Testing the Mic, Finding Myself
· 12 min
What this episode is about
Recorded live at her sister Libby's house, this episode is about who you are beyond what has happened to you.
Hallie draws on two essays from 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think to talk about self-awareness, identity, and the idea that life doesn't necessarily get easier, you just get wiser about how to handle it.
Chapters
- 0:00Testing the mic
- 0:58The parts of you that aren't you
- 3:23When you don't live up to who you think you are
- 4:50Healing outside the boxes we build
- 6:59Your inner world is just as vast
- 8:22You have to heal all of you
- 9:18We get to choose
- 10:40Reading the last few essays
- 11:59Life gets easier as you grow
- 12:22Wrap up
Takeaways
- You are more than your past experiences
- Self-awareness is a skill you can grow
- Growth often looks like handling the same things better
A question to sit with
- Who are you apart from the hardest thing that's happened to you?
Keep thinking about it
Journal through what came up in the My Inner Mind app, or take a free quiz to name the pattern behind it.