Ep. 39: The Transformative Practice of Humility

This is a video about Ep. 39: HumilityHumility is one of the most misunderstood words in the spiritual vocabulary — and one of the most misused. In this episode of Curious Hearts, Vera unpacks why so many of us have complicated feelings about humility (hint: it's been weaponized), and offers a completely different way to understand and practice it. Real humility isn't about making yourself small or deferring to others. It's about holding the paradox of how tiny and how powerful we are — at the same time. It's about being teachable. And it turns out, it might be the very thing standing between us and the abuses of power we see playing out everywhere around us. In this episode: Why our discomfort with humility is often a trauma response to systems of oppression The paradox at the heart of humility: how small we are AND how much power we have Two kinds of power you probably have more of than you realize (positional and relational) The yoga class story that perfectly illustrates how humility works in real time Why losing contact with humility is how spiritual leaders end up in cults How closely held beliefs become identity — and why that makes humility hard A practice from the 12-step tradition that resets your relationship to knowing The one question that can shift everything: What if they're doing the very best they can? Humility is the doorway to compassion, forgiveness, divine inspiration — and to dismantling the systems that harm us. This episode shows you how to walk through it. 🌐 Work with Vera: veralester.com 🎧 Follow Curious Hearts wherever you listen ⭐ Leave a review if this episode landed