Then Again, What Do We Know?

By Brianne Grebil & Mer Monson

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The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

Then Again, What Do We Know? episodes:

February 06, 2020 Episode 10: About problems
When we stop trying to solve a problem, is it still there?
Does life see anything as a problem?
The game of conjuring up problems
What if it’s inevitable that we’ll figure it out or life will care of it?
The magic of wondering vs trying to solve
We don’t NEED to wind ourselves up about anything, but it’s okay that we do
What if the secret to solving a problem is to first fall into the space where it isn’t one?
What if we could enjoy changing the world?
Metaphor of the two minds from “Slowing Down To The Speed of Life” by Richard Carlson and Joseph Bailey
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41min
January 30, 2020 Episode 9: About overwhelm (and God and stuff)
What if overwhelm describes the state of our mind not the state of our life?
How can a list of things to do have weight?
Humans create drama about what’s happening and how much there is to do
What if life doesn’t need to be handled, and just gives us what we need to do the thing in front of us?
What if how we think life is going is irrelevant?
When you see something truer than the voice in your head, it takes care of itself
What’s always there beneath and beyond the chaos?
Why we don’t want you to listen to our words
What if we’re all just waking up to something we already know?
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37min
January 23, 2020 Episode 8: About loneliness
A closer look at what loneliness is and isn’t
Why trying harder doesn’t help
What if we’re always already connected?
What if we can hate a feeling without thinking it’s a problem?
What if our own opinions about how we’re doing aren’t relevant to being ok?
Life is built on truths that don’t disappear; we just lose sight of them
Waking up to the ground we’re standing on
A whole new lens on the saying “It doesn’t matter”
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36min
January 16, 2020 Episode 7: About creativity
What lets us create more, and what gets in the way of letting it out?
What if creation is designed to be easy?
What if creation works best when we don’t plan it all out?
How the gap between our taste and our talent shrinks
Ira Glass video: https://vimeo.com/24715531
What if we don’t have to get it “right”?
Taking ourselves way too seriously
What if what comes out of you isn’t about you?
A new take on impacting the world
What about the self critic?
Looking at all of life as art (p.s. you too :)
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37min
January 09, 2020 Episode 6: About depression and anxiety
A new lens on mental health
The pile of rules we make up about anxiety and depression
Is darkness the color of the ground, or is it shadows passing through?
Seeing space in the ebb and flow of emotion
What about those moments we forget we’re anxious or depressed?
What if feelings aren’t personal?
The gift of being unafraid to feel
What if a dose of understanding is the best medicine?
Glimpsing we’re always okay, even in the dream of thought
Quote from Jo Jo Rabbit: https://onbeing.org/poetry/go-to-the-limits-of-your-longing/
Rumi poem: https://allpoetry.com/poem/8534703-The-Guest-House-by-Mewlana-Jalaluddin-Rumi
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38min
January 02, 2020 Episode 5: About transitions
Episode notes:
What if we are always in transition and we just notice it sometimes?
“Change is the only constant in life” - Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher
The humanness of getting attached to impermanent things
The gift of seeing that nothing in this world is consistent, steady or reliable
How humans make meaning of things and circumstances in the first place
What if hanging out in the unknown is a sweet spot?
What if we don’t have to take our made up worlds so seriously?
The beauty of fully experiencing life, knowing it’s all okay
What if we’re a leaf on the tree of life?
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35min
December 26, 2019 Episode 4: About death
Episode notes:
The gift of looking our fear of death in the face
Can exploring death bring us back to life?
What doesn’t die?
What helps us see it’s safe to grieve?
The paradox of finding something more through loss
Finding beauty in the mystery of life
The difference between believing something and touching truth
Freedom beyond planting flags and marking the territory of our own beliefs
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30min
December 20, 2019 Episode 3: About illness (and our name)
Episode notes:
Why we picked our podcast name
Being a recovering know it all
Waking up to what’s behind everything
Albert Einstein book - The World As I See It
The stories we make up about illness
What if safety doesn’t lie in what’s happening to our body?
What isn’t our job?
What if illness is part of the whole?
Illness from inside and outside the intellect
Seeing beyond the need to make sense of it
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43min
December 19, 2019 Episode 2: About emotions and feelings
Can feelings ever permanently hurt us?
Giving emotions the benefit of the doubt
What if emotions aren’t what we think they are?
Feeling with curiosity rather than obsession
Life comes with a moment by moment feeling
Life beyond the full-time job of feelings
Do we have to work at feeling good?
Seeing beyond the recipes and formulas
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35min
December 19, 2019 Episode 1: About self help (and the show)
What we’re up to & what we hope you’ll be up to as you listen
The gift of looking fresh - at anything
Self help and the game of trying to outwit ourselves
What if wholeness is our default?
Who is the self we think needs fixing?
Playing with change without having so much on it
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33min

FAQs about Then Again, What Do We Know?:

How many episodes does Then Again, What Do We Know? have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.