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Meditative Story

Learning to share our honest, imperfect stories, by Leila Day

Meditative Story

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Mental Health, Society & Culture, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Stories, Health & Fitness, Storytelling, Society And Culture

4.63.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Journalist and beloved podcast host Leila Day grows up being told that she should “tone it down.” When she moves to Cuba in her early twenties, she finally finds a place that embraces her whole identity — or so she thinks at first. It’s only after making one simple change that Leila sees how quickly others treat her differently, and she realizes she has something to say about it. By expressing her authentic voice, she finds her authentic power. 

Listen to Leila on The Stoop: Thestoop.org

Find Leila on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestooppodcast/ and https://www.instagram.com/dayfound/

Find Leila on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theStoopPodcast

Listen to Chad Sanders' Meditative Story, "Finding my flow state": https://listen.meditativestory.com/ChadSandersPIO

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0:00.0

Hi listeners, it's Rohan and I want to tell you about a show I love that will help you

0:04.8

find better sleep starting tonight.

0:08.4

It's called Nothing Much Happens and in each episode Storyteller Catherine Nikolai tells

0:15.2

you a picturesque pleasant bedtime story.

0:18.4

The stories are family friendly, celebrate everyday pleasures and train you over time to

0:24.2

fall asleep faster with less waking up in the night.

0:28.4

The show has helped millions of people get consistent, deep sleep.

0:32.8

So tonight, how about you check out Nothing Much Happens, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:49.2

Havana is just as magical as I remembered.

0:54.0

At night, crowds linger along the mallocon and ocean wall to protect the city from storms.

1:02.5

As the waves crash against it, lovers, philosophers, poets, musicians, fishermen, and students

1:10.4

discuss politics and philosophy and they debate about capitalism and socialism.

1:16.9

I also see how people struggle here, really struggle.

1:22.9

But I feel a confidence in people too and I sometimes just sit and observe their laughter,

1:31.5

how they use their voice, their hands.

1:36.0

I try to soak it all up.

1:42.8

Lila Day is an award-winning journalist and co-host of the Beloved Podcast, The Stoop.

1:57.4

In today's story, Lila takes us to a pivotal time in her life when living a board in Cuba.

2:05.4

There, she discovers that having the courage to examine our own imperfect stories

2:12.0

can connect us deeply and how in finding our authentic voice, we find our authentic power.

2:23.3

In the series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breath-taking music,

2:29.7

and mindfulness prompts so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories,

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