Emotional Longevity Your Heart Was Made for This: How to Find Calm in a Chaotic World
Oct 29, 2025
Oren Jay Sofer, a meditation teacher and author, discusses how to cultivate calm in our hectic lives. He explores the importance of rest, claiming it as a radical act of self-trust. Oren delves into mindful communication, emphasizing presence, intention, and the need to reconnect with our basic goodness. He offers insights on how cultural conditioning impacts our capacity to communicate and rest effectively. The conversation reveals that slowing down can enhance our listening skills and improve relationships.
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Communication Is Largely Conditioned
- Communication training is mostly unconscious from family, culture, schools, and media.
- Mindfulness, somatics, and nonviolent communication help unlearn conditioning and restore natural connection.
Lead With Presence First
- Lead conversations by cultivating presence before speaking.
- Use body-based anchors like a deep breath, feeling your hands, or holding a stone to return to the moment.
Set Intention To Understand
- Set your internal intention before conversations to shape tone and body language.
- Cultivate genuine curiosity to understand rather than win the exchange.
