Dr. Tara Swart

Is there any research around that that suggests the same for romantic love?

Is there any research around that that suggests the same for romantic love?

kind of spectrum that exists between stress and love. And you were talking about how like, you know, you're trying to move towards love in your life. And you said, not simply romantic love, just love as a force and as an energy source. And you were saying that, you know, stress, of course, sits at the polar opposite of that.

kind of spectrum that exists between stress and love. And you were talking about how like, you know, you're trying to move towards love in your life. And you said, not simply romantic love, just love as a force and as an energy source. And you were saying that, you know, stress, of course, sits at the polar opposite of that.

And so much of our decisions today are based on stress, naturally, whether it's stress to pay the bills, stress to survive, stress to take care of the people we love, stress because someone we love has been diagnosed with the disease. Like there's so much stress and it's almost like, how could you ever infuse love with that?

And so much of our decisions today are based on stress, naturally, whether it's stress to pay the bills, stress to survive, stress to take care of the people we love, stress because someone we love has been diagnosed with the disease. Like there's so much stress and it's almost like, how could you ever infuse love with that?

What have you seen when, is that even possible to measure what it's been like to infuse stressful situations with love?

What have you seen when, is that even possible to measure what it's been like to infuse stressful situations with love?

Yeah, no, that reminds me of Edith Eger's book, The Gift, and the work of Viktor Frankl.

Yeah, no, that reminds me of Edith Eger's book, The Gift, and the work of Viktor Frankl.

And that idea of that future motion of how does, how does what I do now, how will that make me feel in the future? And who will I be able to help and serve in the future, even if I can't help anyone now? And

And that idea of that future motion of how does, how does what I do now, how will that make me feel in the future? And who will I be able to help and serve in the future, even if I can't help anyone now? And

I'm so touched. The feeling is very mutual. I was so excited to have a platform that I could have this conversation with you and that you agreed to it. And I want to make sure out of just my respect for your work that you feel you're being able to touch on the things that you really deeply believe in and talk about.

I'm so touched. The feeling is very mutual. I was so excited to have a platform that I could have this conversation with you and that you agreed to it. And I want to make sure out of just my respect for your work that you feel you're being able to touch on the things that you really deeply believe in and talk about.

So that's your thing. That's brilliant. Okay, good. Yeah, good. No, what is it, I guess, that you're most fascinated by right now? Like something that you're personally obsessed with? I imagine that when you're in discovery mode, just as when someone's healing, not healed. So in a scientist sense, it's like when you're learning, not teaching. Like what is that for you right now?

So that's your thing. That's brilliant. Okay, good. Yeah, good. No, what is it, I guess, that you're most fascinated by right now? Like something that you're personally obsessed with? I imagine that when you're in discovery mode, just as when someone's healing, not healed. So in a scientist sense, it's like when you're learning, not teaching. Like what is that for you right now?

Yeah, and I am too when I'm listening to you. I always think about how does something stop being a fad and a trend and the moment and how does it become a real shift in lifestyle and a commitment to whatever practice it is that you feel is valuable because I find that

Yeah, and I am too when I'm listening to you. I always think about how does something stop being a fad and a trend and the moment and how does it become a real shift in lifestyle and a commitment to whatever practice it is that you feel is valuable because I find that

As humans, we're always looking for the next thing to entertain us and you can also have a lot of spiritual entertainment and you can also have a lot of purposeful entertainment and it just becomes another thing that you kind of use in order to escape as opposed to, no, this is what I'm dedicating my life to and this is what I'm committing my life to, if that makes sense.

As humans, we're always looking for the next thing to entertain us and you can also have a lot of spiritual entertainment and you can also have a lot of purposeful entertainment and it just becomes another thing that you kind of use in order to escape as opposed to, no, this is what I'm dedicating my life to and this is what I'm committing my life to, if that makes sense.