Description

On this episode of the podcast, I talk with Dr. Amy Davis Abdallah about her new book, Meaning in the Moment: How Rituals Help Us Move Through Joy, Pain, and Everything in Between. It’s a conversation about the power of ritual and how rituals help us find meaning and direction as we face endings, middles, and new beginnings. Among the topics we discuss:

• Why some people fear and might be suspicious of "ritual" 
• How we already ritualize (though we may not call it that)
• Fascinating psychological research on the power of rituals, and how even calling something a ritual may increase its potency.
• How our rituals may go wrong and become "empty"
• What sorts of things we should ritualize, and what it means to create powerful rituals.

Dr. Abdallah shares a powerful story about living in NY during 9/11, and the role rituals played in the aftermath. She also takes time to lead us in an exercise at the end. 

Get the book: https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/516480

Follow Dr. Abdallah: https://www.amydavisa.com/ 

Included music on this episode is "HereNow" from the Ruralists album "Trying." Find lyrics and more here: https://www.fullyruralized.com/