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The Most Important Relationship is With Yourself: with ALOK

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Internationally acclaimed artist, poet, author, comedian, and speaker, Alok Vaid Menon joins PRETTYSMART! They share:

  • What it was like being bullied as a child and how it impacted them.
  • Their daily relationship with self acceptance and self hatred.
  • How transitioning is not about gender for them.
  • Why they feel the most beautiful when they are telling the truth.
  • How we are politicizing just being and the impact of that.
  • Why they think so many people are triggered by the concept of transgender rights.
  • Their thoughts on color!
  • Why we all need to be more curious and have more fun.
  • What dopamine dressing is and how it’s beneficial for all of us!
  • Gendering in fashion and why we should degender it.
  • How we are all just souls playing dress up.
  • Questions to ask yourself every day to lead to a happier and more fun filled life.
  • Why we have to announce progress and look at small changes as big triumphs.
  • Why self forgiveness has been the hardest lesson for them.
  • Why they say their earnestness is their most controversial identity.

Follow Alok on Instagram here!

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Internationally acclaimed artist, poet, author, comedian, and speaker, Alok Vaid Menon joins PRETTYSMART! They share:

  • What it was like being bullied as a child and how it impacted them.
  • Their daily relationship with self acceptance and self hatred.
  • How transitioning is not about gender for them.
  • Why they feel the most beautiful when they are telling the truth.
  • How we are politicizing just being and the impact of that.
  • Why they think so many people are triggered by the concept of transgender rights.
  • Their thoughts on color!
  • Why we all need to be more curious and have more fun.
  • What dopamine dressing is and how it’s beneficial for all of us!
  • Gendering in fashion and why we should degender it.
  • How we are all just souls playing dress up.
  • Questions to ask yourself every day to lead to a happier and more fun filled life.
  • Why we have to announce progress and look at small changes as big triumphs.
  • Why self forgiveness has been the hardest lesson for them.
  • Why they say their earnestness is their most controversial identity.

Follow Alok on Instagram here!

  continue reading

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