When someone tells you to be disciplined about something, do you chafe and get anxious?
Being steadfast is hard for people who live in the liminal and yet, discipline can be a source of comfort and ease. How do we embody routine, focus, and perseverance without rigidity? When do we hold to our commitments and when do we let them go?
These are some of the questions that Emily and I consider in this week’s edition of Threshold.
Some of the other insights from our talk:
[00:02:30] “Where Do You Feel Discipline in Your Body?”
[00:05:00] “Discipline as Resistance—or Ease”
[00:09:30] “Embodied Discipline vs. Sticker Discipline”
[00:14:30] “Exercise, Mental Health, and Compassion”
[00:18:00] “Discipline Without an End Goal”
[00:23:30] “The Inner Heart of Discipline”
What is discipline to you? Leave a comment or email me at juliarymut@substack.com
Next week: Creating Space
We create space when we listen deeply to a friend's story, arrange or decorate a room with intention, or plant a garden. We create space for others and, if we remember to do it, for ourselves. Why is creating space important? How do we go about doing it in generative ways?
Join Emily Conway and myself on Monday, Sept 15 at 11am CT as we discuss these questions.
