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For me, the act of being selfish is this constant decisions to do and choose things that make me feel alive.

It doesn't always make me feel alive. It doesn't always make me feel good.

It doesn't mean that it doesn't cause me pain. But these decisions to proclaim something for myself and all of my competing needs and desires, like this makes me feel more alive. Yeah. And a lot of,

you know, a lot of when we think about the self, there are so many different parts of ourselves. Yeah. And a lot of, you know, a lot of when we think about the self, there are so

many different parts of ourselves. Yeah. And they all deserve a seat at the table and they all have

different competing needs and interest. But when I think about the self, I think about wholeness

and what does it mean to have everyone have a seat at the table and have the most spiritual part of ourselves

decide what's best. This is Diane Bowden and you're listening to the minimalist moms podcast.

Today's guest invites us to rethink a word that many of us have been taught to avoid, being

selfish because what if selfish isn't about taking from others but about finally listening to

yourself.

In this episode, I'm joined by Carrie Docherty, co-founder of Farity Brand, an author of the new memoir, Selfish, to talk about what it looks like to reconnect with your own voice after years of prioritizing everyone else.

Carrie shares how this realization began during couples therapy when she recognized just how disconnected she had become from her own desires and how that led her to start making small, intentional choices

that felt more aligned with who she really is. We talk about the tension of navigating that kind of

personal shift within a marriage and a shared business, the impact of telling the truth publicly

and how honesty, while sometimes uncomfortable, can

actually lead to deeper connection. These going deeper episodes are more of a conversation as opposed

to a specific strategic interview. I'll be sure to link the other ones in the show notes.

I have topics such as unschooling, my parent is a hoarder, and Iron Man battling brain cancer.

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