Ep 09 - Fear, Resistance, and Flow: Paula Tursi on Letting Parenting Happen

I Hate You. What's For Dinner? · Apr 23, 2026 · 1h 7m

Fear has a way of obstructing our development as people, as parents, and partners and friends. Our anxieties make us grasp for control when what we really need to do is get out of the way and let things unfold.

Easier said than done.

Today, we have Gillian’s dear friend and “soul mother,” Paula Tursi, with us. Paula is a New York-based yoga and meditation teacher, spiritual guide, writer and thinker who is at once deeply spiritual and highly pragmatic. In our conversation, we talk about the role of fear in the challenges we face, how she transformed her relationship to fear, and how getting…