I don't know about you, but when I think about unfairness and injustice in the world, I feel sad or angry or hopeless.

And I think those are normal human emotions to experience.

But they also aren't our only option. In this episode I'm going to explain the key

difference between political and emotional resistance, and I'm going to share the value of

radical acceptance in your personal and political life.

Hello, hello, and welcome to the final episode of this limited mini-series I'm doing here on the

podcast with a sneak peek of each chapter of my book take back your brain. I cannot believe we've gotten to the end because that means drum roll.

The book is basically here. If you're listening to this on Monday, May 20th, when it comes out, then the book releases tomorrow.

And if it is Tuesday, May 21st or later, then the book is out. It's in the world. It's everywhere. Today we are talking about

chapter 10 of the book, which is all about how to use feminist mindset work to help you relate to the

larger world in a better way.

This chapter addresses some really important questions

that I think most self-help books and teaching shy away from.

A lot of self-help or self-development work

seems to be imagined in a vacuum without relation

to the real problems in the world, much less to structural forms of oppression and marginalization.

This is a pity because the practical philosophy of thought work is an incredible source of strength and resilience when times are challenging

and the power of human imagination and determination are the only things that have ever changed conditions in the world for the better.

So in Chapter 10 of the book, we talk about some of what we're up against,

and we also talk about anger as a natural reaction to some of these systems and this awareness.

There's nothing wrong with anger and for some people it's a positive powerful radicalizing force.

And then for other people it leaves them in burnout and exhaustion.

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