baddie book club: being your own bestie, living consciously, journalling

very delayed upload of the last baddie book club discussion session!!!

i needed to optimise the audio - apologies for some of the echo but i still felt like it was important to share because so many insights were shared!! thank you to the baddies that attended and bravely shared their thoughts.

based on this section of the book:

Readings 2: Living Consciously and Self-Acceptance

Reading: Part II Internal Sources of Self-Esteem

The Focus On Action

The Practice of Living Consciously

The Practice of Self-Acceptance

pages 56 - 104

there’s a few scheduled sessions left over april - details are on the patreon!

00:00

02:36 - the virtue of realism - respect of reality

03:26 - shadow work

04:00 - dealing with uncomfortable feelings

04:48 - your reputation with yourself

05:52 - substance abuse

07:13 - everywhere you go, there you are

07:40 - emphasis on action

08:16 - breaking the ruminating cycle

08:57 - friend breakups, jealousy between girls

11:12 - realising your growth

12:19 - what i perceive, what i interpret it to mean, how i feel about it

13:14 - fear of pain

13:30 - just do it !

14:16 - avoiding discomfort is a betrayal of the mind

14:32 - life is just a series of problems

18:03 - treating life like a mirror

19:26 - the world belongs to those who persevere

20:46 - how time changes your relationship to events

21:45 - journalling

23:10 - being there for yourself

24:20 - relationships as a mirror

24:54 - life as an experiment - journal as field notes

25:57 - you don’t need to spend money to develop your relationship with yourself

29:28 - journalling allowing you to take things less personally

32:41 - giving other people the grace you would like from others

34:48 - confidence as a practice

36:17 - you can’t help other people until you help yourself

36:50 - the importance of self-work for community and social justice

42:10 - maintaining openness, value in the attempt

44:50 - self-trust, making promises to yourself and keeping them

48:34 - taking feedback and reviewing

50:10 - basic things can be hard but important for your well-being!!!

51:30 - being your own bestie - what you can keep to yourself, re-parenting yourself