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Season 2, Episode 7: Joy Words: Withness
This week’s Joy Word is one Rachel made up, and it’s the heartbeat of her book Be With. Withness is presence as a way of being: fully, wholeheartedly with a person, a moment, or yourself.
In this episode:
What withness means, and why the world needs a word for it
The surprising history of “with” (it used to mean against!)
How withstand, withhold, and withdraw still carry that old meaning
Three tiny ways to practice withness this weekend
This weekend’s challenge: Give one conversation your full withness. Phone in another room, eyes up.
“Withness is the invitation to go from against to…
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