Weaving Your Reality 162: BJ MILLER – Surrendering To The Flow Of Life, The Power Of Being Love and Receiving Love
Dr. BJ Miller is a longtime hospice and palliative medicine physician and educator. If you haven’t seen his powerful TED Talk titled “Not Whether But How” (aka “What Matters Most at the End of Life”), please watch it prior to listening to this episode.
We go into territory BJ hasn’t typically talked about on podcasts.
“If we love such moments ferociously, then maybe we can learn to live well — not in spite of death, but because of it. Let death be what takes us, not lack of imagination.” - BJ Miller
We discuss:
Discovering awe and mystery of life through nature
Surrendering to the flow of life
Finding wisdom in daily life that’s right in front of us
Where can we source the courage to remember our unique medicine?
What happens after a popular TED talk
Finding peace with being a work in progress
Inhabiting a made-up social world
Why BJ Miller isn’t on Instagram or TikTok
Is conscious social media possible?
Social media as a way to be more ourselves
Psychedelics as life-affirming vehicles
Exploring meaning through existential crisis that can come up within the context of palliative care
Making space for both meaning and meaninglessness
The importance of palliative care
Expanding our perception of what’s normal
The power of being love and receiving love
Mentioned:
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nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-death.html
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