134. Untethering: A Practice for Imperfect Humans

Solo episode! Please share and review:)Untethering: The Freedom Beyond External Validation - a practice for imperfect humansI'm sharing a favorite Zen saying:Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. The work of life doesn't disappear when we grow — the dishes are still in the sink, the emails still need answering. What changes is our relationship to what we are doing.In this episode, we look at one of the heaviest tethers: the need to be understood. The over-explaining, the justifying, the quiet hope that if we just say it one more time, people will finally get it — and then approve, and then we can move forward.But what if their understanding was never the thing holding us back?We'll explore this through the yogic idea of the witness — the awareness beneath praise, criticism, agreement, and disagreement — and talk about what becomes possible when we stop performing for other people's perceptions and start living from our own ground.This one's an invitation: to notice whose agreement you're still seeking, what explanation you've been rehearsing, and what it might feel like to simply let it go.You do not need everyone to understand your path in order to walk it.Reference:https://www.rashmischramm.com