Broken

About this episode

Siri shares a deeply personal experience of her son's arm injury and the spiritual journey that followed.

In this spontaneous minisode, I’m sharing a tender, frightening, and deeply spiritual experience that unfolded for my family in Maui when Bodhi broke his arm. I take you into the moment it happened on the beach, what moved through my body as a mother, what it was like to watch his arm be reset in the ER while playing 5 Minute Meditations for Kids podcast, and how breath, Reiki, prayer, and presence changed the energy in that room. I share what it has been like to nurse him through recovery, n...

People in this episode

Host: Siri Baruc Thornton

Topics covered

• parenting
• spiritual experience
• healing
• emotional resilience
• family

Keywords

• Maui
• Bodhi
• broken arm
• Reiki
• prayer
• meditation
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 5 Minute Meditations for Kids

Places: Maui

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