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No F*cks Given Podcast

17. Self-Care, Mental Health & the Privilege of Not Giving a F*ck

No F*cks Given Podcast

Sarah Knight and Cadence13

Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and inspired by listener emails, today’s episode features an important conversation about how our relative levels of privilege affect our access to “wellness”—including self-care and mental health care and of course, the ability to not give a f*ck, depending on where you fall on the spectrum. Sarah approaches these complex and nuanced issues with empathy and humor, probably also making some missteps along the way, but ultimately in hopes of using her own privilege to raise awareness about all of it and offer ideas, inspiration, and support to those who can’t easily access it anywhere else. As always, listen to the end for the NFG tip of the week! Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Radio.com, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episode every Tuesday. Today’s topics: The wellness industry & what it wants from you Listener questions about privilege as relates to NGAF Feeling trapped by circumstances & ideas to get out Pursuing self-care & big goals with limited resources Destigmatizing mental illness & mental health care NFG tip of the week: “A f*ck not given is something gained” Visit www.nofucksgivenguides.com for more information and to sign up for the No F*cks Given Newsletter. Follow on Instagram and Facebook @nofucksgivenguides and Twitter @nofucksgiven. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, you're listening to the No Fucks Given Podcast.

0:09.8

I'm your host, Sarah Knight, author of The No Fucks Given Gods, a series of self-help

0:15.0

books for people like me who hate being told what to do.

0:19.1

Just like the books, the podcast is fun, sweary, and full of tips and techniques for giving

0:24.0

fewer, better folks and living your best life.

0:27.1

Let's get to it!

0:29.7

First of all, welcome, and thank you so much for listening.

0:32.5

I've only been at this podcasting game a few short months, and there are so many people

0:36.7

out there downloading it.

0:38.3

And I hope getting great information and strategies and tips and advice and entertainment

0:43.3

from yours truly, and I appreciate every single one of you.

0:47.6

Coming off of last week's episode, number 16, which was one of my monthly, you asked

0:53.5

for it, audio advice columns, I wanted to take this week to dive into a question that

0:58.6

I've been asked a few times by a few different people, not just since I started the podcast,

1:04.9

but over the years since I started writing my books, that's a question about the privilege

1:10.6

of not giving a fuck.

1:13.2

And more specifically, whether not giving a fuck in the methods that I put forward is

1:19.1

possible when you don't enjoy the same level of privilege that I personally do.

1:24.7

So today I want to talk about a few different ways of looking at this issue.

1:28.5

I hope that they're helpful in empathetic ways.

1:31.7

I'll give examples of what I see as ways to practice not giving a fuck and self-care

1:37.6

with fewer resources, and less privilege available to you.

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