Podcast Episodes

1716 || book club || healing the shame that binds you

“Without feeling, nothing matters, and with feeling, anything can matter.” - Silvan Tompkins

When you internalize toxic levels of shame, you create a …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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1715 || regular shame vs. toxic shame

Toxic shame is a deep feeling of worthlessness and self-hatred often starting in childhood due to trauma or neglect. Deconstructing internalized toxi…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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1174 || "thawing out" from a freeze state

Analysis paralysis is a natural response to stress, but there are many ways to manage it.

Respect the "thawing" process: this takes time. Ground yours…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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1173 || imperfect action > inaction

Inaction is not neutral. 

I know I’m capable of great things but I am too afraid to do anything I want to do because it is easier to do nothing.

It fee…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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1711 || why the war

This war is a ponzi scheme by people who use "rapture accelerationism" as a manipulation tactic. People ARE resisting, but we need to address what's …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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1712 || keep me kind

Having a broken heart means you still have a heart. Feeling painful feelings means you can still feel.

It's all part of the process of processing.

"K…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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1710 || bell hooks || men aren't the enemy

"By highlighting psychological patriarchy, we see that everyone is implicated and we are freed from the misperception that men are the enemy. To end …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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1709 || bell hooks || patriarchy isn't funny

"No one has ever explained why accurately naming this system is funny. The laughter is itself a weapon of patriarchal terrorism. It functions as a di…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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1708 || bell hooks on understanding patriarchy

Patriarchy is the single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. Yet most men do not use the word “pa…

7 months, 1 week ago

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1707 || stop assuming "it" is inevitable

There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment will continue. We forget how often we have been astonished by the sudden crumblin…

7 months, 1 week ago

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