Spiritual Bypassing & Race- Podcast #551

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss how spiritual bypassing (the use of spiritual practices and beliefs to avoid dealing with our painful feelings) can run counter to being a listener and learner when it comes to race. They discuss how spiritual bypassing has become normalized and separates us from the issues we need to work through when it comes to social justice, partnerships, parenting, or our own growth and development.

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0:00.0	Okay, now.
0:08.0	Here we go.
0:08.7	My name's Todd.
0:09.3	This is Gabi.
0:10.0	Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio.
0:12.4	This is podcast number 551.
0:15.1	Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio because you'll feel outstanding?
0:17.9	And who does it want to feel outstanding?
0:19.6	And always remember our motto which is that
0:21.3	the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding on today's show we're going
0:28.6	to talk about something called the spiritual bypass we are indeed uh but first we have uh we're doing for zen talks this month two of them are going to be, we have, we're doing four Zen Talks this month.
0:39.5	Two of them are going to be normal Zen Talks where we're listening and supporting
0:43.1	and listeners are asking us questions live.
0:45.7	It's like a live podcast.
0:47.2	But two of the Zen Talks are going to be different.
0:49.8	And how are they going to be different?
0:51.0	So basically we are reading White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and the two Zen Talks this month
0:58.2	are dedicated specifically to that conversation.
1:02.3	You know, Todd and I said two Zen Talks is not going to be enough to get through this entire
1:06.2	book, which is true.
1:07.3	But we're going to get started and begin the conversation.
1:10.4	And actually last week when we had
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