Episode Details

What has actually been stopping you asking for help? For me it was shame, and I had no idea until somebody put the word to it. The truth annoys you first, then frees you.

I never knew how to ask, or rather I knew how and could not stand doing it. Somebody said something that made me want to argue, so I sat with it instead. I read two of Brene Brown's books on shame. I did not know I was about to have the challenge of my life the moment I dived into that pool. Then I asked for help with the wheelchair, and so many of you gave.

One thing to try: Ask for one thing this week that you would normally go without.

In this episode

• (0:05) A realisation that gave me more freedom than anything
• (2:40) Never knowing how to ask for help, or hating it
• (4:55) Agitated, thinking you are so wrong, then sitting with it
• (7:39) Not knowing what the moment I dived in would cost
• (9:31) The truth will annoy you first and then free you
• (11:40) Two books on shame, and not seeing it in myself
• (14:14) Asking for the wheelchair, and what happened next

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