Special Episode: Tribute to Mary Oliver

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

April is National Poetry Month and we put together this special episode to pay tribute to the late poet, Mary Oliver. Special guests James Crews, Danusha Lameris, Ross Gay, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, and Ginny Gay will read one of their favorite Mary Oliver poems and share why the poem is meaningful to them. Whether you are a fan of Mary Oliver's work or are just learning about her for the first time, we hope you'll be inspired by some of the beautiful poetry in this episode!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:10.1	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes
0:14.7	like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:20.2	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:24.4	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:29.2	We see what we don't have instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and
0:33.7	dampen our spirit.
0:35.6	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:39.0	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:43.8	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how
0:48.2	they feed their good wolf.
0:59.2	I'm Jay Shetty and on my podcast on purpose, I've had the honor to sit down with some of
1:08.3	the most incredible hearts and minds on the planet.
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1:34.6	Hello, everyone.
1:35.7	What you are about to hear is a special episode featuring Mary Oliver's poems.
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