Show Notes
Friends! Here's a D&M (Dharma & Meditation) conversation I recorded with mindfulness meditation teacher and founder of Australian Parents for Climate Action Suzie Brown while visiting Narara Eco Village [https://nararaecovillage.com/] last week.
If you've ever felt anxious, unsure how to process difficult/obstinate emotions, or sad for no reason, this episode will provide ample tools for stilling the mind and relating to yourself – and the world – with kindness.
On that note, I start the ep with an emo travel diary entry, and how a snaggy creek helped me see my internal struggles in a whole new light.
IN THIS CONVO
🕊️ When you feel sad for no reason despite the trappings of success
🕊️ Can we *really* choose happiness?
🕊️ The pleasant/unpleasant emotional pinball machine
🕊️ The magic of noticing
🕊️ Name it to tame it
🕊️ Kindfulness
🕊️ How to establish a non-militant meditation habit
🕊️ Rejigging negativity bias
🕊️ The R.A.I.N practice for difficult emotions
🕊️ Dharma + ecodharma explained
🕊️ How interbeing can solve the polycrisis
🕊️ Long Shower Syndrome
🕊️ Resource guilt
🕊️ Parents for Climate!
🧙♀️ LINKY POOS
Insight Meditation Australia [https://www.insightmeditationaustralia.org/]
Sydney Insight Meditators [https://www.sydneyinsightmeditators.org/]
Suzie's teaching profile [https://www.insightmeditationaustralia.org/suzie-brown.html]
Banyan Together [https://banyantogether.com/]
Weekly online (by donation) Sky Sangha Meditation gathering [https://events.humanitix.com/hello-sky-sangha]
Australian Parents for Climate Action! [https://www.parentsforclimate.org/]
Give Suzie a hoy at [email protected]
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