22 December 2023 - Perceiving Our True Selves

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22 December 2023 - Perceiving Our True Selves

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In today's episode, I speak with Lisa Haukom: a dear friend, photographer, and developer of The Self-Portrait Method - a course designed to help us learn to see who we truly are.  Lisa and I talk about topics as diverse as self-objectification, why we must approve of ourselves first, and the claptrap of a French Bitch.REFERENCES:Goldenbrand Photography:  https://www.thegoldenbrand.co/The Self-Portrait Method:  https://www.thegoldenbrand.co/self-portraitstudioAustin Kleon:  https://austinkleon.com/Gender Identity Today:  https://genderidentitytoday.com/(00:00) - Show opening

(00:36) - Introducing Lisa

(03:05) - Why did I feel beautiful in a photo shoot?

(05:36) - The magic of being seen through other eyes

(09:15) - Affirming, not validating

(12:22) - The selfie camera is validation

(15:33) - Just be yourself is terrible advice

(20:21) - Self-objectification

(25:15) - Affirmation requires our own approval

(32:35) - Why do we try so hard when it isn't real?

(37:32) - The truth you didn't know existed

(40:35) - Why is authenticity compelling?

(46:48) - Therapeutic value of selfies

(54:57) - You really do gotta have faith

(57:54) - Doing the work for French Bitch with a Window

(59:59) - Show closing



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