You are enough, messiness and all, by Jessamyn Stanley
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Jessamyn Stanley, author of Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, realizes one day that her life has become filled with unwanted clutter. Suddenly, how she’s perceived on the outside no longer reflects what she feels on the inside. But in her efforts to minimize her footprint and live a minimalist life, Jessamyn learns something unexpected: She can choose to love who she is right now, messiness and all.
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| 0:00.0 | High listeners, I have some exciting news to share. |
| 0:03.2 | Meditative Story is recognized at this year's Signal Awards, |
| 0:07.0 | and you can cast your vote for the show at meditativestory.com for slash awards. |
| 0:13.2 | The Signal Awards celebrate besting class content and production in the world of podcasting, |
| 0:18.4 | and Meditative Story received three nominations across multiple categories, |
| 0:23.4 | including best self-improvement podcast. |
| 0:26.5 | You can cast your vote for us to win in each category. |
| 0:30.3 | Voting is open until Thursday, October the 5th, |
| 0:33.5 | so you'll want to weigh in soon at meditativestory.com for slash awards. |
| 0:39.2 | By casting your vote, you'll contribute to the final outcome of the awards, |
| 0:43.5 | and help widen the show's impact. |
| 0:46.5 | Again, that's meditativestory.com for slash awards. |
| 0:51.8 | Thank you in advance for your support. |
| 0:56.8 | Live in this rambling 100-year-old Southern Victorian house, |
| 1:13.2 | I feel like the old lady who lives in a shoe, |
| 1:16.4 | or the bag lady in that Erica Badu song, |
| 1:19.6 | or that character in the movie Labyrinth who lives in a junkyard and is so deeply embedded in the |
| 1:25.7 | junk that she's become a part of it. I want to shed all of it. |
| 1:34.4 | I want to clear out all this chaos that has come to define my life. |
| 1:45.9 | Jessam in Stanley grew up in a family that valued experience over material possessions. |
| 2:00.9 | But as a successful entrepreneur, she finds herself accumulating and becoming attached |
| 2:07.3 | to the world of things. In this week's episode, we learn what happens when Jessam in |
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