Peace Talk: The Work of Byron Katie with Grace
216 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsPeace Talk is hosted by Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. You'll hear folks from all walks of life dedicated to self-inquiry especially using The Work and IBSR (inquiry based stress reduction)...and the life of freedom and joy that can be led by having an open mind, and looking.
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Peace Talk Episode 253: Money should stay with me
April 12, 2024 16:42 - 54 minutes - 44 MBWhen we believe anything should stay with us, including money, we can often experience fear. But who would we be without the story of staying, or leaving, as we notice even we ourselves move and flow all through life. In person retreat in Seattle is coming! April 30-May 5, 2024. Learn more here: https://www.workwithgrace.com/in-person-spring-retreat/ Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of looking at life. She offers Year ...
Peace Talk Episode 252: The Work of Byron Katie on addiction "I need to release repetitive fat thoughts"
March 17, 2024 00:57 - 18 minutes - 15.3 MBWhen we believe we need to get rid of thoughts, especially very repetitive thoughts that return again and again and are painful, it can be even more stressful. It's possible to question any thought at all. When "fat thoughts" appear, as they do for so many of us who have been plagued by concerns about acceptance and rejection of the shape of the body, it hurts. It's possible to relax our beliefs about those thoughts themselves, while also questioning the belief "I need to stop thinking ...
Peace Talk Episode 251: Questioning the belief This condition (health, relationship, state of affairs) keeps me on the sidelines
March 01, 2024 17:38 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBWhen we believe something in our lives that doesn't change is keeping us from the center of life itself, that this condition keeps us on the sidelines....it hurts. We want that condition gone. We believe we're doing something wrong, that this condition is present in our lives. Whether it's a health condition like a disease, weight, pain or another ailment, OR this condition is a troubled primary relationship or job title....we can question our beliefs about the presence of this state...
Peace Talk Episode 250: During a group session, a woman does The Work on herself "I should not be self-critical"
February 12, 2024 17:20 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBSo many of us are familiar with the thoughts that direct attention to who we are as a person in the world, and how it's coming up short. Then, to add to this list of shortcomings, we say we shouldn't be so self-critical, we should love ourselves. Who would we be without this story? Listen today as a woman finds this thought stressful, and has a motive to not be critical in order to receive the acceptance from another. So innocent the way our minds work with this story. To join a 5...
Peace Talk Episode 249: A Conversation with Helen Amery about Enlightenment and Awakening
January 13, 2024 23:16 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBHelen Amery is a coach from the UK who has created the Enlightenment Summit, along with a program following the summit where participants will explore this wonderful topic. As one of the speakers in the summit, I enjoyed interviewing Helen on her journey and how she came to be doing what she does. Her scientific background in chemistry at university, followed by years in the corporate world, is a fascinating backdrop to the study of enlightenment and eventually a great expansion of ways...
Peace Talk Episode 248: this unkind person, cancer, physical pain, etc is blocking my peace or happy future
January 05, 2024 17:52 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBWhen we have a new year, we often reflect on what this new year will contain, offer, and what we'll experience. If you have problems...we often want them solved. We want them gone. Who would you be without the story "something is blocking my peace, happiness, dream"? The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life. Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify a...
Peace Talk Episode 247: Should I never try to stop myself from doing, saying, feeling something?
December 15, 2023 17:30 - 14 minutes - 12.2 MBWe look at willpower, discipline, structure, laws, rules and resolutions....and notice how often they have failed and don't appear to work. Yet, someone asks "does this mean I should never try to stop my behavior, I should just DO it whenever the urge arises to do it?" This is swinging in the complete opposite direction and using the thought "willpower doesn't work" to give the excuse to just fall into a behavior that isn't ultimately what I want. What we truly want, is for the behav...
Peace Talk Episode 246: the stressful power of believing I SHOULD do, think, say, be, feel different
December 08, 2023 19:55 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBWe when believe we should do, think, say, feel, act differently than we do, the internal dialogue can be very painful and vicious. Who would we be without those thoughts? Listen today as people share the kinds of thinking they have when they're believing they should be different than they actually are in the moment....and what it's like without the story. The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with ou...
Peace Talk Episode 245: The Work of Byron Katie self-inquiry He brushes me aside
November 03, 2023 16:40 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBWhen we believe someone sees us as unimportant, of no consequence, and they brush us aside....how does it feel? Listen today as a woman does The Work on a co-worker and discovers that the seeing was happening in her own mind, not his. The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life. Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to identify and question their stressful ways of ...
Peace Talk Episode 244: I don't like the thoughts I'm having
October 24, 2023 17:16 - 28 minutes - 23.2 MBI don't know about you, but when I've had troubling, frightening or pessimistic thoughts, my whole body has tensed and fought against them. Why am I thinking this? What's wrong with me? The mind grinds away churning out, it seems, unwanted ideas repetitively. But what if we explored that more deeply, and wondered about this "thinking" that appears so troubling? We can question the thinking specifically, but also the very idea that thoughts appear that we can't handle......
Peace Talk Episode 243: How not to attack yourself for doing it...again
October 19, 2023 15:58 - 28 minutes - 23.2 MBOne of the first ideas I offer around dissolving repetitive habit (thoughts, behaviors, feelings) is to stop trying to control it--and even before that, to stop hating that you do it. When I began to see I might have a natural desire to stop, that I don't need to conjure up or make happen, something shifted. Hear my story here of a moment when I had binged, but something inside me didn't attack me for it. Something changed. It really was the beginning of the end of my over-eating and...
Peace Talk Episode 242: Self-inquiry and Compulsion--What if I am frantic about my addictive habit?
October 10, 2023 15:38 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MBWhen we do something over and over that doesn't seem to serve our best interests, we can feel so defeated, ashamed, furious. Our situation looks severe. The other day I got a note from a listener: My life is falling apart, I need help, I can't stop taking pills and my husband has divorced me and I live far away from my kids now, with my health plummeting. I feel disabled, I'm frightened. Many of us feel this way when we do a thing over and over without changing, even though we've pro...
Peace Talk Episode 241: My body MUST be healthy
October 07, 2023 05:24 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBThe First Friday of the month is an open session for anyone to gather to do The Work. Today, a man brings the belief: My body MUST be healthy. Follow along as we question whether this is really true--and what turns out to be reality. Who are we without this stressful story? The Work of Byron Katie is a practice of self-inquiry allowing us to work with stresses appearing in the mind, and to relax with our experience of life. Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work, assists people to...
Peace Talk Episode 240: three secrets that can transform your life through self-inquiry
September 27, 2023 21:20 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MBThere are many approaches to transformation that invite us to question our thoughts, especially when we self-sabotage, or get overwhelmed with feelings. Our blind spots are in our minds. Self-inquiry can allow insights to emerge, but how do we do it? Three secrets to allowing the transformative energy of self-inquiry to work, with comments about why I see these as so important. 1) loosening up on control--quit trying to control, quit, change, force, aggress. The longing for contro...
Peace Talk Episode 201: questioning the idea "this is NOT going to work"
September 02, 2022 16:14 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBToday we gather and question the thought: "this is not going to work!" that inquirers see about their children, parters, parents. There they are, being themselves, not working the 12 steps "right" or wearing the wrong shoes, or having weird hair....can we inquire? YES. Would are we without the story while still remaining connected and loving?
Peace Talk Episode 200: the world hurt me and I am unsafe
August 05, 2022 16:58 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated self-inquiry through The Work of Byron Katie: four questions and finding turnarounds. Today, a woman worried about her physical ailments questions the thoughts "the world hurt me" and others also join in this inquiry. Who are we without our fears about the future?
Peace Talk Episode 199: I can only be happy if I am thin
June 15, 2022 15:26 - 33 minutes - 27.3 MBA Q&A episode: an inquirer asks how to do The Work on her belief "I can only be happy if I am thin".
Peace Talk Episode 198: something terrible could happen + if I speak up she'll kill me
June 12, 2022 03:05 - 57 minutes - 46.7 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to self-inquiry for regular folk. Your host, Grace Bell, facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie, has been supporting people to question their thinking since 1997.
Peace Talk Episode 197 First Friday Group Inquiry with Grace I need a loving relationship
May 06, 2022 16:17 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBListen to Peace Talk today where a man questions his belief that having a relationship would bring happiness. People joined in inquiring what is needed for happiness: money, clean house, good friends, reliable clients.
Peace Talk Episode 196: eating is my only pleasure
April 29, 2022 19:42 - 59 minutes - 47.7 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to the freedom and joy of being human. Learn and listen as groups, solo inquirers and other Q&A sessions with Grace are shared here, for the benefit of those wanting to find peace with their thinking. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 195: How do I stay consistent?
April 26, 2022 17:03 - 21 minutes - 17.5 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 194: I can't (eat, feel, live)
April 16, 2022 16:58 - 47 minutes - 38.5 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell, is a facilitator supporting people to question their stress and change their minds since the late 1990s.
Peace Talk Episode 193: First Friday Group inquiry I was foolish
April 01, 2022 17:08 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spirited self-inquiry. Learn by questioning your thoughts, and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been joining with others to question, and notice.
Peace Talk Episode 192: War
March 04, 2022 17:57 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 191: he should not have broken up with me
February 04, 2022 19:52 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to self-inquiry and The Work of Byron Katie and the kindness we truly are when we see who we are without stressful thoughts. Today we questioned "he should not have broken up with me".
Peace Talk Episode 190: I don't matter to them
February 01, 2022 18:56 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 189: he isn't helping me (and he should be)
January 23, 2022 19:13 - 51 minutes - 41.3 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 188: I should accept this
January 08, 2022 15:51 - 1 hour - 55 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 187: The Work on co-workers and physical pain
December 11, 2021 03:04 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to The Work of Byron Katie, self-inquiry, the nature of thought, and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell, is a Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie offering programs in The Work including Year of Inquiry, Relationship Hell to Heaven and Eating Peace.
Peace Talk Episode 186: rage
November 20, 2021 02:05 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 185: Group meditation then a woman does The Work on the belief "I don't want this disease!"
November 06, 2021 03:12 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBA group gathering on zoom, we begin with the very first step of The Work of Byron Katie: identifying the stressful thinking running within. Then, a woman volunteers and questions her fearful belief "I don't want parkinson's disease". Others share this thought about a physical condition of the body.
Peace Talk Episode 184: Not Good Enough and Empty
October 22, 2021 20:03 - 57 minutes - 46.6 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 183: First Friday open inquiry group session
September 08, 2021 04:54 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 182: Nurit shares on mothering, eating and allowing
August 27, 2021 23:32 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 181: Sarah-Maya and Grace talk about the changeable power of The Work of Byron Katie
August 07, 2021 15:23 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 180: Friday Gathering of Friends in The Work
July 04, 2021 00:49 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 179: Tom Compton & Grace Bell
May 07, 2021 19:50 - 19 minutes - 15.6 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 178: Friends doing The Work of Byron Katie together
March 06, 2021 00:29 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 177: Group Friday inquiry together
March 03, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 176: my daughter is sick
February 25, 2021 03:47 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 175: BJ Harden
January 03, 2021 03:26 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 174: First Friday Monthly Group Gathers for The Work of Byron Katie
January 03, 2021 03:06 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 173: they're ignoring me
December 14, 2020 20:55 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 172: election fear, terror of someone's death
November 11, 2020 04:04 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 171: Martha Creek
November 06, 2020 06:26 - 35 minutes - 28.4 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk: Episode 170 parents, cancer, love with Bethany Webb
October 21, 2020 20:18 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 169: she believed "he blew up our marriage"
September 25, 2020 20:43 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 168: Share Arnaud
August 31, 2020 22:24 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 167: they rejected and excluded me
July 30, 2020 16:44 - 53 minutes - 42.8 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.
Peace Talk Episode 166: They Hate Me
July 20, 2020 04:51 - 57 minutes - 46 MBPeace Talk is a podcast dedicated to spiritual enlightment for the rest of us. Learn practical tips and tools for questioning and ending suffering. Your host, Grace Bell is an educator who has been helping people change their minds and find peace for over 20 years.