Fall in Love With the Gifts of Struggle
Episode description
“This is the great paradox - as you cultivate intimate relationship with your struggle, as you bring it forward into the light, into your awareness, it becomes a neutralizing experience. And you will find stillness on the other side of that.” - Lola Wright
It's such an important time of the calendar year to get honest about what is nudging you, weighing you down, and holding you back. It really is true that what we resist persists. When you fight against that which burdens you, what you’re really doing is amplifying your discomfort. And so it's a great time of year to fall in love with the gifts of our struggle.
2020 has been a wildly disruptive, reorienting, and recalibrating year. But beauty and opportunity can still be found even when confronted with deep loneliness and loss. Move toward discomfort, don’t run away! When we claim the gifts of our struggles, our breakdowns, our challenges, we completely transform the quality of them.
Our theme for the month of December is the gifts of struggle, challenge, and breakdowns. Listen to the episode and consider - what would it look like to develop an intimate relationship with your struggle?
- (00:39) - The gifts of struggle
- (03:55) - Blissipline
- (06:21) - Restorative retreat
- (08:26) - Affirm everything
- (11:28) - Invitation for awakening
- (13:47) - Cultivating peace
- (18:11) - Winter interest
Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat.
You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com.
Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience.
Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building.
Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal.
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