Imperfection – Episode 122
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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2015
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Do you feel that you have to be perfect? Do you go through life as if you're on a stage? Is it hard to have compassion and love for yourself? Let's talk about imperfection. This episode was inspired by the book, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 122 of the Recovery Show. This episode is brought to you by |
| 0:06.3 | Anthony Eric and Karen. They use the donation button on our website. Thank you |
| 0:11.6 | Anthony Eric and Karen for your generous |
| 0:13.7 | contributions. This episode is for you. We are friends and family members of |
| 0:19.6 | alcoholics and addicts who have found a path to serenity and happiness. We who live or have lived |
| 0:25.2 | with a seemingly hopeless problem of addiction understand as perhaps few others can. So much |
| 0:30.4 | depends on our own attitudes and we believe that changed attitudes can aid recovery. |
| 0:35.9 | Today I'm going to talk about imperfection. |
| 0:38.6 | Before we begin, we would like to state that though we at the recovery Show may be in a 12-step program, we represent |
| 0:43.8 | ourselves rather than the program. |
| 0:46.4 | During this show we will share our own experiences as they relate to the topic of |
| 0:49.5 | imperfection. |
| 0:50.9 | The opinions expressed here are strictly those of the person who gave them. |
| 0:54.6 | Take what you like and leave the rest. |
| 0:56.1 | I hope that you will find something in our sharing that speaks to your life. |
| 1:00.0 | My name is Spencer and I'm your host today. |
| 1:03.3 | The first segment of today's episode of the recovery show will be the discussion of the topic |
| 1:07.2 | imperfection. |
| 1:08.2 | Following a short break, I'll talk about my life in recovery, how I practice these principles in all my affairs. We'll follow that |
| 1:15.2 | with your email or voice contributions and some brief news about the podcast before closing. |
| 1:22.2 | I was inspired to this topic by the book The |
| 1:26.0 | Gifts of Imperfection by Bernay Brown, |
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