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In this episode, Steven Webb explores the phrase 'I'm fine', its implications, and the importance of emotional honesty.

Links to Steven Webb's podcast and how you can support his work. Donate paypal.me/stevenwebb or Coffee stevenwebb.uk Steven's courses , podcasts and links : stevenwebb.uk Two words I have said roughly 25,000 times. Most of them on autopilot. Description Two words. Probably the most common two words spoken in the English language. Two words I say almost every single morning, and you probably do too. I'm fine. In this episode I work out that I have said it about 25,000 times to my carers over the last 35 years, and almost none of those times did I actually stop and think about it. I want to look at why we say it, what it costs us, and what happens when we don't. There is a Brené Brown quote, an old Zen master story I have always loved, a Thursday afternoon last week where I cried for 20 minutes and then bought a book on Amazon, and a small image about letting go before your hand hurts. You don't have to stop saying I'm fine. You just have to notice when you do. Key Topics 25,000 mornings, two carers, and the most automatic answer in my life Why "I'm fine" is armour, and why armour is not always the wrong thing to wear The three reasons we wear it (and why "just think positive" is…

People in this episode

Host: Steven Webb

Topics covered

• emotional honesty
• self-reflection
• communication
• mental health
• vulnerability

Keywords

• I'm fine
• emotional armor
• self-help
• Brené Brown
• Zen story
• mental health
• vulnerability

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Books & works: Amazon, Zen master story

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