With & For / Dr. Pam King
A Practice: Dr. Richard Davidson on Gaining Insight
Episode Summary
Dr. Davidson leads a brief meditation on gaining insight into a struggle present in your life. Envision how things might be different with a different set of beliefs and expectations about the situation.
Episode Notes
- Find posture, check in with your body, and take several deep, calming breaths.
- Be intentional about your motivation and find a place in us to understand that practices to cultivate our own wellbeing can also help others.
- This is a radical act of generosity
- Bring into your mind a situation that has been challenging in some way in the recent past - whether work, family, etc.. not too difficult, but something challenging. Identify what it is.
- Reflect on your own beliefs and expectations about that situation. What beliefs and expectations are we bringing to that situation?
- Envision how things might be different if we came to the situation with a different set of beliefs and expectations.
- Would it be different with the different beliefs and expectations?
- End practice by dedicating whatever insight we may have gleaned to the benefit of others.
Listen to the Full Episode - S1: E3 Cultivating a Healthy Mind: The Neuroscience of Awareness, Connection, Insight, & Purpose with Dr. Richie Davidson. Here Dr. Davidson guides you in a practice to gain insight into your life.