Honesty Creates Connection

This is a talk about how being honest and real, and comunicating in that realm, creates true connection with others.

I invite you to sit back, close your eyes, and receive the words. Let them sink into your heart and may them nourish you.

*Gratitude to Marina Raye for sharing her music track “Awakening Dream” from the album Liquid Silk.

Reviews

I find the most important kind of honesty is with yourself first before inviting another to experience it with you. That way you’re not dependent on how they respond to your truth in a way that can distort the experience if it is not held through compassionate listening. It has taken me some time to realize when to share and when not to, as I was socially conditioned as a girl to create connections through revealing hidden truths within the self. I have felt the experience of oversharing and having my truths weaponized against me time and time again when I didn’t realize when to share and when not to. All a part of learning how to show up and build intimacy. Giving myself time to have a conversation with myself fully is where I am at now. And knowing that some things may never be shared with another and this is okay too. Thank you for your beautiful essay on truth and intimacy. How truly precious it is to have had someone hold space for you while you shared openly ❤️

Big thanks Padma! Sure enjoy your Wednesday morning lives... See ya next week! ❤️

So many tasty nuggets if deliciousness here. The music is transporting, as is your voice. The content is fresh, simple and rich. I'll be dipping my bucket back into your well. Thank you.

Thank you for your tender heart 💜 wisdom. I am caring for my 93 year old mother in a foreign country to Canada, where she put me up for adoption at a year old .. my first 2 years was without solid roots and abandonment, rejection and unlovable self has created both a free spirited gypsy life .. being kicked out of homes and places throughout my life .. suffering and pain initially, with courage, resilience and mostly non-attachment being the gifts. A blessing and a curse.
About to turn 65zz I still carry the shame of being born… and my mother Mary projects that daily .. her greatest trauma. How to release it once and for all to live in joy, beauty and love! 💕
I ask and pray daily for release of this burden .. I’m aware it’s ancestral karma I have carried. Blessings 🙏💕

The description of what happens to the throat when you don't speak up is exactly what I experience. I know it's not healthy, and I'm working to be brave.

Thank you. So beautifully expressed and moving to hear your words 🙏❤️

Word!! So accurate, beautiful, and with such beautiful imagery 😍 Thank you Padma 🙏🌊🌿✨💜

What you say is true, and I’ve found that behind the need for courage to connect has been a need to take stock of how much I love myself and my own life. Working on that reduced my need for courage because we are wired to want to be together — intimacy began to seem more possible because I had it with my own heart. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Insightful, calming and a gentle reminder for self soul healing, thank you🙌

Thank you for sharing this wisdom! So true and for myself hard! But will practice! Namaste 🙏

Thank you for this beautiful and timely message. It’s exactly what my heart and soul needed today! 💙🙏🏽🦋

Love your soothing voice and talks. 🙏🏽😃

thank you! Namaste

Beautiful description of the path towards intimacy, I especially love your broadened vision for humanity as you close. Thank you, onward! 🕊🌸

Excellent message and such a soothing voice. I will return to this frequently. Thank you Padma.

What we need now

Wonderful wisdom, thank you Padma for sharing your deep insights. Love and blessings 💙 x

This is very helpful today as I get ready to receive and make amends with someone I love, but deeply hurt me. Thank you.

Thank you very much for your lovely talk.
Blessings Sia

Thank you wonderful messenger of wisdom. 🙏🏼 This is beautifully recorded. Your calming guidance balanced with ethereal music 🎶 creates an inspiring atmosphere of equanimity. ✨