Struggles w/Moderation, Identity & Survivor Guilt - Akshay Nanavati

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 130 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Born in India, raised in Texas, 33 year-old Iraq War veteran, ultra-runner and global philanthropist talks about his lifelong struggles with moderation, getting his identify from his accomplishments or dangerous/crazy/extreme behavior, feeling unworthy and battling survivors guilt after losing a fellow soldier. He also talks about spirituality especially finding purpose through sacrifice and service. Akshay is the author of the book Fearvana (with a forward by the Dalai Fucking Lama!) More About Our Guesthttps://fearvana.com/ https://www.amazon.com/FEARVANA-Revolutionary-Science-Health-Happiness/dp/1630476056/https://bliss.fearvana.com/secretstomasteryhttps://www.fearvanafoundation.org/liberia Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by the Calm meditation/sleep app. For 25% off a Calm premium subscription go to www.Calm.com/mental This episode is sponsored by the insurance quote search and comparison website PolicyGenius. WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Stitcher Premium for back catalog (& much more) -Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month. Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod -Subscription includes all episodes, ad-free, going all the way back to ep #1 in 2011, plus back catalogs of tons of other great podcasts, standup albums, original content and more. -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to episode 414 with my guest, Oxe Nanavadi.
0:05.9	I'm Paul Gilmarton.
0:07.1	This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.
0:09.4	It's a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions,
0:14.8	past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:19.5	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:23.4	I'm not a therapist.
0:25.0	It's not a doctor's office.
0:26.8	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:29.5	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:32.7	Mental pod is also the social media handle.
0:36.2	You can follow me slash the show at.
0:42.0	I want to jump into some surveys right away.
0:46.4	We're going to be reading some body-shame surveys today in addition to some of the other
0:51.2	ones.
0:52.2	I haven't really delved into these in a while.
0:57.0	This first one is filled out by a woman who calls herself Asian mom's daughter.
1:03.4	The question, what do you like or dislike about your body and why?
1:06.6	She writes, I've always been conventionally attractive and thin, but like everyone else who
1:10.4	doesn't have a six-packed my belly protrudes when I wear tight shirts or dresses, whatever.
1:17.9	When I bought an amazing red backless floor length dress for my wedding online, I tried
1:23.4	it on and excitedly texted my mom a picture.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Paul Gilmartin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Paul Gilmartin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.