6 episodes
Mindful Politics George Kao
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- Society & Culture
The typical political conversation is often callous towards the other side, seeing them as stupid, immoral, or both… while painting “our” side as smart and principled. (This is done on all sides.)
The aim of Mindful Politics is to provide an alternative that uplifts the audience and brings deeper understanding of one another, and innovation to political dialogue.
We will model a political conversation that aims for compassionate learning about the most popular issues, so that everyone can be wiser in their activism and voting.
Our hope is to present varying sides, in the spirit of humble dialogue, so that we can understand holistic solutions that allow us to move forward in a way that makes all stakeholders feel cared for.
~ Isn’t this too slow? ~
Don’t we need to urgently solve political problems so we can ease suffering, and build a better society quickly?
Look at most of our political issues. Decade after decade, opposing sides continue to battle it out, always painting each other as stupid or selfish. In all this time, the most important issues have not been solved in a lasting way.
We believe that Mindful Politics has the potential to solve the issues faster. Time (and elections) will pass anyway. We might as well learn to really listen to each other, build our capacities to love one another, and move forward in a spirit of greater understanding and togetherness.
~ Values ~
Humility:
Humility is key to civility.
Each participant of a Mindful Politics conversation is encouraged to generously apply these postures:
“Hmm… I’m still sorting this one out… curious about your thoughts?”
“I know there’s so much more I need to learn.”
“You’re right / That’s interesting / Hadn’t seen that before …thank you.”
Appreciation:
Truth is a mosaic.
There are always interesting facts and stories on the “other” side and we aim to uncover them via compassionate listening. We aim to understand the value of each other’s positions.
Appreciation brings compassion (and vice versa). Compassion in a challenging political discussion means that we actively help each other “save face” and feel respected, and even liked.
Togetherness:
Solutions are what we ultimately seek -- ones that can unify all sides and provide everyone with dignity and a sense of being cared for.
Look up the synonyms for togetherness. It’s the spirit of what we seek here.
Episodes are released every 2 weeks. Our website: https://www.MindfulPolitics.net
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Leah Cooper & Mira Rao - Politics & Holism
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MY GUESTS:
Leah Cooper:
https://www.youtube.com/c/thecentreofki
https://www.instagram.com/thecentreofki/
https://www.thecentreofki.com.au/
Podcast: https://www.thewellbeingroom.com/
Mira Rao:
https://www.youtube.com/@mirarao5864
https://www.instagram.com/miraraocoach/
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Annie Moussu and Winnie Sher -- Mindful Politics
Winnie Sher is a life coach and NLP Master Practitioner. She helps East/South East Asian (ESEA) women to transcend parental and cultural expectations, express themselves confidently and create deep impact in their careers, businesses and relationships. https://winniesher.com
Annie Moussu is a certified EFT Tapping Master Practitioner helping women build confidence, set boundaries and enjoy healthy relationships. https://hushyourmind.com
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Sandy Freschi and Shweta Parmar
About my guests:
Sandy Freschi is a coach, mentor, and guide for people who guide and mentor other people. She uses intuitive art, energy healing, and Human Design to assist them with the clarity needed to show up in their lives, relationships, and businesses in the most effective way. https://www.sandyfreschi.com
Shweta Parmar is an Ayurvedic practitioner and AyurDoula helping you ignite your Inner Doctor-Guru for bold, intuitive living. https://www.instagram.com/shweta.parmar.ayurveda
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Eric Klein and Jeffrey Scott
About my guests:
Eric Klein is a best-selling leadership author and an ordained lineage holder in a 5,000 year old meditation tradition. His work translates timeless wisdom into practices for busy people who want to embody greater spirit, meaning, and authenticity in their lives. For the past 40 years, he’s worked with over 25,000 people in a wide variety of settings from Fortune 500 board rooms to off-the-grid spiritual retreats. Eric with his wife Devi teach the Wisdom Heart Way via their website: https://www.wisdomheart.com
Jeffrey Scott is a life coach, certified reiki master, and conscious channeler with over 20 years of experience navigating life's uncharted landscapes, He offers private coaching and group workshops using a well-rounded combination of light hypnotherapy, self-channeling, and practical coaching designed to get clients on the right path and empower them to follow that path by bringing out their own truths and resources that have been waiting around in the subconscious. https://www.joyomancy.com
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Mara Clear Spring Cook and Dylan Newcomb
What a milestone! The first ever conversation for this show. My heartfelt thanks to my two guests who were courageous enough to show up for this, and for their mindful, graceful presence in discussing the challenging topic of politics. Read more about them below. --George Kao
About my guests:
Founder & director of UZAZU Embodied Intelligence, Dylan Newcomb trains coaches and therapists online to bring more embodiment-based approaches into their work with clients. After a first career as an award-winning professional dancer & music composer, Dylan has spent the past 18 researching & developing embodied state-shifting methodologies and coaching Helping Professionals & Cultural Creatives to more powerfully and ease-fully create (and embody!) the change they wish to see in the world.
https://www.uzazu.org/
Mara Clear Spring is a Shamanic Practitioner, teacher, Munay-Ki mentor and Reiki Master. Since 2008 she's been working one-on-one with clients and students, teaching courses, and leading events, and she regularly publishes the Shamanic Weather. Her core work is Soul Retrieval, helping clients regain soul essence lost in tragic experiences and illnesses.
https://maraclearspring.com
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Mindful Politics - Pilot Episode - and why the colors in the logo? 🎨
Welcome to the Mindful Politics podcast!
In this episode I share my reasons for starting this podcast and my hopes for what it could become / how it could benefit you and our society.
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