The Importance of Self Love

For most of us, especially as adults who have any type of skill. We developed them when somebody else was in charge of making us practice. As adults, it's difficult to be held accountable to do something repeatedly. And then you start to see that there's shortcuts, the shortcuts that don't serve us.

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In a culture that tries to convince us that we must buy more, do more, and achieve more in order to attain love, Humble the Poet explains that actually the greatest love is the one that comes from within ourselves. He unpacks the illusion of love that is fed to us in mainstream culture, and how to navigate the 'game' of dating while staying true to yourself. He dives deeps on self acceptance, vulnerability, boundaries, and identifying red flags before it's too late.

Humble shares his own story of coming into a deeper knowing of self love through a painful heartbreak, and how it manifested into his recent book "How to Be Love(d)".

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Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

4:13 Illusion of love - Mainstream got it wrong

10:45 Love yourself, First

24:01 Self Awareness & Acceptance

31:59 How to be Vulnerable

40:47 Setting Boundaries

46:26 Pattern vs Potential

50:45 Red Flags

54:16 Playing the Dating 'Game' vs Authenticity

1:02:43 Fear of Losing Love

1:05:50 Healing from Heartbreak

1:21:18 Conclusion

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Humble the Poet:

HUMBLE THE POET (aka Kanwer Singh) is a Canadian-born artist, rapper, spoken-word poet, international best-selling author, and former elementary school teacher. He is the author of The Globe and Mail bestseller Unlearn and Things No One Else Can Teach Us. With his tattoos, beard, head wrap, and silly smile, Humble commands attention. He stimulates audiences with ideas that challenge conventional wisdom and go against the grain, with dynamic live sets that shake conventions and minds at the same time. He has performed at concerts and festivals, including Lollapalooza, and has been featured in major media including The New York Times, BuzzFeed, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Huffington Post.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humblethepoet/

Website: https://www.humblethepoet.com

Book, "How to Be Love(d)": https://assist331.wixsite.com/website-2

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Know Thyself

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André Duqum