it was the need for additional support and scaffolding is the word that I use particularly during the pandemic
0:47.6	when my normal resources were less available and everything felt harder compounded by my mother passing away
0:55.5	right before the pandemic as well.
0:57.4	It was a time when I needed extra support and less support was available due to our physical distancing and social isolation, all that.
1:04.2	And I'm just a big believer in turning to expertise and I needed some help and I thought that Eric could provide it.
1:10.1	Barb's focus was on bringing mindfulness and a daily meditation practice back into her life,
1:15.4	and we were also working on helping her address a pattern of emotional eating.
1:20.1	Yeah, the experience was positive and the incremental approach to reintroducing mindfulness and to
1:27.5	behave your change in general was almost surprisingly effective and rewarding.
1:32.0	It was like something makes sense, but then to really do it, you're like, oh, this actually worked.
1:37.1	Like, let's start with, I think it was like three minutes.
1:40.0	And I was like, okay, I can do that. That feels good. Okay, let's go to five minutes.
1:42.9	You know, and so this very incremental baby steps approach really paid off.
1:46.9	And I was like, oh, I got this. This is great. And it was nice to have some wins.
1:50.4	So when I say positive, that's what I mean. It was the sense of like building on wins and building
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