Everyday Peace

Every one of us has experienced hopeless moments.

Today’s episode helps to guide you through this inevitability; by recognizing you’ve lost hope, you can find it again.

This talk supports our Everyday Practice “Hope”, which you’ll find a few episodes below in our feed.

If you want to shift your perspective, start small. Today’s talk includes a 30-second morning practice that will increase your sense of hope and purpose every single day.

If you’re curious about your mind’s potential for change, practice cultivating hope every day for 30 days with our “Hope” practice, below.

To support our practice of cultivating hope, this episode focuses on the science of hopefulness.

Hopeless thinking puts our bodies in a state of chronic stress; if we don’t believe in ourselves, our resilience, our potential for change, every day becomes a struggle.

In these five minutes, you’ll learn how a shift in perspective can change every outcome, big or small.

With research from Brene Brown and Dr. Charles Snyder.

“Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.” - Rumi

Hope is essential — in darkness, in dreams, in change.

Hope is not closing your eyes to fall into the abyss; it’s falling into the abyss with your eyes wide open. It’s trust.

Come back to this short practice daily, for one month, to rewire or strengthen your sense of hope.

When obligations, tasks and deadlines seem to stack up, it’s easy to feel buried.

This practice shifts your perspective, reminding you that you can put it all down — whatever it is — right now, in this moment.

Come back to this episode if you find yourself caught in circular thinking, acutely stressed or with a big weight on your shoulders.

When we’re feeling raw, we’re likely to become irritable.

This practice allows you to sit with your irritability, and go out into the world without feeling the need to apologize for it. We’ll explore what’s got you feeling so raw or tender to begin with, and why irritability is a natural consequence.

Come back to this when you’re being hard on yourself, or when everything seems to set you off. For writings to support today’s episode, head to everydaypeace.ca

For when things feel stagnant; this practice reminds you that you can wait until change feels right; nothing is permanent.

Come back to this practice when you’re feeling sticky, small or unsure about your next move.

For writings to support your practice, head to everydaypeace.ca

You can handle frustration. Sometimes, it feels so big that it might bubble up, but that’s the nature of being human.

Maybe things aren’t going your way or you can’t figure out the next step. Maybe someone is getting under your skin.

For a few minutes, let yourself feel frustrated or angry. See how it feels in the body to just sit with it, knowing it’s perfectly normal and impermanent.

Come back to this practice when you’re feeling pent up, stuck or angry.

If you’re feeling stressed or caught up in something right now, take a moment to pull back.

In the present, you are just a person sitting, walking, listening, breathing. You are surrounded by air and noises and other living beings.

Give yourself the gift of returning to now. For a moment, drop worries and to-do lists. Just be.

Come back to this practice if you find yourself feeling overwhelmed or disconnected. Know that there are millions of people practicing exactly what you’re practicing in this moment, reminding themselves to live in the now.

Life comes in waves. Sometimes, we feel as if we’re about to be pulled under.

This week’s practice reminds you that waves are temporary and borrows from Buddhist philosophy: if you remember that you are the ocean, you will not fear the waves.

Come back to this episode if you find yourself fixating on a stressor. With regular practice, you’ll feel life’s ups and downs for what they are, knowing they cannot drown you.