Najwa Zebian on How to Build a Home for Your Soul

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

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Najwa Zebian is an activist, author, speaker, and educator. Najwa recently launched a digital school, Soul Academy, and a podcast, Stories of the Soul. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Glamour, Elle, Huffington Post, and more. She’s well known for her TEDx Talk “Finding Home Through Poetry“ In this episode, Eric and Najwa discuss her new book, Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home For Your Soul. 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! Enrollment for the Spiritual Habits Group Program is now open through October 12. Click here to learn more and signup! In This Interview, Najwa Zebian and I Discuss How to Build a Home for Your Soul and … Her book, Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home For Your Soul. Her search for the feeling of home within herself Learning to see herself through her own eyes and not other’s eyes The feeling of being loved needs to come from within How to balance being at home in yourself with your relationships with other people Identifying your “guest list” who you’d welcome into your home Being at home in yourself allows for the best connections with others Being worthy of love is not based on pleasing others or working hard for it Self-acceptance is about knowing who you are and not focusing on what other people think Changing the question from “why can’t I have that” to “why don’t I have that” The self-fulfilling prophecy of what you believe is what you will live Self-accountability and choosing your actions Forgiveness is not a one-step thing, but a constant process of choosing to let go The activities of the blank canvas mirror and the unveiling mirror Finding clarity and asking yourself “what’s next?” Choosing to speak to yourself kindly Najwa Zebian Links: Najwa’s Website Twitter Instagram Skillshare is an online learning community that helps you get better on your creative journey. They have thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people. Sign up via www.skillshare.com/feed and you’ll get a FREE one-month trial of Skillshare premium membership. If you enjoyed this conversation with Najwa Zebian, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Finding Grace with Eiman Al Zaabi Intimate Conversations with the Divine with Caroline Myss 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	If you think you're enlightened, go spend a week with your family.
0:03.8	That's what the spiritual teacher, Ram Das, said, and it strikes a chord with so many of us.
0:09.1	Combine that with the inherently stressful holiday season, and it's no wonder that the last few months of the year are some of the most difficult for so many people.
0:18.1	That's why we're opening the doors to the Spiritual Habits Group Program once again, and I'm inviting you to join me.
0:24.3	Whether you're looking to develop a consistent daily meditation practice, or implement mindfulness practices into your life, or connect more deeply to what really matters,
0:33.8	the Spiritual Habits Group Program will give you the tools you need to turn this wisdom into daily, sustainable, transformational practice.
0:42.6	And you'll do so in a community where you belong and feel connected.
0:47.1	Finish 2021 strong.
0:49.0	With the satisfaction of knowing you showed up as your best self with less stress, able to actually enjoy this time of year, just go to 1ufeet.net-spiritualhabits to join the program.
1:02.0	Enrollment is open now through October 12th.
1:05.1	That's 1ufeet.net-spiritualhabits.
1:09.2	Stop laying the blame on others and on life, for betraying this unsigned contract that no one knows about but you.
1:17.7	And say those things to yourself on your own.
1:28.3	Welcome to the 1ufeet.
1:30.4	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.
1:35.0	Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
1:40.6	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
1:44.8	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
1:49.5	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
1:52.4	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
1:55.9	But it's not just about thinking.
1:57.8	Our actions matter.
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