About this episode

The episode explores the theme of unworthiness and how it manifests in our lives, drawing insights from Tara Brach's work on radical acceptance.

Send us Fan Mail “All my life I thought something was wrong with me… What a waste.” That single line, spoken at the very end of a life, has a way of stopping you cold. I read it in Tara Brach’s work on radical acceptance, and it immediately made me look at the places where I still treat my anxiety, doubt, and self-criticism like proof that I’m broken. We talk about unworthiness as a trance: a low-grade background hum that can run for years until you barely notice it’s there. Like a fan in a ...

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Host: Mark Walker

Topics covered

• self-acceptance
• anxiety
• self-criticism
• unworthiness
• personal growth

Keywords

• self-improvement
• mental health
• radical acceptance
• anxiety
• self-doubt

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