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No Place In This World - Rumi Kobayashi - Writer #313

With Savia Rocks Season 7 Episode 313

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The Heart Doesn’t Overthink: Rumi Kobayashi on Identity, Wonder, and Loving Presence

Host Savia Rocks opens season seven of the Us People Podcast with a focus on legacy, peeling back cultural conditioning and trauma, and showing up without judgment, then welcomes writer Rumi Kobayashi from Kyoto, Japan. 

Rumi discusses being asked why she speaks English and links that question to limited curiosity, explaining her family moved to Australia in 1988 during Japan’s bubble economy and she lived there for over a decade. They talk about self-love, fluid identity beyond labels, and how Rumi increasingly sees herself in the mirror as inherently worthy, influenced by a friend who survived stage-four pancreatic cancer. 

Rumi introduces her book, “The Heart Doesn’t Overthink,” describing overthinking as a survival response, the heart’s intuitive intelligence, wonder in everyday life (including “itadakimasu”), strengthening one’s inner axis, and using judgment constructively. She shares moments of peace through loving connection, and closes by sharing where to find her (Instagram: @rumi_kobayashi_ author, YouTube, newsletter, and a store).

00:00 Legacy and Trauma
01:10 Season Seven Intro
01:48 Meet Rumi
02:15 Love and Self Love
04:07 Kyoto Roots and English
08:11 Identity and Expression
12:30 Autism and Natural Movement
16:18 Mirror Questions
24:55 Miracle of Being Alive
31:19 Energy of Places
33:53 Heart Overthinking and AI
37:01 Why Write a Book
38:29 Owning Your Strangeness
39:13 Purpose Beyond Shame
40:59 Heart Versus Overthinking
46:20 Wonder Inside The Book
47:55 Food Gratitude Rituals
54:31 Expanding Your Inner Axis
59:41 Rethinking Judgment
01:06:25 Finding Peace Through Love
01:14:20 Where To Find Rumi
01:16:32 Final Thanks And Signoff
01:20:27 Closing Song And Outro 

Instagram: @rumi_kobayashi_ author 

Thank you so much to Rumi, for show us, that culture is key but also, placing your beautiful energy in life to live and not to overthink is key. - Savia Rocks

They Key To Something Beautiful Is To Live In Your Identity and Express Who You Are Unapologetically With Gratitude - Savia Rocks

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