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Moral Courage in a World Gone Mad! Livin...

UnJaded Jade
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Hii everyone! Welcome back to Season 2 of Finding Your Casual Magic ✨


This week, author and podcaster Elizabeth Oldfield is here talking about Finding your Casual Magic through how to tend to the soul in turbulent times.


In her most recent book, Fully Alive, she explores a fascinating and important question: 

What kind of people do we need at the end of the world?


Let’s dive in!


Timestamps:

0:00 - 3:15 Trailer & Intro: Casual Magic in Turbulent Times


3:15 - 4:35 Collective chaos turned into collective connection! (Reacting to Your Casual Magic)


4:35 - 7:25 Take a Minute? This is a Meditation for Letting Go of Stress


7:25 - 11:30 Life is HEAVY: The Reality Hit of Existential Overwhelm


11:30 - 13:23 The Bleak Universal Experience of Being a Grown-Up? What’s the Truth?


13:23 - 15:40 What Do We Need to Take Into ‘The Next World’?


15:40 - 22:08 A Life-Changing Strange Moment: The Value of Finding ’The Meaning of Life’ 


22:08 - 24:20 Our Cultural ‘Allergy” to Earnestness: What Makes Us Open Up?


24:20 - 27:10 Becoming a Non-Anxious Presence: Learning How to Neighbour Eachother


27:10 - 34:55 Resumé Values vs Eulogy Values: Who Will You Be At the End of the World?


34:55 - 39:00 Don’t Just Chat About Your Values, Live By Them: Becoming Morally Serious


39:00 - 48:30  Stop Being in Denial about Who You Are: Being Selfish, Cultural Messaging & Your Virtues


48:30 - 1:02:15 Every Story We’re Adopting & Reacting Against: Why Connection is a Sacred Value


1:02:15 - 1:06:20 The Practicalities of Alternative Living: Communes, Living with Friends, Tackling the Systemic Conflicts & Vulnerability Risks


1:06:20 - 1:12:07 Do You Need a Higher-Purpose to Create Community?


1:12:07 - 1:14:45 No Cookie-Cutter Advice: Elizabeth’s Parting Guidance


1:13:45 - 1:16:09 The Power of Creativity Creates Connection (Sharing Elizabeth’s Casual Magic)


1:16:09 - 1:17:59 This Week I Want to Ask You… (Journal Prompts & Outro)


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Send a 60-second voice note, video or photo to @casualmagicpodcast on Instagram or email findingyourcasualmagic@gmail.com with your magical moment (and always let us know whether or not you'd like to be anonymous!!)


Find more of Elizabeth's work 💜https://www.elizabetholdfield.com/


Journal Prompt 🖊️

This week, I want to ask you…

  • What is your relationship to faith, spirituality, religion and belief systems? How do you think your relationship to these ideas affects you?
  • What role does community play in your life?
  • What virtue feels most important to you to cultivate when facing turbulent times?
  • What is your idea of “what kind of human do we need at the end of the world?”


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This is Finding Your Casual Magic with UnJaded Jade


Podcast Development: Francesca Georgiou

Theme Music by Francesca Lu

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