{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 209 Mama Bear","description":" On this week\u2019s episode, I admit that my Mama Bear instincts have been ignited. That maternal instinct of wanting to protect my cubs from any threat of danger. Whether the threat of danger concerns my own adult children, concerns women if the Supreme Court Justices overturn Roe v. Wade, or the threat impacts all marginalized people. It\u2019s striking that this assault on women, their bodies and their choices regarding reproductive health, occurs the same week as Mother\u2019s Day. May we truly honor mothers. My Mama Bear feels outraged, yet learning patience, trust and a focus on love. I share excerpts of Annie Lamott\u2019s Ted Talk, highlighting that need to refrain from rescuing others, to look within for serenity and peace of mind. Lamott describes radical self care as quantum. For years, I\u2019ve been teaching the Mama Bear in me to refrain from fixing, saving and rescuing. My Mama Bear is learning to pause even in the threat of danger. I am working on trusting that we as a country will find our own way. May we all practice radical self care. May our radical self care be a gift to the world. Happy Mother\u2019s Day! Enjoy the podcast. RBG quote: \u201cThe decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman\u2019s life, to her well-being and dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself. When government controls that decision for her, she is being treated less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.\u201d Links: Anne Lamott's Ted Talk ","author_name":"Enlighten: Uplift & Inspire","author_url":"http:\/\/www.enlighten.nyc","html":"