
#161 Jim Dethmer: The Pillars of Integrity
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
The Second Pillar - Am I Willing to Feel My Feelings?
Two pillars of personal growth: radical responsibility and embracing emotions. Traumatic experience led to shutting down emotions, but a life-changing event brought them back. At 17, Mark lost his dad to a heart attack. Nursing his dad's possessions, Mark grieved and disintegrated in a hospital bathroom. He walked out, pulled himself together, and assumed a caretaker role for his mother.
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