Dr Emily - Acceptance, That's Radical

Dr Emily - Acceptance, That's Radical

From The Imperfects by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

March 1, 2026 · 1h 16m · Season 8 · Episode 5

About this episode

Dr Emily Musgrove discusses the concept of radical acceptance and its importance in managing pain and suffering.

Pain is inevitable, but suffering does not have to be. 💌Join 5,000+ people getting our takeaways and favourite moments from this episode in our weekly newsletter -  http://bit.ly/45NyQDy Dr Emily Musgrove, our resident psychologist and general provider of wisdom, is here to talk about radical acceptance. Drawing inspiration from our holy grail episode with Gina Chick, Dr Em deep dives radical acceptance; what is it, how do we cultivate it, and why is it important to us as human beings? According to Dr Em, radical acceptance is not about liking or accepting (insert profanity here) situations or circumstances, or denying an experience, but rather, accepting the pain inside of us to avoid the reaction of suffering. Instead of feeling better, it’s about finding a better way of feeling. For Hugh, the concept of radical acceptance really hits close to home, and he reflects on how it has changed his life insurmountably. Dr Emily, we love ya, and we missed ya. If you’d like to watch this full episode on YouTube, follow this link - 0:00 – Getting the Gina Chick zoomies 6:23 – The Radical Acceptance origin story 14:20 – Change how you relate 21:19…

People in this episode

Hosts: Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton, Josh van Cuylenburg

Guest: Dr Emily Musgrove

Topics covered

  • radical acceptance
  • mental health
  • pain and suffering
  • self-improvement
  • psychology

Keywords

  • radical acceptance
  • mental health
  • psychology
  • self-improvement
  • pain
  • suffering

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