Listen with curiosity & attentiveness to the following excerpt of the On Being interview with Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. To her, healing involves the way we deal with losses, large and small, which shapes our capacity to be present to all of our experiences. Notice what stirs within as you listen to the interview below.
Prompting Questions:
What part of the interview tugs at my heart and how so? How does it resonate or challenge me as I prepare for Caritas?
What has been typically my first response to loss? How am I “simply being there and listening and witnessing another person and caring about another person’s loss — letting it matter”?
Dr. Rachel recommends that we sit with people who have experienced loss, and trust “that just by sitting with them, eventually, they will find what they need in order to move forward.” To what extent do I trust this insight or her corresponding conviction that we are “exactly what’s needed to heal the world”?
To listen to the full interview, click here.