As a follow up to last week’s conversation on self-love, today we’re talking about what self-love looks like in action. Ultimately it’s about living from what is true for you, and finding a way out of all the conditioning that tells you interesting things like that what’s true for you is dangerous, what’s true for you in not to be trusted, what’s true for you simply ISN’T TRUE! We ponder if every action in our lives, large and small, gets born from either truth aka clarity, or fear and what that means for how we navigate the moment by moment present tense as it arises.

In this week's Episode of Bliss and Grit we're talking about Self-Love. Is it really a part of the spiritual path? What does it actually mean to love yourself, is it the same as self esteem? And how can one experience more self love in their life? From our personal experiences to wisdom from some of our favorite teachers (Reggie Ray and Judith Blackstone- what what?!) we're opening the door to the big and beautiful topic of Self Love.

In today’s episode we’re getting into a long standing debate between psychology and spirituality. Many would say that they are diametrically opposed, but to Vanessa, them’s fightin words... so we get into why they can be viewed as opposing. The conversation then gets into the larger umbrella question of what spirituality even IS. I find “spirituality” to be a pretty corrupted word so I think getting at what we’re actually talking about when we use it to be pretty illuminating. What is truly alive in us? What are our containers? How do we snake charm ourselves and others... so much to SAY!

In this episode of Bliss and Grit Brooke and Vanessa are pondering the question “why meditate?” Their conversation takes them from the effect intention has on a meditation practice to a fiery exploration of the ramifications of detaching mindfulness from the original traditions, to their own personal experiences and struggles with meditating. You’ll get new terms such as ‘slow blink people’ and plenty of opinions as the hosts dive into the bliss and grit of meditation.