Episode #25
Finding Calm During Life’s Hardest Diagnosis - Talk and Meditaion
Send us Fan Mail A stage 4 brain Glioblastoma cancer diagnosis can make the world feel brutally small and painfully loud, and it can also reveal a quieter truth underneath everything. We still have a choice in how we meet our inner life. Shannon Sullivan can’t record and edit right now, so her friend Chris Collins presented the gift. If she were to write her talk and guided practice, he would take care of the rest of recording, narrating and editing the beautiful practice. First, we step into the life of Siddhartha as he becomes the Buddha, not by escaping suffering, but by turning toward it with clear eyes and an open heart. From there, Shannon shares what it means to move from being the one who holds others to becoming the one who must receive help from a partner, family, friends, students, and community. When new setbacks bring her back to the hospital and into deeper grief, she finds an unexpected doorway: Rumi’s “The Guest House,” a radical invitation to welcome every emotion as a visitor with something to teach. Then we are guided into a meditation practice to honor each feeling that steps forward. The start of our hands on our hearts, breath as an anchor, and space for every part of ourselves are honored including fear, sorrow, anger, hope, and relief. If you’ve been searching for a guided meditation for grief, mindfulness for anxiety, emotional healing, spiritual resilience, or coping tools during illness and stress, this is for you. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs steady support, and leave a review telling us what feeling you’re ready to welcome today.
