A Bucketful of Praise | Tessa #5, Robert Ca | 7.10.22

Tessa, Robert, and Dhammarato talk about breaking the habit of self-criticism and becoming friends with ourselves. #anxiety #criticism #nurturing 

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00:00:00 Making friends with anxiety; false positives: thanks for the alert, thank you for coming by again
00:08:48 Some hindrances we welcome, others we resist; pulling and pushing; status and disgrace; praise and criticism
00:13:30 Going against your rules; praise and nourish yourself
00:15:15 Shades of grey; moving in the right direction; making friends with ourselves
00:22:42 Give yourself credit; praise yourself; criticism undermines the ability to change (samma sankappa)
00:28:43 The habit of critical thoughts
00:34:52 Just do it! Now; the noble eightfold path; praising other people
00:42:55 A ripple, convoy effect, sangha; bioenergetics; somatic experiencing; grandiosity; defeatism
00:49:49 Feeling afraid to take the reins; right noble effort to change; congratulations on seeing the cycle
00:58:52 From winning and losing to being more harmonious
01:02:00 From jealousy and competition to letting others win; don’t worry be happy; dukkha, dukkha-nirodha; never mind start again