Overcoming the Consciousness of Fear and Opening to More Freedom and Bliss with Sister Draupadi
Feel Good Podcast with Kimberly Snyder
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4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Kimberly speaks with Self-Realization Fellowship’s (SRF) Sister Draupadi as they explore spiritual wisdom, the nature of fear, love, and friendship, and practical ways to live a fearless, loving, and spiritually connected life inspired by Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Connection
02:01 Spirituality vs. Religion
05:00 Understanding Fear and Its Impact
09:45 Overcoming Fear and Embracing Peace
14:39 The Nature of Attachment and Love
19:47 Navigating Relationships and Dependency
24:37 The Role of Compassion and Understanding
29:35 Cultivating Positive Qualities in Ourselves
38:05 The Golden Rule and Its Importance
38:35 Harnessing Willpower with Wisdom
40:01 Training the Mind and Cultivating Willpower
42:10 Listening to Inner Wisdom and Intuition
45:07 Meditation as a Tool for Clarity
51:57 Reconnecting with the Higher Self
54:51 The Pursuit of Lasting Happiness
01:00:32 The Role of Faith in Overcoming Challenges
01:09:28 Navigating Friendships and Setting Boundaries
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Sister Draupardi Resources:
Books: The Spiritual Expression of Friendship by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Solving the Mystery of Life by Paramahansa Yogananda.
Website: yogananda.org
Bio: Sister Draupadi, whose name means “spiritual ardor,” has been a nun of the Self-Realization Fellowship monastic communities for more than 50 years. Currently she serves at the society’s international headquarters atop Mt. Washington in Los Angeles. Sister Draupadi conducts inspirational lectures and devotional services on the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, and has led spiritual retreats for SRF members in the United States, India, Europe, and other parts of the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Feel Good podcast, which is all about heart-led living and wellness. |
| 0:07.8 | When we awaken the power of our hearts and let that guide us through our daily choices and decisions, through our four cornerstones, food, body, emotional well-being, and spiritual growth, we will experience the most incredible |
| 0:22.8 | results and create more vitality, health, strength, peace, abundance, and love in our lives. |
| 0:32.0 | I am your host, Kimberly Snyder, New York Times best-selling author, founder of Saluna, |
| 0:39.3 | creator of the research-based heart-aligned meditation, wellness expert, nutritionist, and international speaker. |
| 0:45.0 | I am passionate about supporting you on your unique heart and wellness journey. |
| 0:51.5 | Let's get started. |
| 0:56.7 | Hi, everyone. Welcome back to our Monday episode. I'm very excited to share a very special |
| 1:03.8 | conversation that I had with you with Sister Drappetti, who has been a member of the SRF |
| 1:10.6 | Self-Realization Fellowship monastic community, |
| 1:13.9 | founded by Paramahansa Yogananda for over 40 years. And if you tuned into the show before, |
| 1:21.2 | or if you read my book, you are more than you think you are, you'll know that I am very |
| 1:27.2 | connected to the teachings of Yogananda, |
| 1:29.4 | who brought yoga to the West and talked about this oneness, this energy, this love that pervades |
| 1:37.7 | everyone and everything. And Sister Dropody is a woman of quite deep wisdom. |
| 1:47.0 | I've been on a retreat that she led. |
| 1:49.2 | She leads retreats and talks all around the world. |
| 1:52.9 | She is amazingly perceptive. |
| 1:56.5 | And I've had many personal conversations with her along my own journey, and I really wanted to share |
| 2:03.5 | her with you today. And we're going to be focusing on different topics, especially from the new |
| 2:09.4 | SRF book called Solving the Mystery of Life. And we're going to be talking, sorry, I'm looking |
| 2:16.3 | at the cover and just zoning out how |
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