Sister Joan Chittister is a Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania. She is the author of over 50 books and is the winner of 14 Catholic Press Association Awards. Sister Joan is an international speaker who inspires both her audience and readers with her passion for justice, equality, and peace – especially for women, in both society and the church. In this episode, Eric and Sister Joan discuss her book, Radical Spirit: 12 Ways to Live a Free and Authentic Life.

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In This Interview, Sister Joan Chittister and I Discuss…

• Her book, Radical Spirit: 12 Ways to Live a Free and Authentic Life
  How words matter
• That experiences matter
• Humility as the cornerstone of spirituality
• The sanctification of the humble spirit
• Self-superiority in American culture
• Be who you are, know who you are, respect others around you and take your place in the human race
• Humility is having an accurate picture of who you are
• Her take on AA
• How holiness is the same everywhere
• That narcissism is a disease in our culture
• Being willing to face yourself
• How self-deprecation and self-aggrandizement are really the same things
• Not thinking about yourself all the time
• The burden of self
• That we’re looking for freedom
• Obedience as she defines it – it doesn’t mean we submit our souls to an authority figure. It’s grounded in the Latin word which means “to listen”
• How each of us grows into the ability to listen
• Endurance and Stability
• That you can’t rush your own development
• We become to be of service to others
• How nothing of value spiritually comes overnight
• The role of community in one’s great breakdowns in life

Sister Joan Chittister Links:

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Donna Cameron has spent her career working with non-profit organizations and causes as an executive, consultant, a trainer and a volunteer.   She has published many articles and in 2011, she co-authored a book with Kristen Leathers called One Hill, Many Voices: Stories of Hope and Healing.  In this interview, Donna and Eric discuss her book, A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You, which was recently named as a finalists for the 2019 Montaigne Medal and also the Foreward Indie award.  Her book has also earned a Gold Medal in the Independent Publisher awards and was named one of the “Best Books of 2018” by Kirkus Reviews. You’ll hear insights into what it means, feels like and looks like to live kindly and your perspective on kindness will be broadened and enriched – possibly even changed – as a result. 

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In This Interview, Donna Cameron and I Discuss…

• Her book, A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You
• That incivility is contagious
• That kindness is contagious
• Listening for the missed note instead of the music
• Playing “Gotcha” in the way you look at life
• The negativity bias
• The power of kindness
• The difference between nice and kind
• Her year of living kindly and blogging about it
• Quantifying the benefits of kindness
• Being indifferent and still being nice
• How you can’t be indifferent and still be kind
• That it takes courage to be kind, it doesn’t take courage to be nice
• Extending yourself beyond what is comfortable
• Caring, making an effort without worrying about getting anything in return
• The chasm between kindness and unkindness
• Not being unkind doesn’t mean that you are being kind
• Keeping score and being kind
• That when we say yes to one thing means we’re saying no to something else
• The health business of kindness
• How kindness alleviates social anxiety
• Employing curiosity instead of judging people – “I wonder what’s going on in their lives?”
• Various kindness practices
• Practicing a pause
• Asking yourself “What is the kind response here?”
• Receiving graciously as an act of kindness

Donna Cameron Links:

ayearoflivingkindly.com

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Dr. Tererai Trent is an inspiring and dynamic scholar, educator, humanitarian, motivational speaker, author and the founder of Tererai International. Dr. Trent is one of the most internationally acclaimed voices for women’s empowerment and quality education. Named by Oprah Winfrey as her all-time favorite guest, Dr. Trent’s latest book is called The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams. She tells her incredible story in this episode and you will be so deeply moved, so deeply touched, and so deeply inspired by it. We’ver never heard anything like it and are honored that she would tell us about her astounding life.

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In This Interview, Dr. Tererai Trent and I Discuss…

• Her book, The Awakened Woman: Remembering and Reigniting Our Sacred Dreams
• The two hungers in our life – the little hunger and the great hunger
• The hunger for a meaningful life
  
• Asking yourself, “what breaks my heart?”
  
• The rural community she grew up in
  
• The wisdom of her grandmother
  
• That her grandmother was defined by her wisdom
  
• Her answer to the question she was asked – what are your dreams?
  
• The moment she was told that her dreams were achievable
  
• When her mother said to write down her dreams and bury (i.e. plant) them in the ground.
• How she broke the cycle of poverty
• The baton of poverty, illiteracy, early marriage, and abuse that she redefined
• The baton of wisdom, that she received
• The four dreams she wrote down
  
• When her mother said, “your goals in life will be more achievable when connected to the greater good of your community”
  
• The difference between culture and customs
  
• The 8 years it took for her to graduate high school
  
• Getting into Oklahoma State University but not having enough money to fly to America
  
• Feeding the deep hunger that says – you can achieve your dreams
  
• When she reconnected with the woman who first believed in her
  
• When she finally earned her PhD
  
• She worked 3 jobs and took 18 hours of coursework and took care of 5 kids getting her food from trashcans
  
• How she is not a victim, she is part of the solution
  
• Where her kids are now
  
• “It is achievable”
  
• How many girls her work has now impacted
  

Dr. Tererai Trent Links

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Catherine Gray is a listener favorite guest on the show. She’s been on once before to talk about her book, The Unexpected Joy of being Sober and we received so many messages about how people loved the conversation Eric had with her. In this episode, she’s here to discuss her new book, The Unexpected Joy of being Single: Locating Happily Single Serenity. Are you single? Then obviously this episode is for you. Are you in a relationship? Then – unexpectedly – this episode is also for you! Too often, people stay in bad relationships because they’re afraid of being single, afraid of being alone. You don’t want to feel trapped where you are – you want to be empowered knowing that where you are is where you CHOOSE to be – not where you HAVE to be. So, re-framing what it means and what it’s like to be single opens up everyone’s world by bringing you to the point of choice about your relationship status, rather than the point of “panic settling” or “victim mentality” about your relationship status. Trust us, you’re going to like this one.

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In This Interview, Catherine Gray and I Discuss…

• Her book,The Unexpected Joy of being Single: Locating Happily Single Serenity
• That being single is not terrible!
• How being single is a whole lot better than “panic settling”
  
• That being single can be nourishing and refreshing – it has everything to do with reframing the way you see it
  
• Enjoying where you are at the time
  
• That there are pros and cons to being in a relationship and there are also pros and cons to being single
  
• The “if-then” happiness loop that’s a moving target
  
• How you get used to what you have and then you shoot for the next thing
  
• Choosing your perspective on your life and counting up your gratitudes
  
• That being single is WAY BETTER than being in a bad relationship
  
• How people stay in bad relationships because they’re afraid of being single, afraid of being alone
  
• What being a “love addict” means
  
• How you need bonding with 5 people in your life – not just 1 – to be happy
  
• How essential it is to like yourself in order to be happy in a healthy relationship
  
• The three different attachment styles that are created in early childhood (but can be changed in adulthood): anxious attached, secure attached, avoidant attached
  
• How feminism – in other words, equality – has made it socially acceptable for women to be single now
  
• A thought doesn’t have to lead to an action
  
• Don’t let yourself get too “HALT” (Hungry Angry Lonely Tired)

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