Trusting love’s infinite possibilities, by Morgan Saylor
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Morgan Saylor is an actor of stage and screen, best known for her portrayal of the teenage Dana Brody in the series “Homeland.” But, before acting, her first passion was mathematics. Morgan unfolds how math has given her a way to approach the unknown with trust and openness, accepting that each moment and every relationship contains infinite possibilities.
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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? |
| 0:17.3 | We'd love it if you would share your thoughts in our listener survey at meditativestory.com forward slash survey. |
| 0:26.0 | Your time is incredibly valuable. So to show our appreciation, we're offering a reward |
| 0:32.0 | to the 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 attention. |
| 1:08.0 | That's not really how podcasts work. Maybe you're taking a walk, maybe you're cleaning out the garage. |
| 1:13.5 | And that's okay. I can't blame you for multitasking. I do it myself. There are only so many hours in the day. |
| 1:20.3 | But why do we always feel starved for time? Our partner, BetterUp, has given this some serious thought. |
| 1:26.9 | BetterUp connects with coaches. These are experts who utilize science back strategies |
| 1:32.2 | to help you live your highest most authentic purpose. We've been working with them to create custom |
| 1:37.8 | coaching experiences using meditative story episodes as a jumping off point for deep conversations |
| 1:43.7 | that lead to positive new ways of being in the world. BetterUp calls that feeling of being pressed |
| 1:49.1 | for time a scarcity mindset. When we don't have enough of something we need, our brain triggers |
| 1:55.1 | a stress response that causes us to focus on getting more of whatever that thing is, like time. |
| 2:00.9 | This scarcity mindset doesn't serve us. It just makes us feel overwhelmed. So how do we dial it down? |
| 2:08.4 | After today's meditative story, I'll share a brief but powerful exercise from BetterUp |
| 2:13.9 | to help you shift your mindset from scarcity to abundance. It's a little sample of what |
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