1729: It's Okay To Admit You're Not Okay by Melani Schweder of A Brighter Wild on Self-Acceptance

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🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Melani Schweder of A Brighter Wild reminds us that it's okay to admit when we're not okay. Episode 1729: It's Okay To Admit You're Not Okay by Melani Schweder of A Brighter Wild on Self-Acceptance Melani Schweder is a Certified Health Coach, Reiki Master/Teacher, and guide for those who want to live life in full color, even through hardships like chronic illness, divorce, or other struggle. Her own health issues led her to dig deep into alternative/natural health and take sustainable, self-guided steps towards recovery. She is passionate about holistic methods, and her unique coaching process combines the best of her knowledge in whole-foods nutrition, Reiki, mindfulness, herbal medicine, and positive psychology. The original post is located here: https://www.abrighterwild.com/blog/its-okay-to-admit-youre-not-okay Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 1729.
0:03.3	It's okay to admit, you're not okay by Melanie Schwedor of a brighter wild.com.
0:09.0	And I'm Justin Malik, the guy who's been reading articles, book excerpts, essays, sometimes stories,
0:14.8	everyday including holidays for over four years.
0:17.6	If you find value in it, I'd greatly appreciate it if you can share it with friends, family,
0:22.3	coworkers, anyone really.
0:24.0	And I'll give this intro nice and short for the Friday episodes, so let's get right to it
0:27.6	and start optimizing your life.
0:30.9	It's okay to admit, you're not okay by Melanie Schwedor of a brighter wild.com.
0:40.8	Hello dear friends. If you're anything like me, you're probably quite accustomed to putting
0:45.8	on a smile and acting fine even when you're not. Sometimes we can't avoid work,
0:51.6	school, or social situations no matter how we're feeling and we don't always feel comfortable
0:56.5	dragging around our demons with us. So we lift up the corners of our mouths, cover up the pain,
1:02.1	and spat out empty catchphrases in the guys of staying positive. We even do this to ourselves
1:07.8	sitting at home alone or staring into the mirror. We tack up little inspirational sings and
1:12.8	force our nagging little mental demons back into their dark corners. This is probably something
1:17.4	that everyone can at least partially relate to, but is practically a cornerstone of the chronically
1:22.8	ill community. We are afraid of being a Debbie Downer, afraid of being vulnerable,
1:28.2	afraid of being set apart from the rest of our friends and coworkers, and so the masks go on.
1:34.3	We say everything's okay, even if we're exhausted or depressed or in a painful flare-up.
1:40.5	Even I find myself repeating the same phrase when asked the obligatory non-question question,
1:45.5	how are you? Oh, I'm doing well in you. It's almost like someone has pulled an invisible string
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