Leaving The Cult Of Wokeness and Breaking Free Of Self-Censorship with Africa Brooke

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Africa Brooke to unpack her open letter that went viral titled “Why I'm leaving the cult of wokeness” and why having the courage to speak our truth is key to chasing our dreams and finding happiness. In this episode, Africa and Dhru discuss what we sacrifice from self-censorship and why we need layered and nuanced thinking in a convoluted social climate. Africa shares the limitations of binary thinking, how to approach the past with compassion, and why dehumanizing those who don’t share the same opinions is counterproductive to making progress. Africa Brooke is a London-based consultant, writer, strategist, international speaker, and life coach. She is the host of the Beyond the Self podcast and specializes in helping public figures, entrepreneurs, teams, and individuals with personal or professional challenges related to self-censorship and other forms of self-sabotage. Africa’s work focuses on encouraging people to rewire their mindsets using an ethical psychology-based approach. She aims to help her clients understand what it means to be solidified in their opinions and how to effectively communicate and find their voice within the world’s complex social climate. In this episode, Dhru and Africa dive into: -Africa’s open letter that went viral (2:34) -Embodying nuance as a key theme in Africa’s letter (13:39) -Rising above the “you’re either with us or against us” narrative (16:29) -How Dhru’s upbringing influences his worldview (20:33) -Finding relief and hope in being honest with yourself (26:42) -Defining cultural appropriation versus cultural appreciation (32:20) -Key lessons Africa has learned from coaching individuals (43:36) -The ways that self-censorship gets in the way of happiness (49:03) -What we sacrifice when we censor ourselves (56:52) -The power of changing your mind (1:06:35) -Using a social filter to foster deeper connections to yourself and others (1:08:56) -Downfalls of the radical honesty movement (1:11:26) -Navigating gray areas, nuance, and self-censorship (1:20:06) -Where to follow Africa’s work (1:26:23) Also mentioned in this episode: -An open letter: why I'm leaving the cult of wokeness by Africa Brooke -Beyond the Self with Africa Brooke -Email Africa Brooke with a story of self-censorship at hello@africabrooke.com For more on Africa Brooke, follow her on Instagram @africabrooke or through her website, africabrooke.com. AirDoctor is an affordable and efficient way to create clean air in your home. Right now, AIR Doctor Pro is offering my community $300 off of their air purifier. That's 50% off their normal price! Visit drhyman.com/filter to redeem today. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want you to think of self-sensorship as when you withhold your ideas, you withhold your opinions,
0:06.4	you withhold what is actually true. And you're not doing this because you're being
0:10.3	considerate of who's around you, of the context, etc. You're doing this because you're afraid.
0:15.6	Okay, and I think this is a key piece. It's driven by fear. It's driven by fear. You're afraid
0:20.6	that you are going to be punished in some way. And it's not a conscious thing. Even some of the
0:24.4	most confident people outwardly censor themselves, but fear is the key driver.
0:30.4	Welcome to the Drew Proid podcast. Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the
0:35.1	body with one of the brightest minds in wellness, medicine and mindset. This week's guest is
0:40.0	Africa Brooke. Africa is a London-based consultant, writer and life coach who rose to prominence over
0:47.0	the last few years for her bold, honest and thoughtful takes on the topics of race, tribalism
0:52.5	and self-sensorship. During the summer of 2021, Africa penned an open letter titled
0:59.1	Why Unleaving the Cult of Loceness. The letter immediately struck a chord and went viral.
1:05.4	To date, it has been read by over 12 million people. Raiders, including myself,
1:11.4	resonated with Africa's honest explanation of why she refused to play the game of demonizing
1:17.1	others based on their race, gender or economic class and how she would not let tribalism or the media
1:24.6	prevent her from asking and exploring tough questions about life's most important topics.
1:31.4	Recently, I was traveling through London and I had the opportunity to sit with Africa in person
1:36.2	to talk about her letter and how her work on the topic of self-sensorship is helping individuals
1:42.0	all around the world grow as human beings. Now, a little bit more about Africa. Africa is the host
1:48.8	of the Beyond the Self Podcast. She specializes in helping people overcome from self-sensorship
1:55.0	and crippling self-sabotage. Africa's work focuses on encouraging people to change their mindset
2:01.0	using an ethical, psychological-based approach. She aims to help her clients understand what it means
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