107 - Liza Kindred - Eff This! Meditation for When You're Feeling Anxious, Stressed-Out, or Overwhelmed

I've tried meditation but...eff that!  Sound familiar? If meditation's super-precious, über-enlightened rep has put you off in the past, Sarah's guest Liza Kindred is here to reintroduce you to the practice - using language that this wounded healer is down with! Liza is a wearable tech consultant, a trauma-informed meditation instructor in training, and the author of Eff This! Meditation: 108 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for When You're Feeling Anxious, Stressed-Out, or Overwhelmed.  In addition, she's also the creator of the Eff This! Meditation community, home to free meditation resources as well as a soon-to-be-launched online course. Accomplished as Liza is, she's about as unlikely a guide as you'll find within the rarified ranks of meditation teachers. In other words, she's perfect AF. "Have you heard of the phrase teach from the scar, not from the wound?" Liza asks near the end of the conversation. The quote, she says, reminds healers, parents, and teachers of all practices to use their wounds for good. But, doing so authentically can only be accomplished after the teacher has embarked on their own healing journey.  For her book, Liza borrowed wisdom from a millennia's worth of teachings and distilled it into a guide for the modern age. Easy to flip through yet substantial enough to have an impact on even the most sceptical AF reader, Eff This! is mindfulness for anyone not buying into the Insta-imagery of what spirituality should look like. Instead, her book gives everyone permission to come into practice as they are.  "That's one of the things I love about meditation and that I teach," she says. "There are so many ways to do it. There's different techniques that we can do and different things we can try with full respect for the fundamentals of where the practice came from. There is a richness of experience out there. If we're trying something and it's maybe not resonating, try something else, you know?" Yaaaassss! For complete show notes and links to connect with Liza, visit http://www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast. Special invitation for you!  Sarah is hosting a complimentary online gathering April 1st, 2020 from 7-8pm CST to support those of us feeling anxious, isolated or overwhelmed by current events. Join us tonight at 7pm CST here: https://fordham.zoom.us/j/536731875 Conversations with a Wounded Healer is a proud member of @mhnrnetwork. Let's be friends! You can find me in the following places… Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram:  @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi