Serenity Now

About this episode

Ben and Laura discuss the impact of rituals and community on attention and belonging through personal stories and reflections.

Ben and Laura (his mom) swap stories about church, meditation, dance, and the lost art of a shared Sabbath, tracing how ritual, rest, and community shape attention and belonging. Between memory palaces and eyeglass rants, we look for teachers, practices, and spaces that make patience feel possible. • growing up Catholic as routine not worship • memory palaces and extemporaneous hosting • managing kids in church and small-town community • Buddhist meditation versus ten-minute sermons • the va...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Johnston

Guest: Laura

Topics covered

• church
• meditation
• dance
• Sabbath
• ritual
• community
• patience

Keywords

• church
• meditation
• Sabbath
• community
• patience
• ritual
• dance
• memory palaces

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic, Buddhist

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