{"id":26226,"date":"2026-07-30T03:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=26226"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:32:31","slug":"the-point-of-insight-giving-back","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/the-point-of-insight-giving-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Point of Insight | Giving Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/146fb105-0c8d-434e-9834-bb2a5c23f7c3\/embed?theme=light-orange\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens when a book doesn&#8217;t just inform you, but transmits something to you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Point of Insight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a new monthly segment of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where Tami Simon speaks directly to listeners about an insight that has stayed with her, often sparked by a conversation from the show&#8217;s archive. In this first episode, Tami reflects on preparing to interview ethnobotanist and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Braiding Sweetgrass<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> author Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. While reading Kimmerer&#8217;s work, Tami describes receiving what she calls a transmission, a sudden, embodied recognition of how generously the natural world gives to us, and how rarely we pause to receive it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Tami to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a transmission is, drawn from her background in meditation and Tibetan Buddhist teachings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The point of reciprocity\u2014what shifts when we truly feel how much the natural world gives us<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why gratitude naturally moves us toward wanting to give something back<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A story from teacher Malidoma Som\u00e9 about speaking directly to the trees<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What it means to move from an extractive mindset to one of recognition and care toward the living world around us<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is an intimate, unscripted reflection, not a scripted teaching, but Tami thinking out loud about a moment that changed her, and an invitation for you to notice what the natural world may be offering you, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now, and consider: what is being given to you, and what might you give back?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the original interview with Robin Wall Kimmerer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/a\/resources\/podcast\/robin-wall-kimmerer-what-does-the-earth-ask-of-you-today\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26227,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[386],"tags":[170],"contributor":[1175],"class_list":["post-26226","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-insights-at-the-edge","contributor-robin-wall-kimmerer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Point of Insight | Giving Back | Sounds True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Point of Insight | Giving Back | Sounds True\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What happens when a book doesn&#8217;t just inform you, but transmits something to you? 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