About this episode

The episode explores how we can transform the complexities of our emotions into nourishment, drawing inspiration from nature.

We can rely on the wisdom and expansiveness of our own hearts to hold and respond to the complexity of the world, though it's easy to ignore this as we pursue our strategies of trying to be right, or be in control, when it's hard to see a way through grief, or confusion, or anger, or self-righteousness. An invitation to do what leaves do - absorb the fierce energy that shines upon them and turn it into nourishment, beginning with wonderful words by our friend Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. This week is hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace . This is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website , and you can also watch and listen on Instagram , YouTube , and as a podcast in all the usual podcast places. Our source for this week: A Different Holding Pattern March 3, 2022 If I am to hold the world in my heart, then let me hold it the way leaves hold sunshine, trapping the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lizzie Winn, Justin Wise

Topics covered

• grief
• self-reflection
• personal growth
• emotional complexity
• nature
• transformation

Keywords

• grief
• emotional complexity
• personal growth
• nature
• transformation
• self-reflection
• wisdom

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Different Holding Pattern

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