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Pause My Inner Critic

May 16, 2023June 2, 2023 ~ James ~ Leave a comment

Daily writing promptWhat's one small improvement you can make in your life?View all responses A small step would be the recognize when I am dragging myself over the coals for some imagined transgression (or even a real one!) and simply pause, catch my breath, and let it go. And then repeat that response as often … Continue reading Pause My Inner Critic

You Define Preciousness

May 15, 2023 ~ James ~ Leave a comment

You are incomparable. Sometimes it seems everything gets its value through comparing to to something else; for example, gold is valued as a more precious metal than iron (unless you want to make steel in which case gold is fairly useless except to trade for iron). We seem to see everything as an exclusively either/or … Continue reading You Define Preciousness

Why “infinitely precious?”

May 13, 2023August 24, 2023 ~ James ~ Leave a comment

Everything (and everyone) is a reflection of an aspect of what is infinite and ultimate. Looking at one another is the opportunity to see an unrepeatable bit of all-that-is. That is what makes each infinitely precious. There is an immeasurable quality to each reflective element of the All. To recognize that each one contains the … Continue reading Why “infinitely precious?”

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Ripening Release: Loving Without Grasping - Infinitely Precious

What if holding on too tightly is actually what's keeping you stuck?In this episode of the Infinitely Precious Podcast, host James Henry continues his series on the ripening dimensions of a well-lived life, turning this week to ripening release — the practice of loosening our grip on time, relationships, past hurts, and old versions of the people we love.James explores what it means to release the "mountaintop" highs and the lowest lows we tend to hold onto as defining moments, and why clinging to either keeps us stuck in comparison instead of present to what's actually in front of us. He unpacks why loving without grasping means falling in love, again and again, with the person someone is becoming — not the person they used to be.The conversation moves naturally into forgiveness and reconciliation, using the Japanese art of Kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with gold) as a metaphor for how relationships heal: not by erasing the break, but by becoming something new, scars and all. James also draws a clear, practical distinction between guilt and shame — guilt as an invitation to take responsibility and grow, shame as a trap that convinces us our worst moment defines who we are.This episode closes with a simple, gentle practice: naming what you're still gripping, and asking whether you're ready to let it go.In this episode:Why holding onto peak or painful moments keeps us from being presentLoving without grasping: releasing the "person you married" to receive who they are nowForgiveness vs. reconciliation — and why they aren't the same thingKintsugi as a metaphor for healing and transformation after brokennessThe difference between guilt (invites growth) and shame (defines identity)A guided reflection practice on release
  1. Ripening Release: Loving Without Grasping 16:02
  2. Ripening Enough-ness: I Am, and That's Enough 13:02
  3. Ripening Action: The Ripple You Never See 12:46
  4. Forty Years Later: Who Have I Become? 14:02
  5. Ripening Intention: Showing Up As Yourself 09:33
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