This week we talk to Toni Bernhard about not getting what we want


Toni Bernhard was a law professor at the University of California—Davis when she became very ill. Since then she had dealt with, and helped teach the world about how to deal with chronic conditions.
She is the author of How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and their Caregivers. Her second book is titled How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow. Her latest book is How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness.
 


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In This Interview, Toni and I Discuss



The One You Feed parable
How we are forming our personality as we go
The malleability of the mind
Our inability to be nice ourselves
How it feels good to be nice, kind and compassionate
Her journey through illness
Learning to handle not getting our way
How hard dealing with chronic illness is
How most of our suffering comes from our reaction to events, not the events themselves.
Building a life within our limitations
Dealing with things that are out of our control
How pain and sorrow are inevitable but suffering is optional

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