There's Nothing Wrong With You

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When we buy something, it's not necessarily about the *thing*. Oftentimes we are buying into a story about ourselves; namely, what we simply must fix as we seek to get one step closer to our aspirational, in-a-perfect-world self. Important truth time: You are not a perpetual self-improvement project, and no product can fix what was never broken in the first place. On today's show: A conversation with author Cait Flanders about why she broke up with self-help content and flaws-first marketing messages (and why, too, she never looked back). Here's a preview: [5:00] Buying stuff to escape your feelings? (Me too.) [10:00] The "there's something wrong with you" messaging starts in childhood, my friends [13:00] Where's the line between prioritizing self-growth versus living in that perpetually sad place of 'less than'? [20:00] Here's how your life may change if you stopped spending $$ on products to fix what you've been told is broken [26:00] Musings on letting go of our aspirational selves once and for all Resources mentioned: The Year Of Less The Mindful Consumer on Substack Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide To Reclaiming Yourself (by Nedra Glover Tawwab) This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected].

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
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1:04.2	Well, hello there and welcome. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 476 of sustainable minimalists.
1:11.0	This is a listener supported show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalists. This is a listener-supported show about intentional and eco-friendly
1:14.5	minimalist living. On today's show we are asking ourselves, what would we do
1:20.5	differently if there was nothing wrong with us?
1:24.2	Self-help culture and marketing pros,
1:28.6	they speak to our flaws,
1:30.9	because when we feel less than ideal about ourselves, first of all it's a bummer, it doesn't
1:36.3	feel good when we're always focusing on our flaws, our blemishes perhaps, but also doing so leads us to live in a state of lack or less then and so
1:48.7	on today's show we're exploring the idea well what if there's nothing wrong with us what if there's nothing to fix what
1:55.8	of where exactly the way we're supposed to be exactly the way we are no we don't need to
2:00.8	lose weight no we don't need to lose weight. No, we don't need to fix those wrinkles. No, we don't need to invest in the latest program to help us improve our communication skills. No, none of that because we're perfect the way we are.
2:14.0	Here to help me unpack this topic is Kate Flanders. Kate is an author. She wrote,
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