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About Progress

Cloud10

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

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Each month on More Personal I'll take on a deep-but-brief breakdown of a hot personal development topic, history, or persona. While this episode isn’t meant to be a complete synopsis, it will definitely get you thinking and, likely, talking. Today's topic is how positive thinking swept the earth with its motivational methods, but along the way got twisted into shame-driven toxicity. Either way, the world will never be the same. Access exclusive supporter benefits Sign up for the next Sticky Habit Intensive Full Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What you're about to hear is a special preview of our new premium, private, and ad-free podcast more personal.
0:07.9	It's typically only available for the highest two levels of supporters of About Progress. You can check out all the benefits
0:14.7	supporters get and sign up at about progress.com slash support. Welcome to More Personal, where we lean into the personal side of personal development.
0:32.2	I'm Monica Packer and today's feature is the deep dive.
0:36.4	In the deep dive we take on a deep but brief breakdown of a hot personal
0:41.1	development topic, history, or persona.
0:44.0	Now while this episode isn't meant to be a complete synopsis of what I'll share today,
0:49.0	it will definitely get you thinking and likely talking about what you're thinking.
0:57.2	Let's start by setting the scene of our topic today. I am entitled to my share of happy. I refuse to beat myself up. I am an attractive person. I am fun to be with.
1:11.0	Daily affirmation with Stuart Smalley. Stuart Smalley is a caring nurturer, a member of several 12-step programs but not a licensed therapist.
1:27.0	I'm going to do a terrific show today and I'm going to help people because I'm good enough. I'm smart enough and doggone it people like me.
1:38.0	Hello, I'm Stuart Smalley.
1:42.0	Well, I'm Stuart Smalley.
1:48.0	You may only need to hear a moment of the scene and, like me, easily picture the reflection of a blonde, floppy-haired man looking at himself in the mirror.
1:53.2	It's Stuart Smalley sitting in his comfy chair wearing an ornately crocheted sweater
2:00.1	repeating affirmations to himself and it always ends with I'm good enough I'm strong
2:06.2	enough and dogg on it people like me. This often repeated bit by Al Franken on SNL in the 90s is of a talk show host who,
2:17.4	well not a licensed therapist, helps people work through their negative thoughts
2:21.9	by replacing them with positive ones and
2:25.0	Stuart is his own biggest client. I love going down the wormhole and watching many of these segments that are on YouTube,
2:35.6	but I found myself blushing when Stewart kept saying a phrase that made the audience burst into laughter each time
2:41.6	because it's a phrase that I say often on my own show.
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