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When you’ve been coping with pain or loss, being told to “look on the bright side,” or even to “change your mindset,” as we discussed last week, can be frustrating (or downright maddening).

But there is a way to both hope wisely and to acknowledge our pain.

Today on the podcast, we’ve got a fan favorite teacher, Sebene Selassie, to discuss precisely that.

You can find the episode on our website or anywhere you listen to podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and TuneIn.

Yes, reality bites.

In the episode, Sebene and Dan talk through how we can find hope in the midst of pain—from difficult personal conversations to life in a pandemic to the threat of climate change.

If you’re like most people, you tend to guard yourself against pain and suffering.

Aversion to pain is hard to shake. However, as Sebene argues, you need time to process, digest, and accept pain to find your way to hope.

Acceptance isn’t just passively saying everything's okay—it helps you to see things as they are and make wise decisions about how to help.

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