Beyond the Self with Africa Brooke
Welcome to our unfiltered corner. The voicescapes you'll be taking in are created by myself, Africa Brooke.In a worldly sense, I am a globally acclaimed consultant, mentor, writer, and artist. My deepest desire with this podcast is to remind us ALL of the power inherent in taking simple, consistent, and often uncomfortable steps towards personal integrity.I'm all too aware that overwhelm and societal pressures make it easy to become fixated on external influences, tiptoe around potentially sensitive issues and cross our own boundaries in the process. And this kind of environment often leads to self-sabotage.That's where Beyond the Self steps in to be your guiding light. In this house, we FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.I will be using all my intellectual property, training, tools and wisdom to help you in uncovering your own blind spots and learning to tolerate discomfort so that you can rekindle curiosity, creativity, deeper and more intimate relationships, pleasure, play, and a sense of groundedness.In every episode I'll lay out encouraging insights about our shared human complexities, both messy and fucking beautiful. I really do value a nuanced understanding and more importantly, practical, evidence-based tools and resources to help you integrate the learnings into your life.If you're looking for an uncompromising approach to personal development and life philosophy, you've found yourself in the right place. Here, we don't hold back. Welcome to Beyond the Self.
Latest episodes
May 9, 2022 • 27min
#032 - Dare to do things differently
SUBSCRIBE to my new YouTube channel!If you found this valuable - be sure to follow, RATE, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
May 2, 2022 • 56min
#031 - How to avoid losing your sh*t in a divided world - w/ Mark Groves
Last week I went LIVE with a man I've come to know and truly adore - Human Connection Specialist, friend, and fellow advocate for free expression, Mark Groves - who is also known for being the man behind Create the love and for being the co-founder of the world's first social emotional network - Mined.We left no stone unturned in this fantastic conversation which you can also watch over on Instagram by clicking here.We covered the different layers of self-censorship, censorship on a wider scale (government overreach - and the psychology behind it), the importance of focusing on what you can control, how the past two years has revealed so much about human nature and our need to belong, the division we're seeing run rife in the West, the hope that exists amongst the f*ckery, & MORE.If you found this valuable - be sure to follow, RATE, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Apr 25, 2022 • 1h 18min
#030 - Why cancel culture thrives on you being a terrible communicator (let's talk solutions!)
In this episode (originally recorded LIVE on IG), I covered: are you a more passive-aggressive communicator than you think?, why ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATORS are needed now more than ever, why communication is a missing piece in the cancel culture conversation, why labelling everything as self-censorship isn’t helpful, how to know when you’re self-censoring vs using your social filter (good thing)……why risking peoples perception of you has to become non-negotiable, what happens when people start to behave exactly like those they claim to oppose……why a solutions focused approach to our collective disconnect is the way forward, why sharing online shouldn’t be the main point of undoing self-censorship, the gifts of being misunderstood…& SO MUCH MORE.Books mentioned:Non-violent communication by Marshall RosenbergSay what you mean by Oren SoferIf you found this valuable - be sure to follow, RATE, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Apr 18, 2022 • 59min
#029 - The gifts of being misunderstood
If you found this valuable - be sure to follow, RATE, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Apr 11, 2022 • 34min
#028 - What are you willing to risk?
Playing it safe won't cut it. Let's talk about it....If you found this valuable - be sure to follow, RATE, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Mar 28, 2022 • 13min
#027 - A personal note: when life humbles you
Subscribe to my new YouTube channel: CLICK HERENEW EVENT: Book your ticket for the private virtual masterclass I'm hosting (April 9th) on 'How to stop self-censoring in the age of cancel culture': https://africabrooke.com/eventsIf you found this valuable - be sure to follow, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Mar 14, 2022 • 49min
#026 - What happens when the 'toxic person' is you?
We can all agree that removing people who consistently exhibit toxic behaviours from our life is almost always a good idea. But what happens when that toxic person is you?NEW EVENT: Book your ticket for the private virtual event (April 9th) on 'How to stop self-censoring in the age of cancel culture': https://africabrooke.com/eventsIf you found this valuable - be sure to follow, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Mar 7, 2022 • 1h 8min
#025 - 5 reasons why I self-censor
NEW EVENT: Book your ticket for the private virtual event (April 9th) on 'How to stop self-censoring in the age of cancel culture': https://africabrooke.com/eventsIf you found this valuable - be sure to follow, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Feb 28, 2022 • 43min
#024 - Why you don't have to speak up on every social issue
No mincing of words with this one.If you found this valuable - be sure to follow, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
Feb 21, 2022 • 1h 5min
#023 - How to stop being rigid in your thinking
(Previously titled: How to exist in a complex world with a binary brain). Black and white (either or) thinking is great if you need to cross the road or if you’re foraging and need to know whether a mushroom you're about to pick is poisonous or not...but when thinking in extremes (with us or against us, right or left, pro or anti, woke vs anti-woke, right or wrong) becomes the default in every situation - it can become cause for concern.This episode is already a TOP 3 of mine and I know it's one that will resonate with many of you listening. I appreciate your time and attention. If you found this valuable - be sure to follow, subscribe, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, and share this podcast with your pals, family, and community - let's not withhold transformation from each other.You can also connect with me directly over on Instagram, I'd love to continue the conversation with you - @africabrooke or you can email me at hello@africabrooke.com with subject line 'Beyond the Self'. I can't wait to hear from you!PLEASE NOTE: I do not give advice in DM's, emails, or comments, but I'd love to hear your feedback and know what your lightbulb moments or breakthroughs were. It also lights me up when you tag me in the screenshots of you listening, do continue!
