You’re Doing Self-Care All Wrong

Depresh Mode with John Moe

Maximum Fun

Mental Health, Comedy, John Moe, Comedy Interviews, Interview, Health & Fitness

5 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

It’s not that Dr. Pooja Lakshmin has something against scented candles. In fact, she thinks they can be quite pleasant. It’s just that purchasing candles or bubble baths or winery tours are not really self-care, they’re just consumerism. This is indicated in the title of her book, Real Self Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included). Dr. Lakshmin says a more satisfying and beneficial approach to self-care has four principles: boundaries, compassion, values, and power.

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0:00.0	It's Depresh Mode. I'm John Moe. I am glad you're here.
0:04.4	You know, let's give Rhett Miller's opening music a week off and instead play a little bit of open mic Eagle.
0:11.0	What the fuck is self-care? I think I get it finally. It's like going to wineries.
0:18.4	I think I kind of get it I mean but like what is it
0:22.0	what the fuck is self-kid
0:23.5	it's like finding good smells
0:25.9	or fine wood shells
0:27.8	in my neighborhood
0:29.8	nobody sells that shit so oh well
0:33.1	what the fuck is self-care
0:34.7	I'm trying to make it smell flowery
0:36.9	that got allergy the fucking self-care I'm in a spot It's like to make it smell flowery. I got allergies.
0:38.8	I'm in a spot, got a sweet road.
0:42.3	Trying to hold on to a tree pose.
0:44.3	It's like seeing what my body means.
0:48.3	Maybe that's a lot of weed.
0:50.3	Yeah.
0:51.3	Get a cup massage.
0:52.3	That shit works, bro.
0:55.3	It's a fucking hurt, though.
0:57.6	Fucking self-care for obstacles.
0:59.5	It's a good question, you know.
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