038. You're Allowed to Be Affected by What You Teach

The teacher isn't supposed to still be affected by the thing she teaches. Except she is. That's the whole point.🌿 Get Permission to Pause — a free 10-minute guided audio:https://danielleys.com/#section-lLumXc541PIn this episode, Danielle takes on a belief she's watched shape nearly every teacher, coach, and practitioner she knows — including herself: that expertise in a subject should come with immunity to it. An astrologer who studies the stars shouldn't be thrown by them. A nervous system coach shouldn't be dysregulated. A meditation teacher shouldn't lose her center.The idea cracked open for Danielle at a full moon circle, when astrologer Faelan Shiva opened by naming the exact thing experts aren't supposed to say out loud: as someone who tracks this astrology professionally, she isn't immune to it either. From there, Danielle traces the same pattern through Thich Nhat Hanh, the Matrix, and a question she asks every expert, including herself — what would it look like to hold real expertise and a beginner's mind at the very same time?In this episode:• The moment at a full moon circle when astrologer Faelan Shiva named the exact thing experts aren't supposed to admit• The "expert halo" — the unspoken rule that says teaching a subject means you're no longer allowed to be affected by it• Thich Nhat Hanh's answer to "do you ever get stressed out" — and why the real skill was never staying unaffected• Why choosing to meet both the highs and the lows fully — instead of only the ones that feel good — is what makes full aliveness possible• The difference between the red pill and the blue pill, and why seeing the truth clearly still doesn't make you immune to it• Why some of history's most beautiful work — in the studio, in the lab — started as a mistake• The invitation to bring a beginner's mind back to the exact place where you already have the deepest expertise• Why fallibility might be one of the most valuable things about being human, especially in the age of AI"Just because you know deeply about a subject doesn't mean you have to be a particular way to show up and share it with the world." — DanielleTimestamps:[00:00:57] Today's topic: imperfection in the age of AI[00:01:22] The story: astrologer Faelan Shiva names her own susceptibility to astrology[00:02:15] The expert halo — the myth that expertise means immunity[00:04:11] Thich Nhat Hanh: "Of course I do. I'm human."[00:05:27] Choosing to meet the highs and the lows fully — what unlocks true joy[00:07:00] What are you an expert in — and where can you return to a beginner's mind?[00:08:30] Happy accidents — the mistakes that became history's most beautiful work[00:10:12] The invitation: bring beginner's mind to your own expertise, and grace to others'🎤️ Subscribe to Inner Space:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LK18nsoTVqT0Uup11CePCApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inner-space/id1699899159---About Danielle YSDanielle YS is a Threshold Guide for the Edge of the Unknown — helping mission-driven women through the thresholds of life so they develop Threshold Fluency and learn to meet any threshold, any ending, any Unknown, from the inside out. Former NASA researcher and C3.ai engineer, she guides high-achieving women through the only skill that will ever truly matter: the ability to meet the Unknown without flinching, and without armor.Learn more: https://danielleys.com