E80 - Kelly Brogan MD: The Painful Truth About Polarity, Reclaiming The Self & Freeing The Feminine
Know Thyself
André Duqum
4.8 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 127 minutes
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Summary
Today we are joined by holistic psychiatrist and author Kelly Brogan to unpack the journey from self betrayal to reclamation. Kelly shares her own story, revealing the ways her perspectives on polarity have changed after years of being a feminist activist. She discusses the process of empowerment, sharing her practices like inner-husbanding, curiosity, and awakening eros.
With a deep understanding of the intricate dynamics within relationships, Kelly Brogan also imparts her unique perspective on the roles of masculinity and femininity in cisgender male/female relationships.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
1:50 From Self Betrayal to Reclamation
8:25 Honoring our Shadow Sides
17:20 Feeling Safe as a Woman & Inner-husbanding
28:08 Balancing Self Compassion and Curiosity
34:43 Feminism & the War on Masculinity
56:05 Gender Fluidity & Polarity
1:05:07 Acknowledging What You Truly Long For
1:09:11 How Men Undermine the Feminine Blossoming
1:18:06 Holistic Healing & Allopathic Medicine
1:30:05 Embracing Paradox: From Self Righteousness to Empowerment
1:41:02 Activism & Self Righteousness
1:50:39 Awakening Our Eros
1:55:13 Women Judging Other Women
2:05:10 Conclusion
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Kelly Brogan, M.D. is a holistic psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, Own Your Self, the children’s book, A Time For Rain, and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression. She is the founder of the online healing program Vital Mind Reset, and the membership community, Vital Life Project. She completed her psychiatric training and fellowship at NYU Medical Center after graduating from Cornell University Medical College, and has a B.S. from M.I.T. in Systems Neuroscience. She is specialized in a root-cause resolution approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellybroganmd/
Website: https://www.kellybroganmd.com
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| 0:00.0 | I think a woman's desire is one of the most powerful forces on this plane. |
| 0:05.3 | We start out having experiences of, you know, what I call the good, bad split as children, |
| 0:10.0 | where we learn what aspects of ourselves are unwelcome. |
| 0:14.1 | And so we start to curate and perform. |
| 0:16.9 | And in that is the fundamental self-betrayal that I think becomes the signature of our early life. |
| 0:24.1 | That's the big plot twist for women, is that if I were to define a reclaimed woman, I would say that she is a woman in devotion to herself. |
| 0:34.2 | I went into my private practice and looked at every single woman. |
| 0:38.3 | I sat across from and I said, there's nothing wrong with you. |
| 0:41.3 | So now what? |
| 0:42.3 | Your illness is a question only you can answer. |
| 0:45.3 | What do you feel are ways that men undermine the potential for a woman |
| 0:50.3 | blossoming into that feminine space? |
| 0:53.3 | Everything you ever wanted from a woman will be gifted to you when you can. |
| 1:03.5 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the Know They Self Podcasts, |
| 1:06.3 | where every single week we get the privilege to sit down with a brilliant mind. |
| 1:09.4 | Today is no different. |
| 1:10.5 | I am sitting down today with a holistic psychiatrist, a New York Times best-selling author, somebody who's |
| 1:16.2 | been a beacon of light for people switching from conventional alipathy to more integrative approaches to |
| 1:21.6 | healing. And we're going to be diving into that as well as polarity dynamics, sexuality, feminism, so many things. |
| 1:29.5 | I'm excited to dive in. So Kelly Brogan, thanks for being here. |
| 1:32.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:33.4 | Yeah. So you've been doing a lot more work recently around what you call the reclamation of the |
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