Unbinding the Heart

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Agapi Stassinopoulos is an author, blogger, and motivational speaker who conducts seminars worldwide on embracing one’s natural gifts. With Sounds True, she has released the audio version of her book Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love, enhanced with new guided meditations. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Agapi and Tami Simon speak on how disappointment can be an important teacher and how each of us needs to define success for ourselves. They also talk about lessons Agapi learned from her mother—including potent slogans she shared with her daughters. Finally, Tami and Agapi address the expectations of young women just starting their careers and how contributing to the lives of others may be the true path to freeing our hearts. (63 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Agape Stasanopoulos.
0:46.2	Agape is a worldwide motivational speaker conducting seminars to empower individuals in recognizing their individual gifts.
0:56.2	At the age of 18, Agapi left her home in Athens, Greece and entered the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
1:06.2	Agapi later moved to the United States to pursue a career in film and television, as well
1:12.2	as to complete her Masters in Psychology from the University of
1:15.9	Santa Monica. Agape is the younger sister of Ariana Huffington and is a frequent blogger for the Huffington Post as well as a
1:27.2	speaker at various international events and global conferences on health and well-being.
1:34.0	In her latest book and book on tape from Sounds True,
1:38.0	Unbinding The Heart,
1:41.0	Agapi provides readers and listeners pointers on how to live with generosity and
1:47.3	wisdom using her culturally rich Greek background and her life experiences as a guiding factor. In this
1:56.1	episode of Insights at the Edge Agape and I spoke about disappointment as a
2:01.5	teacher and how the focus on contributing to the lives of others
2:06.8	can be a way to free our heart. We also talked about how important it is to redefine success and Agapi's advice to young women who might be just starting out on their career.
2:21.0	We also talked about lessons Agapi learned from her Greek mother, including several quite
2:27.6	memorable slogans. And finally, what Agapi feels is her work still after her mother's death in terms of realizing
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