Radical Acceptance: Embrace Yourself and Your Journey
Episode Overview
Radical acceptance means embracing who you are, flaws and all. Beating yourself up for mistakes won't lead to change. Understanding your values helps drive positive behaviour. True recovery involves healing the trauma behind addiction. Emotional regulation is key to maintaining sobriety.
Radically accepting yourself is realising you are who you are.
Feeling stuck in a loop of self-criticism and disappointment? In this episode, Jesse Mogle dives deep into the concept of radical acceptance. He shares his personal journey and struggles with accepting himself, his past, and his addiction. Jesse emphasises that sobriety is just the beginning, and true recovery involves healing the trauma and suffering that led to addictive behaviours in the first place.
He discusses how beating yourself up for your mistakes won't lead to change; instead, embracing who you are, flaws and all, can be a transformative step towards a better life. Jesse's candid reflections on his own challenges make this episode relatable and inspiring for anyone on their recovery journey. He also touches on the importance of understanding your values and how they drive your behaviour.
If you're ready to stop fighting against your reality and start working with it, this episode is a must-listen.