The Motivation Behind Learning Something New

Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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We’ve been thinking about what new skill we want to learn all week. But here is a deeper question for you: why do you want to learn this new thing? Why are you drawn to it? What is the deeper meaning behind it? This episode will help you get to the bottom of those motivations. It may inspire you to get started right away! Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there?
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benning?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:34.7	Hi friends. Welcome back to Self Care Daily. It's time for another practice here on the show.
0:41.9	This week is all about learning, allowing ourselves to remain curious and figuring out which new
0:50.1	skill sets we want to pick up in life. Already this week, we have spent a little bit of time
0:56.4	tuning into that thing you're feeling inspired to learn right now. And I want to go a little bit
1:03.5	deeper today. So bring your attention to something that you know you want to learn.
1:09.8	Maybe your answer is different today than it was a couple
1:12.2	days ago and that's okay. Something that you're drawn to right now in this moment and time. So that new
1:20.0	skill that you want to learn or that new language you want to pick up or that area of life that you
1:26.8	just want to dive into and learn lots and lots about.
1:30.9	But bring your attention to what that thing is.
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