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I am so excited for another dear headspace with my favorite community ofpeople.
And if you didn'tknow, that's you all who arelistening.
Joining metoday, I've got none other than Kessanga and headspace mental health coachCorey.
And we've got some really interesting questionstoday.
Okay, we are going to be talking about how to say goodbye to your familyhome.
How to mindfully listen when you completely disagree with the person that you are speakingto.
And we have a question about when you're in recovery for an eatingdisorder, but you're still struggling with negativeself-beliefs.
Okay, time to dig in and answer some importantquestions.
Have you ever wished you had a wise meditation teacher on speeddial?
Someone you can call after a longday.
Someone you could lean on for theiradvice.
Someone to listen and help you to see thingsdifferently.
Welcome to DearHeadspace, a podcast where I sit with a meditation teacher and we answer yourquestions.
Hi youtwo, Kess andCorey, Corey andKess.
How is everybodytoday?
Greetings,peace,peace,Robin,peace,Corey.
I'm doinggood. I'm doinggood.
Hello,hello. Happy to behere.
Happy to seeeverybody.
Well, I'm glad you're both here with metoday.
AndKess, I do want just a shout out toyou.
There's a little treat for you and one of the questionstoday.
So listen in forthat. But it's not comingyet.
It's not comingyet. Ohyeah, holdon.
Holdon. So you build up myanticipation.
Exactly. And so let me say withme, letme, letme, let mejust, let me just tap into my practice here and bepresent.
Allright.Well, what is coming down the pipe right now is question number one fromEmma.
So here wego.Hi,Headspace.
My name is Emma and I'm fromAmsterdam, theNetherlands.
I'd like to ask for advice on how to say goodbye to ahouse.
We have a family house that belonged to my grandparents who have lived there for about 60years.
And I've lived in my own part of it since 2015 and my brother as well since2018.
Both of my grandparents have now died and my mother has died aswell.
So it's a house that reminds me a lot of them and theirlives.
Now my grandfather has diedrecently.
Myuncle, my brother and me have inherited the housetogether.
And the plan is to sell because it's financially just too complicated to keep it with the three ofus.
And I do think I still support that decision as it enables the three of us to move forward in our ownlives.
Yet at the sametime, I find it incredibly hard to let go of the house because I think by letting go of thehouse, I also have to let go of the beard in my life and the people that it standsfor.
And that's something I don't really want todo.
So if you have any advice on how to go through thisprocess, I would begrateful.
Thankyou. I'm going to start off a littlecontroversial.
I'm going to disagree with something Emma said in the question that letting go of the house means she needs to let go of thosepeople.
That's all you're going todo.
Like they're with youforever.
Like those people are withyou.
They're in your heart and your memories and the house isn't what holds that you holdthat.
Emma could mean that it means that she needs to now fully grieve theirlaws.
Like that's a differentthing.
Like that's if that's what Emmameans.
Maybe we should look at it from bothperspectives.
No,no, I lovethat. That mentionedRobin.
There's something about familyhomes.
Right?Yeah. Like it's such a beautifullypowerful, dare Isay, spiritualthing.
Yeah. Forme, forme, it was my grandmother's housealso.
You havememories. You have these memories of love and these sentimental feelings aroundit.
And so letting go of it is such a dauntingidea.
And very much what you weresaying,Robin,this,this, because letting go is a mind from thisconcept, youknow, this ideaof, youknow, recognizing when we're holding on to something good orbad, because if we're holding on toit, we're not opening ourselves up to the presentmoment.
But oftentimes when we say letting go ofsomething, we think we have to forget aboutit.
We have to completely let itgo.
And so just piggybacking what you weresaying,Emma, just because you haveto, or you're in a position of having to let go of thishouse, by no means does that mean you have to forget about the memories and the beautifulpeople.
Yeah, the peoplein.Yeah.
So always rememberthose, youknow, hold on and have those memories inyour, in your memorybank, ifyou, if youwill.
And you're in a space of mourning rightnow.
So, youknow, allow yourself that grace and that gentleness to mournthis,this,this, this beautiful family house that you have to let go of rightnow.
You know what I was just thinkingof?
I had a friendwho, theydid, they did these little art projects around thehouse.
I thought maybe there'd be something interesting with takinga, your favorite photo of the time of year that you love the houseor,or,or, or making some kind of likea, just some kind of like a keepsake memory so that it's there in front of you to remind you of all the memories that you had at thathouse.
So you're bringing the positive of it with you as you let go of the physicalthing.
Yeah. I relate to this probably a bit too much because forEmma, it's like one house forme.
It's literally every place I've everstayed.
Almostlike, do you guys remember like the last episode of Friends or like any TV showever?
Like, I waslike, I'm ventilated during that scene because I waslike, don't leave thatapartment.
Thatis, that is literally me at every home or apartmentI've, ever livedin.
And I bring it up to say that I definitely understand thesentiment,right?
We make a lot of memories in thesespaces, both some that make us smile and somethat, youknow, make uscry, but we make a lot of memories in thesespaces.
So Kassal and I definitely agree with you as far as like the spiritual component because this is where our spirit is reside for us in the amount of time and the people that welove.
And even if you stay in a place for one year or 10years, youknow, it's always hard to close achapter.
And this is especially hard because there's grief not just for thehome, but grief for actualindividuals.
So I would just say be patient withyourself.
Anddefinitely, as theysaid, take all of the memories withyou, take the good times with you and know that it's absolutely human to struggle withthis.
Because, youknow,again, with you is one house withme.
It's every place I've ever laid myhead.
So it's so funny because like when I got thisquestion, I thought it was so interesting because I moved like eight million times like this apartment that I'm in with my kids right now is the longest I've ever livedanywhere.
And when we first movedin, I wasall, youknow, this is our retirementplan.
Like, as soon as the kids are out of thehouse,well,downsize, we'll sellit, we'll moveon.
Like, I had a wholething.
And then my kids were raisedhere, youknow, it's like 12 years later of memories and of seeing like my son in this corner andlike, and it'slike,oh, this is a different conversation now because it does feel like there's a loss of thememories.
So it is just a reminder to yourself that that's all still withyou.
And it is more of amorning.
I think if I were to have to sell thisplace, I'd be mourning walking around andseeing,oh, that's where my son's gaming deskis.
Like,oh, that's where my daughter hides in her bedroom away from hermoms.
Like, that's what it getsreal,right?
When you lookaround, you're living space and you start seeing the different memories in the different areas of thehouse.
That'swhy, youknow, that spiritual componentis, it's almost like the house has a soul and part of the soul is in thishouse.
Well, I wonder if there's some kind of like ceremony orlike, can you have everyone over for a gathering and like share your favorite memories andlike, and go through and belike,oh, rememberthis, rememberthat?
And, youknow, it'slike, there's just so many ways you could celebrate it as you move throughthis.
And because it was thegrandparents, I think there'ssomething, Imight, youknow, this is my humble opinion onmy, my thoughtprocess.
It's like the grandparents is that link to yourancestors,right?
It's that directlink. And so because it was the grandparentshouse, and I think Emma said that her grandfather just passedrecently.
Yeah. That's like that double heaviness of lettinggo.
Soyeah, this is definitely aheavy, a heavytime.
And it can also be a beautifultime.
Yeah. And it can also belike, what you'resaying,Robin, a celebratorytime.
Yeah, like walking into a newchapter.
Yeah. And then there's also like the fear with that aswell.
Yeah. AndRobin, I'm not sure if you have you seen like on the subway atall, like there's thispoem.
And I remember like when I lived in NewYork, there was this specific poem that would always catch myeye.
And I have it righthere.
I could just readit. Pleasedo.
Pleasedo,Corey. I love when you break it out subwaypoems.
Yeah. I just lovedit. But it's called passage by VictoriaChang.
And itsaid, every leaf that falls and ever stopsfalling.
I once thought that leavesrelieves.
Now I think they are feeling in search of aplace.
Someone'shair, a parkbench, afinger.
Isn't that like us going from place to place looking to fillalive?
And thatpoem,like, is crazy how the mindworks.
Because that poem is what popped in my head inthis, because we get so attached to these places once we find comfort and familiarity and family andlove.
And then the wind has to take us somewhereelse.
And that's so uncomfortableyet.
It's so exciting because you get to ride a newwave.
Soyeah, and I definitelysay, it feels like a lot at themoment.
But the wind is carrying you somewhereelse.
And you'll make that place feel like hometoo.
I lovethat.Wow. Allright.
Well, thank you for yourquestion,Emma.
And goodluck. Have thatparty.
Do apainting. I don'tknow.
Something.Oh, I have a houseparty.
Oh, a houseparty.Yeah.
You know what you coulddo?
By theway, they have those like where you take a picture and you send it off and then they'll create a paint bynumbers.
And you could have the party put the paint by numbers up in every person paints it during theparty.
I'm filled withideas. That's what youare.
Yeah. Let's do it in the wrongway.
Allright.Well, let us know how that all shakesout,Emma.
We're sending youlove.
OK. Here is our next question fromTrudy.
Hi, dearheadspace. This is Trudy fromMelbourne,Australia.
My question today is around behaviorschanging, but negative thinking remaining thesame.
So in terms ofcontext, I've had anorexia since I was16.
I'm now48. I have tried numerous differenttherapies.
And I've been in and out of hospitals aswell.
And whilst at themoment, I am in a period of recovery where I'm not actively engaging in anorexicbehaviors, my core beliefs about myself stillremain.
So forexample, I am unlovable or I am undeserving or I should look a certainway.
So the hate ischange, but the underlying negative thinking stillremains.
I was wondering if you could recommend a course or give me any advice on this particular issue as I feel like I'm only ever halfrecovered.
I truly appreciate your help andwisdom.
Thankyou.Well, thank you for yourquestion,Trudy.
And we're just tostart, we're sending you love and compassion forthis.
Absolutely. This is a very difficultjourney.
And as a personwho, youknow, both of my parents were alcoholics and I struggle with foodmyself, not quite in the sameway, but enough so that I have found myself in 12 steprooms.
I do really think that considering a 12 step program might be a really great place to start if you're not already doing that as part of yourcare.
That's because I do think that the programs are so important in dealing with the spiritual side of thedisease.
Sayingthat, I do need to say really clearly up front that I'mnot, youknow, and none of us are providing advice about how to treat anorexia or any other specificquestions.
So Ijust, youknow, there's plenty of people out there that can help withthat, but that's just my two cents from my personalexperience.
And I'm curious what you twothink.
Yeah. What I'm hearing Trudy say is that she's been dealing with anorexia for30, like 30 plusyears.
And at the presentmoment, she's not practicing any of the harmfulbehavior.
And so it sounds like what she was saying that she has sought out the treatment and she has been very proactive withanorexia.
So I want to just take a very intentional moment to congratulateyourself, like congratulate you and congratulate yourself on thatTrudy.
Because we're in this space of wanting things tohappen.
When we want things tohappen, it can be oftentimes very difficult to just pause and congratulate ourselves for the steps that we have taken sofar.
So for right now in thismoment, I would say to just give yourself that pattern you'reback.
Keep itgoing. Definitely keep itgoing.
And as far as the negative thoughts that you'reexperiencing, so I actually call those what we call the top 10tunes.
These are the tunes or the thoughts that we tend to repeat toourselves.
And oftentimes they are negative andself-deprecating.
Like Trudy wassaying, youknow, I'm not goodenough.
I look thisway. I'm notsmart.
Whatever those top 10 tunes are foryourself.
And so allowing yourself to recognize what these top 10 tunes are for you and really bringing them into your awareness and being withthem.
And you'll besurprised,Trudy, how often times just by highlighting them and learning how to sit withthem.
This is what mindfulness teachesus.
A lot of times the magnitude and the power of those negative thoughts decreases just by learning how to be with them versus trying to force themaway.
Youknow, I don't want them to be hereanymore.
So recognizing when you're putting that pressure on yourself to get rid ofthese, youknow, like Isaid, top 10 tunes versus just allowing yourself to be with them and being very mindful and recognizing when they presentthemselves.
I think the first thing that came to mind is you are notalone,right?
Youknow,Trudy, because I think oftentimes these thoughts and feelings can feel soisolating,right?
Like it feels like this is very localized to you and especially in the age of socialmedia,right?
Youknow, like there's this subconscious belief that other people don't have these struggles and know that they don't havethese.
Look how perfect their lifeis.
Look onInstagram.Exactly.
But you're definitely not alone becausethe, especially in reference to the thoughts and feelings about yourself as the older I get and the more Iexperience, the more I see that the journey to self love isongoing.
The journey to self compassion isongoing.
We all have these things from day to day that we have to contend with and we have to do our best to uplift ourselves and to believe inourselves.
But I think it's very human to have to contend withthis.
So you're definitely notalone.
Yeah. I think as long as you continue to beintentional, which youknow, you said you've been dealing with this since you were16.
Yeah. So you have been pretty intentional with it for the past couple of decades and I definitely think continuing that I think you can only go up fromhere.
Yeah. You're not alone and I think things will getbetter.
Well, and I want to ask a clarifyingquestion, youknow, cast to your point about sitting and being withthese, your top 10hits,right, the things we all say that are mean toourselves.
I feel like that can live in conjunction with therapy with a 12 stepprogram.
Absolutely. So it'slike, it's just like whatever my default setting is likeI'll, I'mnever, I'm never going to be goodenough,right?
That might be hardwiredsomewhere.
But I don't always have to listen toit.
I can quiet thevoice. I can bring it down and I can get help with processing that voice so that maybe it doesn't show up asmuch,right?
Iknow.Absolutely. It's not a or it is definitely definitely at and even when I was doingpsychotherapy, obviously my therapeutic approach wasmindful, was based onmindfulness.
Yeah. And so it wasn't you do this mindfulness practice or you do it was always and so thisis, youknow, it'ssome.
And the beautiful thing in my humble opinion is thatmindfulness,meditation,therapy,counseling,they, it's abeautiful, beautifulmarriage.
It's a beautiful blending and very powerful marriage andblending.
Soyeah,yeah, in regards to the intrusivethoughts, when I say coming frommindful, thisperspective, oftentimes we just want to stop thosethoughts.
We just want to stop those intrusivethoughts.
But you try to stop your thoughts fromcoming.
You're going to go down a rabbithole.
You're going to go down a rabbit hole and it can create what I often talk about like that spiral of anxiety or spiral of stress orfrustration, whatever it is that you'reexperiencing.
Soyeah, learning how to be with it and seeking out acounselor, seeking out the proper therapeutic professional that I'll be able to helpyou.
Yeah. I can say to like what yousaid,Corey, that like being in a room like of other folks who struggle with food or with an eating disorder does make you feel less alone because it is the type of thing that not everyone struggles with and you can feel verylike, why am I the only onewho, everyone else is just going along and able to do thingsnormally?
Why? Whyme? So I think I do think that that can bevery, veryhelpful.
All thethings.Yeah, and I think something that I even have in my own practice is this thoughtof, or I guess like this reminder that my thoughts are not a reflection of me as aperson.
They are a reflection of what I've been through or at least some of the things that I've beenthrough.
So we are not ourthoughts.
Yeah.Yeah. Especially these harsh thoughts aboutourselves.
It's just something to keep inmind.
Yeah.Come, let themgo.
Yeah. Thoughts are notfacts.
That's what wesay. Thoughts are notfacts.
I just want to reiteratealso, because I heard Trudy say she's only half healed or she's only half of aperson.
So this one to really reiterate what a bad ass or what a rock star sheis.
Yeah.For, rightnow, despite these thoughts and thesefeelings, you're not practicing harmfulbehavior.
Yeah. There's no smallthing.
Yeah.So,Trudy, you are always a whole humanbeing.
Soreally, really embracing that and really having compassion and love foryourself.
Yeah. Imean, I think we say thisoften, but I don't think you could ever be underestimated how much we meanit.
We really are with you and we are sending you love andcompassion, youknow, as you walk throughthis, because it's just not an easything.
And I do want to say to anyone who might be listening who's who's thinkingthis, I kind of said it at thetop.
But, youknow, atHeadspace, where we provide mindfulness and well-beingcontent, but we don't provide clinicaltreatment.
So ourcontent, we just want to be reallyclear.
It's not a substitute for professional medical advice or diagnosis ortreatment.
And it's not intended to replace care provided by a mental or a physical healthprofessional.
So just keep that inmind.
And, youknow, like we alwayssay, youknow, get the help that youneed.
Youknow, we're just here to remind you ofthat.
So thank you again for yourquestion,Trudy, and we are withyou.
Yeah, thankyou,Trudy.
Okay, we will be rightback.
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Allright. Here's our question fromRuth.
Hi,headspace. I'm Ruth and I'mIrish, but I live inBrisbane,Australia.
My question is about how to actively listen and mindfully respond to someone when you completely disagree with theirpoint.
My friend often looks at world issues with a black and whitelens, but I have to look at thenuance.
And this has meant we've been coming to blows a lot recently about things happening in theworld.
What I want to know is how do I engage in these conversations without reacting aggressively because I disagree so passionately with what the other person issaying.
And I was wondering if you have any advice about the arguments I have with her in my headafterwards.
Thankyou. The arguments in the headafterwards.
I should havesaid. Oh myGod.
For the people in the US who are heading into an electioncycle, this question is real and it isreal.
Oh mygoodness, it's sorelevant.
This isme,right?Yeah.
In the middle of thenight, thelike,oh, I wish I had said this and people should have said that like three in the morning going over like next time I seethem, I'm going to saythis.
Yeah. SoRuth, you mentioned mindfullistening,right?
And I think that's like half of theequation.
It's really a mindfulcommunication.
That's the wholepicture.
Because oftentimes we mindfully listen or we have in our minds what we disagreewith, but we don't allow ourselves to vocalizeit.
And when we do vocalizeit, we don't do it ina, how can I say aconstructive, a constructive way and then it kind of snowballs into anargument.
So by no means does mindful listening or mindful communicating mean you have to agree with what the person issaying.
I think that's the firstthing.
You don't have toagree.
You're going to disagree forsure.
But when you're in a space of being mindful of beingpresent, you're able to voice your disagreements in a way that's respectful and constructive fordialogue.
And I think in thatway, a lot of these arguments thathappen, they may not escalate into anargument.
You can have a constructive and disagreeing conversation with someone without it spiraling into anargument.
And it might be hellahard.
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Growing up and even into like earlyadulthood, I couldn't fathom when people would ask who's like the greatest living entertainer forme, it was alwaysBeyonce.
And so I couldn't get out of get out of my ownbubble,right?
I waslike, what do you mean you think it so andso?
No, it'sclearly, it is clearlyBeyonce.
Butno, so that leaves me until like point numbertwo, I was just recently speaking with a friend who we are on opposite ends of a lot of sociopoliticalconversations.
But I think at the heart ofit, I think the world is toovast.
There's too much of a melting pot of cultures and belief systems andeverything, like we're never going to agree on every singlething.
And I think that's just the reality of beinghuman,right?
And so I think if more of us were able to digest that and acceptit.
Obviously we canalways, youknow, lead with love and compassion in the way that we treat each other and the way that we converse and have more room for civildiscourse.
But the realityis, youknow, you and your friend may never believe the samethings, youknow, no matter howhard, youknow, no matter how great your argumentsare, no matter how valid your articlesare, youknow, and viceversa.
And I think that's just thereality.
And sometimes I think the goal should be us learning how to live in harmony with our differences versus trying to get other people to see things the way that we do because with their specific walk of life and their experiences and theirbeliefs, they neverwill.
And I have to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
You can agree to disagree that you can have that topic be off limits or you can like my sister and I have found ourselves on opposite sides of politicalspectrum.
And it's something we've been trying to workthrough.
And so we both try to be open minded when we talk and we try tobe,oh, I see your sidehere.
And we try to like send articles that show the other person that we're listening and things like that versus trying to set articles to always just make our point because then we're set up a face up and it has beenhelpful.
It's still hardthough.
Yeah, I'm goingto, I'm going to keep it100.
There's going to betimes.
If you think thisway, I just can't have you in my life rightnow.
Yeah. If you are thinking thisway, I have to let yougo.
And that'sokay. For my mentalwell-being, I know that having you in mylife, having you in my space is not conducive for mywellness.
Because you think this particularway, I think there's often apressure, youknow, with mindfulness or with mindful communicating that you have to find this mindfulspace.
Yeah, that's coming groundor, youknow, ofcourse, if yourrelationship, like you mentioned with yoursister,Rob, I'm not trying to tell you to drop yoursister.
Yeah, keep inmind. I think you're talking aboutextreme,right?
More extremeviews. I'm not being friends with someone in theKKK.
Right. You're not going to sit in peacefullyhere, yourthoughts.
Right. A question is definitely one of those topics forme.
Exactly. So there'slike, there's that middle and then there'sextremes.
Exactly. But they're handleddifferently.
Right.Exactly. But I think I find that oftentimes people even on those extremetopics, they feel the need to or they feelpressured.
Youknow, I've known this person for so manyyears, they think outlandishly aboutthis, but I have to hold on to thatrelationship.
No, youknow, if it and it's causing morestress,right, it's causing you morestress, recognizing when it's appropriate to let that persongo.
Yeah. And now that that's perfectlyokay.
Also.Yeah. I think we're like drilling down on Ruth only you knowyou.
And it might be beneficial to be asking yourself some questions about your relationship like like to Kassanga Antiquari'spoint.
Some people aren't going to change and I don't know that there's any win inthat.
So I think there's maybe time for some questions foryourself, Ruth about what to do with thisrelationship.
Something that Ruth saidalso, and we can be touching on a brief about what's going to reiterate when shesaid, you disagree with them in yourhead.
Youknow, so just want to reiterate being aware of when you're keeping things bottled up and when you're not expressing yourself fully andauthentically.
That's anice, that's a nicedistinction.
Well, thankyou,Ruth. We are sending you vibes and really we're sending vibes to everybody out as we head into the letter parts of2024.
It's going to test usall.
I have afeeling.Well, that was just that was such a powerful question for us to endon.
Imean, it's it's not just about global or politicaldivisions.
It's about how we can all find humanity in eachother.
Absolutely, because we all have to live on this planet together and interact with eachother.
Yeah, share thespace. Something somecourses.
I always like to recommend some some courses or some meditations in the app that arerelevant.
Andtoday, I was kind of thinking about the lettinggo.
The letting go course and there's also expert guidance on the app that talks about lettinggo.
Lovingkindness, the loving kindness meditation and also compassion and communicationcourse.
You can find those on the app that can be veryhelpful.
Yeah,amazing, amazingsuggestion.
And I also want to share some very exciting news that headspace now has mental health coaching and it's in the app and you can connect with a trainedexpert.
Someone like our very good friend coach Corey here and you get live one-on-one care andsupport.
Absolutely. It's fantastic for everydayanxiety, stress and even big lifechallenges.
Yeah, and that'strue. And what I think is really wonderful about it is it's help on yourtime.
So you can do it fromanywhere, whatever you're going through your coach Corey may maybe coachCorey, maybe notcoach.
But someone like coach Corey is going to be there for you every step of theway.
Yeah, it's prettyfabulous.
Allright.Well, I do want to say thank you to today's callersEmma, Trudy and Ruth for sharing your questions with us and sparking such a lovely and helpfulconversation.
And if you happen to be at home or wherever you are listening andhey, maybe you've been meaning to send us aquestion, but you just kind of haven't gotten around to ityet.
Well, here's what I have tosay, no time like thepresent.
All you have to do is go to say hi dot chat slash to yourheadspace, follow the very simpleprompts.
That link to record is going to be in the show notes and guess whatfriends.
If we use your question under yourheadspace, you will get three months of headspace forfree.
I always love to hear that that opportunity for people absolutely please keep the questionscoming.
And I just want to encourage everyone to just take a moment to process everything that's been said today and to just reflect before you go off to your nextactivity.
So fortoday, here's the soundscape filled with rustling leaves in a forest in thefall.
And as youlisten, just allowing your mind to do whatever it wants todo.
Until nexttime, stay happy and stay healthy and be kind to eachother.
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