Episode 6 - Are you an Emotional Beggar?

Waiting for someone to apologize, to notice you, to finally change. What if all that waiting is a form of begging?

Most of us would never call ourselves beggars. Yet whenever we expect, demand, or wait for someone else to change so we can feel loved, respected, or at peace, we are begging. In this episode, Mitra Manesh and co-host Carlota Santamaria explore emotional begging: its different styles, the line between caring and dependency, and how to take back the power we hand to others. It begins with a simple question: what do I want to feel? And then: can I give it to myself?

Episode 6

A huge wave is coming at you, and you plant your feet to fight it. What if there's another way through?

When Mitra described the moment we finally say "enough is enough," co-host Carlota noticed something: she made suffering sound optional. It is, Mitra explains. Pain is what happens, in our own lives and in the world. Suffering is how we meet it: do we battle it, or dance with it? From there, the two turn to the Eternalist, the third and final state of the journey, and the three questions that guide it. Not a goal to reach, but a way to show up in the next five minutes.

Episode 5

Ten options in front of you, and you can't move. What if that isn't overwhelm at all?

At a recent workshop, a participant asked Mitra why having so many options can feel paralyzing. One line from her answer gave the whole room an "aha" moment: too often, we prefer the familiar unhealthy to the unfamiliar healthy. In this episode, Mitra and co-host Carlota go deeper. That frozen feeling isn't overwhelm, Mitra explains. It's the unfamiliar. And once you can name it, you can learn to choose: not the perfect answer, but your best in this moment.