The Power of Intentionality in Life with Quan Barry

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Eric and Quan Barry discuss the power of intentionality in life and art and some of the important themes that show up in her writing. Quan shares her insights on the importance of consciously feeding our thoughts and actions in positive ways. The conversation delves into the importance of creativity, the role of gratitude in personal growth, and the challenges of staying open to new experiences, as well as...

How attention is a form of deep listening
The importance of living a deliberate life
How we can be satisfied and content AND still desire more
The distinction between intention and ambition
The importance of setting and keeping intentions for the path you are on
Differentiating between setting intentions and setting goals
Learning to trust your own voice and remaining open to other’s feedback
Finding the nuance in labeling and defining oneself
How a common fear is uncertainty and losing control
The value in not being afraid to make mistakes

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0:00.0	When you go into a situation, then it's true that less things will resonate with you,
0:04.0	because you already are sort of in a closed-off space.
0:14.6	Welcome to the One You Feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance
0:19.7	of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think,
0:25.7	ring true, and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:31.2	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have,
0:37.2	instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:42.4	But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent,
0:47.6	and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep
0:53.0	themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:11.3	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Juan Barry, the Lorraine Handsbury
1:16.3	professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the author of seven books of fiction and
1:22.6	poetry, including the recent novel, When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East, which The New York Times
1:28.4	described as mesmerizing and delicate, a dazzling achievement. Juan is one of a select group of
1:34.4	writers to receive the NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, and in 2021 was awarded the American
1:41.6	Library Association's Alex Award. She currently serves as forward theaters inaugural writer in
1:47.7	residence. The world premiere of her first play, The My Delenion Debate, was part of Forward
1:52.8	Theatre's 2021-2022 season. Hi, Juan, welcome to the show. Hi, thanks for having me. I'm excited
2:00.1	to have you on. I was telling you before we got started that it was some time, I don't remember when
2:05.6	I'm terrible with time, but I picked up your book from a local bookstore. It just looked great. It's
2:10.0	called When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East, and started reading it for pleasure, which I don't
2:15.8	get a ton of time to do, and about one chapter, two chapters, and I was like, all right, I've got to
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