Am I doing life “right”? With Kate Pippos

Do you sometimes feel like you're not "keeping up" with everyone else? Or that the people around you have more than you? Things like having a spouse, a house, a car, or further along in their career than you? Host Mark Seeto and head yoga teacher Kate Pippos discuss societal expectations and societal pressures to conform in this deeply heartfelt episode. They discuss the "white picket fence" values and how society isn't designed for those who do not conform to these expectations. They also touch on the idea of seeking belonging and how insecurity about not fitting in can drive people to find belonging in other ways. Kate shares insights from the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Hindu text that will help you understand a new way of thinking about societal pressure and how you can do things differently. Listen now and feel empowered to find self-acceptance and live authentically in your life experience.

Our favourite quotable moments:

"Ultimately, I'd like to think that everybody is just drawing their own picture as they go." - Kate Pippos

"We come here empty-handed. We leave empty-handed. What is yours today belonged to somebody else yesterday and will belong to someone else tomorrow." - Kate Pippos

"I think your way is the right way." - Kate Pippos

"I feel like we do have expectations that are very “white picket fence”. And I think they're largely heteronormative values. And if you don't hold those values close, it can feel like you are on the outside - or even on the other side of expectation." - Kate Pippos

"I think in terms of having a pathway laid out for us - I feel like if we don't follow that and we do have that experience of being a little bit different, out of the box… that the insecurity of not fitting in can drive us further in other ways and kind of spur this sense of seeking belonging however we can." - Kate Pippos

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