The Dignity Lab
Exploring what it means to live and lead with dignity at work, in our families, in our communities, and in the world.
What is dignity? How can we honor the dignity of others? And how can we repair and reclaim our dignity after harm? Tune in to hear stories about violations of dignity and ways in which we heal, forgive, and make choices about how we show up in a chaotic and fractured world.
Hosted by physician and coach Jennifer Griggs.
For more information on the podcast, please visit www.thedignitylab.com.
The Dignity Lab
A Dose of Hope with Megan Albertson
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Exploring what it means to live and lead with dignity at work, in our families, in our communities, and in the world. What is dignity? How can we honor the dignity of others? And how can we repair and reclaim our dignity after harm? Tune in to hear stories about violations of dignity and ways in which we heal, forgive, and make choices about how we show up in a chaotic and fractured world. Hosted by physician and coach Jennifer Griggs.
For more information on the podcast, please visit www.thedignitylab.com.
For more information on podcast host Dr. Jennifer Griggs, please visit https://jennifergriggs.com/.
For additional free resources, including the periodic table of dignity elements, please visit https://jennifergriggs.com/resources/.
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Megan Albertson
You were not designed for despair. You were designed to delight in the sound of the rain, the softness of the breeze, and the sway of trees. You were designed to be moved to tears by the kindness of small gestures.
There was a time when we preached The Misery because no one was listening. No one believed us, so we put pain at the center and sang songs of lament and mourning. And then somewhere along the click path, we forgot that The Misery is not the work.
We forgot that there are many songs, that we are full of endless music, that the work is remembering that there is a part of us that is uncrushable, wild and wide and full of wonder and whimsy and strength and impossible, joyful, stubborn hope. Our song is unkillable. Feeling hopeless does not mean you are paying attention. Hope is not a privilege. It is your birthright.
Jennifer Griggs
This is The Dignity Lab, and that was Megan Albertson. I don’t know about you, but hope has been sometimes elusive and illusory.
We’ll play Megan’s call to hope again:
Megan Albertson
You were not designed for despair. You were designed to delight in the sound of the rain, the softness of the breeze, and the sway of trees. You were designed to be moved to tears by the kindness of small gestures.
There was a time when we preached The Misery because no one was listening. No one believed us, so we put pain at the center and sang songs of lament and mourning. And then somewhere along the click path, we forgot that The Misery is not the work.
We forgot that there are many songs, that we are full of endless music, that the work is remembering that there is a part of us that is uncrushable, wild and wide and full of wonder and whimsy and strength and impossible, joyful, stubborn hope. Our song is unkillable. Feeling hopeless does not mean you are paying attention. Hope is not a privilege. It is your birthright.
Jennifer Griggs
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