How to Embrace Imperfection with Anne Lamott
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In an episode, Anne Lamott explores a variety of themes including how to embrace imperfection, self-improvement, creativity, and the journey towards self-acceptance. Anne shares candid reflections on her personal struggles with perfectionism, shame, and the inner critic, offering valuable insights into the transformative power of self-compassion. She delves into the importance of unlearning harmful teachings from childhood, emphasizing the need to release the pressure of doing things perfectly and to embrace imperfection as a part of the human experience. Anne’s journey of faith and recovery also provides a unique perspective on navigating personal struggles and finding support in community.
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In this episode, you will be able to:
- Embrace imperfection to unlock personal growth and self-acceptance.
- Overcome perfectionism and self-criticism for a more fulfilling life.
- Discover the benefits of community in your recovery journey
- Find spirituality in sobriety to enhance your overall well-being
- Manage your inner critic as a writer to unleash your creativity
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| 0:00.0 | Finding a way to have a bigger and more spacious life may involve community, may involve |
| 0:06.2 | spirituality, may involve activism, who knows, you have to somehow get the help to release some of the perfectionism because not a |
| 0:16.2 | soul here is going to do it perfectly. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have |
| 0:33.4 | quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:39.0 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, |
| 0:45.0 | self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. |
| 0:50.3 | We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about |
| 0:55.5 | thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to |
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| 1:53.4 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 1:54.7 | Our guest on this episode is Anne Lamotte, |
| 1:57.1 | author of many New York Times bestsellers, |
| 1:59.6 | such as Dusk Night Dawn, |
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