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Self-awareness is a superpower we all need to strengthen, and we need some awareness from the outside to take it inward. To check ourselves. Host Erez Shek, with guests from around the world, is dropping that awareness surrounding our emotional health, personal growth, healing and well being. When we check ourselves, we wreck ourselves a little bit less. Let's get Shekked.

The Shek Check The Shek Check

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.8 • 32 Ratings

Self-awareness is a superpower we all need to strengthen, and we need some awareness from the outside to take it inward. To check ourselves. Host Erez Shek, with guests from around the world, is dropping that awareness surrounding our emotional health, personal growth, healing and well being. When we check ourselves, we wreck ourselves a little bit less. Let's get Shekked.

    Grief: Somewhere Only We Know

    Grief: Somewhere Only We Know

    Grief is known by many names- sadness, joy, anger, love, fear...just to mention a few. It is experienced & felt in ways that are unique to each of us and our relationship to the people, places or things that we are grieving.
    While many voices in this world want to help by claiming that they are grief "experts", and while others are pathologizing grief or making up "stages of grief" to follow- at its core they cannot because grief is somewhere only we know- once we know it.
    Confused? Intrigued? Triggered? Curious? All is welcome when you check in and check out this episode of The Shek Check. "Grief: Somewhere Only We Know"
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    • 10 min
    Anxiety, Horror Movies & Relief

    Anxiety, Horror Movies & Relief

    What if we met our anxiety WITH anxiety? When we struggle with anxious feelings and thoughts we usually look for control and certainty to calm down- but what if we don't need to calm down? What if our anxious feelings and thoughts don't need our calmness but to be rerouted instead?
    What if we in order to better handle our anxiety- we shifted the focus of our ruminations and intrusive thoughts to something...less personal than ourselves?
    In this episode Erez explores this and how it has shown up in his journey with anxiety.
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    • 10 min
    Anger: All the Cool Kids Are Feeling It

    Anger: All the Cool Kids Are Feeling It

    There are a lot of messages regarding anger and feeling angry. Being told it is bad, negative, and that it will drain you of your goodness. Hearing messages telling you to “manage" your anger or the importance to "calm down" when you are feeling angry. What if that was bullsh*t? At least some of the time.
    What if anger was not the dark violent storm you were taught it is? What if anger was actually the clarity to guide you in the storm? It is true that our emotions carry energy within us- so how can we use that energy instead of thinking we need to diffuse it? 
    Don't be a loser- figure out and feel your anger like the cool kids do.
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    If you like this episode, you might like my chat with Author and Therapist Ralph De La Rosa where we discussed the importance of rage and anger. Check it out: https://theshekcheck.com/episodes/ralph-de-la-rosa-reality-rage-and-resiliency/

    • 8 min
    Stability: The Remix

    Stability: The Remix

    For many people "stability" has been positioned as something we reach. Something we work towards or work for. A place we reach or find. How has that worked for you?
    While stability is officially defined as a quality, state or degree of being stable- what if we threw a wrench in that broad definition? What if you found a new understanding of stability- one that is entirely yours?
    Stability....the remix. Stability....YOUR remix.
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    • 6 min
    Burnout, Being Human, & Beyond

    Burnout, Being Human, & Beyond

    If you are human than you have most likely experienced burn out in some form (in your form). So, what conversation are you having with yourself regarding burnout? What does it look like for you? How compassionate are you towards yourself when you are burnt out? How much of a human are you allowing yourself to be? How are you moving beyond? 
    In this episode Erez talks about his recent experiences with burnout, his eventual acceptance of his human-ness and how moving beyond meant leaving a lot of unknowns and uncertainty in the past.
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    • 10 min
    Episode 100: F*CK GOALS

    Episode 100: F*CK GOALS

    Have we missed the point of understanding what drives us instead of where we are driving to? Goals Vs. Values
    We live in a very goal and milestone centric society. We teach it in our schools and homes. They show up in our relationships, our work, our friendships, our families. They drive competitions and fuel comparison culture.
    There is an importance to having goals and milestones- they are destination points. Even though they keep moving and changing they serve us as motivation factors.
    The question is, are we going where we really want to be going? Are those goals really ours? Do we know what is driving us to those goals?
    A lot of our goals and milestones we have are learned, not self-discovered. So, why is it important to understand that the goals are actually not important?
    Why should we shift our main focus to understanding and identifying what drives us? Our values.
    Find out in this episode of The Shek Check Podcast.
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    • 12 min

Customer Reviews

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32 Ratings

32 Ratings

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So Real and Powerful!

Erez just makes me smile and laugh out loud! The advice I get from this podcast is so Powerful and Erez delivers it in a real, humble, and engaging way. Shek Check is definitely worth a listen!

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