It's Not Just In Your Head #137 [PART 2]: Revolution Recovery and the power of stories (ft. Meghann Perry)
"My self awareness threatens your denial"
We continue the conversation around the importance of self-narrative and play.
Meghann details how shes uses theater performance to help people make sense of challenges they have faced in their lives, and how through play we can create new meaning and identities that we've been locked into by ourselves or others.
Meghann offers some insights and criticisms regarding episode '#129: Beyond Rehab & The Twelve Steps (ft. Bob and V)' and we do a deep dive into the idea of 'authenticity' or the 'authentic self' and whether it even exists...
References:
Power Threat Meaning Framework: https://www.bps.org.uk/member-networks/division-clinical-psychology/power-threat-meaning-framework
Steal As Much As You Can (book which contained the idea of how marketing steals our language) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45688217-steal-as-much-as-you-can
Capitalist Realism (book which does a similar job as above but a broader view of everything): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6763725-capitalist-realism?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_8
The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods (Interesting story which encapsulated the discussion/conclusion on the authentic self: a never ending process): https://youtu.be/PK2SMIOHYig
“… you are equally inaccessible to inspection. When you look to find out who you are, somebody like a Zen master will interrupt you and say, “Excuse me, but who is it that wants to know? And who is it that’s looking?” So, you know, you’re soon chasing your own tail like a little dog. And you never catch up with it.” - Alan Watts
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