You have given me beautiful insights and gentle acceptance.
A "hack that felt like a fight," my entire life could be summed up in that phrase. I've been trying to build my own army, one woman at a time who could "ignore" diet culture along with me by refusing to be controlled. Knowing now that I retreat as an Investigator type and heal as a Helper type really shows me the cycles of harm and healing that I have been on throughout my life. I really think the step to "activate my own protection detail" will be a life changer, and that absolutely will be my focus in the coming months as I rewatch this series. You have given me beautiful insights and gentle acceptance.
Such important words for me.
‘I am here, that is enough.’ Such important words for me. Sophia is so astute about how we come to see ourselves, what underlies it, and how this all gets interwoven with diet culture. I found her to be spot on in describing so much of how I (as a number 2- Helper) react, but so full of kindness and compassion, with a strategy for the path forward.
It was speaking directly to parts of me I've struggled to put into words
The Individualist episode felt like it was speaking directly to parts of me I've struggled to put into words. I remember being a kid in the locker room at school looking at the other kids and feeling sick to my stomach and like I could never have a normal life because of my body. When the episode talked about using envy as a compass for my longing, I realized that it was confidence, relationships, and joy that I was really envious of all those years ago in the locker room. This reframe will help me let go of the shame I feel around envy, and instead have it guide me toward what I'm really wanting. That shift alone felt worth the entire listen.