The Power of Softening

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i love when we can talk to someone when they're actually sort of really in the really difficult moments of life. And so i think to loosen our grip on our mind, control its addiction to try to control life, it's very helpful to come across a really big challenge does it high lights that urge to contract and resist. It also highlights the power of softening, opening and showing up for it most the time.

Mary O’Malley is the author of many books and a speaker and has studied with Patricia Sun, Steven Levine, Jack Kornfield, Pema Chodron, Adyashanti, and more! Since the early 1980’s she has been writing books, speaking to groups, leading retreats, and working with people all over the world.

In this episode, Eric and Mary O’Malley discuss how to bring awareness and attention to our heart and learn to fall in love with ourselves.

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Mary O’Malley and I Discuss How to Fall in Love with You and …

Learning to embrace the difficult makes it lose its power
Noticing what is here brings awareness and openness
Our minds are a tool for maneuvering reality, but are not reality
How our challenges will be our teachers if we let them
Understanding that our heart is connected to everything and is the doorway to freedom
Her course, “Falling in Love With You”
How your home is your heart
The pathways back to YOU
What you try to control, controls you
One of our core addictions is fixing ourselves
The difference between meeting and feeling our feelings
How attention heals
The importance finding curiosity in your immediate experience