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Joachim answers Mary Bajorek's questions {turning the tables}
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In this episode of Relating to Self, recorded on 17 January 2023, the wonderful Mary Bajorek (S03E05) comes back to ask me questions about how I relate to myself.
Topics mentioned in the episode:
- How my understanding of Relating to Self keeps changing
- Relating to Self as being truly present to what is real in the moment
- Brutal honesty with the self as an act of kindness
- The gradual path of leaning into that honesty with oneself
- My light switch moment during his very first meditation retreat
- Practical thoughts on being more honest with oneself, how?
- Physical manifestations of not being entirely truthful
- Conversations in my mind with the parts of myself that represent others
- How do we improve our relationship with ourselves?
- Stories, tension, suffering, and compassion
- Self-compassion as a practice that improves compassion with others
- Giving protector parts new jobs, asking your demons what they need, the hero narrative of our parts, shadow work
- The biggest lies I've told myself over the years (juicy!)
- Tough love vs Brutal honesty
- Time as a relentless force for change
- The first time I set a boundary (spicy!)
- Boundaries with the self
- "We are processes", the boundaries exist to support us
- My desires for the next phase of my relationship with myself (juicy again!)
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