27 min
Lights, Camera, Coping: Finding Self-Love in Your Netflix Queue Powered by Self Love with Sarah Sapora
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- Self-Improvement
Do you find yourself watching the same TV shows and movies again and again but have no idea why? Do you ever feel drawn to watching specific things when you feel hard or complex emotions? If so, I have an episode for you!
Today we’re taking a deep dive into the connection between self-love and our media consumption habits. I’m going to help you uncover your own coping patterns by sharing how my intense feelings for Elliot Stabler and Godzilla - as highlighted in my personal Freaking the F*ck Out Scale - correlate my emotional state with the TV and movies I want to watch. (Spoiler alert - when I hit the “braless, feral" stage of anxiety the only thing I want to watch is Mandy Patinkin in Homeland.)
From the comfort of our favorite TV shows to the solace found in parasocial relationships with fictional characters, I’m exploring how our media choices can fuel our emotional needs and how coping can either perpetuate self-abandonment or contribute to our self-loving life. This episode is irreverent yet illustrates an important layer of our Soul Archaeology we can dig into to uncover a more empowered and liberated life!
Timestamps and Key Points
01:25 - TV Shows and the Connection to Emotions
Understanding the connection between how we feel in our lives and the media that we consume and what TV and movie characters we are drawn to. I draw from my own pull towards Elliot Stabler, Godzilla, and Mandy Patinkin and my own “Freaking The F**k Out Defconn Scale” to correlate the connection between emotional discomfort and the need for using media as a tool for self-regulation.
08:33 - Understanding Coping Patterns in Self-Love
Exploring how coping is a part of life and how coping techniques we use can either be self-loving or a form of self-abandonment when dealing with hard emotions.
13:37 - Coping With TV and Movies
Discussing TV and movies as a coping skill. How social surrogacy and parasocial relationships illustrate our need for comfort and belonging that we sometimes can only find in the media. Understanding the difference between coping mechanisms and coping skills.
Do you find yourself watching the same TV shows and movies again and again but have no idea why? Do you ever feel drawn to watching specific things when you feel hard or complex emotions? If so, I have an episode for you!
Today we’re taking a deep dive into the connection between self-love and our media consumption habits. I’m going to help you uncover your own coping patterns by sharing how my intense feelings for Elliot Stabler and Godzilla - as highlighted in my personal Freaking the F*ck Out Scale - correlate my emotional state with the TV and movies I want to watch. (Spoiler alert - when I hit the “braless, feral" stage of anxiety the only thing I want to watch is Mandy Patinkin in Homeland.)
From the comfort of our favorite TV shows to the solace found in parasocial relationships with fictional characters, I’m exploring how our media choices can fuel our emotional needs and how coping can either perpetuate self-abandonment or contribute to our self-loving life. This episode is irreverent yet illustrates an important layer of our Soul Archaeology we can dig into to uncover a more empowered and liberated life!
Timestamps and Key Points
01:25 - TV Shows and the Connection to Emotions
Understanding the connection between how we feel in our lives and the media that we consume and what TV and movie characters we are drawn to. I draw from my own pull towards Elliot Stabler, Godzilla, and Mandy Patinkin and my own “Freaking The F**k Out Defconn Scale” to correlate the connection between emotional discomfort and the need for using media as a tool for self-regulation.
08:33 - Understanding Coping Patterns in Self-Love
Exploring how coping is a part of life and how coping techniques we use can either be self-loving or a form of self-abandonment when dealing with hard emotions.
13:37 - Coping With TV and Movies
Discussing TV and movies as a coping skill. How social surrogacy and parasocial relationships illustrate our need for comfort and belonging that we sometimes can only find in the media. Understanding the difference between coping mechanisms and coping skills.
27 min