Introduction

Question 1

Wholehearted Living

Answer 1

Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, no matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough.

It’s going to bed at night thinking, yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

Question 2

What three tools do we need to live and love from a place of worthiness?

Answer 2

Courage, Compassion, and connection

Question 3

How do wholehearted people “dig”?

Answer 3

Deliberate in their thoughts and behaviors through prayer , meditation, or simply setting their intentions.

Inspired to make new and different choices.

Going. They take action.

Question 4

Courage

Answer 4

Speaking honestly and openly about who we are and what we’re feeling about our experiences (good and bad) is the definition of courage

Question 5

Connection

Answer 5

The energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from relationship.

Question 6

Shame resilience

Answer 6

The ability to recognize shame , move through it constructively while maintaining worthiness and authenticity and to ultimately develop more courage, compassion, and connection as a result of our experience.

Question 7

Shame

Answer 7

The intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love or belonging

Question 8

The difference between shame and guilt

Answer 8

Guilt - I did something bad

Shame - I am bad

Question 9

Love

Answer 9

We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from offering with trust, respect, kindness, and affection.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them - we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Shame , blame, disrespect, betrayal , and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed, and rare.

Question 10

Belonging

Answer 10

Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal , we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic , imperfect selves to the world , our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self- acceptance