2: Authenticity and the Discovery of Self | Series 1: Love Beyond the Romantic
Welcome back to part 2 of the Love Beyond The Romantic Vegetation series, Authenticity and the Discovery of Self.
In episode 1 we explored the connections between our own Self-love and the intimacy in our relationships, and why we may not be experiencing the deep friendships we long for. We also began to explore what it feels like to be a care”giver” instead of a care”taker” in relationships.
In this episode, we go deeper into what it feels and looks like to be a “caregiver” instead of a “caretaker” in relationships. For us, caregiving includes ensuring that we are whole, centered, and energized and then helping others from a place of self love and cup overflow. For us, caretaking is when we try to share energy from a deficit, which often ends up serving our own ego instead of the person we want to help.
Our past Selves also inspire us to believe that we do not need to prove our worthiness or suffer through pain in order to form strong bonds or feel intense love or intimacy with others and ourSelves, it can be easeful. They remind us that we have tools at our disposal like Human Design, adornment, and rituals to help us honor our authentic selves; and that we can get better at recognizing when we need to rest, feel unsafe, or when we carry feelings that are not truly ours. This acceptance and rebalance of the Self allows us to show up more fully and be ready to receive and give love.
RESOURCES and LINKS from this episode
What is Human Design: https://www.jovianarchive.com/Human_Design/What_is_it
FREE Human Design chart: https://www.myhumandesign.com
Kodo Nishimura: (him/his) a Buddhist monk, Makeup Artist, LGBTQ Activist, and Model.
Alok Vaid-Menon (ALOK): (they/them) an internationally acclaimed writer, performer, and public speaker. https://www.alokvmenon.com/about
What’s next?
Next week’s episode will be different from the first two episodes of our podcast. We will be sharing the actual meditation from our Vegetation session on New Year’s Eve–the session that these 4 episodes are based on. We invite you to use this in your own Vegetation or use a meditation of your own choosing. The following week we will close out our Love Beyond the Romantic series by sharing our post-mediation reflections.
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Music from Pixabay:
- Fashion Chill Hip Hop, Ivymusic
- Second Wind, madirfan
- Summer Forest, NaturesEye
- Jho Deep - Rain, Mepa ExyZ
- Pause, madirfan
- Both of Us, madirfan
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