Acceptance vs. Confrontation: Finding the Balance, with Dora

(calm music) Headspace Studios. Hey friends, it's Dora. You might have heard that we're on a little holiday hiatus, but that doesn't mean that we don't have some Dear Headspace for you. Here is one of my favorite episodes from the early days of Dear Headspace's catalog. Robin and I answer questions about how to get mentally healthy when dealing with physical health issues, what to do when a song is stuck in your head, and a question that I've been thinking a lot about lately, does acceptance mean you shouldn't confront people? Hmm. You'll have to listen to find out. Oh, and don't forget new episodes coming out on September 10th. (upbeat music) Have you ever wished you had a wise meditation teacher on speed dial? Someone you can call after a long day? Someone you could lean on for their advice? Someone to listen and help you to see things differently? Welcome to Dear Headspace. Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us for yet another episode of Dear Headspace. I'm Robin Hopkins, and today I am thrilled to be sitting with the one and only Dora. Hi, how are you, Robin? I am good. How are you more importantly? I'm doing really well. I'm feeling a bit tired today, but that's good. It's a good tired. I feel very complete and very nourished in this moment. We have lots of big questions today, so Dora, I think we should just get to it. What do you think? Let's get to it. Alright, here's our first question from Andrew. Good day Dear Headspace. I'm Andrew from Australia. I wanted to know if you think that learning to accept your situation means that you should not confront people when you feel like they've wronged you. Thanks heaps. Yeah, what's coming to mind right now is what is the intention with confrontation, because when we confront someone, right, there's still a point that we're trying to prove. There's still a thing that we're trying to get across, or trying to make someone feel something that we're feeling, and it may not work. You know, we're all individuals, sovereign human beings. We all have our own things going on, and I'm really curious about the intention, because if we're really stuck on a certain outcome from confrontation, that's gonna be hard to even lean into acceptance. So I think my question, or just an invitation would be, what's your intention with the confrontation? What are you hoping to get out of this? Well, so then that leads me to ask you this, are there intentions where it is okay? Like I'm thinking of a work situation, like let's say you have a coworker who talks over you, or who steals your thunder. I always approach it like, if I can take my, let's say anger or whatever emotion out of it, and I can approach the person in a constructive way, and I could say, "Hey, you know, I just really wanted...