Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miscara, and in today's episode, we're going to talk about the value of being fed up with yourself.

More to come on that in a moment. First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells.

Okay. So here's something you might not hear in a feel-good circle. We often need to get sick of our own

BS before we can truly change. This may at first glance seem to contradict some of the other things I teach,

which really emphasize compassion, self-acceptance, being loving toward yourself. And don't worry,

all of that integrates here.

But often, the initial response that kicks everything into motion is a feeling of being fed up, frustrated, even an initial disgust response.

You may be frustrated that you're still holding onto the past. You might be sick

of being stuck in a victimized mindset. You might be tired of saying you're going to change, but you

never do. You might be sad about how much your trauma impacts your relationships and are just really frustrated and over it.

This initial feeling of what is going on, why aren't I doing anything about this or why is this still looping?

This just means that there's some self-awareness

and that you're ready for something to change. The feeling of being disgusted with ourselves

and disgust is a very particular emotional response. I know that's a strong word, but that is often the word used in psychology.

A disgust response we see could happen around something that we perceive to be immoral,

could happen in relationship to ourselves.

The feeling of being disgusted with ourselves is often just the

recognition that we're not living up to our potential. This isn't always the case because it's also

possible that the disgust response has less to do with your potential and more to do with the internalized

expectations of others. As an example, just imagine the workaholic who hates themselves for

needing a break, which is most likely programming from an external force, like an abusive parent

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