I sat down with Jules Bonasera, the founder and creator of Conscious Conversations the card game for a curious conversation about ~ life ~ Jules created this game to bring us closer, deeper by asking the big questions of ourselves and each other. As we say on As It Goes, "conversations help us along the way." We cover a broad range of topics as we philosophize and ask some deep questions from the game. Conversations like these are food for the soul; I live for them. Come along with us! Guaranteed: a novel outcome.
We begin with how Conscious Conversations was born from a dark time (01:09), the magic that happens when we peel back layers of ourselves for deep conversations and get vulnerable (03:15), and the power of introducing new questions to break up repetitive thinking (06:29). Jules shares some research on secrets to a good life and the role of our connections (10:35). Then Jules explains a beautiful, simple, yet profound gratitude meditation to do before each meal and highlights how RE SELF helps us make this our authentic way of being (16:55). Next we discuss greed, individualism, and embracing our humanness while holding ourselves accountable with compassion to do better (20:50). We then talk about childhood trauma and trauma as part of our human experience, acceptance as medicine, and the empowerment that comes from reframing our past narrative (24:47) before Jules shares how a tree taught her about intergenerational trauma (30:12). Then we answer a question from the deck: What book has inspired you the most & why?...hint: depression & presence (34:40). Then we riff on the spiritual dimension of being human and fighting for the future by being our authentic self (49:25). Jules offers us an essential reminder and story about why philanthropy and contributing to the Good of Being is not a big to-do (57:43). We discuss sparking conversations with strangers & shifting our perspective to hope as Jules shares a deeply moving story that brings us both to tears and a simple, powerful way to shift a bad day (1:02:21). We answer two more questions from the deck: You have the opportunity to meet Jesus, Buddha, or Muhammad, what do you talk about? (1:11:09) and What doesn’t make sense to you in life?... and what we can do about it (1:17:35).
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