SPECIAL EPISODE: What Are We Being Called to Do?

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

“This is not outside us,” says Terry Tempest Williams. “This is alongside us.” Today, the conservationist, activist, and award-winning author offers a spiritual perspective on this planetary change, as she calls it. She shares moving stories from her newest book, Erosions, that show how our undoing may be our becoming. She urges us to redefine what we deem essential. To ask ourselves if we could accept that this is a part of us—not just happening to us. Could we allow ourselves to find refuge in change? And: How will we live when we come out the other side? We are being asked to walk bravely into the unknown—and Tempest Williams assures us that we can refuse to live in fear. “We have no idea of the collective power that we hold together,” she says. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the
0:10.6	intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me our soul is like it's
0:16.8	unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people
0:23.2	stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming we turn to
0:28.9	ourselves and that's where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts
0:35.3	positive things. I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast bringing together
0:42.0	thought leaders, culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists,
0:47.6	doctors, healers and seekers, here to start conversations because simply asking
0:53.1	questions and listening has the power to change the way we see the world.
0:57.6	Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary guest.
1:03.5	All right, over to Elise.
1:06.7	Hi, I'm Elise Loonon, co-host with Gwyneth of The Goop podcast, and today's special episode
1:11.8	in efforts to spread awareness and helpful information and how we can best manage during
1:16.0	the coronavirus pandemic. Terry Tempest Williams will be joining us. Terry Tempest Williams is
1:22.4	an award-winning author of many best-selling books, including Refuge, The Hour of Land,
1:27.5	Leap, and Unspoken Hunger, Red, and her newest book, Arrosions, Essays of Undoing. It is a stunning
1:35.7	read and perfect for these times. She's a conservationist, first and foremost,
1:40.4	and a fierce advocate for ecological consciousness, environmental justice, and social change.
1:46.5	Her writing is often inspired by the landscapes of Utah where she lives, and her work is often
1:51.6	focused on gaining a deeper understanding of our relationship to culture and nature.
1:57.2	Today was one of my favorite conversations on the podcast today. Not only is she a stunning writer,
2:03.6	but is a stunning speaker, and she manages to take what we're all collectively feeling,
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