Episode 345: Suffering is Optional

from Purple Psychology · host Dr Naoisé O'Reilly

Why I feel suffering is optional - not compulsory. Often therapy speak misses this cue for me!Books I quote:Dr Martin Luther King Jr.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13532185-a-gift-of-lovehttps://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/transformed-nonconformistIt's Daniel chapter 3 verse 6https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%203%2CDaniel%206&version=NIVA Redbird Christmas https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199532.A_Redbird_Christmas?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_11Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199531.Daisy_Fay_and_the_Miracle_Man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=7elOm2FqdF&rank=11

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