When I accept myself just as I am, I change.

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00:00 The Acceptance Paradox

00:29 What is "acceptance"?

01:18 Meredith and the sickness

02:27 The welcome mat mindset

03:04 The goal beneath the goal

04:51 To accept is to observe without judgment

06:19 The Forever Exercise

🔗 *You think this video just fell out of a coconut tree? It exists in the context... ⇢*

🔗 This video title was inspired of course, by the original Carl Rogers quote, but also by the lovely Anna Howard, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLsjepPZKd0, alongside the substack article of the same name, https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/diaries - I made a point not to read or watch either of theseee because I am far too scared of accidental plagiarism, but as soon as I saw that video title I was like oh, I have things to say.

🔗 The story of Meredith was from a book by Brad Stulberg, Master of Change: https://www.amazon.com.au/Master-Change-Everything-Changing-Including-ebook/dp/B0DG48NL6P/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=qOJjF&content-id=amzn1.sym.7153b2d3-487c-46f2-9cd8-b060e652f2e8&pf_rd_p=7153b2d3-487c-46f2-9cd8-b060e652f2e8&pf_rd_r=355-7641594-2976438&pd_rd_wg=6K41W&pd_rd_r=06e3a135-9507-431f-9d55-e6b90ee4f7a8

🔗 The altered story of Marjorie was from Lance Dodes work, which I highly recommend: https://www.amazon.com.au/Breaking-Addiction-7-Step-Handbook-Ending-ebook/dp/B004HD61JK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DXE9HIBJ3N1Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1kxyD7yNzHnY_UJtzGX_6ZoZe9iG5LCEQR9eUHiYL0q2LG8j_oTHTimNqyrpDSFe.99Do7fzTIvS4nGYRjaQC_f_WiwHUEhLu2IYyyzTDbYQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=lance+dodes&qid=1781382211&s=digital-text&sprefix=lance+dod%2Cdigital-text%2C260&sr=1-1

🔗 How To Get Rid Of Headache Or Migraine In 2 Minutes Or Less https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKGtv84aSjo

🔗 This video is really about radical acceptance, which originated in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). It was developed in the late 1980s by psychologist Dr. Marsha Linehan and was also inspired by Buddhism. For a very modern version of radical acceptance, check outttt.. the let them theory haha.

🔗 I really enjoyed this book about acceptance: https://www.amazon.com.au/Acceptance-Create-Change-Move-Forward/dp/1399707930/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2DTURUMQI7EP7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BtkrDfBHItOgDVmAD_JMfqBfZzh5rO4_cOM_01m9SnKxWeQF6Y5qQUAdaPBSE0Ar5eD4gtU833uae-4vpdYhK2q34eyYQsuXH6rpb6yZF7xu70d-V8M4hfX8x4wvjAcnCfGWvfwC5nEF0Pp0JBCfDg.bzrdGqKR89HVQCEiwbfAXVUU6TPHY3fDc-oC8nveOyU&dib_tag=se&keywords=acceptance+padraid&qid=1781382531&sprefix=acceptance+padra%2Caps%2C239&sr=8-3

🔗 But if I'm being real, my understanding of acceptance stemmed way more from this book than anything else: https://www.amazon.com.au/Forgive-Good-PROVEN-Prescription-Happiness/dp/006251721X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P9033T906N9P&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2J9j8DKYGSRV_eJ3L6VVu3riheL9Wj1Xh2gQSakePNiFnlNhnhh89EZinqpuZnUy7isBWA-4nkvKSa4Lc7LQhdJc3TGc3M-EZaq4ZoY964S13rNI9DCdbh7T3ojbJuZKNNPpK-OM-7v_eKFfMKgtLQ.l1xlyQ9NmNzBpycQCPwmXp6EQ2lV0MQOHYIFimmUIe0&dib_tag=se&keywords=forgiveness+by+fred+luskin&qid=1781382600&sprefix=forgiveness+by+fred+lusk%2Caps%2C247&sr=8-1