We are social creatures…there is no getting around it. Almost without exception, the theme of our suffering is other people. And the way to work through this suffering is through exploring these struggles with other people who can show us support, affirmation, and a reflection of our ability to overcome. In this episode Valerie and colleague Mary talk about healing and community. And why we all need a community to heal and become the most whole versions of ourselves. Uplifting. A paradigm shift. A new and fresh perspective on the interconnectedness of humanity, growth, and the innate capacity of the soul to find wholeness.
In this episode (and the next several episodes) Valerie is going to go deeply into burnout and how you can better understand and deal with your toughest relationships. Val and Nathan will look at a variety of relationships that might be your most challenging–from intimate relationship to your relationship with your small children, adult children, siblings, close friends, work colleagues, and beyond. They will then help you see why you might be struggling and give you a variety of ways to think about and perhaps begin to navigate these relationships differently.
In this final episode on this burnout series focused on the concept of FLOW, Valerie and Nathan answer podcast listener questions about the correlation between flow and burnout. They address FLOW and energy centers of our body and how burnout is essentially a blockage in more or more of our body’s energy centers. They also talk about how FLOW can become addicting and round off this episode sharing 5 ideas on how we can cultivate homes were our children leave to stay in their natural FLOW states.
Join Val and Nathan as they talk about how work often is the setting where stress arises and our own insecurities, eccentricities, and blindspots show up in often uncomfortable and potentially enlightening ways. In this episode they use the personality assessment tool the Enneagram to talk about how we each might be able to self-diagnose our own unfinished business when we struggle with others or others struggle with us at work.
Join Valerie and Nathan as they banter about all things burnout recovery and spiritual development. In this SHADOW series, they talk about 3 of 6 questions we can ask ourselves to learn about our shadow…that part of our identity that we deny or pretend does not exist. These first three questions have to do with our relationship with ourself. The 3 questions addressed in the next episode have to do with our relationship with others.
