Compassion and Community
Episode 3 season 6: Biz Cush on Highly Sensitive Women Living in a World in Conflict
If it seems like discussions about the state of the world seem to turn ugly lately, listen to this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast! Host Elizabeth Cush talks about what’s behind the divisiveness and how to start healing.
“I don’t have to be friends with someone who I disagree with, but I can see them as a person with their own struggles, with their own fears, with their own beliefs.”
Show Notes:
What happened to the “good old days” when we could just agree to disagree? Instead, it seems, people today divide the world into “us” versus “them”—whether it’s by race, religion, political party or even lifestyle choices. So many of us tend to lump anyone who experiences the world in a way that we don’t into the category of “other.” It’s easy to dismiss “others as less moral, less informed, less than…. In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, host Biz Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Maryland and Delaware, and a life coach for highly sensitive women, talks about some of the roots of conflict in today’s world, how sensitive women can navigate a fraught political climate with integrity, and how to take steps toward finding the peace and compassion that can help heal community.
Listen and learn:
Why it can feel so difficult for highly sensitive women to be their most authentic selves right now.
What’s driving the divisiveness we’re experiencing now.
What “othering” looks like these days—and how we might be guilty of it
What happens when we see categories of people as “other”
Why we need to evaluate what we read on social media
How we can move forward in a positive way
Whether it’s possible to find compassion for those we disagree with while standing up for our beliefs
How a meditation practice can help—and the kind of meditation that might be most useful
About the resources available to members of the Circle of Sacred Sensitivity—and how to become a part of it.
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