In this Wednesday Night Meditation, Oren Jay Sofer offered a meditation and talk called Tools For Difficult Conversations.
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On today’s episode of the Being Well Podcast, Dr. Rick and Forrest focus on one of the most important decisions we’ll make in life: the choice to become a parent.
They focus on what good parenting looks like in practice, the key difference in thinking of a child as a “means” or an “end,” and how to know whether becoming a parent is the right path for you.
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Key Topics:
0:00: Introduction
2:20: The significance (and uniqueness) of this choice
4:50: Being aware of your motivations for having a child
16:55: The influence of primal biology
20:50: Qualities of a good parent
30:30: Mirroring, idealizing, twinship, and the process of differentiation
36:35: Optimal frustration, and a healthy parental work ethic
41:25: The rewards of being a parent
46:45: If you don’t like __ you shouldn’t become a parent
48:50: A word for current parents who wish things had been different
53:00: Community, partnership, and resources
55:10: Meaning and fulfillment with or without a child
1:00:50: Recap
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