1 hr 24 min
Compassionate Curiosity: Creating and Embracing Our Beauty Hugs from Heaven for Sister Warriors
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- Self-Improvement
Sir Roger Scrunton said, “Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it.” In this episode, my sister friend and I have an honest conversation about women’s struggle with beauty, the impact of our culture, the difference between pretty and beautiful, and explore how great philosophers and poets have defined beauty. I also talk about my own experiences during my breast cancer journey that made me feel I was being stripped of my feminine identity, how I pushed my feelings deep down to survive, and the safe space that is developed from a true sister friendship. I open up and share specific details from three key experiences, how I handled them, and how that impacted my journey in reclaiming my feminine identity and embracing my beauty. Embracing our beauty is a way to honor our body for how hard it’s been fighting for us to provide a safe home for our soul. And whenever you start to feel really vulnerable, when you are courageous and reveal your beautiful body with an intimate partner, repeat this sister warrior mantra as you breathe through the emotions: “My scars are like texture in art. Texture in art makes us want to touch it and draws us to the art. If my romantic partner doesn’t want to do the same to my body, then they certainly haven’t evolved enough to appreciate fine art.” (Robinson, 2020). This mantra may help you to hold others loosely until you can determine if they can truly perceive your beauty. Because once you embrace your own beauty, you won’t want anyone else who is unable to perceive yours.
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Sir Roger Scrunton said, “Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it.” In this episode, my sister friend and I have an honest conversation about women’s struggle with beauty, the impact of our culture, the difference between pretty and beautiful, and explore how great philosophers and poets have defined beauty. I also talk about my own experiences during my breast cancer journey that made me feel I was being stripped of my feminine identity, how I pushed my feelings deep down to survive, and the safe space that is developed from a true sister friendship. I open up and share specific details from three key experiences, how I handled them, and how that impacted my journey in reclaiming my feminine identity and embracing my beauty. Embracing our beauty is a way to honor our body for how hard it’s been fighting for us to provide a safe home for our soul. And whenever you start to feel really vulnerable, when you are courageous and reveal your beautiful body with an intimate partner, repeat this sister warrior mantra as you breathe through the emotions: “My scars are like texture in art. Texture in art makes us want to touch it and draws us to the art. If my romantic partner doesn’t want to do the same to my body, then they certainly haven’t evolved enough to appreciate fine art.” (Robinson, 2020). This mantra may help you to hold others loosely until you can determine if they can truly perceive your beauty. Because once you embrace your own beauty, you won’t want anyone else who is unable to perceive yours.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a-helene-robinson/message
1 hr 24 min