Grasping at Spoons

Hannahlyze This by Hannah Hart

Hannahlyze This

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Christine Miserandino’s brilliant metaphor that we now know as Spoon Theory has staying power because it makes intangible and subjective concepts more accessible, both to those who are chronically ill and their broader communities. Read her original story here to learn more. On today’s episode, Hannah Hart reflects on the way Spoon Theory has influenced her own relationship with illness, energy levels, and external expectations.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Handelize This, the self-help podcast that just can't help itself,
0:06.2	the merging of mind and heart.
0:09.2	Speaking of heart, today I, Hannah Hart, will be sharing with you a topic that I find
0:13.3	very interesting as per every week that I record this podcast.
0:17.7	That topic this week is Spoon Theory.
0:20.8	Enjoy!
0:30.8	Hello, earbuds.
0:32.3	Listen, I am going to share with you a philosophy and subject that has brought great joy to my life,
0:39.4	not joy, but great acceptance to my life, though I have not, honestly, ever googled it.
0:47.0	Yeah, I really haven't ever googled it.
0:49.2	I heard about this idea, what is this idea?
0:52.5	It's Spoon Theory.
0:53.5	Now, I heard about this idea of Spoon Theory from one of two people, either my elder sibling,
1:01.9	Naomi, or Kelsey Dera, or a third non-person Tumblr.
1:09.2	Anyway, point being, I heard about Spoon Theory and this idea that you wake up with, well,
1:16.1	here's my understanding of it, and here's how I've applied it.
1:19.6	Every day you wake up with a certain amount of Spoons, and whether or not you have zero
1:26.1	to five or ten or a hundred, I don't know, probably zero to five, Spoons, you get to allow
1:33.4	yourself to function to the extent that you're capable of, basically saying that not every
1:38.0	day you can approach with the same level of resolve due to literal lack of physical
1:47.4	emotional mental capacity.
1:49.2	Is my, that's what I took from it.
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