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You're listening to Insights at the edge.

You're listening to Insights at the Edge. This week I speak with Parker Palmer, author of the

bestseller The Courage to Teach, and Let Your Life Speak, listening for the voice of vocation, as well as being the founder of the

Center for Courage and Renewal.

We discuss Parker's perspectives on what he calls an undivided life, seeking

wholeness in ourselves, our work, and our world.

Hi Parker. Hi, Tam. and our world.

Hi Parker. Hi Tammy.

I want to talk to you today more about the undivided life and

there's so many ways we could talk about all of the various divisions

that people feel that I feel. But I want to start off hearing what you have to say

about the division that I think many people feel about their work life and that I work for money and what I really wish I was doing today.

You know, the undivided life, well I feel divided, I'm going to work for money,

but that's not what's really in my heart.

What's in my heart though is, you know, riding my bicycle through the streets or hiking around a mountain and you know obviously I need money

this is a clear division in my being how can I resolve this?

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