Bonus Episode: Coping with Election Anxiety and How to Stay in Your Power

If We Only Knew Then

Summary: In this bonus episode, Nora and Paul discuss the anxiety surrounding the future, both on a personal and global level. They emphasize the importance of choosing love over fear and the need to focus on inner peace and self-awareness. They also discuss the need for kindness, integrity, and dignity in a world that is divided. They encourage listeners to take action in small ways and to reject violence and othering. They also discuss the role of systems and the need for radical acceptance and radical kindness. They advise listeners to stop consuming excessive news and to refuse to give away their power to external forces. The conversation explores the importance of being kind to people while being ruthless to systems. It emphasizes the need to see beyond political differences and recognize the multifaceted nature of individuals. The discussion also touches on the power of universal truth and the importance of legislating from a place of compassion and understanding. The hosts encourage listeners to focus on connection, community, and intergenerational wisdom. They discuss the value of meditation, radical kindness, and radical joy in navigating anxiety and fear. The conversation concludes with a reminder to laugh and find humor in the absurdity of life.

Keywords: anxiety, future, love, fear, inner peace, self-awareness, kindness, integrity, dignity, division, violence, systems, radical acceptance, radical kindness, news consumption, power, kindness, systems, people, political differences, universal truth, legislating, compassion, connection, community, intergenerational wisdom, meditation, radical kindness, radical joy, anxiety, fear, laughter

Takeaways

• Choose love over fear and focus on inner peace and self-awareness.

• Practice kindness, integrity, and dignity in a divided world.

• Take small actions and reject violence and othering.

• Seek radical acceptance and radical kindness.

• Limit news consumption and refuse to give away your power. Be ruthless to systems and kind to people

• Recognize the multifaceted nature of individuals beyond their political beliefs

• Legislate from a place of universal truth and compassion

• Focus on connection, community, and intergenerational wisdom

• Practice meditation, radical kindness, and radical joy to navigate anxiety and fear

• Find humor and laughter in the absurdity of life

Titles

• Radical Acceptance and Radical Kindness

• Taking Small Actions for Positive Change Seeing Beyond Political Differences

• The Power of Kindness and Ruthlessness

Sound Bites

• "I have to come from kindness and love and connection and not let the anxiety drive this car off the cliff of the abyss because I can't be in my power otherwise."

• "There's only two choices. You can choose fear or you can choose love."

• "We just want peace and sanity and for the entire world to get their shit together and understand that when you divide, you cause violence."

• "Be ruthless to systems, be kind to people"

• "Find out who they are beyond how they vote"

• "Almost everybody you run across has these facets of themselves"

Chapters

00:00

Introduction and Context

02:38

Building Inner Peace and Self-Awareness

05:29

Radical Acceptance and Radical Kindness

07:19

Participating in Democracy

09:07

Zooming Out and Embracing Reality

11:48

Spiritual Crisis and Embodying Values

13:52

Being Part of the Solution

18:11

Working Within and Changing Systems

22:18

Recognizing the Violence in Politics

24:30

Stop Arguing with Reality

28:13

Recognizing the Multifaceted Nature of Individuals

30:40

The Importance of Connection and Intergenerational Wisdom

35:17

Finding Humor in the Absurdity of Life

CARL SAGAN’S PALE BLUE DOT SPEECH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRcxjprhTGM