Four of us take stock of our personal arcs towards greater emotional sobriety. Happiness, as Herb Kaighan frames it, isn’t a product of the work we do. It’s a byproduct of our relationships with a life of meaning and purpose, as well as our contributions to humanity. Thom advises self-compassion coupled with personal responsibility - so that we’re keeping ourselves accountable but through a language of love instead of hate. Allen underlines the fact that emotional sobriety isn’t something we arrive at passively. We need to foreground it to bring it into being.
On learning from our mistakes. Whether or not the mistake results in an immediate change in our behavior, learning is always taking place if...
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We’re joined this week by Gina Ryan, who in her work with clients and on her weekly podcast imparts some of her vision for...