{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP 235: \u201cHold Nothing\u201d - Radical Forgiveness, Daily Stillness, and Finding Stability with Elena Brower","description":"In this episode, Kimberly and Elena discuss and reflect on their life experiences through nearly two decades of knowing one another. They discuss radical forgiveness for our families of origin, the importance of stillness and meditation, children leaving the home, and menopause. They also discuss what led Elena to write her upcoming book \u201cHold Nothing,\u201d which offers stories and prompts as an artful contemplative guide towards personal, daily practice for self-discovery and self-wisdom. Kimberly reads powerful excerpts aloud, and you can preorder the book in the link below.   Bio Elena Brower is a mother, mentor, poet, artist, volunteer, bestselling author, and podcast host. She is a celebrated international yoga and meditation teacher on Glo, guiding transformative practices since 1999. Her books include the \u201cArt of Attention: A Yoga Practice Workbook for Movement as Meditation,\u201d bestselling journal \u201cPractice You and Being You\u201d her collection of poetry entitled \u201cSoftening Time,\u201d along with her courses, classes, and talks, explore stages of studentship, practice, life, and listening. Her latest book \u201cHold Nothing\u201d investigates what it means to let go of narratives and return to the spacious emptiness within. She also has a column on Substack and podcast Practice You. She offers weekly classes and is a candidate in Upaya\u2019s Chaplaincy Training. She volunteers in hospice and penitentiary settings, bringing yoga, meditation, and compassionate presence to her local and broader communities.   What She Shares: \u2013Forgiveness, repair and acceptance \u2013Practice of daily stillness and stability \u2013Powerful excerpts from new book \u2013Excerpts read from new book \u201cHold Nothing\u201d   What You\u2019ll Hear: \u2013What sticks with Kimberly from Elena\u2019s teachings \u2013Elena forgiving mother \u2013Mercy and forgiveness for family of origen \u2013Holding onto grudges instead of real repair \u2013Impacting our actual spheres \u2013Incentivizing holding grudges long-term in culture \u2013Having direct contact with the present \u2013In contact with body as medicine \u2013Everyone doing their best at all times \u2013Making our consciousness transparent to ourselves \u2013Why Elena wanted to write a new book \u2013Meditations and personal writings \u2013Universal permission slip to be tender with ourselves \u2013How stories, prompts, and artwork came about \u2013Impact of writing in present tense \u2013Getting reader in scene that unfolds as if happening presently \u2013Reading excerpt from book on uncertainty \u2013Daily sitting in stillness to allow thoughts to emerge \u2013Importance of humility in work \u2013Addressing accusations, controversies, and publicness \u2013Importance of relationships, close inner-circle, close proximity \u2013Bringing down women taking initiatives to serve \u2013Evolving definition of family \u2013Staying present and listening during hard conversations \u2013Children leaving home for college \u2013Mothering young adults \u2013Conflicting emotions with children leaving home \u2013Advice for mothers in new paradigm shifts \u2013Kimberly\u2019s fresh experience taking Cece to college \u2013Opening to stability \u2013Stabilizing principle at center of every circumstance \u2013Turning chaos to stability \u2013Working in a vacuum to focus on own work \u2013Addressing issues of AI as writers and teachers \u2013Focus, devotion, returning to what matters \u2013Menopausal transitions with weights, HRT, supplements, sleep, friends \u2013Regulating nervous system through menopause \u2013Elena\u2019s Matter of Menopause podcast for menopause education \u2013Kimberly\u2019s underworld experience of menopause \u2013Hormones are gods \u2013Preorder upcoming book \u201cHold Nothing\u201d   Resources Website: https:\/\/elenabrower.com\/ and https:\/\/elenabrower.com\/menopause\/ IG:  @elenabrower Jaguar Sex Edition Sign Up Here   ","author_name":"Sex Birth Trauma with Kimberly Ann Johnson","author_url":"http:\/\/www.kimberlyannjohnson.com\/","html":"