2024-04-24 Jared Roth

Prayer Time Heir Waves

Overview:
In this session, Jared Roth explores the power of metacognition and gratitude through personal anecdotes, biblical references, and psychological studies. He discusses the significance of framing memories with gratitude and shaping a positive mindset for the past, the present, and the future.

Jared also talks about changing our neural pathways through gratitude, accepting negativity as a part of the human experience, and distinguishing between the brain and the mind when processing thoughts and emotions.

Recorded on April 24th, 2024.

This episode's transcript is available to download here:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/fcacd79f/transcript.txt

Links to additional resources discussed in this session are below.

Chapter Markers:

• (00:00) - Opening Prayer and Blessings
• (00:54) - Navigating Today's Talk
• (01:32) - Prayer Time Online Meeting Link Update
• (02:17) - Adventures in Patagonia: A Personal Journey
• (05:22) - Reflecting on Nature, God, and the Essence of Time
• (09:20) - Framing Life with Gratitude, Savouring, and Hope
• (18:47) - Paul's Example: Gratitude, Savouring, and Hope Amidst Trials
• (22:32) - Understanding Our Brains' Response Systems
• (26:58) - Metacognition: The Path to Maturity and Self-Control
• (29:12) - Navigating Emotions and Reactions
• (29:42) - The Power of Observing and Accepting Emotions
• (30:31) - Choosing Positive Reactions Over Negative Emotions
• (36:38) - Embracing Gratitude in the Face of Adversity
• (38:56) - Metacognition: Reflecting on the Past, the Present, and the Future
• (43:23) - The Impact of Gratitude on Memory and Perspective
• (50:34) - Transforming the Mind through Gratitude and Positive Framing
• (55:09) - Closing Prayer

Resources from this Prayer Time session:

1. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier—Arthur C. Brooks
2. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life—Arthur C.Brooks
3. Switch on Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health—Caroline Leaf

End Notes:
Each of these episodes is drawn from what has come to be called “Prayer Time.” Meeting weekly since 2007, it is a gathering of people sharing together in their faith journey.

Join us in-person at Emerio Design in Beaverton, Oregon USA on Wednesdays at 12:00 pm Pacific Time, or online.

Prayer Time Heir Waves episodes are edited for clarity and conciseness. Transcripts are generated using Machine Learning. They may contain typos, misspellings, omissions, and mis-heard words. Accuracy is not guaranteed. Please use for reference only.

Produced with love by Carl + Angela Nicolson of klaario.