We Don’t Need to Carry Everything, But We Need to Carry Some

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It’s a hard time to be human right now - or maybe it always is. If you find your anxiety levels rising from constantly checking the news, or if you’ve been unwilling to look at the news at all, today’s episode will help you find the balance between the give and take. Rachel begins by sharing the story of the service initiatives she has developed throughout her life. From saving snails, to rescuing puppies, and helping women and children in need, service has always been firmly rooted in her heart. But sometimes it has taken over to the point that she cannot take care of herself. There’s a delicate balance between helping others and taking care of your own heart. If you give too much, you can lose your ability to give anything at all. But if you don’t give anything, you are bypassing your responsibility as a human being. We don’t have to carry everything, but we do have to carry some. Tune in for an episode that will show you how to balance it all sustainably. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to a brand new episode of the Yoga Girl podcast conversations from the heart.
0:09.6	I'm having one of those moments right now where speaking from the heart feels equally
0:20.0	important as it does challenging and overwhelming.
0:24.8	Man, being a human being right now is rough.
0:32.4	It's rough.
0:33.4	It's rough for in some places than others of course, but for all of us, I really believe
0:40.7	so for all of us wherever we are, this is it's a tough time to be alive.
0:51.8	How granted has there ever been a time where there wasn't a tough time, where there wasn't
0:56.6	challenges, where there wasn't.
0:58.8	Yeah, yeah, who knows.
1:02.0	But I am sitting here right now, my podcast chair, I'm looking out at a beautiful sunset.
1:10.3	The sky is like a dark, deep blue and with the rays of orange and some purple and gold
1:19.7	and that golden shimmer that comes right after the sun has actually set.
1:24.6	I can see the frozen lake in front of me and my favorite pine trees swaying a little
1:33.0	bit in the breeze.
1:35.5	And if I just look around me where I am, just where I'm sitting in this moment, looking
1:42.3	at this view, sitting in this chair, see my tea table in front of me, Leia is.
1:49.0	And the kitchen, eating dinner while watching a movie.
1:55.8	And if I just hold this moment, everything is so peaceful.
2:02.2	All right, if I get deep into the present, if I just anchor into my breath and I hold
2:08.8	the space where I am here now, there is peace here and I'm so grateful for that and I'm
2:17.4	not taking it for granted.
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