How the Words You Choose Shape the Life You Live | Mark Nepo

In this episode, Mark Nepo talks about how the words we use shape the way we experience our lives. Drawing on Mark’s new book The Language of the Soul, he explores how words can help us make room for pain and fear or make those experiences feel even bigger. Mark also discusses what it means to be wholehearted, why ordinary moments don’t have to feel extraordinary to matter, and how to return to a fuller sense of life when we’ve lost touch with it.

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Key Takeaways:

The words we choose can help us meet a difficult experience or intensify it.

Being wholehearted means making room for the full range of feelings, including the ones we’d rather avoid.

You don’t have to feel wonder in every ordinary moment for that moment to be worthwhile.

When fear or pain narrows your view, relationships and practices can help you find a wider perspective.

Acceptance can help you discern when to act and when to be patient.

Returning to presence is a practice; losing touch with it doesn’t mean you’ve failed.

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