Finding Your Casual Magic

We’re Taught to Fear Strangers. What If That’s Holding Us Back? (with Adam Lind)

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Aug 24, 2025
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Adam Lind
In this engaging discussion, Adam Lind, a content creator and author of *Floating Home*, shares his experiences living on a narrowboat and embracing alternative lifestyles. Adam dives into the transformative power of meeting strangers and the profound lessons learned from hitchhiking to India. He discusses the importance of forgiveness, the challenges of grief, and how adversity can redirect one's purpose. The conversation also touches on the significance of communal living, everyday rituals, and the joy of recognizing 'enoughness' in life.
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INSIGHT

Grief Sparked A Quest For Authenticity

  • Grief lifted Adam's veil of social expectation and forced deep questions about living authentically.
  • He chose experiences and feelings over following an expected life path.
ADVICE

Choose To Be The Cause Of Your Feelings

  • Regain control by deciding to be the cause, not the effect, of your feelings.
  • Shift from blaming others to asking how you can allow yourself to feel differently.
ADVICE

Use Compassion To Defuse Triggers

  • Use compassion to reduce reactivity toward others and reclaim emotional energy.
  • Assume people act from limited resources rather than malice to defuse anger.
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