The 4 Principles of Real Self Care with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, a psychiatrist, shares her journey of discovering the true essence of self-care. Drawing from her experiences with patients feeling overwhelmed by the wellness industry’s commodified approach, she unravels the concept of “faux self-care.” Pooja articulates the four principles of real self-care and the ever-changing nature of this internal process.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Define and discover the transformative power of real self-care
Learn to set healthy boundaries for genuine self-care
Overcome the societal challenges to prioritize your self-care
Explore the intersection of self-care and activism for personal and social change
Embrace the importance of values in nurturing authentic self-care practices

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0:00.0	in some kind of spiritual movements or wellness movements we tend to kind of
0:04.4	exalt the person who has overcome the obstacle and forget that there's going to be
0:09.5	more obstacles. goals.
0:15.0	Welcome to the one you feed.
0:20.0	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.
0:25.0	Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:30.0	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:34.4	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:39.0	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:42.0	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just
0:46.5	about thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and
0:51.0	creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:54.2	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:58.6	how they feed their good wolf. Wolf. We all know that good habits are ways that we bring what we value into the world and we each
1:19.3	have our own list of what matters to us.
1:21.9	Maybe you want to feel more energetic, improve your
1:23.9	relationships, have a tidy your home, cook more instead of eating out four nights a
1:28.1	week. Whatever habit you want to build, it's entirely possible to make it happen.
1:32.4	But if you feel under-equipped and overwhelmed... it's entirely possible to make it happen.
1:32.5	But if you feel under-equipped and overwhelmed
1:35.2	to make real sustainable change, you are not alone.
1:38.3	And that's why I've made my free master class open to everyone
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