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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Krista Tippett on Being Human

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

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

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Krista Tippett is the host of On Being, the Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. On Being opens up the animating questions at the center of human life. What does it mean to be human and how do we want to live? Krista is the author of “Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters” and “Einstein’s God: Conversations About Science and the Human Spirit.” In this episode, Eric and Krista talk about what it means to be human and the importance of learning to listen when asking the big questions in life. If you need help with or are looking for support in working with your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, check out The One You Feed Coaching Program. To learn more and to schedule a free 30-minute call with Eric, visit oneyoufeed.net/coach 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, Krista Tippett and I Discuss Being Human and … Her work as a journalist trying to bring humanness to the stories How science and religion ask different questions  Listening is a spiritual virtue that we need to cultivate The big question of what it means to be human Loving and living life’s questions Paradox and ambiguity of human existence Having a reverence for mystery Depression as a black pandora’s box The things that go wrong for us become part of our gifts to the world The path to spiritual genius is through being fully human Spirituality is the inner work that accompanies the outer work of our lives Humor as a spiritual virtue How she has never met a wise person who does not laugh often Krista Tippett Links: Krista Tippett’s Website Twitter Instagram Facebook Vionic Shoes offer comfortable, stylish, and supportive footwear made with their signature Three-Zone comfort with Ultimate Arch Support technology They offer a 30-day wear test so if you’re not completely satisfied, you can return or exchange after 30 days. Visit vionicshoes.com and enter promo code: WOLF to get free shipping. Caviar is a food delivery app that brings premium local restaurants to your door. Get $10 off any order of $20 or more, by entering “FEED” at checkout. Download caviar the app today! If you enjoyed this conversation with Krista Tippett on Being Human, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Brandi Lust on Growth via the Present Moment Connecting with What Matters with Mark Nepo 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before we get started, I want to give a big shout out to our newest Patreon members.

0:30.0

In case you're just recently joining us or however long you've been a listener of the show,

0:57.6

you may not realize that we have over seven years of incredible episodes in our archive.

1:03.0

We've had so many wonderful guests that we've decided to hand pick one of our favorites

1:07.4

that may be new to you, but if not, it definitely is worth another lesson.

1:12.4

We hope you'll enjoy this episode with Christa Tippett.

1:15.9

The reality of life is that you get to a lot of the places you wanted to be or you were

1:21.2

meant to be, but you would never have known it through things that went wrong.

1:33.3

Welcome to the One You Feed.

1:35.4

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,

1:39.8

quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

1:45.6

And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

1:49.8

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

1:54.5

We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

1:57.4

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.

2:00.9

But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.

2:04.3

It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.

2:09.2

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how

2:13.6

they feed their good wolf.

2:30.2

My father was a flock star.

2:32.0

It was Spike Beatlemania.

2:33.5

But not here in America.

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