Karamo: How to Actually Do Self-Love (January, 2021)
10% Happier with Dan Harris
10% Media, LLC
4.6 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
With the approach of the new year (and perhaps New Year's resolutions) we've decided to replay a very popular episode, featuring one of the most prominent proselytizers for self-love, Karamo from Queer Eye.
Karamo was the first openly gay black man on reality TV when he appeared on MTV's The Real World Philadelphia back in 2004. When he left TV and found out he was a dad, he got custody of his son, adopted his son's half-brother and worked for a decade as a social worker before returning to the media world. He's now the culture expert on the blockbuster Netflix reboot of Queer Eye. Karamo also hosts his own podcast and is the author of a memoir, as well as a children's book, which he co-wrote with his son.
In today's conversation, we talk about why, for Karamo, learning to love himself started with learning to love his first name; how he overcame negative messages inside his abusive childhood home; why men struggle so much with the concept of self-love; and the areas in his own life where he struggles the most to practice what he preaches.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the 10% happier podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Dan Harris. |
| 0:08.0 | Hey, hey, I am keenly aware that self love may sound to some of you more than a little |
| 0:16.5 | cliched or maybe even more than a little impossible. |
| 0:20.4 | But trust me, it is neither. |
| 0:22.8 | It is not about becoming self-obsessed or becoming so blissed out that you become a passive |
| 0:28.7 | potato, self-love, or you might use the word self-compassion, is real and nuanced work |
| 0:35.3 | and it is backed up by science. |
| 0:37.7 | It's also a bit of a paradox. |
| 0:39.7 | One of the best ways to make lasting change is to first accept yourself and be cool with |
| 0:45.0 | yourself. |
| 0:46.0 | So, as we approach the new year at time when many of us are gearing up to make resolutions, |
| 0:51.2 | we are going to replay today one of the most popular episodes of the last few years. |
| 0:56.8 | My guest is one of the most prominent proselytizers for self-love. |
| 1:01.0 | He's somebody who knows what it is to struggle and to mess up and to come out on the other |
| 1:05.3 | side with self-love. |
| 1:08.1 | And he spent the last several years telling his story and helping other people directly |
| 1:12.2 | as well. |
| 1:13.7 | Karamo was the first out gay black man on reality TV when he appeared on MTV's The Real |
| 1:20.7 | World Philadelphia back in 2004. |
| 1:23.1 | But then he left TV and found out he was a dad. |
| 1:26.1 | He got custody of his son, adopted his son's half brother and worked for a decade as a social |
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