26: Mary Beth LaRue – Creating Room for Embracing Vulnerability & Love




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Summary: <br> We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy. – Pema Chödrön<br> <a href="http://www.marybethlarue.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Beth Larue</a>’s professional passion is teaching yoga, meditation, mentoring and writing. She is the co-founder of the movement, <a href="http://www.rockyourblissmovement.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rock Your Bliss</a>.  But it’s her soulful journey as a foster mom that has exposed her to wholehearted love and presence. For the past eleven months, she and her husband (<a href="https://thesisuway.com/2018/01/28/7-matt-aporta-fostering-love/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7: Matt Aporta – Fostering Love</a>) have fostered-to-adopt a beautiful little baby boy. They have opened themselves to the continually changing, dynamic nature of of vulnerability with a brutally exposed open and full heart. They have accepted that people might be temporary in your life, but that is not in your control.  What is in your control is the deliberate and passionate love shared in the moment, everyday.<br> Mary Beth is not who she is because she fosters. She fosters because of who she is.  Through the darkness, she has learned to focus on the light. She has learned to hold herself accountable for her thoughts, because they create her reality.  She has conversations full of possibilities, love and vulnerability. Her focus is on the now. Owning our story is hard, but not as difficult as running from it.  That strength, that vulnerability, privilege,and love, is what this episode is about.<br> SHOW NOTES:<br> Intro: Pema Chodron – When Things Fall Apart: Heartfelt Advice for Hard Times.<br> 6:40  How to slow down. The moment is enough.<br> 13:00  How to shine light on yourself in the darkness.<br> 14:00  Relationship with Social Media – Perspective<br> 27:00  What to do when starting to feel down.<br> 29:03*  Holding myself accountable for thoughts that I’m thinking and whats coming out of my mouth because its creating my whole reality. I get to have conversations full of possibilities. Where as before I was having conversations with a giant stop sign.<br> 29:47  A warrior is skilled in action and non-action. Vulnerability is Strength. The strength to allow yourself to feel. <br> 35:00  The identity and transition in becoming a mom.<br> Fostering Baby A<br> 47:00  Seeking the light in the face of loss.<br> 48:53*  I’m different now because we’re willing to put ourselves in the fire. I want my heart to be all used up. I want ever inch of my heart and my spirit to have been used and grown and transformed because whats the point otherwise.<br> We get the privilege of making an impact in a child’s life, but mainly get the privilege of this child making a massive impact in our life. <br> 58:20  How to become more self-aware so you can self-regulate. <br> 1:07:50  Grief and Emotion is love. How to learn from kids. <br> 1:14:20  Solitude is a super power. Micro Meditation. <br> 1:18:00  The Yoga Room <br> 1:22:30  Meditation and Breath work – It makes you kinder.<br> Mantras: Be fully present. Feel your heart. Engage in the next moment without any agenda. <br> 1:35:03  What has yoga taught you? Being present. Finding peace in the chaos.<br> 1:41:26  A letter from her husband. Gratitude, Intention, Love<br> LINKS:<br> <a href="http://www.marybethlarue.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MaryBethLarue.com</a>     <a href="http://www.rockyourblissmovement.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RockYourBlissMovement.com</a>   <a href="https://thesisuway.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> TheSisuWay.</a>