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How To Counteract Your Negativity Bias | Bonus Meditation with Kaira Jewel Lingo

Oct 27, 2024

06:48

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Kaira Jewel Lingo, a former Buddhist nun with 15 years in a monastery, now teaches mindfulness to BIPOC communities and activists. She discusses the power of gratitude in tough times and how it can enhance well-being. Kaira leads a guided meditation focused on embracing both positive aspects of life and difficult emotions. Her unique insights encourage listeners to cultivate resilience and self-appreciation, making it a transformative conversation for anyone seeking balance in a chaotic world.

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Cultivating gratitude during challenging times enhances psychological resilience and emotional growth, allowing individuals to find peace amidst adversity.

Mindfulness practices create a supportive environment for acknowledging both pain and positivity, fostering holistic healing and personal growth.

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The Power of Gratitude in Difficult Times

Gratitude plays a significant role in enhancing psychological and physiological well-being, especially during challenging moments. Despite its overuse in popular culture, appreciating the good aspects of life can provide comfort and resilience amidst adversity. Even when struggles seem overwhelming, there exists the potential to acknowledge what is positive, affirming that one can find peace in both joy and pain. This duality encourages individuals to connect with their inner strengths, cultivating a sense of gratitude that is vital for emotional growth.

Embracing Gratitude Through Mindfulness Meditation

3min

Embracing Difficulties While Acknowledging Positivity

4min

Cultivating what’s good in us helps during times of both abundance and adversity. In fact, it’s when times are hard that we need it the most.

About Kaira Jewel Lingo:

At the age of twenty-five, Kaira Jewel Lingo entered a Buddhist monastery in the Plum Village tradition and spent fifteen years living as a nun under the guidance of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Now based in New York, she sees her work as a continuation of Engaged Buddhism as well as the work of her parents, inspired by their stories and her dad’s work with Martin Luther King Jr. on desegregating the South. The author of We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons on Moving through Change, Loss and Disruption, Kaira Jewel especially feels called to share mindfulness and meditation with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as well as activists, educators, youth, artists, and families.

Recently on the podcast:

Six Buddhist Practices To Stay Calm In A Tumultuous World | Kaira Jewel Lingo, Valerie Brown and Marisela Gomez

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