DISCUSSION INCLUDES:

What IS contentment? Can I be content if I’m not actually happy right now? How does that marry up with wanting to work towards a better future?

• 3:45 3min Contentment Practice for instant relief

• Biological effects and self-creation of contentment (ie not "when XYZ happens")

• Craving the feeling of peace - isn’t that just escaping “reality”? Can it actually help me with my problems? (Hint: yes it can, I’ll tell you why...)

• Layers of intellectualism vs actual spiritual and emotional growth

• 16:10 Practice “What else could this mean for me?”

• Listening with the heart - when is time to FEEL and when is it time LET IT GO…

• The yogic philosophy of contentment (Santosha) - truth and peace in now.

• 25:39 Whiteboard session: Why do crappy things bubble up when I’m working on improving things??

  • How we got emotions stuck in the body as kids

  • How our layers of ‘identity’ might be keeping us stuck & what happens when we dismantle them (ie try on a new identity)

• Our mind is designed to keep us safe (ie in the familiar), not happy. Happiness is our heart & soul’s job.

• Heart is THE most important element of the body - emits an electromagnetic signal

• 47:50 “I love you” mantra practice (2mins)