Season 5. Episode 7. Ten Words to Explore and Live By with Lauryn Axelrod, Monk and InterSpiritual Teacher

Go ahead and text me! When Lauren first starts talking about her Ten Words, they sound simple enough: Attention, Acceptance, Benevolence, Creativity, e.g. -- but as you ponder them, they start to lead you down a path of self-enlightenment, They work together, and they reflect on each other.From the book's jacket:"What if just ten words could change your life - and the world - for the better?It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the world today. We are surrounded by war, oppression, depression, and fear. We need help. How can we heal ourselves and the world around us? What do we need to become better people in a better world today?In Ten Words, Interfaith/Interspiritual leader Lauryn Axelrod offers a practical path forward. Based on a contemporary, but timeless set of ten simple words distilled from the common principles of the world’s great faith and wisdom traditions supported by modern science and psychology, Ten Words provides an integrated, interspiritual guide we can use every day to become happier, healthier, more fulfilled people in a kinder world that supports all."Distilling Decades of Learning and Living....Lauryn has done the work for us, over a lot of years-- she has studied and lived in several different spiritual traditions. She arrived at the Ten Words almost magically -- they came to her easily. She describes them as a gift. It's a gift for us -- a distillation of the world's greatest traditions boiled down into an interfaith/interspiritual guidebook if you will. Ten Words-- that can change your life, and maybe the world.You can find Lauryn on Instagram and Facebook, and her website:laurynaxelrod.comHer book--Ten Words: An Interspiritual Guide to Becoming Better People in a Better World, can be purchased at small bookstores or at Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Words-Interspiritual-Becoming-Better/dp/B0DD5S5P9V/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N41ETOC7JGKP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UBnfVKuK1MRvRSc-RNmV9MpRMiwuG52kufi0ssBtr7A.7b5v5RZr6SJ-QnMvvl7Z-DdHKvo1Iy60pdlbzFVqfVk&dib_tag=se&keywords=ten+words+lauryn+axelrod&qid=1730071535&sprefix=ten+words+by+Lauryn%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1Thank you Lauryn for a fascinating conversation and for sharing your story with me! Check out our video version of this conversation on Youtube:https://youtu.be/YS3HP9uD47oTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING!Check out my Facebook group -- The Storied Human.The Storied Human is on YouTube now-- check it out:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHYKJ0fBDIF7hzWCu7b396GMJU-2qb7hHave a story? DM me on instagram:  lthompson_574Drop me an email: [email protected] all my links on  Linktree:https://linktr.ee/StoriedHuman/Also see all episodes on my new website: https://www.podpage.com/the-storied-human-what-is-your-story/episodes/Keep in touch!Original music  "Saturday Sway" by Brendan Talian (for  all interviews before 2025)