Radical contentment, with Jamie Varon

The many ways for a book to “be successful” that don’t involve writing a New York Times bestseller (who knew?!)

Lockdown lessons, and learning to live with uncertainty

The surprising weight and reliance that we put on the future, without realising we’re doing it

The “ladder of hierarchies” through which we try (and mostly fail) to feel better about ourselves

Learning to enjoy the process of making something, more than the reception it receives

Drinking the Kool-Aid of never-ending work, productivity, and demonising rest (and this pearl of wisdom: even machines burn out!)

And the related delusion we buy into, “I’ve put enough into the world that now I feel worthy”

Shame in its many forms, and diet culture

Using self-worth as an alternative motivator to shame

How to drop the shame (the first step is to start noticing it)

Curiosity is the bridge that can take us from shame to self-love

And the freedom and curiosity that comes when we finally drop the shame

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