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347. Do You Need a Little Empty in Your Life?
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"Learning to say no to good things so we can experience better things may sound easy, but it can feel really hard - hard to know when it's the thing to do, and hard to do it. Yet there's a healthy vulnerability that comes with saying no."
-Dr. Arianna Molloy, Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work
Silence and emptiness emerge as surprising allies. Drawing on Thomas Moore, we treat emptiness not as failure but as space for meaning and healthy detachment. Emptiness quiets overcontrol, loosens ego-driven giving, and clears room for wisdom. In today's episode, I offer practices you can start today: guilt-free hobbies, shorter lists, pauses between tasks, and a single-page heart journal.
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Chapters
1. 347. Do You Need a Little Empty in Your Life? (00:00:00)
2. A Call To Reimagine Motherhood (00:00:06)
3. Welcome And Community Foundations (00:01:08)
4. Guarding The Heart As Core Practice (00:02:20)
5. The Air Of Ideas And Growth (00:04:44)
6. Autonomy, Voice, And People Pleasing (00:07:11)
7. Tools, Books, And The Heart Journal (00:09:10)
8. Four Guiding Questions For Reflection (00:11:26)
9. Slow Productivity Principles (00:16:46)
10. Working At A Natural Pace (00:22:00)
11. Obsessing Over Quality (00:24:26)
12. Emptiness, Silence, And Meaning (00:25:19)
13. From Overdoing To Ease (00:29:23)
14. Practicing Healthy Detachment (00:31:15)
15. Community Support And Donations (00:31:48)
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