The Flow Of Acceptance: Let It Be, Trust, Love, Allow

— No matter what is to come in your life, work to continue expanding on all the ways of being and living these ideas, not perfectly of course, but joyfully and compassionately. Work to honor your own divinity and know that it is always there guiding you. Discern between your ego and love. Meet your own expectations of yourself with unconditional love. Over time with this love, your expectations will fall away and compassion will reign. Make a vow to yourself that you will always be there for yourself unconditionally and compassionately. You are no different than any human being who also wants love, comfort, and acceptance. We all matter, whatever size, color, beliefs, level of fear, gender, sexual orientation, and/or mistakes. Either we are all equal or we are not. Stop creating an "other" category and always vow on the side of love and keep trying to let go of your judgment, fear, and pain to show yourself compassion. Live in the continual process of letting it be and you will always flow with acceptance.

Valeria Teles interviews Lisa Templeton — the author of "Letting It Be: Mindful Lessons Toward Acceptance."

Lisa Templeton, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, author, musician, speaker, and founder of The Interpersonal Healing Center in Boulder, Colorado. In 2018, she published her book, Letting It Be: Mindful Lessons Toward Acceptance, a guide to promote self-knowledge and acceptance of life's difficulties with an emphasis on compassion, self-care, and love. Dr. Lisa enjoys teaching on acceptance, the intricacies of relationships, and mindful awareness. Her mission is to help us all be more in tune and compassionate with ourselves and each other. As a musician and singer/songwriter/poet, she speaks her truth with uplifting words and encourages others to do the same. Her next book, Relationships in Rhythm, soon to be published, encourages us to stay mindful of what is beneath our general awareness and notice the nuances of energy that occur between us.

To learn more about her books, music, radio show, meditations, and writings, please visit her at drlisatempleton.com and interpersonalhealing.com

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.