S10 EP4: It's Not About Me! Or Is It? Find Out with Guest Frederik Imbo
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Do you often feel attacked by other people’s comments? Do you know that there’s a way to NOT take things personally?
If you don’t already know him, we want you to meet the very impressive Frederik Imbo, who joins us today from Belgium. He is an expert in communication and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, who has dedicated his life to helping people train their brains. He delivered the very popular TEDx talk: How To Not Take Things Personally, which is in the top 50 globally most watched TED talks ever and has more than 17 MILLION views!
Listen to Frederik Imbo’s advice on what to do when your ego gets in the way of your own happiness. In this episode, he provides strategies to find inner peace and emotional balance. Go from feeling like a victim to becoming a valuable communicator. It’s liberating!
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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:21) Introducing guest Frederick Imbo
(00:03:00) Why so many people identify with the topic of taking things personally
(00:06:21) Our responsibility to deal with our feelings and meet our own needs.
(00:09:16) Why it’s easier to relinquish power than take responsibility
(00:12:03) Why Frederik became a referee
(00:19:33) The comparison between training muscles and training the brain
(00:20:48) Tips for not taking things personally
(00:28:05) Why being right and being happy are two different things
(00:34:31) Steps to getting the ego in control and becoming happier
(00:40:32) When we take things personally, is it about them or us?
(00:44:00) How we interpret interactions with small children vs. adults
(00:47:15) Proportions of positive and negative thoughts people have
(00:52:21) How to use empathy when dealing with social media or text interactions
(00:59:28) Where listeners can find Frederik
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| 0:00.0 | It's a nice comparison between training the muscles of our body to become more powerful, |
| 0:06.8 | more resilient in pushing up a certain weight. Well, the same goes for our brain. It is in a way, |
| 0:15.4 | muscle that we can train for new behavior. And there the intention is the most important thing I no longer |
| 0:22.2 | want to take things personally because I want to become more free and so the |
| 0:26.9 | the end results even when I know that sometimes I will fail I'm learning to |
| 0:33.7 | become more free and less dependent on how other people treat me. |
| 0:42.3 | The big question is this. |
| 0:46.3 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, |
| 0:50.3 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:55.0 | We are an army of hardworking women, |
| 0:58.0 | changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 1:02.0 | Wherever you are at on your journey, |
| 1:05.0 | we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well |
| 1:09.0 | a part of your life. |
| 1:14.5 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:18.6 | Welcome to the Thigh's Save Lives podcast. |
| 1:26.0 | Our guest today, Frederick Inbo, is an expert in communication and neurolinguistic programming and delivered the very popular TED Talk, |
| 1:29.5 | how to not take things personally with over 17 million views in the top 50 globally most watched |
| 1:36.5 | TED Talks ever. He has a master's in neurolinguistic programming, a master's in transpersonal |
| 1:43.2 | coaching and counseling, and he gives talks all over |
| 1:47.2 | the world, stimulating and guiding individuals to develop their communication skills. He is the |
| 1:54.6 | expert on how to not take things personally. So if you struggle in this area, you are going to |
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