Jon Acuff

Primal Question

Mike Foster

Self-improvement, Counseling, Sleeping At Last, Emotional Health, Health & Fitness, Anxiety, Relationships, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Suicide, Annie Downs, Unspoken Podcast, Depression, Addiction, Mike Foster, Rachel Hollis, Education, Therapy, Mental Health

5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this session of Fun Therapy, _New York Times_ best-selling author Jon Acuff joins Mike to discuss his current challenge of giving himself permission to try new things. Jon is the author of six books including his most recent _Wall Street Journal_ No. 1 best-seller, _Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done._ In this episode, they talk about how to build the courage to be misunderstood and how taking the risk of being “average” is part of the journey toward finding our true joy. The Fun Therapy Podcast is a proud member of [The RELEVANT Podcast Network](https://relevantmagazine.com/podcasts/). Subscribe to the podcast in [iTunes](itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fun-therapy/id1290469005?mt=2), or S[titcher](https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/relevant-podcast-network-2/fun-therapy). If you haven’t already, please [review us on iTunes here](itms://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fun-therapy/id1290469005?mt=2). It’s an important way to help new listeners discover the show! And be sure to say hello on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/), [Facebook](http://facebook.com) and [Instagram](http://instagram.com).

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0:00.0	Hey friends. My name is Mike Foster and this is Fun Therapy. A podcast that
0:17.4	dives into the difficult and troublesome and incredibly messy parts of life and we do it with a smile.
0:25.0	Because it's in the places of suffering and overcoming.
0:30.0	It's in these places that we are bonded together as we all live in this universal story of coming
0:37.9	undone and being put back together again.
0:41.8	And we smile and love and embrace it without reservation because we're finding our truth.
0:48.9	We have joy because the suffering is producing strength and we run towards the pain because it's in the fire
0:56.4	that we burn away everything that doesn't belong to us.
1:00.4	We're learning to love the sound of our rebirth. We're learning to love the sound of our rebirth.
1:04.0	We're learning to love the sound of our feet,
1:07.0	walking away from the things that were never meant for us.
1:11.0	My name is Mike Foster, and this is fun therapy.
1:17.0	I wanted to begin this episode by just honoring you. I want you to know how much you mean to me,
1:32.0	the listeners, this family, we have built this wonderful little neighborhood
1:36.8	of beautiful souls and stories here and I'm just so grateful for you.
1:42.2	And I know there are times where it feels like we're alone and I know you for me
1:47.2	loneliness can just sneak up on you in sort of these weird funky ways.
1:51.3	I know that I've felt this way on several occasions over the past couple of months.
1:55.8	It's weird. You can just be going along and then the darkness just rushes in sometimes and it's so quick and some days I just
2:07.1	felt so heavy and I think that's called being a human being.
2:12.0	But when I have felt this way I think that's called being a human being.
2:15.7	But when I have felt this way, you know who came to the rescue?
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