Relationships might be a few of our best sources of energy—and likewise of struggling. On this discuss, Diana Hill explores how “smart effort,” a core a part of the Buddhist Eightfold Path, will help us relate with extra stability, openness, and compassion.
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Discuss: Smart Effort in Relationships: Constructing Bridges, Letting Go, and Opening Up
Timecodes & most important subjects:
- 00:00 – Smart Effort within the Buddhist path & relationships
- 01:00 – Boundaries, stability, and letting go
- 02:30 – Spider webs & bridge traces as fashions for connection
- 06:00 – Smart vs. unwise effort: avoidance, tales, clinging
- 09:50 – Curiosity & openness as new foundations for mindfulness
- 13:00 – Openness, creativity, and higher relationships
- 15:30 – Household estrangement & opening to tough emotions
- 19:00 – Loving past the small self in each day life
- 23:00 – Dropping tales & discovering flexibility
- 27:00 – Shifting into the smart self, past ego
- 29:00 – Drawing energy from ancestors, lecturers, and nature
- 31:00 – Collective homecoming & shared wellbeing
- 34:30–48:30 – Q&A: tales, authenticity, intimacy, household
A Meditation: Arriving House In Your self and With Others
Diana Hill, PhD, is a medical psychologist, worldwide coach, and sought-out speaker on Acceptance and Dedication Remedy (ACT) and compassion. She hosts Smart Effort with Dr. Diana Hill, and is the creator of ACT Each day Journal, The Self-Compassion Each day Journal, and the lately launched e book Smart Effort: How one can Focus Your Genius Power The place It Issues Most, with a foreword by Rick Hanson. Diana works with organizations and people to develop psychological flexibility in order that they will develop fulfilling and impactful lives.
In case you’d prefer to go deeper with Diana and different leaders within the ACT group, she’ll even be educating on the upcoming ACT BootCamp in Reno, Jan 8–11, 2026, alongside Steve Hayes, Robyn Walser, and Miranda Morris. 4 days of immersive coaching in process-based remedy — you’ll be able to study extra right here: ACT BootCamp Reno.
