Brave, Beautiful, and Good Things with Rainn Wilson

Sometimes we can fix our lives and sometimes can’t. So when self-help and self-care fall short, what do we need to turn instead? Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute of NBC’s The Office) says that what we need is a spiritual revolution. This conversation is rich and challenging and invites us all to think about the virtues we need to sustain a life and how we might cultivate these virtues not just for our own wellbeing but for that of the people around us. Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with bubble baths or the latest cold plunge trend. Wouldn’t it be nice if it were that easy?
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In this conversation, Kate and Rainn discuss:
- How self-care is often a form of toxic individualism
- The current mental health crisis and the need for spiritual tools that provide vision, mission, and purpose
- How making oneself useful can be an antidote to despair
-A big thank you to our friends at The Fetzer Institute for making today’s conversation possible.
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[@TrippHudgins]

This was wonderful. Both of you are cut from the same cloth and I am grateful for your witness.

[@amandanicole1180]

This was a fantastic conversation. Honest and thought provoking. Thank you.

[@wendywestsmith7449]

Two of my favorite artists together in a rich, meaningful, reflective conversation.❤

[@tal4all]

Thank you for this great interview of Rainn. Fellow Baha’i here. ❤

[@judyriddell1213]

🙌🙌Love Rainns views on "self care".

[@MyIceShine]

HA HA this is gold, the memories of Rainn from Nicaragua, the endless fight between his father and the sloth♥ this man!!! omg I adore him, my dream is to make him an interview!

[@dianesmith-vaughn1495]

DON'T USE HAHA. THIS IS SERIOUS. 😮

[@bridgetteschnider4410]

I’m feeling this conversation so much right now as I do contemporary kintsugi gilding on figurines of social institutions. I searched for a podcast to listen to while gilding oddly to get my brain to stop spinning on how I’m the world I can afford to pay for the school I was accepted to study murals and gilding. Not sure if this is really going to distract me lol!

[@bridgetteschnider4410]

Sorry for the typo.

[@bridgetteschnider4410]

Lol I actually did a commercial for a home soy milk maker when I lived in China. I hope your former theater friend would approve.

[@dianesmith-vaughn1495]

SHAK. I LOVE YOU. I GET YOU. 👍 CAN'T WAIT TO SEE AND BE NEAR YOU BEAUTIFUL GIRL. THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE FOR ME. ❤️ MOM.

[@dianesmith-vaughn1495]

I SO LOVE HIM. REALISM AND HUMOR. SO SHAKIE. 👍. I SAW YOU. AND ME. WHAT A GREAT INFANT AND BABY AND CHILD AND TEENAGER AND INTO THE COLLEGES THAT YOU Attended here and abroad. AND STILL YOU RISE. BEAUTIFUL GIRL FETZER FAMILY AND MY SON STAN. 27YRS YOU MET EACH OTHER. GOD WILLING I'LL SEE YOU SOON. WE GOTTA HANG ON THERE. ❤