Sean Illing talks with the author and self-described mystic David Spangler about parenting as a spiritual enterprise, where the parent communes in a radical way with the spirit of another and expands the limits of the self. They discuss what it means to adopt the "beginner's mindset" in parenting, relating to children as full individuals, and how to cope with obstacles that all parents experience — from misbegotten family dinners, to the perils of getting dressed in the morning.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox
Guest: David Spangler, spiritual director, Lorian Institute
References: 

Parent as Mystic, Mystic as Parent by David Spangler (Riverhead; 2000)

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