56 min
"Love of self" - Denise Drinkwalter What's the value?
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- Philosophy
"Isn't it a beautiful thing that we get the chance to do more work to become better people?" This was the quote and the sentiment that stuck with me most from my discussion with Denise. We spent much of our conversation talking about how hard it is to truly know and love yourself, how fear and judgement can paralyze us, and how painful it can be to accept the truth about ourselves; and Denise's view on it all was: isn't it beautiful? Isn't it beautiful that we have the ability to view all of these things not as unbearable, overwhelming work; but rather as opportunities to learn and grow? She wasn't in anyway dismissing how hard and ugly the world can be at times, but in spite of all of it she still firmly believes that finding a way to love yourself is the most powerful answer to all of these issues.
As a way of background, Denise was an educator for 31 years (working with many emotionally and developmentally challenged children) and is now an an experienced Empowerment Life Coach and who has worked with hundreds of clients taking them from being hollow, overwhelmed and lost to finding purpose in their lives. As she explained, it was her time as an educator where she had to find ways to understand, connect, and guide children through their own challenges with ego, insecurity, fear, and self hate; that equipped her for the job she has today.
What I loved about this conversation, was that we literally followed the thread of "loving your self" from the beginning and probed, explored, and questioned it all as we worked our way through it. We talked about using nature to help learn about ourselves, how to separate the external noise from your true voice, and the importance of trial and error. Along the way we also asked some philosophical questions like; should we blindly love ourselves no matter what, how do you remove the external noise but not become self centered, and does love of self really help in the most dire of circumstances? This was a really fun and wisdom packed episode, so much thanks to Denise for being on and sharing her perspectives on life.
"Isn't it a beautiful thing that we get the chance to do more work to become better people?" This was the quote and the sentiment that stuck with me most from my discussion with Denise. We spent much of our conversation talking about how hard it is to truly know and love yourself, how fear and judgement can paralyze us, and how painful it can be to accept the truth about ourselves; and Denise's view on it all was: isn't it beautiful? Isn't it beautiful that we have the ability to view all of these things not as unbearable, overwhelming work; but rather as opportunities to learn and grow? She wasn't in anyway dismissing how hard and ugly the world can be at times, but in spite of all of it she still firmly believes that finding a way to love yourself is the most powerful answer to all of these issues.
As a way of background, Denise was an educator for 31 years (working with many emotionally and developmentally challenged children) and is now an an experienced Empowerment Life Coach and who has worked with hundreds of clients taking them from being hollow, overwhelmed and lost to finding purpose in their lives. As she explained, it was her time as an educator where she had to find ways to understand, connect, and guide children through their own challenges with ego, insecurity, fear, and self hate; that equipped her for the job she has today.
What I loved about this conversation, was that we literally followed the thread of "loving your self" from the beginning and probed, explored, and questioned it all as we worked our way through it. We talked about using nature to help learn about ourselves, how to separate the external noise from your true voice, and the importance of trial and error. Along the way we also asked some philosophical questions like; should we blindly love ourselves no matter what, how do you remove the external noise but not become self centered, and does love of self really help in the most dire of circumstances? This was a really fun and wisdom packed episode, so much thanks to Denise for being on and sharing her perspectives on life.
56 min