Tools to help us process hard times, by Rohan Gunatillake
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
“Nothing really prepares you for how to explain what an airstrike is to your six-year-old when waiting at a red light.” Such was the recent experience of our host Rohan Gunatillake. Like so many of us, Rohan is navigating the tragic daily news coming out of Ukraine. He offers words of calm and a simple way to balance our attention when we find ourselves glued to the headlines on our phones. He also walks us through two meditation techniques to help us during times of overwhelm and stress.
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| 0:00.0 | High listeners, it's Dorothy Abrams, one of the producers behind Meditative Story. |
| 0:05.6 | In the spirit of continuing to deepen the show's impact, we'd love to hear directly from you. |
| 0:12.0 | What are we doing well? What can we be doing better? And what else might be on your mind? |
| 0:17.4 | We'd love it if you would share your thoughts in our listener survey at meditativestory.com forward slash survey. |
| 0:26.1 | Your time is incredibly valuable. So to show our appreciation, we're offering a reward to the |
| 0:32.4 | first 500 respondents who complete the survey before Sunday, December 11th, 2022. |
| 0:39.2 | You can find the survey and reward details at meditativestory.com forward slash survey. |
| 0:46.5 | We look forward to hearing from you. |
| 0:56.5 | Hey there, it's Rohan. When you're listening to Meditative Story, are you also doing something else? |
| 1:02.0 | Be honest here. I know that not everyone is listening with eyes closed giving us your entire |
| 1:07.0 | attention. That's not really how podcasts work. Maybe you're taking a walk, maybe you're cleaning |
| 1:12.4 | out the garage. And that's okay. I can't blame you for multitasking. I do it myself. |
| 1:17.9 | There are only so many hours in the day. But why do we always feel starved for time? |
| 1:23.6 | Our partner, BetterUp, has given this some serious thought. BetterUp connects with coaches. |
| 1:28.8 | These are experts who utilize science back strategies to help you live your highest most authentic |
| 1:34.6 | purpose. We've been working with them to create custom coaching experiences. Using meditative |
| 1:40.4 | story episodes as a jumping off point for deep conversations that lead to positive new ways |
| 1:45.4 | of being in the world. BetterUp calls that feeling of being pressed for time a scarcity mindset. |
| 1:52.0 | When we don't have enough of something we need, our brain triggers a stress response |
| 1:56.4 | that causes us to focus on getting more of whatever that thing is. Like time. This scarcity mindset |
| 2:02.8 | doesn't serve us. It just makes us feel overwhelmed. So how do we dial it down? After today's meditative |
| 2:10.6 | story, I'll share a brief but powerful exercise from BetterUp to help you shift your mindset |
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