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Uncovery from Eating Disorders, Anxiety and Depression with Amanda Jones

April 10, 2019 By Alexandra Amor

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What if our suffering is pointing us toward a deeper truth about how life works?

“UncoveryAmanda Jones has lived a life! She was a dancer from a young age, but also suffered with eating disorders, anxiety and depression. She’s now a coach and the author of the book Uncovery, which is a beautiful examination of the very human process of recovery from suffering by understanding how thought works. I was thrilled to have a one-on-one coaching call with Amanda in late 2017 when I enrolled in The Little School of Big Change. It was a delight to talk to her again and learn more about her journey.
Amanda Jones

Amanda Jones is a former dancer, current coach and an author who explores a deep understanding of how our experience works. The implications of this understanding uncovered freedom from eating disorders, depression, and anxiety after 25 years. Looking at what is behind the curtain of our experiences has proven to be the end of a lifelong search and Amanda shares this exploration with others to help uncover their true nature.

You can listen above or on iTunes or your favorite podcast app or watch the video here. Highlights, notes, resources and full transcript below.

You can find Amanda at UncoverySpace.com

Show notes

Uncovery by Amanda Jones
  • On what ‘Uncovery’ means to Amanda
  • In recovery, waiting for the other shoe to drop OR feeling finally at peace
  • On how what we think is triggering us, actually isn’t
  • The difference between correlation and causation when it comes to our thoughts
  • How events don’t cause the spiritual energy of thought

Resources mention in this episode

  • Amanda’s book, Uncovery
  • Dr. Amy Johnson
  • The Little School of Big Change
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What if doing less created more peace in your life?

April 8, 2019 By Alexandra Amor

“doingImagine someone has a garden. A beautiful plot of land with the perfect amount of sun and shade. Good drainage, great soil, a gardeners dream plot. In the spring, the gardener plants her seeds, sowing her favorite vegetables that will provide all the nutrition her body needs, not to mention yummy tastes and smells.

As the sun warms the earth, the vegetables begin to grow; carrot and beet tops begin to appear through the earth. Bean sprouts begin to climb up the runners. The rain waters the garden and the sun encourages the plants to grow. It’s all working exactly as nature does all over our green planet. The energy and intelligence of life flowing through the plants and the soil and from the sun, creating something where there was nothing. A nearly impossible miracle that we are surrounded with every day, to the point that we’re immune to just how miraculous it is.

Our gardener loves her garden, but she is also concerned about it. What if the plants aren’t growing properly? What if there are problems beneath the soil that she can’t see? 

She’s done her part, sowing the seeds, but she wonders, what if she should do more? What if nature needs her assistance?

She stands, worrying, over the garden, wondering if all is well. The carrot tops are bright green and look healthy enough, but what if they’re not? What if something is going wrong that she should fix?

She pulls up one carrot to check. Then another. They look fine, though they are not mature. The gardener pulls a tiny pea pod apart to see if peas are growing inside. They are, but now the pea pod won’t grow any more. 

The gardener’s worry keeps her up at night, fretting about the garden. 

Then one afternoon there is a thunderstorm. Rain crashes down onto the garden plot almost violently. Lightning streaks across the sky. The gardener has to take shelter. 

When the storm is over, the garden’s plants are wet and even dirty from soil splashing up onto them. But then the sun comes out and they begin to dry off. For a moment the gardener notices how resilient and healthy the plants look. The storm has left the garden a little messy, with leaves blown around and some runner poles askew. But it’s nothing a little tidy-up won’t fix.

But the gardener is worried again. She has seen with her own eyes how the storm was temporary and can see the plants recovering from the lashing of the rain, but she can’t help wondering if there’s more she can do to help them along. She pulls up more carrots and beets, to check that they’re growing properly. They are, but they needed more time in the soil. It was too soon to pull them from the earth.

Throughout the summer, variations on this scene continue to play out, and by autumn the gardener has interfered so much with the plants that were growing that there is nothing to harvest. She has pulled up every root vegetable and opened every pea pod to check on their welfare. And by doing so she has, innocently and without malice, interfered so much with the natural process of growth and life that now she has nothing to eat.  She has created a problem where there wasn’t one.

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In this analogy you are both the gardener and the garden. 

As with the garden, the intelligence behind life is continually and forever flowing through us. No one needs to tell the carrots how to grow or the sun how to warm the soil, or the soil how to provide nutrients to the growing plants. Nature knows how to do that. And, in fact, it’s such a powerful, intelligent force that nothing can keep it from working. Picture, for example, a dandelion growing up through a concrete sidewalk.

You are that garden. You are part of nature. There is an energy and intelligence running though you that you haven’t had to create or manufacture in any way. It just is.

And you (and me) are also the gardener. We worry unnecessarily (and innocently) that there is something we need to do to make things work. But we don’t make the planets whirl through the sky. And we don’t control the ocean tides. 

What if doing less, trying to control things less, and relaxing into the wonder of the wisdom and life-energy that flows through you brought you more peace and less suffering?

I think it’s possible.

Have you noticed more calm and quiet in your life since learning about this understanding? Please leave your thoughts below and join the conversation.
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[Carrots image courtesy Gabriel Gurrola and Unsplash. Tulips and rain image courtesy michael podger and Unsplash.]

Running a Business and Writing Books from the Inside Out with Shannon Cooper

April 3, 2019 By Alexandra Amor

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“RunningShannon Cooper has an interesting background as a philosophy major. She had long dealt with anxiety and it wasn’t until she stumbled across the Three Principles that she found any relief from that. Shannon now works as a coach, helping others to connect with their innate wisdom and well-being. I was lucky enough to have been taught by Shannon in a Principles course I took in late 2018. Shannon’s style is so gentle and loving that I had to have her on the show so you could experience some of that. 😉
Shannon Cooper

Shannon Cooper is a transformative coach and author living in beautiful, British Columbia, Canada. Having been fortunate enough to discover this life-changing understanding in her early 20s, she’s dedicated her life’s work to sharing the simple yet surprising way human beings actually work. A nature lover at heart, she’s passionate about sparking a deeper conversation to the true nature of life.

You can find Shannon Cooper at EvergreenInsight.com.

You can listen above or on iTunes or your favorite podcast app or watch the video here. Highlights, notes, resources and full transcript below.

Show Notes

  • On ‘testing’ the Three Principles in our own lives
  • How it’s possible to see that our experience comes from the inside out
  • Writing as a way of connecting people with the Principles
  • Running a business with an awareness of the Three Principles
  • What to do when you feel you’re not ‘getting’ this understanding
  • Why everything you’re looking for you already have

Resources Mention in this Episode

  • Dr. Amy Johnson
  • Nicola Bird’s A Little Peace of Mind
  • The Inside Out Revolution by Michael Neill
  • Shannon’s YouTube channel with a free video each week
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Seeing the Forest and the Trees of Our Thoughts with Jonelle Simms

April 3, 2019 By Alexandra Amor

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“SeeingJonelle Simms’ website was one of the first I found when I began learning about the Three Principles in mid-2017. Her story of the unique and transformative three-day experience she had seeing the true nature of thought and how being human really works is a great read for anyone interested in this new paradigm. Jonelle shares all she can at her site; it’s a fantastic resource. In this episode, we talk about that experience she had and much more, including the free monthly hangout she hosts for those interested in talking about this understanding with others who are as well.
Jonelle Simms

After 25 years working for a global corporation in various roles from sales to training to organizational development, Jonelle Simms left the corporate world to focus primarily on community. This change came about after gaining a profound insight into the nature of mind, consciousness and thought, (and we’re going to talk about your insight in just a little bit) where she realized the source of all human suffering.

Jonelle’s Three Principles work so far has included supporting the homeless, coaching individuals, delivering corporate workshops, guest speaking, cohosting a monthly 3P Canadian virtual hangout, which is where I found out about you, providing consulting and project management work for others who are sharing the principles, and offering a comprehensive and growing list of 3P resources for many 3P enthusiasts around the world at ProcrastinationPublications.com

You can listen above or on iTunes or your favorite podcast app or watch the video here. Highlights, notes, resources and full transcript below.

Show Notes

  • The addictive nature of self-help
  • How we take ourselves so seriously even though we’re ‘making it all up’
  • The stress that overthinking causes our physical bodies
  • The gentle approach of ‘highlighting others’ wisdom to them’
  • Living in the experience of our thinking, even when we know that’s what it is
  • Why it’s okay to feel bad. And how much freedom that gives us.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

  • Jonelle’s website, Procrastination Publications
  • 3 Principles Canada Facebook group
  • Jonelle’s 3 Principles Services Facebook page
  • George and Linda Pransky
  • 3 Principles movie site
  • 3 Principles school on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
  • Ken Manning and Robin Charbit at Insight Principles Inc.
  • Karen Miller Williams
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Compassionate, Lasting Addiction Recovery with Greg Suchy

April 3, 2019 By Alexandra Amor

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Addictions and bad habits are things most of us can relate to. I certainly can!

“HowToday I chat with Greg Suchy about approaching addiction in an entirely new way, using the Three Principles. Greg has had experience with the AA model, but found himself drawn to the Principles when he was introduced to them. After finding his life turned around, he now coaches and teaches others about this understanding.
Greg Suchy and Monkey

Greg Suchy is a life coach with a focus on helping those struggling with habits and addictions. He has also been hosting an addiction webinar series for over two years as well as the local meeting he started recently in Akron, Ohio. He is passionate about helping others live their lives with a greater sense of ease and comfort. [That’s Greg and his cat Monkey in the photo at right. Monkey made a surprise guest appearance on the show. 😉 ]

You can listen above or on iTunes or your favorite podcast app or watch the video here. Below are the highlights, resources we mention, and full transcript.

Show Notes

  • Why and how the 3 Principles helped Greg deal with his addictions
  • Letting go of ‘The Story of Me’
  • Uncovering our innate resilience
  • How we are seeking our innate serenity with our addictions and habits

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

  • Greg Suchy and Harry Derbitsky’s Addiction and the 3 Principles Facebook group
  • And their YouTube channel
  • Book: The Serenity Principle by Joseph Bailey
  • Joseph Bailey’s website
  • Dr. Bill Pettit
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Stop Suffering About Everything with Alexandra Amor

April 3, 2019 By Alexandra Amor

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Is it really possible to stop suffering about everything?

“StopWelcome to the Stop Suffering About Podcast. This is a short (15 min approx) introduction to the show, with your host Alexandra Amor (me!). I introduce myself, share a bit about my history, my life before I was introduced to the understanding that is the subject of this podcast, and what led me to explore that understanding.

What I’ve begun to discover is that while painful and difficult experiences are normal for every human life, it is possible to suffer less about those experiences when we understand the inside-out way that being human really works.

Alexandra Amor

Alexandra Amor is an award-winning author, a podcaster and a life-long explorer of what it means to be human. Each Wednesday on the Stop Suffering About Podcast she shares conversations with others who are exploring the understanding known as the Three Principles.

You can listen above or on iTunes or your favorite podcast app or watch the video here. Highlights, resources and full transcript below.

Show Notes

  • The not-uncommon story of searching for answers for decades
  • Feeling worse instead of better after two decades of self-help study
  • An introduction to a different way of looking at life and ourselves
  • The three reasons Alexandra feels compelled to share this understanding
  • How the Stop Suffering About podcast will serve listeners like you

Resources Shared in this Episode

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  • Alexandra’s memoir, Cult A Love Story
  • The Inside Out Revolution, by Michael Neill
  • Michael Neill’s The Basics
  • The Little Book of Big Change, by Dr. Amy Johnson
  • The Little School of Big Change
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