{"id":24015,"date":"2025-04-29T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=24015"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T22:30:45","slug":"michael-neill-you-have-permission-to-love-your-life","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/michael-neill-you-have-permission-to-love-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Neill: You Have Permission to Love Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to love my life, but I can\u2019t until\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s a mantra recited by millions of us on a daily basis. But is it true? Are we doomed to struggle, stress, and continually defer our fulfillment? In this podcast, join Tami Simon in conversation with celebrated wisdom teacher and bestselling author Michael Neill to discover how we can stop impeding the flow of our inherent joy, creativity, and sense of stability\u2014and start loving life, for real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tami and Michael discuss: the high-functioning depressive and the dysfunctional depressive; the nature of insecurity; why the mind is more a projector than a camera; when \u201cthe mirage is real\u201d; questioning your thoughts vs. thinking about them; the art and practice of dropping thought; taking things seriously without the \u201cheaviness\u201d; the intelligent aliveness of the natural world; universal consciousness vs. personal awareness; shifting from suffering to safety; how to love uncertainty; choosing happiness over misery; being yourself; feelings, fears, and the path to a quieter mind; looking to see \u201cthe formless in the form\u201d; and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&amp;As with our guests. 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