FINDING A DEEPER SATISFACTION IN OUR WORK, RELATIONSHIPS, AND OURSELVES
Guest: David Whyte Program 3297
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 1/23/2009 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: Did you know you are currently in at least two, and possibly three marriages? In addition to your relationship with your significant other, you have equally profound relationships with yourself and with your work. When you examine these three areas of your life through the discerning eye of poet David Whyte, you'll find a wealth of opportunity for intimacy, understanding, and grace. You'll also discover how to generate an ongoing conversation within each of these relationships to keep them healthy, vibrant, and sustainable-and maintain a healthy balance among all three. It's easier than you might imagine. Whyte advises us to, "stop trying to balance [the three marriages] against one another, trade them off against each other, game them against one another-and put them in conversation together. Take yourself seriously. Take your work seriously. Take them equally as seriously as your hope for a marriage or the marriage that you're involved with, and know that each one of those marriages is actually emboldened and fed by the others. You don't have to have your shoulder against the wheel the whole time. All you've got to do is make sure the conversation is still alive."
David Whyte grew up among the hills and valleys of Yorkshire, England. A captivating speaker with a compelling blend of profound poetry and insightful commentary, he is one of the few poets to take his perspectives on creativity into the field of organizational development. He holds a degree in Marine Zoology, and is an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. In 2008, he was awarded an Honorary Degree from Neumann College. He is the author of six books of poetry including River Flow: New and Selected Poems (Many Rivers Press 2007), as well as the nonfiction titles The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (Currency 1994) and The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship (Riverhead 2009). To learn more about the work of David Whyte go to www.DavidWhyte.com.
Topics explored in this dialogue:
How you can fall in love with yourself
How you can discover your own courage
Why being silent with yourself is like being intimate with a loved one
Why women and men pursue one another differently
How you can find a balance between your three marriages
