Breaking Free from Tribalism and Celebrating Nuance with Africa Brooke

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 111 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth and InsideTracker. We’re living in an extremely divisive time, where many people want to put a clear label on other people and topics. This makes it easier to file them under something we either agree or disagree with and takes the effort of thoughtfulness out of the process. But this approach isn’t serving us well. It limits us from discovering common ground and changing our minds. It only leads to more close-mindedness and more division. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks to Africa Brooke about breaking free from tribalism and learning how to exist, and even celebrate, being in the gray area. Africa Brooke is a globally recognized consultant, coach, speaker, and writer who specializes in helping people move through self-censorship and other forms of self-sabotage. Her work takes a close look at the complexity, mess, and glory that is the human experience, and she makes a strong case for why we need to accept discomfort as an essential part of the growth process. In this episode, we dive into: -Celebrating and living in the gray (9:17) -Why we can’t project our opinions and viewpoints on other people (13:52) -Understanding how people arrive at their thinking (22:57) -Africa’s sobriety journey (32:54) -Examples of how self-censorship shows up in our lives (1:08:52) -Cancel culture and collective sabotage (1:15:07) -How outrage can be a very useful tool (1:21:08) -The power of discernment and why it’s a valuable tool we can all benefit from (1:32:21) -How polarization is dividing us (1:34:26) -Acceptance and holding multiple truths (1:40:42) Also mentioned in this episode: -Beyond the Self Podcast - Episode 18 - Do you know what you stand for? For more on Africa Brooke, follow her on Instagram @africabrooke and through her website, africabrooke.com. Listen to her podcast, Beyond The Self, here. For more on Dhru Purohit, follow him on Instagram @dhrupurohit, and YouTube @dhrupurohit. This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth and InsideTracker. Cozy Earth are the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and nontoxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code DHRU. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was feeling immense pressure to always pick a side.
0:04.6	To always say that I am anti this or I am pro this in every single situation,
0:10.8	I felt that the pressure to pick a side was so intense.
0:15.6	Welcome to the Drew Proat podcast.
0:17.6	Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the body
0:21.0	with one of the brightest minds in wellness, medicine and mindset.
0:24.6	This week's guest is someone I've been looking forward to interviewing
0:28.0	for quite some time, Africa Brooke.
0:31.0	Now, before I tell you a little bit about Africa,
0:33.5	I want to tell you why I invited her on this podcast.
0:38.4	Now, this idea that everything in the world is black and white
0:41.9	and that there's no room for gray area.
0:44.3	There's no room for nuance.
0:46.3	This very idea is ripping our world apart in my opinion.
0:51.4	Now, this type of thinking I call it tribalism.
0:54.5	That's the idea that my side is right and your side because you are the other,
0:59.5	quote unquote, is wrong.
1:01.5	It doesn't matter if you have a good point or an interesting idea to share
1:05.5	or fair criticism on even something that I believe because you are the other,
1:10.8	again, the other, I'm not going to hear you.
1:14.3	In fact, I might work really hard to cancel you.
1:18.5	Tribal thinking is best summed up with this phrase.
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