Episode 12 – The Vow: The End of a Season, the Beginning of a Path

As this powerful first season of Brave Awareness comes to a close, I share something deeply personal with you—the story behind writing the book that inspired it all.

This isn't just a reflection on a manuscript. It's a commitment to a practice that meets life exactly where it is. In this final episode, I reveal The Brave Awareness Vow—a living mantra that invites us to respond to life with clarity, presence, and compassion… without abandoning ourselves.

This vow is not a badge of enlightenment. It's a compass for the messy, beautiful, ever-beginning path of being okay, even when life isn’t.

💠 Download the Brave Awareness Vow PDF at CultivateMeditation.com/vow

Thank you for being part of this journey. Season 2 is already calling.

Episode 11: How to Be Okay When Life Isn’t When life gets heavy, chaotic, or uncertain — what does it actually mean to be “okay”? Not in a performative, spiritual bypass way. But in a real, grounded, embodied way?

In this episode, Ronn shares a deeply honest look at those quiet moments when everything feels just slightly off — and the tools that often fail us. Instead of reaching for a fix, what happens when we choose to remain?

This is not a pep talk. It’s a practice.

You’ll explore:

• The myth of constant equanimity

• Why “just breathe” sometimes doesn’t work

• How Brave Awareness helps us stay rooted when life isn’t okay

And you’ll leave with a simple but powerful invitation: You don’t have to be okay because life is okay. You’re allowed to be okay even when it isn’t.

This episode is the quiet before the vow — the penultimate step before the season finale.

Written & Voiced by: Ronn Pawo McLane Music: “Gentle Piano Atmosphere” by AudioCoffee (licensed) Learn more: https://cultivatemeditation.com

What if you didn’t have to react the way you always do? What if the pattern isn’t the problem — it’s the unawareness of the pattern?

In this episode, Ronn shares a raw, real-life story about stepping out of the over-functioning role in his marriage, resisting the urge to fix, nag, or manage everything, and learning, moment by moment, to choose a new response.

We explore: – How over-controlling becomes a nervous system survival strategy – The invisible labor of managing your partner’s chaos – Why breaking the pattern starts with not doing the thing – How small reroutes in real time create lasting relationship shifts – Questions to help you pause, choose, and respond instead of react

This is the art of doing it differently — one moment, one mess, one reroute at a time.

Written & Voiced by: Ronn Pawo McLane Music: “Gentle Piano Atmosphere” by AudioCoffee (licensed) Learn more: https://cultivatemeditation.com