Learning to Find Comfort in Discomfort with Light Watkins

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Light Watkins discusses important principles from his latest book, Travel Light: Spiritual Minimalism to Live a More Fulfilled Life. He emphasizes the importance of making choices that align with the expansive feeling to embody one’s most authentic self, and embracing discomfort for personal growth. Light’s engaging storytelling style captures the essence of his spiritual journey and his message of seeking internal happiness rather than external validation serves as a powerful reminder for individuals on their life journey.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover the power of spiritual minimalism and unlock your path to personal growth
Embrace discomfort to uncover hidden strengths and accelerate personal development
Take action and experience the transformative power of giving to others
Learn the art of embracing discomfort to unlock new levels of personal growth
Seek diverse advice to unlock new perspectives and accelerate personal development

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0:00.0	giving people the benefit of the doubt is a really good way to leave a positive final
0:04.6	oppression.
0:05.6	And if you want to have influence over how that person is seeing a situation, guess what?
0:11.1	You're going to have way more influence if you help them feel seen and heard
0:15.6	versus the person who cuts them off, dismisses their point of view as nonsense, and makes them feel
0:20.4	stupid. Welcome to the one you feed.
0:29.0	Throughout time great thinkers have recognized the importance of the
0:34.2	thoughts we have. Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think,
0:39.6	ring true and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:45.6	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:50.3	We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:56.0	But it's not just about thinking.
0:58.0	Our actions matter.
1:00.0	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
1:05.0	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how
1:09.3	they feed their good wolf. Thanks for joining us.
1:25.0	Our guest on this episode is Light Watkins.
1:29.0	He has been a meditation teacher and
1:35.0	knowing where to look
1:38.0	knowing where to look and also hosts a weekly
1:40.0	podcast called the Light Watkins Show.
1:42.0	Today Eric and Light discuss his book
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