Stillness in the Storms What Rises When You Stop Pushing
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What Rises When You Stop Pushing
An Easter Sunday conversation about what comes back to us when we finally stop forcing. Steven opens with daffodils appearing on Cornish roadsides and moves into a wide-ranging reflection on renewal — drawing on Alan Watts, Shunryu Suzuki, and Junpo Denis Kelly to explore why the things we thought we'd lost often return on their own. This one speaks directly to anyone at a low point.
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DETAILS
Level: All levels Type: Conversational podcast episode Duration: ~20:00 Companion meditation: Inner Peace Meditations EP97 — "Find the Green Shoot"
IN THIS EPISODE
- Daffodils on roadsides and what spring actually looks like before it looks like spring
- Alan Watts on waves and rhythm — the wave rises, crests, and falls, but the ocean never runs out of waves
- Junpo Denis Kelly on what arises first: caring. Anger comes from caring.
- Shunryu Suzuki and beginner's mind — meeting the season as though you've never seen one before
- A reference to Tony Hoagland's poem "The Color of the Sky" and the line about the end turning out to be the middle
- Steven's own recent hospital stay and what it clarified about renewal
- A direct word to anyone feeling behind or broken: you're neither
WHO IS THIS FOR?
- You're going through a difficult period and need to hear that it doesn't last forever — without being told to think positive
- You're curious about Alan Watts, Zen philosophy, or contemplative ideas but want them grounded in real life, not theory
- You've been forcing yourself to recover, improve, or move on and it's not working
- You want a thoughtful Easter listen that goes deeper than chocolate eggs
- You enjoy Steven's conversational style and want something reflective to sit with over a cup of tea
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY
- A different way to think about low points — not as failure but as the turning point of a wave
- Permission to stop forcing renewal and trust that some things return on their own
- A felt sense of being spoken to honestly by someone who has been there
- Fresh ways into Watts, Suzuki, and Kelly that connect to everyday experience
- The companion meditation (IPM EP97) as a practice to carry the themes further
ABOUT STEVEN WEBB
Steven Webb is a meditation teacher, podcaster, politician, and the host of Inner Peace Meditations. A former mayor of Truro in the county of Cornwall, Steven continues to split his time between politics and the contemplative work he is best known for. After a life-changing accident left him paralysed from the chest down, he found his way to inner peace through mindfulness, Zen philosophy, and the teachings of Alan Watts and Shunryu Suzuki. He now helps others find calm and resilience — especially those who find meditation difficult. Steven lives in Cornwall, England and shares his work at stevenwebb.com. You can also find his podcast on politics and public life, Stillness in the Storms, at https://stillnessinthestorms.com/
KEYWORDS
stillness in the storms, renewal, spring, Alan Watts, Shunryu Suzuki, Junpo Denis Kelly, beginner's mind, Easter, inner peace, low point, waves