Posts tagged self-compassion
Acting out and lashing out can help you discover yourself

Links

  • Explore the community: http://khayrab.com/community

  • The Mental Meanderings of Waseem.Space podcast - Home of the 3rd Cultured: https://waseem.space/podcasts/

  • The Diggin'It Podcast (Arabic): https://waseem.space/the-diggnit-podcast/

Discussion

  • Shoulds and how it gets us to suppress our feelings/needs

  • Examples and our experiences with acting out and lashing out

  • The right way to learn about your values, who you are, and what you should present about yourself (spoiler: there is only a right way)

Exploration

How do you lash out or act out?

What's the pattern you see?

What does it tell you about your values and what's important to you?

Why we've been talking about feelings before self-promotion

Being "helpable" (i.e. vulnerable) is a mindset for connection and collaboration… That’s why your personal branding efforts have felt empty and has fallen flat.

A summary of what was covered and prep for what's coming up.

This Week’s Exploration

  1. List out all the people that you hope to impact or influence through your work

  2. Categorize them if you haven’t already. Examples: Manager, potential employers, clients, potential clients, end users, colleagues, university admissions

  3. Pick ONE that you’d like to fully explore next week

Music by ItsWatR from Pixabay

Why you don't build habits you say you want

There's something that happens between remembering the habit you want to build and returning to the habit plan... It's evil! Don't fall for it!

Teachings

  • Why we've been talking about our minds for the last 3 Saturdays

  • Being a "helpable" person

  • Should: Self-judgement, fixed mindset, closed mindset, survival mindset, defensiveness

  • Could: Re-remembering and re-returning... Harder than it sounds!

This Week's Exploration