What You Resist Persists
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What you resist persists. It's one of those lines that's easy to nod at and genuinely hard to live. In this episode, Tam Callaghan gets into why avoiding painful emotions doesn't make them go away, and what it actually looks like to stop fighting what's there. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, her own experience with 4 a.m. fear spirals before training sessions, the work of Eckhart Tolle, and Rumi's Guesthouse poem, Tam walks through what shifted for her and how you can start applying the same ideas without having to overhaul your whole inner world overnight. She also shares the practical resources that have made the biggest difference, including Stephen Bodian's Welcoming Emotions meditation and a free month with the Waking Up app. Honest, personal, and genuinely useful. This track called Welcoming Emotions got me thinking. I thought you might like it, too. https://dynamic.wakingup.com/course/C0C545?source=content%20share&share_id=E9A776F8&code=SCF32EE09 I've been using Waking Up and really enjoying it. I wanted to offer you 30 days free! No credit card required. https://dynamic.wakingup.com/guestpass/SCF32EE09 Rumi Guest House https://grateful.org/resource/guest-house-rumi/ In this episode: Why trying to push painful feelings away makes them worse The downward spiral of self-critique and how to get off it ACT and what acceptance actually means in practice The 4 a.m. breakthrough that changed things for Tam Eckhart Tolle's 'accept, then act' and why it works Rumi's Guesthouse poem as a way of living Do Yourself a Favour is available on YouTube: https://linktr.ee/5050_podcast Join the conversation! Do Yourself a Favour is on Facebook LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tamaracallaghan Do Yourself a Favour is recorded at Tailwind Studio: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tailwind-studio Formerly known as the 50/50 Podcast. #WhatYouResistPersists #TamCallaghan #DoYourselfAFavour #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #ACT #EckhartTolle #Rumi #MindsetShift #EmotionalHealth #Meditation #AnxietyTips #SelfCompassion #PersonalGrowth #WakingUp #PodcastAustralia
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- 0:00 Introduction — What You Resist Persists
- 0:39 Pleasure vs. Pain — Why We Avoid Discomfort
- 1:34 Buffet Metaphor — The Hot Plate Analogy
- 3:11 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Overview
- 4:01 The Downward Spiral — Self-Critique and Emotion
- 4:33 Personal Example — Training Anxiety and Fear
- 8:25 Breakthrough — Sitting With Fear (4 a.m. Experience)
- 10:51 Meditation & Resources — Stephen Bodian and Waking Up
- 14:52 Deep Work — Lockie Samuel and Looking Back to the Source
- 18:29 Eckhart Tolle — ’Accept, Then Act’
- 21:07 Rumi — ’The Guesthouse’ Poem and Its Lesson
- 22:21 Closing — Takeaways and Thanks
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