A bonus podcast on joy today with my lovely friend, Anjali Dilawri. She’s made a big shift in vocation from the creativity of accounting into an entirely different creative venture, what she calls a "passion project" called “You, Me, and the Dress.” Now, she’s showing up in a different way than she has in the past, and is loving the change. As poet Mary Oliver says: "Joy is not made to be a crumb."
In this meander, we talk about how stillness and curiosity, and withholding self-judgement, are key to seeing oneself with clarity. How we live lives of “busy-ness” so we can avoid hearing ourselves, our true selves, speak from our hearts… how boredom is a gift, and is often avoided in our highly technical, connected, world.
"The hardest work is to look at your life and love it exactly as it is right now," says Anjali in this meander... what a great invitation to look inside ourselves and find joy, right here, right now.
I hope you enjoy this glorious exploration!
Episode Links:
Anjali on FaceBook, “You, Me, and the Dress”, LinkedIn, and on Instagram
Poems we referenced: "Don't Hesitate" by Mary Oliver, and "The Uses of Sorrow"; "The Guesthouse" by Rumi; "Love After Love" by Derek Walcott; and song by Ray LaMontagne "Be Here Now"
Dan Harris and his book "Ten Percent Happier"
Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma
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