Why is it so hard to just be? In this episode, we have set out to untangle the tension between doing and being, but instead fell into an endless rabbit hole trying to understand what being even means. Come to explore with us why stillness feels threatening, what forces pull us into constant motion, and whether being exists without awareness. Through winding reflections on cats, human bodies as machines, and collective consciousness, we discover that being isn't the opposite of doing — it's about fully occupying the experience.

📍Chapters

00:00 — Welcome to Life in Flow

01:52 — “Staying in Bed for Two Weeks!?”

05:28 — “Laziness Feels Like Anxiety and Guilt”

08:40 — Are We Afraid of Being?

09:05 — “My Biggest Fear Is Not Being Valuable”

10:46 — Doing as a Condition for Love

12:45 — “What Place Do I Occupy If I’m Just Being?”

14:46 — Helping, Saving, and Moral Worth 

18:08 — Occupying the State of Being 

20:45 — Essence vs State: Ser and Estar 

24:45 — Visible vs Invisible Planes 

27:40 — Does Being Require Awareness? 

35:30 — Being and what shapes identity (outside in or vice versa?)

47:57 — What else can be occupying my state?

1:14:00 — What Would Help Us Live More in Being?

1:14:53 — How We Can Shift Time

1:23:27 — Collective Being and Shared Fields

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* Life in Flow Podcast

* Yulia Bogdanova

* Polina Khodova

* Irina Mishina

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Music “Echolocation” by airtone, source: CcMixter

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