Finding Joy in the Hard
Finding Joy in the Hard is a weekly podcast about how we meet life when it stretches us — in grief and growth, in ordinary struggles and unexpected turns.
In short minisodes, I share honest reflections, gentle nervous system awareness, and simple embodied practices to help you steady yourself when things feel uncertain.
From time to time, I sit down with guests who have walked through difficulty and found light in the dark and joy in the hard.
I’m your host, Suzanne Andora Barron — yoga and meditation teacher, Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner, and writer. Through breath, awareness, and simple practices, I help people ease tension and reconnect to their inner steadiness.
Finding Joy in the Hard
#139 What if you don't have to understand?
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What if you don't have to understand?
Our minds want to make sense of everything - that's what minds do. But sometimes we don't have to understand.
In this episode, I share how my not needing to understand helped me in a stressful situation.
Our mind chases answers - any answers - to find a solution. But our mind can only draw answers from our past or lack - our past experiences or what can go wrong.
So how do we find the truth? By dropping down into our heart - in this episode I teach you how to draw answers from your heart.
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