The Daily Ascent Molly Carmel What You're Craving
The Daily Ascent Molly Carmel What You're Craving
Operation Podcast
Ep. 173 | You Said a Sacred Yes (Even When You Want to Take It Back)
10 minutes Posted Jul 1, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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When I arrived in Lourdes for an eight-day spiritual retreat, my first thought was: I made a terrible mistake. This happens to me every single time I go on a spiritual retreat. 

What happened next — a voice memo to a friend, and something my teacher said in the opening — is what today's episode is about.

When Things Fall Apart says it like this: "To stay with shakiness — to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness — that is the path of true awakening." 

This is an episode about the threshold — the doubt that arrives right before something real — and why the sacred yes you said before the doubt arrived is still true. 

Question to carry into your day:
What sacred yes did you say that the doubt is now trying to talk you out of? 

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