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Psychotherapist Adam Phillips - What We Must Give Up to Feel More Alive
Jan 30, 2024
Renowned psychotherapist Adam Phillips discusses what we must give up to feel more alive. Topics include questioning the assumption of life worth, exploring self-criticism and the power of choosing who to be judged by, expanding language and rethinking loss, and the art of giving up and the pursuit of aliveness.
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- Questioning the assumption that life is always worth living and acknowledging the importance of allowing individuals to consider whether their lives are truly worth living without feeling imprisoned by societal expectations.
- Highlighting the significance of curiosity and redescription in understanding ourselves and others better, emphasizing that curiosity is essential for a fulfilling life and that embracing redescription can transform loss into inspiration, exclusion into self-discovery, and censorship into productive self-expression.
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The Importance of Questioning Assumptions About Giving Up
The podcast explores the assumption that giving things up is integral to our lives and challenges what we hope giving up will achieve. It also questions the notion that life is always worth living, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging that some lives may be unbearable. The discussion highlights that when we give up, we believe we can't change, which raises the critical point of why assuming that life is always worth living can be dangerous. The podcast suggests that individuals should have the option to consider whether their lives are truly worth living, without feeling imprisoned by the expectation of staying alive.
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