What is Wellness Culture with Fariha Roisin

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Fariha Roisin is an Australian Canadian writer whose work frequently covers her identity as a queer, south Asian Muslim woman as well as self-care and pop culture. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Vice, Village Voice,and other publications. She has written a book of poetry (How To Cure A Ghost), a journal (Being In Your Body), and a novel (Like A Bird).

In this episode, Eric and Fariha discuss her non-fiction book, Who Is Wellness For? An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind.

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Fariha Roisin and I Discuss Wellness Culture and …

Her book, Who Is Wellness For? An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind
The way her severe childhood trauma has shaped her entire life
That we are shaped by the trauma of our families and ancestors
The factors that weave into how we need to heal
The importance of looking at and into the darkness for ourselves
Being alive IS the journey of self-discovery to show up as a fairer, kinder version of yourself
How discomfort is undervalued
That unraveling is the nexus for change in life
The difficult path of healing will give you your life if you follow it
How achieving or ascension can be a trauma response
What it means to become a more whole version of yourself – where every part of you is allowed
The idea of taking only what you give
How healing requires being present with yourself

Fariha Roisin links:

Fariha’s Website

Fariha’s Newsletter

Instagram

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0:00.0	The world teaches you not to be present with yourself, and I think healing is just the
0:04.3	idea of being present and understanding that you're worth being present with.
0:08.7	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:19.2	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes
0:23.9	like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true, and yet for many
0:30.2	of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:33.6	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:38.3	We see what we don't have instead of what we do, we think things that hold us back and
0:42.9	dampen our spirit.
0:44.7	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:48.1	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
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0:57.4	they feed their good wolf.
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