🎙 INTERVIEW: Cultivating an Intelligent Heart and Feeling Mind w/ Author Beth Kempton
** This is a LIVE interview with Beth Kempton about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
How do we find calm in the chaos and beauty in the darkness? What can an awareness of impermanence teach us about living well?
In her latest book, Japanologist Beth Kempton embarks on a pilgrimage through rural Japan in search of answers to some of life’s biggest questions. Kokoro is an invitation to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world. It all begins with the kokoro, a profound Japanese term that represents the intelligent heart, the feeling mind, and the embodied spirit of every human being.
Join us for a conversation with Beth Kempton as we explore Beth Kempton's approach to research and writing Kokoro, and how we might better understand our own Kokoro to cultivate inner peace and happiness.
We’ll also discuss:
The inspiration behind Kokoro
Balancing work, creativity, and well-being
Beth’s journey as an author
About Beth Kempton
Beth Kempton is an award-winning entrepreneur and the bestselling author of Wabi Sabi: Japanese wisdom for a perfectly imperfect life, Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year, We Are in This Together and Freedom Seeker. Beth’s books have been translated into 24 languages, chosen as an Apple USA ‘must listen’ audiobook on iTunes, and recommended in TIME Magazine, British Vogue, The Telegraph, Sunday Times Style and Psychologies Magazine among others. Beth has two degrees in Japanese and has spent many years living and working in Japan, which she considers her second home. She is also a qualified yoga teacher and a Reiki Master trained in the Japanese tradition in Tokyo. As Founder of Do What You Love, Beth has produced and taught online courses and workshops that have helped tens of thousands of people all over the world to discover their passion, explore their creativity and live a more inspired life. She describes herself as a wanderer, an adventurer and a seeker of beauty. Beth is the mother of two small girls who fill her with joy every single day. http://www.bethkempton.com / Instagram @bethkempton
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