How Self-Love Is The Beginning Of A Lifelong Romance — Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani
The Mindvalley Podcast
Mindvalley
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Are you really honest with yourself?
The premise behind this incredibly courageous talk by Mindvalley co-founder Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani lies between the lines of emotions, questions, truths, and masks in pursuit of an authentic life.
Kristina bravely shares honest and relatable stories on the beauty, power, and struggles of life as we know it.
Listen out for:
(07:46) From being authentic children to adults wearing masks
(16:17) Kristina’s personal story of growing up in the Soviet Union to life as a mother
(22:36) What happens next after you find your path to yourself
“Love the full spectrum of yourself.” — Kristina
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| 0:00.0 | Love the full spectrum of yourself, not just the facade of perfection that we build, but also all the other rooms of the building, even the basement, even where we don't want to go. |
| 0:12.0 | I am Vichinny, founder of Mind Valley, |
| 0:15.0 | the School for Human Transformation. |
| 0:17.0 | You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast |
| 0:19.0 | where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers |
| 0:21.0 | and thought leaders on the planet to discuss the world's most powerful |
| 0:24.5 | ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work. |
| 0:30.8 | Welcome to the Mind Valley Podcast. Today's episode is with Christina Mand Lachiani on how |
| 0:37.6 | self-love is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Now you might recognize that |
| 0:41.7 | last name Lachiani, Christina is my former wife. |
| 0:46.0 | We are friends and co-parents and business partners in several companies and one of the most beautiful |
| 0:52.0 | things about Christina is that we were married |
| 0:55.0 | for 16 years and in 2019 we did a conscious uncoupling. |
| 1:00.5 | Now I know some of you are thinking isn't that just a fancy word for divorce? |
| 1:03.4 | Actually no. Most human beings divorce in an awful destructive way that leads |
| 1:09.6 | the hate and messiness and all sorts of nonsense that is not good for the human soul or your kids. |
| 1:15.3 | We adopted a model by Catherine Woodward Thomas that basically allows us to consciously |
| 1:20.3 | shift the way we relate to each other. We remain friends, dear friends in fact, co-parents |
| 1:26.2 | support us of each other, but we simply are no longer married and we are no longer love us. |
| 1:31.8 | So human relationships don't have to be put in a box. |
| 1:35.6 | And for those of you who might judge me for the way we approach life, save your judgment. |
| 1:40.4 | This episode is not about divorce or conscious uncoupling. |
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