About this episode
The episode features a conversation with Africa Brooke about overcoming self-sabotage and self-censorship while rebuilding self-trust and authenticity.
In this episode, I speak with Africa Brooke. Africa is a consultant, coach, strategist, and speaker with a unique focus: tackling self-sabotage and self-censorship. We talk about Africa’s path to working in this field, from her childhood in Zimbabwe and her journey with recovering from alcoholism. We talk about how to rebuild confidence, self-worth and self-trust even when you feel ashamed of things you’ve done in your past. We talk about taking personal responsibility and the difference between being a victim and victimhood. We talked about why self-censorship is such an important personal and social phenomenon right now and how insidious it is within the human psyche. We talk about social and emotional risk and the cost to self-trust when we lose our authenticity. Africa works with visible people in the public eye but I think that self-sabotage and self-censorship show up in all of us in different ways and each of us could learn a lot from this conversation.
People in this episode
Host: Strong Mind
Guest: Africa Brooke
Topics covered
- self-sabotage
- self-censorship
- confidence
- self-worth
- personal responsibility
- authenticity
Keywords
- self-sabotage
- self-censorship
- confidence
- self-worth
- personal responsibility
- authenticity
- victimhood
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Zimbabwe
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