Barbara Bonner on Inspiring Generosity and Courage

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Barbara Bonner started as an art historian and then went on to spend much of her professional career in nonprofit management, fundraising and philanthropy. Most relevant to this show, Barbara is the author of two books; Inspiring Generosity and Inspiring Courage. In this episode, she talks about both, using beautiful poetry, powerful quotes, and illustrative real-life stories. If you've ever wanted to cultivate these two qualities in your life, then this episode is for you. If there's one thing Barbara does through her work, it's inspiring action towards both of these qualities in the lives of everyday people.

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The Wolf Parable

Her books, Inspiring Generosity and Inspiring Courage

The power of putting ourselves in the way of inspiration

How we're different at the end of a book than at the beginning

Reframing how we look at generosity

How generosity flows from a sense of abundance

How a sense of abundance flows from being generous

That generosity and courage are action verbs

The fact that you should feel a pinch when you act generously

That saying the loving-kindness meditation can be generous

What it means to lead a courageous life

How no one who was courageous seems to claim courage

The spontaneity of courage

How authenticity seems to coincide with courage

That you see a pattern of courage throughout people's lives

Post-traumatic growth

How a strong childhood isn't necessary in order to lead a full life

The role of listening in generosity and courage

How important listening is in all of life

The correlation between generosity and courage

Practicing generosity and courage and growing the ability to act on these qualities over time

How to live a life of meaning you have to step forward

"Do something every day that doesn't compute" - Wendell Berry

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