About this episode

Dr. Diana Hill leads a guided meditation focused on personal growth and self-acceptance.

Dr. Diana Hill guides a non-dual, open-awareness meditation beginning with listening to a bell, landing in the body through sound, contact with the ground, and breath (“Breathing in, I’m alive; breathing out, I’m here”). Participants visualize their life as a timeline stretching left into the past—through birth, ancestors, and even a star’s “cracking open”—and right into the future through their continuing influence. They are invited to meet a younger self from a moment of growth, bring that self to sit on the left, and then welcome an older, more authentic, flexible, focused, and harmonious self to sit on the right, offering stability while feeling “lost” in the unknown. The practice emphasizes presence, radical acceptance, and saying “I don’t know,” followed by a Shel Silverstein reading on “growing down,” and closes with the three refuges: being, becoming, and belonging. Suggested Next Episode: You can also enjoy Diana's related talk-- Episode 193 Secret Sangha: Growth. Related Resources Get enhanced show notes for this episode Play bigger and have more impact in your therapy and coaching practice. Apply for my Wise Effort: Business of Therapy and Coaching 8-week program Order…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Diana Hill

Topics covered

• meditation
• self-discovery
• personal growth
• mindfulness
• psychological flexibility

Keywords

• meditation
• growth
• self-acceptance
• mindfulness
• psychological flexibility

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Books & works: Wise Effort: How to Focus Your Genius Energy on What Matters Most, Shel Silverstein

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