2024-09-26
53 分钟Ever found yourself at odds with loved ones over hot-button issues? Close friends or family believing things you just can't get behind? In this fascinating dialogue, Brit Barron, author of Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives Are the Ones We Love, opens up about this very dilemma. If you've ever felt trapped between your values and cherished relationships, this real-talk episode offers a compassionate path to work towards mutual understanding. You can find Brit at: Website | Instagram | Episode Transcript If you LOVED this episode you’ll also love the conversations we had with Prentis Hemphill about finding wholeness in your relationships. Check out our offerings & partners: Join My New Writing Project: Awake at the WheelVisit Our Sponsor Page For Great Resources & Discount Codes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The farther we get down the road of polarization, the more that becomes true.
Like I only need to know one thing about you and then I'll know everything about you is sort of how our brain works and that's also cancel culture works.
On social media.
I saw one picture and one lie and one caption and that's everything I need to know about who you are.
And that's a dangerous place to be, I think.
But our ability to relate on a human level of understanding with how people have arrived at certain frameworks and certain behaviors again is going to do us a great service as we move forward in whatever work we're trying to do.
So have you ever found yourself torn between standing firm in your own beliefs and values while still wanting to keep certain people in your lives, even when their views profoundly clash with your own?
Maybe it's an extended family member who just continues to spout offensive rhetoric that you vehemently disagree with, or a close friend who just can't seem to evolve their thinking on a particular social issue that deeply matters to you.
It can even happen in work.
These situations, they force us to wrestle with challenging questions.
How do we hold people we love and have no intention of abandoning accountable without completely writing them off?
Is there space for redemption and reconciliation when the gap feels too wide?
My guest today is Britt Barron, renowned speaker and author of the thought provoking book t still talk to grandma when the problematic people in our lives are the ones we love.
And Britt dives deep into this universal struggle of how to navigate relationships strained by conflicting beliefs and backgrounds.
And her ideas and personal journey have garnered national attention, making her a highly sought after voice on the complex interplay of identity and spirituality, race and human connection in these polarized times.
And as Britt so powerfully conveys, truly living with integrity doesn't mean cold indifference or burning bridges when confronted with belief clashes in our closest circles.
It means having the courage to stay present, to extend empathy when it's appropriate, and to hold space for the beautifully messy reality that we're all at different stages on our own journeys of growth and evolution.
So imagine if you embrace the mindset of patient compassion the next time you found yourself at odds with a loved one's unexamined beliefs or hurtful rhetoric.
What if you led with the humble curiosity to truly understand where they're coming from before ever attempting to change their mind, or held that same humble curiosity and compassion out for yourself?
So excited to share this conversation with you.