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Morgan Bassichis joins Dean Spade to discuss the balance between self-improvement and self-acceptance in response to a listener's question.

Send us a message Morgan Bassichis is back with Dean to talk through a listener question about when self-improvement work is too rigorous and/or driven by shame. Morgan and Dean go deep, thinking together about the really painful beliefs about ourselves that sometimes come up and how to move through them. How can we hold ourselves with humility, recognizing our growth edges and taking actions we want to take, but also accept ourselves and each other as we are with gentleness? Join us on Patre...

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Host: Dean Spade

Guest: Morgan Bassichis

Topics covered

• self-improvement
• shame
• self-acceptance
• personal growth
• mental health

Keywords

• self-improvement
• shame
• personal growth
• self-acceptance
• mental health

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